On Saturday, September 4 the 2004HugoAwards were presented at Noreascon Four held in Boston, Massachusetts, honoring the best genre writing, artwork and entertainment released in 2003. The Best Novel Hugo went to Lois McMaster Bujold's PALADIN OF SOULS ...
Sunday, September 1st the 2002 World Con, called Con Jose, hosted the 49th annual Hugoawards. The Hugo, named after famed SF editor Hugo Gernsback, is considered the top honor in genre entertainment, especially with regards to literature. This year's awa...
KryptonSite has unveiled the winners of their 2004 KryptonSite Awards, "honoring the best in Smallville!" See what fans picked as Best Episode, Best Superman Comic Reference, Best Actor and more!
The 30th Annual Saturn Awards, 'Celebration of the Fantastic,' were held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel on Wednesday, May 5th. As the excitement built on the red carpet the key phrases from everyone about The Academy and Science Fiction in general seemed...
While best known for handing out the Hugoawards, the World Science Fiction Convention (called World Con) also gives out other prizes related to SF literature and fan culture. Here's a breakdown of some of the various non-Hugoawards given at this year's ...
At the 2004 MTV Movie Awards Saturday night, the trophy for "Breakthrough male performer" went to Shawn Ashmore for Bobby Drake/Iceman in 'X2: X-Men United.'
The MTV awards show airs on June 10 at 9 p.m. EDT.
The Italian version of the Hugos, called the Italia Awards, were named this month at the SF convention DEEPCON in Fiuggi, Italy. The winners for best Italian SF published in various formats were selected by a panel of members from the World SF Italia club...
Last Saturday the Horror Writers Association announced the winners of the 2003 Bram Stoker Awards, the genre's largest association of professionals creating dark fiction. Started in 1987, the Stokers are awarded every year, with the Association's members ...
The nominees for the 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. The Eisners are held every year at the San Diego International Comic Convention and are the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars. Simply put, these are the best of the b...
So the Grammy’s just finished up and now it’s time for the Oscars. When I was younger, I used to actually care about these awards shows. Now I wouldn’t necessarily watch them because they’ve always been way too long,...
After several slow weeks in genre literature the release schedule is finally picking back up, offering loads of fresh sci-fi, fantasy, and horror amidst the news of recent award noms and finalists.
An unfortunate truth of life is that there are a lot of ...
Cinescape Magazine has recently announced the nominees for the 30th Annual Saturn Awards.
X2: X-Men United picked up 7 nomination.
Smallville received 5 nominations.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen also picked up a nom
TOKYOPOP INC. AWARDS HASBRO MASTER TOY LICENSE FOR RAVE MASTER
Exciting Boys Action Toy Line to Revolve Around Highly Anticipated Cartoon Network Anime Series
LOS ANGELES (January 13, 2004)--TOKYOPOP Inc. has chosen a "toy master" for Rave Master--its a...
Greg Cox gives Ghost Rider its film tie-in book treatment, Kage Baker releases a collection of never-before-published The Company stories, and a handful of Anne McCaffrey classics move to the audio book realm in this week’s Book Buzz.
Hap...
Nominations Just Announced – Lady Death: The Motion Picture and Neon Genesis: Platinum Edition Nominated for Best Anime DVD of 2004
HOUSTON, March 18, 2005 – ADV Films produced two of the five nominees for “Best Anime DVD” in t...
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Trutles are nominated for three 2004 LIMA awards: Overall Best License of the Year, Best Character Brand License of the Year and Best Character Brand Licensee of the Year- Hard Goods for Playmates Toys' action figures. The
Frank Miller's Sin City, the live-action movie based on Miller's comic and from Dimension Films, caused quite a splash at the recent Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Lady Death creator Brian Pulido said that Andy Orjuela, producer/director, of AD...
OPINION: It seems that I made a mistake while writing last week's column which has led to several helpful e-mails correcting me about something I already knew. At one point, I wrote "Eventually I'll be doing a column on which comics should be made into on...
The finalist rounds are now underway in the English Track forum for voting on the best voice actor, voice actress and overall dub for 2004. Be sure to swing by and bring your vote into play!
Academy Award-winning film composer Jerry Goldsmith, the creator of hundreds of memorable movie and television scores, has died. Goldsmith passed away last evening at his Beverly Hills home after a long battle with cancer. He was 75 years old.Over the cou...
