May 27, 2003

For Immediate Release

Contact: Saki Yamashita

(310) 313-1850

Los Angeles, CA (May 27, 2003) - Kari Wahlgren and Jennifer Sekiguchi, both known for their performance as the English voice of Haruko Haruhara and Mamimi Samejima, respectively, in FLCL (Fooly Cooly), will be attending FanimeCon 2003 on June 20, 2003 in Santa Clara, CA. Both will be available to meet and answer questions at the FLCL panel. For more information about FanimeCon 2003, please visit their website at www.fanime.com.

Synch-Point/Anime Gamers USA will be having a joint booth with GAINAX and will have exclusive merchandise only available at FanimeCon 2003, as well as the Limited Edition of FLCL DVD volume 3. For more information about Synch-Point, please visit the website at www.synch-point.com.

FLCL (Fooly Cooly) is a 6-episode Original Video Animation directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki with original character designs by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

Naota is just your ordinary boy living in your ordinary town. Besides the fact that his brother’s girlfriend Mamimi can’t keep her hands off of him, life isn’t really exciting. But everything changes when an older girl named Haruko appears on her Vespa and smashes him over the head with a bass guitar, causing robots to occasionally emerge from his head. And now the towering Medical Mechanica plant, which happens to look like an iron and has been inactive for years, seems to be steaming up...

English Language Adaptation Co-Produced & Distributed in North America by Synch-Point, a division of Anime Gamers USA, Inc., and by Production I.G, LLC.

Synch-Point is the production division of Anime Gamers USA, Inc, and is based in Los Angeles, California. Synch-Point produces English language versions of anime and manga for North American distribution. Anime Gamers USA, Inc. is a US subsidiary of Broccoli Co, Ltd, an innovative company at the forefront of Japanese animation, comics and games, creating high-quality characters and media such as "Di Gi Charat," "Galaxy Angel," and "Aquarian Age." Information about Synch-Point titles is available on the web at www.synch-point.com.

Prodution I.G, LLC. is the United States subsidiary of animation studio Production I.G, Inc. Information about Production I.G, LLC is available on the web at www.production-ig.com.

GAINAX Co, Ltd produces high-quality Japanese animation with in-depth storylines. Originally founded by Yasuhiro Takeda, Hiroyuki Yamaga, Hideaki Anno, and Takami Akai, GAINAX is a creator-centric company most known for the ground-breaking anime Neon Genesis Evangelion. For more information about GAINAX, please visit their website at www.gainax.co.jp/menu-e.html.