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79-562: How to Train Your Dragon is an American media franchise from DreamWorks Animation and loosely based on the eponymous book series of the same name by British author Cressida Cowell . It consists of three feature films: How to Train Your Dragon (2010), How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019). The franchise also contains five short films: Legend of

158-485: A franchise can even be created, which ultimately leads to the creation of brand worlds. Since the creation of Disneyland in 1955, bringing fictional media franchises to life through the theme parks slowly became increasingly popular as the way to perfectly blend tourism and real-life involvement with media itself. Similar to transmedia, the concept of bringing fictional media into a non-fictional space where fans can immerse themselves in real-life versions of elements from

237-424: A modeling agency, several television shows ( Playboy's Penthouse , in 1959), and even its own television channel . Twenty-five years later, Playboy released private clubs and restaurants, movie theaters, a radio show , direct to video films, music and book publishing (including original works in addition to its anthologies of cartoons, photographs, recipes, advice, articles or fiction that had originally appeared in

316-411: A new title – Dragons: Riders of Berk . The series began airing in the third quarter of 2012. John Sanford, the director of seven episodes in the first season, confirmed that there would also be a second season. Jay Baruchel, who voiced Hiccup, also stars in the series, as well as America Ferrera (Astrid), Christopher Mintz-Plasse (Fishlegs), and T. J. Miller (Tuffnut). The second season is accompanied with

395-441: A rule that stated that the award would not be presented in a year in which fewer than eight eligible films opened in theaters. It dropped the rule on April 23, 2019, to make voting for animated films more acceptable. People in the animation industry, as well as fans, expressed hope that the prestige from this award and the resulting boost to the box office would encourage the increased production of animated features. In 2009, when

474-533: A series of graphic novels based on the franchise, starting with How to Train Your Dragon: The Serpent's Heir in 2016. The series was co-written by Dean DeBlois, writer and director of the film series, and Richard Hamilton, writer of Dragons: Race to the Edge , with the production designer of How to Train Your Dragon 2 , Pierre-Olivier Vincent, providing cover artwork. The series took place between

553-459: A special feature on Blu-ray and double DVD edition of the original feature film. The film follows Hiccup and his young fellows accompanying their mentor, Gobber, on a quest to kill the legendary Boneknapper Dragon. About half the film is done in traditional animation, showing Gobber's history and his encounters with the Boneknapper, and how he comes to look like he does now. Book of Dragons

632-451: A third film in the series: " How To Train Your Dragon is at least three: maybe more, but we know there are at least three chapters to that story." DeBlois, the writer, and director of the second and the third film, said that How to Train Your Dragon 2 is being intentionally designed as the second act of the trilogy: "There are certain characters and situations that come into play in the second film that will have to become much more crucial to

711-454: A whole section of the park offering various rides based on the franchise called " How to Train Your Dragon : The Island". It offers three different flying attractions and a boat ride where guests venture into the dark Dragon Caves to meet and help Hiccup, Toothless and their friends. The Dubai Hollywood-inspired theme park Motiongate Dubai also features a section of the park based on the films and television series. The most prominent attraction

790-533: Is Shrek , became an immediate favorite for the nomination, similar the way of nominating animated films like the animation rivalry's 1991 film Beauty and the Beast ; DreamWorks had advertised heavily during the holiday 2001 season for the film like the studio's previous years, but it didn’t materialize the category due to its inauguration of the Best Animated Film category, which sparked criticism from

869-806: Is an 18-minute short film, based on How to Train Your Dragon , and was released on November 15, 2011, on DVD and Blu-ray, along with Gift of the Night Fury . The short shows Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Toothless and Gobber telling the legend behind the Book of Dragons and revealing insider training secrets about new, never before seen dragons. The short shows a total of 14 different dragons, each separated into 7 classes: Stoker (Terrible Terror, Monstrous Nightmare), Boulder (Gronckle, Whispering Death), Fear (Hideous Zippleback, Snaptrapper), Sharp (Deadly Nadder, Timberjack), Tidal (Scauldron, Thunderdrum), Mystery (Changewing, Boneknapper) and Strike (Skrill, Night Fury). Gift of

