BANDAI NAMCO TOYS & COLLECTIBLES AMERICA IS HEADED TO SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023

BANDAI NAMCO TOYS & COLLECTIBLES AMERICA IS HEADED TO SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023

An Incredible Spectacle Featuring an Immersive Fan Experience, Filled with Franchise Showcases, Exclusive Collectibles, Photo Ops, and Free Swag Awaits Fans in San Diego, CA! Attendees Will Also Have the Opportunity to Watch a Special World Premiere Screening of Sand Land!

 

Irvine, Calif. – July 13, 2023. Bandai Namco Toys & Collectibles America (“BNTCA”) is set to make a big splash this July when it presents a series of incredible booths and activations at San Diego Comic-Con. At this year’s convention, BNTCA will offer an immersive experience that features a collection of its top licensed properties including Dragon Ball and Gundam. Crank that hype meter to 11 with special exhibits, displays, statues and life-sized photo ops, free swag, and event exclusives. BNTCA’s showcase will include popular product brands such as TAMASHII NATIONS, Bandai Hobby and Tamagotchi. In addition, the Marina Terrace at the Marriott Marquis San Diego will house an expansive outdoor Dragon Ball Experience. Attendees are invited to visit any and all of BNTCA’s booths and activations daily during regular show hours throughout San Diego Comic-Con.

 

Dragon Ball presents the ultimate experience for fans to enjoy at San Diego Comic-Con!

Dragon Ball Special Booth | Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Terrace

(Open to the Public; No Badge Required)

Enter the Dragon Ball universe at this interactive outdoor experience featuring fan-favorite Bandai Namco brands including Tamashii Nations, Bandai Hobby, Bandai Shokugan, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Banpresto, Ichibansho, GASHAPON and more.

·       Special Photo Ops

·       Gorgeous Product Displays and Dioramas

·       Numerous Interactive Games

For more information including product images and renderings, visit the official Dragon Ball website at https://en.dragon-ball-official.com/special/sdcc2023/

 

Shueisha, Toho, Bandai Filmworks and BNTCA Present the World Premiere Screening of Sand Land

Screening and Panel - From the creator of Dragon Ball, Akira Toriyama, comes his latest animated movie, "Sand Land", debuting its world premiere screening at San Diego Comic-Con! Shueisha (Publisher from Japan), Bandai Namco Filmworks (Animation company from Japan) and Toho (Film company from Japan) will also welcome Toshihisa Yokoshima (Director of Sand Land) to discuss behind-the-scenes footage. Room 6BCF @ 8:15pm-11:00pm 

 

SAND LAND | Booth #3729

Attendees can immerse themselves in the exciting one of a kind experience in the world of Sand Land!

·       Photo Op – Beelzebub and Tank

·       Interactive Video Game Demo

·       Product Displays

 

BANDAI SPIRITS | TAMASHII NATIONS Booth #3329

·       From Tamashii Nations

o   Dragon Ball Event Exclusives

§  SUPER SAIYAN SON GOKU & SUPER SAIYAN 2 SON GOHAN – Exclusive Edition

§  RADITZ & SON GOHAN -KID- -Exclusive Edition

§  MAJIN VEGETA -Exclusive Edition

§  [EXTRA BATTLE] SUPER SAIYAN -Exclusive Edition

 

Tamagotchi | Booth #3345

The Tamagotchi booth is back in 2023 with an all-new design that celebrates the Tamagotchi World Tour! The booth will offer a chance to purchase an exciting line-up of event-exclusive items, new products for sale, and lanyards to purchase! Plus, get a free exclusive Tamagotchi World Tour bag with eligible purchases (while supplies last).

·       Event Exclusives: Choose between three different event exclusives to commemorate your time at SDCC 2023! Our beloved Original Tamagotchi, the original virtual reality pet launched in 1997, is available in two exclusive space-themed shells.

 

o   Convention Exclusive Original Tamagotchi: Mametchi Spaceship

With Gen 1 programming

o   Convention Exclusive Original Tamagotchi: Mimitchi Planet

With Gen 2 programming

·       Booth Experience: The booth will offer fans the opportunity to step inside the Tamagotchi universe and take their photos in the Tamagotchi photobooth. Fans are encouraged to submit their photo on their social platforms for a chance to win Tamagotchi prizes!

Spoke Art x San Diego Comic-Con Exclusives

Spoke Art is counting the hours until we return to San Diego Comic-Con next week and we could not be more excited about all the amazing artwork we are bringing with us!

This year we are thrilled to have over a dozen new SDCC exclusives including: limited editions prints, collectibles and sold out editions from our archives.

