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Make Your Own MANGA!
Planetwide Media and TOKYOPOP Announce TOKYOPOP Manga Creator(TM) Self-Publishing Software and TOKYOPOP Digital Content Packs; Interactive Entertainment Software Licensing Agreement Signed by Planetwide Media and TOKYOPOP
| Source: Planetwide Media
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 21, 2006 -- Planetwide Media, a pioneer in interactive
personalized media software, and TOKYOPOP, the leader of the Global Manga
Revolution, announced today the upcoming release of TOKYOPOP Manga
Creator™ self-publishing software and TOKYOPOP packs of digital content.
TOKYOPOP and Planetwide Media have signed a joint licensing agreement to
create, market and sell the TOKYOPOP Manga Creator and TOKYOPOP
Packs online through http://www.TOKYOPOP.com,
http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com/ and at selected retailers worldwide.
TOKYOPOP Manga Creator™ software will provide manga and anime fans the
opportunity to create, share and interact with TOKYOPOP characters,
backgrounds, logos, icons and screen shots, while creating their very own
TOKYOPOP manga.
The TOKYOPOP Manga Creator™ is an innovative, interactive
self-publishing media platform that enables manga and anime fans to freely
use their creative imagination and officially licensed TOKYOPOP digital
content to create personalized manga, anime and comic books. Fans will now
have the ability to post their personalized TOKYOPOP manga to a blog or
social network, email their creations to friends or print out their works
in manga format.
"TOKYOPOP is a dynamic entertainment publishing company with their own
popular intellectual properties and vast collection of powerful world
renowned brands. Extending our original Comic Book Creator personalized
media self-publishing software into the manga market is a natural fit,"
said Planetwide Media President, Kevin Donovan. "Our personalized media
platform is designed to handle user generated content with ease and
our Drag 'n Drop Comics technology will allow fans of manga and anime to
bring their creative publishing dreams to reality."
"TOKYOPOP is thrilled to be partnering with Planetwide Media in
launching the TOKYOPOP Manga Creator™ software. Planetwide has been
embracing User Generated Content throughout the development of
their original Comic Book Creator™ self-publishing software," added
Marco Pavia, TOKYOPOP's Director of Marketing. "TOKYOPOP Manga
Creator™ makes our dynamic IP even more accessible to our current fans
and a new user base. Through this innovative digital media product, we see
the future of manga and manga creation reaching even higher ground and
coming to life in a new form of interactive entertainment."
For more information, please visit:
http://www.mycomicbookcreator.com/products/tokyopop/
About TOKYOPOP
TOKYOPOP is hailed as a leading youth-oriented entertainment brand and an
innovator of manga creation, with a revolutionary artistic vision that
transcends countless platforms. From the introduction of the first-ever
extensive manga publishing program in North America, to the development of
its manga-originated intellectual properties into film, television and
digital entertainment, TOKYOPOP has changed the way teens experience pop
culture. The company's global reach has expanded to Europe and Asia, with
recent office openings in the UK and Germany and partnerships in Australia
and China, in addition to its original Los Angeles and Tokyo operations.
With millions of fans logging onto the new social networking site,
http://www.TOKYOPOP.com, reading its books, and watching its DVDs and
television programs, TOKYOPOP's award-winning catalogue of licensed and
original properties has made the company a visionary in an ever-growing
teen entertainment marketplace. Visit http://www.TOKYOPOP.com for
additional information.
About Planetwide Media
Planetwide Media, (A division of Planetwide Games, Inc.) provides a
unique and patent pending, interactive, self-publishing personalized media
platform for a wide audience of emerging consumers in the digital media
space. The company provides web enabled tools, software applications and
video games that provide personal interactivity. The company's signature
product, Comic Book Creator™ is a best of breed digital media platform
that embraces User Generated Content (UGC) and enables users to blend their
creations into their social networks, their blogs and across the web. Comic
Book Creator is an easy to use platform that provides the consumer with a
richly enhanced interactive digital experience. Planetwide Media is
currently licensing the Comic Book Creator technology and partnering with
world-class entertainment, video game, sports, music and lifestyle brands
worldwide.
Visit http://www.myplanetwide.com for more information.
Comic Book Creator TM & © 2006 Planetwide Games, Inc. All rights
reserved.