Rinkya and Anime Link Invite Fans to Visit Master Animator Hiromi Kato at Anime Expo 2008

Tempe,
AZ and Tokyo, Japan- July 2, 2008. Rinkya Inc., 
in partnership with Anime Link is proud to feature the work of master character
designer Hiromi Kato at Anime Expo 2008, July 3-6 in the Los Angeles Convention
Center.

“The Anime Link/Rinkya booth, booth #’s 222 and 224, will be
selling Hiromi Kato’s very rare one of a kind Clamp In Wonderland 2 hanken
sketches that were used as pull outs in popular anime Magazines such as NewType
and Animage!!!!   Come see
these over-sized, rare pieces drawn by Kato-san himself and immortalized in the
magazine! He may be also displaying some of his shikishi/sketch artwork. You
might be lucky enough to catch him at the booth and be able to say konnichi
wa!” says Heather Russell, Rinkya CEO.

A student of renowned animator Yasuji Mori, Hiromi Kato began his
anime career at age 16 with Nippon Animation Co., LTD.

His first major work was as a key animator  for “Peter Pan no
Bouken” (The Adventures of Peter Pan.) He followed that up as an animation
director producing “Trapp Ikka Monogatari” (The Trapp Family Story.) He found
his niche as a superstar character designer with “Daisogen No Chiisana Tenshi
Bush Baby” (The Bush Baby,) and followed that up with innovative character
designs for “Ai to Yuuki no Big Girl Tonde Buurin” (The Super Pig of Love and
Courage,) “Hamelin no Violin Hiki” (The Violinist of Hamelin) and other titles
at Nippon Animation Co., Ltd. where he was involved in the planning of “Tenshi
ni Narumon!” (I’m Going to be an Angel!) and “Shoujo Kakumei Utena”
(Revolutionary Girl Utena.)

Currently a member of Madhouse Studios he is doing double duty as
an animation director for “Beck” and “Paradise Kiss” while designing characters
for “Clamp in Wonderland 2.”

Rick Alonso of Anime Link: http://www.anime-link.com, has just
returned from Japan with a huge selection of the latest and best from Japan.
New exciting cels, posters and toys, seen for the first time on this shore of
the Pacific will be featured along with the work of Kato- san in the Anime
Link/Rinkya booth.

“You can’t go to Japan without finding new and exciting things,”
says Rick. “Sometimes it’s hard to let them go. But then you console yourself
with the fact that next year you can do it all again. Every year Anime Expo is
bigger and better, and every year Anime Link strives to be better and more
exciting. Our partnership with Rinkya typifies this commitment.”

For Further Information Visit : www.rinkya.com

USA Contact:

Elaine Gross,

 Rinkya Inc.,

elaine@rinkya.com

 (866) 970-4485;

fax (480)-970-4486

Tokyo Contact:

Heather Russell

Rinkya Inc

heather@rinkya.com

03-3430-0557