Retailers Will Receive Free Issue #0
July 27, 2002
Viz is launching an ambitious marketing campaign to promote the American version of Shonen Jump , the phone book size manga anthology magazine that sells 3.5 million copies per week in Japan.
Ratings Are Stellar
June 25, 2002
Yu-Gi-Oh's television ratings remain strong and the WB network has ordered an additional 39 episodes of the popular series from packager 4Kids Entertainment.
Young Ones DVD Bows in September
June 19, 2002
Warner Brothers has announced that it will release a DVD set containing all 12 episodes of the BBC comedy series, The Young Ones .
Kids WB Dominates
June 14, 2002
Nielson ratings for Saturday, June 8 released by the WB network indicate that the Kids WB Saturday morning lineup, which includes Yu-Gi-Oh! , Pokemon , and Powerpuff Girls, dominated all the other networks and cable outlets.
Patterned after Shonen Jump
June 9, 2002
Viz Communications, Inc. and Shueisha Inc. have announced that they are launching a new mass market boys magazine in the US based on Shueisha's Shonen Jump .
Anime's Popularity Continues To Grow
May 31, 2002
Ratings for the May sweeps period show that the network continues to gain ground, especially during the daily Toonami block from 5-7 p.m.
Eight-page, Graphics-heavy Feature
May 15, 2002
The comic book industry is reaping some immediate rewards from the stunning success of the Spider-Man movie.
Library Promotion, Mega-Sales
May 13, 2002
Free Comic Book Day, the first-ever industry-wide promotion for comics, was held May 3, 2002. Mimi Cruz of Night Flight, Gail Burt of Metropolis Downey and Bob Brynildson of Source Comics and Games share their thoughts on how FCBD went for their respective stores.
Counterfeit Product Reported in Canada
April 27, 2002
Upper Deck's American edition of the Yu-Gi-Oh card game is selling out in a hurry all over the country.
But WotC's Box Gets Smaller, Stores Bleeding
April 21, 2002
Hasbro released its first quarter 2002 numbers today, and the toy and game giant narrowed its loss to $17 million, an improvement over the unexpectedly large $25 million loss in the first quarter of 2001.
