日本語 Panini anounnces:
Full Metal Alchemist, the Japanese animated series, to debut in Italy on terrestrial.
The Licensing Machine, a wholly owned division of the Panini Group is delighted to announce a deal has been signed with MTV Italy.
Full Metal Alchemist, 51 half hour episodes, produced in Japan by Aniplex, based on the successful manga published by Square Enix, will premiere on MTV Italy, the leading Italian free to air broadcaster aimed at tweens, teens and young adults, Tuesday April 11th at 9:00 pm. The series, has been aired in Japan, USA and France with impressive shares and has generated a very strong fan base due to the high impact storytelling and the spectacular visuals of the animation.
Publishing, video games, card games and merchandise will release following the TV debut in a series of launches that will begin with the DVD release in June.
For further enquiries regarding European rights: booth number RSV.64
The Licensing machine is a newly formed operating division of the Panini Group, based in Modena, Italy. TLM has undertaken responsability to represent Full Metal Alchemist across Europe with the exception of France, UK and Benelux and Naruto in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Panini is the world leader in the collectable sticker and trading card market, is the fourth largest publisher in Europe of juvenile titles, and is currently developing a series of initiatives in the multimedia sector, both on and off-line, under the trademark Panini Interactive. The Group has 630 employees, had sales in 2005 of over € 400 million, and has subsidiaries in the UK, Spain, France, Germany, Holland, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, and Panini distributes its products in more than 110 countries.
Source: Panini 05/04/2006 Online News
