SUMMER SIZZLE FROM YAMATO USA

Torrance , CA , January 26th, 2005 - Yamato USA , the North American subsidiary of Japan 's Yamato Co., Ltd., turns up the heat this Summer with collectibles from the hottest titles in anime, manga, and video games including Cowboy Bebop, Trigun Maximum, DarkStalkers, as well as the highly anticipated releases of Burst Angels and Jubei-chan 2. Not to be overlooked either are Konami's Metal Gear Solid 2 miniature figures. And for a little extra sizzle check out the girls from Ikki Tousen and G-taste. All these and more coming this Summer from Yamato USA!

Miniature Figures

Konami Figure Collection

• Metal Gear Solid 2, Vol. 1
• Metal Gear Solid 2, Vol. 2
• Suikoden

Masamune Shirow Collection

• Dominion
• Orion

Story! Image! Figure!

• Cowboy Bebop
• G-taste - Yuki Shihoudou
• s-CRY-ed

PVC Statues
Capcom Girls Collection

• Darkstalkers - Fighting Lilith

Story! Image! Figure! EX

• Burst Angels - Jo
• Burst Angels - Meg
• Ikki Tousen - Sonsaku Hakufu
• Ikki Tousen - Ryomou Shimei
• Ikki Tousen - Kanu Unchou
• Jubei-chan 2 - Jubei-chan
• G-taste - Kyoko Hachioji
• G-taste - Ren Hasumi
• G-taste - Mayu Hoshino
• Trigun Maximum Assortment
• UFO Robo Grendizer - Maria Freed

Resin Statues

• Noir - Yumura Kirika
• Noir - Mireille Bouquet

Yamato USA is currently accepting pre-orders for these and other items. For complete details, please see our catalogue listings in Diamond Comics' January, February and March Previews, or visit the Yamato USA website at www.YamatoToysUSA.com.


ABOUT YAMATO USA

Yamato USA is a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamato Co., Ltd headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

For over six years, Yamato USA has proudly served the North and South American hobby/collector markets with a wide offering of miniature collectible figures, PVC and die-cast action figures, as well as poly-resin and PVC statues inspired by the hottest titles in Japanese anime, manga, and video game properties. Featured properties include Masamune Shirow's Koukaku-kidoutai (a.k.a. Ghost in the Shell), Appleseed, and Intron Depot; Yasuhiro Nightow's Trigun, Nobuhiro Watsuki's Rurouni Kenshin (aka Samurai X), Kentaro Miura's Berserk, and Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira.