The latest film to get the Platinum DVD treatment is one of Disney’s biggest hits, 101 Dalmatians. 101 Dalmatians signaled several major changes in the typical Disney animated feature. It was completed using the new Xerography photocopyin...
...elease of 101Dalmations by Walt Disney, the films director brought some new styles to the animation and insisted that the lead character of young Pierre not be treated as a character that doesn\'t grow during the course of the film.
Depending on your...
What They SayClass is in session once again, but it looks like they\'ll be teaching something new this year: Bondage 101! From Producers Shiyuuta Biwajima and Chikara Niki (BONDAGE MANSION / WICKED LESSONS / PERVERSE INVESTIGATIONS), this year Professor S...
We went right to the folks at Central Park Media to help clear up some of their July releases in their Anime 101 line to find out what were remasters and what were just repricings (and potentially new artwork). Here\'s the results:
Repricings only:Detonat...
Something that\'s been gnawing at us for a bit recently, we\'ve decided to put it down to a bit more examination which has led to a new article this afternoon entitled \"Phoning It In - How Anime Companies are Failing Marketing 101.\"
After getting our press passes for BAAF, there
was little else to do but attend the Anime 101 panel, BAAF\'s only panel. The
basic premise was explaining the state of the US anime industry to the
audience. Our wonderful host for the panel was Joh...
Winona Ryder has signed on to star as a feminist vigilante in the movie SEX AND DEATH 101.The story follows a man (Simon Baker) who's life is turned around by an email. The email includes 101 names of everyone he's had sex with and ever will have sex wit...
We already knew that when it comes to celebrities facing consequences from breaking the law, our justice system was an absolute joke. We just never see how much of a joke it was. If this week is an indication of it, the humor of analyzing it is indescriba...
AMERICAN DAD as you probably know is the brand new show created by Seth McFarlane of FAMILY GUY fame. The Pilot episode will air as a sneak preview after Super Bowl XXXIX Sunday, Feb. 6th and then return on May 1st following the premiere of the all new FA...
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Cross marketing is essential to grow retail sales. You've already done so with the Man of Steel and the Webslinger, so it's time you consider doing the same with anime and manga characters.
Stock products for fans...
In case there was any doubt left that the image of Heath Ledger as the Joker that ran on AICN this week was a fake, the fan that did the photo manipulation explains his process and why he did it.
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition easily topped the national DVD sales chart for the week ending March 9. Fox's Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, which grossed $31.8 million in theaters, was a distant second on t...
This season's 'Justice League Unlimited' cartoon has introduced a huge cast of characters. Scott Tipton begins the first of a two-part exploration of just who all these colorful characters are.
We\'ve got a look at another title from the Vanilla Series of releases this evening as we check out the 03/28/2006 release of Bondage 101 from Critical Mass Video.
Culled from the collection of A/V Geek Skip Elsheimer (www.avgeeks.com) are the social guidance films that make up this second volume of Fantoma's (www.fantoma.com) EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVES series. Where as the previous volume, SEX & DRUGS, was a smirk-a-...
David Fincher's latest, PANIC ROOM, remained locked in first place after all the final numbers came in for the weekend. It kept $30.2 million inside its vault over the Easter weekend, but left $18.6 million outside for ICE AGE to keep, which allowed the m...
What They SayThe well beloved 101-episode TV series, \"Touch\", based on the original work of Adachi Mitsuru serialised in the \"Shounen Sunday\" magazine, is now finally available on DVD. The video is remastered for release in conjunction with the 20th ...
David Fincher's latest, PANIC ROOM, locked $30.2 million inside its vault over the Easter weekend, while ICE AGE held strong in second and thawed another $18.6 million. Last week's champ, BLADE 2, slid 60 percent and wound up in forth, while THE ROOKIE be...
The sole television appearance of the eighth Doctor, from the long-running DOCTOR WHO franchise, was a massive disappointment. But despite the general awfulness of the American made-for-television movie version of DOCTOR WHO, actor Paul McGann's interpret...
Hey you. Yeah, the person who clicked on this article, not because they were interested in the latest, hottest and coolest things out there for the holidays, but rather because you're like many last minute shoppers who haven't even stepped into the mall s...
I think we'll start this week by exploiting the audience. That's what TV's all about isn't it? So, why not engage in a little audience exploitation in a TV column? It'll be painless, I promise. All you have to do is think back to a season finale that ...
MADAGASCAR took the No. 1 spot this past weekend at the box office with a $28.7 million take.Adam Sandler's THE LONGEST YARD camein second with $26.1 million, while REVENGE OF THE SITH fell to No. 3 with a box office of $26 million in its third weekend.CI...
Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, swordmaster F. Braun McAsh and post-production supervisor Don Paonessa all take the stage together as the last HIGHLANDER episode Paul directed, "The Modern Prometheus," is projected onto the big screen between them."It's a g...
