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Hasbro to Showcase Its Iconic Pop Culture Brands at Comic-Con International

Premier Branded Play Company to Debut its New TELEPODS Play Experience, KRE-O CITYVILLE INVASION line and Celebrate TRANSFORMERS, MY LITTLE PONY and More with Fans in San Diego

VISIT VIZ MEDIA AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL, BOOTH #2819

VIZ MEDIA WELCOMES THE YOUNG AND THE YOUNG-AT-HEART TO ANNUAL KIDS DAY AT 2013 COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL

VIZ Media Celebrates A Day Of Fun Aimed At Younger Readers At The Nation's Largest Comics And Pop Culture Gathering With Special Booth Activities And Guest Appearances For HELLO KITTY®, MAX STEEL, And UGLYDOLL

San Francisco, CA, July 15, 2013 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, welcomes the young and young-at-heart to an annual pop culture tradition - Kids Day! - at the 2013 Comic-Con International. VIZ Media will offer an entire day of fun booth appearances and autograph sessions by an array of visionary creators and artists for hit kids series including HELLO KITTY®, UGLY DOLL, and MAX STEEL. Fans can also catch a variety of free promotional giveaways, pick up a free kids comics sampler, and learn more about the company's array of colorful kids titles. VIZ Media will be located in Booth 2819.

VISIT VIZ MEDIA AT COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL, BOOTH #2819

VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES EXCITING BOOTH ACTIVITIES, SHOW EXCLUSIVES, AND OTHER EVENTS FOR 2013 COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL

VIZ Media Showcases Digital Manga, WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP, And Neon Alley Anime Channel, And Offers Collectable Giveaways, Fun Booth Activities, Panel Discussions And Much More At The Nation's Largest Comics And Pop Culture Convention

San Francisco, CA, July 15, 2013 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in North America, prepares to delight legions of anime, manga (graphic novel), and pop culture fans at the 2013 Comic-Con International as it announces a wide array of special events, unique giveaways, informative panel discussions, and other fun activities and convention exclusives.

Comic-Con International is the nation's biggest comic book, science fiction and pop culture event, and takes place July 18th-21st at the San Diego Convention Center, in San Diego, CA. VIZ Media will be located in Booth 2819. Complete details on Comic-Con are available at: www.comic-con.org.

July 2013 -- Pretty Ugly has teased some of their 2013 San Diego Comic-Con International convention exclusives with this image. It looks like a lot of goodies featuring their Uglydoll crossover with Hello Kitty!

GOTHITROPOLIS RAVENS KICKSTARTER FULLY FUNDED!!

July 2013 - Because of the tremendous response by action figure fans worldwide, the Four Horsemen Studios' Gothitropolis Ravens Kickstarter campaign became fully funded at $65,000.00 in less than 57 hours!!

From Jim, Eric and Cornboy – "We just want to send out our most heartfelt thanks to all of the action figure fans that have supported this project from all over the planet. A very special thanks goes out to all of the FANtastic FANatics (you know who you are) for all of the support and patience you've shown to us over the years. Without all of you being there to give us a kick in the pants when we've stumbled, we would've never have been able to pull this off, especially in such an incredibly short timespan. You guys did it! You helped to bring our vision to life from the very first vote in the FANtastic Exclusive project years ago all the way up to pushing this Kickstarter campaign across the finish line in an AMAZING amount of time! We can't begin to thank you enough! THANKS!!"

July 2013 - The 2013 Comic-Con International convention in San Diego will be July 18-21. Preview Night is July 17th. So much toy and action figure shopping to do, so many lines to stand in! How do you decide what to buy?

The official Comic-Con web site has a page for the exclusives that are available this year.

Also, our pal Matt over at AwesomeToyBlog.com has an extensive listing of of the toy and action figure exclusives.

Diamond Select Toys Announces Panels for Comic-Con International!

July 2013 - Diamond Select is coming back to Comic-Con International this year, and while we've already told you about the exclusives and the exhibits and all that, we haven't told you about the panels! Check your busy schedules on Saturday and Sunday, because DST has not one, but TWO panels planned, one all about Minimates and the other all about... well, everything else!

Saturday, 7/20/13, 1:30-2:30, Room 8
Marvel Minimates: 50 Series of Awesomeness!

FOUR HORSEMEN'S GOTHITROPOLIS RAVENS KICKSTARTER OVER 50% FUNDED IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS!!

July 2013 - We went live with our Gothitropolis Ravens Kickstarter Friday morning at 12am and thanks to the tremendous support by all of the action figure fans out there we actually reached 50% of our $64,000.00 base goal in under 24 hours!! At the time of this writing we're nearing 75% fuly funded at $44,544.00! We NEVER expected things to go that well with this project that quickly and we want to take this opportunity to thank ALL of you from the bottom of our hearts for giving us the support and inspiration (not to mention the money) to finally bring the Gothitropolis Ravens to life!

You Axed for It! Come Meet The Creators Of Axe cop With Mezco Toyz At SDCC

July 2013 - San Diego - To commemorate both the upcoming television premiere of Axe Cop (July 21, 9:30pm, on Fox) as well as Mezco's Summer Exclusive Axe Cop Badge prop-replica, Mezco will be hosting a special signing by the Axe Cop creators at San Diego Comic Con.

On Friday, July 21st, from 12noon-1pm, both writer, 8-year-old Malachai Nicolle, and artist Ethan Nicolle, will appear at Mezco's booth # 3445 to sign Mezco's Summer Exclusive Axe Cop Badge prop-replica.

Autograph sessions with both creators are very rare so this is a very special event for Axe Cop fans. This will be their only scheduled autograph signing at SDCC. Malachai's autograph is especially sought after by fans, as he rarely does signings because of his young age.

WIZKIDS/NECA, MFV ANNOUNCE CONNECT WITH PIECES™ FOR MOBILE FEATURING WARNER BROS. PICTURES AND LEGENDARY PICTURES PACIFIC RIM

Bring Strategy Puzzle Building Platform to iPad®

Hillside, N.J. & Cary, N.C. - July 12, 2013 - Game creators WizKids/NECA and MFV are inviting players to Connect With Pieces™... on the go! Developers today announced the arrival of Connect With Pieces™ for iPad®, taking puzzle gaming to a new level. The first installment of the new app features custom puzzles from the hit film Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures PACIFIC RIM, and is available for download, free on the App StoreSM today.