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Jean Chalopin
Jean Chalopin (born 31 May 1950) is a French bank executive. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he produced a range of successful animated series, first as the founder and president of the production company DIC, then at his newly created company C&D from 1987. He is probably most well-known as the co-creator of ''Inspector Gadget'', as well as the co-writer and producer of ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold''. He currently heads Bahamas-based Deltec Bank. Career In 1971, with the backing of Radio Television Luxembourg, Chalopin formed the company Diffusion, Information Communications (DIC) which later evolved into DIC Entertainment. At DIC, he wrote and produced programmes animated by overseas studios. DIC's first major series were the French-Japanese co-productions ''Ulysses 31'' and ''The Mysterious Cities of Gold'', which Chalopin produced and co-wrote. Subsequently, he co-created ''Inspector Gadget'' together with Andy Heyward and Bruno Bianchi; its launch in 1983, concurr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tours
Tours ( , ) is one of the largest cities in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France. It is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Indre-et-Loire. The Communes of France, commune of Tours had 136,463 inhabitants as of 2018 while the population of the whole functional area (France), metropolitan area was 516,973. Tours sits on the lower reaches of the Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. Formerly named Caesarodunum by its founder, Roman Augustus, Emperor Augustus, it possesses one of the largest amphitheaters of the Roman Empire, the Tours Amphitheatre. Known for the Battle of Tours in 732 AD, it is a National Sanctuary with connections to the Merovingian dynasty, Merovingians and the Carolingian dynasty, Carolingians, with the Capetian dynasty, Capetians making the kingdom's currency the Livre tournois. Martin of Tours, Saint Martin, Gregory of Tours and Alcuin were all from Tours. Tours was once part of Tour ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitfinex
Bitfinex is a cryptocurrency exchange owned and operated by iFinex Inc registered in the British Virgin Islands. Their customers' money has been stolen or lost in several incidents, and they have been unable to secure normal banking relationships. Research suggests that price manipulation of bitcoin on Bitfinex accounted for about half of the price increase of bitcoin in late 2017. History Bitfinex was founded in December 2012 as a peer-to-peer Bitcoin exchange, offering digital asset trading services to users around the world. Bitfinex initially started as a P2P margin lending platform for Bitcoin and later added support for more cryptocurrencies. In May 2015 the exchange was hacked, which resulted in loss of 1,500 Bitcoins or about $400,000 USD of their customers assets. In October 2018, Bitfinex again had serious difficulties with its banking relationships. Its management stated "Bitfinex is not insolvent on October 7." In June 2016, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littlest Pet Shop (1995 TV Series)
''Littlest Pet Shop'' is an animated television series based on the toy franchise ''Littlest Pet Shop'' released by Kenner Products. The series debuted on October 16, 1995 in the United States and syndicated to local stations by distributor Claster Television. It was produced by Sunbow Entertainment in the United States, and Créativité & Développement and AB Productions in France. Plot ''Littlest Pet Shop'' follows the lives of five miniature animals who live in a pet shop on Littlest Lane and have their own treehouse inside of the store. Characters Main * Stu (voiced by Michael Donovan) - A blue dog with a bumbling personality who happens to be a big eater. His name is pun on stew. * Chloe (voiced by Babs Chula) - A sarcastic purple cat who has been reincarnated many times with her first life being in Ancient Egypt. * Viv (voiced by Lynda Boyd in a British accent) - A music-loving pink rabbit who sings and dances. She has a backing band that lives in her top hat. * Chet ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Strikers
''Space Strikers'' (french: 20,000 Lieues dans l'espace, lit ''20,000 Leagues in Space'') is a 1995 animated television series based on the 1870 Jules Verne novel ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea''. Episodes center around the crew of the spaceship ''Nautilus'', led by Captain Nemo, in an attempt to liberate Earth and other planets from the control of Master Phantom. The series later premiered in France on M6 on March 8, 1995 and later aired in the United States on UPN from September 10 to December 3, 1995. Action sequences were shown in "Strikervision" 3-D. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban Entertainment. The series is not available on Disney+. Plot ''Space Strikers'' has a single continuous plot running through all twelve episodes. The universe is inhabited by humans and a variety of other space-faring species. They are under threat from the mostly-robotic armies of Master Phantom, a human c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret Of The Loch
''The Secret of the Loch'' is a 1934 British film about the Loch Ness Monster. It is the first film made about the monster. Charles Bennett said the film was based on his original idea. He later admitted it was "terrible... but amusing".Tom Waver, ''Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews'' McFarland, 2003 p 18-19 Plot Professor Heggie is determined to prove to a sceptical scientific community the existence of a dinosaur in Loch Ness. Young London reporter Jimmy Anderson believes him and offers to help. He also falls in love with Angela, the professor's granddaughter. Jimmy finally plucks up the courage to enter the Loch himself, and comes face to face with the monster. Cast Production Charles Bennett and Billie Bristow visited Loch Ness in December 1933 to research the film. The film was known as ''Sinister Deeps''. The film was shot over four weeks. Critical reception ''TV Guide'' called the film "a trite programmer which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bots Master
