Comic book legend Neil Gaiman (SANDMAN, the novel AMERICAN GODS), has filed a lawsuit against comic legend Todd McFarlane (SPAWN, founder of Image Comics).The suit, according to what Gaiman's spokesperson told SciFi Wire, centers on Image Comic's unauthor...
What They SayLegend has it that the world of ours is really three worlds: the world of humans, the world of Man-Beasts (the Jyuinkai), and the nightmare world of the Monster Demons (the Makai) who take on earthly forms to pour their mighty energies into t...
What They SayThe Great Space Show of 4701 is about to begin! With less than two months until Moad's destruction, Ahab and his crew are still without Dew, without a plan and without so much as a hope for survival. To make matters worse, the Federation has...
SAN JOSE, CA - June, 2008 - DrMaster Publications announces the impending release of Lunar Legend Tsukihime volume 6. With much anticipation, the sixth installment of the popular horror action series by Sasakishonen and TYPE-MOON will be released in Febru...
What They SayOn its last breath, a dying planet cries for independence. In an underground base, hidden deep within a labyrinth of tunnels, Ahab and his crew meet with Lucky\'s brother Shiro, the leader of the Moad Civilian Movement. When a celebration is ...
What They SayFrom a sea of stars to a sea of sand, Ahab\'s journey knows no bounds!
As Ahab and his crew finally arrive on Planet Moad, Lucky\'s home planet, they are greeted by none other than Moby Dick himself. Facing off with his old adversary, Ahab i...
In part one of CINESCAPE's BABYLON 5: THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS coverage, readers were introduced to the concept and characters for the made-for-TV movie. This installment explores the film's special effects, its long-term plans and the effects of those p...
What They SayThe Review!I want to start this review by saying that this is a hentai (adult) title, and as such it is definitely not recommended for viewers under the age of 18.
This is a very interesting region 2 title in that the producers of the DVD ac...
BABYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski must still be reeling from the out-of-the-gate cancellation of his last B5 series, CRUSADE. This new property, THE LEGEND OF THE RANGERS, is quite clearly crafted as a pilot for a new series (it even has an episode...
What They SayAccording to legend, the world consists of three dimensions – the Human World, the World of Man-Beasts and the World of Monster Demons. Every 3,000 years, the Overfiend is brought to life through the body of a human to destroy the exist...
Over the past 14 years one game series has stood the test of time on the Nintendo consoles. That series is called the Legend of Zelda. After it`s original release in 1986, there have been 5 sequels, all of which have lived up to the exceptional standard...
We all know the story of the legendary thief that steals from the rich and gives to the poor both from the stories and movies about Robin Hood. Strategy First decided to rekindle the flames of the old legend and publish a squad-based tactical strategy gam...
The Legend of Heroes trilogy has been the longest running RPG series on the PSP, for better and for worse. While each of the games standalone, where you would not need to play the previous games, they exist in the same world, unlike the Final Fantasy ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yu WataseTranslated by:Lillian Olson/Gary LeachAdapted by:What They SayHorror, Comedy and Romance Made in Heaven. Yu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shoujo (girls') fantasy smash Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious...
Majora’s Mask is the sixth installment in the infamous Zelda series for the Nintendo game systems. It has been several months since you parted ways with Navi at the end of `Ocarina of Time,` and now you set out to find your companion again. You run into ...
The Review!The obsessive quest for a whale that is not a whale.
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain
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Originally airing on Japanese television from April 1997 to May 1999, Hakugei-Legend of the Moby Dick is based v...
The Review!Can Lemnear defeat the evil villain?
::Audio::
When watching the show, I listened to the original Japanese seiyuu (voice actors). There was no English dubbed option. The talking, ambient sounds, and background music made good use of the two, ...
What They SayThe year 4699. A young adventurer on a desperate mission sets off to find Captain Ahab and his crew of outlaw whale hunters. Only Ahab can save his home planet from the most horrific beast known throughout the universe: Moby Dick. But firs...
THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: THE WIND WAKER is the most highly anticipated game of all time, with pre-orders exceeding those of even GRAND THEFT AUTO. All around the country, retailers are selling dozens of copies of the game to eager gamers who once again want t...
What They SayOne man will be reborn by the power of friendship. Another will awaken into an endless nightmare. When Ahab challenges Murato to a one-on-one cage match he soon learns that the 9-foot heavyweight space champion may be a bit out of his league...
If anime demonstrates nothing else, it shows us that old stories can always get a new treatment. Classics drive many shows, and Hakugei - Legend of the Moby Dick (hereafter simply Legend of the Moby Dick), released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios, ...
What They SayRena is trapped in a strange area, cut off from the rest of The World! No matter how she tries, she cannot contact her brother, Shugo... Meanwhile, Shugo has other things to worry about. He\'s become a wanted man and with the Cerulean Knig...
Due in large part to its commitment toward developing original programming of both an episodic and telefilm nature (FARSCAPE, DUNE, FIRESTARTER: REKINDLED), the Sci Fi Channel is providing fans of the B5 universe with a reason to smile again. Specifically...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Woo SooJung / KARATranslated by:HyeYoung ImAdapted by:J. TorresWhat They SayOnce upon a time, a selfish king summoned the montrous Bulkirin into the real world. The monster killed half of all human beings, leaving the rest hel...
