Haibane Renmei - Complete Box Set - Classic

Key Selling Points

• Estimated over 20 million impressions from paid advertising, conventions, social marketing, and PR. • From Yoshitoshi ABe who brought you Serial Experiment Lain • Sold over 30,000 Units (lifetime count according to Nielsen VideoScan -2/8/12.) • First re-release since 2005. • Difficult to buy, low market supply. • Support from clips, trailers, and social media. • Well-known title with a strong cult following.

Synopsis

Renowned artist Yoshitoshi ABe’s animated masterpiece, Haibane Renmei, is an experience that challenges audiences to confront and question the concepts of sin and redemption. Born of powerful influences such as Murakami’s acclaimed novel Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World, ABe’s deceptively gentle style of character design and development belies the abyss of heartbreaking desperation [ Watch Trailer ] lurking beneath the surface of the classic series. Studio: Street Date: 9/4/12 The Haibane, enigmatic youths with halos and flightless, grey-feathered wings, live in Pre-Order: 7/31/12 a sleepy town surrounded by impenetrable walls – only the crows may come and go. Catalogue #: FN-09010 Reki, an older Haibane, discovers a new cocoon, from which Rakka emerges Material #: 8097189 possessing no memories except that of her dream of falling. Questions of her UPC: 704400090103 existence cloud Rakka’s mind as she struggles to learn the ways of the Haibane and SRP: $ 39.98 to help Reki escape the Circle of Sin. Run Time (min): 325 Genre: Drama, # of Discs: 2 Content Comp Titles: Serial Experiment Lain, Cassherin Sins Rating: TV14 Language: English Spice and Wolf - Complete Series (Season 1 & 2 Combo)

Key Selling Points

• Marketing campaign of paid advertising, social media, conventions, and PR of over 15 million impressions. • For the first time ever, the entire series in one complete set. • and Novels released in the USA from Yen Press • Over 10 hours of content in one box set. • Based on the award winning novel series by Isuna Hasekura.

Synopsis

Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a naked girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo – a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved northern home. Armed with his street smarts and her animal instincts, a simple peddler and a forgotten deity begin a journey through the wild countryside. Along their path, the riches of happiness shall be reaped, even as the bankruptcy which dwells in the human heart is exposed. [ Watch Trailer ] Studio: FUNimation Content Comp Titles: Utawarerumono, 7 & Wolf’s Rain ; Princess Bride & Street Date: 9/11/12 Willow. Pre-Order: 8/7/12 Catalogue #: FN-01185 Material #: 8097181 UPC: 704400011856 SRP: $64.98 Run Time (min): Genre: Drama, Fantasy # of Discs: Rating: TV14 Language: English Kai – Season 3

Key Selling Points Studio: FUNimation • Extensive marketing campaign to focus on broadcast, online, Social Street Date: 9/11/12 Media to generate over 100 Million impressions Pre-Order: 8/7/12 • Marketing campaign focusing on pop culture, sci-fi, gaming, and Catalogue #: FN-08798 consumers as well as core DBZ fans & fan websites Material #: 8096160 • Dragon Ball Z was the #1 selling U.S. Anime property from 2001 - UPC: 704400087981 2008 (Source: Nielsen VideoScan) SRP: $49.98 • Over 25 Million DVDs of DBZ franchise have sold in the U.S. alone. Run Time (min): 600 • $4 Billion in merchandise sales worldwide Genre: Action, Adventure # of Discs: 4 • Dragon Ball Z Kai currently airing on Nicktoons & CW4Kids Toonzai Rating: TVPG Saturday morning block Language: English • Raging Blast 3 from Namco to be released in Fall 2011 to continue Dragon Ball Franchise success with over 15 Million video games sold in [ Watch Trailer ]

Synopsis

For the first time in history, experience the legendary Z as the master Studio: FUNimation intended: bigger, faster, stronger, and packed with the pulverizing Street Date: 9/11/12 power to blow your puny minds! Beef up your collection with this Pre-Order: 8/7/12 manga-centric, fresh take on Akira Toriyama’s original vision, featuring Catalogue #: FN-0879 more action than you can handle, revitalized animation, and an amped- Material #: 8096159 up audio experience that will make your ears beg for mercy! UPC: 704400087998 SRP: $54.98 Content Comp Titles: , Bleach, Run Time (min): 600 Genre: Action, Adventure # of Discs: 4 Rating: TVPG Language: English T.O. – Anime Movie (Blu-/DVD Combo)

Key Selling Points

• From the creative force behind Appleseed. • Strong classic sci-fi themes resonate with male target audience • Two Films, One Epic Collection

Synopsis

The creative force behind Appleseed returns with two haunting vignettes about mankind’s ruthless quest to build a future in the vacuum of space.