A peeve from our mailbag: I am also not a fan of selling pan & scan and widescreen editions separately. If the audience wants a choice, sell them together in one or two discs. This selling separately is nothing more than greed. Well, I dont know ho...
...s 1-5.(O) 101DALMATIONS: Patchs London Adventure (Buena Vista) Little Patch is separated from the family and ends up in an adventure with his TV hero, Thunderbolt. Includes Making-Of, games, music videos, bloopers and more.And be sure to check back n...
OPINION: I'm guessing everyone's pretty tired of the comics covers topic, based on the incredibly small response to my request for votes for the best comics covers of all time. I'm pretty tired of it, myself - but that's because I decided to go out and do...
Boldly Going? by David Michael Wharton (Mon 12-06-2004)
We're well into the fourth season of ENTERPRISE, a season under the guidance of new show runner Manny Coto. Nine episodes in, how does ENTERPRISE's bold, new direction stack up against the legacy of the TREKs that came before, not to mention other SF gian...
Action figures and comic books are inexorably linked, from the comic strip style advertising for the earliest figures to the current dominance of superhero-based figures in the collectable market. It should come as no surprise, then, that the independent ...
German industrial metallers Rammstein will release their new DVD, entitled “Völkerball”, in Europe on November 20. It will be made available in the following three formats:
Standard Edition: 1 DVD 140-minute Live Concert + 1 CD...
Industry box office grosses in totaled $9.62 billion in 2007, or 5% more than a year earlier and 4% more than the industry's previous high from 2002. Ticket sales also were up from 2006, with 1.41 billion admissions marking a 1% year-over-year uptick and ...
Last week's column offered a brief history of anime music videos (AMVs) and their tendency to go wrong in this modern era. This week, we'll look at the topic from another angle: Why do they fail so often? Why is Youtube flooded with shoddy work that bring...
OPINION:Reviewing CAPTAIN MARVEL this week reminded me of how much I hate the unnecessary renumbering of comics. There's something absolutely loathsome about having to give an issue number as "7 (42)" - it's bad enough having to do it with series like AMA...
The BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: RAZOR movie won't be hitting the Sci-Fi Channel until November 24, 2007 but if you're lucky and you happen to live in a certain city, you may just get a chance to see it in the theaters 12 days early. The Chicago Tribune is repor...
Most insiders consider this a 4-day holiday box office weekend but I’ll turn in the 3-day weekend numbers now. The three day numbers have Rob Zombie’s Halloween taking the top spot this weekend and breaking the Labor Day Record. The remake/re-...
When the highly underappreciated series Day Break was canceled ABC promised that the remaining episodes, which had already been filmed, would be posted online at abc.com. Instead what happened was they didn’t get posted, and the episodes t...
So you've decided to attend an anime convention. You need advice on hotels, travel, food, cosplaying. Maybe this is one of those topics best suited for one of those pamphlets you see at run-down Community Centres … So You've Decided ...
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comicscape, where I’ll drag you through the soul-wrenching depths of moral inquiry and sequential art psychoanalysis. This week, I want to revisit an issue I touched ...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Composer Garry Schyman’s score for the 2005 THQ alien invasion videogame Destroy All Humans! was a frenzied, lovingly retro science fiction horror score written in the style of 1950’s sci-fi movies ...
Well, the show was cancelled last year, but thanks to the miracle of home video it lives on in a new and (dare one say it?) improved form. Several episodes have been released on videotape, but now for the first time the MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 televi...
In the war of the Valentine`s movies a tear-jerker comedy starring Jennifer Lopez beat out a slasher starring David Boreanaz.The Wedding Planner took the top spot of box office receipts for the second weekend in a row. Valentine, also starring Denise Rich...
The 20th Century closed with a bang, film music wise, with a plethora of big budget, bombastically scored genre films whose music did much to accentuate the larger-than-life, stronger-than-death emphasis of their films. The continued mix of new score CDs...
When the final tallies were in, the weekends box office rankings turned out pretty much as expected. Really, the only question was whether it would be FINAL DESTINATION or RETURN TO ME, in a dead heat, would end up in the #10 position. Final figures gave...
Comedian Ronnie Sperling has joined the cast of DreamWorks-Paramount's "Transformers: The Movie." He can be seen in the Nickelodeon movie "Zoey 101: Spring Break-Up."
More...
The fortunes of DreamWorks and Warner Bros.' soggy sci-fi actioner "The Island" provide the latest proof that a pic doesn't necessarily need a high profile in the U.S. to score overseas.
Fox's 2004 summer kidpic 'Garfield: The Movie' was savaged by mos...
In an effort to hit a few more conventions in 2005 than I did in 2004, I opted to check out the relatively new one down in Connecticut this past weekend. This is their third year I believe and they took advantage of their overall growth to do two things. ...
