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CENTRAL PARK
MEDIA BECOMES FIRST ANIME COMPANY TO PROVIDE VIDEO PROGRAMMING FOR
IPOD
Anime video formated for iPod - now available at
www.CentralParkMedia.com
New York, NY (October 21,
2005) - Central Park Media proudly announced today that it is the
first anime company in the world to provide content for Apple's new
video-capable iPod. Visitors can now download the first episode of
Central Park Media's upcoming Armored Trooper VOTOMS at
www.centralparkmedia.com/ipod/ as well as view the trailer for the
shockingly horrific Kakurenbo: Hide & Seek, scheduled to premiere on
a special pre-Halloween midnight broadcast on Cartoon Network's
Adult Swim, Saturday, October 29, and Hammerboy, winner of numerous
prestigious awards on both sides of the Pacific. In the coming days
and weeks, Central Park Media will be making available more full
episodes and trailers to best-selling CPM anime including
Descendants of Darkness, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Shadow Star
Narutaru, among hundreds of other titles.
"Releasing episodes and trailers for the iPod is only natural for
Central Park Media. CPM has always been the pre-eminent innovator in
the anime world," said Newton Grant, CPM's Director of Business
Development. "We were the first to release anime on CD-ROM, DVD, and
PSP downloads, and the first to offer manga and manhwa as Digi-press
downloads, so now the iPod is perfectly natural for us."
Central Park Media currently offers downloadable content for the
Sony PSP at http://www.centralparkmedia.com/psp/ and has entire
volumes of manga and manhwa online at http://www.centralparkmedia.com/cpmpress/digipress.cfm.
Peter Tatara, CPM's fan community liaison executive, added, "It is a
well-known fact that anime fans are the earliest adopters of new
technology hardware and software. We are sure that they will quickly
become a major customer base for video iPods, so we want to ensure
that they can enjoy their favorite CPM titles on this new device.”
While CPM's iPod video programs are available only at the CPM
website at this time, the company expects to make its programming
available at the Apple iTunes website once negotiations are
completed. No schedule for launching on iTunes has been announced at
this time.
About Central Park Media:
Central Park Media has been a leading supplier of anime in the
United States since 1990. The company currently manufactures and
distributes three home entertainment labels, each offering anime
product for a distinct and discriminating anime audience: U. S.
Manga Corps, Central Park Media and Software Sculptors. With
exclusive rights to hundreds of book, video and music products, the
company has become a leader in integrated media, as well as a
leading publisher of graphic novels under its CPM Press label.
Central Park Media also carries a broad array of documentaries
released under its CPM label, as well as live-action Japanese
feature films under its Asia Pulp Cinema label.