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Online Media Leader to Host World Première of T.O. Entertainment Computer Animated Film
San Francisco, California (August 9, 2008) — The leading destination for Asian content on the Internet, Crunchyroll, will showcase the world debut of T.O Entertainment’s computer animated film, EGG MAN in the Fall of 2008. More information can be found at www.crunchyroll.com.
“The worldwide debut of EGG MAN on Crunchyroll is a very exciting and we are sure that fans will appreciate all that is EGG MAN,” states Takeichi Honda, Presdient & CEO of T.O. Entertainment, “we are proud of our film and believe that our partnership with Crunchyroll is a definite step into the future.”
In July, T.O Entertainment's digital channel on Crunchyroll débuted a never before seen trailer for the upcoming EGG MAN film, a computer animated film based off the prestigious Japanese Konomys award winning book, “Monologues of Universal Transverse Mercator,” written by the critically-acclaimed author Mr. Yumeaki Hirayama and 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 early Fall world premiere, where T.O will make the entirety of EGG MAN available on Crunchyroll along with exclusive merchandise.
Vince Shortino, Crunchyroll's head of Japanese business development, states “We are stepping into a world where many individuals obtain their entertainment from an online source. We are proud to be the online source for T.O. Entertainment’s EGG MAN.”
Synopsis: EGG MAN is a futuristic psychological computer animated thriller by T.O. Entertainment based off the prestigious Japanese Konomys award winning book, “Monologues of Universal Transverse Mercator,” written by the critically-acclaimed author Mr. Yumeaki Hirayama. A psychopathic killer known as “Egg Man” has been caught, incarcerated and is awaiting his death sentence. Karen, a beautiful and brave police woman, is assigned to the “Egg Man” case to find the whereabouts of a missing dead body. “Egg Man” meets his cell-mate … Prisoner 205. Who is Prisoner 205? Is Prisoner 205 another in-mate awaiting his death sentence as well or an android utilized by the police to collect information about him and his knowledge of the corpse? Who is really manipulating whom?
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. Crunchyroll’s distribution channel and partnership program delivers content to over four million passionate fans worldwide. Crunchyroll is funded by the premiere group Venrock. More information can be found at its website http://www.crunchyroll.com.
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. |