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948-909: Is being produced in partnership with Global Creatures , the company behind another arena show Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular , and directed by Nigel Jamieson. The score was composed by John Powell and Jónsi from Sigur Rós . Arena Spectacular features 24 animatronic dragons – 10 different species in various sizes: Nadder, Gronckle, Monstrous Nightmare, Night Fury (Toothless), Red Death, Skrill, Stinger, Kite Dragon, Zippleback and Egg Biter. It also features villagers and Vikings, including Hiccup (Rarmian Newton/Riley Miner), Astrid ( Sarah McCreanor /Gemma Nguyen), Stoick (Robert Morgan), and Gobber (Will Watkins). The show premiered as How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular on March 3, 2012, in Melbourne , Australia, and

1027-487: Is inspired by the 2003 book of the same name by Cressida Cowell . The story takes place in a mythical Fantasy Viking world where a young Viking teenager named Hiccup aspires to follow his tribe's tradition of becoming a dragon slayer. After finally capturing his first dragon, and with his chance of finally gaining the tribe's acceptance, he finds that he no longer has the desire to kill the dragon and instead befriends it. The film grossed nearly $ 500 million worldwide, and

1106-453: Is much darker and deeper, like the movie. The show is the first DreamWorks Animation series that airs on Cartoon Network instead of Nickelodeon , unlike previous series such as The Penguins of Madagascar , Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness and Monsters vs. Aliens . Although it was announced that the series would be called Dragons: The Series , TV promos shown in June 2012 revealed

1185-597: Is set in the same universe. A third series, Dragons: The Nine Realms , began streaming on Hulu and Peacock in December 2021, with Rescue Riders transferring to Peacock beginning with the third season under the Heroes of the Sky subtitle. Unlike past entries in the franchise, The Nine Realms is set in the 21st century, specifically around 1,300 years after the events of The Hidden World . The franchise primarily follows

1264-672: Is the 13th highest-grossing animated franchise . The franchise was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature , the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Animated Feature , and the Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film . This section includes characters who will appear or have appeared in more than two films in the series. Son of Eret Media franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For

1343-484: Is the Japanese term for a transmedia franchise. The term media mix gained its circulation in late 1980s and is first used to describe adaptations of Sakyo Komatsu 's Japan Sinks , but the origins of the strategy can be traced back to the 1960s with the proliferation of anime , with its interconnection of media and commodity goods. Some of the earlier popular Japanese franchises such as Vampire Hunter D in

1422-927: Is the hanging roller coaster named "Dragon Gliders". Riders join Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid, and Stormfly in flying through the caves of the Forbidden Island, where they come across an unexpected threat. Guests can also meet and greet with Hiccup, Toothless, and Astrid. To promote How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World , Universal Studios Florida briefly had a limited-time virtual reality experience where guests could experience riding on Toothless, while Universal Studios Hollywood allowed visitors to meet and greet with Toothless. Universal Studios Beijing 's Hollywood Boulevard area contains Untrainable, an immersive How to Train Your Dragon-themed stage show with largescale puppets and sets. In January 2024, it

1501-399: Is the only franchise with multiple wins, for its third and fourth films . Additionally, the third film was the first sequel to win this category. Shrek is the most-nominated franchise, with 4 (and having won once). Other franchises with three nominations include How to Train Your Dragon and Cartoon Saloon 's "Irish Folklore Trilogy" (consisting of The Secret of Kells , Song of

1580-491: The fantasy and science fiction genres. Similarly, fantasy, science fiction films and television shows are frequently adapted into animated television series , video games, or both. A media franchise does not have to include the same characters or theme, as the brand identity can be the franchise, like Square Enix 's Final Fantasy or the National Lampoon series , and can suffer from critical failures even if

1659-423: The 1980s and Pokémon in the late 1990s, acted as benchmarks in the country's transmedia dominance. The latter in particular began as a video game available on Nintendo 's Game Boy , and crossed through the media of television, film, news, and other non-media related realms, such trading cards, merchandise, and more. A number of Japanese media franchises have gained considerable global popularity, and are among

