The staggering narration in AvalonHigh is a good example of how not every story is meant for an alternate adaptation, even when in the hands of a capable writer. Meg Cabot, the best-selling author of Young Adult series like The Princess Diaries, is a ver...
Though this week brings several new and returning series, perhaps none is as highly anticipated as TNT's original miniseries THE MISTS OF AVALON, based on Marion Zimmer Bradley's best-selling version of the Arthurian legend told from the perspective of it...
THE LADY IS THE LINKThe story continues in THE LADY OF AVALON (1997), the novel that bridges the gap between the Ancient Britain of the first century and the Arthurian legends of the eighth. Constructed in three sections and time periods, THE LADY OF AVAL...
Could it be that one series has actually learned from the mistakes of another? On April 15, 2001, THE X-FILES aired an episode called "Empedocles" that seemed set to create a new mythology for the Doggett-Reyes era of the series. Abandoning the alien trap...
When Uli Edel accepted the director's role for Turner Network Television's THE MISTS OF AVALON, he knew he was going up against some fairly hardcore beliefs. Fans of the Arthurian legend have very concrete ideals regarding the rise and fall of the Knights...
It seems that in today's day-and-age, you can't go anywhere without being touched by the "Celtic Revival." RIVERDANCE is always presenting its "last performance" on Broadway and all of the elevators now play Enja and Loreena McKennit. New Age mysticism se...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayThe school field trip! When directionally-challenged Eriko gets lost while carrying the meat for shabu-shabu, the girls form a search party to look for her... an...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayA hilariously hip account of life at an all-girl private high school. As the student body comes of age we witness their search for love, sexual controversy and t...
What They SayEriko and her friends Yuma and Ayano are excited about entering high school! Their excitement leads to their breaking of the rules and they tour the school before the opening ceremony. They find out their pre-conceptions about the all-female ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayMemories! Take a walk back in time to Kouda and Eriko's different junior high schools. We learn how each set of friends grew close together and a few of the bad-...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayThings begin to heat up as Erika and her gang continue to live out the autobiographical tale of Oshima's real life high school experiences. In this volume a seem...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ahn Chul Jung/Hwan KimTranslated by:Chan BakAdapted by:What They SayTEACHERS WHO ARE ABOUT TO FALL, GAZES FULL OF MUDEROUS INTENT, A PLACE WHERE FORCE CLASH, VOLCANO HIGH... THE CHAOS HAS ALREADY BEGUN!
The one who possesses ...
What They SayA monumental high school comedy.
Time for the graduate volume of Japan\'s #1 high school comedy: Cromartie High School! This time, your finals include:
Biology - where the delinquents of CHS bring their own pets to school!
Geography - get lo...
What They SayThe school\'s pool is out of commission, so Eriko and the girls have PE class at a nearby middle school. There they meet Momoka, Yuma\'s perfect and pretty little sister. Momoka decides to weave her way into the girls\' hearts, pitting Yuma a...
What They SayTakashi Kamiyama, normal high school student - completely normal, really - makes the not normal (unnormal?) decision to attend Cromartie High. It\'s known for having more violent thugs, prehensile mohawks, alien landings, and enrolled gorilla...
Students attend high school under the shadow of fierce mascots: Tigers, Dragons, Eagles. The implied ferocity is mostly a bluff. My high school's mascot was a Lion, but the animal's kingly reputation didn't stop our lacrosse team from gett...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takada RieTranslated by:June HonmaAdapted by:What They SayHanabi Ozora is a rambunctious 16-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends - sometimes in exchange for food. So what does she do when, all ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayIn this second volume of High School Girls, the trio and new "insider" friend Kouda deliver more all girls school growing pains. When dieting becomes a major pre...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayHigh School Girls chronicles the quirky misadventures of a group of adolescent girls navigating their way through the pitfalls of love, friendship and high schoo...
Get ready, because we're about to take a wild run through the bizarre experience that is Cromartie High School, the story of a group of high school misfits and their day-to-day adventures. This title, released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios, offer...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayHigh School Girls chronicles the quirky misadventures of a group of adolescent girls navigating their way through the pitfalls of love, friendship and high schoo...
What They SayPoor Kamiyama! Somehow he has been enrolled in Cromartie High School, the infamous school for delinquents. When your classmates are the meanest, toughest (and often dumbest) students around, you do what you can to fit in. But when you add a 4...
