Press Releases - February 2012
- L'Arc~en~Ciel To Give Away Concert Tickets to Members of Otakon ()
- eigoMANGA Presents Its First Game At The 2012 Game Developers Conference ()
- Seven Seas Licenses Haganai and Mayo Chiki! ()
- PlayStation®Vita Sales Reach Over 1.2 Million Units Worldwide Boosted by Launch in North and Latin America, Europe and PAL Territories ()
- IDO Reveals Virulent Japanese Game Has Crossed Pacific, Urges Calm ()
- Travis Willingham Ignites Fan Fervor at Tekkoshocon ()
- SMT: Devil Survivor 2, Award-winning New RPG/SPRG Hybrid For Nintendo DS, In Stores Now Across North America ()
- JManga.com Extends Access Worldwide ()
- Fullmetal Alchemist Stars Vic Mignogna and Aaron Dismuke Coming to MCM Birmingham Comic Con ()
- Marquis Henderson Captures Champion Title At First North American Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series of 2012 ()
- Konami Digital Entertainment Presents Award Winning Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Products At Game Manufacturers Association Trade Show ()
- Ai-Kon 2012 Announces First Round of Guests ()
- Kawaii Kon's Last Guest Announcement For The 2012 Show ()
- Alcon 2012 (Anime & Gaming Event) ()
- Alcon September 6 to 9 at De Montfort University Leicester ()
- Viz Media Announces New Digital Releases for VIZManga.com and the Viz App for iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch ()
- Right Stuf's Nozomi Entertainment Announces Boogiepop Phantom Complete TV Series ()
- Baltimore Science Fiction Society Hosts Free Monthly Public Anime, Manga, and Gaming Social At BSFS Headquarters ()
- AM2 Wants You, Online Application For Staff Is Now Open ()
- Pop Culture Icon Lineup Announced by 2012 Fan Expo Vancouver ()
- Neal Adams & Carmine Infantino Announced As Guests of Honor For Florida Supercon 2012 ()
- Todd Haberkorn, Mega Ran Join Tekkoshocon X Roster In Pittsburgh ()
- TV Asahi and Shin-Ei Animation Collaborates With Reliance Mediaworks ()
- Meet The 3 “Gals” of Visual-Kei, God's Scarlett ()
- Kick-Start March Break with Toronto Comicon ()
- All-Con To Feature Japan's 24-Hour Endurance 1,000 Anime Song Medley ()
- Tokyo International Anime Fair 2012 To Be Held ()
- Viz Productions & Warner Brothers To Develop Bleach Live Action Movie After Banner Year ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Kurenai" ()
- Namco Bandai Games Re-Invents Coin-Op Classic Xevious as High-Powered Webcomic ()
- Namco Bandai Games Establishes ShiftyLook to Re-Imagine Classic Video Game Character ()
- Stay Warm with the Greatest Anime Movies in NEO Magazine 95 on sale 23 February 2012! ()
- Anime Stars Descend on Gold Coast Film Festival! ()
- 32nd Annual Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Finalists Announced ()
- Summon The Fighter Within: Atlus to Bring Persona 4 Area, HD Fighting Game Developed in Collaboration with Arc System Works, to North America this Summer for Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 Systems ()
- AM2 Announces 1st Official Guest of Honor for Highly Anticipated 2012 Convention ()
- Animate USA – New Releases in Amazon Kindle Store ()
- AniMinneapolis 2012 Announces Vic Mignogna ()
- MangaGamer to Attend Japan Expo Sud ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses K-ON! Season 2 ()
- Anime Fans Give Back to Japan: 24 Hour Fundraiser for Japan Begins March 10 ()
- MangaGamer Announces Release Dates and New Titles at Katsucon ()
- It's Launch Day - For Both Alcon 2012 (September 6 to 9) and London Anime Con 5 (June 30 to July 1) ()
- FUNimation Entertainment Acquires Rights to Sengoku BASARA – Samurai Kings: The Movie ()
- FUNimation Entertainment Captures Amnesic Aliens with Level E ()
- MyM Magazine to Launch at Midlands Comic Con ()
- Anime Blast Chatanooga Returns Nov. 9-11, 2012 ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Fate/Stay night: Unlimited Blade Works" ()
- Tekkoshocon to Celebrate Fandom Through the Decades with Robotech, Uncle Yo ()
- AM2 Announces US Premiere of the Manga Based Live Action Film Ace Attorney ()
- Panels & Workshops Registration Opened For CPAC 2012 ()
- MangaGamer Announces Price Cut for Valentine's Day ()
- Texeira, Calero and Witterstaetter Are MegaCon Bound ()
- Danny Choo's Culture Japan Season 2 Jumps On Crunchyroll ()
- Press Passes Now Available For CPAC 2012 ()
- No Need to Feel Blue, The Power of the Azure Is Here ()
- This Valentine's Day, Swords Will Clash and Romance Will Blossom ()
- Section 23 Films Announces May Slate ()
- Maki Nomiya (ex-Pizzicato Five) To Release Self-cover Album To Celebrate Her 30th Anniversary, Produced By Japan's Top Producers ()
