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Bandai Hobby Site Stops Posting Model Shipping Schedules Due to Scalping Concerns
― The Bandai Hobby Site announced last Friday that it will stop posting the shipping and arrival schedules of its model kit products on the site in an effort to curtail scalping or resale efforts of individuals. The site explained that while it posts the arrival dates of kits for retail stores on the site, the date is not a guarantee, and may represent a different shipping status with every retailer...
Kadokawa Launches Official Goods Store for Overseas Fans
― Kadokawa opened EJ ANiME STORE — a new online store for anime, manga, light novels, games, and merchandise — on January 30. The store is targeted toward fans outside of Japan, and is available in 17 countries and regions on launch, including the United States, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South Korea, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Kadokawa plans to expand the store in the future to 80 countries, including...
Crunchyroll Launches Gundam Merchandise Partnership
― Crunchyroll announced on Tuesday that it has launched a partnership with anime studio Sunrise and advertising agency Sotsu Co., Ltd. to manage the merchandise rights for five Gundam franchise series in North America, South America, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. The series include Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, ...
Saban Brands, Bandai Discontinue Power Rangers Toy License Agreement
Saban Brands announced on Thursday that it and Bandai have mutually agreed to not renew Bandai America's master toy license agreement for Power Rangers, effective April 2019. Bandai will still support the Power Rangers franchise up to its 25th anniversary, and will also support the currently-airing Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel show. Bandai still maintains toy rights to Toei's Super Sentai serie...
Man Arrested for Selling Girls & Panzer School Crest Stickers
Kurashiki city police and the cybercrime prevention unit of the Okayama prefectural police arrested an individual for allegedly making and selling stickers bearing the school crests from the Girls & Panzer anime without the copyright holder's permission. The suspect, 33-year-old company employee Kazuki Mori from Komatsu in Ishikawa prefecture, admitted to the charge. According to police, Kazuki ha...
'Jump CS' Project Revealed as Online 'Characters Store'
This year's 20th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that the "Jump CS" project announced last month will be an online "characters store" with a variety of new merchandise. The store will open on Monday at noon JST (Sunday at 11:00 p.m. EDT) and will have an opening fair that will last until May 15. The 17th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump had teased the project in March...
Studio Chizu Files The Boy and the Beast, Wolf Children Trademarks in Japan
Studio Chizu, the animation studio founded by producer Yuichiro Saito and director Mamoru Hosoda, filed trademarks for "Ookami Kodomo no Ame to Yuki" (the Japanese title of the Wolf Children film) and "Bakemono no Ko" (the Japanese title of The Boy and the Beast film) in Japan. Studio Chizu animated both films. The trademark listing includes its use for "business use television games, software, t...
Gangsta.'s 6th, 7th Drama CDs Delayed
Frontier Works announced on its official website on Friday that it is postponing the releases of the sixth and seventh drama CDs for the Gangsta. anime. The sixth CD was originally meant to ship on November 25, with the seventh slated for January 27. The company stated that the new release dates are currently unknown, and it will inform fans when it decides on new dates. The company apologized to ...
Bandai Namco Files 'Tales of the Best' Trademark in Japan, Square Enix Files 'Dimension W'
Bandai Namco Entertainment filed a trademark on October 14 for "Tales of the Best" in Japan. The company also filed a trademark on October 13 for "Balloon Bash" and "Brave Scramble," and on October 14 for "Mitsukete!" The company previously filed similarly titled trademarks earlier this year for "Tales of Berseria," "Tales of Orfellia," and "Tales of Alestia." Bandai Namco Entertainment eventually...
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