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Turning Mecard (TV series)

Turning Mecard is a South Korean-Japanese-American aeni/anime which is a part of the toyline and media franchise of the same name developed for toy company Sonokong by Choirock. The series was produced for Choirock by Heewon Entertainment, and was animated by Paprika Entertainment, Production Reve and SynergySP.

Release
South Korea Turning Mecard premiered on 3 February 2015 on KBS2. Initially, it aired on Tuesdays until episode 30 (11 August 2015), but it moved to Fridays since episode 31 (21 August 2015). The show's finale aired on 5 February 2016. Japan Turning Mecard premiered in Japan on 6 February 2016 on TV Asahi. It initially aired at 2:30 PM until episode 20 (18 June 2016), but it moved to 3:15 PM since episode 21 (25 June 2016). The finale of the series aired on 11 February 2017. Pakistan In Pakistan, it was aired on Kids Zone, with Urdu dubbing. The series received great TRPs in the country. English-speaking areas There are two existing English dubs for Turning Mecard. One English version of Turning Mecard was produced for Choirock and Sonokong by BTI Studios Hong Kong. This version, however, does not credit the voice actors, translator, voice director and the recording studio on screen. 9Go! in Australia (premiered on 12 June 2017), Okto in Singapore (premiered on 5 May 2018), TV3 in Malaysia (premiered on 5 June 2018) and Cartoon Network in the Philippines (premiered on 15 December 2018). The other version, simply titled Mecard, was produced by Studiopolis for Mattel, which released it on their Mecard website and through the Mattel Action YouTube channel beginning on January 26, 2018. It was also streamed on Toon Goggles. In Mattel's web release, each full episode is split into two parts. A 22-minute version of this dub aired on the syndicated KidsClick programming block in the United States from June 16, 2018 to January 20, 2019. This dub was cancelled after 26 half hour episodes with some cut edited from the original version. ==Reception==
Reception
Turning Mecard toys became a fad in its native South Korea, helping propel Sonokong's stock price from 2,980 to a peak of 8,750 in 2015. The brand accounted for roughly 80% of the company's record-breaking 125 billion revenue that year. However, by 2017 sales for Mecard toys had slowed significantly. Turning Mecard W: The Revival of Black Mirror ranked as the fifth highest-grossing film in South Korea in its weekend of release. The movie eventually grossed a total of 3.1 billion. == See also ==
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