Animoca Brands Launches "Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage"

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HONG KONG, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

First official worldwide mobile game for Chibi Maruko Chan manga & anime

Animoca Brands (ASX:AB1) and Nippon Animation Co., Ltd

(http://www.nippon-animation.co.jp/), a leading Japanese animation studio,

announced today the launch of Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage, the new mobile

game based on the popular Chibi Maruko Chan anime. It is available for

iPhone(R), iPad(R) and iPod touch(R) at the App Store(SM), and for Android(TM)

devices on Google Play(TM).

Photo - http://photos.prnasia.com/prnh/20160504/8521602875

Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage is developed and published by Animoca Brands in

partnership with Nippon Animation, under a revenue share agreement providing

Animoca Brands with rights to the Chibi Maruko Chan characters, further

expanding the Company's brand portfolio.

This collaboration has produced the first official worldwide mobile game for

the highly popular Chibi Maruko Chan brand. The new mobile puzzle game is free

to download and play, with optional paid content.

Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage features Chibi Maruko Chan and other characters

from the hugely popular Chibi Maruko Chan anime, first broadcast in 1990 and

aired continuously since then. The anime achieved record ratings in Japan and

was distributed to dozens of countries around the world.

Chibi Maruko Chan tells the everyday adventures of the sweetly obnoxious title

character Maruko, a nine year-old girl growing up in 1970s Japan. First

published in 1986 as a manga, the thoughtfulness and nostalgia of the source

material have rendered it highly popular across Asia, making it one of the top

selling shojo manga of all time (shojo refers to manga aimed at a teenage

female readership).

The award-winning manga has been adapted into two anime series, three live

action TV series, three motion pictures, and numerous console video games.

Players of Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage will help Maruko realise her ambition

of becoming a TV star by stringing together combinations of orbs in fast-paced

puzzle tile gameplay. High combos and scores will unlock new characters,

bonuses, collections, and powerups.

Featuring distinctive artwork based on the anime series, Chibi Maruko Chan

Dream Stage includes voice acting by the seiyuu (character voices) who perform

as Maruko in the Japanese, Taiwanese, and Hong Kong versions of the anime TV

series.

Animoca Brands and Nippon Animation are collaborating on online and offline

promotions for the game on the occasion of the Chibi Maruko Chan manga's 30th

anniversary.

Robby Yung, CEO of Animoca Brands, commented: "We're honoured to bring to

market the first official mobile game for Chibi Maruko Chan, a beloved and

best-selling manga and anime series. The popularity of the brand is significant

across Asia, which is the largest and fastest growing mobile gaming market, and

we expect Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage to be popular with young and old alike

throughout the region."

Download and trailer

Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage is free to download on the App Store at

https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1084263105 and on Google Play at

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.animocabrands.google.chibiMarukoTVShow.

The game offers optional paid content.

Watch the game trailer for Chibi Maruko Chan Dream Stage at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLwmOC4CgwY.

Screenshots:

http://www.animocabrands.com/#!ab1-launches-chibi-maruko-chan-game/cd4l

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Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. App Store is a service mark

of Apple Inc. Google Play and Android are trademarks of Google Inc.

About Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands (ASX:AB1) publishes globally a broad portfolio of mobile games,

including several games based on popular intellectual properties such as

Garfield, Thomas & Friends(TM), and Ultraman. The company's games have been

downloaded over 200 million times and are growing at over 8 million downloads

per month. Animoca Brands is based in Hong Kong. For more information visit

www.animocabrands.com or get updates by following Animoca Brands on

Facebook(https://www.facebook.com/animocabrands ),

Twitter(https://twitter.com/animocabrands ) or Google +

(https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/113720175586022667118/+animocabrands/ ).

SOURCE  Animoca Brands