If you recently squandered
your employer's Internet bandwidth in order to view the Spider-Man
trailer online, don't feel guilty. You weren't alone.
The
Internet audience measurement service Nielsen//NetRatings reports that traffic
on Apple.com, the...
Matt Busch alert!
The Michigan-based comic artist Matt Busch is giving fans a way to experience
his independent horror feature "Conjure" in a theater setting
before it comes out on DVD next year. This promises be a killer event with
prizes, special...
Let`s face facts. It`s hard enough to track of all of Marvel`s merry mutants, let alone recall the exact issue in which Rogue joins the X-Men, the specifics of her initial meeting with Colossus at the X-mansion`s doorstep, or her being belted into outer s...
It was a case of extreme ends in the demographic spectrum this week at the box office and as such, the results show a case of how that translated to cash receipts. The film which took the #1 spot did so because it won by a certain margin on Friday alone w...
RED DRAGON eats 'em all up, bumping Reese down a notch in SWEET HOME ALABAMA just a week after she was crowned box-office queen. Jackie Chan's TUXEDO fared the same, while MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING became the highest grossing indie flick of all time and h...
Lurid poster art featuring scantily clad females leaning over bed posts, cars colliding head on, a man strangling another, and cops with their guns drawn firing on unknown assailants all this might lead the uninitiated to believe that these things occur...
No earthshattering shifts form the early estimated returns as HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS slides to third and DIE ANOTHER DAY's buoyant Bond bobs to the top, keeping ANALYZE THAT from breaking the surface of the pool. It's worth noting that th...
If there are times while videogaming that stand out above all others to me, it'd be while I was playing a really good game with friends. I love games like THE LEGEND OF ZELDA, RESIDENT EVIL, and ETERNAL DARKNESS that are a one-on-one experience. Sometimes...
So, you know what show I'm just all about these days?HOMICIDE: LIFE ON THE STREET.Man oh man, it is such a good show. I've been watching the reruns on Court TV it airs at 1 a.m. weeknights, but that's a little late for me so actually I TiVo all the episo...
If the Avengers are Earth`s mightiest heroes, the Defenders have got to be Earth`s most dysfunctional super-team. Take a look at some of the groups more high-profile members: the Hulk is generally an unstable, anti-social monster; when the Sub-Mariner is...
In the first part of our interview with Skip Elsheimer, curator of the A/V Geeks Educational Film Archive, the film-curiosity historian discussed his recent teaming with Fantoma Video in order to bring a series of classic classroom films to DVD. The resul...
While watching the latest installment in the FRIDAY THE 13th series, JASON X, we couldn't help but notice that the characters kept claiming that notorious slasher, killer, and general ne'er-do-well Jason Voorhees had claimed "over 200" victims during the ...
Early box office returns for the weekend of January 31 to February 2 place the Al Pacino - Colin Farrell spy thriller THE RECRUIT atop the heap with openers FINAL DESTINATION 2 and BIKER BOYZ roaring along behind.It also appears that this is the weekend t...
What They SayNaruto, Sasuke, and Sakura are on the ultimate mission: discover what Kakashi looks like behind his mask! Then, Tsunade sends Squad Seven to the Land of Tea and the village of Degarashi, where every four years two rival families hold a race t...
GRIMES, IA, December 21, 2007 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Wendy Shimamura – associate product manager for VIZ Media’s Home Entertainment division – to episode 56 of ANIME T...
Plus an Ohayocon 2008 preview, Wii workouts, reviews & more in episode 57.
GRIMES, IA, January 4, 2008 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Chris Beveridge – the founder and webmaster of Anim...
Plus J-music, a Katsucon preview, contests & more in episode 59!
GRIMES, IA, February 1, 2008 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Gen Fukunaga – the founder and C.E.O. of FUNimation Entertainm...
GRIMES, IA, September 28, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Mike Lewis " co-founder and webmaster of Underland Online " to episode 50 of ANIME TODAY for his first-hand impressions of the 2007 To...
Right Stuf's ANIME TODAY Talks Conventions With AnimeCons.com Founder Patrick Delahanty Plus travel gear for your trip to Japan, contests and reviews in Episode 49!
GRIMES, IA, September 14, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right S...
Plus, the latest Japanese fast food craze, shoujo manga & more in Episode 34!
GRIMES, IA, February 16, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International closes out Valentine's week by welcoming Greg Ayres " the voice of...
Right Stuf's Anime Today Interviews Mr. Tatsunori Konno (Bandai Visual USA President)
Exclusive interview, Anime & Gamers' Guide, contests & reviews in Episode 39
GRIMES, IA, April 27, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stu...
GRIMES, IA, July 20, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome writer, interpreter and translator Frederik L. Schodt to episode 45 of ANIME TODAY to discuss his soon-to-be released book, The Astro Boy Ess...
Plus Anime Boston, LiN Clover, reviews, contests & more in episode 62!