What They SayA monumental high school comedy.
Time for the graduate volume of Japan’s campus comedy Cromartie High School! This time, your finals include: Biology - where the delinquents of CHS bring their own pets to school; Geography - get lost o...
What They SayFrom Studio Gonzo comes a 13 episode series based on the manga by Reiji Saiga and Sora Inoue.
Meet Ryoko Mitsurugi, high-school girl and the champion of ‘K fights,’ a school recognized system of dueling to resolve disputes. When...
What They SayHyoudo Riki is just an ordinary guy who likes to wear a tiger mask while Kung-Fu fighting, which means he fits in real well at BATTLE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL!
Unfortunately for Riki, he\'s the doppleganger in our world of Byoudo, Master of the Da...
Noir, RahXephon, and Full Metal Panic! to be Released in Windows Media High Definition Video and 5.1 DTS Surround Sound Audio
HOUSTON, December 30, 2004 – Get ready to experience your favorite anime titles in a way you never have before! ADV Films...
What They SayIs this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
The only thing for certain is that for Kamiyama, Cromartie High School is his reality. And what a surreal reality it is. Because this is where the toughest, meanest (and often the dumbest) stud...
The Weinstein Co. has picked up the rights to Ernesto Foronda's adaptation of Ryan Gattis' novel KUNG FU HIGH SCHOOL.The story centers on a high school where the students matriculate in bloody martial-arts mayhem. Nicknamed Kung Fu High, the school is a p...
The folks at IGN have a new article up that talks a bit about a few of the companies they contacted regarding high definition releases. All of the companies have been cagey to one extent or another except for Bandai Visual USA. The question about their in...
What They SayEriko and her friends finally make it to an exclusive high school and they\'re ready to make the most of it! For these girls, having fun is priority number one. Right from the start, they\'re causing trouble, meeting boys, forging friendships...
ANIME NETWORK TO PROVIDE iN DEMAND WITH PROGRAMMING FOR SEPTEMBER HIGH-DEF EXHIBITION
INHD, INHD2 Will Target Entertainment Enthusiasts
Who Demand More High-Definition Programming
(NEW YORK, July 1, 2003) In DEMAND, the nation's leading provid...
The biggest' movie of the year. Spider-Man 3', is now available on DVD, Blu-Ray and PSP. It's packed with over six hours of all-new bonus materials including bloopers and more than 10 featurettes!
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have provided Comics2Fil...
At the ADV Films panel, Fernando Gonzalez Jr. asked a question about media format futures and ADV and has provided us with this transcript of it:Q: [Fernando Gonzalez Jr] With Studios like Sony and MGM starting to choose sides, as far as what the next Hig...
The Review!Audio:
For my initial viewing, I listen to it in the original Japanese. There were no noticeable audio problems in the DVD. The music is good and the sound effects were great throughout. Both the Japanese and English tracks were good, especia...
Director: Steven Foster
Studio: IS&M
Translation: Masako Ollivier
ADR Script: Kathleen Moynihan
Takashi Kamiyama - Voiced by Ben Pronsky - 16 years old; the main character of the show. He goes to Cromartie High School, which is a collection of delinquen...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shouko AkiraTranslated by:Mai IharaAdapted by:Mai IharaWhat They Sayter her politician father is disgraced in scandal, Haruna is convinced that school life is like being on a monkey mountain - everyone is in a clique, they all...
"FREEDOM" to be screened throughout Expo in special high-definition theatre
using latest, state-of-the-art equipment
TORRANCE, Calif., June 22, 2007 - Bandai Visual USA Inc., a leading innovator in Japanese animation, today announced it will be continuo...
"Spider Man: The High Definition Trilogy is a mixed blessing. It's fantastic that we've got the entire Spider-Man series in 1080p high definition, but the first movie has terrible picture and subpar sound, and neither of the first two films have any extra...
What They SayDudes Don\'t Fail Me Now!
It\'s not easy being a delinquent.
Especially if you\'re trying to survive the tough streets around Cromartie. There are chat room bullies with no manners, aliens abducting your friends, vicious biker gangs, and th...
What They SayIn a school where martial arts are standard curriculum, Ryoko takes on all comers. But this high school girl is in for the fight of her life when she is transported to an alternate dimension to defeat a myriad of evil adversaries.
As the #1 ...
