About an hour ago, Scholastic made an official press release for the Animorphs relaunch, and at the same time revealed the morphing animation for Animorphs #1’s Lenticular Cover! You can see the animation here: http://bit.ly/fSdVQp. (The animation is in flash, so if anyone is able to save a copy of it, either as a gif or avi, please email me!)
As for Scholastic’s press release, it highlights a new quote by K.A. Applegate:
“I am thrilled at the re-launch of Animorphs,” said K.A. Applegate. “Animorphs had far more impact on readers than I ever expected. Animorphs fan sites and works of fan fiction number in the thousands even today. Every library I visit has the old tattered copies, some now barely held together with glue and tape. So I’m very excited at the chance to retire those dog-eared old books, to ratify the enduring faith of the die-hard fans, and most of all, to reach a whole new generation of readers. The invasion is on, the Yeerks are everywhere, and the only ones who can stop them are the small band of kids with the power to become any living creature: the Animorphs are back.”
You can see the entire press release at: mediaroom.scholastic.com.
Most of the details in there are things we already know from the 2011 Library Webcast, however it now gives us an updated release date for Animorphs #4 and #5, which are now released in September and December 2011. So the new official release schedule (along with the ISBN) is as follows:
May 2011
Animorphs #1: The Invasion (ISBN: 978-0-545-29151-4)
Animorphs #2: The Visitor (ISBN: 978-0-545-29152-1)July 2011
Animorphs #3: The Encounter (ISBN: 978-0-545-29153-8)
September 2011
Animorphs #4: The Message (ISBN: 978-0-545-29156-9)
December 2011
Animorphs #5: The Predator
That’s all for now, but be on the lookout for more news as Scholastic moves ahead with its marketing plans for next year. And be sure to let us know if you stumble across anything interesting!
Until next time!
UPDATE: I just found out that this is our 100th Blog Post on Hirac Delest! How awesome is that?! Makes this news post even better!
While this is awesome, that cover design leaves something to be desired. Maybe I’m just nostalgic for the awesome designs of the past… but, no. It looks like a third grader designed it on PowerPoint or something.
Comment by Kristy — December 9, 2010 @ 1:43 pm
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