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Central Park Media Gives Final Farewell at Anime Expo
posted on by Egan Loo
Ad from shuttered anime/manga distributor printed in program guide
The following full-page advertisement was printed in the Anime Expo 2009 convention's program guide:
To all CPM Fans and Friends:
It has been a wonderful twenty years working to find great anime and manga to bring to the attention of American fandom.
As the Bible says:
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted …
(Ecclesiastes 3:1,2)
Well, we've done our borning, planting, and plucking up and dying. We've had a ball doing it, and getting to know many of you along the way.
We thank all of you who have supported us in our endeavors, and we wish everyone the best.
And as one of our other favorite role models once wrote,
'Nuff said!
CENTRAL PARK MEDIA CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES
MANGAMANGA
SOFTWARE SCULPTORS
BINARY MEDIA WORKS
ASIA PULP CINEMA
ANIME 18
CPM PRESS/CPM MANGA/CPM MAHWA/BARE BEAR PRESS
MANGAMUSIC
Central Park Media, an anime and manga distributor based in New York City, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and officially closed its doors in April.
To all CPM Fans and Friends:
It has been a wonderful twenty years working to find great anime and manga to bring to the attention of American fandom.
As the Bible says:
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted …
(Ecclesiastes 3:1,2)
Well, we've done our borning, planting, and plucking up and dying. We've had a ball doing it, and getting to know many of you along the way.
We thank all of you who have supported us in our endeavors, and we wish everyone the best.
And as one of our other favorite role models once wrote,
'Nuff said!
CENTRAL PARK MEDIA CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES
MANGAMANGA
SOFTWARE SCULPTORS
BINARY MEDIA WORKS
ASIA PULP CINEMA
ANIME 18
CPM PRESS/CPM MANGA/CPM MAHWA/BARE BEAR PRESS
MANGAMUSIC
Central Park Media, an anime and manga distributor based in New York City, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and officially closed its doors in April.
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