Right Stuf to Offer Titles Airing on ImaginAsianTV
Online retailer enters deal with TitleMatch Entertainment Group
to sell upcoming Orguss, Nobody's Boy - Remi & Cat's Eye releases.
GRIMES, IA, May 24, 2007 – Anime producer and online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to announce it has entered into a distribution agreement with TitleMatch Entertainment Group, a division of Protocall Technologies Incorporated (OTC BB:PCLI.OB), to offer the classic titles Orguss, Nobody's Boy - Remi and Cat's Eye, Season 1 via its RightStuf.com storefront.
This arrangement makes Right Stuf the only retailer to sell these series from Japanese animation studio TMS Entertainment, Ltd., a subsidiary of Sega SAMMY Holdings, Inc. The deal was brokered by ImaginAsian Entertainment Inc., which will air the titles on their television network, ImaginAsianTV.
Right Stuf President and CEO Shawne Kleckner said he is excited about the opportunity to help fans discover these classic properties.
“Since ImaginAsian's announcement of these releases, we've been fielding requests from our customers about this kind of possibility,” said Kleckner. “As fans of classic anime -- and as one of the oldest and most established anime retailers in North America -- we're pleased to provide this service to the English-speaking fan community.”
“RightStuf.com is a premier retailer of quality Japanese animation, and we are thrilled to be working with them on the U.S. launch of the Orguss, Nobody's Boy - Remi and Cat's Eye DVD titles,” said Syd Dufton, President of TitleMatch Entertainment.
Each series will premiere on ImaginAsianTV as part of the “TMS Presents: Anime Classics” programming block prior to its DVD release. The DVDs will be published using “manufacture-to-order” technology from TitleMatch, with CSS encryption and region coding on DVD-R media.
Each series will run for eight volumes, with four to seven episodes per volume. The first volume of each series, which will include a keepcase to house all eight discs, will be available for $12.99. Subsequent volumes will be offered for $9.99. The initial DVD releases are tentatively scheduled for early July 2007.
Due to the already low price points, these discs will not be discounted or eligible for Right Stuf coupons. However, they will count toward free shipping.
Orguss
In the mid 21st century, the two superpowers that control the earth are engaged in a fierce battle for control of an “orbital elevator,” which allows fast access to satellite colonies. In the midst of battle, one pilot accidentally activates a secret weapon–destroying all of Earth's parallel dimensions and resulting in a world that constantly shifts between pieces of different realities. Suddenly, Earth is shared between four different human races! The first 17 episodes will include the English-language dub produced by US Renditions, but the remaining episodes will be subtitle-only.
Cat's Eye
Three sisters run a small café during the day, but at night, they become Cat's Eye, an infamous group of fine art thieves who infiltrate museums, stealing priceless works of art (and completely evading police). But it's not greed that motivates these girls: Their father, a famous artist, has disappeared, and the only clues they have to his whereabouts might come from the art they steal. Subtitled only.
Nobody's Boy - Remi
Based on the classic 1878 book by Hector Malot, Nobody's Boy is the tale of Remi, a boy from a French village, whose life is forever changed when his father tells him that he is adopted and sells him to a traveling artist. Heartbroken and adjusting to the difficulties of life on the road, he is soon left alone, enduring hardships and loss, and desperately searching for his real parents. Subtitled only.
ABOUT THE RIGHT STUF INTERNATIONAL
Founded in 1987, The Right Stuf International was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation ("anime") industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.
Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf's production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi's focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.
From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Comic Party, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, To Heart and The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.
ABOUT TitleMatch Entertainment
A division of Protocall Technologies Incorporated (OTC BB:PCLI.OB), TitleMatch Entertainment Group is the innovator of on-demand content distribution. Its flagship TitleMatch DVD On-Demand™ service allows retailers to burn brand-name CD and DVD products at their stores and website distribution centers. The company's proprietary systems enable retailers to reduce their reliance on costly physical inventory, expand their selection of products, eliminate shrinkage and out-of-stock situations, speed time to market for new products and improve their operating margins with minimal space requirements. In January 2007, TitleMatch unveiled a first of its kind DVD On-Demand service with CSS (Content Scramble System) encryption, the same content protection scheme used on mass-produced discs and incorporated into all DVD players. Visit www.TitleMatch.com for more information.
to sell upcoming Orguss, Nobody's Boy - Remi & Cat's Eye releases.