Visit us at booth 4919, July 19th - 23rd at the San Diego Convention Center for your first chance to take home these incredible new works of art! Scroll down for sneak peeks from each artist and stay tuned to our blog for the full reveals next week. 

Participating Artists:
Jonathan Bartlett | Joshua Budich | Neil Davies | Ricardo Diseño | Joey Feldman | Alex Gross | James Hobson | Chris Koehler | Andrew Kolb | Rory Kurtz | Dave Perillo | Bailey Race | Dakota Randall | Geoff Trapp | Zi Xi

Shout! Studios at San Diego Comic-Con 2023

Shout! Studios is thrilled to announce its return to the convention center this summer for San Diego Comic-Con 2023! Showcasing fan favorites and the best of pop culture, this year’s highlights include ALF, a photo opportunity and giveaways in celebration of the studio’s new partnership with Aardman Animations, Shout! TV’s Always a Sword: A Sword & Sorcery Adventure marathon, SDCC exclusive giveaways, and more! Visit the Shout! Studios booth at #4118 to check out this year’s activities.  

This year, Shout! will be giving away a number of exclusive items at its booth. Everyone’s favorite alien is back—in milk cap form—with the SDCC exclusive ALF Milk Cap toy, promoting the series’ latest home on Shout! TV. Fans of animation classics from Aardman Animations won’t want to miss Shaun the Sheep headbands or the Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers photo opportunity commemorating the 30^th anniversary of beloved film. Role-playing game enthusiasts can pick up a custom SDCC exclusive Shout! Studios 20-sided die to run their own sword and sorcery adventures, and fans of the cult TV series Farscape can pick up a commemorative button pack. 

Can’t make it to San Diego for the convention this year? Tune into Shout! TV for an exciting lineup of magic spells and epic encounters with Always a Sword: A Sword & Sorcery Adventure. Shout! TV remixes their fan-favorite 2019 celebrity role-playing dungeons and dragons game night special by re-cutting and re-imagining it into an epic episodic series. The quest begins the first night of Comic-Con international, July 19^th, at 8pm ET / 5pm PT only on Shout! TV ! Shout TV is available on a variety of platforms, live and on-demand, via both free and subscription without ads options.

Shout! Studios will be selling a variety of its Blu-ray, Steelbook^® and box set releases at this year’s convention, from the most popular new releases to cult favorites you may have missed! This year, the studio is also selling enamel pin sets from a variety of its most popular collector’s editions, available for the first time for stand-alone purchase.

 For continuing updates on Shout! Studios’ Comic-Con activities and news, please visit ShoutStudios.com and follow us on social @Shout_Studios.          

Shout! Studios Booth (#4118) Comic-Con Exclusives

   

Shaun The Sheep headband       Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers 

Photo Opp

ALF Milk Cap Toy

Shout! TV 20-Sided Die

Farscape Collectible Button Pack

On Sale at Shout! Studios Booth #4118

Army Of Darkness [Collector's Edition] 4K UHD

BELLE Limited Edition Steelbook 

The Burning [Collector's Edition]

Coraline [Limited Edition Steelbook]

Creepshow: Collector's Edition + poster

Ferngully: The Last Rainforest [30th Anniversary Edition]

Howl's Moving Castle [Limited Edition Steelbook]

The Jackie Chan Collection, Vol. 2 (1983 - 1993)

The Magic Flute BD/DVD combo

Motel Hell [Collector's Edition] + Exclusive Poster

My Neighbor Totoro [Limited Edition Steelbook]

Ponyo [Limited Edition Steelbook]

A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon

Spirited Away [Limited Edition Steelbook]

Weathering With You [Limited Edition Steelbook] 

Army Of Darkness Enamel Pins

Black Christmas Enamel Pins

Bubba Ho-Tep Enamel Pins

Carrie Enamel Pins

Chucky Enamel Pins

Escape From New York Enamel Pins

The Fog Enamel Pins

Happy Death Day Enamel Pins

Piranha Enamel Pins

Red Dawn Enamel Pins

Return Of The Living Dead Enamel Pins

They Live Enamel Pins

Mondo's SDCC 2023 Exclusives

Our full reveal of SDCC 2023 exclusives is complete! Read on for the scoop and booth info, and make sure to bookmark our SDCC landing page for up-to-date info.

 

Whether you’re hanging with us in San Diego or playing along at home, you’re in luck! Either way you’ll have a chance to snag classic Marvel and PEANUTS repros, plus original posters featuring COWBOY BEBOP, GODZILLA and more.      We’re super excited to feature a timed edition screenprint this year (Marvel’s SPIDER-MAN 2 by Tomer Hanuka), as well as amazing new work by Utomaru, Tom Whalen, Florian Bertmer, La Boca, Greg Ruth, Attack Peter, Aaron Craig and JJ Harrison.

