Kids’ WB! has picked up Cookie Jar Ent.’s Spider Riders and plans to begin airing the anime-inspired action series on Jan. 20. In conjunction with the debut, Cookie Jar will relaunch the official website for the show, which has expanded its international presence with the recent pick up by Mediaset in Italy.
Directed by Koichi Mashimo (.hack//SIGN, Gatchaman Fighter) Spider Riders is based on Cookie Jar’s book Spider Riders’Shards of the Oracle, written by Emmy award-winners Tedd Anasti and Patsy Cameron-Anasti, and published by Newmarket Press. The show takes place in the world of Arachna, where a young boy named Hunter Steele discovers the Inner World populated by people who ride 10-foot tall battle spiders to defend their land from the evil Invectids. Hunter soon learns that the only way out is to overcome his fear of spiders and train as a Spider Rider, with the ultimate goal of becoming the Arachna-Master.
Located at www.spiderriders.com, the series’ official website has already attracted more than 700,000 registered game players and has received in excess of 50 million hits since its introduction last year.
Spider Riders is produced under Cookie Jar Ent.’s action-adventure brand, Coliseum, and is co-produced by leading Japanese advertising agency Yomiko and acclaimed Japanese animation studio Bee Train.
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