What They SayRoger has chosen to save Dorothy and has left the BigO unmanned! While he attempts to rescue her, a new Megadeus appears - Big Fau; its pilot is Alex Rosewater. The Big Fau displays an impressive array of firepower and easily destroys the en...
What They SayThe War for Paradigm City has begun! Roger, Dorothy, Norman, and the BigO face their greatest challenge ever as the enemies of Paradigm City set out to destroy the city for their own personal satisfaction. Gordon Rosewater wants to destroy w...
What They SayWhen we last saw Roger Smith, he was about to defend his home of Paradigm City against three invading robots. The battle is over and Roger Smith is now plagued by doubts about who he is and the world he lives in. New mysteries demand to be un...
When we got in our review copy of BigOIIVol.#4, we realized that we botched part of our May order as we hadn\'t gotten a copy of that, so with a quick order and a fast shipment, we got to spend part of yesterday checking out the 05/11/2004 release of ...
What They SaySome days it just doesn\'t pay to get out of bed. Roger Smith\'s self-proclaimed greatest nemesis, Beck, is back for revenge... again! This time, he\'s enlisted the help of a Japanese company to help him in his quest for revenge! Roger\'s onl...
What They SayIt?s Heaven Day and all of Paradigm City will be celebrating! But the city won?t be celebrating long - a monstrous plant takes root across town!
Then, the return of Roger?s old nemesis Schwarzwald can only mean trouble, and this time it com...
One of the more anticipated series for me since it became official that Cartoon Network was indeed funding new episodes, I\'ve finally gotten my hands on BigOIIVol. #1, due out from Bandai Entertainment on 01/20/2004. While those who have followed it o...
The finale to the little series that could comes out from Bandai Entertainment on 07/27/2004 with BigOIIVol.#4. Since so many people here saw it during its Cartoon Network run, I\'ll be looking forward to an engaging discussion on the series ending.
What They SayLeon has penetrated the hidden city, and has come back with the forbidden weapon. Guided by Ferris, Leon is absorbed into Valdouk and proceeds to lay waste to the entire Earth. Babel summons his three servants to stop him, but they have all b...
What They SayOrphen and his friends come back to Totokanta, and it seems that this might be the end of their travels together. Majic starts taking sorcery lessons from the mysterious Esperanza. Lycoris becomes more and more troubled as memories of her f...
What They SayAs the mysterious organization, Hades, steps up its attack, Koichi taps into a new area of his own unconscious and summons the war machine, Poseidon. Made with the same otherworldly technology that was used to create the tower of Babel, Pose...
What They SayDeep in the desert, Babel the Second has finally confronted and defeated the evil Yomi. Without their master, Yomi?s troops scatter throughout the world. Leon, once right hand to an empire of evil, ends up wounded and lost in the jungle.
Res...
What They SayMajic explores his feminine side. Cleao runs away. Lycoris forgets about her mission. It seems like everything is changing in Orphen\'s gang.
Yet the monsters keep coming. But how can that be if Flame Soul is dead? And what happened to the...
What They SayThings are really starting to heat up! After failing to destroy Orphen with monsters, Flame Soul decides to take the psychological approach. Now, Orphen and his friends have to fight a creature that can create alternate realities and blur th...
The release year 2003 was a sizeable one for ADV Films. In addition to putting out nearly two hundred DVDs and collections, they revamped their music division, created and launched a new manga publishing division and laid the groundwork for their "toys"...
What They SayWhile studying under the discipline of Dhalsim, Ken and Ryu are observe the Ki that he gathers in his hands. Copying the master, Ken was able to release a tremendous amount of power was released through his hands! Dhalsim tells him the legend...
What They SayRyu and Ken arrive in Thailand. The customs officer checks Ryu’s baggage and discovers drugs that one of Ashura’s men had planted on him. Ryu is taken to prison and tortured by the sadistic prison chief, Nuchit. Ryu holds back his...
