In 1984 (quite a good year for genre films) director Ivan Reitman surprised Columbia Pictures, moviegoers and maybe even himself with the success of Ghostbusters, a very expensive movie that just raked in the cash during a very hectic cinematic summer. T...
AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 DESTINY DVD SRP: $29.98
AI YORI AOSHI ENISHI VOL 3 W ARTBOX DVD SRP: $39.98
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ARGENTOSOMA COMPLETE COLLECTION DVD SRP: $99.98
AURA BA...
Now playing in theaters is DOOGAL, another animated release from the Weinstein Company, hot on the heels of their R-rated HOODWINKED. A band of animal friends unite on a hazardous journey to stop an evil sorcerer from freezing the Sun. Sounds farfetched, ...
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...
AFTER CLASS LESSON VOL 1 DVD SRP: $25.00
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CASE CLOSED SEASON 1 DVD STARTER SET SRP: $44.98
COWBOY BEBOP REMIX VOL 5 DVD S...
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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 ...
The Shop has been updated with today\'s daily deals from Right Stuf as well as their weekly sale that seems to be a box set bonanza:I still need to make some room - so I\'m discounting the His & Her Circumstances DVD Set to only $39.99 - or, you can buy t...
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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...
Universal Pictures recently held a DVD release party to celebrate the release of the new 25th Anniversary BLUES BROTHER DVD. Co-writer and star Dan Aykroyd participated via satellite from Toronto.Here are some video clips from the evening that Universal m...
The official details for the DVD/HD-DVD releases of Paramount's TRANSFORMERS have been released online. The release date is set for October 16, 2007 for both formats. Here's the press release and the list of items set to appear on the 2-Disc Special ...
12 KINGDOMS VOL 4 DVD SRP: $29.95
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BOYS OVER FLOWERS VOL 3 LOVE BEYOND THE...
Box set to include “Victorian Gazette” & available June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, February 13, 2008 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to make two announcements about the EMMA: A Victorian...
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES REMAINING DVD CATALOG RE-RELEASE FOR APRIL 2004
February 25, 2004 (Cypress, CA) ? Bandai Entertainment announced the remaining DVD catalog titles set for re-release during the month of April 2004. The r...
This week ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ arrives in three different formats of DVD: Standard DVD, High Definition DVD (HD-DVD) and Blu-Ray DVD. All of these formats are releasing the Harry Potter films in a box set. With...
"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...
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...
What They SayAfter a 200,000-mile quest to Earth, Takeru somehow finds Ao - the girl in the photograph - living in a desolate Florida village among the ruins of the NASA space program. But he soon discovers his search for love has just begun... As he trie...
What They SayWhat do you do when you discover everything you believe is a lie...and your freedom an illusion? Entering forbidden territory, Takeru has uncovered Eden's
most closely guarded secretand finds himself being hunted by the Guidance Council. Sha...
What They SayFull of exciting adventure and great passion, this animated Japanese favorite tells the legendary tale of the mythological hero Hermes. The creator of the world orders Hermes to defeat the evil King Minos, tyrant of Crete. With his beautiful ...
Well, there are weeks where y'all are talkative and weeks where I'm left wondering if anybody even reads this damn thing. Last week was clearly the former, as the subject of TV on DVD seems to have brought you all out of the lurking woodwork. There's a ...
What They SayDuring routine maintenance on the lunar surface, Takeru finds a strange capsule containing a single photograph. Captivated by the enigmatic girl in the photo, he scours the city in vain for clues to her identity. In desperation, Takeru and fr...
Well, if you?re reading this, you must either have a DVD player or at least are thinking of getting one. You also may know by now the many benefits of the format, in comparison to VHS and LD. Let?s recap some of those for a moment. You get digital sound a...
What They SayThe Review!Pioneer DVL-919 DVD/LD Player
Review By Dustin Blaine Javier
\"LD is dead! Long live DVD!!\"
As a Laserphile for the past 5+ years, I refused to believe that, but if you pick up a copy of The DVD-Laserdisc Newsletter (formerly Th...
While visiting my local Post Office to send out packages from our Prize Closetr recently, I was surprised to find a new item available at the counter. DVDs! The U.S. Postal Inspection Service produced a series of public service films in the style of TV cr...