Elliptical Orbit Fifteen years after its last contact with our world, a space freighter known as the Flying Dutchman requests permission to dock at a remote moon base. This mysterious ship carries liquid protons: a power source essential to the survival of Earth’s population. But before the precious cargo can be delivered, the base is ambushed by galactic terrorists who seek to destroy the new form of energy and issue a death sentence to all of humanity. [ Watch Trailer ] Studio: FUNimation Symbiotic Planet Street Date: 8/14/12 Against a backdrop of intergalactic colonization and bizarre alien life forms, Aon and Pre-Order: 8/7/12 Elena – star-crossed lovers from rival countries competing for valuable natural Catalogue #: FN-09500 resources – struggle to build a life together despite the objections of their superiors. Material #: 8079542 Their budding romance is thwarted by an outbreak of alien fungus and the UPC: 704400095009 interference of a cutthroat militaristic madman. To survive, the young couple must SRP: $ 29.98 maintain their faith in each other and learn to trust the unique creatures which inhabit Run Time (min): 90 this strange and wondrous new world. Genre: Sci-Fi, Action # of Discs: 3 Rating: TV14 Content Comp Titles: 2001: A Space Odyssey Language: English Cold Play – Live Action Move

Key Selling Points

• Best Feature Winner at Fairhope Film Festival • Official Selection at Dances With Film Festival • Official Selection at Cineso Film Festival • Official Selection at Kansas International Film Festival

Synopsis

Winston Thorpe (D. David Morin) suspects his wife, Indigo (Vanessa Branch), of having an affair. The obsessive millionaire hires a slimy Scottish private-eye, Angus Stewart (Geno Andrews) to tail his wife and get the proof he needs to take action. But Angus and Indigo form a romantic alliance right after she agrees to steal her husband's most treasured jewel, the world famous “Imperial Egg” worth millions, and give Angus half its worth.

In turn Angus agrees to help the oppressed Indigo to “disappear,” but the new lovers get careless and Winston starts finding evidence linking the two together. What [ Watch Trailer ] ensues is an unpredictable game of revenge and deception that will keep you Studio: FUNimation guessing till the very end. A post-modern whodunnit thriller by first time directors Street Date: 9/11/12 Morin and Andrews surprises with high production Pre-Order: 8/14/12 value, suspense and intrigue. Catalogue #: IF-09401 Material #: 8097194 Content Comp Titles: Murder, My Sweet UPC: 704400094019 SRP: $14.98 Run Time (min): Genre: # of Discs: Rating: Language: English

Fafner - Complete Series (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Key Selling Points

• Targeted paid advertising campaign anticipated to reach over 30 million impressions • From the studio that brought you Martian Successor Nadesico and Space Battleship Yamato 2199 • From the character designer of Seed • Teen Pilots in Giant Robots Battle Aliens! • A sequel series has been green-lit for production!

Synopsis

ARE YOU THERE?!

Terrorized by a hostile alien race’s mental warfare, humans hear only this question just before their lives—essentially their minds—are assimilated by the violent invaders. Kazuki and his classmates lay everything on the line to pilot their heavily- guarded island’s secret weapons: towering mechs for which only they are genetically [ Watch Trailer ] qualified to control. With most of Earth destroyed, humanity’s survival relies on these Studio: FUNimation youths’ selfless determination to protect the only home they know. But when each Street Date: 9/18/2012 battle pushes the pilots to the brink of assimilation, who will protect them? Pre-Order: 8/14/2012 Catalogue #: FN-01630 Content Comp Titles: Evangelion, Falling Skies, Material #: 8097184 UPC: 704400016301 SRP: $59.98 Run Time (min): 650 Genre: Action, Sci-Fi # of Discs: 7 Rating: TV14 Language: English King of Thorn - Anime Movie (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Key Selling Points

• Anticipated paid advertising campaign to reach in excess of 25 million impressions targeting pop culture consumers of anime and sci-fi/horror • Additional support with social media and promotional videos online • Based on the critically acclaimed manga series by Yuji Iwahara (Released by ): One of the Young Adult Library Services Association 2008’s Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens. • From the Director of Appleseed and Big O • Nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at 2010 Asia Pacific Screen Award • Over 50 minutes of extras!

Synopsis

Kazuyoshi Katayama, the director of Appleseed and series unleashes a violent survival film in which the distinction between dream and reality dissolves.

