Jason meets an alien talking car who can transform into a giant legendary Mecardimal warrior. But he's not the only one out to tame Mecardimals. Now Jason must learn how to master every weapon, attack and ability before the other guys do.
A Korean/Japanese co-production created by Bakugan and Dragon Ball Super contributor Atsushi Maekawa. Turning Mecard stars Jason, a grade-schooler who meets a Mecanimal, a transforming minicar from the alternate world of Triforce, named Evan. Jason and Evan are both searching for missing family members, and team up to help each other. Together, they meet more Mecanimals as they battle across dimensions and learn important lessons along the way.—MyAnimeList
Jason is a grade-schooler who meets a Mecanimal -- a transforming minicar from the alternate world of Triforce -- named Evan. Jason and Evan are both searching for missing family members, and team up to help each other. Together, they meet more Mecanimals as they battle across dimensions and learn important lessons along the way.—Anime-Planet
Jason, a boy who likes mini cars, met the living mini car, Mecardimal , when he followed the beautiful and mysterious student Isobel. The so-called Mecardimal is a miniature life form created to end the war in the distant world of the "three person world". Isobel came to save himself by collecting Mecardimal scattered on the earth. Isobel of Blue Land, who wants to seal the dangerous force of Mecardimals , Ryan of Red Hall, who wants to use Mecardimals to rebuild the world, and the ghost group and Van Dine who want to dye the world into an evil black mirror through Mecardimals With the sad memory of his father's whereabouts unknown, Jason, in order to help the Mecardimal "Evan" who is looking for his younger brother, participated in the fight for Mecardimals , and as a friend, welcomed other Mecardimal warriors, and consciously defended the mission of world peace. Can Jason and his friends can really destroy the ambition of the black mirror and restore world peace!.—Namu WIki
Turning Mecard (Korean: Teoning Mekadeu), released in the United States as Mecard, is an anime-influenced South Korean animated television series which is a part of the toyline and media franchise of the same name developed for toy company Sonokong by Choirock (Sonokong's multimedia production arm). The series was produced for Choirock by Heewon Entertainment, and was animated by Paprika Entertainment and Production Reve.
The series was followed by Turning Mecard W, which was aired between May 2016 and September 2017 in South Korea, then followed by a soft reboot titled Turning Mecard R in September 2017 and a spin-off titled Dino Mecard in November 2017.
Turning Mecard was written by Atsushi Maekawa, who was involved in several successful anime such as Yu-Gi-Oh and Bakugan before. After airing in South Korea it was imported to the West by Mattel in late 2016. It first launched in Canada and aired on Teletoon on May 28, 2017.
On January 26, 2018, Mattel announced their launch of Mecard in the United States, and a new American dub by Studiopolis inc., released exclusively on the Mattel Action Youtube channel.
It became apparent Mattel's Mecard performed abysmally in the U.S. and abroad. Despite the fact Choirock won a patent lawsuit filed by Spinmaster accusing them of infringing on their Bakugan, it was apparently enough to throw a wrench in the works discouraging any further development of the dub and toy launches beyond their initial lineup while the trial was underway.
Mattel may also be to blame for poor toy marketing. The gray uniform packaging might have failed to stand out among competing toys, and the fact the Mega toys were repacked from open-display robot mode boxes to the most compact opaque vehicle mode boxes implies Mattel just wanted to penny-pinch as they got their stock out to the shelves. It may be also due to the cultural notion that Western families would rather have deal-for-your-dollar collectible toys than high-quality but expensive toys.
Spinmaster and/or Mattel themselves killed all incentive for any Mecard franchise to be distributed to Western markets ever again.
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