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Digital
Media FX News Archives
Thursday
- August 16, 2001
- Spirited
Away Reaches $83 Million in Japan
- Release Date for
Jimmy Neutron Moved
- Kinetics Seeks to Light Video
Games
- News Link of the Day
- Disney Sued Over Pooh Royalties
Spirited
Away Reaches $83 Million in Japan
(by digitalmediafx.com) Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi ("Spirited
Away"), by Hayao Miyazaki, has now reached $83 million in
Japan on its way to becoming the highest grossing Japanese movie
of all time in Japan. The anime follows a 10 year old girl on
her journey to the Land of Spirits where she interacts with monsters
and entities.
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Release
Date for Jimmy Neutron Moved
(by digitalmediafx.com) The release date for Nickelodeon's
animated movie Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius has been moved from November
to December 21, 2001. The move comes amidst an already crowded
November month that features highly publicized movies like Monsters,
Inc. and Harry Potter.
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Kinetics
Seeks to Light Video Games
(by digitalmediafx.com) A company called Kinetics, Inc. has
developed a new lighting system technology that enhances video
game play. Called Surround Light, game developers can easily add
lighting control information to their games, so that the action
in the game actually drives the special digital lighting systems,
adding an entirely new dimension to the gaming experience.
The technology
was recently shown off with Activision's Star Trek: Armada video
game where explosions lit up the room and red alerts caused red
lights to flash.
The system,
not yet publicly available, connects to a users PC.
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News Link
of the Day - Disney Sued Over Pooh Royalties
According
to BBC News:
"A US
court is about to hear exactly how valuable Winnie the Pooh and
his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood are. A family-owned firm
that receives royalties from Walt Disney's sale of Pooh merchandise
has accused the media company of failing to report sales of computer
software and videos featuring the bear and his friends..."
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