Panic spreads worldwide as the Medousa Virus—a fatal pandemic that solidifies the [ Watch Trailer ] body to stone—threatens to wipe out the human race. 160 infected individuals are Studio: FUNimation selected to be cryogenically frozen while a cure is developed. Kasumi is one of those Street Date: 9/18/2012 chosen for the experimental program. Forced to enter without her twin sister, Shizuku, Pre-Order: 8/14/2012 her distress multiplies when she awakens to find the facility overrun with thick, thorny Catalogue #: FN-08423 vines and ravenous monsters. As Kasumi and six others fight a losing battle to Material #: 8097186 escape this labyrinthine nightmare, questions cloud her distorted mind. Where is her UPC: 704400084232 sister? Why did their only salvation mutate into a deathtrap? If they survive, how SRP: $24.98 much longer do they have to live? Run Time (min): 152 Genre: Action, Horror # of Discs: Content Comp Titles: Lost Meets Aliens, Matrix Meets Resident Evil, Origin: Spirits of Rating: TVMA the Past meets Ghost in the Shell Language: English

Striking Truth - Live Action Movie

Key Selling Points

• Full Print and Online campaign targeting UFC Fans estimating 2 million impressions • From Fox regarding UFC- (Based on 4.5million viewers) 4.3 among males aged 18-34, 4.0 in males 18-49. Perhaps most impressive, it drew 1.7 million women over the age of 18. • UFC – Fast growing Audience in the US, with more mainstream media coverage • Fights available Spike, Versus, Fox Sports, FX and ESPN ( Also 150 countries, 22 languages) In Dec, UFC pay per view fights will be available on Xbox’s

Synopsis

"The Striking Truth" is the exclusive documentary for charismatic Ultimate Fighting Champion Georges St-Pierre and dynamic MMA fighter David "The Crow" Loiseau. The movie follows the two fighters over the past four years, starting with UFC 58 USA vs. Canada. The film juxtaposes their two careers with St-Pierre's meteoric rise to UFC champion and Loiseau facing personal challenges, charting their ups and downs as they follow their paths. The Striking Truth includes exclusive, never-before-seen [ Watch Trailer ] footage from behind the scenes. Director by Steven J. Wong, executive producer Studio: FUNimation James Hergott and action director Bobby Razak. Street Date: 9/18/2012 Pre-Order: 8/14/2012 Content Comp Titles: Filler Catalogue #: IF-09400 Material #: 8097193 UPC: 704400094002 SRP: $19.98 Run Time (min): Genre: Documentary, Sports # of Discs: Rating: Language: English One Piece - Collection Eight

Key Selling Points

• Cross-promotions with multiple One Piece licensors such as VIZ (manga) and NAMCO Bandai (video game) • Manga release from VIZ in the U.S., and serialization in Shonen Jump with a circulation of over 200,000! • Uncut, unedited, and featuring an all new FUNimation dub! • From Toei, the animation studio responsible for Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, Digimon, and Sailor Moon • Based on the best-selling Japanese manga series by Eiichiro Oda: Average of 2.5 million copies per manga volume sold in

Synopsis

The Straw Hats go from sailing on a cloud to being surrounded by Marines in this unedited twenty- episode collection of awesome! Lightning bolts rain from the heavens and innocent citizens run for cover as Luffy and Eneru go toe to toe to determine the fate of Skypiea. The heinous holy man has Angel Island by the throat, [ Watch Trailer ] and Nami and Luffy must risk their lives in a desperate attempt to chase away his Studio: FUNimation looming cloud of death! When the final bell rings, the Straw Hats find themselves Street Date: 9/25/2012 plummeting toward the Marine stronghold of Navarone! This impenetrable island is Pre-Order: 8/21/2012 surrounded by stone walls, and the only hope for escape is a daring dash into the Catalogue #: FN-09478 freedom of the deep blue sea. The sailing certainly won’t be smooth, and it’ll take all Material #: 8097192 hands on deck to survive this scrape! UPC: 704400094781 SRP: $34.98 Content Comp Titles: Pirates of the Caribbean, Naruto Run Time (min): 650 Genre: Action, Comedy # of Discs: 4 Rating: TV14 Language: English - Season 2 Part 1 - LE (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Key Selling Points

• Part of a targeted anime advertising campaign expected to generate more than 40 million impressions in 2012 • The all new feature length adventure available for the first time • Season One alone has sold more than 51,000 units to date - VideoScan • US Novels and graphic novels released by VIZ Media • From the studio that brought you Toradora and Okami-san and Her Seven Companions • From the Director of the Scarlet Ammo

Synopsis

The studio behind Toradora! and Ōkamisan and Her Seven Companions presents the iconic series about the spark between a hot-blooded huntress and a teenage boy as they maintain the balance between the ordinary world and the supernatural.

