Debuts in October
February 21, 2005
Wizards of the Coast has announced the October release of its Xiaolin Showdown Collectible Card Game.
Anime Starts on ABC in April
February 21, 2005
Hasbro has announced its new B-Daman Game , which does for the ancient game of marbles what Beyblade did for spinning tops.
Viz Has 6 of the Top Ten
February 17, 2005
Yukiru Sugisaki's D.N.Angel Vol. #6 , published by Tokyopop, topped the BookScan list of best-selling graphic novels in bookstores for the week ending February 13th.
Anime Market Flat
January 25, 2005
In issue #9 of the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga , we report that the manga market continued its robust growth in 2004.
'Amazed'
January 24, 2005
Bob Cosner of Bob's Baseball Cards in Des Moines, Iowa saw a recent interview with an Upper Deck spokesperson and was 'amazed' at the answers in the context of current Upper Deck release patterns to its sales channels.
Top-Selling Graphic Novel So Far
January 16, 2005
Ken Akamatsu's Negima Vol. 4 published by Del Rey has sold more copies in bookstores 2005 than any other graphic novel.
'Brave Story' Out in 2006
January 11, 2005
Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. has acquired theatrical rights in Japan and an option for rights in the rest of the world for Fuji TV's first animated feature film, Brave Story .
Column by Steven Bates
January 5, 2005
This week, Bates shares his store's experience with trading cards.
For Characters and Entertainment
December 27, 2004
License Magazine estimates that in 2003, sales of licensed products were flat over-all, but down in the character and entertainment categories,.
From Forbes
October 24, 2004
Forbes has released its list of the top ten fictional characters (based on 2003 dollar revenues), and two anime properties and two Marvel properties are included in the list.