What They SayThe Review!Toshiba SD-2200 Review - George Velez (September 2000)
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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 SayIn 1969, man landed on the moon. Now three centuries later, he returns to earth... With nothing but a photograph to guide him, Takeru flees the lunar city of Eden in search of a girl he\'s never met on a planet he\'s never seen. Thus begins t...
What They SayContains episode 1.
In the 23rd century, mankind has fled earth and emigrated to the moon. The last outpost of civilization is the Lunar Republic of Eden, where the omnipresent Citizens Administration Council grants residents everything the...
Many thanks go out to the folks over at Manga who followed through with myself and the fans to try and answer some of the questions on the minds of DVD owners these days. The Q&A session took place with Mike Egan, the GM and Marketing Director in charge o...
The Sho has been updated with today\'s daily deals from Right Stuf. We\'ve also got their weekly sale information with the latest big deals on box sets, singles and more that are great ideas for stocking stuffers for your favorite anime fan:New Right Stuf...
There\'s even bargains in here I can no longer pass up. It looks like I\'ll be reviewing a lot of Dragon Ball in the future...Happy Thanksgiving! Funimation has a delicious selection of titles available right now as well as some tasty pre-orders... so whi...
What They SayFirst Japanese animation in HD DVD/DVD twin format to be released simultaneously in Japan and North America, HD DVD includes HDi network function that allows to watch extra features, High-quality animation combining 2D and 3D graphics. Requir...
Product to be released simultaneously in North America and Japan under Bandai Visual flagship international label Honneamise
TORRANCE, Calif., March 20, 2007 " Bandai Visual today announced the simultaneous U.S. and Japan release of the bestselling OVA ...
Warner Bros. has decided to clean out their stock of DVDs of the supernatural law firm thriller DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, the Steve McQueen cop action flick BULLIT, the Man vs. Nature adventure THE PERFECT STORM, the director's cut of ALEXANDER, the historic epic...
The UY DVDs are shipping again. Here's a copy of the letter that we included with them, to update people. We will start shipping replacement discs to those of you who got bad discs (and told us about them!) on Tuesday.
Dear Valued (and Patient!) UY DVD C...
Matt Damon is back as Jason Bourne for the latest installment of this smart, action-packed espionage series. Delivering signature Bourne fight and chase sequences, bring Bourne home on DVD and HD DVD Combo Disc December 11, 2007. All he wanted was to disa...
As head of Elite Entertainment, Vini Bancalari has long been providing fans with great home video versions of classic genre movies. He started with Laserdisc when that format was the collector's medium of choice, and has since moved on to DVD, but one thi...
Now that the DVD format has essentially buried the endless subtitle vs. dub flame-war among die-hard Internet anime fans, I predict that the next great Otaku debate will be about the pros-and-cons of big box sets. (My own threshold for "big box sets" is a...
When "The Punisher"
hit the big screen back in April, it marked the first time Marvel had stumbled
in their post-Blade series of films. The film garnered a mostly negative
reaction from critics. The schizophrenic tone of the movie left audiences
fee...
Bandai Visual, Microsoft and Memory-Tech Agree to Collaborate on the Development of HD DVD Authoring Technology for the Release of "Freedom" (a New Anime Title), "Royal Space Force "The Wings of Honneamise", "Patlabor The Movie" and "Patlabor 2 The Movie"...
"X2: X-Men United" is
arguably one of the best (if not the best) comic book superhero movies of
all time. It gave the summer box office an early start and spent two weeks at
#1. In all likelihood, it'll rank as one of the top ten highest grossing mov...
The summer is over and with the fall in front of us it means only one thing. It is time to add those summer movies to the collection. Summer movies are not the only releases that we Maniacs look forward to though. Horror movies will start to populate the ...
Earlier this year, Sony release three of Stop-Motion animation genius Ray Harryhausen’s films on special edition DVDs. Now these three classics, It Came from Beneath the Sea, Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers, and 20 Million Miles to Earth, ...
Collector’s Editions, box sets and complete series are all the rage during the holiday season. This week there is a Maniac worthy Collector’s Edition to hit the DVD shelf and unfortunately it falls completely flat. 300 (Limited Collect...
There's been a few changes to the DVD release of HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX by Warner Bros Home Video. One of those changes is the additional/deleted scenes which was originally listed as 10 minutes of footage not seen in the theatrical ver...
Check out these new images of the DVD menus from Batman Begins.
Warner Home Video has announced a Jan. 10 release for The Flash: The Complete Series on DVD.
