Anime Expo® Announces New Videos on AXBackstage Website
Over 150 Minutes of New Video Coverage Mounted on Nation's Largest Convention's Online Video Coverage Site
Anaheim, California (August 18, 2008) — Want to re-experience all the excitement that was Anime Expo® 2008? Want a preview of all the anime goodness for the highly anticipated 2009 convention, July 2-5, 2009 at the Los Angeles Convention Center? Official video coverage from the final days of the nation's largest convention of its kind is available for viewing on the convention's official video coverage site AXBackstage (www.axbackstage.org).
All new coverage videos involve an official Anime Expo® 2008 Official Guest of Honor, new videos include:
· AX 2008 Guest of Honor Artist Panels-Akemi Takada and Hiromi Kato
· AX 2008 Guest of Honor Director Panels-Masahiro Ando and Masamitsu Hidaka
· AX 2008Guest of Honor Voice Actor Panel-David Hayter
AXBackstage covers all that is associated with the nation's most celebrated anime and manga convention including official AX Commercials, convention cosplay photos, industry videos, trailers, articles and much more.
Attendees, Press and Industry Members are also encouraged to view past video coverage of the Anime Expo® 2007 and 2008 conventions at www.AXBackstage.org.
About Anime Expo®
Located in Los Angeles, California - Anime Expo®, the nation's largest
anime/manga convention, serves to foster trade, commerce and the interests
of the general public and animation/ comics industry. This event serves as
a key meeting place for the general public to express their interest and
explore various aspects of anime/manga, as well as for members of the
industry to conduct business. AX 2009 will be held July 2 – July 5, 2009 at
the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California. More information
can be found at its website (www.anime-expo.org).
About Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) is a non-profit
organization with a mission to popularize and educate the American public
about anime and manga, as well as provide a forum to facilitate
communication between professionals and fans. This organization is more
popularly known by its entertainment property – Anime Expo®. More
information can be found at its website (www.spja.org).
The statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The Company cautions readers of this press release that a number of important factors could cause Anime Expo®/SPJA's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in any such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, without limitation, product delays, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, vendors and third-party developers, international economic and political conditions. The Company may change its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in the Company's assumptions or otherwise. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. 