GRIMES, IA, March 14, 2008 - Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome actor, writer and director Monica Rial - who can currently be heard a...
Plus maid cafes, Budo Grape, contests & more in episode 65!
GRIMES, IA, April 25, 2008 - Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome the writers of FUNimation's Shin chan - Jared Hedges, Joel Bergen and Alex Muniz ...
Entertainment
Weekly published their annual "Power 101" list in the latest issue
of the magazine. This year they split the list up, with a top 50.5 for
entertainers and a top 50.5 for Hollywood executives.
With this issue EW
jumped on the bandwagon t...
Time for a change of pace this week as Movie Poop Shoot turns the 'Comics 101' column over to the readers to announce the winner of their stealth "Best Batman Episode Ever" contest...
From The Hollywood Reporter:
An unending parade of overseas moviegoers continues to welcome the summer outpouring of tentpole titles from the U.S. Michael Bay's "Transformers" shot to the top of the international market with a brawny $46.7 million, fol...
Usually, we read about Superman saving ordinary people—or an entire planet full of them, as it were. But, thanks to novelist and comic writer Brad Meltzer and a legion of creators and fans, ordinary people are saving Superman, in a manner of sp...
From a press release
Culver City, Calif. - Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases the cult fantasy film 'MirrorMask' on high definition Blu-ray Disc on November 18, 2008 for the SRP of $ 28.95. From the imaginations of Neil Gaiman ('Beowulf', 'S...
Plus Nakano Broadway, DC Anime Club, contests, reviews & more in episode
66!
GRIMES, IA, May 9, 2008 - Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer
Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Ioannis Mentzas - the editorial
director and executive vice presid...
From a press release
Movie Continues to Draw Big Crowds at IMAX(R)Theatres in Seventh Week
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that 'The Dark Knight: The IMAX Experience' has crossed the $55 million mark in worldwide gross box o...
This week's column isn't going to be very exciting, I'm afraid, because I'm grounded with the flu. As I type this, I’m propped up in bed with a one hundred and one degree fever, the heating turned up full blast, consoled by my faithful lapto...
Episode 31 rings in 2007 with in-depth interview, news about American Anime Awards & more.
GRIMES, IA, January 5, 2007 -- Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International welcomes prolific voice actor Crispin Freeman " who is ...
Grimes, IA September 29, 2006 " The Right Stuf International ("TRSI"), anime producer and mega-online anime retailer, announced today it has launched the latest episode of Anime Today, the first commercial podcast aimed at Japanese animation ("anime") an...
What They SayIn this school the teachers are only too willing to teach the girls how to really get ahead. Our little schoolgirl is doing poorly and needs help with her grades. And our teachers are there to help -- but they have special courses of their ow...
What They SayIn the wake of the climactic events played out in SquareEnix\'s Playstation video game world of Final Fantasy VII, the ruins of Midgar stand as a testament to the sacrifices made in order to bring peace. However, as a mysterious illness rapid...
What They SaySato€™s life is going down the drain. He€™s dropped out of college, only goes outside once a week and sleeps sixteen hours a day. Surviving on a steady diet of internet porn sites, he finds himself falling further in...
What They SaySuit up! There\'s plenty of AS (\"Arm Slave\" - human-controlled armored suit) action in this newest installment of Full Metal Panic! When tempers flare between Sergeant Major Mao and Captain Testarossa, there\'s only one way to settle the sc...
What They SayBased on the best selling Playstation video game in Japan and one of the first animated projects by GONZO (Blue Submarine No.6, Vandred, and Hellsing).
The Galaxy Police Organization has battled intergalactic terrorism for years! Finally ach...
Central Park Media has listed their July release schedule, and once again they\'re set to confuse me just a bit:Nightmare Campus Vol. #3 - 40 minutes - $29.98 - 07/08/2003
Venus 5 - 106 minutes - $29.98 - 07/08/2003
Revolutionary Girl Utena Vol. #7: Tempt...
When it comes to sports anime, there are quite a few good ones out there and we\'re slowly seeing some of the more recent titles in Japan making their way over here as well as the beginning of a dip into the classics to see how they handle. Long considere...
What They SayThe Review!Playstation 2 (Japanese version)
I bought my PS2 while I was on vacation in Japan. I had two reasons for laying down 38000 yen ($380 US). The first was being able to watch the Region 2 DVD\'s that I had purchased. The second was t...
Thursday
The alarm rings. 5:15 AM. I question my sanity and can’t come up with anything
positive. I have a 6:30 AM flight to get to though, as I head off for the Big
Apple Anime Fest (BAAF) and Anime Expo New York (AXNY)! The dub of the B...
The Review!AUDIO: A+ I'm primarily using the original Japanese audio track for this review. Both the Japanese and English tracks are in Dolby Digital Stereo. Overall, a very good job, with everything clear, crisp and undistorted. In particular, the lovely...
