Overall winner to be given airtime promoting the brand new fifth season of
Adventure Time on Cartoon Network
Animation
Generation, the exciting, nationwide initiative by Cartoon Network,
celebrated its 8th
year in South Africa with a record breaking 13 021 entries. The
initiative is a drawing competition, which promotes illustration and
celebrates the imagination of many talented young South Africans in
schools across the country.
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| Enhle Majola's winning entry |
The
overall winner from this year’s competition was Enhle
Majola from Lyndhurst Primary School in Kwazulu-Natal. Her artwork of
her character Skilo Pop Fighter impressed the judges with its highly
original design and name.
Her
drawing will be fully transformed from a one-dimensional drawing into
a fully animated character which will be broadcast on air to promote
the brand new fifth season of Adventure
Time premiering on Cartoon Network,
DStv channel 301, in October.
The
theme for this year’s Animation
Generation was Adventure Time
and students were encouraged to design and create an original hero or
heroine, villain or villainess to join Finn, Jake, Princess Bubblegum
and Lady Rainicorn as they travel through The Land of Ooo on unusual
and bizarre escapades.
1900
primary schools across South Africa were invited to participate and
children between the ages of 6-14 years old joined in. Entries were
judged by the creators of Adventure Time
– Adam Muto, Supervising Producer and Kent Osborne, Head of Story –
amongst others.
“Creativity
plays an integral role in the development of all children and Cartoon
Network’s hit comedy Adventure Time is all about letting your
imagination run wild. This is the perfect pairing. The aim of this
year’s competition was to give students the opportunity to harness
their natural creativity and the entries did not disappoint – they
were original, exciting and of an exceptional standard. We were
extremely pleased with the huge number of entries this year. This
project we care a lot about here at Cartoon Network”, said Tal
Hewitt, VP and GM of Turkey, Middle East and Africa for Turner
Broadcasting System.
Winners
in each of the age groups (6-8 years, 9-11 years, and 12-14 years)
walked away with some amazing prizes, some of which were iPads,
Blackberrys and iPods. The overall school with the most entries was
Marianpark Primary School which received R10 000 from Cartoon
Network to enhance the art facilities at the school in order to
further improve creativity of their students.
The winners in the
three age categories were:
6-8 years
Gold
– Enhle Majola – Lyndhurst Primary School, Kwazulu Natal
Silver
– Razaan Meyers – Parkhurst Primary School, Western Cape
Bronze
– Surelda Roberts – Laerskool Mikro, Western Cape
9-10
years
Gold
– Phanaso Zondi – Lyndhurst Primary School, Kwazulu Natal
Silver
– Nqobile Mngadi – Lyndhurst Primary School, Kwazulu Natal
Bronze
– Theron James – Greenheights Primary School, Kwazulu Natal
11-14
years
Gold
– Danielle Rothwell – Bedfordview Primary School, Gauteng
Silver
– Caitlin Davies – Bedfordview Primary School, Gauteng
Bronze
– Theveshan Chetty – Brailsford Primary School, Kwazulu Natal
To
watch the new amazing fifth series of Adventure
Time tune in to Cartoon Network, DStv channel 301, every Monday
from 7 October at 17h55 as part of Cartoon Network’s “Mighty
Mondays”, with repeats on Saturdays at 10h00 and 14h35.
Press release courtesy of ARCAY Burson-Marsteller.
