Press Releases - Archive

Tuesday May 22, 2012

• Anime Network Selects iN Demand To Handle VOD Transport

  Top Japanese Animation Service Added to iN DEMAND Portfolio.

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  May 22, 2012 2:05pm PDT (7 days ago)

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  New York, May 21 - Anime Network, the most widely distributed anime channel in North America, has concluded a deal with iN DEMAND, the industry's leading distributor of transactional Video On Demand (VOD) as well as Pay-Per-View (PPV) content, to handle all transport of its popular service to its subscriber universe beginning on May 24, 2012, it was announced today by Bob Benya, President & CEO, iN DEMAND and Stacy Dodson, Executive Vice President, Anime Network. Anime Network joins the more than 40 programmers who currently use iN DEMAND to deliver their On Demand content to homes across North America.

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• Right Stuf Announces Deal With Creator M. Alice LeGrow & TOKYOPOP to Publish BIZENGHAST, Vol. 8

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  May 22, 2012 1:49pm PDT (7 days ago)

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  GRIMES, Iowa, May 22, 2012 – Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to announce that, through a special arrangement with creator M. Alice LeGrow and TOKYOPOP, fans will be able to purchase the eighth volume of BIZENGHAST in book form for the first time ever, exclusively through RightStuf.com.

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Tuesday May 8, 2012

• Anime Network Celebrates Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month on Comcast’s Xfinity On Demand

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  May 08, 2012 8:54am PDT (22 days ago)

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  In celebration of Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, Anime Network and Comcast’s Xfinity TV are featuring four exciting titles during May on Xfinity On Demand under the Top Picks folder. The titles represent the unique use of colorful illustration, pop music and storytelling indicative of the Japanese art form that has grown in worldwide popularity.

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Monday May 7, 2012

• Dark Horse Free Comic Book Day Comics Available for Download!

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  May 07, 2012 10:10am PDT (23 days ago)

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  MAY 7, MILWAUKIE, OR—If you missed out on picking up your Free Comic Book Day comics at your local comic-book store, you can get them from Dark Horse Digital for a limited time! 

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Friday May 4, 2012

• BioWare and Dark Horse Unveil New DRAGON AGE Comic Miniseries!

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  May 04, 2012 6:12pm PDT (25 days ago)

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  MAY 1, MILWAUKIE, OR—BioWare, a label of Electronic Arts Inc., and Dark Horse Comics today announced Dragon Age™: Those Who Speak, a three-issue comic miniseries based on the award-winning Dragon Age™ fiction.

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• VIZ Media Announces Shonen Jump Alpha Trivia Sweepstakes

  Everyone Is Invited To Enter Contest For A Chance To Win A Pair Of 4-Day Passes To 2012 San Diego Comic-Con

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  May 04, 2012 6:01pm PDT (25 days ago)

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  VIZ Media invites manga fans to test their knowledge of the nation’s leading digital manga magazine with a just-announced new online SHONEN JUMP ALPHA Trivia Sweepstakes Contest, running exclusively at http://www.sjalpha.com/sja-trivia-contest through May 23^rd, 2012.  No WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA membership is required to enter the contest.

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• Dark Horse Digital: May The 4Th Be With You Sale!

  A GALAXY OF STAR WARS COMICS FOR $99.99!

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  May 04, 2012 6:00pm PDT (25 days ago)

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  MAY 4, MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics is joining in on the May the Fourth madness with a very exclusive limited offer to their digital comics readers.

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• Dark Horse Announces Free Comic Book Day Signings

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  May 04, 2012 5:56pm PDT (25 days ago)

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  May 4, MILWAUKIE, OR—In support of Free Comic Book Day, Dark Horse is pleased to announce signings on Saturday, May 5, in Los Angeles, the San Francisco Bay Area, and Portland!

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• VIZ Media Offers Substantial May Digital Manga Update

  VIZ MEDIA OFFERS 40% OFF ON SELECT VOLUME 1 DIGITAL MANGA TITLES EVERY MONDAY IN MAY ON VIZMANGA.COM AND VIZ MANGA APP FOR iPAD, iPHONE AND iPOD TOUCH

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  May 04, 2012 5:56pm PDT (25 days ago)

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  Manga publisher VIZ Media encourages fans across North America to visit VIZManga.com and the VIZ MANGA App for the Apple iPad^®, iPhone^® and iPod^® touch every Monday throughout the first-half of May to take advantage of a special 40% off discount on select Volume 1 digital titles (Reg. MSRP: $4.99, Sale Price: $2.99). Five different opening volumes from various manga series will be offered each week, from the hit debuts of BLEACH and BAKUMAN｡, to the non-stop action of DRAGON BALL Z and psychological tension of DEATH NOTE, to the romance of BLACK BIRD and DENGEKI DAISY.

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