What They SayKen has regained consciousness, but it won\'t do him much good. His only hope is to attempt to focus his ki..but how can he? Meanwhile, Guile and Nash are staking out Vega\'s island from the sea...
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Episode 22: Rising Dragon, Into ...
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 ...
What They SayThe arrival of Admiral Spoor and the Operation Hunter First Fleet heralds more bad news. One of the remaining fleets of the United Mankind is headed towards Lobnas and the Basroil only has a few hours left to complete its emigration plan. Aft...
This listing comes from the Diamond Previews catalog. These are early tentative bits of information though some of it has been announced already. Until formal announcements come from the studios, treat these as TENTATIVE and nothing more. No dates are pro...
AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 DESTINY DVD SRP: $29.98
AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 W ARTBOX DVD SRP: $39.98
AQUARIAN AGE THE MOVIE DVD SRP: $29.95
AQUARIAN AGE THE MOVIE LIMITED EDITION DVD SRP: $59.95
ARGENTOSOMA COMPLETE COLLECTION DVD SRP: $99.98
AURA BA...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crash-course Comicscape! Before we dive into this week’s interview, I want to acknowledge the passing of Steve Gerber, who died from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis this past Sunday. G...
What They Say1969. Stranger invaders threaten Japan\'s recovery from the devastation of World War II with a shocking form of guerilla warfare. Fortunately, a new type of hero has been discovered among the teenage population of Japan - the Gatekeepers! Abl...
What They SayContains episodes 1-2. A young girl named Nono has left her home behind, to come alone to the big city to pursue her grand dream of becoming a space pilot. But reality is harsh, and she spends every day instead at the diner near the spaceport...
What They SayA mysterious occurrence known only as \"The Event\" has caused the residents of Paradigm City to lose their memories. Paradigm City, the \"city of lost memories\", has recovered, but now falls under martial law, its citizens forever questioni...
Witchblade takes the time to look at family – the bonds between a mother and her child, the difficult choices that must be made in a child's best interests, and whether genetics are the only thing that can decide who it's best to deal with. Wi...
What They SayContains episodes 3-4. The elite Topless make their rendezvouz, as the order is given to launch a major operation to stop the horde of Space Monsters known as Jupiter Express. Tycho, who lost her Buster Machine in her last battle, sees a riv...
What They SayBeing a god is a lot of hard work. Yurie must find the time to communicate with an old war-vessel, run for student office at school and locate Matsuri\'s missing little sister. Her hands already full, she is then requested to attend a god con...
What They SayContains 6 episodes! Plus includes footage originally edited-out of Episode 12! The Review!With the end of Chronos Japan after the end of the first volume, it seems like Sho Fukamachi could get some rest. Unfortunately, what they took out was...
What They SayJoin young Moe, the devilish apprentice death spirit Risky, and the pure-hearted apprentice angel Safety in a funny and touching tale of fate, friendship, love, the cosmic balance of the universe, and even a few giant monsters!
Thinking that...
What They SayIn order to separate Yuri from Wolfram, Stoffel introduces an eligible girl for Yuri to marry! But the bride-to-be shocks everyone by claiming she is really Wolfram\'s fiancee and she challenges Yuri to a duel. Then, Dunheely Weller\'s past i...
What They SayIn order to separate Yuri from Wolfram, Stoffel introduces an eligible girl for Yuri to marry! But the bride-to-be shocks everyone by claiming she is really Wolfram\'s fiancee and she challenges Yuri to a duel. Then, Dunheely Weller\'s past i...
What They SayAll is not right on Terra II. Lorelei, the key to the future of the entire planet, has been kidnapped! Otaru, feeling responsible, sets out to rescue her - alone. But things go from bad to worse, as Gartlant rises from its ashes and begins a ...
What They SayShe\'s beautiful, powerful, passionate, and too dangerous to exist. She is the Steel Angel Kurumi-and she\'s marked for termination. Her enemy? The Academy, a floating fortress of mystery and military might. Their weapons? Powerful androids a...
