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Pojo's Naruto News
VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES SPECIAL NATIONAL ROAD
TOUR FOR SHONEN JUMP NARUTO
Fans Are Invited To Visit Select Mall Locations To Take Part
In Exciting and Fun Activities Related To Best Selling Manga
And Anime Series
San Francisco, CA, October 20, 2006 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ
Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative
and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing
companies, has announced a special national road show to
highlight SHONEN JUMP NARUTO to fans across the country. The
tour kicks off on November 4 in Atlanta, GA with subsequent
stops scheduled for Bloomington, MN and Cedar Park, TX with
future dates in 2007 to be announced. The event will be free
to attend and information is available at
www.naruto.viz.com.
At each stop, a special event staging area will immerse
young and older fans alike into the captivating and
action-filled worlds of the popular manga and anime series.
The event will feature multiple activity stations including
a Ninja Academy, where visitors can learn special moves and
techniques with an instructor, the Chakra Challenge,
sponsored by Mattel, sneak peeks of upcoming anime episodes
on a large main screen, a Bandai collectible game card area,
several video game kiosks where fans can play the latest
NARUTO video games from Tomy/D3P and NAMCO/BANDAI, a manga
drawing area, and a green screen where fans can have their
picture taken with a variety of backgrounds featured in the
anime series. Upon entering, each visitor will be given a
special NARUTO passport that will guide them to the various
activities and after collecting passport stamps, each fan
will receive an exclusive SHONEN JUMP NARUTO goodie bag
filled with collectable premiums.
Dates for the SHONEN JUMP NARUTO Road Tour Include:
Saturday, November 4: Cumberland Mall
Atlanta, GA
Event Hours: 12pm – 7pm
Saturday, November 11: Mall of America
Bloomington, MN
Event Hours: 12pm – 7pm
Saturday, November 18: Lakeline Mall
Cedar Park, TX
Event Hours: 12pm – 7pm
NARUTO is a ratings powerhouse on Cartoon Network, where it
is featured as part of the network’s Toonami block of action
programming and attracts millions of viewers each week. The
NARUTO manga was recently awarded the coveted Quill Award
for Best Graphic Novel for 2006. The newest volume of the
manga series, published in North America by VIZ Media, was
also ranked at Number 21 on USA Today’s Top 150 Best Seller
List for the week of August 27, 2006. This is the highest
placement any manga title has ever achieved on the daily’s
noted literary sales list, which compiles sales traction for
fiction, non-fiction, hardcover as well as paperback titles.
VIZ Media also distributes the anime series on DVD and
recently issued a special uncut box set of the entire first
season.
“We are pleased to announce this exciting new road tour for
SHONEN JUMP NARUTO.” States Liza Coppola, Sr. Vice
President, Marketing, VIZ Media. “SHONEN JUMP magazine is
the best selling manga anthology in North America and the
NARUTO manga titles are one of the best selling graphic
novels on the market today. This road tour will delight fans
already familiar with both the magazine and the manga with a
variety of fun and free activities and also introduce new
ones to the exciting world of SHONEN JUMP NARUTO. We invite
people of all ages to come out and enjoy a great day of
fun!”
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