Press Releases - January 2009
- Udon Entertainment Launched Udon Kids Manga Line (00:00)
- Right Stuf's Anime Today Previews Sword of the Stranger with Bandai Entertainment's Robert Napton & Taku Otsuka (18:20)
- Toon Radio opens the Anime Gate (13:41)
- Critical Mass Video Announces April 28 Release of Sinners Paradise: Genesis (17:55)
- Viz Pictures Announces DVD Release of Live-Action Death Note II: The Last Name Feature Film (22:05)
- The Manga Cookbook is YALSA "Quick Pick" for 2009 (05:36)
- Pacific Media Expo 2009, November 6-8 at the LAX Hilton (14:52)
- Meet the Cast - Tokyo Beat Down - Part 1 (11:02)
- Right Stuf & Kadokawa Pictures USA Announce THE THIRD Complete DVD Collection (17:28)
- JapanFiles brings the SKA with Hoi Festa and All Japan Goith (03:50)
- Exciting New Drawing Book for Kids (12:10)
- eigoMANGA Spring Releases (12:36)
- Every Launch Copy of Legacy of Ys™: Books I & II for Nintendo DS™ to be a Premium Boxed Release with Soundtrack Included, Atlus Announces (15:47)
- Anime Matsuri Presents DJ HeavyGrinder AMV Contest (19:29)
- Viz Media Announces Animated DVD Releases for April 2009 (20:14)
- Eagle One Media Launches On-Line Comic Book Digital Download Store (08:10)
- New York Comic Con Announces Enormous Growth of Videogame Exhibitors at 2009 Show (08:40)
- Aksys Games Announces Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus (14:36)
- Atlus Announces Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon for PlayStation®2 Computer Entertainment System (14:47)
- Viz Media Launches New Imprint for Science Fiction Novels: Haikasoru (16:00)
- Appliya Pushes into iPhone Anime & Manga Market with Funding from Softbank (00:00)
- Digital Manga Publishing Acquires Classic Shojo title: Itazura Na Kiss (12:33)
- American Library Association Announces Literary Award Winners (23:59)
- Afro Samurai Picks Up His Sword Again in an Original Movie Event on Spike TV (15:59)
- Viz Media Satisfies Hungry Manga Fans with the Release of Oishinbo (21:12)
- Magnet Presents Big Man Japan (15:35)
- Animation on Display (AOD) Announces Guest List (03:21)
- The 2009 Toronto Comic Arts Festival (00:00)
- Madman Titles Receive 2009 Oscar® Nominations (00:36)
- Japanese boy-band rockers Dirty Old Men to play SXSW 2009 (00:59)
- Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Set to Launch First 5D's Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game™ Duelist Pack – Yusei (16:48)
- Pacific Asia Museum Proudly Presents The Samurai Re-Imagined: From Ukiyo-e to Anime (19:45)
- Imagi International Holdings Limited Begins Trading on the International OTCQX (19:55)
- Anime USA Registration (23:11)
- Anime Matsuri Announces Miyavi Live in Concert for 2009 (22:31)
- Animax's LaMB Ups the Fashion Quotient with Vivienne Tam (23:33)
- Meet Vic Mignogna - Voice of Fullmetal Alchemists's Edward Elric - in Person (15:13)
- Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. Announces Plans for Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Crimson Crisis Retailer Sneak Peek (15:45)
- Bang Zoom! Entertainment Teams with Starz Media's Manga Entertainment to Develop "Manga Minutes" (15:15)
- ICv2 Announces Graphic Novel Industry Summit at ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference at New York Comic Con (18:44)
- EigoMANGA Studios Creates Graphic Novel Based on American Novel, God Drug (11:34)
- Anime Supercon's Broward Anime Festival Announces Four New Guests, Including: Billy West As Guest Of Honor & Yaya Han As Cosplay Guest Of Honor (15:04)
- Takashi Miike and Sho Sakurai to Premiere Yatterman in Person at NY Comic Con (14:39)