What They SayEpisode 2: It\'s time for the winter sale and Apricot and the Rune Angel Troupe members stars training aiming for a drawing card. Meanwhile, a space robber band was plotting a crime using the sale as camouflage!The Review!The Rune Angel Troup...
What They SayThe action continues with Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 2!
Soon after locating \"\"Hells Fire on Frozen Tundra\"\", one of the Four Forbidden Boxes, in Francia, Yuri and his team are captured by Big Cimaron\'s army?lead by none other than Conrad! Y...
What They SayThe action continues with Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 2!
Soon after locating \"\"Hells Fire on Frozen Tundra\"\", one of the Four Forbidden Boxes, in Francia, Yuri and his team are captured by Big Cimaron\'s army?lead by none other than Conrad! Y...
A TREE OF PALME VOL 1 SRP: $29.98
AIR MASTER VOL 1 SRP: $24.98
AIR MASTER VOL 2 SRP: $24.98
ANGEL BLADE SRP: $29.99
ANGEL MOVIE II DOMINATRIX OF MYSTERY SUB SRP: $29.95
ARC THE LAD VOL 1 SRP: $17.98
BLACK JACK OVA VOL 7 BIOHAZARD SRP: $19.99
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What They SayIt\'s fun in the sun for the Shimabara sisters on the island of Kyushu. The locals have even planned a festival to honor Neo Ranga. But when sinister forces awaken another old god, all plans for fun fall to the wayside. And this ancient god ...
What They SayNever seen before in the UK, Tetsujin 28 is the brand new anime series from the maker\'s of Giant Robo. The journey begins when Professor Kaneda creates the ultimate soldier robot, Tetsujin as a substitute for his son, Shotaro, whom he mistak...
What They SayThe apprentice angel Safety relates the story of how she became a friend to a giant monster. The unusual love triangle between Lani the Pomeranian, Safety the apprentice angel and Risky the apprentice death spirit is resolved. And in the clim...
What They SayThe tale of Risky and Safety, an apprentice death spirit and an angel in training forced to share a single body, proceeds from the distant age of legend to the farthest reaches of outer space! Volume 2 deepens and strengthens the relationship...
Universal has distributed a new image from 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army.'
Depicted here is Ron Perlman as Hellboy enjoying the heft of his new to "Big Baby"
After a solid 2002 release year that saw the conclusion of Rurouni Kenshin and the introduction of Berserk, Media Blasters was set to capitalize on that with the release of the noteworthy series Twelve Kingdoms and Samurai Deeper Kyo. With those set as ...
What They SayHi! It's nice to meet you, this is Apricot Sakuraba. Please call me Rico! We, the Angel Troupe, are working hard to preserve peace in the galaxy!! Anise-san is especially on the edge because she owes money to people. She's amazing, and maybe ...
The Review!Here we are with the second volume. At the end of the first volume, Dr. Ayanokoji had been captured by the enemy. It is now up to the team of Dr. Amagi, Nakahito, Saki, and Kurumi to search out for his secret lab to find out any secrets they ca...
What They SayIt\'s not easy being a teenaged marital artist named Ranma Saotome, but it\'s even worse when your martial artist father Genama takes you from home at an early age to goon a decade-long training misssion. Episodes: \"Ukyo\'s Secret Sauce Par...
What They SayWhen it appears Fuku is unable to handle combat stress, Kiriko suggests an alternate means of controlling the Kamidake II. However, when an accident sets the ship adrift, sailing into a nest of pirates, Fuku is all that stands between Seina a...
What They SayIt turns out that, just like Aesap, the King of Hojo, Sakomizu, is also from the Upper Realm. And he was a kamikaze pilot in the waning days of World War II in the Pacific theater. Now that he\'s acquired weapons of the Upper Realm, Sakomizu ...
The Review!Paradign City is a city without a past, and Roger Smith is a man who holds a key to the city's future as both the city's top negotiator and as the pilot of The BigO, a mega dues mecha created before the city lost its memory.