Blade: Trinity, the third and final movie in the Marvel/New Line franchise, will debut thi...
The High Definition race between Blu-Ray and HD DVD is officially over, Maniacs. We expected this to come soon after the trade announced hints last week but now Toshiba is sending out an official press release as confirmation.
Toshiba Corporation today a...
The Review!"The Slayers" anime series has proven to be one of the more successful and popular anime in both Japan and the US in recent years. The Slayers phenomenon spawned at least 3 complete TV seasons, 2 OAV series, and 4 movies to date! A few months a...
I am not Uatu, though I am still a Watcher. I observe all which occurs throughout this sprawling realm known as Mania. I see, I observe and I weigh. On the brink of revealing himself and others of his kind to the world, Nathan Petrelli was shot. Let us lo...
Late March, just after St. Patrick`s Day, came the regrettable release of the 5th entry in one of the worst film series of all time, Trimark Home Video`s, Leprechaun 5: In The Hood. So much for the luck of the Irish. Unlike most series, not a single one...
We’ve all seen how studios decide to release some underperforming theatrical features to DVD earlier than planned in order to maximize their marketing efforts. Well, that practice has finally begun to have negative repercussions. Theater chains i...
In last weeks column, I put out an offer to sell my credibility in exchange for new electronics equipment. Well, no DVD player manufacturers or retailers have responded to my offer (which still stands), but Im gonna tell you how you can get a DVD player...
What They SayThe Review!Pioneer 525 Codefree DVD Player (Modified Malaysian Model)
I picked up this unit on a recent trip to Japan, as my trusty Toshiba 2006 codefree DVD player (hand modified) was starting to get a bit too long in the tooth. Poor imag...
VIDEO NEWSWhile we're all waiting for Quentin Tarantino to finally start production on his too long awaited new film, KILL BILL, we will at least be able to console ourselves with the re-releases of his ground-breaking, trend setting previous efforts. Up ...
VIDEO NEWSProof, as if any was needed, that direct-to-video horror producers have no shame is the recent report (from CREATURE CORNER) of a sequel to the dreadful BLOODY MURDER. That film was an unexpected video hit, probably due to its cover art of a cha...
VIDEO NEWSThe death bell has begun to ring for the VHS video system, a point made clear by a recent report in VIDEO BUSINESS magazine which tells that Circuit City has begun to phase out the format from their over six hundred stores. The article explains ...
I've been rambling on nostalgically a lot about drive-ins this summer, but this weekend I'll be attending a convention that is actually doing something about it. Flash back Weekend's Horro'rama Drive-In will attempt to recreate the drive-in experience wit...
On March 28, 2006, Fox Home Entertainment will release all-new DVD Singles of the Original Planet of the Apes Series Mastered in Anamorphic Widescreen and featuring THX Certified 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. In addition to the original film series P...
VIDEO NEWSSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 had previously been announced by Paramount, but now the company is sharing info on the supplemental features that the twenty-six episode set will include. Mission Overview will be a featurette, with in...
Since tomorrow is my birthday, I’ll try not to delay you any longer than necessary, as I’m sure you all have plenty of shopping to do. To celebrate, I’ll be sending out a free random DVD of my choosing to every Maniac that sends an em...
Ive known Roger Ebert for years, though Im not sure if hed remember me. Weve never talked much at press screenings and such, mainly because I agree with his working habits we dont want to discuss a film until we have a chance to review it, thereby ...
What They SayThe movie uses the full spectrum of digital animation which is said to have impressed even James Cameron. Japan\'s top creators gathered to make the show, which was shown in theaters using the HDCAM24P format which George Lucas will also be u...
ADV FILMS TO RELEASE NEON GENESIS EVANGELION: PLATINUM EDITION VOLUME 1
FIRST VOLUME OF THE SEMINAL, ACCLAIMED ANIME TELEVISION SERIES FILLED WITH EXTRAS GALORE, AVAILABLE 21st FEBRUARY 2005
LONDON, UK, 7th January 2005—ADV Films today announced a...
What They SayThe Review!Note: This DVD boxset contains episodes 25-38 of the SPT Layzner TV series and the 3 OVAs on five discs, which covers the second arc of the anime and concludes the story. DVD Unlike DVD Perfect BOX 01 which is out of print at the t...
DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros. Animation have collaborated to create a unique Batman experience in Batman: Gotham Knight. The all-new, original movie will arrive July 8, 2008 on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. Order due date is June ...
