Power Rangers is an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise Super Sentai. Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS Entertainment, later by Saban Brands, and today by SCG Power Rangers LLC and its parent company, Hasbro, the Power Rangers television series takes much of its footage from the Super Sentai television series, produced by Toei Company. The first Power Rangers entry, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, debuted on August 28, 1993, and helped launch the Fox Kids programming block of the 1990s, during which it catapulted into popular culture along with a line of action figures and other toys by Bandai. By 2001, the media franchise had generated over $6 billion in toy sales.
Toei Animation Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation studio primarily controlled by its namesake Toei Company. It has produced numerous series, including Sally the Witch,GeGeGe no Kitarō (2018),Mazinger Z, Galaxy Express 999, Dr. Slump, Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, Sailor Moon, Slam Dunk, Digimon, One Piece, Toriko, The Transformers and the Precure series.
Saban Entertainment, Inc. was a worldwide-served independent American-Israeli television production company formed in 1980 by Haim Saban and Shuki Levy, which was originally founded as a music production company Saban Productions. The first TV show produced by Saban is the animated show Kidd Video.
20th Century Animation, Inc. is an animation studio organized as a division of 20th Century Studios, a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios. Formed in 1994, the studio is located in Century City, Los Angeles and is tasked with producing animated feature-length films. At one point, 20th Century Animation had two divisions: Fox Animation Studios, which was shut down on June 26, 2000 and Blue Sky Studios, which was closed on April 10, 2021.
Noam Kaniel, also known as Noam, is an Israeli singer, musician, and composer, who has sold over 8 million records, and is known for composing or performing the theme songs of many animated series including X-Men, Goldorak, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats, Code Lyoko, Miraculous Ladybug, Digimon Fusion, Glitter Force, and Power Rangers.
RoboDz Kazagumo Hen is a Japanese animated series co-produced by The Walt Disney Company and Toei Animation. It began airing on Toon Disney in Japan on June 21, 2008. The episodes are animated in 3D. The show premiered in the United States on June 29, 2009 on Disney XD as simply "RoboDz". The series also aired on Disney Channel Asia. It is the first anime to be co-produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation (Japan), Inc. and Walt Disney Television International Japan Jeff Nimoy announced at The Anime Lodge that he would be writing and directing the English adaptation. It is a shortform series with each episode lasting approximately 5 minutes.
Saban Capital Group LLC is an American investment firm based in Los Angeles, California focused on media, entertainment, and communications investments. Formed in 2010 by Haim Saban, Saban Capital Group owns Saban Films (SF), part of Univision Communications, and part of Celestial Tiger Entertainment.
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is a French CGI superhero / magical girl children's television series. The series focuses on two Parisian teenagers, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste, who transform into the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, respectively, to protect the city from supervillains. The series is co-produced by French studios Zagtoon and Method Animation in association with Toei Animation in Japan, with the participation of TF1, AB Droits Audiovisuels, The Walt Disney Company France, Gloob, SK Broadband, and EBS.
Zagtoon is a French animation studio, the TV division of ZAG Entertainment. Since inception, Zagtoon has produced almost 100 hours of CGI-animated content licensed to major broadcasters and digital partners in over 130 territories.
SIP Animation was a French animation studio, and a former subsidiary of Saban Entertainment. By 2009, the company had produced over 390 hours of animated content.
Method Animation is a French company which produces CGI-animated shows. It came together in 2014 as the culmination of a merger of Dimitri Rassam's Chapter 2 and Alexis Vonarb's Onyx Films. Method Animation is the parent company. Paris-based ON Entertainment, headed by Rassam, is one of its divisions. In 2018, Mediawan hold 53.53% stake in Method Animation through its acquisition of ON Kids & Family and ON Entertainment, thus bringing it under the same ownership with Storia Television which was derived from the former French television division of Luc Besson's EuropaCorp.
PGS Entertainment is a French-Swiss privately owned investment family group dedicated to brand management of independent producers' children's television programming.
SAMG Entertainment is a South Korean animation studio.
Zak Storm is a computer animated children's television series produced by Zagtoon, Method Animation, De Agostini Editore, SAMG Animation, MNC Animation, and Man of Action. It debuted on Canal J in France on 2 December 2016. It debuted in the United States on KidsClick from 30 September 2017 to 7 January 2018, followed by Discovery Family on 14 October 2017. A second season is currently in the works.
Adrien Agreste is a fictional superhero and the male protagonist of the animated television series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, created by Thomas Astruc. He is portrayed as a French teenage student who has been homeschooled for most of his life and is also a model for his father, Gabriel Agreste, a famous fashion designer with whom Adrien has a distant relationship. After passing the test of Master Fu, who is later revealed as the guardian of the magical objects called the Miraculouses, by helping him, Adrien is chosen as one of the two soon-to-be superheroes alongside Ladybug, for whom he quickly develops feelings and whose secret civilian identity is Marinette Dupain-Cheng. Consequently, Adrien receives a ring named the Cat Miraculous, which when worn grants him the ability to transform into his superhero alias, Cat Noir. Cat Noir and Ladybug's aim is to protect Paris from the villain Hawk Moth. Every Miraculous is accompanied by a small magical creature known as a kwami, with Adrien's kwami being Plagg, a black cat-like being. As Cat Noir, Adrien's signature ability is destruction. Adrien appears in most Miraculous media, including the main series, the comic books, and the mobile running game.
Marinette Dupain-Cheng is a fictional character and the female protagonist of the animated television series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir created by Thomas Astruc. Depicted as a teenage student of Chinese and French descent, she aspires to become a fashion designer and lives with her parents, who own a bakery. After she passes the test of Master Fu, the keeper of the magical objects named the Miraculouses, by helping him, Marinette is chosen as a soon-to-be superheroine alongside Cat Noir. As a result, she is given a pair of earrings known as the Ladybug Miraculous, which when worn grants Marinette the ability to transform into Ladybug, her superheroine alias. Ladybug and Cat Noir's goal is to protect Paris from the villain Hawk Moth and defeat him altogether. Unknown to Marinette, Cat Noir's civilian identity is Adrien Agreste, a classmate whom she has feelings for. As the holder of a Miraculous, Marinette is assisted by a small red creature resembling a ladybug called Tikki, who is a magical being known as a kwami. As Ladybug, Marinette's signature ability is creation. Marinette appears in most Miraculous media, including the main series, the mobile running game, and the comic books.
Ladybug & Cat Noir Awakening is an upcoming French computer-animated musical superhero film written and directed by Jeremy Zag. It is an adaptation of the animated television series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir, and follows two Parisian teenagers, Marinette Dupain-Cheng and Adrien Agreste, who transform into the superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir, respectively, to protect the city from supervillains.
Guillaume Soutter is a French-Swiss private investor and brand manager of intellectual properties in the kids´ entertainment space. Soutter is also the co-founder and co-owner of PGS Entertainment, a privately owned family investment group in entertainment. In 2022, he co-founded the French based production company Gemma Pictures along with his brother Philippe Soutter and film producer Stéphane Célérier.