GRIMES, IA, May 24, 2007 – Anime producer and online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to announce it has entered into a distribution agreement with TitleMatch Entertainment Group, a division of Protocall Technologies Incorporated (OTC BB:PCLI.OB), to offer the classic titles Orguss, Nobody's Boy - Remi and Cat's Eye, Season 1 via its RightStuf.com storefront.
This arrangement makes Right Stuf the only retailer to sell these series from Japanese animation studio TMS Entertainment, Ltd., a subsidiary of Sega SAMMY Holdings, Inc. The deal was brokered by ImaginAsian Entertainment Inc., which will air the titles on their television network, ImaginAsianTV.
Right Stuf President and CEO Shawne Kleckner said he is excited about the opportunity to help fans discover these classic properties.
“Since ImaginAsian's announcement of these releases, we've been fielding requests from our customers about this kind of possibility,” said Kleckner. “As fans of classic anime -- and as one of the oldest and most established anime retailers in North America -- we're pleased to provide this service to the English-speaking fan community.”
“RightStuf.com is a premier retailer of quality Japanese animation, and we are thrilled to be working with them on the U.S. launch of the Orguss, Nobody's Boy - Remi and Cat's Eye DVD titles,” said Syd Dufton, President of TitleMatch Entertainment.
Each series will premiere on ImaginAsianTV as part of the “TMS Presents: Anime Classics” programming block prior to its DVD release. The DVDs will be published using “manufacture-to-order” technology from TitleMatch, with CSS encryption and region coding on DVD-R media.
Each series will run for eight volumes, with four to seven episodes per volume. The first volume of each series, which will include a keepcase to house all eight discs, will be available for $12.99. Subsequent volumes will be offered for $9.99. The initial DVD releases are tentatively scheduled for early July 2007.
Due to the already low price points, these discs will not be discounted or eligible for Right Stuf coupons. However, they will count toward free shipping.
Orguss
In the mid 21st century, the two superpowers that control the earth are engaged in a fierce battle for control of an “orbital elevator,” which allows fast access to satellite colonies. In the midst of battle, one pilot accidentally activates a secret weapon–destroying all of Earth's parallel dimensions and resulting in a world that constantly shifts between pieces of different realities. Suddenly, Earth is shared between four different human races! The first 17 episodes will include the English-language dub produced by US Renditions, but the remaining episodes will be subtitle-only.
Cat's Eye
Three sisters run a small café during the day, but at night, they become Cat's Eye, an infamous group of fine art thieves who infiltrate museums, stealing priceless works of art (and completely evading police). But it's not greed that motivates these girls: Their father, a famous artist, has disappeared, and the only clues they have to his whereabouts might come from the art they steal. Subtitled only.
Nobody's Boy - Remi
Based on the classic 1878 book by Hector Malot, Nobody's Boy is the tale of Remi, a boy from a French village, whose life is forever changed when his father tells him that he is adopted and sells him to a traveling artist. Heartbroken and adjusting to the difficulties of life on the road, he is soon left alone, enduring hardships and loss, and desperately searching for his real parents. Subtitled only.
ABOUT THE RIGHT STUF INTERNATIONAL
Founded in 1987, The Right Stuf International was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation ("anime") industry, as both an anime producer/distributor and a retailer. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products, as well as the anime and manga industry, in general, through its online storefront at RightStuf.com and a variety of media including podcasts and special publications.
Nozomi Entertainment, Right Stuf's production division, is dedicated to the highest quality releases. True to the Japanese word that inspired its name, Nozomi's focus is on “what fans want.” By focusing on a limited number of anime properties each year, the Nozomi production team ensures each release receives the care and attention to detail it deserves.
From anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to modern comedies, dramas and favorites such as The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Comic Party, Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, Ninja Nonsense, To Heart and The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye, Right Stuf and Nozomi Entertainment produce quality programming for fans of all ages and interests. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com and www.nozomient.com.
ABOUT TitleMatch Entertainment
A division of Protocall Technologies Incorporated (OTC BB:PCLI.OB), TitleMatch Entertainment Group is the innovator of on-demand content distribution. Its flagship TitleMatch DVD On-Demand™ service allows retailers to burn brand-name CD and DVD products at their stores and website distribution centers. The company's proprietary systems enable retailers to reduce their reliance on costly physical inventory, expand their selection of products, eliminate shrinkage and out-of-stock situations, speed time to market for new products and improve their operating margins with minimal space requirements. In January 2007, TitleMatch unveiled a first of its kind DVD On-Demand service with CSS (Content Scramble System) encryption, the same content protection scheme used on mass-produced discs and incorporated into all DVD players. Visit www.TitleMatch.com for more information.
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