OPINION:The results are in, and it looks like I should leave the predictions game to the experts. Out of the eleven categories I made predictions about, I was only right about seven of them and at the college I teach at, 60% or thereabouts would be a D....
A screw-you-Pat amount of books came out this week with a little something for everyone: several anthologies for the SF reader, new fantasy / horror stand-alone novels and series installments, and even a widely neglected, early novel from George R.R. ...
OPINION: Just a warning if you have not seen SPIDER-MAN 2 yet (though that simply boggles the imagination at this point), and you don't want the plot spoiled, read only the next full paragraph, then come back up and click hereto be taken immediately to t...
Our Awards section has been updated as voting has closed on our July and August selections. For July, ADV Films picks up their first win since Azumanga Daioh won back in November 2004 with their July 2006 release of Princess Tutu Vol. #6. For August, FUNi...
Tokyo, November 13, 2007
"Asience: Hairy Tale," the creative challenge directed by Kazuto Nakazawa for Kao Corporation, has been awarded Gold at the 22nd London International Advertising Awards, Television/Cinema category, cel animation section. The awar...
The Visual Effects Society nominated Smallville in two categories for their 2003 Visual Effects Awards.
Smallville received nods for Outstanding Matte Painting in a Televised Program, Music Video or Commercial for the episode, "Insurgence" and Outstan...
Anime Professionals Gather for Ceremony, Gala February 24th
Norwalk, CT, November 10, 2006: The New York Comic Con today announced that it will host the first-ever American Anime Awards. The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, February 24th at...
Film Music Magazine has announced The Film & TV Music Awards, a new annual peer awards program for the film and television music industry. Nominations for the 2007 Film & TV Music Awards will begin June 1, 2007 and industry voting will take pla...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS THE MYTH is Jackie Chan's latest Hong Kong film, and an unusual departure as he plays a Qin Dynasty General in a film that mingles the epic spectacle of films like HERO with the kind of humorous kung-fu action that Chan is know...
This Week's RecommendationSOn July 15th, [IMG3R]Decca will release the soundtrack to the James Bond spoof, JOHNNY ENGLISH, with music by Edward Shearmur (CHARLIES ANGELS, REIGN OF FIRE). The film stars Roan Atkinson (everyone's favorite BEAN), John Malkov...
--- Wins Best Long Series, Best Cast, Best DVD Package Design, Best Actor and Best Anime Theme Song ---
Fort Worth, TX (March 5, 2007) - FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation and the market share leader for home vide...
It's official. Comedian Billy Crystal is returning to host the 76th Academy Awards ceremony, the eighth time that Crystal has done so. The ceremony is scheduled to be held on February 29, 2004 at the Kodak Theater in Los Angeles.The big factor in Crystal ...
--- Wins Best Long Series, Best Cast, Best DVD Package Design, Best Actor and Best Anime Theme Song ---
Fort Worth, TX (March 5, 2007) - FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation and the market share leader for home vide...
We\'ll be formalizing this section soon and indeed hoped for better pictures tonight before our camera simply decided that it wasn\'t going to work, but what are you going to do. The voting finished earlier this week for the user voted Best DVD Release fo...
New Line has followed a set schedule for Peter Jackson's epic film adaptation of Tolkein's epic fantasy novel: theatrical release in December, two-disc DVD release in August, and four-disc extended edition DVD sets in time for Christmas shopping (and prom...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSOriginal music from the legendary 1970's Japanese Samurai films series, LONE WOLF AND CUB (a.k.a. THE BABY CART SERIES) is now available from LaLaLand Records. I had the extreme pleasure to write the notes for this significant s...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS In SON OF THE MASK, composed Randy Edelman reprises his vibrantly quirky heroic theme from 1994's THE MASK, but only three tracks of score are included on the soundtrack album, released this week by Silva Screen (SILCD 1179). H...
Poul Anderson, who authored more than 100 books, died earlier this week as a result of prostate cancer.Anderson's career spanned over 50 years earning him three Nebula Awards and seven HugoAwards, and his recent GENESIS recieving the John W. Campbell Mem...
Picture a large white tent on a beach in Santa Monica, Calif. Now picture limousines pulling up to that tent, stars filing out and collecting awards. All this occurred last Saturday as the IFP/West hosted the 17TH Annual Spirit Awards, a kind of Bizarro W...
