First Volume in February 2003
November 25, 2002
Pioneer has announced a street date of February 25, 2003 for the first Beyblade DVD volume: Beyblade--Let It Rip! (V.1).
For Live Action Movie
November 22, 2002
Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy are preparing to produce a live action Tintin feature film for Dreamworks and Universal Pictures.
A Busy Week in Tinseltown
November 22, 2002
Lots of projects of interest to pop culture retailers were bandied about in Hollywood this week with some projected as feature films and others as TV series.
School Lunch and Online Promos; TV Series
November 22, 2002
Beyblade , the high tech spinning top combat game that took Japan by storm, is slowly but surely establishing a beachhead in North America.
For Toys, Video Games, and Trading Cards
November 20, 2002
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 .
Focusing on AZ HQ
November 18, 2002
McFarlane Toys has announced that it will not be exhibiting at Toy Fair, the annual industry trade show held each February in New York.
From $2.25 to $269.95
November 18, 2002
Retailers reporting their top dollar products to ICv2 based on October sales listed products with retail prices varying by over a factor of 100, showing that it's not necessarily a high price (or a low one) that produces big dollar volume.
Beginning in 2003
November 17, 2002
The hugely successful Superfriends animated series is going to be released on VHS and DVD beginning in April of 2003.
March Manga Launch
November 12, 2002
Tokyopop announced that it has acquired the U.S. rights to the Digimon manga and plans to begin releasing trade paperbacks in March of 2003...
Issues Remain, Backlog Large
November 2, 2002
The Associated Press is reporting today that the West Coast Longshoremen have reached a tentative agreement with the Pacific Maritime Association that could pave the way for an era of labor peace on West Coast docks.