At Anime Expo, we made several interesting announcements:
Macross looks like it is heading for an Xmas 2K release. We have digitally remastered the entire series from film and are going to spend even more $$ digitally correcting film errors. We'll be pos...
ADV ANNOUNCES NINTH AND FINAL GATCHAMAN COLLECTION OCTOBER 17
"The One That Really Started It All." " MTV.com
HOUSTON, September 7, 2006 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to announce an Oc...
Grimes, IA September 15, 2006 " The Right Stuf International ("TRSI"), anime producer and mega-online anime retailer, announced today it has launched the latest episode of Anime Today, the first commercial podcast aimed at Japanese animation ("anime") an...
Author's Note: This article was originally published on August 8, 2000 on the now-defunct Themestream website, and subsequently saw discussion on the geek-news-aggregator website Slashdot.org. It received almost 5,000 unique views, and also got me an emai...
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Oliver Chin
Comics Retailer
Online Auctions - Part One
One of my few regrets as a comics publisher was not diving into the booming sector of online auctions. Eager to test the waters, I did start some marketing (...
The Review!Finally, nearly two years after the DVD release of the third movie, FUNimation has finally begun releasing the original Dragon Ball TV series on hybrid DVDs. And they have most certainly outdone themselves compared to the releases of the much m...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Rumiko TakahashiTranslated by:Yuji OnikiAdapted by:What They SayGrandma Godai comes for an extended visit and manages to meddle in Yusaku\'s love life at every turn. Before she leaves, Grandma brokers a dream date for her wish...
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In 1998, you noticed a slew of Digital Video Disc (DVD) products, ads and offers. Appropriately timed to the new millenium, DVD has been hailed as the perfect format to watch anime. What is it, and should your stor...
The Sword In the Stone will never be considered one of Disney’s better animated feature films but it holds its own as solid family entertainment. This was Disney’s 18th animated feature and the last one released while Walt Disney was stil...
In-depth interview with industry veteran, Coming of Age Day traditions and more in Episode 32
GRIMES, IA, January 19, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International welcomes Carl Macek to the latest podcast episode of ...
VIDEO NEWSEverybody has to start somewhere and Steven Spielberg first grabbed the attention of critics and audiences with the 1971 TV movie DUEL. On May 21st, Universal will bring the film to DVD in a special edition package featuring a Spielberg intervie...
If you were granted foreknowledge of the fact that you were going to die in less than a week, what would you do with the precious hours you had left?Not go see LIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE IT, one hopes.As big and fluffy as the yellow helmet hairdo Angelina Jol...
Several big-hitting genre movies of the last two decades sucked up a lot of viewers and pushed out some genre shows from the top ten this week. THE SIXTH SENSE, ARMAGEDDON and STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK were viewed my millions, despite t...
Since their debut as a team in 1998, Young Justice has grown to become an integral part of the DC Universe. But what would that universe be like if the team ceased to be? That's the question posed by DC Comics in "World Without Young Justice," a five-pa...
After 21 years, a rerun of RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was still potent enough to charge onto the top ten, while Harrison Ford's more recent adventure, THE FUGITIVE was strong enough to make the top four.As for the rest of the top ten, see for yourself....
It's the late 21st century, and the world's gone to hell. Most of the population is addicted to cyberspace, the crime rate is at 101%, and police recruitment is understandably down. Virtual Jonez works for the Agency, a collection of freelance law enforc...
DC Comics has announced new writers for ROBIN, NIGHTWING, BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS and BIRDS OF PREY. "This is a really exciting time to work on the Dark Knight's adventures," says Bob Schreck, BATMAN group editor. "We're going from THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES ...
With three bucks and Uncle Merle, I found myself at the local Video Supreme on two for two DVD night enough for two movies and an oversized box of gummy candies containing an undersized portion. Uncle Merle just had to rent BETWEEN MY BREASTS 6, and I w...
ALABAMA sure is sweet for moviegoers and wearing a TUXEDO never looked so good. BALLISTIC takes a tumble, while SIGNS is still speaking to audiences.1. SWEET HOME ALABAMA, $37.5 million this weekend, $37.5 million since opening.2. THE TUXEDO, $15.1 millio...
Early returns for the holiday weekend resurrect HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS in the boy wizard's ongoing battle with Bond, James Bond. Fresh faces on the list are SOLARIS, TREASURE PLANET and ADAM SANDLER'S 8 CRAZY NIGHTS.The POTTER film is no...
Marvel recently sent out a press release regarding the upcoming World War Hulk mini-even which is scheduled to follow the popular Civil War.The story follows Hulk's angry return to earth after he was duped into exile in the build up to Civil War. Th...
Where do the children of the Gods go to high school? Well, Pantheon Hugh, of course! Pantheon High schools the children of various pantheons of Gods including Greek, Norse, Egyptian, and Japanese. Here, Grace Morgenstern, the daughter of Ty...