Dan Goldwasser at SoundtrackNet has posted a report from Michael Giacchino's SKY HIGH scoring session. "With THE INCREDIBLES, Giacchino had gone for a retro 1960s vibe, but with SKY HIGH, he has a lot more freedom," reports Goldwasser. "The resulting scor...
Hot new Gonzo series is latest addition to TOKYOPOP® Anime line; TOKYOPOP®
Manga continues licensing rampage with Ragnarok and Kare Kano
SAN DIEGO-7/19/01-Stuart Levy, CEO of TOKYOPOP, was joined by Koji Miyajima
of Pony Canyon for the contract s...
Leading Japanese animation producer to showcase "FREEDOM" in HD DVD along with latest titles at largest anime convention in North America
TORRANCE, Calif., May 14, 2007 " Bandai Visual USA Inc., a leading innovator in Japanese animation, today announ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Eiji NonakaTranslated by:Brendan FrayneAdapted by:What They SayAll hell is breaking loose in the halls of Cromartie High School, and Takashi is just enjoying the ride. The robot Mechazawa has been sold as a kitchen appliance a...
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th...
Lions Gate Films was gracious and cool enough to invite me to an early screening of their psychological horror thriller HIGH TENSION. This is not an official review by any means and I don't want to spoil the film for anyone else, but this is a fairly inte...
What They SayShimotakatani arrives at Ayano\'s house to formally ask for permission to date their daughter. However, Ayano\'s mother and sister are more likely to confuse him with one of their clients than a suitor. Eriko and the girls decide to start a m...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Eiji NonakaTranslated by:Brendan FrayneAdapted by:What They SayTakashi Kamiyama is an average student who made the half-baked decision to attend a not-so-average school. Cromartie High is home to thugs and bullies, the undered...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Naduki KoujimaTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayThe GP High School Technologies & Information club is filled with all sorts of weirdoes, narcissists, and worse. It\'s hard enough for their president, the kin...
What They SayContains Cromartie High School DVD 1 plus a high-quality collector\'s artbox and the first volume of the manga!
Mild mannered student Takashi Koyaman finds himself enrolled at Cromartie High, where everybody is a delinquent! Logically, ther...
What They SayWhat are the dumbass delinquents of Cromartie to do? Their robot classmate Mechazawa is feeling blue. Seems his little brother keeps getting stepped on, which isn’t surprising since he’s the size of a tea canister. Hayashida̵...
It has been another slow week for HD news this week. The week between Christmas and New Years is traditionally dead as far as DVD releases and announcements go, and the same seems to apply to HD video too. The most exciting thing is that so...
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...
What They SayCro-Mar-Tee, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!
What are the dumbass delinquents of Cromartie to do?
Their robot classmate Mechazawa is feeling blue. Seems his little brother keeps getting stepped on, which isn\'t surprising given he\'s the size of a tea ca...
Dude, I just got finished watching the rockn Something Weird Video DVD release of SATAN IN HIGH HEELS and, like, wow, older women are like totally rad. This flick is like the mega cool of older chicks prancing about in figure fitting outfits and like, wh...
STAR TREK in High Definition: Good and bad news for STAR TREK fans. Paramount has confirmed that it gearing up to release the TREK franchise again, this time in high definition. The studio is remastering the original series in HD (and rumors claim that...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayHigh School Girls in Okinawa! What awaits them as they venture into the land of exotica, Japan\'s southernmost prefecture filled with mysteries old and...
With high-definition TV really starting to take off now, it's interesting to see how some of the current games look on the best possible TV sets. I was shocked at how my HDTV picked out the graphical flaws and aliasing in NEED FOR SPEED UNDERGROUND 2 and ...
What They SayMeet Ayane Mitsui, a high school student with dreams of becoming a pro wrestler! But what will she do when the top contender of the All-Japan Kickboxing League challenges her to a duel? Will she be able to high-kick her way to victory - or wi...
U.S. Production Wraps on Popular Japanese Animated Series
Los Angeles, CA, July 4, 2008 -- At a premiere event held today at Anime Expo 2008, FUNimation Entertainment announced the cast for the animated romantic comedy series Ouran High School Host Club...
There`s an old formula in Hollywood: `If something`s successful, do it again.` That can be applied to the creative team behind Fox Kids` new hit series ACTION MAN. It all goes back to BEAST MACHINES: TRANSFORMERS, which means it all goes back to Hasbro. H...
