ON FEBRUARY
13,
ILLUMITOON
ENTERTAINMENT
AND WESTLAKE
ENTERTAINMENT
WILL RELEASE
THE POPULAR
CARTOON
NETWORK
ANIME SERIES
ON DVD OFF
OF THE
ANNOUNCEMENT
OF ITS
SECOND
SEASON
AIRING ON
THE CARTOON
NETWORK
BOBOBO-BO
BO-BOBO
VOLUME 1:
BO-NAFIDE
PROTECTOR
Woodland
Hills, CA
Illumitoon
Entertainment
and Westlake
Entertainment
are proud to
release
their second
collaborative
Anime DVD:
BOBOBO-BO
BO-BOBO
VOLUME 1:
BO-NAFIDE
PROTECTOR on
February 13,
2007. The
animated
series which
features ³he
of the
golden afro²
Bobobo-bo,
along with
his
sidekicks
Beauty and
Captain Don
Patch,
originally
aired in the
U.S. on
Cartoon
Networkıs
Toonami
Block.
Cartoon
Network also
recently
announced
that the
network will
air the
second
season of
BOBOBO-BO
BO-BOBO in
the same
time block
beginning
early
February
2007. BOBOBO-BO
BO-BOBO
VOLUME 1:
BO-NAFIDE
PROTECTOR
will
feature
unedited
versions of
four
episodes, as
well as the
original
Japanese
soundtrack
for $19.98.
BOBOBO-BO
BO-BOBO made
its debut in
November
2004 on
Japanıs TV
Asahi
Network, and
its U.S.
debut on the
Cartoon
Network in
October of
2005.
BOBOBO-BO
BO-BOBO was
released in
North
America by
Toei
Animation
Co. Ltd,
Japanıs
largest
animation
production
studio.
Heıs
soulful,
heıs dynamic
and heıs
HAIRY.
Bobobo-bo
Bo-bobo, is
the
funkiest,
quirkiest,
most
outrageous
character
youıll ever
meet. Using
his golden
afro and
5-foot nose
hairs as
weapons, the
series takes
place in the
year 300X,
when a
tyrannical
emperor,
Czar Baldy
Bald 4th,
seeks to
prove his
authority
over the
people by
waging a
³Hair Hunt,²
aimed at
taking the
hair of all
the
citizenry.
While the
populace
trembles in
fear,
Bobobo-bo
Bo-bobo
rises to
take a
stand.
Together
with his
fellow
partners,
Bobobo-bo
Bo-bobo
launches
into battle
against the
³Hair Hunt
Troops² to
put an end
to the ³Hair
Hunt² once
and for all.
Join
Bobobo-bo
Bo-bobo as
he rescues
Beauty,
turns into
fruit, sits
inside a
large burger
bun, turns
into a tank,
and
introduces
the would-be
hair
snatchers to
his
Honorable
King Nose
Hair, Bababa-Baba-Baba.
The BOBOBO-BO
BO-BOBO
anime series
is based on
a popular
comic that
sold over 5
million
copies in
Japan from
Japanese
publisher
Shueisha
Inc.'s
popular
manga
magazine
Weekly
Shonen Jump,
which is
known for
introducing
other
well-loved
content such
as Dragon
Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh!,
YuYu Hakusho,
Naruto and
One Piece.
Bo-bobo
manga is
available in
North
America from
VIZ Media,
LLC, a
subsidiary
of Shueisha
Inc.,
Shogakukan
Inc. and
Shogakukan
Production,
Co. Ltd. VIZ
Media also
publishes
SHONEN JUMP
magazine,
the North
American
counterpart
of Weekly
Shonen Jump.
About
Illumitoon
Entertainment,
Ltd.
Illumitoon
Entertainment,
Ltd. is a
newly formed
collaboration
of business
and creative
professionals
focused on
delivering
customized,
quality
entertainment
to the North
American
markets. The
companyıs
principals
have more
than 20
years
combined
experience
in
acquiring,
producing,
and
distributing
anime, as
well as
creating
original
productions
for the
U.S.,
Canada,
Australia
and New
Zealand. For
more
information,
visit the
company
online at
www.illumitoon.com.
About
Westlake
Entertainment
Westlake
Entertainment
is a fully
integrated,
independent
entertainment
distribution
company.
Primarily
engaged in
licensing
and
distributing
feature
films and
television
programs,
Westlake
specializes
in bringing
new release
content to
retail.
Westlake
serves as a
distributor
for the
following
labels:
Rigel
Entertainment
(theatrical
features),
Illumitoon
Entertainment
(Anime),
Phoenix
Entertainment
Group (Urban
and Latino),
Red Bull USA
(Extreme
Sports) and
Cineville
Films
(theatrical
features).
For more
information
regarding
Westlake
Entertainmentıs
product,
visit
www.westlakeent.com