Cinescape has the full run down, straight from the horse's mouth, on the soon to be released "Angel: Season 5" DVD. We also linked to special preview clips at the end of the article. In this must-see final season, Angel - cursed with a conscience and a so...
Awww yeea it’s Tuesday everyone and Thanksgiving is right around the corner! Unfortunately we don’t have an extensive list of new releases hitting the shelves this week but there are still a couple of choice morsels coming out on hardcover ...
In the year of the Shadow War – also known as the third season - BABYLON 5 became something greater. While the first season had a whole load of teething problems to deal with and the second season had the surprise of a new lead actor to contend with, the ...
Winners to Be Honored At NY City Gala February 24
Norwalk, CT, February 8, 2007 " The New York Comic Con today announced finalists for the inaugural American Anime Awards. Over 43,000 fans cast their vote for the hottest manga and anime in North Americ...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSAmong the plaudits that composer/sound designer Tim Larkin has received for his recent soundtrack music on Cyan’s new video game, URU: Ages Beyond MYST (sequel to the popular MYST game) was a nomination for the "Excellence in Au...
Live Webcast Brings the First-Ever Awards Program to the Internet
Norwalk, CT, February 21, 2007: Over 43,000 fans cast their vote for the hottest anime and manga in the first-ever American Anime Awards, and the winners will be announced this Saturday a...
Universal Pictures has announced a definitive start to filming for Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG. The film will start shooting this month in New Zealand for a worldwide theatrical release on December 14, 2005.The movie studio issued a press release ...
The 57th Annual Emmy awards were held last night at the Shrine Auditorium and genre shows reaped many of the honors. ABC's LOST won for best drama series. The network led all broadcast networks with 16 Emmys overall. In addition to best drama, serie...
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...
CRONOS by Robert Silverberg is three novels in one, spanning the career of a man who has won more Nebula and Hugoawards than any other writer. All three novels deal with Silverberg's admitted obsession with time travel.The first story (and the most rece...
The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, February 5th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and aired the same night on TNT. The words on the red carpet that kept radiating were... "It's a thrill and an honor to be nominated by ...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSBy far the most impressive soundtrack release of the week – if not the season – is Decca’s Nov 2nd release of Jan A.P. Kaczmarek’s score for Marc Forster’s imaginative fictional retelling of the creation of Peter Pan, FINDING NE...
In the light of the events of the past year, watching the BABYLON 5: SEASON TWO boxed set is just a tad bit creepy. In the midst of the build-up both to the Narn-Centauri War that breaks out this season and the Shadow War which will soon follow, there's a...
Finalists for the 2004 Imagen Awards were announced today by the Imagen Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1985 to encourage and recognize the positive portrayal of Latinos in all media, and to increase Latino representation at all levels of...
Happy Hanukkah to those so inclined, and a Merry Christmas to everyone else! (Yes, I know that Christmas isn't until next Saturday, but we're doing something different for the last two weeks of 2004, so I've got to get the holiday wishes out of the way no...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Despite being a huge fan and collector of Asian action films for many years, I was totally unprepared for the zany incredulosity that is KUNG FU HUSTLE. An absolutely mind-boggling mix of action and comedy, kung-fu and wire-fu ...
Hello again! I hope you enjoyed Kurt Amacker's guest column as much as I did especially since it gave me a much needed break from the ordeal of coming up with tacky jokes about even tackier comics! For the last three columns of 2004, I'm going to be aski...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATION
England’s Tadlow Music has released a splendid new recording – and world premiere of the complete score – of Miklós Rózsa’s elegant music to Billy Wilder’s ...
I saw the new Paramount-Nickelodeon co-production CLOCKSTOPPERS with a theater full of kids, and they absolutely loved it. The high tech visual effects, the fun premise, the modern (yet non-abrasive) music, the heroic and likable young leads... it all add...
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...
Wow, the big day is only three days off, isn't it? And here I am with none of my presents bought yet. (Of course, my idea of a present is an on-line gift certificate from Amazon.com, so Christmas shopping is never all that arduous. Besides, it's the thoug...