Kevin Smith, the filmmaker and professional STAR WARS fan who made his disgust with STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE not so secret in 1999, has given very high marks to George Lucas' follow-up, ATTACK OF THE CLONES. Appearing in the July/August iss...
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...
I swear, that title struck me as immensely funny as I was driving around today on errands. But, it definitely does mean something. Digital anime fans are having bunches and bunches of YAFA's thrown onto DVD. Yet Another Fighting Anime. You've seen them be...
When JJ Abrams is on, he’s really on. He’s brought us so many fantastic series and films including Alias, Lost, and the underrated Mission Impossible III, that anything he does must be investigated. If you’re into that kind of series Fel...
You've seen the 'Watchmen' video blog (below), but on the film's official website, director Zack Snyder has released links to the high-quality versions of the clip.
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World Con, the seminal SF literary convention is in full swing. The 2002 convention, called Con Jose, is currently being held in the McEnery Convention center in San Jose, California. The five day event began unofficially with a round of parties last Wedn...
What They SayRyoko, the modern-day samurai girl and #1 fighter of Daimon High, must now take on her widest range of adversaries yet: from magical waitresses to a dominant trio of new enemies - Akitaka, Nanase and Setsura. Add the mysterious dimension of S...
Want to see that 'Incredible Hulk' footage in high def? Universal Pictures has provided Comics2Film with links to the QuickTime clip in various quality/bandwidth configurations! Click one of the links below.
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What better way to start off the week than by closing out a series. This time around we\'ve got a look at the 11/06/2007 release of Girl\'s High Vol. #3 (of 3) from Media Blasters.
Keeping up one on one of the more surprising high school themed series out there, Ed\'s checking in today with a look at the October 2005 release of High School Girls Vol. #5 (of 6) from DrMaster.
Getting a bit of an early look at a title, we\'ve got our review up for the 08/16/2005 release of Cromartie High School Vol. #4 (of 4) from ADV Films that brings the series to a close.
Cleaning out his pile this morning, Bryan\'s checking in with a look at the 08/21/2006 release of Cromartie High School Vol. #3 (of 4) from ADV Films UK.
Taking a look at one of the new releases from last week, we\'ve got a few thoughts on the 09/04/2007 title Girl\'s High Vol. #2 (of 3) from Media Blasters.
Danielle\'s tackling a new series that kicked off from Viz Media recently with a look at their March 2008 release of Monkey High Vol. #1 by Shouko Akira.
Briana\'s looking at a recent standalone release from Digital Manga Publishing today with their March 2008 release Great Place High School by Naduki Koujima.
MoviesOnLine.ca has posted 26 images for Alexandre Aja's upcoming film HIGH TENSION.The story centers on two schoolmates and best friends who decide to spend a weekend in the country at one of their parents' secluded farmhouse, in hopes of preparing for t...
What They SayFrom the hit anime TV series comes the official U.S. release of the CD Soundtrack comes the magic of Takeshi Yasuda (Ah My Goddess!) with over 76 minutes of stunning pulse-pounding electronica, vocal songs, and sensuous jazz and blues tracks!...
Ed\'s also got a more recent review up today as we continue to work through the backlog of reviews that we have, this time for the March 2005 release of the Volcano High Origin from AW Productions.
Less than a week after
Yahoo!
Movies ran it in a rather disappointing quality download, Apple
and The Official X-Men 2 Movie site have
posted a new, high-quality, QuickTime version of the X-Men 2 trailer.
Lady Deathstrike's claws ...
With our recent move, we're still finding things in boxes that we shouldn't have so we need to give them away. We're dipping into our live action pile right now but it's very anime/manga related with the Med...
Calling all Cosplayers...! To celebrate the release of Naruto Unleashed Series 2 Part 1 on DVD Manga Entertainment has teamed up with Virgin, Neo, Jetix, Atari and It Came From Japan to bring you the Naruto Cosplay Event on 21st May 2007. For one day onl...
Smallville will be one of nine series broadcast this season by The WB in high definition this fall, the network announced on Wednesday.
In other Smallville news, the first two episodes of the fourth season are titled "Crusade" and "Gone."
Ben Ed...
High Quality Images of Bart Allan a.k.a. The Flash for the October 20th Smallville episode of "Run" are now available at the Devoted to Smallville website. Click!
The WB has released several images for next week's episode of "Jinx." See DC Comic Villian Mxyzptlk (guest star Trent Ford) hang out with Lex Luthor and Chloe Sullivan. All images are all in High Quality.
