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Japanese Animation And Toys Are Making Their Mark

anime_collage.jpg - 16436 BytesSyCoNet.com, Inc., the leading distributor of Japanese Animation (``Anime'') videos and DVDs, today announced that of the top 40 videos currently being sold in the United States, nine are Anime titles as listed in Video Business Magazine's April 10, 2000 issue.

Various Pokemon, Sailor Moon, and Digimon titles are among those videos outlined in this particular issue. These titles, plus Dragon Ball Z have been consistently rated as top overall sellers in several issues of this particular publication.

Annie Chang, SyCoNet.com's Director of Marketing stated, ``The fact that 23 percent of the top sellers within the entire video industry are Anime-specific confirms that Japanese Animation is increasingly being recognized outside its niche market and is becoming more mainstream. Anime is successfully competing within a larger arena, establishing a firm foundation for the company to aggressively market to a larger audience outside its core fan base.''

SyCoNet.com, Inc, distributes anime videos, including the enormously popular Pokemon series, multimedia games and software, DVDs, CDs, toys, apparel, and related merchandise to over 7,500 wholesale and retail accounts nationwide through a high-traffic website, catalog, and direct sales campaign.

It also provides business-to-business e-commerce, distribution, and communications solutions. To purchase the Internet's lowest priced Anime videos, see www.animedepot.com.

Not only are anime videos hot-sellers, but toys based on anime properties have been burning up the shelves whether it be Dragon Ball Z, Digimon or Pokemon merchandise at Toys R Us, or Gundam, Sailor Moon or Neon Genesis Evangelion products through importers. Anime toys are hot items, and from the looks of things there's no immediate sign of slowdown.

[Updated 4/18/2000]


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