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1738-665: The 2019 holiday season. A series of comic books, titled Dragons: Riders of Berk , were released by Titan Comics, starting with the first volume, Dragon Down , on April 30, 2014. The comics were written by Simon Furman and drawn by Iwan Nazif. Other volumes are Dangers of the Deep (2014), The Ice Castle (2015), The Stowaway (2015), The Legend of Ragnarok (2015), and Underworld (2015). Two more comic books were published on February 24, 2016, titled Dragons: Defenders of Berk . The following volumes are The Endless Night (2016) and Snowmageddon (2016). Dark Horse Comics have released

1817-637: The Academy occasionally bestowed special Oscars for exceptional productions, usually for Walt Disney Pictures , such as for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1938, and the Special Achievement Academy Award for the live action/animated hybrid Who Framed Roger Rabbit in 1989 and Toy Story in 1996. In fact, prior to the award's creation, only one animated film was nominated for Best Picture : 1991's Beauty and

1896-452: The Beast , also by Disney. By 2001, the rise of sustained competitors to Disney in the feature animated film market, such as DreamWorks Animation (founded by former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg ), created an increase of film releases of significant annual number enough for AMPAS to reconsider. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first given out at the 74th Academy Awards , held on March 24, 2002. The academy included

1975-491: The Best Animated Feature category. Pete Docter has the most wins of any individual (3), and is tied with Hayao Miyazaki for the most nominations (4). Additionally, Miyazaki has the most wins and nominations for a non-US individual. Hayao Miyazaki became the oldest winner in 2024 at the age of 83; he previously held the record between 2003 and 2023. Andrew Stanton is the youngest winner, having done so at

2054-811: The Boneknapper Dragon (2010), Book of Dragons (2011), Gift of the Night Fury (2011), Dawn of the Dragon Racers (2014), and How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming (2019). A live-action remake of the first film is scheduled for release by Universal Pictures in June 2025. The television series based on the events of the first film, DreamWorks Dragons , began airing on Cartoon Network in September 2012. The first and second seasons were titled Dragon: Riders of Berk and Dragons: Defenders of Berk respectively. After

2133-492: The Dragon Racers , was released on November 11, 2014, on the DVD/Blu-ray/digital release of How to Train Your Dragon 2 . It was released on DVD separately on March 3, 2015, and it also includes Book of Dragons and Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon . It was directed by John Sanford and Elaine Bogan, and it features the voices of Jay Baruchel and America Ferrera along with the cast from the television series. In

2212-614: The Night Fury is a 22-minute How to Train Your Dragon Christmas special, directed by Tom Owens. It was released on November 15, 2011, on DVD and Blu-ray, along with Book of Dragons . Based on How to Train Your Dragon , the short takes place in the middle of preparing for the Viking winter holiday, 'Snoggletog', when suddenly all the dragons inexplicably go on a mass migration, except for Toothless, so Hiccup gives him something to help. A 25-minute short film, titled Dawn of

2291-471: The Sea , and Wolfwalkers ); both hold the record as the most-nominated franchises without a win. Of the several adult animated films (judging from their MPAA ratings), The Triplets of Belleville was the first PG-13 rated nominee and Anomalisa was the first, and so far only, R-rated animated film to be nominated; The Boy and The Heron became the first PG-13-rated winner. Studio Ghibli (Japan) has

2370-645: The Snoggletog Pageant in order to convince them otherwise. Meanwhile, Toothless and the Light Fury's three Night Light children come to New Berk looking for Hiccup, prompting their parents to go after them. Snoggletog Log is a 28-minute slow television short film inspired by The Yule Log ; it is a single continuous 28-minute shot of a Christmas fireplace, with various gags involving the franchise's main characters, Viking and dragon alike, happening every so often. It has been available on Hulu since

2449-504: The Spider-Verse ( Sony Pictures Animation ); the latter grew strong positive reactions and received several Best Picture nominations from critics' groups. Pixar holds the most wins for a studio with 11, the most nominations with 18, and the most consecutive wins (4, between 2007 and 2010). Pixar , with 11 wins, and Walt Disney Animation Studios , with 4, are both owned by The Walt Disney Company , which has 15 wins for

