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CRUNCHYROLL AND T.O ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCE STRATEGIC ONLINE DISTRIBUTION AND PROMOTION PARTNERSHIP |
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 |
Japan's T.O Entertainment partners with Chrunchyroll and to debut never before seen trailer for the upcoming Egg Man film in July, and to make it available outside of Japan along with exclusive merchandise just for Crunchyroll in the fall.
San Francisco, California (June 11, 2008) ‹ Crunchyroll, the leading destination for Asian content on the Internet, and T.O Entertainment, a leading Tokyo-based media production and literary management company, have entered into a strategic partnership to showcase the upcoming computer animated, EGG MAN on Crunchyroll's service.
"By partnering with Crunchyroll in a controlled release, we will be able to build and then capitalize on the awareness of our content," said Takeichi Honda, President & CEO of T.O Entertainment. "We are looking forward to not just showcasing our film, but being able to be a part of the community and provide them what they want."
In July, T.O Entertainment's digital channel on Crunchyroll will début a 23:59:08, a computer animated film based off of story in the book, "Monologues of Universal Transverse Mercator," published by Kobunsha. During the rest of the Summer, T.O will continue to release clips, trailers, and behind the scenes footage, leading up to the Fall where T.O will make the entirety of EGG MAN available outside of Japan on Crunchyroll along with exclusive merchandise just for Crunchyroll.
"Through close collaboration with T.O Entertainment, we will be able to support their content not just in video, but in the full spectrum of media," said Vu Nguyen, co-founder of Crunchyroll. "We are excited about being able to give the fans what they want."
Winner of the prestigious Japanese Konomys award for mystery literature, "Monologues of Universal Transverse Mercator" is written by the critically-acclaimed Mr. Yumeaki Hirayama.
ABOUT CRUNCHYROLL
Headquartered in San Francisco, California Crunchyroll is hailed as a leading online entertainment brand with the largest international online community and destination focused on Asian entertainment including anime, drama, music in addition to electronic entertainment and auto content.
Crunchyroll¹s distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over four million passionate fans worldwide. Crunchyroll is funded by the premiere group Venrock-the venture capital arm of the Rockefeller family.
More information can be found at its website http://www.crunchyroll.com.
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ABOUT T.O ENTERTAINMENT
T.O Entertainment, Inc. is a multi facet company and has been producing various contents such as feature film, book, animation, documentary, DVD and etc. The head office is based in Tokyo, Japan and has the branch offices in Europe (UK) and Asia (South Korea). As the content producer, T.O Entertainment aims to create the original content and also satisfy the core clients. We continue to extend the market in the world. |