What They SayThe animation masterpiece, \"Ashita no Joe\", that has become a classic of anime comes now in a box complete with all 79 episodes.The Review!The DVDs for the whole show were originally released by Columbia Japan in 3 mini-boxsets. The first ...
John,
I would like to once again extend my thanks for your time in answering these burning questions of the faithful anime fan.
This format has brought about somewhat of a new breed of fan, if the emails I get are any evidence. Many are becoming quite k...
VIDIOCY NEWS LORD OF THE RINGS information is starting to come out regarding the DVD release of the film on August 6th. First up will be a two-disc "Theatrical Edition" with disc one offering the film as seen during its highly successful theatrical run. D...
Up until now, most anime companies have considered DVD as something not very important in their quest to be number one in the industry. But some companies are seeing the anime DVD market as ground yet to be claimed... ground that hasn't been sought after ...
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...
VIDEO NEWSThose of you who have become ill watching the final, sad season of THE X-FILES can find a fix for what ails you in Columbia TriStar's upcoming release of THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, a feature film with no direct connection to the once near-wor...
When Neil Marshall’s unrated Doomsday was half finished I thought this just might be the perfect film for Mania. A Maniac’s delight of science fiction, action and post apocalyptic nightmares. With genre favorite Malcolm McDowell’s openin...
If you could navigate the video game aisle at the San Diego Comic Con you might have had a chance to see the Ghostbusters ladies. Dressed as scantly clad versions of Egon, Stantz, Venkman and Spengler these beauties seemed as if out of some bizarre man&rs...
Remember what watching Batman was like as a kid? Outside of the comic book he was a pretty jovial fellow. Whether it was paling around with the Justice League on the Superfriends or having his plans foiled by Bat-Mite on the New Adventures of Batman his e...
20th Century Fox created quite a stir recently by announcing that a new
special edition DVD of the X-Men film is in the works - but they haven't got
anything on Supergirl, a movie coming to DVD for the third time.
Recently, several media outlets,
p...
Alan Moore is a deity in the
world of comics. Little of what he does is short of extraordinary. So, it wasn't a
surprise back in 1998 when 20th Century Fox optioned his "The League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen" comic some six months before a single iss...
This weeks DVD peeve: What should a DVD do when you put it in your playing device? Personally, I enjoy a good introduction as much as anybody, but Id prefer that theyd get to the main menu as soon as possible and let me do the driving. However, as many...
"There were a few cast changes in between season one and two. Tracy Scoggins and her Cat Grant character are out. Michael Landes is out and Justin Whalin is in as Jimmy. Behind the cameras, the show's creator, Deborah Joy Levine, left the program's day to...
Friday, July 2nd
Convention day at last! Being the prompt people that Melanie and I are, we head off from outside of Philadelphia around 7 AM and drive down to Baltimore. While driving down I-95S, I shake my fist in the direction of Washington D.C. and ...
Saturday, July 3rd
Bright eyed and bushy tailed, we head off in search of... McDonalds! Success! A quick trip to there and CVS to stock up on Coke and some new toothbrushes (curse those cleaning people!) and we're back at the Convention Center.
Video Ro...
January 29, 2007, Macomb, MI. Eagle One Media, Inc. is proud to announce it has acquired the licensing rights from World Events Productions to produce a set of DVD adventures based on the Voltron: Defender of the Universe property for the retail market. T...
Orguss 02, New Dominion Tank Police, Fist of the North Star Volume 5
Chicago, IL (October 17, 2003) - Manga Entertainment, home to anime classics old and new such as Ghost In the Shell, Ninja Scroll, and Read or Die, announces its 2003 Fourth Quarter li...
Born of a time beyond time (actually the year 2839), Cmdr. Stargazer (Bob McFadden) and his SilverHawks battle the evil Mon-star (Earl Hammond) for control of the space realm known as Limbo. The SilverHawks are a team of humans and one alien ...
Lucasfilm may have set a DVD industry record in creating their coming STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENACE DVD. According to Video Premiere's sources, the project involved 1 years and nearly $4 million to create. To give you an idea how big those fi...
CENTRAL PARK MEDIA SET TO RELEASE
The Heroic Legend of Arlsan, Gall Force: Earth Chapter, Revolutionary Girl
Utena: Finale, Revolutionary Girl Utena: Apocalypse Saga DVD Collection,
And Zero Woman: The Hunted
Titles Slated For Release On November 11...
