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Central Park Media & New England Anime Society Celebrate 2006

New England Anime SocietyBoston, Massachusetts, USADecember 31, 2005

Boston is home to America's longest running First Night celebration, and for the past two years, the city's New England Anime Society has been a part of this tradition. This year, the New England Anime Society is back and hopes to have its largest and most successful First Night anime event yet. On Dec. 31, 2005, the New England Anime Society will be welcoming in 2006 this time with a little help from Central Park Media.

"It is our hope to introduce Japanese animation to a whole new audience who may not be familiar with anime or may not be aware of the wide range of stories that have been told through this medium," a New England Anime Society spokesperson said.

Held in the Hynes Convention Center from 1:00 to 11:00 pm on Dec. 31, the NEAS will be showcasing a variety of titles including Central Park Media's ANIMATION RUNNER KUROMI and ALIEN NINE. Further, CPM will be giving out free posters, buttons and DVDs to attendees throughout the event, and everyone who visits the New England Anime Society's First Night program will have the chance to enter a raffle for a CPM prize pack including MUNTO, ANIMATION RUNNER KUROMI, KAKURENBO: HIDE & SEEK, SHADOW STAR NARUTARU and DESCENDANTS OF DARKNESS.

For more information, including the full First Night schedule and special 2006 desktop wallpaper from CPM, visit firstnight.neanime.org/.

The New England Anime Society Inc. is a Massachusetts-based 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization. Its mission is to further American understanding of Japanese language and culture through written and visual media. Founded in 2001, The New England Anime Society is also the producer of Anime Boston (www.animeboston.com), the sixth largest Japanese animation convention in the U.S. with an attendance of more than 7,500 people.

Central Park Media is a 15-year-old Manhattan-based independent video and book publisher focused on Japanese and Korean animation and graphic novels. Central Park Media has been a leading supplier of anime in the U.S. since 1990, and a major publisher of manga since 1994. The company manufactures and distributes animated video programming under several label names, including U.S. Manga Corps, Be Beautiful, Software Sculptors and Central Park Media, as well as live-action Asian feature films under its Asia Pulp Cinema label. Visit www.centralparkmedia.com, www.cpmpress.com and www.bebeautifulmanga.com for more information.

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