$1 Billion In Ads In 2003
June 15, 2003
Hollywood studios, which increased advertising on home videos by 72% in 2002, are about to raise the ante another 30% in 2003.
DVDs Include Interview With Peter Laird
June 12, 2003
Funimation Productions will handle the sales and distribution of video products from the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle cartoon series.
If The Name Fits, You Must Quit
June 12, 2003
New York State Supreme Court Justice Walter Tolub has granted a petition by filmmaker Spike Lee which will keep Viacom from rebranding its TNN cable network as SPIKE TV.
Blue Gender Also Joins Adult Swim
June 12, 2003
Inu-Yasha will be back on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block with new episodes starting on August 25.
Fox Expands Simpsons Licensing For Holidays
June 12, 2003
The vast array of Simpsons licensed goods is about to get even bigger as Twentieth Century Fox Licensing appears set to make this a 'yellow Christmas.'
DVD Set I Out In August
June 12, 2003
Rhino Home Video has announced that the Transformers Beast Wars Season I DVD Box Set will be released on August 12.
Each Wins A Love Hina Statue
June 12, 2003
ICv2 has announced the winners of its Tokyo Mint Love Hina Statue contests.
First Reviews Of The Hulk
June 12, 2003
The first reviews are in on the Hulk .
Unauthorized Bio Out In Sept.
June 11, 2003
This fall the Chicago Review Press will publish Jordan Raphael and Tom Spurgeon's Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book , an unauthorized biography.
Major Promotions, Tournaments, & 51 New Eps.
June 11, 2003
Beyblade , the number one cartoon series for boys on the ABC Family channel, is about to spin into its sophomore session with 51 new episodes to be aired Monday through Friday.
Manga Series Already A Hit
June 10, 2003
ICv2 has learned that Rave Master , the anime series based on the manga by Hiro Mashima, will appear on the Cartoon Network's Toonami block in 2004.
Steve Niles Scores Again
June 10, 2003
MGM has optioned the film rights for Steve Niles' Dark Horse Comic series Criminal Macabre .
