Bandai announces Origins and Anime Expo Tournament prizing for Naruto CCG

June 2006 - The first two major tournaments for the Naruto CCG will take place at nearly the same time in two different parts of the country. Origins Game Fair (Columbus, OH: June 29-July 2) and Anime Expo (Anaheim, CA. July 1-4) will each play host to the first of many future major events planned for the Naruto CCG.

Each of these two day events will feature prizing for the top finishers valued at over $4K and include Naruto manga collections, video games, 1st edition booster boxes of Path to Hokage as well as the grand prizes of a Sony PsP hand-held, an iPod Video, and an HP Pavilion Laptop for the Master Shinobi.

All players who qualify from the first round will receive a Naruto Ninja Headband, symbolizing their graduation from an Academy Level Shinobi to a Genin Level Ninja for this event.

All participants will receive an exclusive promo foil preview card from Series #2 Coils of the Snake entitled "Sharingan Eye."

At Origins: the first day event begins at 1pm on Friday, June 30th with the top cut of players advancing to the single elimination round on Saturday, July 1st at 1pm.

At Anime Expo: the first day event begins at 1pm on Sunday July 2nd with the top cut of players advancing to the single elimination round on Monday, July 3rd at 1pm.

These two major organized play events will also allow Bandai Collectible Games to put its new OP software to the test, in advance of beginning nationwide Premier Naruto Events in July with the highly anticipated release of Series #2: Coils of the Snake.

For more convention info go to http://www.anime-expo.org/, and http://www.originsgames.com/.