For the first time since June 03, 2007, we have a movie which wins two weekends in a row. It’s been quite a chaotic summer season with so many tent pole films appearing in the lineup spaced only a week apart from each other. The last time a movie wo...
Welcome back to Out of the Box, where chase figures play hard to get and we're too macho to play their games. While everyone else was foolishly wasting their time enjoying the splendor of Comic Con and reporting on timely toy exclusives this past weekend,...
You probably noticed that my colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, wrote last week's column. I had to return to New Orleans for a few days to help my parents with their house (hurricane, flooding), so I called Al and told him I'd turn over more evid...
Generally over-optimistic revenue projections lead to some shuffling on the list in final B. O. today. CHICAGO now tops DARKNESS FALLS and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN continues to dog THE TWO TOWERS.The Tolkien film, however, retained its cumulative revenue of $3...
Word first broke last evening at Comic Book Resources that Jim Valentino, the Publisher of Image Comics, had been replaced by SAVAGE DRAGON creator Erik Larson. Larson spoke with CBR and told them that the report was true. "I'm taking over as the publishe...
THIS WEEKS RECOMMENDATIONSNewly released from Englands Silva Screen (issued in England on October 18th, in the USA on November 9th) is an expanded two-CD set of music from 1972s BATTLE OF THE PLANETS, the Americanized version of the Japanese animated s...
For today's modern child, two things symbolize the joy and freedom of a hard earned summer vacation: swim lessons and the latest animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures. What better plan then to combine both of these symbols into one blockbuster packag...
Most fans of the fantastic film genres are willing to be satisfied with watching, reading about, or even collecting materials related to the actors, films and filmmakers who have left their mark on fantastic cinema. Only a handful of fans have the drive t...
Reaching across space and time, the DreamWorks and Warner Bros. time-travel adventure, THE TIME MACHINE, earned the top spot at the box office this weekend, raking in over $22.5 million during its first weekend. Last week's number one, WE WERE SOLDIERS, f...
GLORY ROAD took the top spot at the box office this past three-day weekend with $13.5 million gross.LAST HOLIDAY opened in second with $13 million and HOODWINKED came in third with $12.2 million.THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA landed in the number four spot with...
THE BARNYARD opens in theaters Friday, the latest in what now appears to be a never-ending series of CGanime features of the week. While watching the trailer, I was immediately struck by the same criticism shared by so many: the main character is a cow na...
Plus reviews, Japanese 101, Ketchup Mania, contests & more in episode 61!
GRIMES, IA, February 29, 2008 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Stu Levy – the president, C.E.O. and Chief Creativ...
With its classic opening title sequence and smooth easy jazz score ‘101 Dalmatians’ seems like your typical, easy, lighthearted Disney tale. In actuality it’s far from it. ‘101 Dalmatians’ is one of the darker Disne...
With over 550 stories to his name, genre grandmaster Stephen King is one of the most prolific writers in modern literature. For some, his body of work might be terrifying for all the wrong reasons, and daunting in the extreme. Fortunately, Stephen J. Spig...
Even with all the bad reviews 20th Century Fox's FANTASTIC FOUR still managed to claim the number one spot at the box office this weekend by early estimates. WAR OF THE WORLDS slipped to the number two spot with a take of $31.3 million, while BATMAN BEGIN...
Jodie Foster's FLIGHTPLAN stayed at the top of the box office for a second week with a take of $15 million in ticket sales.Joss Whedon's SERENITY opened at number two with $10.1 million and TIM BURTON'S CORPSE BRIDE went to number three with $9.8 million ...
The high-flying thriller SNAKES ON A PLANE debuted at number two over the three day weekend with $13.85 million in ticket sales. (This does not include the $1.4 million the film made on Thursday night.)Will Ferrell's TALLADEGA NIGHTS: THE BALLAD OF RICKY ...
Step right up, Maniacs! Spin the wheel the Box Office Chance! This weekend we have 6 (Yes, that’s right 6) new movies opening up all at once. 300 has dominated the box office report for two weeks and the studios steered clear giving it a week of...
Broadcasting and Cable reports that the Better Business Bureau has promoted an investigation as to whether or not Paramount pictures violated film industry guidelines by promoting 'Iron Man' and 'Drillbit Taylor' to children under 12. Both films are rated...
James Bond fell slightly short of estimates for its opening weekend box office take. MGM`s THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH took in $35.5-million in its first three days, easily taking the Number 1 spot. The weekend`s other wide debut, Paramount`s SLEEPY HOLLOW, r...
The final box office tallies yielded little excitement for fans of science fiction, horror and fantasy. As expected, only ROAD TO EL DORADO and FINAL DESTINATION wound up in the Top 10, while AMERICAN PSYCHO dropped to 11th place with a meager $2.7-millio...