Rachel Belofsky, founder and festival director of SCREAMFEST Horror Film Festival and partner Stan Winston announce its 2005 selected films. The ten day festival running October 14 October 23, 2005 will include sixteen independent feature films, twenty-s...
Check out this picture from the 2004 MTV Movie Awards with Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst and Ellen DeGeneres in the Spidey suit. The awards were held Saturday night, June 5, 2004, in Culver City, California. The show will air on Thursday, June 10.
After five seasons of heart-wrenching, cathartic drama, THE WIRE has finally come to an end. “-30-,“ the 93-minute finale, rounded out the HBO original series last night in true Dickensian style and, for one last time, proved that a television...
Neil Gaiman, who took home the Best Novel Hugo last night for his book AMERICAN GODS, was beaming with joy while accepting the honor. "When I was 14 there were three things that I wanted," explained Gaiman. "I wanted heat vision. I wanted to work up the n...
Long known as one of the more respectable labels releasing old school kung fu titles on US DVD, Crash Cinema has spent the past year making an effort to expand their scope. For the first release in a planned "Euro Thriller Collection", this film starring ...
Howard Shore's score for THE LORD OF THE RINGS took home two awards Saturday in Ghent, Belgium at the end of the Flanders International Film Festival.The World Soundtrack Awards were for original soundtrack of the year and for the online vote based public...
The 13th ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA AWARDS was held again this year at the Ebell Theatre of Los Angeles. These awards are a salute to the Hollywood community and recognizes film, music and television productions that increase public awareness of environme...
Leading Industry Experts Speak on the U.S. Anime/Manga Industries and the Announcement of the SPJA Award Finalists
Anaheim, California (March 18, 2008) ‹ The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the overseeing body of the nation's lar...
The last two months here in Tinsletown have been absolutely crazy. Award Show after Award Show...premiere after premiere. This next week Cinescape will catch you up on some of the events that have been happening. First up is the 10th Annual Screen Actors ...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the pack is George Lucas' genre epic "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" with 10 nominations. "Batman Begins" fol...
`They say there`s no devil, Jim, but there is, right out of hell -- I saw it,` Commodore Matt Decker told Captain James T. Kirk in the classic episode `The Doomsday Machine.` The titular devil, a massive weapon that powered itself by destroying planets, w...
What They SayBrought to you by Satoshi Urushihara, the king of sexy anime. His animations \"Plastic Little\" and \"Legend of Lemnear\" and his comic \"Chirality\" were all runaway hits in the U.S! His \"Growlanser\" video game was released in the U.S. D...
Latest From "The New Miyazaki"
HOUSTON, June 22, 2007 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to announce it has acquired the exclusive theatrical, home video, and broadcast rights in North America to 5 Centi...
Azumanga Daioh, Kaleido Star and Neon Genesis Evangelion Win Awards!
HOUSTON, October 18, 2004 – AnimeOnDVD.com has announced the first results of the top anime website's new monthly awards honoring the Best DVD Release Of The Month. The recipient...
To those familiar with William Gibson’s work, Neuromancer is one of SF’s most definitive masterpieces and a foundational stone of the cyperpunk subgenre. To those who’ve never even heard of the triple crown award-winning author (Hugo,...
Another January has barged in upon our complacent consciousness, and that means it's time to take stock of the previous year's harvest of film scores. After a healthy twelve month's worth of listening and watching and reviewing here are my selections fo...
OPINION: Before getting onto the topic of this week's column, I'd like to thank everyone who wrote in expressing their condolences on the death of my cat and who gave me their vote of confidence regarding the way I handled the mean-spirited e-mail from a ...
Manas Sergio Vallin, Conjunto Primaveras Tony Melendez and the LA-based band Ozomatli are scheduled to perform in honor of Carlos Santana when the songwriter/artist is honored as an Icon by performing rights organization BMI. The presentation and performa...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSEdward Shearmur’s score for Kerry Conran’s delightfully retro SKY CAPTAIN AND THE WORLD OF TOMORROW, released this week on Sony Classical SK 92932, conveys the sound and feel of Hollywood’s golden-age composers, although most co...
Cypress, CA (July 19, 2004) - North American Gundam fans can rejoice, Bandai Entertainment, the premier distributor of Japanese animation in North America, will be joining with Otakon 2004 in screening the upcoming film, Mobile Suit Gundam F91 by famed di...
The Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony was held Monday, October 20th at Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Awards were chosen by voting online at the Yahoo Movies and Entertainment Tonight websites. And the winners are:The Hollywood Actor of the Year...
Recently FOX held the 2003 Teen Choice Awards at the Universal Amphitheater. For the first time, fans ranging from their teens into their 60's had on-line access, (through AOL and Teen People), to vote and have a say in production elements of the show. Th...
The staff and reviewers here have put together an interesting project over the last two months or so and have unleashed it onto the manga forums here today with the 2005 Manga Awards. Similar to the Best DVD release awards, this is where you the reader ge...
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...
And you thought you could only buy anime from the usual suspects.
They say that lightning doesn't strike twice but then they've never met The Crash Media Group's boys in black! The men behind the house that anime built, Anime Crash, are back with a veng...
Lots of huge celebs walk the MTV Movie Awards red carpet, but this year the biggest stars of the summer are — literally — going to roll on down: the Transformers. Director Michael Bay's big-screen adaptation of one of the most popular cartoons ever will g...
Ellen DeGeneres to host 79th Annual Academy AwardsEllen DeGeneres has accepted an offer to host the 79th Annual Academy Awards on February 25, 2007. It will be her first time hosting the event.Laura Ziskin, who is producing this year's ceremonies, said T...
As part of our recent tradition, we work every year with Planet Anime to bring the Japanese import calendars to the readership here. This year is no exception, as we got the details from Alex tonight:Pre Order 2004 Calendars at Planet Anime Now and Save!T...
Science fiction writer Charles Sheffield is often pointed to as one of the authors responsible for the much-acclaimed '90s renaissance of hard science fiction. With 25 years of experience, and both the Hugo and Nebula awards under his belt, he's also a ma...
As the father of the contemporary horror novel, Richard Matheson has won several writing awards including the Hugo. However, the best indicator as to the influence he has had as a genre fiction writer is what his fellow authors have said about him.Stephen...
From a new fantasy series opener by renowned horror author Douglas Clegg to a De Haven Superman novel and a comprehensive behind-the-scenes tome on the beloved Dune series, this Tuesday brings some red-hot goodies that are sure to burn through the shelves...
Literary works from a handful of star-studded authors grace the shelves today along with a bitchin' new comprehensive Marvel guide in this week's buzz of science fiction, fantasy, and horror bookstuffs. Tor Books dominates this week's releases with a bit ...
Too frequently in Hollywood, giving respect to the written word is a constant battle. The writer demands it. The producer withholds it. And now, Harlan Ellison, one of our best contemporary writers, has got it. After a long, tumultuous history of encounte...
OSCAR-WINNING FANTASY SHORT TOOK A CHANCE ON MUSICChance Thomas, the award-winning composer most widely known for his innovative work in interactive games, created the music for "The Chubbchubbs" which has won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Fil...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
From the sublime to the rotund, we look at a quartet of song and score soundtracks for recent films – from Disney’s wondrously magical Bridge to Terabithia to the comic antics of Eddie Murphy in Nor...
Internationally renowned composer and producer Jack Wall delivers his latest spellbinding game soundtrack for Myst® IV: Revelation. Having received the 2002 Soundtrack of the Year Award from the readers of Game Industry News and a nomination by the Academ...
It was a hot and sunny day at The Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles as I took my place in one of the photographer pens on the red carpet. Fans were in bleachers and screamed for their favorite television stars as they walked down the red carpet to...
Featuring A Reader's Choice Vote And Exciting Contest In Partnership With MYX!
San Francisco, CA, January 24, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensi...
Welcome to the second half of COMICSCAPE's last official love fest of 2004, the Ten Worst Titles of the Year! By the way, if two of the entries on this week's list make you think you're experiencing déjà vu (or the aftereffects of too much eggnog), don't ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSJoe Hisaishi's sumptuous score for Hiyao Miyazaki latest anime treasure, HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE, has been released in Japan on the Takuma label (TKCA-72620). Like the acclaimed director's previous Oscar-winning film, SPIRITED AWAY...
Last week sci-fi author Octavia Butler passed away. She was one of very few African-American women in the field.Butler was born in Pasadena, California. Her father, a shoeshiner, died when she was young; her mother, also named Octavia, raised her in a str...
