FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sep. 8, 2006.

Contact: Victoria Chan, Manager, Press Relations,

A. Jinnie McManus, Industry Liaison,

Pacific Media Association

press@PacificMediaExpo.com

"Kamikaze Girls" Creator and Lolita Fashion Icon Novala Takemoto visits Los
Angeles

LOS ANGELES - Novala Takemoto, Japanese cult author and fashion icon, will
make his first U.S. appearance as a Guest of Honor at Pacific Media Expo
(PMX) on Oct. 28 and 29. Internationally acclaimed, award-winning film
Kamikaze Girls (Shimotsuma Monogatari, 2004), based on Takemoto's signature
novel, will screen at PMX.