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2528-474: The adventures of a young Viking named Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III (voiced by Jay Baruchel ), son of Stoick the Vast, leader of the Viking island of Berk. Although initially dismissed as a clumsy and underweight misfit, he soon becomes renowned as a courageous dragons expert, alongside Toothless, a member of the rare Night Fury breed as his flying mount and closest companion. Together with his friends, he manages

2607-434: The age of 38. Ron Clements , Dean DeBlois , Travis Knight , Tomm Moore , and Chris Sanders are tied for receiving the most nominations without winning, with three each. In diversity, Brenda Chapman was the first woman to win for Brave , Peter Ramsey was the first black director to win for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse , and Yvett Merino was the first woman of color to win for Encanto . Byron Howard

2686-491: The best animated film. An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time. The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature was first awarded in 2002 for films released in 2001. The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose

2765-582: The cast as the film's main villain, Grimmel. Set one year after the events of the second film, Hiccup had become the new chieftain of Berk for dragons and Vikings. His late father had told a younger Hiccup to seek out the haven of dragons, known as "the Hidden World". Upon discovering the Light Fury, Toothless initiates a new bond with her. The Night Fury killer, Grimmel the Grisly, sets out to find and kill Toothless, prompting Hiccup to choose between keeping

2844-533: The category in total. Laika has the most nominations without a win, with 6 films. Almost all the winners have been computer-animated films. The exceptions are Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron , which are the only hand-drawn animated films, and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio , the only stop motion animated films to win. Toy Story

2923-634: The category was particularly prominent at the 81st Academy Awards , in which WALL-E won the award but was not nominated for Best Picture, despite receiving multiple accolades. This sparked controversy over whether the film was deliberately snubbed of such nomination by the Academy. Film critic Peter Travers commented that "if there was ever a time where an animated feature deserved to be nominated for Best Picture, it's WALL-E ." However, official Academy Award regulations state that any film nominated for this category can still be nominated for Best Picture. This, as well as more backlash that The Dark Knight

3002-414: The day-in-the-life episodes of the many different Real Housewives series. Documentaries and docuseries are other highlights of the non-fiction branch of media franchises, such as the popular Planet Earth series, which serves as both a film and television transmedia franchise. Academy Award for Best Animated Feature The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is given each year for

3081-412: The dragons or setting them all free. In February 2023, a live-action adaptation and remake of the first animated film was announced to be in development, to be produced by Marc Platt Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures , with Dean DeBlois set to return to write and direct, and John Powell set to return to write the score. It was originally scheduled for release on March 14, 2025, but

3160-602: The events of the second and third film, with the first novel picking up right after the conclusion of the second film. A Broadway-style production titled How To Train Your Dragon On Ice is currently on Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas . How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular or How to Train Your Dragon Arena Spectacular is an arena show adaptation of the original film. The show

3239-725: The fictional worlds they love, adds to the overall narrative the franchise creates through its other media. Marvel's Avenger's Campus park is one of the many franchise-based theme parks created in recent times, following the creation of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studio's Islands of Adventure and Star Wars' Galaxy's Edge at Disneyland and Disney World . Media franchises tend to cross over from their original media to other forms. Literary franchises are often transported to film, such as Nancy Drew , Miss Marple , and other popular detectives , as well as popular comic book superheroes . Television and film franchises are often expanded upon in novels , particularly those in

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3318-470: The film The Matrix Reloaded and the video game Enter the Matrix were produced at the same time, using the same actors on the same sets, and released on the same day. Transmedia franchises occasionally release content through certain media that is not canon to the main or greater story that the franchise is built around, meaning that the elements of said content do not truly exist in the main timeline of

3397-500: The film had enough animation to meet the award's minimum requirements. The AMPAS officially deemed the film eligible for consideration in the Animated Feature category and was eventually nominated for said category. As of 2008, some members and fans have criticized the category; however, saying it is only intended to prevent animated films from having a chance of winning and nominating Best Picture. The most notable example

3476-467: The financial logic of cost-recovery for expensive productions by identifying that a single medium launch is a lost opportunity, the timeliness of the production and release is more important than its integrity, the releases should raise brand awareness and the cross-ability of the work is critical for its success. American Idol was a transmedia franchise from its beginnings, with the first season winner Kelly Clarkson signing with RCA Records and having