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by: Oshima Towa & Art by: Ohshima TomoTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayThe moron group faces the danger of breaking up as they embark on their school trip to Okinawa. Also, the groups\' own...
What They SaySet release featuring legendary live-action film \"Avalon\" from legendary anime director Mamoru Oshii on both Blu-ray disc and DVD in the same package!The Review!FeaturesJapanese 2.0 LCPM Language,Polish Dolby Digital EX6.1 Language,Polish D...
I\'ve been hoping for more sourcing on this but it seems legit enough as is and Toshiba\'s not moving all that fast to deny it. According to Roadshow reports in the UK where Toshiba has been showing off their HD-DVD format that\'s supposedly going to hit ...
Derek Littlewood---creative lead for PS3's upcoming Haze----wanted to clarify some true high definition comments made on the game by publisher Ubisoft. It seems that Ubisoft made a comment on the PlayStation Blog, telling fans that the game would be runni...
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 ...
Going from giant robots to tournament fighting and then to adult material, we\'re taking another excursion this afternoon to take a look at the 07/11/2006 release of the live action Cromartie High School Movie from Media Blasters today.
Bryan\'s catching up on his small backlog a bit and has sent in a look at the 06/19/2006 release of Cromartie High School Vol. #2 (of 4) from ADV Films UK.
Going back to the past once more to see if our opinion will change for a show due to time and seeing in more of a marathon session, we\'ve got a look at the 08/01/2006 release of the Cromartie High School Complete Collection Thinpak from ADV Films today.
Yahoo! Movies is offering the trailer for the upcoming SKY HIGH. The movie stars Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Bruce Campbell, Lynda Carter, and Danielle Panabaker. It was directed by Mike Mitchell. The Walt Disney Pictures' film hits t...
Adding another new first volume to the review pile this weekend, we\'ve got a look at the 07/03/2007 release of Girls High Vol. #1 (of 3) from Media Blasters.
Business Week has had some of the best articles in the last week or two dealing with the various agendas going on with both new formats coming to market so I was glad to see a new article this morning entitled Definitive Answers on High-Def. This is a rat...
We may have passed along the first trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's thriller The Happening two weeks ago but the studio releases a High Defintion version, I'll always pass it along to you again. 20th Century Fox has also launched their official site for M...
Lynda Carter's prior experience playing the star of the 1970s television series WONDER WOMAN will come in handy when she plays the school principal in SKY HIGH, the new movie from Walt Disney Productions. Carter will oversee a high school where the sons a...
The Review!Real Bout High School, the latest release from TOKYOPOP has arrived on DVD. I was lucky and was able to pick up the disc a little earlier thanks to some good shipping.
Audio:
Both tracks sound to have been recorded on the same level. It\'s ...
--- FUNimation Entertainment announces the definitive Dragon Ball Z collection available February 2007 in TV on DVD season sets ---
Fort Worth, TX -- November 13, 2006 -- FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation (NASDAQ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kaneyoshi IzumiTranslated by:Kelly Sue DeConnickAdapted by:What They SayAverage, unremarkable Ai Maekawa navigates school life unnoticed...until one day when a spiteful classmate totally humiliates her in front of everyone. De...
Hey Gamers! Feeling buried under the veritable landslide of recent DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS releases? CINESCAPE is here to save the day with a brake-down of three recent D&D publications that every gamer should know about.D&D Publication #1: CITY OF THE SPIDE...
In an otherwise slow news cycle morning, Variety has spotlighted the growing trend of directors using Imax technology-driven cameras for some of their high profile Hollywood projects. The crowd has been growing over these past few years with the numbers g...
Kurt Russell (MIRACLE) and Kelly Preston (THE CAT IN THE HAT) will get the chance to wear costumes with capes as a pair of superheroic parents in SKY HIGH. In the Walt Disney Pictures film Russell and Preston will play Commander Stronghold and Josie Jetst...
Fans of Smallville can now take another step towards unhealthy obsession and actually pretend to be students at Smallville High School.
The Smallville High School Student Store
has been launched. Fans can buy everything from notebooks and pencils to ...
Sixteen-year-old Michael Angarano has landed the lead role in Disney's SKY HIGH. Angarano will play Jeremy, the son of two superheroes named Commander Stronghold and Jetstream who goes to a high school where every kid is the son or daughter of someone wit...