- “Hatsune Mike Live Party 2012” on March 8th “Hatsune Mike" Concert Final 39's Giving Day” on March 9th To be Streamed Live on Nico Nico Douga ()
- AM2 Announces The 2012 T-Shirt Design Contest ()
- Digital Manga Guild's New Website Goes Live ()
- Yen Press Launches Worldwide Serialization For Soul Eater NOT! In February Issue of Yen Plus ()
- Art of War Releasing Gantz Statue--Katou: Battle for Justice ()
- We Heart Japan Goes to San Francisco! ()
- Oscar Zavala Outduels Region's At Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series Main Event ()
- AM2 Announces Online Applications For Panels and Workshops Now Open ()
- Best Battlers to Win Signed Copies of ‘The Last Story’ at Midlands Comic Con ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Gintama-The Movie” ()
- Best Battlers to Win Signed Copies of The Last Story at Midlands Comic Con ()
- A High School Girl Marches To Her Own Beat In A Devil And Her Love Song, New From VIZ Media ()
- Konami Digital Entertainment Shows Its Winning Hand Of IYu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game Products At American International Toy Fair ()
- AM2 Announces The Fan's Official Passport Benefits for 2012 ()
- STEREOPONY Returning To The US For A Performance at Sakura-con In Seattle ()
- MangaNEXT 2012 Welcomes Makoto Tateno and Tomo Maeda ()
- Dentsu Entertainment USA, Inc. & Namco Bandai Team Up in the Americas on Action-packed Animated TV Series -- LBX ()
- Upcoming Nintendo DS Strategy RPG SMT: Devil Survivor 2 Out February 28 ()
- Japanese Iconic Rock Band, L'Arc~En~Ciel, To Release Twelfth Studio Album, "BUTTERFLY" In The U.S. On February 8, 2012 Via iTunes ()
- First North American Yu-Gi-Oh! Championship Series of 2012 Arrives in Atlanta, Georgia February 18-19th ()
- Viz Europe Acquires Children Who Chase Lost Voices ()
- Video Games in Japan: Past, Present and Future - Two Forthcoming Lecture Events at the Japan Foundation on February 21st/22nd ()
- VIZ Media Expands Digital Manga Titles Available For Barnes and Noble's Nook Tablet™ And Nook Color ()
- Japanese Live Game Sensation "The Real Escape Game" Comes To The Bay Area For Special Sessions At New People ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Planzet" ()
- LM.C Band Comes to Chicago for the First Time ()
- Tora-Con 2012 Announces Second Round of Guests ()
- SoundWitch Band to Perform at Tekkoshocon 2012 ()
- Hyper Japan Cosplay Judges Announced! ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "The Book of Bantorra" ()
- The Occult Academy Opens Its Doors To North America This May ()
- TOTALFAT to Release New Opening Theme Song to Naruto Shonen-hen On 2/14 ()
- The Past, Present, and Future Are Heading On A Collision Course In Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game's Dragons Collide Structure Deck ()
- Tune in Tokyo Presents HARAJUKU HOLIDAY: Lolita Fashion Showcase at Royal/T with Special Guests May J. and Joe Inoue ()
- FUNimation Entertainment Acquires Rights to Pretear ()
- Baltimore Comic-Con Brings Ron Marz to Maryland and Northern Virginia ()
- Niconico and Aniplex of America Presents "Puella Magi Madoka Magica English Screening Premiere" A FREE simultaneous Streaming Live Event ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! Trading Card Game RA Yellow Mega-Pack Explodes With Duelists' Favorites From Legendary Collection 2: The Duel Academy Years ()
- Namco Arcade Makes Its Way To iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad ()
- Sentai Filmworks Licenses "Get Backers" ()
- Animeland Wasabi Is Excited To Announce Its First Round of Guests, Including Julie Rei Goldstein, Jan Scott-Frazier, and Steve “Warky” Nunez ()
- Global Yaoi Manga Publisher SuBLime Kicks Off 2012 With Tantalizing Digital Offerings ()
- YUI To Draw 20,000 Audiences in Nippon Budokan Shows & Launched Official Merchandise Online Store For Overseas Fans ()
- Broken Blade Airing on On Demand This February With Chance to Win Limited-Edition Autographed Poster ()
- AM2 Announces More Fun For Attendees With Its Matsuri Summer Fest 2012 ()
- Viz Media's Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha Digital Manga Magazine Launches ()
- Anime Milwaukee Convention Announces 2012 Details ()
- Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG Wins Parent Tested Parent Approved (PTPA) Seal of Approval ()
- London Anime Con Hosts Otaku Fashion Show ()
- Aniplex to Host Puella Magi Madoka Magica Special Meet and Greet Event at Anime Jungle in Los Angeles ()
- Otaku Fashion Show at London Anime Con, February 11 ()
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