RIGHT STUF LAUNCHES OFFICIAL SITE FOR TO HEART toheart.rightstuf.com

Series site offers contest, avatars and more in anticipation of first volume’s March release

GRIMES, IA, February 14, 2007 – Anime producer The Right Stuf International is pleased to launch toheart.rightstuf.com (http://toheart.rightstuf.com), the official Web site celebrating the upcoming release of the fan-favorite anime To Heart.

In addition to reading about the series and its characters, visitors to the site can watch a brief video preview, download desktop wallpapers and avatars, find out more details about To Heart’s first-ever North American release – including the newly unveiled English-language cast list – and enter a contest for a chance to win one of three, three-volume sets of the out-of-print, English-language To Heart manga. (Complete contest rules and regulations can be found at toheart.rightstuf.com.)

Right Stuf’s DVD release of the To Heart anime features a complete video restoration of the entire 13-episode series. To Heart, Vol. 1: New Feelings, with episodes 1-4, streets on March 27, 2007.

Based on one of Japan’s most popular games, To Heart follows childhood friends Akari and Hiroyuki, and their classmates, as they deal with life’s everyday – and not-so-everyday – dramas. This tale of love, relationships and friendship has been a fan favorite since its 1999 Japanese television debut, and perceptive American fans may recognize the series from its numerous “cameos” in the best-selling Comic Party anime.

Bonus DVD content includes:
Reversible cover, translation notes, line art gallery, character bios, scene access, Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio for English and Japanese dialogue, English subtitles, plus English on-screen translations.

ABOUT THE RIGHT STUF INTERNATIONAL
Founded in 1987, The Right Stuf International was one of the first players in the U.S. Japanese Animation ("anime") industry. Right Stuf works to promote knowledge of its own products as well as information about the anime/manga industry, in general. On the production side, Right Stuf is dedicated to creating the highest quality products and chooses to focus on a limited number of anime titles each year. With a product line ranging from anime classics like Astro Boy, Kimba and Gigantor to the most modern comedies and dramas, such as His and Her Circumstances, Gravitation, Comic Party, Shingu, Ninja Nonsense and To Heart, Right Stuf produces quality anime for fans of all ages. For more information, visit www.rightstuf.com.