MUMBAI:
As temperatures soar, Nickelodeon in the US will break
out a blend of new TV movies and series, feature-film
blockbusters and daily Nicktoon marathons to spice kids'
viewing.
The
television movies are on Friday nights from 9 June.
It will unreel new animated telefilms based on the
series Danny Phantom, The X's, Avatar
and Jimmy Neutron/The Fairly
OddParents along with Nick network debuts of the
theatrical films Rugrats in Paris and Kangaroo
Jacke.
In
Danny Phantom/Reality Trip an escaped evil
ringmaster with ghostly minions reveals phantom-fighting
teen Danny's secret identity. Then, Truman's a turncoat
and family menace in The X's/"Truman X, Supervillain
after the wayward tween is recruited as an evil agent
of SNAFU. The Fury of the Avatar finds Aang
and the Avatar gang traversing the deadly Serpent's
Pass into Ba Sing Se just as a colossal fire nation
invention aims to destroy the Great Wall there. A
friendship blooms between erstwhile rivals Jimmy Neutron
and Timmy Turner in the Jimmy/Timmy Power Hour
III: "The Jerkinators as the tween leads
of The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius and
The
Fairly OddParents join forces to battle old foes and
an evil new one bent on stealing Jimmy's brains and
Timmy's magic. Whisking kids on adventures to Australia
and France on 23 and 30 June.
As
far as new shows are concerned, the channel will kick
off the fish-out- of-water anime action comedy Kappa
Mikey on 20 August. It chronicles the madcap adventures
of once- struggling American actor Mikey Simon as
he adjusts to his new role as the biggest anime star
Japan has even seen. Shuriken School is a crazy
place in fictional Tokirohama where Eizan and his
pals learn how to melt into the walls, fly over rooftops
and disappear in a cloud of smoke.