OTAKON 2004 Presents
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Live in USA
When: July 31, 2004 (Saturday) show 5PM
Where: 1st Mariner Arena, 201 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
By Lauren Goodnight and Karyn Waller
After many months of rumors and speculation it was wit...
Genre TV shows have always had trouble winning the big awards, not to mention mere nominations, at the Emmys, so it`s a pleasant surprise to see some of the newest as well as some of the most recognizable names in sci-fi and fantasy television get nominat...
There was once an era, decades ago, when science fiction television shows were not popular and had little or no legitimacy--an era when the genre was looked down upon by the mainstream media and within Hollywood. In today’s climate of a thousand channels,...
Ask anyone who knows me a little bit, and they'll tell you that in the fall I live and breathe College Football. Besides being able to sit through 12-13 hours of it on a Saturday, I also watch the Thursday night games, read all of the ESPN and Fox Sports ...
Okay. We've got the winners for the 2002 MTV Movie awards for you, out loyal readers, again. The awards were given Saturday night, and we had them for you Monday, but not everyone wants to ruin the experience of that awards show by knowing the winners. So...
Finally, an awards show in which the participants cannot possibly rationalize a dance number.The Visual Effects Society has announced it will begin the first annual VES Awards next February, which will honor achievements in... well, special effects. That ...
Warner Brothers` THE IRON GIANT won during the 27th Annual Annie Awards ceremonies held at the Alex Theater in Glendale, California. In a ceremony on Saturday, November 7, 1999, this animated feature won nine awards including the coveted Outstanding Achie...
The 12th Annual Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards ceremony was held Friday night during the San Diego Comic-Con 2000 Convention. The awards are named after comics legend Eisner, creator of The Spirit. Considered by many to be the `Oscars` of the comic bo...
Fort Worth, TX (July 22, 2004) FUNimation Productions, Ltd., the foremost of producer and distributor of anime in North America has many planned events at Otakon 2004 that won't cost you an arm and a leg.
We have many activities in store at the FUNimati...
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 ...
THE 19TH GENESIS AWARDS which are presented by The Humane Society of The United States Hollywood Office recently held their awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.THE GENESIS AWARDS are the only awards show of its kind, which hono...
This year's Kerrang! Awards, an annual event presented by the long-running British music publication, have been announced. Seven of the Awards are voted for by the readers of Kerrang! Magazine and users of Kerrang.com (voting closes on the 22nd August); t...
Yesterday, five popular science fiction television series filmed in Canada were nominated in nine categories for Gemini Awards, the country`s version of `Emmy Awards,` recognizing the best of Canadian television in 74 categories. STARGATE SG-1 and THE OUT...
Here's a hilarious video from the MTV Movie Awards. Sarah Silverman is stuck for a presenter when she meets a certain transforming truck in the studio back alley.
Watch it!
About a month back I ranted about the Emmy Awards. The fact is, the entertainment industry always treats animation as a red-headed stepchild. This is in spite of the fact that half the top ten box office films, as well as the longest running sitcom, are a...
There's a new email available on the SectorSeven.org website which can be accessed with the password NBETWO. The message alludes to actor Hugo Weaving (Lord of the Rings, The Matrix) being cast as the voice of the evil Decepticon leader Megatron in this s...
Batman has beaten Superman and the X-Men by claiming 10 nominations for the inaugural Scream Awards. 'Batman Begins' picked up nods for The Ultimate Scream, Best Fantasy Movie and Most Heroic Performance when the nominations for the October honors were an...
A couple of comic book characters took home honors in the MTV Movie Awards. The show airs June 8th on MTV.
BEST HERO - Christian Bale - 'Batman Begins'
SEXIEST PERFORMANCE - Jessica Alba - 'Sin City'
The neo-noir look and stylized visuals found in ads for Dimension Films' "Sin City" proved irresistible to movie marketers, who showered the film with four big wins during The Hollywood Reporter's 35th annual Key Art Awards honoring excellence in film adv...
Both Brandon Routh and Tom Welling are scheduled to appear at this year's Teen Choice Awards which will air on Fox at 8pm on Sunday, August 20th.
'Superman Returns' nominations:
Choice Movie - Action Adventure: 'Superman Returns'
Movies - Choice Sl...
On January 21st at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its 60th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. CINESCAPE has already announced the winners ( click here to see them again ), but now we'd like to gi...