Despite the critical thrashing which attended the release of last year's JURASSIC PARK 3, and maybe keying off on the fact the film made boxcars of money anyway, Steven Spielberg is high on the prospects for a fourth film. By way of some history, remember...
Dipping into the future pile a bit once again, we\'ve got a look at a new series. Kicking off on 03/15/2005 from ADV Films, check out our thoughts on their release of Cromartie High School Vol. #1 (also w/box & manga) (of 4).
Today Fox is promoting some of their DVD seasoned TV series by releasing "TV Starter Sets". These include the first two episodes of each show for under ten bucks, with a coupon inside that can get you one of the series seasons at a discount. Titles includ...
Blackfilm.com is offering some new images from SKY HIGH and MIRRORMASK.Kurt Russell and Kelly Preston star in the upcoming SKY HIGH. The film which hits theaters on July 29th centers two married superheroes whose son is sent to an elite high school that ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Towa OhshimaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:Gayle TanWhat They SayHi girls, Odagiri here! It\'s not easy being a cute, single male teacher at all-girls high school. For Christ\'s sake, when are they going to learn I\'...
What They SayAt Real Bout High School, teachers don\'t break up fights, they grade them! In a school where martial arts are standard curriculum, Ryoko is kicking butt and taking names! The Review!After the second volumes drop in animation quality, the vis...
We already knew this week would already be all about Spider-Man 3. With the anticipation so high, the presales from Fandango.com and Movietickets.com being in the upper stratosphere and news everywhere on Spider-Man 3 the past few weeks, the question wasn...
Greetings, fellow crack addicts. Yes, I just said you were all addicted to crack-cocaine. Metaphorically speaking, we all are. I assure you, the guy behind the counter at your comic shop is a half-step above the schmuck pushing dope at the public high sch...
One of my favorite games from the Dreamcast age was the original CRAZY TAXI. The arcade version sucked quite a few quarters in, as it was a blast to play, and what was better than not having to pay each time you want to play? The addictive factor&nbs...
Another remake of an early 50's classic is on the horizon courtesy of the American Film Market, says the Hollywood Reporter. Producer Mark Headley, Christopher Mitchum and Toni Covington have acquired the rights to the 1951 Gary Cooper classic. Mitchum, s...
Patrick Stewart is talking again about STAR TREK: NEMESIS, and he's high on its chances and progress. "You're going to meet the inhabitants of that planet, the Remans, [related to the Romulans] who are quite unlike anything you've seen before," Stewart p...
It says something about the invincibility of American pop culture that even the nation's darkest, most shameful secrets eventually get turned into lucrative mass entertainment. Uncle Sam gets caught in bed with the bad guys in some Third World hellhole? C...
Even though the WGA strike may officially be over, executives around Hollywood are still hesitant about the future of some high profile projects. Variety has just published an in-depth feature on why some projects are getting delayed or bypassed if they c...
The cast list for the upcoming release of Cromartie High School from ADV Films has been announced and the guessing game has come to a close, one of the quicker ones yet I think.
If you\'re interested in seeing the first episode of Cromartie High School for free, the 15 minute episode is available as a clip at Amazon in their listing for the show. It is of course the dub version but I think this is the first time an entire anime e...
Studio Provides English Dub For Highly Anticipated New Anime Comedy From Bandai Entertainment And Kadokawa Pictures
Burbank, CA, June 17, 2008 - Bang Zoom! Entertainment, a leading full-service audio post production company and producer of original en...
After its North American premiere in Vancouver and its second European screening at Sitges 06, Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (original title: Tachiguishi Retsuden, 2006, 104') will be back to Canada for the 35th Fest...
La-La Land presents the official, studio-endorsed CD release of Dominic Frontiere’s iconic score to the classic 1968 MGM western Hang ‘Em High, starring Clint Eastwood and directed by Ted Post. Sony Special Products had previously released the...
ANIME NETWORK VIEWERS' APPETITE STRONGEST FOR DIGITAL CABLE, VOD, HDTV AND DVRS ACCORDING TO NEW STUDY FROM BETA RESEARCH CORPORATION
HOUSTON, Texas July 22, 2004 - According to the recently published 2004 Beta Research Cable Subscriber Study, which gau...
Last Wednesday, Judge Stephen G. Larson of the United States District Court, Central District of California handed down an historic ruling in the legal battle over Superman. As of right now, the heirs of Jerry Siegel—his widow Joanne Siegel and daug...
