Shonen Jump Titles Debut on Barnes & Noble's NOOK Tablet & NOOK Color!

VIZ MEDIA EXPANDS DIGITAL MANGA TITLES AVAILABLE
FOR BARNES & NOBLE’S NOOK TABLET™ AND NOOK COLOR™

15 New Shonen Jump Series Now Available
For Barnes & Noble’s 7-Inch NOOK© Devices, Including
BAKUMAN｡, BLEACH, DEATH NOTE, NARUTO, ONE PIECE And More!

February 6, 2012-The digital manga convergence continues across North America as VIZ Media, LLC, largest distributor and publisher of anime and manga in North America, announces the launch of 15 additional manga (graphic novel) series for the Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color. Beginning today, the company expands its library of digital manga titles offered in the NOOK Store™ to include a variety of popular manga series published under the Shonen Jump and Shonen Jump Advanced imprints.

Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series in Atlantic Georgia

FIRST NORTH AMERICAN
Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES OF 2012
ARRIVES IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA FEBRUARY 18th – 19th

El Segundo, CA (February 6, 2012)– Duelists eager to try out their new Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) cards that they have been playing with since December will have a chance to test their new powers at the Yu-Gi-Oh! CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (YCS) February 18th – 19th. The first North American YCS of the year, to be held at the Georgia International Convention Center, is expected to draw hundreds of Duelists from the mid-Atlantic region and beyond to compete at this premier-level Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG event from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami).

FUNimation Entertainment Acquires Rights to Pretear

Flower Mound, TX – February 2, 2012 - FUNimation Entertainment announced today that it has acquired the broadcast, home entertainment, merchandising, and streaming rights to the complete 13 episode anime series, Pretear. The series was created by Chief Director, Junichi Sato, best known for his work on Kaleido Star. Pretear was directed by Kiyoko Sayama, who had previously worked on Vampire Knight.

Dragons Collide Structure Deck from Konami

THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
ARE HEADING ON A COLLISION COURSE IN
Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME’S
DRAGONS COLLIDE STRUCTURE DECK

El Segundo, CA (February 2, 2012)– The mightiest LIGHT and DARK Dragons, from the past, present and future, rear their heads in a battle of epic proportions in the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG) Dragons Collide Structure Deck from Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami). This ready-to-play Deck sees LIGHT and DARK Dragons combining forces for the first time in a Structure Deck, making for a fearsome team.

Announcing The Debut of SuBLime Digital Yaoi Manga Titles!

GLOBAL YAOI MANGA PUBLISHER SuBLime
KICKS OFF 2012 WITH TANTALIZING DIGITAL OFFERINGS

Bold New Publisher Releases Acclaimed Boys’ Love Manga
LOVE PISTOLS, OKU-SAN’S DAILY FANTASIES,
THE BED OF MY DEAR KING, And HUSBAND, HONEYMOON

San Francisco, CA, February 1, 2012 SuBLime, the global yaoi manga (graphic novel) publishing initiative between VIZ Media and Japan’s Animate, Ltd. (Animate) and Libre Publishing Co., Ltd. (Libre Publishing), opens 2012 with a variety of notable new releases. Today, the company launches LOVE PISTOLS Vol. 1 by Tarako Kotobuki, HUSBAND, HONEYMOON Vol. 1 by Haruka Minami, OKU-SAN’S DAILY FANTASIES by Noboru Takatsuki, and THE BED OF MY DEAR KING by Sakae Kusama.

Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Wins Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval

Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME HAS EARNED
THE COVETED PARENT TESTED PARENT APPROVED (PTPA)
SEAL OF APPROVAL

January 30th, 2012 – (El Segundo, CA)– Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. (Konami) is excited to announce that the best-selling trading card game of all time, the Yu-Gi-Oh! TRADING CARD GAME (TCG), has been awarded the Parent Tested Parent approved (PTPA) Winner’s Seal of Approval.

New York Comic Con/New York Anime Festival 2011 – Sunday

This day was perfect to browse around, take photos of booths and buy items that were discounted from the original price at the start of the con. Since I did not have that many panels or activities to check out, the day was less hectic and more relaxing. Plus, the crowd on that day tends was less crowded, so taking pictures was a bit more easier.

NYCC/NYAF 2011 - Anime and Manga Exhibitors

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