CINESCAPE and The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced today the nominees for the 2003 Saturn Awards ceremony. What follows is a complete list of the Face of the Future nominees, an award that will be decided by fans who log onto...
The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards aired live on TNT Sunday, March 9, 2003, and CINESCAPE's roving lens was on hand to catch all of the excitement. And exciting it was as star after star sauntered down the red carpet and into the entrance of the Sh...
We're back with the final batch of photos from last week's 29th Annual Saturn Awards. If you missed the first two rounds of photos, you can catch up by clicking here for day one and here for day two.See you again at next year's Saturns!
Spider-Man 2 won the Popular Movie Award at the Critics Choice Awards on Monday in Los Angeles
X2 returns to Cinemax in March
Elektra star Jennifer Garner will appear on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Wednesday night
CINESCAPE and The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced today the nominees for the 2003 Saturn Awards ceremony. What follows is a complete list of the DVD nominations:BEST DVD RELEASEBROTHER'S KEEPER (New Line)DAGON (Lion's Gate)D...
NFL FEVER has been an afterthought for most gamers since the series debut for the 2002 season. In a world dominated by MADDEN and Sega's 2K series, most Xbox gamers tend to overlook NFL FEVER. Well, it's probably for the best as FEVER really hasn't been a...
Big screen documentary SPACE STATION 3-D took home a trio of awards for production company IMAX during the 25th Giant Screen Theater Association confab last week, VARIETY reports. SPACE STATION 3-D, shot on location in the U.S. space shuttle and the Inter...
VARIETY reports that TNN will broadcast the VIDEO GAME AWARDS in a two-hour format sometime late in 2003.The show will be a first for the network and for the video-gaming industry. The article notes the sector grossed $9.4 billion in 2001 and is predicted...
On January 21st at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its 60th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. CINESCAPE has already announced the winners ( click here to see them again ), but now we'd like to gi...
On January 21st at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., the Hollywood Foreign Press Association held its 60th Golden Globe Awards ceremony. CINESCAPE has already announced the winners ( click here to see them again ), but now we'd like to gi...
This Labor Day weekend saw the Hugo Award ceremony taking place at the World Science Fiction Convention that was held in Phadelphia. Here are the winners for works from 2000:Best NovelHARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE by J.K. RowlingBest Novella"The Ult...
START THE NEW YEAR WITH AMERICA'S #1 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ANIME AND MANGA
MONTHLY!
HOUSTON, December 22, 2003-Today Newtype USA, the leading anime and manga
publication in the English-speaking world, opened up the January 2004 issue
for a look at what's ins...
The nomination period ends today for those you want to see eligible for the March ADR Awards so if there are performances you want to see included, be sure to get them added!
The AnimeOnDVD ADR Awards has finished out for the month of March and it\'s a clean sweep for ADV Films as their release of Kanon Vol. #3 has grabbed best actor, best actress and best dub overall for the month.
Forum Buzz
By da Original S Man
6/9/04 Edition
From the desk of da Original S Man:
Yes, yes.. I know. You're in shock. Gonna be a long week at this rate.
Important News
System Update: 4 Line .sig limit
Simple reminder. No more than 4 lines to...
With the January awards out of the way, we wanted to draw folks into participating more in the process. Information on the Anime Dub Recognition Awards has been updated and the February Nominations have begun.
The polling has finished out this morning and choosing from among the top twelve discs of last year in a final round, Geneon Entertainment\'s release of ROD The TV Vol. #1 in June has taken home the prize as the Best DVD Release of 2004 as voted on by rea...
The catch-up phase has finished out and we\'ve got three new winners added to our Best DVD Awards section. In April, Bandai Entertainment scored with their release of Eureka Seven Vol. #1. Geneon managed to score in both the May and June awards with Ganku...
Even facing a good deal of strong competition, the September 2006 release of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Vol. #7 blew everything else away and took the top spot in our Best DVD Release Awards.
It isn't easy to keep making a sports title that people will buy every year, especially gamers who have bought the previous version of the game released the year before. But somehow, EA Sports keeps making enough improvements to its MADDEN series for game...
The ADR Awards program is continuing on today and it's a bit of a catch-up round as the winners for the best dub overall, the best male performance and the best female performance has been awarded for the months of April 2008 and May 2008. Not unexpectedl...
