Sony Pictures Entertainment officials said that each episode of the series cost some 30 million yen to make, three times the normal cost of an animated film.

About Knights of the Zodiac

“We recently hosted three of our largest Premier Events,” Jonathan Quesenberry, Score Entertainment’s Director of Marketing said. “All three of these events broke the previous attendance record of 121, which was set earlier this year. In just one weekend, the Dragon Ball Z® CCG had 440 players attending the events. All together, there have been more than 1125 top level competitors that have participated in this program over the past 5 months. That is definitely a rarity in our marketplace for an event of this caliber.”

After last year’s successful tournament circuit, the average number of players per event was a respectable 64 per upper level event. This year that average has nearly doubled as it now sits at 113. By way of comparison, there was only one of these events to break 100 players last year, yet this year there have been seven events to do so and the season still has two events left to go.

Without a doubt, the pinnacle of the WCC in both excitement and attendance is The World Championship Tournament, held at Gen Con each year. In 2001, the Worlds event had 126 players. The 2002 event saw a turnout of 302. Considering the growth rate of the program as whole, it is possible that this year’s Worlds could go well above 450 players!

"This was our third festival," said producer and director Angela Alexander, "and each time it just gets better and better."

The documentary's premiere at the St. Louis International Film Festival last November set a high bar for the company to surpass.

"In St. Louis, we screened right after a free sneak preview of two episodes of the Spielberg-produced miniseries Taken. Once the box office receipts were in, we found out not only did a large part of the audience stay and buy tickets to see Invasion: Anime, but we also increased Spielberg's audience by about 65%," said Alexander.

"But this was our home-town crowd. It meant a lot to all of us do well here and we succeeded on many levels."

Alexander and her crew aren't resting on those laurels for long. The documentary will travel overseas for the first time for a screening in July at Animotion, the film festival hosted by AniMagic 2003, one of Europe's largest anime conventions held annually in Nistertal, Germany.

AUDIENCES LOVE THE INVASION

Invasion: Anime is a broad look at the history of Japanese animation (or "anime") and its effect on American culture and entertainment over the last half-century. Interview subjects include names well known to anime fans across the world. Steve Bennett, animator and co-founder of I.C. Entertainment, artists and animators Akemi Takada, Senno Knife, Makoto Uno and Nobuyuki Takahashi, North American voice actors and directors Amy Howard Wilson, Tiffany Grant, Scott McNeil and Taliasen Jaffe and international anime experts like author Helen McCarthy and Dr. Susan J. Napier, Associate Director of Asian Studies, University of Texas, are but a few of more than 20 individuals who donated their time to this project.

After the St. Louis premiere, independent film expert Chris Gore wrote, "Invasion: Anime is a great doc about Japanese animation...an independent film that deserves attention."

FilmThreat.com reviewer Eric Campos writes "Invasion: Anime ...gives a nice history run down of the Japanese animated film...(and serves) as a nice eye opener, offering up information that fans may not have known about from industry professionals and folks that actually study anime."

And audience members from across the country have called Invasion: Anime "fun," "exciting" and "terrific history."

THE REST IS HISTORY

"The whole documentary has been a series of happy accidents," said Alexander. "My editor, Mike Hathaway, came up with an idea to take an inside look at the drama and tension behind running science fiction/fantasy type conventions."

But a case of missing tape stalled that concept and gave birth to Invasion: Anime.

"We began shooting the original idea at Project: A-Kon, a Dallas anime convention," explained Hathaway. "The hotel's front desk misplaced a case of video tape we had set up for delivery during the weekend, limiting what we could shoot, so we chose to use the possibly once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to get interviews with the Japanese artists who were guests of the convention."

"The rest, as they say, is history."

Produced by Sandylion Sticker Designs, the YU-GI-OH! anti-drug sticker collection will be distributed by Blockbuster Entertainment in all 4,500 of its stores during the month of July. Additionally, ONDCP's Media Campaign and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) will distribute the exclusively-designed collectibles to a number of leading national organizations, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Alfred R. Kahn, Chairman and CEO of 4Kids Entertainment, noted: "We are honored to join with the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign in lending the YUGI- OH! characters to serve as drug-prevention spokespeople. We deeply appreciate the participation of Sandylion Sticker Designs in helping us realize this important national anti-drug initiative, and also our Japanese partners who have given us permission to use the YU-GI-OH! characters in this campaign. At the heart of this animated series are important values of character and teamwork - there is no room for even the consideration of drugs in Yugi's world."

