Gundam Wing and Shojo Titles
July 7, 2001
Tokyopop has announced a major expansion of its manga line, which will double by the end of the year.
Bows in Winter, 2001
July 7, 2001
The first Buffy CCG release, which will be designed using episodes from the first two seasons of the award winning series, will debut late in 2001.
All the Suppliers that count
July 7, 2001
List of key suppliers to retailers of anime products. Wholesalers, video companies, manga publishers, toy companies, and more!
Anime Sources for Retailers
July 4, 2001
This is a directory of anime distributors with links to profile pages, which provide additional information and ordering contacts.
Nostomania.com Supports Comics and Coins
July 4, 2001
Madison, Wisconsin-based Nostomania, Inc has announced the launch of Nostmania.com, a website that provides users with a free state of the art collectible management system.
Midtown Comics Explain How It's Done
July 4, 2001
Today only a surprisingly small percentage of pop culture retailers make much of an effort to sell apparel in their stores, but those that do often enjoy remarkable success. Here's the first in a series of examinations of the methods of retailers who have had great success in selling apparel items.
CMI Liquidating Inventory
July 4, 2001
AnotherUniverse.com is up and running as one part of the Fandom inventory liquidation being run by CMI Holdings, parent of Comics and Comix and Thecomicstore.com. AU sent out an e-mail notice to its former customers on Friday, June 29th.
X-Men Helmer To Direct
July 3, 2001
The Fox TV network has ordered a two-hour pilot based on the classic television series Battlestar Galactica, which was originally broadcast by ABC from 1978 through 1980.
Boxed Sets and Movie Tie-in Are Flying
July 3, 2001
A recent article in USA.Today highlighted the publishing phenomenon of the summer -- a huge increase in sales of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings books.
Some Manga Projects Canceled
July 3, 2001
In a open letter excerpted on the Anime News Service website, C.B. Cebulski, the founder and prime mover behind Fanboy Entertainment, announced that Fanboy is scaling back its publishing operations.
Alliance and Diamond To Distribute
July 3, 2001
Fantasy Flight Games plans to announce the acquisition of the Lord of the Rings board game license (formerly held by Wizards of the Coast), with distribution to be handled exclusively by Alliance Game Distributors and Diamond Comic Distributors.
Preview Set for San Diego Comic-Con
July 1, 2001
Ghost World , the film directed by Terry Zwigoff ( Crumb) and based on the graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, has already garnered some rave reviews from key industry publications like Variety and the Hollywood Reporter .
