Review: Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time

There were cameramen and photographers capturing the excitement of the fans. People were walking into the 90% filled theatre, ranging from elementary school children to adults in professional attire, while other attendees cosplayed as Yu-Gi-Oh characters. Hearing people chatting and munching on popcorn, I looked at my watch. It was February 23 at 7:06pm and the movie did not start yet. However, the wait was over. The lights went out and the screen brightened the room. We were going down memory lane.

FUNimation Entertainment Acquires TO

Flower Mound, TX (February 19, 2010) – North American anime distributor FUNimation® Entertainment today announced that it has licensed the home entertainment, broadcast, digital rights and merchandise rights for the sci-fi original video anime “TO” from Showgate, Inc.

FUNimation Announces Baka and Test Cast

Flower Mound, Texas (February 19, 2010) - FUNimation(r) Entertainment today announced the main cast of the 13 episode supernatural action anime series "Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts":

Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time Movie Pack

KCOMING SOON TO A STORE NEAR YOU –
Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: BONDS BEYOND TIME MOVIE PACK!

NEW RELEASE FROM TRADING CARD GAME POWERHOUSE
KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
IN SUPPORT OF MOTION PICTURE

El Segundo, CA (February 17, 2011) – Call your friends, microwave some popcorn and get set to Duel with the Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time Movie Pack! This movie pack releases February 22nd in advance of the United State’s debut of the second Yu-Gi-Oh! feature film, Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D: Bonds Beyond Time Movie.

AM² Announces Official Passport Pre-Registration Contest

AM² BRINGS MORE FUN TO ATTENDEES
WITH THE OFFICIAL PASSPORT
PRE-REGISTRATION CONTEST

Monthly Random Winners
Will be Chosen to Receive Amazing Prizes

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (February 17, 2011) This summer¹s hottest and most anticipated free fan convention, AM² (pronounced: ³A², ³M² ³Squared²; July 1-3, 2011; Anaheim, CA at the Anaheim Convention Center), announces the official Passport Pre-registration Contest in which fans that purchase the convention¹s ³fast/discount² pass will be able to win some amazing prizes. More info and attendee Passport registration can be found at www.am2con.org

More Celebrity Appearances at C2E2!

MORE ENTERTAINMENT CELEBRITY APPEARANCES ARE ANNOUNCED FOR THE CHICAGO COMIC AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPO (C2E2)

Eliza Dushku and Rick Bayless to Participate in Panels; Cast of True Blood in Spotlight Panel on Saturday, March 19

Norwalk, CT, February 16, 2011: Officials at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) have announced more notable guests from the world of entertainment who will participate in the show and take part in panels. Eliza Dushku, the star of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse will be at C2E2 on both Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20 where she’ll be signing both days and speaking with Dollhouse co-star and previously announced guest of C2E2, Tahmoh Penikett, in a Q & A session on Saturday afternoon. In addition, famed Chef, award-winning author, and popular television personality Rick Bayless will participate in a panel with C.B. Cebulski, writer and talent scout for Marvel, and moderated by Ron Richards of iFanboy and A Taste of Comics. The unique panel, which itself illustrates the broad reach and expansive role of pop culture in the world today, will center on the connections between food and comics on a creative level. Cooking is creativity. Food is art. And that’s the connection to comics. A chef’s knife is the equivalent of an artist’s pencil or brush!

The FUNimation Channel VOD Package

FUNIMATION CHANNEL VOD PACKAGE NOW AVAILABLE
WITH PREMIUM SD AND HD CONTENT THROUGH
COMCAST MEDIA CENTER

The Nation’s Leading Anime Network
Launches a Combined Revenue
Generating Package for TV Providers

West Palm Beach, FL, (February 15, 2011) – FUNimation Channel, the nation’s leading Anime television network, is now available with SD and HD content through a combined revenue generating video-on-demand package to TV Providers in the U.S., U.S. Territories and Canada, through the Comcast Media Center (CMC).

