Featuring Anime Properties
May 14, 2003
4Kids Entertainment announced its Game Boy Advance-TV system at the E3 show in Los Angeles this week.
Spirited Away #4 All Time Anime in U.S.
April 30, 2003
Spirited Away looks to be on the downside of its U.S. box office lifespan, down to 47 theaters with a gross of only $25,972 last weekend.
Behind Big Growth in Games
April 21, 2003
Hasbro released its first quarter results on Monday, announcing earnings of $1.2 million, vs. a $246 million loss in the year ago quarter.
Later in 03
April 8, 2003
In its announcement of year-end results, Topps announced two anime-based product lines for 2003.
For Toonami & Adult Swim Blocks
April 3, 2003
The Cartoon Network, which has been troubled with low ratings for much of its schedule, managed to score some impressive gains during the anime-dominated Toonami and Adult Swim blocks.
10-K Released
March 31, 2003
Hasbro released its annual report last Friday, revealing some details of its operations not previously disclosed in its announcement of year-end results. The break-out of its retail segment disclosed continued large losses of around $20 million in 2002.
'Let's Eliminate Negative Thinking!'
March 30, 2003
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw our article on the move of Spider-Man 2 off the first weekend in May, potentially affecting Free Comic Book Day next year, and had this to say.
But Underlying Trends Positive
February 15, 2003
Hasbro reported sales of $2.8 billion for 2002 and a loss of $171 million, compared to sales of $2.9 billion and a profit of $60 million in 2002.
One-Shot in May
February 10, 2003
Wizard Entertainment has announced that it will be publishing Ultimate Anime Games and Yu-Gi-Oh! Guide , a one-shot from InQuest Gamer, in May.
Newsstand Sell-Through Over 63%
February 1, 2003
Beckett Publications announced that it is shipping 800,000 copies of the upcoming February/March issue of its Yu-Gi-Oh Collector magazine.
