New CGI ‘The Care Bears’ Animated Series Coming In 2012, New Toy Line In 2013.

In honor of The Care Bear’s 30th anniversary American Greetings Properties will produce an all new CGI-animated Care Bear series in 2012, as well as a new Care Bear toy line set for release in 2013.

Originally created in 1982 by American Greetings as greeting-cards, The Care Bears found some resurgence as of late, when the toy line was relaunched in 2002 and generated more than $2.6 billion in global sales. It only makes sense for American Greetings to want to pursue it with a new series and toy line.

A respresentative from American Greetings had this to say about its reboot:

“The Care Bears are not just a piece of ’80s pop culture, but enduring and still-beloved properties whose messages of caring and sharing are as relevant today as they were when the property was first introduced. By producing a new television series, we are excited to help moms who grew up with the Care Bears share them with their own children.”

Source: Variety