Fullmetal Alchemist - Brotherhood

GONG Weekly Free Premieres on Youtube in Europe

PARIS, February 19, 2010 - For the first time in Europe you can watch simultaneously in
eleven countries an Anime show. The new season of the top rating Japanese
show, << FullMetal Alchemist -Brotherhood>>, is now available for free in <<
simulcast >>* on GONG via youtube.com, only a few hours after the Japanese
broadcast. The series totals 63 episodes of 26' currently in production and
runs weekly on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) Japanese first-born commercial
TV station.

* time shift from live broadcast on traditional Television

GONG innovates by using this new broadcasting feed and now
allows males and females 15-24 an instant access to their favorite show.

Every week a fresh new episode for free, this brand new way of
running a programme over the Internet is finding it's way on GONG!

Also other hit titles such as << Ikki Tousen >> or << Koikoi 7
>>, are available to fulfill Anime fan's appetite of good shows with quality
broadcast over the Internet. The shows will run with original Japanese tracks
and local subtitling.

This release is a first step before the launch of a Worldwide
VOD Anime and GONG Programmes Platform, called GONGVISION.COM. - Scheduled
for launch later this year.

On GONGVISION.COM people will be able to watch free programmes
as well as a pay video channel dedicated to each series.

The << FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST BROTHERHOOD Channel >> will be
among them.

<< FullMetal Alchemist -Brotherhood>> is the second Anime season of the
Manga from Hiromu Arakawa that has more than 22 volumes published to date.

FMA is about the quest of two brothers looking for their body parts. They
feel they can recover them after their failed << Alchemistry >>
experimentation.

Launched in December 2006 in the US and 2007 in Europe, GONG is the
first international channel for animation series and Entertainment for the
15-24 age group. Offering the best of Anime, movies, live concerts, video
games, series, comics and Manga magazines 24/7. GONG is available on TV,
Mobile and Internet, linear or non-linear in more than 100 countries.

More information: www.gongvision.com or www.gonganime.com

CONTACT: Béatrice Girault : +33-6-84-62-13-53, beatrice.girault at gonganime.com