Upper Deck has announced that it has signed a multi-year deal with Nickelodeon for trading cards and trading card games based on Nickelodeon properties,...

The first issue of Viz' Shonen Jump has sold far beyond expectations in all channels. The first printing of 250,000 copies was sold out before release,...

Beyblade , the high tech spinning top combat game that took Japan by storm, is slowly but surely establishing a beachhead in North America.

4Kids Entertainment has designated Bandai America Inc. as the master toy licensee for the U.S. for the animated series Ultimate Muscle: The Kinnikuman Legacy .

Viz Communications has announced that the first issue of its Shonen Jump manga anthology, due out in November, will include an 'ultra-rare' Yu Gi Oh card.

Fred Swayne of Infinity Entertainment in Ottawa, Canada saw that Yu-Gi-Oh! is being held out of the top best-seller spots by lack of inventory and added an update on the situation in his store.

The Cartoon Network has announced that the anime version of Rumiko Takahashi's Inu-Yasha will debut on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Block at 11 pm (ET & PT) on Saturday, August 31.

Diamond Comic Distributors announced today the formation of a new division, Diamond Book Distributors, the goal of which will be to make a wide selection of graphic novels, anime, gaming, collectible toys, and other pop-culture merchandise available to the mainstream retail book market.

Antarctic Press and G.T. Labs have separately named Diamond their exclusive distributor to the bookstore market.

Kuo-Yu Liang is leaving his position as an Associate Publisher for Ballantine Books at the end of this month to join Diamond Comic Distributors, where he will spearhead Diamond's drive into the book trade.