The nominations for this year's MTV Movie Awards, airing Thursday, June 10 at 9 p.m. ET, are in and 'X2: X-Men United' has picked up four nods:
'X2: X-Men United' is nominated for "Best Movie."
Hugh Jackman and Kelly Hu received a nom for their work...
The WB network has officially announced their 2004-2005 Primetime schedule at Madison Square Garden. Click to read the complete wrap-up including "Smallville" and "Global Frequency" which is based on the comics series created by Warren Ellis.
Check out these pictures of the Marvel presence at the 2004 licensing show. You'll see teaser posters for 'Elektra', 'Fantastic Four,' 'Iron Man' and 'Spider-Man 3', although all are based on pre-existing artwork and do not show you anything new about the...
'Batman Begin's' Christian Bale top's EW's Must List 2004. Why? "Because -- all together now! -- he's Batman. That, and a hell of an actor. The Wales native went from losing 63 pounds to play a haunted insomniac factory worker (in Brad Anderson's forthcom...
In July, with close competition from most notably ADV's Welcome to the NHK nearly upsetting it, Bang Zoom! sweeps all awards with the popular dub for Lucky Star. It is the second sweep this year, after Kanon from ADV's Amusement Park Media studio in March...
Fans who worried
that DC Comics' only response to Spider-Man would be "Wonder
Twins" can rest a bit easier today. Both Variety
and The Hollywood Reporter
confirmed recent reports that the block-buster crossover pic Batman Vs.
Superman is,...
Variety reports that 'Transformers' and Industrial Light & Magic were the big winners last night at the sixth annual Visual Effects Society awards
The Autobots raked in four awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion ...
Tons of comic-inspired fare up for awards in the 30th annual Saturn competition:
Best Sci-Fi Film: Hulk & X-2
Best Actress: Jennifer Connelly (Hulk)
Director: Bryan Singer (X2: X-Men United)
Writing: Daniel Harris, Michael Dougherty (X2: X-Men Unite...
Tom Welling, Kristen Kreuk ('Smallville') and Jennifer Garner ('Alias', 'Daredevil', and 'Elektra') are among the nominees for this years Teen Choice Awards which airs this Wednesday on FOX.
In Marvel's telephone conference call about their Quarter 2 results, the company mentioned that you can expect to start seeing 'Spider-Man 2' movie toys in the 1st Quarter of 2004 (January, February or March).
Last week the WB network announced it's 2004-2005 Fall line-up and both Tom Welling and Michael Rosenbaum were in attendance. Check out some pictures from both the WB presentation and After-Party by clicking on the link (more will be added soon).
The 2008 MTV Movies Awards ran last night congratulating movie accomplishments like no other awards show does.
'Transformers' took home the grand prize with the Best Movie award
'Iron Man' took home an preemptive honer for Best Summer Movie So Far.
&nb...
Held July 2-5 in Anaheim, CA
Cypress, CA (June 29, 2004) ?Bandai Entertainment, the premiere distributor of Japanese animation in North America and major sponsor for this year's Anime Expo, is set to turn up the summer heat with new product launches and...
The nomination period has closed and the voting period is now open for the AnimeOnDVD ADR Awards for June 2007. There\'s quite a good bit of variety to the candidates this month that you can vote for (no registration required to vote, only to comment).
The September voting has closed out as of last night and the winners have been announced in the AnimeOnDVD ADR Awards. This months winners are fairly diverse as Ergo Proxy Vol. #6 took the best dub overall award, Crispin Freeman scored again as Kyon from ...
The February 2008 AnimeOnDVD ADR Awards has been finalized and the winners announced with commentary from the participants today. Congratulations to all who picked up the nods this month and be sure to participate in the March 2008 nominations which are l...
The Fan Who Liked to Watch Anime
This is the fan who liked to watch anime
This is the site
Read by the fan who liked to watch anime
This is the review
That went on the site
Read by the fan who liked to watch anime
This is the column
That wrote the rev...
20th Century Fox has confirmed that the following people from their forthcoming 'Fantastic Four' adaptation will be at the 2004 San Diego Comicon: Ioan Gruffudd (Mr. Fantastic), Michael Chiklis (The Thing), Jessica Alba (Invisible Woman), Tim Story (Direc...