Lilo returns to Stitch! the Japanese animated series! The new series has been controversial from the start because Lilo supposedly “ditched” Stitch for her new BF. On the upcoming season 3 episode “Zutto Saiko no Tomodachi”, Lilo makes her way overseas for a reunion with Stitch. And Jess Winfield himself tells us that Save Disney Shows played a part in making it happen.
Hi Laramie,
So the cat is out of the bag about the Lilo episode! I didn’t respond to your last e-mail because I’ve known about it for some time, but I really couldn’t really talk about it until it was “public.”
A return of Lilo, and explanation of where she is and what happened with her and Stitch, is something I’ve been pushing for since I first became involved in the project. I can be very persistent, and I got my wish. I haven’t had much involvement yet with Season Three, but I did consult with Japanese team about this story. I’ll warn you that not all of my suggestions were necessarily followed (I haven’t seen the final episode yet); this is their show. But I was able to give some input, I know some details of the story, and I think you and your crew will find it compelling and controversial (in a good way).
I hope you feel some pride in the progress of the Stitch story. It was fans’ concern (back on TV Tome) about the “missing experiments” in the US series that led me to personally write “Snafu” to try and address them. And I sent copies of some “What happened to Lilo?” posts from your “shout-out” page to executives at Disney Channel here and in Japan to help convince them that fans desperately wanted Lilo to make an appearance in “Stitch!”
In short: you and your community are ohana; and you’ve totally rung up a good deed!
Aloha and ichariba chodei,
Jess
Many congratulations to the Save our Stitch movement on this hard fought victory.
I’d like to take this opportunity to share a few words from the leader of the movement.
This really doesn’t change much for us, as far as out mission goes. It’s still business as usual. Two big things that we should already be fighting for, and will continue to fight for: First, as you are well aware Disney has basically put every pre-2005 cartoon in the vault, so they can show repeat after repeat of the same sitcoms. Can you believe there are only 2 cartoons in active production?! Lilo & Stitch the Series needs to get back on air. Morning slot, it doesn’t matter. It needs to come back. As do many others, such as Kim Possible, ADJL, etc. And second, the English translated Stitch! needs to be released in the US. While I’m glad for YouTube, I’m ticked (to say the least) that every other country except for us have been able to watch this series. Those are our main goals, and will continue to be. But of course we will still continue to fight for another season of Lilo & Stitch the Series, more DVDs, more merchandise etc. The usual stuff. Business as usual. But we can bask a bit too and enjoy this victory for Save Lilo & Stitch and Lilo & Stitch fans everywhere. Lilo is not a bad person. We always knew that. And hopefully everyone else will know now too.
Emily certainly doesn’t seem shy about her body, which makes it all the more odd that there aren’t more bikini pics of her. I mean yes, we has that first set from 2009.
As you’ve probably noticed, there haven’t been any updates for the past couple days. I’ve had a lot of things going on including some major upheavals over at the Sonny with a Chance Forum, a death in the family, and I’m still recovering from the loss of most of personal websites last week. In short, I just haven’t had a chance to get over here.
Starting later today and over the next couple days, I intend to get caught back up. I have new event photos of Selena, some awesome new bikini pics of Emily Osment, and a great Tiffany Thornton set, just to name a few.
In the meantime though, enjoy this HD still of Debby Ryan from her “Deck the Halls” Music Video (Thanks Tony!)
Disney executives announced today that the hit Disney Channel series Phineas and Ferb is being developed for a new theatrical movie. Disney’s head of production and Tron: Legacy producer Sean Bailey is developing the project.
The project is still in early stages of development, although it was said to be a combination of live-action and animated elements. No story details were given.
Phineas and Ferb premiered on the Disney Channel in 2007 and has already spawned a spin-off series, Take Two with Phineas and Ferb, where the animated characters interview celebrities. The series launched in December and guests have included Seth Rogen, Taylor Swift, Jack Black, Neil Patrick Harris and Emma Roberts.
A feature-length TV movie, Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension will air on the Disney Channel next summer. No production schedule for the theatrical Phineas and Ferb adventure was announced.
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