Basic Info about Pioneer Entertainment, Inc. (USA)
August 4, 2001
Company profile for Pioneer Entertainment, Inc. (USA), one of the leading manufacturers of popular Japanese anime videos.
Plus the WotC Rumor of the Week
August 4, 2001
A solid crowd of around 25,000 was expected by the wrap-up of Gen Con -- North America's largest consumer show for games--in Milwaukee today.
Selling Above Retail on Ebay
July 31, 2001
Pioneer's Akira Special Edition DVD, Limited Edition Tin is sold out at the wholesale level just one week after its release. Diamond Comic Distributors, which took a major position on the product, reported to ICv2 that as of 4 p.m. CDT today, they had fewer than ten Akira tins left in inventory.
Also Dawn and Kabuki
July 29, 2001
Diamond Select's latest acquisition is a license with Sandy Frank Productions for Battle of the Planets , aka Gatchaman, Eagle Riders , and G-Force . Under this new agreement Diamond Select gets the rights to develop action figures, resin statues, calendars, wall scrolls, building block figures under 3 inches
Statues, Die-casts, and Action Figures
July 25, 2001
Diamond Select has signed an agreement to create statues, die-cast cars, and action figures based on the anime properties controlled in the U.S by Central Park Media.
DVD Rules!
July 24, 2001
The retailer sales numbers that ICv2 has collected for June continue to display the trends that we have seen over the past six months.
Weekly on Adult Swim Block
July 24, 2001
According to a Bandai spokesperson, Cowboy Bebop will indeed be broadcast on the Cartoon Network.
Illustrated Prose Project Aimed At Bookstores
July 23, 2001
Marvel Comics has announced a 'fully painted illustrated prose project' that teams writer Greg Rucka with artist Yoshitaka Amano.
Comic-con Bigger, Will Expo Survive?
July 22, 2001
San Diego, California. The San Diego Comic-Con International and Expo wrapped up here today as exhausted exhibitors packed up their wares when the Expo ended at 5 p.m.
Spider-Man, Digimon, Power Rangers Shows Included
July 22, 2001
The Walt Disney Company will pay some $3.2 billion to purchase Fox Family Worldwide, which owns the Fox Family Channel and other cable properties in some 50 countries. In addition Disney will acquire Fox Kids International as well as the Saban Entertainment library.