Toei Animation has been working hard since 1956 to bring us the absolute finest in anime. Though they started out humble enough, they have grown to become the largest and most famous anime company in Japan. They have worked on countless series, and have b...
What They SayThe Review!Note: This DVD boxset contains episodes 1-24 of the SPT Layzner TV series on six discs, which covers the first arc of the story. DVD Perfect Box 02 covers episodes 25-38 (end of TV series) and the three OVAs. While DVD Perfect Box...
Although it's one of the few
non-superhero entries in the C2F
Cinema, a fan film combining two 1980s franchises has become one of the best
reviewed shorts. "Freddy Vs. Ghostbusters" pits 1984's greatest
villain against 1984's goofiest heroes.
This...
VIDEO NEWSBlade 2 has been announced for DVD release September 3rd as a feature laden, double disc package. In addition to the film itself, disc one will feature two commentary tracks, one with director Guillermo Del Toro and writer David Goyer and the se...
This entry of the Vidiocy column marks its first appearance under its new weekly schedule. In honor of this momentous occasion, Id like to offer Fandoms readers a cornucopia of exciting new releases and venerable classics. Thats what Id like to do. ...
All right, lets get this little shindig on the way.
Good evening everyone. :)
This being our first official studio chat, we're finding our way in how we're doing things, so please bear with us tonight.
Charles McCarter of Bandai has been gracious enou...
For years, The Video Beat (www.thevideobeat.com) has been providing rare '50s and '60s era videos to fans and collectors, and they now join the List with their own high quality DVD-R titles that include menus and specially selected extras.SPOTLIGHT OF THE...
What They SayFantasy anime written, produced, and directed by a team called t.o.L who also designed the characters. Tamala is a mysterious cat who embarks on a journey to find the place where she was born. Limited to 2000 copies.The Review!I honestly don?...
At Anime Weekend Atlanta we gave the first sneak preview of episode 1 of Macross, and also announced that we are pushing back the release of Macross to the summer. This was not an easy decision to make, but we think it is the right one. Here is our reason...
What They SayThe Review!The popular 1994 comedy TV series has finally been remastered and released on DVD, and fans of the anime (and worshippers of Tsuru Hiromi and Kouda Mariko) Ghost Sweeper Mikami has never been better.
Audio: We are presented with ...
.hack//SIGN - Koichi Mashimo
Koichi Mashimo (President of Bee Train, director of .hack and Noir), Ken Iyadomi (Bandai Ent. VP & panel host), and another Japanese guest (who didn\'t say much) were present at the panel.
This is one of the more interestin...
Reprinted with permission by the author
It's been a while since I reported on how the consumer electronics and Hollywood giants had allied to push Digital Video Disks as the new and improved way to watch home entertainment. Now industry analysts report t...
The Review!I think that this is the third belated "Tenchi in Tokyo" review that I've done. I seem to remember that Volume 3 was delayed by several months last spring, and then I had just left on vacation when Volume 4 arrived in my mailbox (in Pincourt, Q...
VIDEO NEWS You cant keep a good corpse down as Trimark Home Video has recently announced their August 3rd Special Edition release of RETURN OF THE LIVING DEAD 3. Dan OBannons 1985 semi-sequel/spin-off of Georg...
While shopping at a local supermarket recently I came upon something new installed right outside the exit doors – an automated DVD rental vending machine. Video vending machines have been around in Japan (where you can get just about anything fro...
VIDEO NEWSTHE OTHERS surprised critics and audiences alike last year when it emerged out of nowhere to become a huge sleeper hit. Dimension Pictures, who artfully shepherded the film to success, will be releasing the film to video as a two-disc, "Collecto...
Disney Announces More Blu-ray Titles: FLIGHTPLAN, SKY HIGH, and THE WILD are all scheduled to be released as Blu-ray discs on November 21st. With most of the current HD DVD and Blu-ray discs being action and adventure films, it appears that Disney is ho...
VIDEO NEWSBuena Vista recently announced that they would be releasing Tim Burton's wonderful ED WOOD on DVD this summer on August 13. Burton's film is in glorious black and white and boasts a pair of top of the line performances from Johnny Depp as talen...