The bad thing about months with five release weeks is that you always get a week or two where the pickings are very slim. Such is the case this week! Everything from fiction to non-fiction is rather light but it’s really just the calm befo...
On Halloween, Saw V jumped ahead of everyone for the weekend by grabbing $3.1 million. But once everyone was done trick and treating, Disney’s singing teenagers took over once again for Saturday and Sunday making High School Musical 3: Senio...
What They SayMeet Chako and her friends from the Cosplay Association at East Oizuki Academy! They\'re the hottest new cosplay team in Japan... fresh from a winning streak of local battles, they\'re set to sweep the Cosplay World Series!
Yeah, right...
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The following is new release information for Media Blasters titles street in May 2002.
The BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for the MONTH OF MAY is the announcement of Gundress the Movie. This title is from the same creator, Masamune Shirow, who gave us GHOST IN THE S...
Plus Japanese 101, contests, reviews & more in episode 58.
GRIMES, IA, January 18, 2008 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Zac Bertschy – executive editor of Anime News Network (AnimeNewsNet...
Actor Garret Dillahunt, a longtime favorite of executive producer David Milch, has been cast in THE SARAH CONNER CHRONICLES, says the Hollywood Reporter. The actor who played two characters on Deadwood (Jack McCall & Francis Wolcott) and most rec...
1. DOOM:
Ever seen a grown man cry? We knew it was going to be bad going into it but nothing could prepare us for the unrelenting, overpowering, colossal boredom that was to be unleashed upon us.. Andy Warhol or Yoko Ono or someone made a movie that was ...
Podcast's 27th Episode Marks First Anniversary With New Segments, Special Guests
GRIMES, IA, November 10, 2006 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International (TRSI) is excited to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its AN...
Podcast's 27th Episode Marks First Anniversary With New Segments, Special Guests
GRIMES, IA, November 10, 2006 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International (TRSI) is excited to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its...
Podcast's 28th Episode Features the "Voice of Onsokumaru," plus reviews and more!
GRIMES, IA, November 24, 2006 -- Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International (TRSI) welcomes Sean Schemmel, the voice of Goku from Dragon Ba...
Podcast's 27th Episode Marks First Anniversary With New Segments, Special Guests
GRIMES, IA, November 10, 2006 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International (TRSI) is excited to celebrate the one-year anniversary of its A...
Interviewer: Way Jeng
If you're a fan of New York dubs, you've probably seen some of Jeff Thompson's work. He has worked on many shows, including Boogiepop Phantom, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, and His and Her Circumstances. I had a chance to speak w...
In 2003, Bandai had itself a busy year in both getting releases out as well as setting their plans for the future. But unlike other studios, a lot of what goes on with Bandai releases seem to give the impression of a "slumbering giant" of sorts. Bandai ...
For FUNimation, 2003 looked to be a good year as they continued their movement into more "hardcore" anime fandom all while still feeding the all powerful Dragonball beast that they've managed over the years.
The early part of the year saw the end of B...
In March of 2004, Toei Animation began to set up their offices in Los Angeles with plans to release a number of their shows directly into the North American market while using Geneon as a distributor for their shows. Waiting until the late fall to make th...
Plus holiday high jinks, reviews & a very special choral performance in podcast's 30th episode.
GRIMES, IA, December 22, 2006 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International (TRSI) welcomes Liam O'Brien and Sam Regal to the...
An exclusive talk about the business of anime (and Haruhi), reviews & more in Episode 33
GRIMES, IA, February 2, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International welcomes Ken Iyadomi, the president and CEO of Bandai En...
GRIMES, IA, August 31, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome actor Luci Christian " the voice of "Duck" in Princess Tutu, "Ran" in Super GALS! Season 1 and "Kaname" in the Full Metal Panic! series "...
Right Stuf’s ANIME TODAY Features Anime & Gamers’ Guide and Oni-Con Preview Plus contests and reviews in Episode 51!
GRIMES, IA, October 16, 2007 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. kicks off the fall seas...
Plus Valentine’s & White Days, Swinging Popsicles, contests & more in episode 60!
GRIMES, IA, February 15, 2008 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Anna Morrow – the voice of “Ho...
San Francisco, CA, June 05, 2007 " Teen stars celebrated this weekend at the SPECIAL GALA PREMIERE of NARUTO™ THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW benefiting STARLIGHT STARBRIGHT CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION at the Harmony Gold Theater in Los Angeles on...
Interview, Anime & Gamers' Guide, contests & reviews in Episode 40!
GRIMES, IA, May 11, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to welcome Patrick Macias -- writer, Japanese pop culture expert and ed...
Plus, healthcare while traveling in Japan, reviews & more in the 35th episode!
GRIMES, IA, March 2, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to welcome actor Rich McNanna " the voice of "Hiroyuki" in ...
