Tops Princess Mononoke
September 17, 2001
The latest film from Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli, Sen To Chihiro Kamikakushi (' Spirited Away ') is about to set the all time movie box office record for Japan, surpassing the $160 million earned by Miyazaki's previous film, Princess Mononoke .
DC's One-Two Punch for December
September 17, 2001
The first 80-page installment of Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again, one of the most highly anticipated comic releases in years, will be accompanied to market by a second monster product capable of generating huge sales, the Dark Knight Strikes Again Statue .
Sony Inks Deal with Dream Pod 9, Paradox
September 11, 2001
Sony Pictures Entertainment has inked a deal with the Swedish company Paradox and the Canadian-based game publisher, Dreampod 9, to market an animated series based on Dream Pod 9's Heavy Gear RPG .
Complete OAV Series
September 11, 2001
Urban Vision has scheduled a late October release for the Tekkaman BladeII Complete Collection DVD that includes all six episodes from the 1994 OAV series from Tatsunoko Productions.
Due in 2002, Details Murky
August 27, 2001
Variety is reporting that the Wachowski's have commissioned several different anime directors to create anime 'episodes' for The Matrix .
Action Figures, Comics, CCG, CDs and More
August 26, 2001
Europe's top selling line of action figures has already made a big impression on the U.S.
Adults Only Titles
August 21, 2001
Image has announced that it will publish the Joe Michael Linsner Library , which consists of graphic novel editions of all Linsner's works, a high end art book, as well as a new Dawn series.
Yellow Brick Road Leads To 7th Heaven
August 19, 2001
Variety reports that David Hayter, the screenwriter who wrote the first X-Men movie and is about to hand in a script for the sequel, is writing a pilot for a new television series based on the 45 novels in L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz series.
Anime Good Girls in Painted Pewter
August 13, 2001
D-Boy, Inc., in association with Studio Tron and Fanboy, Inc. plans to release a series of collectible pewter statues based on the gorgeous female leads in Kia Asamiya's Silent Mobius manga.
Demonstrates Shojo's Potential
August 13, 2001
Robert Boyd of LPC, the company that sells Tokyopop titles to bookstores, told ICv2 that Sailor Moon sells better than any of the other graphic novels his company reps by a factor of 'at least' 1.5.
