Member Appreciation Giveaway

Written by Sean Russell

MONTHLY MEMBER APPRECIATION GIVEAWAY
Anime 3000 values the contributions of our members, and with your help, we hope to build one of the largest online anime communities. In appreciation of your support, you have the exclusive opportunity to win free anime and manga. Now it is easier than ever to enter our monthly anime giveaway.

All you need to do is become a contributing member of our website. What does this mean? Join our site by creating a custom profile. Enter our community and interact with other members. Join groups and create and reply to discussion threads. Leave comments on our reviews, editorials, podcasts and any other article posted by our staff.

Pretty much, support our site in any way you can. Our goal is to become the largest anime website on the Internet. We can't do this with content alone. One thing that most anime websites lack is a passionate community that's as interested in seeing the site succeed as the staff members that provide daily content. While we would like you to do this based 

Ways of Getting Noticed
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AVAILABLE TITLES
This month we are giving away one of three DVDs. We would like to thank FUNimation for supplying these titles for our giveaway. Expect to see reviews for these series in the weeks to come. Each month we will have new titles to offer our members. This month you can choose from these titles:

Bamboo Blade (Amazon.com Description)
It didn't take long for pint-sized Tamaki's lightning reflexes to catch the eye of starving Kendo instructor Toraji. This second-rate sensei is an embarrassment to the sport, and his Kendo club is running out of members. His only hope for redemption - and a full belly - is to get Tamaki to sign-on as his star pupil.

Unfortunately, this sword-wielding prodigy is a serious anime addict, so it'll be a challenge to get her to step away from the television and into the dojo. But once she feels like a part of the team, Tamaki has the skills to turn any bunch of misfits into a fearsome sisterhood of the bamboo blade! Contains episodes 1-13.

Spice and Wolf (Amazon.com Description)
Lawrence, a traveling merchant searching for profit, finds a naked girl with the ears and tail of a wolf asleep in his cart. Her name is Holo – a harvest goddess with an untamed beast lurking inside who longs to return to her beloved northern home. Armed with his street smarts and her animal instincts, a simple peddler and a forgotten deity begin a journey through the wild countryside. Along their path, the riches of happiness shall be reaped, even as the bankruptcy, which dwells in the human heart is exposed.

Ichi - The Full-length Featured Film (Amazon.com Description)
Ichi honors the classic tale of the blind samurai while casting the legend in breathtaking new light. In a role traditionally played by men, award-winning actress Haruka Ayase is both tender and brutal.

Beautiful Ichi wanders blindly from village to village, searching for the sightless swordsman who long ago taught her to kill. Her technique is exquisite and explosive, her defenses as impenetrable as the darkness in which she moves. Many along her solitary path are touched – some by the sound of her delicate music, others by the edge of her lethal blade.

LEGAL NOTICE
1. You need not be present to win. Winners will be notified by telephone, mail, or email. All taxes and any other fees or costs associated with the acceptance or use of any prize are the sole responsibility of the winners. If any prize notification or prize is returned as undeliverable, the winner will be disqualified and an alternative winner will be selected. Each winner accepting a prize consents to the use of his/her name and likeness for promotional and publicity purposes without further compensation, unless prohibited by law.

2. By entering the Giveaway, you release Anime 3000, participating sponsors and any of their respective parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agencies (collectively, the “Released Parties”) from any liability whatsoever, and waive any and all causes of action, related to any claims, costs, injuries, losses, or damages of any kind arising out of or in connection with the Giveaway or delivery, misdelivery, acceptance, possession, use of or inability to use any prize (including, without limitation, claims, costs, injuries, losses and damages related to personal injuries, death, damage to or destruction of property, rights of publicity or privacy, defamation or portrayal in a false light, whether intentional or unintentional), whether under a theory or contract, tort (including negligence), warranty or other theory. The Giveaway and these Official Rules will be governed, construed and interpreted under the laws of the United States.  Any and all legal actions or claims arising in connection with this Giveaway must be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction within the United States. Entrants agree to be bound by these Official Rules and by the decisions of the Anime 3000, which are final and binding in all respects.  Anime 3000 reserves the right to change these Official Rules at any time, in its sole discretion, and to suspend or cancel the Giveaway or any entrant’s participation in the Giveaway should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Anime 3000’s control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Giveaway or Anime 3000 otherwise becomes (as determined in its sole discretion) incapable of running the Giveaway as planned.  Entrants who violate these Official Rules, tamper with the operation of the Giveaway or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to Anime 3000, the Giveaway or any other Entrant (in each case as determined in Anime 3000’s sole discretion) are subject to disqualification from entry into the Giveaway. Anime 3000 reserves the right to lock out persons whose eligibility is in question or who have been disqualified or otherwise ineligible to enter the Giveaway.  If you have any questions about these Official Rules or the Giveaway, please email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or send written questions to Member Appreciation, Anime3000, 12717 W. Sunrise Blvd #413, Sunrise, FL 33323.

3. Prizes are not transferable.  A prize not claimed within fifteen (15) days after the delivery notification will be forfeited and awarded to an alternate winner.

4. The Giveaway winner may be asked to produce a valid driver’s license or other valid form of identification and/or requested to execute an affidavit of eligibility and/or other release.

5. No substitutions or exchanges (including for cash) or any prizes will be permitted, except that Anime 3000 reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or greater value for any prize.

6. All applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply and Giveaway is void where prohibited.

7. Sponsors will not be responsible for: (a) any late, lost, misrouted, garbled or distorted or damaged transmissions or entries; (b) telephone, electronic, hardware, software, network, Internet, or other computer or communications related malfunctions or failures; (c) any Giveaway disruptions, injuries, losses or damages caused by events beyond the control of Anime 3000; or (d) any printing or typographical errors in any materials associated with the Giveaway.

8. Gifts include one (1) copy of Mushi-Shi (the movie) from FUNimation Entertainment, Ichi (Full-Length Feature Film), Bamboo Blade (Part 1, 13 episodes, 2 DVDs) and Spice and Wolf (The complete first season, 13 episodes)