New interview, Anime & Gamers' Guide, contests & reviews in Episode 36
GRIMES, IA, March 16, 2007 " Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International is pleased to welcome actor, music producer and composer Vic Mignogna " the...
Roundtable discussion, Anime & Gamers' Guide, & more in Episode 37
GRIMES, IA, March 30, 2007 -- Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer The Right Stuf International takes an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look at the recent Tokyo International Ani...
I'll state now that I'm seriously hoping it is a Pokemon in your pocket. And the first otaku out there to make some sort of "Wanna see my Diglett/Pokeballs?" crack gets stomped on by the run amok Boomer o' the rant.
Well, since Pokemon: The First Movie (...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Higuchi DaisukeTranslated by:Naomi KokuboAdapted by:What They SayON YOUR MARKS
Sho Kazamatsuri and his pals finally hit the magic number 11 and that means they're ready for high-kicking, goal-to-goal soccer action.
Unfortunat...
With their move to KOCH for distribution, AnimEigo now gets into the game of real street dates with retailers. Though the window is short, here\'s what\'s on tap for what is likely the remainder of the year:Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You - 101 minutes -...
According to their site, Central Park Media will be repricing some of their titles in April, likely part of one of their labels of Anime 101 or something similar. The following titles are set to drop to $19.99 on 04/27/2003:Harlock SagaMaetel LegendMy My ...
Sneaking in a new title for release in March, Critical Mass sent out info on their latest:Vanilla Series: Bondage 101 - 60 minutes - $24.99 - 03/28/2006
Just a few weeks after The Happening premiered in theaters, another eco horror has been green lit out of Hollywood. Admittedly, this new project is pretty vague with no plot concept to give out. Participant Media has set up eco-horror tale The Colony, bas...
The next adaptation of Bruce Banner has beat the competition at the box office in its debut this weekend as expected. Still, that doesn’t make the other debuting film M. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening a real loser though. His latest thriller ...
Here Today! by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 02-05-2008)
A couple of weeks back one of loyal readers, ‘swansong’, posted a blog about several Special Editions he was looking for. One of which I had. I thought the special edition was still available for purchase in retail stores. Let&r...
I hate to knock a Disney picture as even the least of the Disney animated films are better than most of what passes for children and family entertainment today, but The Aristocats simply is not one of Disney’s better efforts. The 1970’s w...
It was very close but Disney's Enchanted cast the right spell and beat out WB's I Am Legend in the DVD races this week. The film narrowly triumphed over the Smith vehicle to nail down the No. 1 spot on the latest DVD sales chart for the week ended March 2...
There\'s a rather good selection of varied titles due out at the end of this month as you can see below with some top tier titles, an expected powerhouse and overall a good range of collections for those who\'ve been waiting:
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What They SayBased on the story and screenplay by Mamoru Oshii (\'\'Patlabor \'\' films, \'\'Ghost In The Shell\'\'), and directed by Hiroyuki Okiura who previously worked on both \'\'Akira\'\' and \'\'Ghost In The Shell\'\' as character designer and anim...
What They SayBring it on! Sport is war.
At least, that\'s the attitude Sousuke takes when he and Kaname get enlisted to help Jindai High\'s flagging, pacifist rugby team. Against Kaname\'s will, Sousuke decides to bring the spineless squad up to speed ...
What They Sayn the 21st century, the evil organization Galactor has its sights set on global conquest. Their use of tyrannical terrorism and high-tech mayhem has the world in the clutches of fear.
The only thing standing in the way of complete global dom...
What They SayMeet Chako and her friends from the Cosplay Association at East Oizumi Academy! They\'re the hottest new cosplay team in Japan...fresh from a winning streak of local battles, they\'re set to sweep the Cosplay World Series!
Yeah, right.
In ...
What They SayContains 2 CDs - both the Appleseed Original Soundtrack as well as the Appleseed Original Score!
The \"Appleseed Original Soundtrack\" assembled many of the world\'s greatest talents in electronica who have become enamored with this film. F...
What They SaySeraphim must choose who amongst them can fight the final battle. When the price of losing is certain death, only the bravest dare to venture out on sorties. As Misaki battles with ghosts from her past, she must watch as Ghouls violate and an...
What They SayThe gorgeous, supernaturally powered Alicia has been kidnapped by demons, enslaved for their unspeakably perverted pleasures. Her only hope for survival: A team of busty barbarians known as the F-Force!The Review!Set in a fantasy type world, ...
What They SayWhen the new professor arrives, her lesson plan is filled with debased acts and sinful examinations! The only way to get some extra credit is to volunteer for some hands-on learning. It?s Debauchery 101 as this insatiable instructor satisfies...
Plus Anime Expo, winners of EMMA contest, reviews & more in episode 70!
GRIMES, IA, July 3, 2008 -- Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. counts down to the Anime Expo and holiday weekend with a look at the Tokyo Toy Show, plus re...