Sunrise seems to ...
What They SayLife gets more and more interesting everyday for Paradigm City\'s top negotiator. But when Dorothy finds a stray cat and brings it home - it makes everyone happy, until an older couple shows up claiming to be the parents of the cat - the cat ...
What They SayAs Paradigm City\'s top negotiator, Roger Smith lives a very exciting, but dangerous life. When a series of mysterious accidents begin plaguing the city\'s police force, all clues point towards a \"ghost\".
Fed up with Dorothy\'s piano play...
What They SayNarrowly escaping his last hyper-Zoanoid encounter, Sho is forced to retreat, leaving his father in Chronos' clutches. Determined to rescue him at all costs, he once again dives into the heart of Relic's Point, braving its Zoanoid defenses. ...
What They SayThe animals in the Great Demon Kingdom are acting strangely. Yuri\'s beloved horse, Ao, has lost its appetite, the \"bad omen\" birds have stopped singing, and Pochi the Dragon has withdrawn into its nest and won\'t come out. Furthermore, the...
What They SayImperial Calendar Year 956. Operation Phantom Flame has come to an end and has been hailed as a complete success. Now, the Imperial forces have embarked on a new plan, codenamed Operation Hunter. Their task: to hunt down and destroy any remai...
What They SayFor a hapless young cadet, boot camp is no picnic, and Misaki is as hapless as they get. With the help of friends Luxandra, Kiri, and Suzanna, however, she advances in her training. Pretty normal, right? Wrong. Luxandra should be dead. Suzann...
What They SayCOOL DEVICES, a series that redefined adult anime in the US and became one of the best selling hentai titles ever, has returned in a brand new DIGITALLY REMASTERED 10th Anniversary Edition! Now, for the very first time, this hentai masterpiec...
What They SayWhile Gorda runs the gamut of destruction using the Holy Sword, Yuri and the others reunite with the man of valor, Alford. Alford tells them that Gorda stole his Holy Sword and he has been searching for Gorda in order to get the sword back. M...
What They SayDue to the return of Morgif, Van da Via Island has turned into an inferno with the restarting of volcanic activity. With this sudden occurrence, the Big Cimaron army withdraws as quickly as it can. However, the children of royal families, who...
What They SayThe Dark Axis is in trouble. When they were defeated by the Gundam Force, their ship, the Komusai II, fell into the ocean. Rather than face an angry Commander, they decide to recover the lost. However, the Gundam Force wants the ship too and ...
The deal with the Great One becomes clear as he makes his move on Yuri and company in order to unleash himself into the world once again.
What They Say
Intent on eradicating each of the "key" inheiritors to assure the seals to the Four Forbi...
What They SayWhile Gorda runs the gamut of destruction using the Holy Sword, Yuri and the others reunite with the man of valor, Alford. Alford tells them that Gorda stole his Holy Sword and he has been searching for Gorda in order to get the sword back. M...
What They SayDue to the return of Morgif, Van da Via Island has turned into an inferno with the restarting of volcanic activity. With this sudden occurrence, the Big Cimaron army withdraws as quickly as it can. However, the children of royal families, who...
What They SayThe Japan Branch has fallen, and Guyver II has been utterly destroyed. Chronos is far from finished. Calling in the deadly "Lost Number Commandos", Guyot uses Makishima's estate as a temporary base and hatches a plot to tear apart Sho's lif...
The final arc of the series starts to take shape as more of the past of this world is revealed and how it will affect the present.What They SayJust as the promise of peace begins to take hold, trouble ripples through the Demon Kingdom and Earth! A \"...
What They SayThe animals in the Great Demon Kingdom are acting strangely. Yuri\'s beloved horse, Ao, has lost its appetite, the \"bad omen\" birds have stopped singing, and Pochi the Dragon has withdrawn into its nest and won\'t come out. Furthermore, the...
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...
What They SayFall beneath the wave of exploding psychic powers! Koichi is an ordinary youth given extraordinary powers to fight a shadowy underworld of renegade psychics. Hidden in a forgotten desert lies the tower of Babel, created by an unknown force....