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY Washington, DC 20503 YU-GI-OH! / Media Campaign Page Two "We are delighted to have YU-GI-OH! join us as a partner," said Alan Levitt, Director of ONDCP' s Media Campaign. " Through the show' s high profile and the support of 4Kids Entertainment, Blockbuster Entertainment and Sandylion Sticker Designs, young people will get the message that staying drug free is the only way to play." YU-GI-OH! consistently ranks as the No. 1 show for boys on network television, where it airs seven times a week on Kids' WB! The show' s characters will also make featured appearances online via ONDCP' s youth Web site, www.freevibe.com, while the show' s official Web site, www.yugioh.com, will showcase anti-drug information for kids.

In 1998, with the bipartisan support of Congress and the President, ONDCP created the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, an effort designed to educate and empower youth to reject illicit drugs. Counting on an unprecedented blend of public and private partnerships, non-profit community service organizations, volunteerism, and youth-to-youth communications, the Campaign is designed to reach Americans of diverse backgrounds.

About 4Kids Entertainment Headquartered in New York City with international offices in London, 4Kids Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: KDE) is a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing. 4Kids, through its wholly owned subsidiaries, provides domestic and international merchandise licensing; product development; television, film, music and home video production and distribution, media planning and buying; and Web site development. For further information, please visit the company' s Web site at www.4KidsEntertainment.com.

About Sandylion Sticker Designs: Established in 1981, Sandylion Sticker Designs continues to be the world' s leading sticker manufacturer with distribution in over 60 countries worldwide. Sandylion is a well-recognized name known for quality and innovation on both its own brand as well as its prestigious unrivaled license portfolio. Sandylion has carried on the spirit of its founders Sandra and Lionel Waldman by constantly giving back to the community as a successful children' s brand conscious of its corporate responsibilities. The goodwill of Sandylion' s generous philanthropic efforts as well its genuine concern towards the larger community, including its own employees and customers, has and continues to build goodwill towards the company and the Sandylion brand. For more information, please visit the company' s Web site at www.Sandylion.com. # # #

Some of the titles that are scheduled to be shown at this meeting include... - Megaloman (1979 tokusatsu show from Toho.) - Saber Marionette (no idea as to which Saber Marionette series they'll be showing) - Initial D (Mid-1990's anime with a street racing motif ) - Dartanias (1979-80 giant robot show from Sunrise and Toei Animation) - UFO (Live-action Sci-fi TV show from England circa. 1970.) - Machine Robo Rescue (2003 anime from Sunrise featuring giant robots and kids performing rescues)

The Philadelphia Animation Society has been meeting regularly on the second Saturday of the month since September, 1982. Interest has never faded because of the enormous supply of Japanese Anime that fills most of our programming. Every month there is new material from an endless flow of television broadcasts and features. Most are Japanese, but there is no limitation(If we like it, it gets shown.).

Yuricon 2003 is a three-day celebration of shoujoai and yuri in anime and manga, held June 13-15 at the Gateway Hilton in Newark, NJ.

Yuricon is once again co-sponsoring a showing of Revolutionary Girl Utena, the Movie - this time in cooperation with the New Festival of New York City (http://www.newfestival.org). Erica Friedman, founder of Yuricon, will be on hand to present the movie on Thursday, June 12 at 5:45 at the Tishman Auditorium and to answer questions, following the film.

ALC Publishing, which was founded to bring quality shoujoai and yuri manga to the English-speaking audience, will be premiering a new comic at Yuricon 2003. "Rica 'tte Kanji!?" written by Yuricon Guest of Honor Rica Takashima, tells the story of a young college student as she comes to Tokyo to find love in Nichoume. "Rica" will be available for sale during Yuricon 2003, and online thereafter at the Yuricon Shop. (http://www.yuricon.org/goodies.htm) For more information about ALC Publishing, please visit the Yuricon Projects page. (http://www. yuricon.org/projects.htm)