Property Poised To Take Off
February 16, 2003
FUNimation, the company that brought Dragon Ball Z to the States, is planning to take another anime property on a similar path to success, with TV exposure on the Cartoon Network, DVDs, and soon toy and CCG licensees.
First Trading Card License
February 16, 2003
Decipher Inc., well known as a manufacturer of CCGs, has signed its first trading card license to create trading cards for this year's Matrix films, Matrix Reloaded and Matrix Revolutions .
Comic Sells 1.5 Million Copies
February 16, 2003
Kids WB has acquired the anime series MegaMan: NT Warrior for its summer schedule.
Beginning in July
February 16, 2003
Sideshow Toys has announced that it has been granted the license to produce collectible busts based on the Simpsons TV series.
Creepy Freaks
February 16, 2003
WizKids has announced a new game for kids, played with painted plastic figures on clicky bases, featuring gross-out contests as the basis of competition.
Shadowrun: Duels
February 16, 2003
WizKids has announced a game using action figures as play pieces based on the FASA Shadowrun property, Shadowrun: Duels.
Droll Dragons and Funny Fighters
February 16, 2003
A Paid Advertisement. Journey back to Lodoss Island for tales of dragons and dwarves, paladins and princesses, magic and...madness?!
But Underlying Trends Positive
February 15, 2003
Hasbro reported sales of $2.8 billion for 2002 and a loss of $171 million, compared to sales of $2.9 billion and a profit of $60 million in 2002.
$43.5 Million Estimate for First Weekend
February 15, 2003
Daredevil opened strong, its $43.5 million opening a record for a President's Day weekend, and the second best ever for a February opening, behind Hannibal two years ago.
Zeta Gundam, s.CRY.ed, .hack//SIGN, Kikaider
February 15, 2003
Bandai America introduced toys based on four hot new anime properties at the 2003 Toy Fair in New York.
Anime Series Catching On
February 15, 2003
The creative team responsible for the Kinnikuman/Ultimate Muscle manga, Takashi Shimada and Yoshinori Nakai, are appearing at the Bandai America showroom at Toy Fair to help launch a toy line based on the anime version of Ultimate Muscle.
For May
February 15, 2003
Marvel has announced the second wave of its 'Tsunami' line of manga-esque titles for shipment in May.