VIDEO NEWSWith Ang Lee's highly anticipated adaptation of THE INCREDIBLE HULK now in pre-production, it was only a matter of time before the 1978 - 1982 TV version involving the same character made a reappearance on video. Anchor Bay is reportedly plannin...
The dvd and blu-ray release for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END is now set for December 4, 2007. Here's the details on the 2 disc set.
From Walt Disney Home Entertainment:
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment presents Pirates of the Caribbean...
What They SayThe Review!Pioneer DVD-626d
Review by Thomas C Kinnen
I picked up this DVD player as a replacement for my RCA player. Overall this is an extremely nice player with a good feature set. With a retail price of $645 and a average street price $48...
Update: The high-definition war may not be "officially" over but Sony just scored a major victory today. Warner Bros. has announced their loyalty through the following press release.
In response to consumer demand, Warner Bros. Entertainme...
Earlier this month, Chibi Planet ran a report on AKA Kon, the recent anime convention in Vancouver, British Columbia. Aside from the usual convention news, the report included a little tidbit that long-time anime fans should recognize as being very sign...
Summer is traditionally a time for people to spend outdoors, engaged in fun recreational activities such as tsunami sweating, swatting mosquitoes, coping with severe sunburn and braving long lines at theaters showing highly hyped summer blockbusters. For...
VIDEO NEWSScrappy independent [IMG4R]video distributor Synapse recently announced two upcoming titles which, while lacking in cinematic "name" value, give evidence why the label needs to be paid attention to. INVASION USA is a 1953 no-budgeter wherein the...
Universal's Golden Age Of Horror will soon be coming our way when Universal Studios unleashes a host of DVD double-features sure to whet the cinematic appetite of any classic-era horror movie fan. Not wanting to miss out on the interest generated by their...
One of the big surprises of the growth of the DVD format has been high sales of European genre titles - especially horror. Ma perch? But why? Though a reasonably steady source of income for distributors, "foreign films" have always had a reputation with ...
HD DVD add-on for X-Box 360 No HDMI: The first pictures of the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft's X-Box 360 were recently posted on IGN.com, and there's some bad news: The accessory apparently will not have an HDMI digital output, only
X-Box 360
&co...
Lots of bundles, boxes and hentai for the faithful around here that need to pad up that backlog just a bit more...Rejoice! New Right Stuf Specials are posted. This message is brought to you by Dark Lord Savings Co., Ltd., an equal opportunity wallet emp...
ADV Films is proud to announce the home video and DVD release of Orphen: Supernatural Powers, the second installment of the newest fantasy anime series from the #1 distributor of Japanese animation in North America.
Based on the popular series of Japa...
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 ...
Available on Nov. 27, 2007
GRIMES, IA, September 10, 2007 " Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc./Nozomi Entertainment and Kadokawa Pictures USA are pleased to unveil the artwork for the collectible box and extras that will be released with th...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR GAMERA: ATTACK OF LEGION
HE?S TOUGH. HE?S TALL. HE?S A 200-FOOT FLYING TURTLE! SECOND FEATURE-LENGTH VOLUME OF LEGENDARY GAMERA TRILOGY TO BE AVAILABLE 19th JANUARY 2004
LONDON, UK, 15th Decemb...
VIDEO NEWSNETFLIX nets some quick cash as the internet based, DVD rent-by-mail company hits Wall Street in a big way. The Vidiot has often recommended the Netflix program in the past and the company's recent debut as a publicly traded stock showed that Wa...
This week our Prize Closet contains 3 copies of The Hitcher, courtesy of Universal. To be eligible to win one, just send an email to which includes your name and address to DVD Shopping List, and put the words “THUMBS UP” in the subject ...
Following the events of the
blockbuster "Spider-Man" movie, Marvel, Sony and MTV developed the new
animated "Spider-Man" series with the CGI animation gurus at Mainframe
Entertainment. The first season of the series began airing o...
"X2: X-Men
United" explodes into video stores On November 25th. You can preview clips
for the two disc set right now:
Clip
name
A look
at X2's special effects
Real
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The post-Halloween horror doldrums are still keeping the release of new terror titles to a minimum, but mid-November has a nicely eclectic mix of movies that should offer something for almost any fan. The cream of the video crop for the week is far remov...
On the Big Screen!
On December 2nd, 2001, Anime on DVD presented the Boston area
DVD premier of Bandai's upcoming release of Love Hina Vol. #1 in its original
Japanese language with English subtitles. Our e...