Watch out sci fi and fantasy fans we've got some work to do with a slew of new titles being released today. The 1632, Diablo, Ghosts of Albion, and A Song of Ice and Fire series all get new installments this week. Koji Suzuki, the literary source for the ...
OPINION: Last week, I asked for your opinions about whether the comics companies are doing enough to interest the next generation of comics readers and what approaches they should take. On the one hand, there weren't that many responses, but on the other ...
Diverse New Titles To Kick Off The New Year
San Francisco, CA, January 8, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the laun...
In last week’s Comicscape, we administered a sound thrashing to the American comic industry—more specifically, Marvel and DC—for five significant problems in dire need of correction. This week, dear Maniacs, in the spirit of fairnes...
In the midst of preproduction announcements on Paramount’s and Peter Berg’s upcoming Dune remake, Frank Herbert’s God Emperor of Dune is getting the audiobook treatment from Macmillan Audio. Read by Simon Vance, Scott Brick and Katherine...
With the start of 2008 comes news of the next round of book-to-screen translations, and if you’re like me this news is usually met with equal doses of boyish hope and fearful skepticism. Because as all of us readers know the translation of a book in...
CEO of Marvel, Avi Arad, gave up some small details about X-MEN 3, FANTASTIC FOUR, SPIDER-MAN 3 and other upcoming Marvel adaptations at the 31st Annual Saturn Awards on Tuesday. He talks about the quality of F4, of having Berry and Marsden back for X-Men...
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience continued to post impressive box office results over the holiday weekend, grossing approximately $1.45 million on 55 North American IMAX screens from Friday...
No one ever guessed mild-mannered Peter Parker was behind Spider-Man's mask, and only Bruce Banner knew his rage turned him into the Hulk. Likewise, few expected Marvel Enterprises' stock (MVL/NYSE) to leap tall buildings in a single bound, soaring 220% t...
Comprehending the nature of HIGH HEELS AND LOW LIFES requires the viewer's brain to wrap around several very disparate genres, as well as social milieus. Imagine two women from, say, FRIENDS wandering into a Guy Ritchie movie and making themselves more or...
The massively multiplayer online (MMO) game industry is no longer in its infancy stage. It has rapidly grown into its Terrible Twos and soon will be all grows up and moving out. MMO games are not for a small niche of computer addicts sitting in the baseme...
Those investing in switching to the DVD format several years ago of course grumbled that they'd probably have to switch again before long, repurchasing their favorite movies whenever technology brought a new improvement. Well, that new format is just arou...
In an interview carried on MTV online, TERMINATOR 3's John Conners, Nick Stahl revealed he's secure in what many summer films are weak in: the script. "The script is really solid," Stahl said. "I think the main aim was to basically up the stakes from the...
An anime series about a girls baseball team might cause a few persons to snicker, but dont make the same mistake for PRINCESS NINE is good stuff. Deftly executed by director Tomomi Mochizuki, each episode manages the standard conflict that needs to be r...
What They SayBased off of the Naoki prize winning story by novelist Miyuki Miyabe! He\'s of average strength and below average courage! But the thoughts of this eleven-year-old boy are about to launch him into the adventure of his lifetime!The Review!The ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Riichiro Inagaki / Yusuke MurataTranslated by:Allison Markin PowellAdapted by:What They SayWimpy Sena Kobayakawa has been running away from bullies all his life. But when the football gear comes on things change - Sena's speed...
What They SayBroly: The Legendary Super Saiyan
A Saiyan warrior has arrived on Earth, and his plea for assistance has ignited a clash between Goku and Vegeta. Sparks fly as the two battle to be the one to confront the galaxy\'s new menace. Yet the true m...
It seems that actor Ethan Hawke has changed his opinion on his upcoming vampire movie, DAYBREAKERS, says the Australian Press. Just a few short months ago, he made a wisecrack about it before filming was finished and now he has much higher hopes for the s...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kiyohiko AzumaTranslated by:Kaoru Bertrand (vols. 1 & 2), Amy Forsyth (vols. 1 & 2), Javier Lopez (vols. 1-4), Ai Takai (vols. 1 & 2), Jack Wiedrick (vol. 1)Adapted by:What They SayAh, high school. A time of friends, memories&...
The KryptonSite has posted a slew of interesting news concerning the proposed Birds of Prey Pilot episode, created by the same people behind WB's hit show, Smallville.
The pilot stars Birds of Prey regulars Barbara Gordon (former-Batgirl tu...
