InuYasha captures Top Honors in Inaugural Beckett Anime Awards

INUYASHA CAPTURES TOP HONORS IN INAUGURAL
BECKETT ANIME COLLECTOR (B.A.M.) AWARDS

Pokèmon Heroes also wins as animation and manga fanatics select their

favorites in a reader vote conducted by the popular monthly magazine.

DALLAS, TX - The votes are in and Inuyasha, the animated adventures of a half-demon boy, came close to a clean sweep! Animation fans have spoken with their votes in the first-ever Beckett Anime/Manga (B.A.M.) Awards sponsored by Beckett Anime Collector.

Readers of the popular monthly magazine voted on their favorites in four categories: Favorite Manga, Favorite Anime DVD, Favorite Anime Theatrical Release and Favorite Anime TV Series. Results have been tabulated and are featured in the May issue of Beckett Anime Collector on national newsstands now.

FAVORITE MANGA
1st - Inuyasha
2nd - Rurouni Kenshin
3rd - (tie) Chobits
(tie) Trigun

FAVORITE ANIME DVD
1st - Inuyasha
2nd - Sailor Moon Uncut Box 1
3rd - Spirited Away

FAVORITE ANIME
THEATRICAL RELEASE
1st - Pok魯n Heroes
2nd - Cowboy Bebop: The Movie
3rd - Spirited Away

FAVORITE ANIME TV SERIES
1st - Inuyasha
2nd - Yu-Gi-Oh!
3rd - Yū Yū Hakusho

Beckett Anime Collector enjoys extensive newsstand distribution via such diverse retail outlets as Barnes & Noble, GameStop, Wal-Mart and Target. This is in addition to distribution through Blockbuster Video, TOYS R US, hundreds of grocery and drug stores, and thousands of collectibles shops in the U.S. and Canada. The magazine carries a cover price of $5.99 U.S and $8.99 CAN.


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