The heated bond between Shana and Yuji is tested as their paranormal adventures [ Watch Trailer ] continue. The Flame Haze fends off supernatural foes by night. By day, she contends Studio: FUNimation with a classmate who’s also after Yuji’s heart. Emotions flare as a suspicious transfer Street Date: 9/25/2012 student who resembles a recently defeated Denizen clings to Yuji. His training rises in Pre-Order: 8/21/2012 intensity when they catch wind of a revered warrior in search of her lost lover—who Catalogue #: FN-09091 will stop at nothing to extract the power keeping Yuji alive! Material #: 8097190 UPC: 704400090912 Content Comp Titles: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Lost Girl, Grimm, SRP: $69.98 Bleach, , Blood: The Last Vampire Run Time (min): 300 Genre: # of Discs: Rating: TV14 Language: English Shakugan no Shana - Season 2 Part 2 (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Key Selling Points

• Part of a targeted anime advertising campaign expected to generate more than 40 million impressions in 2012 • The all new feature length adventure available for the first time • Season One alone has sold more than 51,000 units to date - VideoScan • US Novels and graphic novels released by VIZ Media • From the studio that brought you Toradora and Okami-san and Her Seven Companions • From the Director of

Synopsis

The studio behind Toradora! and Ōkamisan and Her Seven Companions presents the iconic series about the spark between a hot-blooded huntress and a teenage boy as they maintain the balance between the ordinary world and the supernatural.

Shana and Yuji face their greatest foes yet as they battle Denizens who desire the [ Watch Trailer ] Midnight Lost Child for their own. Amidst a whirlwind battle with the beautiful Pheles, Studio: FUNimation a Flame Haze goes berserk and friends get caught in the chaos. Then, the Bal Street Date: 9/25/2012 Masque returns to execute a scheme that could spell the end for Yuji. Will a newly Pre-Order: 8/21/2012 discovered strength give Yuji and Shana the edge to save themselves and the city Catalogue #: FN-09093 from total destruction—or will evil engulf both his world and hers? Material #: 8097191 UPC: 704400090936 Content Comp Titles: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Supernatural, Lost Girl, Grimm, SRP: $64.98 Bleach, Kaze no Stigma, Blood: The Last Vampire Run Time (min): 300 Genre: Action, Sci-Fi # of Discs: 4 Rating: TV14 Language: English S.A.V.E.

Super Amazing Value Edition

Discovering a new favorite anime is more affordable than ever thanks to S.A.V.E. – the Super Amazing Value Edition! This unique offer from FUNimation gives both devoted – and casual – anime fans an opportunity to sample a wide range of titles at an established, discounted price. From intergalactic adventures to the hilarious hi-jinks of magical girls, discovering something new in the world of anime has never been easier on your budget.

Tower of Druaga - Box Set

Content Comp Titles: and Dungeons & Dragons, .Hack, [ Watch Trailer ] Ragnarok and Records of Lodoss War Studio: FUNimation Street Date: 9/18/2012 Pre-Order: 8/14/2012 Catalogue #: FN-01203 Material #: 8097182 UPC: 704400012037 SRP: $29.98 Run Time (min): 300 Genre: Fantasy, Adventure # of Discs: 2 Rating: TV14 Language: English

1 Message – Live Action Movie

Key Selling Points

• Full online and Print Marketing campaign targeting Female consumers estimating 2 million impressions. • Based on the novel, 1 Message by Mary Lennox • From Kelly Filmworks creators of The Perfect Stranger and Clancy • A hope filled journey of recovery for Breast Cancer survivors

Synopsis

Becca had It all: beauty, a successful fiancé, and the job of her dreams. Everything was going according to her plan until the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the blink of an eye, her entire life came crashing down around her. The fiancé ran off with some new fling. The dream job wouldn’t wait for her to get better. The toll Cancer took on her body made her feel like less than a woman. Broken and alone, she refused to leave the house. She wanted cancer to finish what it started. But in her darkest hour, she found a mysterious ray of hope in the most unlikely of places.

Kelly Filmworks and director Jefferson Moore (A Perfect Stranger, Clancy) present Studio: FUNimation this inspiring story of a shattered woman who discovers the resilience to keep living in Street Date: 9/25/12 the message of a man she’s never even met. Pre-Order: 8/21/12 Catalogue #: EL-01609 Content Comp Titles: Soul Surfer, A Dolphin’s Tale, Come What May, Flywheel Material #: 8097195 UPC: 704400016097 SRP: $ 22.98 Run Time (min): 152 Genre: Drama, Family # of Discs: 1 Rating: NR Language: English