Little surprise but Home Media Retailing Magazine is reporting that according to the Nielsen Videoscan reports, the Batman: Gotham Knight release hit #1 on the DVD charts and #2 on the Blu-ray charts, only outdone by the long awaited release of Batman Beg...
Way back in 1996, the home video market was coming off something of a high in the "high end" area of laserdisc releases. A bit of a revival of sorts had occurred as prices had dropped down for regular releases somewhat, players were a bit more affordable ...
Brandon Routh, who plays the title role in Bryan Singer's upcoming Superman Returns, told SCI FI Wire that director Singer had a gentle touch when working with the relative newcomer. "Yeah, gentle, and we had a lot of great conversations," Routh said in a...
U.S. actress Brittany Murphy says she is having a blast working on Robert Rodriguez' star-studded new film, Sin City. Murphy said her waitress character, Shellie, is the only person in all three of the Sin City vignettes, which are based on the popular Fr...
HDNet announced today a multi-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Cable Distribution for the acclaimed series "Smallville." The first season of the series begins its exclusive cable HD run on HDNet in the fall of 2004.
San Francisco, CA (August 9, 2008) ‹New York-based anime and live action DVD distributor, Media Blasters, partners with online media distribution giant, Crunchyroll, to provide streaming, subscription and download-to-own of the company¹s...
"This is one of the nicest busts I've picked up all year, and it only cost me $18. That's truly amazing considering how much most regular release mini-busts costs these days, and if you're already going to buy the new DVD set, I can't imagine a good reaso...
Celluloid Dreams has inked to handle international sales on a feature length claymation adaptation of cult 1960s comic series 'The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers,' one of a series of newly signed animation projects.
Universal Pictures has provided Comics2Film with the New York Comic-Con exclusive posters for 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' and 'Wanted'.
'Wanted', based on Mark Millar's comic, opens June 27. It stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina J...
In a single bound, Warner Bros. Pictures' "Superman Returns" flew into 3,915 venues in North America on Wednesday and racked up $21 million in gross receipts. The first-day total includes an estimated $3 million from previews -- which began at 10 p.m. Tue...
I caught up with Gen Fukunaga, CEO of FUNimation, the afternoon of July 5th at Anime Expo 2008. He was busy with the line of people anxiously waiting to meet the recently announced cast of Ouran High School Host Club. We found space to intervi...
Definitive Collector's Edition of Awarding-winning Film
Showcased in High-Definition Blu-Ray Disc Format
New York, NY, April 19, 2008 - FUNimation Entertainment, in collaboration with Harmony Gold, is proud to announce at this year's New York Comic Con...
If you\'re looking for something that\'s flying under the radar from one of the smaller publishers and wanting to add something a bit different, you\'ll want to check out the August 2005 release of High School Girls Vol. #4 (of 5) from DrMaster that Ed Ch...
As mentioned earlier, this is from the retail perspective, but apparently someone has posted this document online in PDF form for those interested in seeing what the retail community is trying to get across in a single voice.
The guessing game for the English language cast has begun in our English Track forum and there\'s the potential prize of nine or ten DVDs of the first volume to be given away if you win! Check it out and put in your guesses!
Not what I would call genre news but I'm passing it along anyway. The Hollywood Reporter says that new deluxe cinema will open this year in suburban Chicago, one of 50 U.S. multiplexes set for construction during the next five years through a new $200 mil...
Ed\'s got the closing volume to a series that he\'s rather enjoyed a lot in the last year with a look at the January 2006 release of High School Girls Vol. #6 (of 6) from DrMaster.
What They SayThe Second Volume in the Acclaimed Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy!
The war rages on, and the Federation ship White Base continues to do battle with the Zeon forces as they undertake the long journey to federation headquarters in Jaburo. B...
ANIME
AIR MASTER VOLUME 3 DVD
ANGELIUM DVD
1ANIMEPLAY: ISHIKA & HONORI INTERACTIVE DVD
ARC THE LAD VOLUME 2 DVD
ASTRO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD
BEYBLADE SEASON 3 VOLUME 6: SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS DVD UNCUT
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS VOLUME 2 DVD
CASE CLOS...
What They SayIt’s not easy being a delinquent. Especially if you’re trying to survive the tough streets around Cromartie. There are chat room bullies with no manners. Aliens abducting your friends. Vicious biker gangs. And the Boss Championshi...