October 17, 2001

For Immediate Release

Contact: Ardith Santiago

(310) 397-4713 ext 111

Los Angeles, CA - Kazuya Tsurumaki, director of the cutting-edge, Japanese animated mini-series FLCL (pronounced Fooly Cooly), will be making an appearance at the OmochaBox retail store on October 27th from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. to sign autographs.

FLCL is a psychedelic, surreal fantasy set in modern day Japan in a little town called Mabase where the life of pre-teen Naota is torn asunder by the outrageous alien Haruko and the flirtatious, picture of innocence Mamimi. However, Tsurumaki (Evangelion, Nadia of the Blue Water) tosses into this relatively innocuous premise large robots that spring forth from Naota’s head, secret agents that snoop around, lethal uzis battles, even more lethal Vespas, and a sophisticated satirical voice that ties everything together.

Autograph session line priority will be given to customers who purchase one of the many exciting FLCL products available at OmochaBox including FLCL artbooks (FLCLism and FLCL GroundWorks), action figures and more. Priority tickets will be distributed to customers starting October 19th. Only the first fifty customers will be guaranteed an autograph.

What: FLCL Director Kazuya Tsurumaki Autograph Signing

When: Saturday, October 27, 2001

Time: 2 p.m. – 3 p.m.

Web Site: http://www.omochabox.com/retail

Phone: 310.481.1410

Fax: 310.481.1409

Email: retail@omochabox.com

FLCL will be released on DVD in the US beginning in late January 2002. A co-production between Synch-Point (http://www.synch-point.com) and Production I.G USA (http://www2.production-ig.co.jp/eng2/Default.htm), the highly anticipated DVD will contain the first two episodes of the six part OVA series.

OmochaBox is a project of DIGITAL MANGA, INC., a California corporation based in Los Angeles, which was established in 1996. A multi-faceted anime company, Digital Manga distributes anime merchandise in the US, creates English language versions of anime, and licenses Japanese properties for distribution in North America. Digital Manga's direct contact with anime and manga manufacturers, including itspartner Broccoli - the second largest animation goods company in Japan - has enabled the long awaited event.