3555-448: The first and second film, and a year between the second and third film. The film series has been highly acclaimed, with each film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature , in addition to the first film's nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Score . How to Train Your Dragon , the first film in the series, was released on March 26, 2010. It was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois , and

3634-607: The focus on the content of the commodity to "overlapping the commodity image with the character image". The book Anime's Media Mix: Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan, by Marc Steinberg, details the evolution of the media mix in Japan. Long-running franchises were common in the early studio era, when Hollywood studios had actors and directors under long-term contract. In such cases, even lead actors are often replaced as they age, lose interest, or their characters are killed. Spin-offs and adaptations of popular pieces of media within

3713-433: The franchise's characters and settings. As one author explains, "For the studios, a home-run is a film from which a multimedia 'franchise' can be generated; the colossally expensive creation of cross-media conglomerates predicated on synergistic rewards provides an obvious imperative to develop such products." The trend later developed wherein franchises would be launched in multiple forms of media simultaneously; for instance,

3792-415: The franchise. Canon content often times breaks continuity, leading fans to speculate or seek to confirm which media are canon and which are not, which can get confusing if the franchise does not provide an answer themselves since entire media can be non-canon to the greater story, with a popular example occurring. On the other hand, specific episodes, volumes or parts of a series can be canon while others in

3871-485: The future. This rule was possibly made to prevent nominations of live-action films that rely heavily on motion capture, such as Avatar (2009). In 2022, it was unclear whether Marcel the Shell with Shoes On would be eligible for the award at the 95th Academy Awards due to being a live-action/stop-motion animated hybrid . Director Dean Fleischer Camp said that he and A24 had to submit documentation in order to prove

3950-425: The industry, though it ultimately won the inaugural Best Animated Feature award. Nonetheless, it was successfully nominated for Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy , and was also the first animated film to be nominated for PGA Award for Best Theatrical Motion Picture , BAFTA Award for Best Film , and Critics' Choice Awards for Best Picture , respectively. Another criticism surrounding

4029-410: The latter was delayed. The film was released on June 13, 2014. It was announced that the entire original voice cast – Baruchel, Butler, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Miller and Wiig – would return for the sequel. New cast includes Kit Harington as Eret, Cate Blanchett as Valka, and Djimon Hounsou as Drago Bludvist. John Powell , the composer of the first film's score, returned for

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4108-473: The magazine), footwear, clothing of every kind, jewelry, housewares (lamps, clocks, bedding, glassware), guitars and gambling, playing cards, pinball machines and pet accessories, billiard balls, bedroom appurtenances, enhancements, plus countless other items of merchandise. Non-fiction media franchises also exist in the television and film media, with reality TV being one of the most well-known examples; ranging from competition shows like The Amazing Race to

4187-400: The media fictional material is unrelated. Non-fiction literary franchises include the ...For Dummies and The Complete Idiot's Guide to... reference books . An enduring and comprehensive example of a media franchise is Playboy Enterprises , which began expanding well beyond its successful magazine, Playboy , within a few years after its first publication, into such enterprises as

4266-419: The more mixed critical response and comparatively low box-office receipts, while Pixar's sister studio Disney Animation won their first three awards but in similar response. Other studios have also come close to a Best Picture nomination with critical and commercial success, including Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio ( Netflix Animation ), The Boy and the Heron ( Studio Ghibli ), and Spider-Man: Across

4345-485: The most wins (two) and nominations (seven) for a non-US studio; Spirited Away and The Boy and the Heron are the only non-English language films to win. Flee is the first animated documentary film to be nominated. Shaun the Sheep Movie (and its sequel ), The Red Turtle , and Robot Dreams are the only non-dialogue films to be nominated. Since 2019, each year has had at least one nominee that

4424-469: The new subtitle, Defenders of Berk , replacing the previous Riders of Berk subtitle. Starting with the third season, the series moved to Netflix and is accompanied by the subtitle Race to the Edge . A preschool-oriented spin-off, DreamWorks Dragons: Rescue Riders was released on Netflix on September 27, 2019. On October 13, 2021, DreamWorks announced DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms , set 1,300 years after The Hidden World . The six-episode series

