Featuring exclusive Flipnotes created by Aardman Animations Ltd., Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd., and Yoichi Kotabe.
We are happy to announce the start of a new section of the Flipnote Hatena website called “Flipnote Central” which features Flipnotes and other content by official Flipnote creators. For the launch of the service we will offer content by Aardman Animations Ltd., Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd., and Japanese animator Yoichi Kotabe.
Aardman, a world leader in animation has won over 400 international awards including 4 Oscars® and is best known for its popular Wallace and Gromit characters. Starting from today until December 4, 2009 we will be featuring a new Flipnote every week from the “12 Films of Christmas” series, animated by Tim Ruffle, Commercials Director at Aardman Animations.
Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. is a Japanese animation company that has created all kinds of animations including the “Time Bokan” series, “Speed Racer” and “Gatchaman” (also known as “Battle of the Planets”), which are highly regarded both inside and outside of Japan, and feature a wealth of characters loved by every generation.
Yoichi Kotabe is one of the leading animators in Japan and is known for his work on many great Japanese animated films and television series such as "Heidi, Girl of the Alps", “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind”, as well as for his illustrations and animation for Nintendo’s Super Mario game series.
We hope that you enjoy this new, exclusive content on Flipnote Central and are looking forward to seeing your stars and comments.
9/17/2009: Important announcement for users from the Americas region
We still have to work out some rights issues for the Americas region and are currently not able to provide "Flipnote Central" to users who currently have their content preference set to "Americas" on the website, or for users who are using a Nintendo DSi from the Americas region to access Flipnote Hatena.
We hope to restore access to this part of the service in the near future and are truly sorry for the inconvenience.
Thank your for your patience until we can resume the service again.