Devil's Due Returns to Comic-Con

Show Floor

Brings 0N1 Force Comic-Con Special

Booth Signings with Paul Jenkins, Josh Blaylock, Pat Shand

Signed Trailer Park Boys Giveaways

Devil's Due Studios returns to Comic-Con International this year, featuring a stellar line-up of projects, creator appearances and exclusive merchandise only available at the event.
Located in the IP Pavilion at booth 2207.

Devil's Due founder and lead creator Josh Blaylock will be appearing each day, alongside legendary creator Paul Jenkins, rising mega-star Pat Shand, and others to be announced.

Unveiling a major launch months in the works, Devil's Due wil debut the first peek at the anime-inspired, cyberpunk property 0N1 Force's entry into comics - providing a free exclusive Comic-Con Special to attendees, with a sneak peek of the upcoming 0N1 Hunter X, free posters, and live cosplay photo-ops (pronounced 'oh-nee' force) 0N1's two lead writers will be in attendance to sign copies: Eisner nominated, legendary comic book writer Paul Jenkins (Origin of Wolverine, Inhumans), and Blaylock, who is penning the line's other flagship series, will be in attendance to sign copies of the preview which features a sneak peek of the title 0N1 Hunter X (illustrated by Spawn artist Von Randal). The two writers previously worked together when Jenkins penned a relaunch of the G.I. Joe Universe, following Blaylock's own relaunch of the same world, and have now reunited to help develop the 0N1 Force property alongside its co-creator IMCMPLX (Bryan Lie).

IMAGE COMICS AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2023

 

 

Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 19 through Sunday, July 23 at booth #1915.

Please note: updates to the schedule may appear online during the show. Please refer to www.imagecomics.com for the most up-to-date information.

LIMITED* CONVENTION VARIANTS SOLD AT THE IMAGE BOOTH (#1915):
*Quantities will be limited by customer and per day on a first-come, first-served basis. Please ask at the Image booth about availability.

• Big Game #1 Convention Exclusive by Mark Millar & Pepe Larraz, cover art by Larraz, $5 + tax
• Eight Billion Genies deluxe edition Vol. 1 Convention Exclusive hardcover by Charles Soule & Ryan Browne, cover art by Browne $39.99 + tax
• Inferno Girl Red Convention Exclusive hardcover by Mat Groom & Erica D'Urso, cover art by D'Urso, $40 + tax
• Night Fever hardcover by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips with Convention Exclusive dust jacket, cover art by Phillips, $24.99 + tax
• A Righteous Thirst for Vengeance deluxe hardcover by Rick Remender & André Lima Araújo with Convention Exclusive dust jacket, cover art by Araújo, $39.99 + tax
• Paper Girls x Blackwings collab pencils, $25 + tax
• Black Science statue, $100 + tax

AVAILABLE AT THE MAD GHOST PRODUCTIONS BOOTH (#1320):

• Geiger: Ground Zero full color, 8-page Convention Exclusive ashcan

VIZ Media Sets Panel Schedule at SDCC 2023

VIZ Media Sets Panel Schedule at SDCC 2023

WHO: VIZ Media is proud to host two panels featuring manga horror icon and four-time Eisner Award winner, Junji Ito! VIZ Media is proud to co-sponsor these two panels alongside hosting Junji Ito's largest North American exhibit. The exhibit features over 100 pieces of art! Also releasing this July is a new collection of ten tales celebrating Ito’s favorite antihero, Soichi!

WHAT, WHEN, WHERE:

Thursday 7/20 11:00am - 12:00pm @ San Diego Public Library - Horror at the Library: Junji Ito    Join Comic-Con Special Guest and legendary horror master Junji Ito (Uzumaki, Black Paradox) at the San Diego Public Library for a Q&A that’s sure to bring your nightmares to life. Friday 7/21, 10:00 - 11:00am @ Room 6DE - PANEL: Welcome to the Ito-Verse: Junji Ito  Dive into the Ito-verse with the master of horror manga Junji Ito, as he discusses what inspires, drives, and horrifies him, all while drawing up something truly terrifying for his faithful, macabre-loving fans. Thursday 7/20 - Sunday 7/23 @ Marriott Marquis San Diego Marina Torrey Pines Rooms 1-2 - EXHIBIT: Welcome to the Ito-Verse: Junji Ito  Come help us celebrate the career of world-renowned creator Junji Ito. Walk among the cosmic and the macabre and lose yourself in the Ito-verse. With over 100 works on display, this will be the largest exhibition of Junji Ito’s work in North America.

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