4503-623: The nominee slots for Best Picture were doubled to ten, Up was nominated for both Animated Feature and Picture at the 82nd Academy Awards , the first to do so since the inception of the Animated Feature category. This feat was repeated the following year by Toy Story 3 . In 2010, the academy enacted a new rule regarding the motion capture technique employed in films such as A Christmas Carol (2009) and The Adventures of Tintin (2011), directed by Academy Award for Best Director winners Robert Zemeckis and Steven Spielberg respectively, and how they might not be eligible in this category in

4582-433: The overarching story and narrative of the franchise itself. A connection between the characters, settings, and other elements of the media franchise do still exist within the different media, regardless of the fact that they are being presented in sometimes completely different ways, such as the shared, interweaving storylines and elements of Spider-Man films, television shows, comics and video games. Espen Aarseth describes

4661-490: The owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom , which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its media and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchise-based fandoms have grown to be even more popular in recent years with

4740-484: The popular Twilight book series that was adapted into the five films of The Twilight Saga . Other neologisms exist to describe various franchise types including metaseries , which can be used to describe works such as Isaac Asimov 's Foundation series . Multimedia franchises usually develop through a character or fictional world becoming popular in one medium, and then expanding to others through licensing agreements , with respect to intellectual property in

4819-638: The release date was pushed back again to March 2, 2019. This was the first DreamWorks Animation film to be distributed by Universal Pictures , after NBCUniversal 's acquisition of the company in 2016, and followed DreamWorks' departure from 20th Century Fox after 2017's Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie . The film was produced by Arnold, and exec-produced by DeBlois and Sanders. Baruchel, Butler, Blanchett, Ferguson, Ferrera, Hill, Mintz-Plasse, Harington and Wiig reprised their roles from previous films. F. Murray Abraham joined

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4898-415: The release of A Moment Like This becoming a #1 hit on Billboard Hot 100. The success resulted in a nationwide concert tour, an American Idol book that made the bestseller list and the film From Justin to Kelly . A transmedia franchise however is often referred to by the simpler term "media franchise". The term media franchise is often used to describe the popular adaptation of a work into films, like

4977-409: The rise of social media platforms, as many fans seek to interact with one another for discussion, debate and even to create their own fan-made pieces of media revolving around the franchise, on websites like tumblr , Reddit and Fandom . In the case of successful transmedia franchises, each different medium should expand the target demographic and fandom, build the interest of the consumers and add to

5056-525: The same medium are not, such as the fact that only some of the Battlestar Galactica comics are canon, with a large amount of them breaking the continuity of the main story. In Japanese culture and entertainment, media mix ( wasei-eigo : メディアミックス , mediamikkusu ) is a strategy to disperse content across multiple representations: different broadcast media , gaming technologies, cell phones, toys, amusement parks , and other methods. It

5135-465: The second and third film. Set five years after the events of the original film, Hiccup and Toothless have successfully united dragons and Vikings. Now 20 years old, Hiccup is pressed to succeed his father as chieftain. When he discovers a group of dragon trappers led by Drago Bludvist, he goes on a quest to find Drago, while also coming across his long-lost mother Valka. In December 2010, DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg confirmed that there would also be

5214-644: The short, a hunt for a lost sheep turns into a competition between Hiccup and his friends for the first title of Dragon Racing Champion of Berk. How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming is a 22-minute holiday special which aired on NBC on December 3, 2019. It is set ten years after the dragons left the Vikings in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World , but within the film's epilogue. Hiccup and Astrid's children believe dragons are dangerous monsters after finding Stoick's old journals, leading Hiccup and Astrid to bring back

5293-415: The story by the third." The film's release date was changed several times. In September 2012, 20th Century Fox and DreamWorks Animation announced an initial release date of June 18, 2016, which was later changed to June 16, 2016. It was then moved to June 9, 2017, and later to May 18, 2018, taking over the release date of Warner Animation Group 's The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part . On December 5, 2016,

