VIZ
MEDIA PARTNERS WITH TOUT INDUSTRIES TO GIVE NEON ALLEY MEMBERS AND
ANIME FANS A FUN NEW WAY TO BE SEEN AND HEARD
VIZ
Media And Tout Invite Neon Alley Fans To Create And Share Real-Time
Video Segments About The 24-Hour Game Console-Based Anime Channel
This Fall
San
Francisco, CA, August 29, 2012 –
VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest
publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North
America, has teamed with Tout Industries,
Inc. (www.tout.com), a prominent social media technology company, to
utilize its platform to enable Neon Alley members to share real-time
video status updates. Tout is the latest
partner to be announced for Neon Alley, the 24/7 anime channel VIZ
Media will debut this Fall.
Tout
is an innovative social media tool that gives Neon Alley fans a fun
way to communicate and interact with the channel and each other. By
downloading the Tout application (available free for iPhone and
Android smartphones) and via Webcam, users can easily shoot and share
15-second video status updates. Tout posts are published
automatically and in real-time to Tout.com,
Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, as well as SMS and email contacts.
Through Tout's reply feature, users can also engage in Tout video
conversations. Tout also offers a free Tout Widget, which can be
customized in minutes, and placed on any Neon Alley fan Website or
blog.
Anime fans don't have to
wait until Neon Alley launches this fall to start sharing touts! With
Tout, Neon Alley fans will be able to let their voices be heard on
what they’re most excited about in the new channel as they await
its launch. When the channel debuts, fans can tout their favorite
shows of the week, the best moments from the new daily episodes, show
off best cosplay outfits, and more. The Neon Alley team will also
feature cool touts on the channel! Visit Tout.com
and sign up for a
free account and download the app to a mobile device or simply use a
PC webcam to send touts to @neonalley and #NAforAnime.
“Tout adds an entirely
new layer to the Neon Alley experience by allowing fans a way to
easily share video responses in real-time, as well as see what their
fellow members think,” says Brian Ige, VIZ Media
Vice President, Animation.
“In addition to showcasing highlighted fan touts on the channel,
Neon Alley will tout as well, delivering announcements from events,
behind-the-scenes action from voiceover studios, and more! Join
the Neon Alley conversation on Tout today!”
“Our partnership with
VIZ Media leverages the creativity of anime fans to give them a fun
and easy to use social tool to engage in two-way video communication
with other fans and the Neon Alley channel,” says Tout CEO, Michael
Downing. “Touts bring Neon Alley viewers together and we look
forward to helping Neon Alley grow its social community.”
Neon
Alley features the world’s best anime titles all dubbed and uncut
in English and presented in HD (when available). Programming will
include weekly exclusive premieres of hit titles fans love, alongside
a mix of new, cutting edge titles they didn’t know they missed,
including blockbusters NARUTO SHIPPUDEN, BLUE EXORCIST, ONE PIECE,
BERSERK: THE GOLDEN AGE ARC, TIGER & BUNNY and more. Neon Alley
is the first platform designed to be studio agnostic, with a diverse
array of titles from other leading anime and content distributors,
such as Aniplex, FUNimation, Anime News Network and Taiseng. The
service will be subscription-based, subsidized with limited
commercial advertising to keep the launch price to consumers at a low
$6.99 per month.
For
more information on Neon Alley and to register for news and updates
on the service’s launch, please visit www.NeonAlley.com.
About
Tout Industries, Inc.
Headquartered
in San Francisco, Tout is a social media technology company whose
smartphone and Web applications enable real-time video status updates
that can be shared instantly with friends, family or the whole world
through Facebook, Twitter, or even published to your own site via the
Tout Widget and API. Tout enables users to capture and share
15-second videos with 2-clicks from the Web, iPhone, iPad or Android
smartphones. Tout is a technology spin-out of SRI (Stanford Research
Institute), responsible for such innovations as intelligent personal
assistant technology SIRI acquired by Apple. Since launch, Tout has
had over 30 million visitors to its application, making it one of the
fastest growing social media services. Visit www.tout.com
or follow us on Facebook
and on Twitter @Tout.
About
VIZ Media, LLC
Headquartered
in San Francisco, California, VIZ Media distributes, markets and
licenses the best anime and manga titles direct from Japan. Owned by
three of Japan's largest manga and animation companies, Shueisha
Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co.,
Ltd., VIZ Media has the most extensive library of anime and manga for
English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom,
Ireland and South Africa. With its popular digital manga anthology
WEEKLY SHONEN JUMP ALPHA and blockbuster properties like NARUTO,
BLEACH and INUYASHA, VIZ Media offers cutting-edge action, romance
and family friendly properties for anime, manga, science fiction and
fantasy fans of all ages. VIZ Media properties are available as
graphic novels, DVDs, animated television series, feature films,
downloadable and streaming video and a variety of consumer products.
Learn more about VIZ Media, anime and manga at www.VIZ.com.
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