''The Bots Master'' is a 1993 cartoon series, produced by Jean Chalopin through his company "Créativité et Développement" ("C&D") in France (where the show was known as Le Maître des Bots) and Saban International. In total 40 episodes were made, each one having a special 3D segment and titles. The series was co-produced by Avi Arad and Associates. The show also had a toyline based on it. Summary In the year 2025 A.D., robots have become commonplace, performing menial tasks and working in industry. For that, the world can thank the young genius robotic engineer Ziv "ZZ" Zulander and the Robotic Megafact Corporation (aka RM Corp) he works for. Ziv's creation of the "3A robot series" revolutionized the world and its application of robotics. However, Sir Lewis Leon Paradim (aka "LLP", president of RM Corp) isn't satisfied being one of the wealthiest men in the world; he desires world domination. With his assistants Lady Frenzy and Dr. Hiss, LLP plans to take control of the planet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conan The Adventurer (1992 TV Series)
''Conan the Adventurer'' is an animated television series adaptation of Conan the Barbarian, the literary character created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s. Produced by Jetlag Productions in association with Sunbow Productions, the series debuted on September 13, 1992, ran for 65 episodes and concluded on November 22, 1993. The series was developed by Christy Marx who served as the sole story editor. The series was produced in association with Graz Entertainment for the first 13-episode season; AB Productions and Jean Chalopin's Créativité et Développement for the remaining episodes. The series also spawned a small toyline in 1992 created by Hasbro. This first incarnation of Conan in cartoon form performed much better than its follow-up cartoon, ''Conan and the Young Warriors'', which lasted only 13 episodes. Plot Conan lived in Cimmeria with his parents throughout his childhood. While out with his grandfather one night on a trek, "fiery tears" or meteors dropped from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Arthur And The Knights Of Justice
''King Arthur and the Knights of Justice'' is an animated series produced by Golden Films, C&D (Créativité et Développement) and Bohbot Entertainment. The series was created by Jean Chalopin along with Diane Eskenazi (Golden Films) and Avi Arad (Toy Biz chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios) who were also executive producers of the series, which lasted for two seasons of 13 episodes each. Its first episode aired on September 13, 1992, and the last episode was on December 12, 1993. It aired as part of Bohbot's ''Amazin' Adventures'' programming block. Plot The show's premise had King Arthur Zelenski and the Knights of the Round Table trapped in the Cave of Glass by Arthur's sister, the evil enchantress Queen Morgana. Unable to free King Arthur and the Knights himself, the wizard Merlin searches the timeline for replacement Knights. He finds the quarterback of the New York Knights football team Arthur King and transports him and his teammates to Camelot after one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Around The World In Eighty Dreams
''Saban's Around the World in Eighty Dreams'' (french: Les Aventures de Carlos) is a French animated series that first premiered on Canal+ on November 13, 1992, and later aired on TF1 in December 1993. A co-production between Saban International Paris and TF1, with the participation of Canal+ and the CNC, the series focuses on Carlos (Based on Carlos Dolto, a French singer and celebrity) and his parrot Oscar, and three adopted children who live on Carlos' own tropical Island. Carlos loves to tell the children stories about how he met world famous important figures in history in spite of the children's disbelief. With the help of Grandma Tadpole, who lives on one of the beaches of the island, he travels back in time together with the children in order to prove to them that he is right. Carlos has the ability to transform into an ox when the group is in trouble. Ownership of the series passed to Disney in 2001 when Disney acquired Fox Kids Worldwide, which also includes Saban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Adventures Of T-Rex
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Twins Of Destiny
''The Twins of Destiny'' (known as ''Les Jumeaux du Bout du Monde'' (''The Twins of the Edge of the World'') in France, French, or 天命神童 (''Destiny's Children'') in Chinese language, Chinese) was a 1991 animated television series produced by French writer Jean Chalopin. It followed the fictional quest of two children, Jules and Julie, in their travels across Eurasia seeking to overthrow the Empress Dowager Cixi, Empress Dowager of China, and consequently, release their fathers from imprisonment. The English dubbed version first aired in Australia on December 27, 1994 on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC network. The animation was translated and introduced to China in mid-1990s. Story In Shanghai, China, 1895, Two children, Jules (a Han Chinese, Chinese boy), and Julie (an England, English girl) are born on the same night, under the light of a full moon, fulfilling the first part of a prophecy foretold by the soothsayer Lao Tzu. That prophecy describes two child ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saban's Adventures Of The Little Mermaid
(french: Le Prince et la Sirène, lit. "The Prince and the Mermaid") is an animated series produced by Fuji Television and Saban International Paris in the early 1990s, based on the 1837 Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale "The Little Mermaid". This 26-episode TV series was originally created by Jean Chalopin and directed by Takehiro Miyano. The series was broadcast on Japan's Fuji TV network from February to July 1991. As in the 1975 feature-length film version produced by Toei, ''Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid'' (with which this series may be confused), the mermaid protagonist was drawn as a blonde in this version and given the name Marina. It also added a new ingredient to the story: a magic potion given to the prince which he could use to breathe underwater and be with Marina. 26 episodes were produced. Released in America for Saturday morning and weekday afternoon syndication by Saban Entertainment in association with USA syndicator Bohbot Entertainment in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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