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Aniplex of America to Discontinue Several Products in October

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2014 Aniplex of America Announces Discontinuance of Several Products SANTA MONICA, CA (September 29, 2014) –Aniplex of America, Inc. announced today that they will be discontinuing sales of eight products on October 31st. Fans who may have been waiting to purchase these items are encouraged to make their purchases before this date as no new orders will be taken for these following SKUs and will no longer be available through official retailers: SKU# Product Title Media Year Released AOA-1801 Blue Exorcist DVD Vol. 1 DVD 2011 AOA-1802 Blue Exorcist DVD Vol. 2 DVD 2012 AOA-1804 Blue Exorcist DVD Vol. 4 DVD 2012 AOA-0702 Durarara!! DVD Part 2 DVD 2011 AOA-0703 Durarara!! DVD Part 3 DVD 2011 42000 GURREN LAGANN The Movie -Childhood’s End- DVD 2008 Limited Edition 42001 GURREN LAGANN The Movie -Childhood’s End- DVD 2008 Regular Edition 42003 GURREN LAGANN The Movie -The Lights in the DVD 2010 Sky are Stars- Limited Edition About Aniplex of America Inc. Aniplex of America Inc. (Santa Monica, California) is a subsidiary of Aniplex Inc. (headquartered in Tokyo, Japan), a group of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. and a leading provider of anime content and music production and distribution in Japan. Aniplex of America has launched fan-favorite Blu-ray and DVD releases such as Sword Art Online, KILL la KILL, Bakemonogatari, Durarara!!, Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, the Garden of sinners, Blue Exorcist, Anohana: The Movie, Silver Spoon, OREIMO 2, Blast of Tempest, Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, VALVRAVE the Liberator, Oreshura, and Vividred Operation. The company's ever-growing line-up of shows include our most recent titles Sword Art Online II, ALDNOAH.ZERO, Persona4 the Golden ANIMANTION, MEKAKUCITY ACTORS, The irregular at magic high school, Mushi-Shi Next Passage, Nanana’s Buried Treasure, NISEKOI, World Conquest Zvezda Plot, Magi: The Kingdom of Magic, and Samurai Flamenco. www.AniplexUSA.com www.facebook.com/AniplexUSA www.Youtube.com/AniplexUS ### .

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