JIDOUSPORTS is coming! What is JIDOUSPORTS? If you lived in Asia, you would know � especially if you were a kid! JIDOUSPORTS is the name of a highly popular multimedia kids entertainment brand that originated in Hong Kong and is now expanding throughout the Asian marketplace. Now, JIDOUSPORTS is about to make its way to the United States, in the form of an animated television series, high quality toy collectibles and an array of licensed consumer products encompassing a wide range of categories from publishing to apparel.

In a RAVING TOY MANIAC exclusive, we're pleased to introduce our web visitors to JIDOUSPORTS � with your chance to win one of 150 three-inch JIDOUSPORTS collectible figures!

One entry per day and per unique email address. Enter by midnight (Eastern time) February 28, 2005. (Scroll down for the rest of the fine print. Your email address will not be shared with anyone.)

Read RTM's interview with Alexander Wong, the creator of JIDOUSPORTS.

The anim�-based JIDOUSPORTS action-adventure animated series and comic strips follow the fantastic journeys of Jidou � an adorable dog with an insatiable desire to compete � and his three friends Jazz, Judo and Dr. Jeff as they travel the world to participate in exciting sporting events from skiing and surfing to basketball and boxing. Each episode even follows the alphabet � episode A is Archery in Athens... episode B is Boxing in Bangkok... episode C is Cycling in Cairo... Fun and entertaining, JIDOUSPORTS also imparts important values � including team spirit and challenging yourself to achieve.

Launched less than a year ago as a published comic strip and a line of action figurines in Hong Kong, JIDOUSPORTS quickly emerged as a highly popular toy sold through automated vending machine kiosks specially designed by the Jidou Company and CEO Alexander Wong. Jidou means automation in Japanese and self-empowerment in Chinese. Jidou, Jazz, Judo and Dr. Jeff were immediately embraced by kids throughout the market who lined up in front of the innovative vending machines to add to their JIDOUSPORTS collection.

Shortly after the property's kiosk launch, JIDOUSPORTS was featured by Milk Magazine � the most popular youth magazine in Hong Kong � for publication as a comic strip. Following on the combined marketing success of JIDOUSPORTS in publishing and vending machines, the Jidou Company launched the figurine line in major department stores in Hong Kong and Japan. It wasn't long before kids clamored for an animated version of JIDOUSPORTS and the company responded with the production of animated vignettes that are showcased on nearly 1,000 double-decker buses throughout Hong Kong through an agreement with Hong Kong-based Firstvision.

More recently, Jidou Company teamed with TVB Weekly (Hong Kong's TV Times) to launch Jidoucomics, which publishes the strip each week. At the same time, Jidou has joined forces with such companies as New World Mobility for a JIDOUSPORTS download marketing campaign providing logos, wallpapers, e-cards, MMS and games to the mobile market in Hong Kong, China and Malaysia. In addition JIDOUSPORTS has become the first and remains the only original sports-themed animated content on the 3rd generation Hong Kong mobile network through a licensing agreement with Hutchison Telecom.

Through the company's U.S. representatives, New York-based The Serenata Group, JIDOUSPORTS is now poised to make its American debut.

The rest of the fine print:

• The prizes for this contest are one hundred and fifty (150) JIDOUSPORTS figurines, each with an approximate retail value of $8 USD. There are four different characters available as prizes, but the prizes will be assigned at random to the winners.
• Each figurine will be awarded to a separate winner. (One prize per person, with 150 winners total.)
• Entry period ends at midnight Eastern time on Monday, February 28, 2005.
• One entry per day and per unique email address. (So if you have different email addresses, you can enter once per day with each email address.)
• Only residents of the United States are eligible.
• You must be over 18 to enter. (If you are younger, please ask a parent to enter for you.)
• The drawing is a random process, with the winners chosen at random from all eligible entries.
• A list of winners will be posted at this url in mid-March 2005.

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Read RTM's interview with Alexander Wong, the creator of JIDOUSPORTS.