Official Statement
In the world of decentralized projects, we understand there are those that have been less than honest. Due to this reason, we wanted to write to our community and clarify this project’s legitimacy. We have received a deeply passionate fan response in just the first few days after the announcement. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have grown up with millions of kids that are now savvy adult investors. After practicing our nunchuck skills and ordering some pizza, we bring you the official TMNT Non-Fungible Token 1987. In this statement, we will explain to you a bit of backstory involving this IP and why we can completely prove our involvement.
But how did your turtle friends jump from the sewers to the streets? That’s a good question with an answer so simple Michelangelo can follow along.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was originally created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird in 1984. The world’s favorite turtles started as a comic book series.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was then adapted as an animated television series, produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson and the French company IDDH Groupe.
What is the story behind the IDDH Groupe? It all starts with a man named Bruno Huchez.
Bruno Huchez was employed by the Japanese company Marubeni, he got Marubeni to acquire the European rights to some animation programs from Toei Animation’s catalog.
In 1977, Marubeni decided to close its import-export sector and left the Toei Animation IP which includes TMNT, to Mr. Huchez. IDDH was founded in 1981 in direct relation to receiving these rights. They created the first 130 episodes of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from 1987–1992. Bruno being one of the central creatives around the project. In fact, he wrote a few scripts of your favorite animated childhood show.
IDDH left the full IP to the original 130 episodes to Poly Productions. Years later, Poly Productions left the IP for our turtle friends to Squemme Productions.
Now that you’re up-to-date, these days, the TMNT 1987 TV show is actually owned by Squemme Productions and Fred Wolf Film (formerly Murakami-Wolf-Swenson).
What does Viacom actually own?
In 2009, Viacom (Owner of Nickelodeon/Paramount) has acquired the global intellectual property rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles from The Mirage Group and 4Kids Entertainment. It therefore owns all the rights to TMNT except for the 1987 animated series, which belongs to Squemme Productions and Fred Wolf Films
Now that we have updated you on the history, where do we fit into this grand legacy?
Our company, Squemme Productions that acquired from Poly Productions/IDDH the exclusive IP of the first 130 episodes of TMNT 1987 recognizes that “TMNTNFT“ is related to us, and agrees with every form of communication including social media post, affiliation, and representation of our TMNT IP. We also recognize the legitimacy of “TMNTNFT“ to create unique NFT with assets based on the episodes named above.
Our legal firm Barnett has made an official statement here and on LinkedIn from Marc Olivier Deblanc (Founder). Our legal team is also working to get in direct contact with Viacom to keep things clear between all parties. This will prevent anyone from stirring up trouble for no reason. We are all one turtle team at the end of the day and want to make sure they are as happy about this project as we are.
You can check our legal team’s official statement provided alongside this statement.
Turtles Fight With Honor
This project has quickly received an overwhelming abundance of positivity from the NFT community. Our mission is to defeat Shredder’s army by providing you the most amazing experience with high-quality and anticipated NFT.
Protecting others is in the DNA of the Ninja Turtles. From this day on, we believe that the NFT community could use some real protectors. We promise we will implement our time, energy and resources to clean up the NFT space from less than reputable projects. Once we are ready, you will absolutely know it, as we plan to follow through on our word.