5372-402: The two seasons on Cartoon Network, the series was given the new title Dragons: Race to the Edge . The characters are older and it served as a prequel to the second film, running from June 2015 to February 2018. A second series, titled Dragons: Rescue Riders , began airing on Netflix in 2019 and features a completely different cast and locale than the original series of films and TV shows, but

5451-401: The village's allied dragon population in defense of his home as leader of a flying corps of dragon riders. Upon becoming leaders of their kind, Hiccup and Toothless are forced to make choices that will truly ensure peace between people and dragons. Dean DeBlois , the director of the film trilogy, described its story as "Hiccup's coming of age ", taking place across a span of five years between

5530-483: The winner since the award's inception. If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category, the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist. For much of the Academy Awards' history, AMPAS was resistant to the idea of a regular award for animated features, considering there were simply too few produced to justify such consideration. Instead,

5609-477: The world's highest-grossing media franchises . For example, Pokémon 's penetration into the American market of the franchise along with others of Japanese origin, such as Yu-Gi-Oh! , gave rise to the recognition of what is variously called transmedia storytelling , crossmedia, transmediation , media synergy, etc. Researchers argue that the 1963 Tetsuwan Atomu marked a shift in Japanese marketing from

5688-466: Was also not another Best Picture nominee meant that next year, the Academy expanded the Best Picture category. After the expansion, two animated films— Up (2009) and Toy Story 3 (2010)—were nominated for Best Picture. From 2010 onward, with the increasing competitiveness of the Animated Feature category, Pixar (a perennial nominee) did not receive nominations for several recent films due to

5767-456: Was announced that Cartoon Network had acquired worldwide broadcast rights to a weekly animated series based on the movie, which was scheduled to begin sometime in 2012. In January 2011, producer Tim Johnson confirmed that work had begun on the series and that, unlike the TV series spin-offs of the films Madagascar , Kung Fu Panda and Monsters vs. Aliens , How To Train Your Dragon' s series

5846-689: Was announced that How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of Berk would be one of the five lands of Universal Florida's fourth theme park Universal Epic Universe , which will open on May 22, 2025. A Proslide KrakenRACER mat racing slide called Dragon Racers opened at DreamWorks Water Park at American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey , on October 1, 2020, along with a Proslide and the world's tallest and longest hydromagnetic water coaster called Toothless Trickling Torpedo. Having earned over $ 1.6 billion worldwide, How to Train Your Dragon

5925-549: Was delayed to June 13 of that year due to the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike . In May 2023, Mason Thames and Nico Parker were announced to have been cast as Hiccup and Astrid, respectively. Filming began on January 15, 2024. Three television series make up the DreamWorks Dragons television franchise: DreamWorks Dragons , Rescue Riders , and The Nine Realms . All series in total amount to 223 episodes across 22 seasons of television. On October 12, 2010, it

6004-639: Was followed by a New Zealand tour in April 2012. Renamed to How to Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular , it toured United States and Canada between June 2012 and January 2013, when it was cancelled in favour of taking the show to China where it premiered in July 2014. It was also planned to come to England but was later scrapped due to an increase in market demand in China. In 2016, the German theme park Heide Park created

6083-515: Was mainly released via streaming, with two winners (denoted in bold): Klaus (Netflix) in 2019, Soul (Disney+) in 2020, Luca (Disney+) and The Mitchells vs. the Machines (Netflix) in 2021, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Netflix), The Sea Beast (Netflix) and Turning Red (Disney+) in 2022, and Nimona (Netflix) in 2023. 2005 and 2011 are the only two-time years that Disney and Pixar films were completely shut out of

6162-424: Was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature . A sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2 , was confirmed on April 27, 2010. The film was written and directed by DeBlois, the co-director of the first film. Bonnie Arnold , the producer of the first film, also returned, with Sanders, who co-directed the first film, only exec-producing this time due to his involvement with The Croods and its sequel until

6241-419: Was released on Peacock and Hulu on December 23, 2021. The Nine Realms stars Jeremy Shada , and is executive produced by showrunner John Tellegen, Chuck Austen and Henry Gilroy. Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon is a 16 minute sequel short film to the feature film How to Train Your Dragon . The short was originally broadcast on television on October 14, 2010, on Cartoon Network , and released next day as

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