A couple of items have come out from Bandai as they take over handling their own distribution and we see their solicitation papers. Their first batch contains:s-Cry-ed Vol.#4 - 100 minutes - $29.98 - 01/20/2004As well as having BigOIIVol. #1 reschedul...
What They SayIn the deadly aftermath, the unexpected arrival of the Fifth Child hits like a hurricane. Has Shinji found a kindred soul… or does the unearthly Nagisa Kaoru have a soul at all? Prepare for the shocking conclusion to the most controvers...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films handed out their 31st Annual Saturn Awards on May 3 and two films dominated the accolades for the evening: SPIDER-MAN 2 and KILL BILL: VOL. 2 SPIDER-MAN 2 walked away with a total of five Saturn ...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another long look into the dark heart of Comicscape! I thought about devoting another week to complaining about that recent Spider-Man catastrophe One More Day, especially given that the first issue of the new post-...
What They SayEpisodes comprise:
13. Betrayal
14. Die
15. Harry
16. LetterThe Review!After a 2.5 months hiatus, the Gungrave series continues once again- and I’ve been missing it.
Audio:
I listened, cycling between Japanese 5.1\\ 2.0 and English 5....
What They SayEpisodes comprise:
13. Betrayal
14. Die
15. Harry
16. LetterThe Review!After a 2.5 months hiatus, the Gungrave series continues once again- and I’ve been missing it.
Audio:
I listened, cycling between Japanese 5.1\\ 2.0 and English 5....
It\'s the middle of the month and that\'s when a lot of Bandai product officially streets, so depending on where you shop this is either a bigor a light week:
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What They SayImperial Calendar Year 956. Operation Phantom Flame has come to an end and has been hailed as a complete success. Now, the Imperial forces have embarked on a new plan, codenamed Operation Hunter. Their task: to hunt down and destroy any remai...
What They SayWhen we last saw Roger Smith, he was about to defend his home of Paradigm City against three invading robots. Now, the battle is over and Roger Smith is plagued by doubts about who he is and the world he lives in. As Roger nears the truth beh...
What They Say\"Joe is a dude just like you and me. He has two great loves: his girlfriend Silvia and Captain Blue, the action-movie superhero.
Now that Joe has totally awesome superpowers, he\'s ready to battle his way through Movieland to rescue Silvi...
July\'s typically a big month and this week is no exception with a variety of titles coming out:
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Studio
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MSRP
Date
Aura Battler Dunbine Vol. #07 (also w/box)
ADV F...
With December being an obviously big holiday month and companies wanting to get their discs into retailers early, a number of releases we\'d normally see later in the month are coming out this week, making it a much more crowded week than normal:
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The final volume of the Adventures of Young Indiana Jones is out as a young boy begins to form into the reliable hero we all know and love. Presented on 10 discs, this set features seven full-length episodes of the TV show which amount to 14 total episode...
A number of anticipated titles are out this coming Tuesday, with the next big release date being 9/24:
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Babel IIVol. #1
Media Blasters
1...
It\'s a big release week this week with something for everyone:
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Studio
Run Time
Volume
MSRP
Date
Aura Battler Dunbine Vol. #09
ADV Films
100 min.
N/A
19.98
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Although Superman: The Movie was a monumental cinematic undertaking and one of the most talked-about creative battles between director and producers, Richard Donner fully expected to complete the filming of Superman II, which he had begun shooting simulta...
What They SayHarry\'s continuing thirst for power intensifies upon the arrival of Bob and Lee, the two newest members of Millennion. Brandon continues on as a sweeper for the organization until the mystery of Maria\'s whereabouts soon lead him toBig Dadd...
What They SayThe Big Chest Grandprix is just around the corner and the girls are pumped! Through this competition the girls have decided that whoever wins will win both the cash prize and Wataru\'s heart. Which of these three girls will be the ultimate wi...