While Hollywood studios and the motion picture industry are trumpeting the new box office record of $9.4 billion in 2002, the real story is that sales of DVDs and VHS tapes reached a total of $12.4 billion.

These awards are given as a way of reflecting on the events of the year and to draw some conclusions from them. We chose Jakks Pacific's acquisition of the Dragon Ball toy license as the Deal of the Year, and the divergent price trends in collectibles as the Phenomenon of the Year.

We chose DC Direct as the Toy Company of the Year and Beyblades as the Toy Product of the Year.

We chose the FUNimation/Four Kids distribution agreement as the deal of the year, and increasing TV exposure as the phenomenon of the year.

We chose Bandai Entertainment as the Anime Company of the Year and the Love Hina series as the Anime Product of the Year.

A recent New York Times business section article took up the task of finding the common elements in the news that FAO Schwartz is nearing bankruptcy, and earnings warnings from Blockbuster, Best Buy, and Circuit City.

Pat Wyatt, president of home video and consumer products operations at Fox, is resigning to produce animation....

We chose organized play as the Game Phenomenon of the Year, the Wizards of the Coast divestitures as the Game Deal of the Year,...

We chose WizKids as the Game Company of the Year, and the Yu Gi Oh CCG as the Game Product of the Year.

We chose manga in specialty retail chains as the Phenomenon of the Year, Marvel's overprint and reprint policies as the Controversy of the Year,...