Upper Deck will debut the animated property Huntik:  Secrets and Seekers, for kids 6-12, at Licensing Show in New York next week.  Upper Deck co-produced the property with Rainbow SpA., the animation house of Iginio Straffi, the director and creator of the  Winx Club, Tommy & Oscar, Prezzy, and Monster Allergy animated series.  Big Bocca of Ireland was also involved. 

Upper Deck will manage marketing, promotional, and licensing uses of the property in the Americas, the UK, Japan, China, and Korea. 

The first season of the show, a combination of 2-D and 3-D animation, will air on the 4Kids block on CW this fall.  It’s already been sold to over 30 countries for TV. 

Upper Deck will produce a Huntik Trading Card Game, and Playmates is the master toy licensee.         

The Huntik storyline features a group of Seekers who travel the world to find powerful spirit-warriors called Titans to help them battle against the evil Organization and its sinister mastermind, The Professor, for the fate of the world.