We present this guest DVD review from James Harvey at The World's Finest Online
With the runaway success of 'Smallville', The WB was quick to come up with a Batman spin-off, 'Birds of Prey'. After a highly successful premiere, the series quickly hit ...
In the Prize Closet this week we have FIVE copies of Clerks 2 (plus a t-shirt with each one) to give away, courtesy of Weinstein. To enter, send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info which includes your name and address, and the subject line “RETU...
Typically, hentai has been misrepresented in the West as violent and darkly fatalistic
fantasy, but softer, more romantic fare is slowly starting to be released domestically.
Of these new titles, Koihime adds just enough heart, a ...
Fox Home Entertainment has announced the DVD rollout date for their latest summer hit, THE SIMPSONS MOVIE, which hits International markets for DVD & Blu-Ray on December 3, 2007 and North American markets on December 18, 2007. The long awaited ad...
Sony wants you to know: HD for girls, too! Yep, in a recent series of ads, Sony is trying to hawk its line of admittedly very nice Bravia HD televisions by telling us that these TVs were made for both men and women to enjoy. That’s good news for ...
Last night my lovely wife suggested we convert an entire wall in our living room into shelves for DVD storage.SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKThis week, our spotlight falls like a deep dish pizza on one of the most satisfying theatrical releases of the year, paired ...
Readers with sharp memories may recall that last week I prominently featured two DVD releases also available in special editions that none of you were able to find for sale. Well, turns out that the deluxe editions of those long-awaited titles have been d...
VIDEO NEWSHELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER, which reunites stars Doug Bradley and Ashley Laurence from the first film in the series, will hit video stores this October. But FANGORIA.COM recently reported that a sequel to that sequel is already in the works. Apparen...
The format war between the two competing formats of high definition video software, HD DVD and Blu-Ray, is in full swing. Both formats have their first generation players out along with several discs. The two camps, Blu-Ray, backed by Sony, and HD DVD, ...
George Lucas is one of the world's most controversial filmmakers. Oh, it's not that the subject matter of his films pushes the boundaries of social tastes or challenges our way of life the last time he did that was with his first film THX-1138 (released ...
Nothing lasts forever. In my younger days as an avid comic-book collector, I eventually had to face the fact that despite every effort to keep them in a protected, hazard-free environment, pulp paper periodicals were a fragile medium at best and would ine...
VIDEO NEWSThe Fangoria website recently put an end to any ongoing belief in the luck of the Irish, with their announcement that Trimark Pictures has begun casting on LEPRECHAUN: BACK IN THE HOOD. Now, I'm sure little person, and the actor inside Gabe Bart...
The summer hit TRANSFORMERS rolled out to a stellar box office run, a stint which has Paramount/Dreamworks and the same crew (Spielberg, Bay, LaBeouf & Co.) prepping the production of the sequel which hits theaters June 26,2009. Well, the DVD rel...
FAMILY GUY, the best selling animated television series of all-time, returns to DVD in an unrated direct-to-DVD extravaganza. On September 27, 2005, Fox Home Entertainment will release Seth MacFarlane's first full-length unrated DVD feature in FAMILY GUY ...
KING KONG to be Packaged With HD DVD Drive for X-Box 360: Last week we reported that the HD DVD add-on for Microsoft's X-Box 360 would not have an HDMI output, but we have some good news about the accessory this time around. Microsoft has announced that...
Action Packed Supernatural Adventure Of A Teen Who Sees Ghosts
San Francisco, CA, November 28, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has a...
Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment presents the September 26th DVD release of "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Volume 7." The highest-budgeted anime TV series ever produced in Japan has been mastered from high-definition masters ...
Bubblegum Crisis MegaSeries includes DVD debut of Hurricane Live!, also sold individually.
SEATTLE September 22, 2000 Multimedia 2000 (www.m-2k.com) today announced the revamping of its phenomenally successful Bubblegum Crisis DVD line with the release o...
It’s nearly the end of January (already!) and despite the Bears being in the Superbowl this year, this week my attention is fixed on Friday, when once again I’ll be attending the annual B-fest 24-hour B-movie marathon. Some folks claim to l...
First season of Maria-sama ga Miteru scheduled for July 29, 2008
GRIMES, IA, April 17, 2008 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the release of the MARIA WATCHES OVER US (Maria-sama ga Miteru) ...
