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.