Press Releases - June 2015
- FUNimation Channel Now Offers Comcast Customers Anime Titles in HD on Xfinity On Demand ()
- Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation Gets Some Playstation Vita Themes ()
- Bluefin Announces a Wide Variety of Exclusive Collectibles for Purchase at 2015 Diego Comic-Con ()
- Lima, Peru Gets Ready to Host the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game South American World Championship Qualifiers ()
- Aimer to Appear at 'Anime Expo 2015' Held in Los Angeles, Aimer's Music Digitally Released Worldwide ()
- Pokémon Shuffle Mobile Coming to Mobile Devices ()
- YaoiCon to Host Bishounen Bingo at Anime Expo 2015 ()
- Pony Canyon Announces Anime Expo Panels and Screenings Schedule, and Booth Specials ()
- Eventbrite Fandoms Study Reveals Insights Into Con Attendees' Spending and Cosplay ()
- Urbangarde Japanese Rock Band Makes Their U.S. Debut A-Kon 2015 ()
- Love Live! The School Idol Movie Limited Theatrical Release Coming to North America ()
- Airu Tomimoto Announced as Japanese Guest for Idol Matsuri 2015, Fundraiser Launched ()
- 2015 J-Pop Summit Announces First-Ever Japanese Technology Pavilion ()
- MangaGamer Releases Free Friends by Noesis ()
- 2015 J-Pop Summit Announces Day 1 Live Programming & Music Concerts ()
- Aniplex of America Acquires Charlotte, Classroom Crisis, God Easter and Wagnaria!!3 for the Summer Season ()
- AsiaPOP Comicon Manila 2015 ()
- Toonami Picks Up Yo-kai Watch in Asia ()
- Amnesia: Memories Available August 25th (26th for EU) ()
- Section23 Films Announces October Slate ()
- Pokémon: Symphonic Evolutions Tour Announces Show Dates in Australia ()
- Dragon Ball Z: Extreme Butoden Announced For the Americas From Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. ()
- Viz Media Welcomes The Creators of New Ultraman Manga Series to 2015 Comic-Con International: San Diego ()
- Pokémon Jukebox Launches on Google Play ()
- eigoMANGA Heads To Anime Expo 2015 ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Duelist Can Pack Power into Their Decks With New Crossed Souls Advanced Edition Packs ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses 'The World is Still Beautiful' ()
- 24th Annual Anime Expo (AX) To Host Over 100,000 Lovers of Japanese Animation & Pop Culture July 2-5, 2015 ()
- Galileo De Obaldia Wins Central American World Championship Qualifier ()
- Bandai Namco Entertainent and Tsume Announce New Project ()
- Nashville Named as Host City for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game North American World Championship Qualifier ()
- Viz Media Announces Roster of Events and Special Convention Exclusives for 2015 Comic-Con International ()
- “East Meets West” July 1-3 In Los Angeles, KISS to Play with Momoiro Clover Z at Anime Expo 2015 ()
- Madman's Supanova Sydney Panel Announcements – 2015. ()
- Yanakiku Returns to J-Pop Summit 2015 ()
- Keiichi Hara's Miss Hokusai Wins Jury Award at Annecy 2015 ()
- In The Year 199X: A 90's Anime Tribute Show ()
- Golden Village Presents Crayon Shin-Chan: My Moving Story! Cactus Large Attack! Exclusive Fans Preview ()
- SaikouCon 2015 Is Not Cancelled ()
- Viz Media Celebrates Sailor Moon Day At 2015 Anime Expo ()
- Viz Media Announces Plans and Activites For 2015 Anime Expo ()
- Fans Will Hail The Return of Duelist Packs With The Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Duelist Pack: Battle City ()
- UDON Entertainment Announces Dark Souls II: Design Works ()
- Viewster Opens L.A. Office ()
- Ai-Kon, Manitoba's Largest Anime Convention, Will Return July 17-19th ()
- Crunchyroll Brings Yamada-kun Creator Miki Yoshikawa to Anime Expo ()
- J-Pop Summit Announces Opening Night Event At Historic Castro Theatre In S.F. ()
- Udon Announces Persona 4: The Manga ()
- 4th Annual Halloween ComicFest Returns Saturday, October 31st ()
- Digital Manga, Inc. to Publish Osamu Tezuka's Shojo Manga, Storm Fairy ()
- Funimation Entertainment Announces World Dub Premiere of “Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F'” ()
- Robotech Convention Tour to Stop at Otakon 2015 ()
- Otaku Brain Trust Convention Kickstarter Announced ()
- Viz Media Presents Manga Creator Julietta Suzuki at 2015 Anime Expo ()
- Japanese Mascot Ossan to Appear as Guest of Honor at Anime Expo ()
- Viz Media Announces New Bleach, Naruto Manga Box Set Editions ()
- Stella Glow Arrives this Holiday, Pre-orders Start This Week ()
- LiSA to Attend ~Another Great Day in Manila~ Mini-Live and Fan Meet ()
- mishmash* project Begins Work on Third Music Video ()
- Astérion a Mix Between a Show and a Video Game ()
- Creative Intelligence Arts' CEO Hiroaki Yura to Attend E3 2015 ()
- Crunchyroll Announces Anamanaguchi and Special Mystery Guest Headliner to Perform at Anime Expo ()
- Destination Japan Announces the Tokyo Maximum Tour 2015 - Tokyo Game Show Official Tour ()
- Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc. Announces Tales of Zestiria for Playstation 4 System and PC ()
- Arc System Works Acquires Property Rights of "Double Dragon", "Super Dodge Ball", "Kunio-kun" Series from Million Co, Ltd ()
- PMX2015: Pacific Media Expo Returns with a New Date and Location ()
- Viz Media Launches the New Supernatural Action Manga Series Twin Star Exorcists ()
- Atlus USA to Publish RPG The Legend of Legacy in North and South America ()
- UVERworld Releases New Single Bokuno Kotobadewanai Korewa Bokutachino Kotoba ()
- Ninja Usagimaru and Swords and Darkness Available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop ()
- Voice Actress Cristina Vee Launches Her First Ever Game, Veecaloid Pop, for iOS ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Central American World Championship Qualifier to be Held in Mexico City ()
- 2015 J-Pop Summit Lets Attendees Experience Japan and its Spirit of Hospitality at Unique Interactive Pop Travel Attractions ()
- Nozomi Entertainment Announces September 2015 Release ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator Kazuki Takahashi Makes His First Appearance at Comic-Con International: San Diego ()
- Japan's Innovative WagakkiBand To Be Guests of Honor at Anime Expo's 'Cool Japan Festival' ()
- Voice Actor Kaiji Tang Joining Otakon 2015 Guest Roster ()
- Voice Actor Bryce Papenbrook to Appear at Otakon 2015 ()
- Square Enix's Million Arthur Available Worldwide on Mobile July 2015 ()
- Atlus Kicks In $10,000 for P4AU Championships at Evo ()
- Pokémon Art Academy Competition Winners Announced ()
- Aniplex of America and Bang Zoom! Entertainment to Host Aldnoah.Zero Open Auditions at Anime Expo 2015 ()
- Aniplex of America to Release Aldnoah.Zero on Blu-ray and DVD With the English Dub ()
- CWS Media Group Announces The Release of The Classic Robotech Anime Wall Scrolls ()
- MangaGamer Announces New Acquisitions at AKON ()
- D4: Dark Dreams Don't Die on PC Now Available for Download ()
- Getting Fancy: Dungeon Travelers 2's Intermediate Character Classes ()
- Viz Media Announces One-Punch Man Print Manga Series Debut ()
- Viz Media Announces Print Launch Of Flesh Eating Manga Series Tokyo Ghoul ()
- 2015 J-Pop Summit Announces S.F.'s First-Ever Sake Summit ()
- Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold's Flavio - Survivalist Extraordinaire ()
- 2015 J-Pop Summit Announces Illustrator Yusuke Nakamura As A Guest Of Honor ()
- Sentai Filmworks Acquires Master Merchandise Rights for Parasyte -The Maxim- ()
- Viz Media Details New June Digital Manga Content ()
- Macabre Short Story Manga Collection Fragments of Horror Debuts In English From Viz Media ()
- Viz Media Prepares for the Beginning of Summer With a Brand New Digital Anime Update for June for Neon Alley ()
- Akame ga Kill! Infiltrates Toonami ()
- A New Game on Facebook: Unlight from Gloczus, Inc. ()
- Viz Media's Haikasoru Literary Imprint Debuts the Futuristic Mystery Thriller Gene Mapper ()
- JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: The Complete First Season Arrives July 28 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment ()
- Voice Actor Lauren Landa Added to Otakon 2015 Guest Roster ()
- Don't Miss the Newest Animated Film from Japan's Legendary Studio Ghibli ()
- Etrian Odyssey 2 Untold: The Fafnir Knight Arrives in the Americas August 4 ()
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