What They SayThe Review!Sony DVP-S7700 DVD Player
Since noone has submitted a review for this player, I guess I\'ll take a stab at it. I have been enjoying this player for 6+ months, and I\'ve tried different things with it as well. FYI, I am a sarcas...
The Review!"Tenchi Muyo in Love" is one of my favorite Anime movies; right up there with "Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer" and "Kiki's Delivery Service". I consider it to be to the regular "Tenchi Muyo" series what "First Contact" is to "Star Trek: The ...
The Review!In anticipation of AnimEigo's impending (but delayed) release of the first five volumes of the Urusei Yatsura TV series, I thought that I'd look at Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer, the second feature film, released in Japanese theatres in 198...
A deal far too good to pass up this week really needs to be mentioned here and that\'s the \"X\" series bundle below...It\'s Black Thursday!! New Right Stuf Specials are posted.
You\'ve asked for a new bundle, so here you go! X TV Hits the Spot DVD Bun...
While over the past few weeks I've been writing about bargain box sets of (most often) public domain titles, there's one way you can see a lot of these features for even less money. To be specific, for free. Sites like Veoh [http://www.veoh.com/] speciali...
FREE DVDs, kids! In celebration of Hanukah, we have 3 copies of Jet Li’s martial arts epic Fearless in our Prize Closet to give away, courtesy of Universal. To enter, send an email to DVD Shopping List which includes your name and address, ligh...
VIDEO NEWSSince it's anybody's guess when THE MATRIX sequels will actually be completed, video fans may react favorably to the upcoming MATRIX REVISITED: GOLD COLLECTOR'S EDITION. The DVD will feature even more behind-thescenes footage than the previous d...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Sweden’s new film label, Fin de Siècle Media, has released a real treasure of late 70’s Eurohorror film music – Luciano Michelini’s provocative score for L’Isola Degli Uomini...
As I’m writing this column to meet a deadline before the Academy Awards ceremony, it’s my chance to play Nostoondamus and see if I can pick the Oscar winner for Animated Feature Film. Is I pick wrong, it’ll be posted here in indelible...
Hollywood is a slaughterhouse where cool movie ideas go to die. Here are ten films that were tragically cut down before their time, simply because they were just too friggin' awesome. #10. Peter Jackson's Halo Fans of the popular video game wept tears of ...
From a press release
Warner Home Video brings the cult favorite TV-show based on the popular comic book series to DVD:
'Witchblade: The Complete Series'
Own the Collectible Seven-Disc Set Featuring all 23 Episodes, The Original TV Movie and Loads of Ne...
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A world is dyingTorn apart by a colossal war, the planet of Gaea is
in turmoil. Civilizations have been wiped out, and more are ready to fall.
But a girl could change all that. An ordinary girl, Hitomi finds herself
suddenly tra...
First season box set available for pre-order, scheduled for June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, January 30, 2008 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce a “valentine” for anime fans: An ...
Latest Releases Continue To Drive Tremendous Momentum Behind The Hottest Anime And Manga Property In North America
San Francisco, CA, May 24, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publi...
HOUSTON - ADV Films is proud to announce our latest titles to be released on
DVD, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collection 02 and Cutey Honey: Collection 1.
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collection 02 DVD
Personal differences between two of the Eva pilots sets the...
At the New York Comic Con X-Files creators Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz spoke of a DVD that would precede their new X-Files film X-Files: I Want To Believe (in theaters July 25, 2008). The DVD was to be a refresher on Agents Mulder (David Duchovny...
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Comics Continuum reports the first DVD from the X-Men: Evolution
animated series will arrive in stores next spring, before X-Men 2
reaches theaters. The Continuum talked to Marvel Studios' Craig Kyle about the
DVD, from Warner Home Video, which ...
June 7, 2001 Los Angeles, CA - TOKYOPOP® Anime today announced that it
will recall the Spring and Chaos Special Limited Edition DVD as a result of
encoding and subtitling errors. Those who have purchased the DVD are
encouraged to contact us to receive...
The fantasy drama Pan’s Labyrinth will be available in a two-disc edition DVD on this Tuesday, May 15th, from New Line Home Entertainment.
The film from writer and director Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Blade II), centers on young gi...
While the first installment in this columns new weekly format may have been a little lackluster in terms of exciting releases, things pick up a bit on this second Tuesday in August. The big news is on the Direct-to-video (DTV) front. It appears