ARCANA STUDIOS AND MoBaD MEDIA JOIN FORCES TO LAUNCH "THE GWAII" 3D MOBILE APP
First –Ever Interactive 3D Graphic Novel Goes Mobile
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VANCOUVER (July 29, 2011) - Arcana Studios, one of the world's top graphic
novel producers, has partnered with MoBaD Media, a mobile app developer,
specializing in 3D children's storybooks and comics, to launch Arcana's The
Gwaii as an interactive mobile 3D App. The award-winning graphic novel was
adapted into a mobile app, featuring thirty interactive 3D pages, which can be
experienced without any visual aids. The app is available now on iTunes in the
iPad App Store for $1.99.
The Gwaii app features vibrant, animated 3D environments, lively original
characters, atmospheric sound effects and voice-over performances by some of
the biggest names in the VO industry. Now the story can be read like a book
while simultaneously entertaining readers like a game or a movie."
"Kids comics sure have come a long way since their early days of single black
and white colored panels publish on newsprint in the Sunday paper," said Sean
O'Reilly, CEO of Arcana Studios, Inc. "The Gwaii 3D graphic novel is visually
stunning and a technical work of art. It represents a new digital story type
that is not just a book or game or animation, but a true multimedia offering
that delivers something more than the sum of its parts."
The Gwaii 3D mobile app is rated E for Everyone. The app visually transforms
the original tale of Tanu, a young Sasquatch lost in the Canadian wilderness in
search of his mother and trying to make his way back home. Through his
adventures, Tanu befriends fellow Sasquatch, Jaadaa and together they uncover
hidden clues to help battle the most fearsome mythological creatures ever
whispered about in the wilderness.
Part 1 of 3 of The Gwaii 3D graphic mobile app is immediately available for the
iPad in the App Store on iTunes for $1.99, and future versions of the app will
be available for the iPhone, iPod Touch, and Mac in August 2011.
Key iPad App Features:
- Uses the same 3D technology as The Penelope Rose, a Mom's Choice Award Gold
Medal Storybook Mobile App
- Emotionally inspiring, active adventure plot line
- 30 beautifully illustrated 3D pages
- User-activated animations and sound effects
- Charming animated characters with unique quirks and personalities
- Intuitive and educationally meaningful reading tools for young readers
- Light sense of humor with valuable moral messages
- Suitable for the whole family!
[2]Website
[3]iPad version ($1.99) app store link
[4]Video teaser
About Arcana Studios:
Since 2004 Arcana Studios has established itself as an innovative leader in
developing content in numerous mediums. Arcana owns one of the world's largest
libraries of graphic novels and comics, and has adapted this library into live
action feature films, stereoscopic 3D animated features, episodic television
series and toys. Arcana focuses on a transmedia approach to the scaffolding
process of developing brands and intellectual properties.
About MoBaD Media:
MoBaD Media is a Los Angeles based mobile app publisher specializing in
interactive 3D storybooks, comics, graphic novels, and choose your own
adventure digital stories. Utilizing a 3D gaming engine and proprietary app
development tools, MoBaD Media seeks to advance the art of storytelling through
interactivity, gaming elements, sound, animation, and educationally meaningful
reading tools. Engaging and entertaining mobile readers of all ages...that's
our mission.
For inquiries, interview requests, or etc, please contact:
Erik Hendrix
[5]erik@arcana.com
VP of Marketing and Promotions
Arcana Comics
References
1. http://goo.gl/FCa5P
2. http://www.mobadmedia.mobi/
3. http://goo.gl/FCa5p
4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gv0DBwOH8Be
5. mailto:erik@arcana.com
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