Indian cricketer Ajinkya Rahane to promote Korean Comic Animation – CricketPang

NEW DELHI: A Korea-based character creation and animation production company YouNeedCharacter Co., Ltd., has recently signed Indian Cricket player, Ajinkya Rahane as the brand ambassador for CricketPang.

As a part of their promotion, marketing, and branding initiative, Ajinkya Rahane has been roped in as the ambassador for India for ‘CricketPang’ – The soon to be launched original animate series.

Asian Community News (ACN) Network had EXCLUSIVELY published the related article titled “Coming from Korea; Cricket Animation for Indian Kids” in its Sep 28, 2019 edition.

YouNeedCharacter is an animation and character production company founded in 2017, by CEO Minsu Song, who previously has worked in Iconix, famous for their project ‘Pororo’.

In September 2019, Minsu Song had visited India as part of a business delegation from Korea and attended business meetings organized by Korea Trade-Investment Agency (KOTRA), West Asia Pacific.

Actively developing characters and concepts for original character brand IPs and animations to advance into the Indian and global markets, especially with our flagship animation, ‘CricketPang’.

YouNeedCharacter is currently in the final production stage and as the first stage of the launch, the comic series will be aired in India, followed by other major countries.

CricketPang has signed with popular OTT platforms in India and is in talks with local companies to start its services in March 2021.

“India is a country of cricket. It is the nation’s favorite sport and famous cricket players along with Bollywood actors are some of India’s most influential role models. Among the cricket players, Ajinkya is a top-class player who is loved and respected by the Indian audience. He has garnered around 7 million followers on Facebook. I am extremely happy and think it is very important that such an excellent and famous player has shown interest and has become the brand ambassador of CricketPang.” said the CEO of YouNeedCharacter, Minsu Song.

“With Ajinkya, we not only plan to promote the CricketPang animation but also initiate activities keeping public interest in mind. Through these initiatives, we intend to support cricket by securing scholarships for promising young cricket players in India,” he added

Commenting on his decision to become the ambassador of CricketPang, Ajinkya said, “An animation series on Cricket will be very interesting for children, especially when the narrative is interesting and the characters are cute. I feel an animated series like this will appeal to kids and it is a great way of promoting the sport. It is an interesting concept that convinced me to associate with the launch of CricketPang in the Indian market. I hope to have a long-standing association with the brand.”

Related article: Coming from Korea; Cricket Animation for Indian Kids