The
Toonami: Game On, Video Gaming Championship is
an on-ground extension of the new Toonami look
and feel, giving kids an opportunity to personally
experience shows featured in the action block. Cartoon
Network will undertake a school contact programme
spanning seven cities: Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad,
Kolkata, Ahmedabad and Ludhiana, to promote the stunt.
Kids
can participate in the on-air contest which will give
away prizes for early bird entries on the premiere
day. Toonami watches, loads of Pokémon goodies,
Cybergiants and one Xbox 360 gaming console will be
up for grabs every week, states an official release.
Turner
International India vice president advertising sales
and networks India & South Asia Monica Tata said,
"We have always believed in constant innovation
and creativity through self evaluation as well as
our understanding of what our viewers need. Cartoon
Network's latest study, New Generations, revealed
that the concept of gaming is fast gaining popularity
with Indian kids and in keeping with our commitment
to listen to our consumers, we have launched Toonami:
Game On, Video Gaming Championship while also giving
a new look to the Toonami block during this time to
make it one of the trendiest destinations on television."
Toonami
claims to be the first block for kids on Indian television
that focused on action shows. This block airs shows
such as Pokémon, Beyblade, Digimon, Duel
Masters and now Gransazers between 5 pm
to 6.30 pm.
Pokémon
is the story of Ash, a 10 year old Pokémon
trainer. His Pokémon - 'Pikachu' and his friends
- Brock, May and Max - are always on an adventure
as they travel to participate in battles, win medals
and come closer to being a Pokémon Master Trainer.
Pokémon Series 7 is the brand new season
of Pokémon Advanced Challenge which
sees Ash continuing on his journey in the Hoenn League.
While
Gransazers revolves around the descendents
of an advanced human civilization, which was wiped
out billions of years ago during a conflict with a
terrestrial race called the Astral Allies. The twelve
descendents, called Sazers, form four separate tribes:
Fire, Wind, Earth and Water. Each Sazer possesses
extraordinary powers, and is able to control the 'Super
Star God', mammoth war machines constructed by their
ancient ancestors. At first, the tribes begin to wage
wars amongst each other on Earth, until they discover
that the Astral Allies are planning another strike,
this time the domination of humankind. Upon this revelation,
the tribes join forces to mobilize a resistance against
the invaders and protect the future of all life on
Earth.
Cartoon
Network has played hosted to several on-ground events
in the past including such as Join The Powerpuff
Generation, Toon Cricket, Toon Yatra, Next Big Toon,
School Is Cool and Save Dexter's Brain.