- Class of Heroes™ to Assemble on PSP® (Playstation®Portable) System; Prospective Students Encouraged to Buy Textbooks and Swords Early (15:08)
- Tora-Con 2009 Announces New Guests, Todd Haberkorn and John Swasey (00:04)
- Video Games Live™ to Debut Music from Halo 3: ODST in Seattle (09:37)
- GDH Opens Gonzo Channel within Chunghwa Telecom MOD (11:18)
- JapanFiles Partners with Disk Union for Osaka Hard Rock Group Rampant (22:45)
- Anime Matsuri Announces 2009 Guests (03:30)
- Japanican to Clean Up the Streets of Akihabara (09:11)
- 23-Year Veteran SION (NieA_7) Debuts on JapanFiles.com (15:42)
- Exciting New Shojo Manga from Viz Media to Kick Off 2009 (19:25)
- Right Stuf's Anime Today Talks Anime Movies & More with Writer & Anime Expert Helen McCarthy (21:05)
- Asian Rock Band The Slants Receive Multiple Nominations for Portland Music Awards (22:38)
- Atlus Pockets Steal Princess™, Unique Nintendo DS™ Puzzle Platformer, for North American Release (16:57)
- Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Announces New Street Date of March 24, 2009 for the Maria Watches Over Us – Season 3 DVD Collection (17:59)
- Naruto Shippuden Available Immediately for Free Viewing on Crunchyroll (03:10)
- Watch the Latest Episodes of Naruto Shippuden on Joost Today (11:14)
- JapanFiles.com Partners with Spice Records for Orange Range and sodopp (13:15)
- New Anime Convention in Maryland Officially Called CHS Otaku Fest 2009 (23:21)
- Arts Alliance America and Fabulous Films Join Forces to Release a Library of Great Classic Family Programming: Mysterious Cities of Gold (11:26)
- JapanFiles.com Releases Sweet Vacation (14:56)
- Bandai Entertainment Joins Forces with Technicolor for DVD Replication (22:09)
- eigoMANGA and Visionary Comics Studio Publish "The Frog Princess" Graphic Novel (11:30)
- Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Launches Series Site for Aria The Natural at aria.rightstuf.com (18:09)
- VIZ Media Announces Unprecedented Multimedia Campaign to Provide Near Simultaneous U.S.-Japan Release of New Naruto Shippuden Animated Episodes (16:18)
- Animation and Gaming Ohio Announces Their Final Guest (05:06)
- Bespa Kumamero to perform at Anime Boston 2009 (12:58)
- DLSite Offers Blade Engine - Visual Novel Construction Kit for Free (00:00)
- Organic Hobby USA: Little Busters! “Natume Lin” 8” PVC Figure (13:56)
- Anime Fans Worldwide to Celebrate Global Shinkai Day 2009 (14:35)
- Pop Japan Travel Announces Its First Ever "Cosplay Across Japan Tour" (18:50)
- Crunchyroll Announces More Toei Animation Titles (12:34)
- Kurokami The Animation to Premiere Tonight on IATV (12:28)
- Naruto Shippuden and Gintama Arrives on Crunchyroll Today (06:28)
- Bishie Con to Be Held in St. Louis in November 2009 (00:00)
- Viz Media Announces a New Line of Fun J-Pop Inspired Graphics, Apparel and More Available at Zazzle (13:54)
- Full Steam Ahead: Crunchyroll and Gonzo Rolls On Strong (04:24)
- Calling Australia's Next Top Cosplayer (01:07)
- Information on a Bilingual (Japanese-English) Digital Media Summer Program (10:25)
- Crunchyroll Offers Top Korean TV Dramas from Leading North American Distributor YA Entertainment (12:14)
- Sword of the Stranger Website, My Space, and Facebook Now Live (18:19)
- Hugo Nomination Period Begins (23:12)
- Crunchyroll Presents Best Motoring International by GTChannel (15:29)
- Florida Supercon Adds Seven New Guests to June 5-7, 2009 Show (15:26)
- Naruto Shippuden Arrives on Crunchyroll (06:00)
- Jacon 2009 Announces Dates, Guests and Its Location for the Tenth - and Final - Year for Orlando, Florida's Japanese Animation Convention (10:58)
- Natsume Yujincho to Materialize on Crunchyroll (06:43)
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