World Cosplay Summit Regionals at AM²

ALL THE WORLD IS A STAGE AS THE BEST
OF THE BEST COME TO COMPETE AT THE
WORLD COSPLAY SUMMIT REGIONALS AT AM²

Winners Winning Trips to Japan to Represent the USA

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (February 16, 2011) Have a sense of showmanship? A great personality? And an impressive crafting and performance creating ability? Come and participate or watch the best of the best as one pair will succeed in the US preliminaries, at this summer¹s most anticipated FREE convention AM², to move on and compete on the world stage in Japan on television! More info, rules and attendee registration can be found at www.am2con.org or via the World Cosplay Summit official Facebook page at www.facebook.com/pages/World-Cosplay-Summit-Preliminaries-United-States/122191194459337

Hetalia: Axis Powers Are Invading TinierMe!

Hetalia: Axis Powers are invading TinierMe!
Online Virtual World
Launches Yet Another Campaign
with a Popular Anime Series

SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 11, 2010) –

News Facts

• TinierMe, the virtual world focused on Japanese anime, today announced that, in cooperation with FUNimation Entertainment, it is launching a limited promotional campaign featuring the hit anime series Hetalia: Axis Powers.
• Through this collaboration, TinierMe users who love the Hetalia: Axis Powers manga and anime series can meet other fans and purchase authentic Hetalia: Axis Powers virtual items such as axis character uniforms and Italy’s popular white flag for their avatars.
• This international partnership will further promote the growth of Japanese anime culture in North America and around the world.

Konami Showcase Products for First Half of 2011

KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
STRENGTHENS ITS HAND WITH THE
INTRODUCTION OF A LEGION OF
Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME PRODUCTS
AT AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL TOY FAIR

Company to Showcase Products for First Half of 2011

EL SEGUNDO, CA (February 10, 2011) – Fresh off a successful 2010 holiday season, Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami) is poised to further strengthen its position in 2011 with a series of new Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) releases. Announced today, these products will be showcased in the Konami Booth #5423 (Hall 1) at the American International Toy Fair to be held at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City from February 13-16.

FUNimation...for sale??

Yes everyone, Navarre Corporation, the parent company of FUNImation, has placed the anime power house up for sale. Why? Because FUNimation Entertainment and Navarre Corporation has "distinct" "strategy and capital requirements." As a result, to further the success of FUNimation, "the Company anticipates that those plans are best executed with ownership that has assets or expertise in those areas."

Valentine's Anime and Manga Day 2011

Here are the list of activities happening that day:

America's Greatest Otaku on Hulu

Eight-episode documentary series
to premiere February 24 on Hulu

Los Angeles, CA (February 1, 2011) - TOKYOPOP, the leading manga-lifestyle entertainment company, is pleased to announce that the first episode of its weekly documentary series, America's Greatest Otaku, will debut on Hulu February 24, 2011.

YuGiOh 2011 10 City Tour

KKONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT
ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR A 2011
Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME MALL TOUR
10-CITY TOUR GIVES FANS
A CHANCE TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY
THE BEST-SELLING TRADING CARD GAME OF ALL TIME!

El Segundo, CA (January 31, 2011) – Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami), the makers of the best-selling trading card game of all time, announced today that the company will launch a ten-city mall tour on February 12th. Fans, young and old, are encouraged to stop by and learn to play the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG), discover the exciting world of Yugi, Jaden and Yusei, use Spells and Traps, Summon monsters and much more!

FOUR Days of NYCC and NYAF 2011!

REEDPOP EXTENDS NEW YORK COMIC CON
TO TAKE PLACE OVER FOUR DAYS IN 2011
Pop Culture Group Also Announces Success Of
Recent Singapore Toy, Games & Comic Convention

Norwalk, CT, February 1, 2011: After hosting nearly 100,000 fans, guests, and professionals at the 2010 edition of New York Comic Con (NYCC), organizers of the annual event have decided to extend the length of the show by an extra day in 2011 in order to accommodate even more attendees as well as provide additional programming and business opportunity for the artists, creators, and exhibitors who are the foundation of the show’s success. New York Comic Con has experienced exponential growth since it was launched in 2006. The show now occupies the entire Jacob K. Javits Center and the addition of another day of activity assures that the convention can continue its expansion into one of the largest annual events in New York City. New York Comic Con is a celebration of the pop culture universe, covering comic books, anime, movies, television, toys, and games. It attracts fans from around the world, exhibitors and guests from the full spectrum of popular culture, and tremendous media attention -- almost 4,000 members of the press attended the show in 2010 and stories appeared in hundreds of outlets ranging from blogs to live national TV broadcasts.