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Powerpuff Girls Reinvented for Japanese Audience

Nov 1st, 2007 · The three karate-kicking superheroes have grown up and gotten a serious makeover: The Powerpuff Girls have been remade -- a process called "transcreation" -- to appeal to viewers in Japan. They are among many other American characters being adapted for overseas audiences.

Keywords: Americans · audience · viewers · superheroes · Karate · Makeover · remade · Powerpuff · Powerpuff Girls · reinvent · transcreation

Voice of SpongeBob *

Dec 27th, 2004 · Former standup comic Tom Kenny is the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, the star of his own cartoon show on Nickelodeon cable and a recent feature film. Kenny's other voices include the narrator and the mayor on Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls, Dog in Nickelodeon's CatDog, and Boo Boo on Yogi Bear. (Original airdate: 11/16/04).

Keywords: cartoons · original · Mayors · comic · narrator · Cartoon Network · Nickelodeon · airdate · Kenny · SpongeBob · standup · Tom Kenny

'Powerpuff' Creator Turns to 'Foster's Home' **

Aug 28th, 2004 · Abandoned imaginary friends now have a place to call home. Craig McCracken, whose Powerpuff Girls took the nation by storm in the 1990s, has a new Cartoon Network series: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Hear McCracken and NPR's Jennifer Ludden.

Keywords: national · 1990 · creators · friends · Jennifer Ludden · Cartoon Network · imaginary · Powerpuff · Craig McCracken · Powerpuff Girls · Home for Imaginary Friends · McCracken