Long before Tim Burton paved his revisionist path through the haunted trails of Washington Irving’s `The Legend of Sleepy Hollow,` Walt Disney and his team of animators produced their own take on the prolific author’s age-old folktale of schoolteacher Ich...
There is a strange breed of human: the Roddy McDowallophile. This creature - marked by exposure in youth to such films as PLANET OF THE APES, FRIGHT NIGHT, HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY and, maybe, a late night five star theater showing of ARNOLD - has two majo...
Sinbad is one of those characters that everyone has heard of, but who most people, if you were to ask them, couldn't really tell you much about. "Um, he's a sailor?" or "He fights skeletons that came back to life" is probably all you would get from those ...
The Review!A good idea, implemented averagely.
::Audio::
When watching the show, I listened to the original Japanese seiyuu (voice actors). The talking, ambient sounds, and background music made good use of the two, built-in, TV speakers. The English t...
What They SayThe year is 4699. A young adventurer sets off to find Captain Ahab and his crew of outlaw whale hunters. Only Ahab can save his home planet from the most horrific beast known throughout the universe-The Moby Dick.The Review!The journey to Moa...
The video game industry is maturing. Those of us who grew up with Donkey Kong, or more incredibly, Pong, might feel a little light-headed at the sheer power and wondrous tricks the new generation of game consoles have to offer. Speaking fo...
Lunar Legend Tsukihime Interview with Katsushi Sakurabi (Director) and Kaoru Ozawa (Character Designer)(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interview with Sakurabi and Ozawa. A translator assisted with the interview and the following ...
Justin Theroux (MULHOLLAND DRIVE) and Julie Delpy (BEFORE SUNSET) will star in the supernatural thriller THE LEGEND OF LUCY KEYES. The actors will play the parents of a little girl who disappears under mysterious circumstances shortly after they move into...
I fondly remember the Thanksgiving break when OCARINA OF TIME was released for the N64. I had made a scouting trip to the local 24-hour Wal-Mart SuperCenter in hopes that they would begin selling the game at midnight, and to my delight the stores was. Aro...
Fennie Yuen returns as Blue Phoenix for this sequel to SWORDSMAN, but almost everything else has changed. Cost overruns which drove the original into the red prompted producer Tsui Hark to scale back production on the sequel as much as possible and replac...
Warner Bros. has hired director Francis Lawrence to helm the long in development IAMLEGEND. The script by Mark Protosevich is an adaptation of Richard Matheson's novel.The story is set in Los Angeles after a biological war, and centers on the sole heal...
If you hang around the Internet, you undoubtedly hear a lot about Ninjas and how they waste their enemies with laser-swords, run on the ceiling, and hate pirates (and vice versa). Someone usually brings up something about the hit series, Naruto. You mig...
While at the press junket for IAMLEGEND, Ryan Rotten had a chance to talk shop with Will Smith on his "Robert Neville" character in IAMLEGEND. The film will hit theaters in a few days in both standard theaters and IMAX, giving Batman fans a ...
As the pioneer of anime in the UK, Manga has always strived to offer fans the cutting edge of Japanese animation. Now with the growth of anime into mainstream entertainment Manga are once again at the forefront of this rapidly growing industry.
THE HOME ...
The Warner Bros. production of IAMLEGEND, based on the best selling Richard Matheson novel, seems to be a high profile project for the parties involved here. So, why have we seen only two trailers for this film and little information about it compared t...
According to IESB.net, Johnny Depp is not in the upcoming Warner Bros. film IAMLEGEND.IESB writes, "Remember the casting news that Johnny Depp had been cast in IAmLegend? According to our "on-set" source this rumor is pure BS, Depp never signed on and...
What They SayAs the direct descendant of a celestial maiden, Aya has been branded as an enemy of her own family?but now, she may actually be an asset! To unlock the secrets of the Celestials and gain eternal prosperity, the Mikage family enacts \"Project ...
Bryan\'s starting us off with a new UK DVD review today as he works his pile over a bit more with a look at the 09/11/2006 release of .hack//Legend of the Twilight Vol. #2 (of 3) from Beez.
The science fiction & fantasy genres may have been taking a hit these past few months but that is not the case this weekend. The latest genre film to hit the market, IAmLegend, has come in and won big for Warner Bros. The film, based on the novel by...
What They SayThe Review!FeaturesJapanese 2.0 Language,English 2.0 Language,English Subtitles,Textless Opening,Textless Ending,Limited Edition Art Box,.hack//Legend of the Twilight Soundtrack CD,Promotional card from .hack//ENEMY CCGReview Equipment
What They SayThe gift and the curse!
The ability to see the threads that bind everything and the ability to be able to destroy anything just by severing it is known as the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Shiki has this power and this curse that he must ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yu WataseTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:What They SayShoot For The Heavens. Yu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shojo (girls') fantasy smash hit Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, has turned her creati...
Thousands of years in the future, Ahab’s whaling company is about to meet its match with Moby Dick. What They SayAhab\'s deadly obsession lives!The year 4699. A young adventurer on a desperate mission sets off to find Captain Ahab and his crew of ou...
What They SayA god of unparalleled evil lurks at the edge of the Game World. This vile creature, Makuamuuge, declares a revolt against the Game World and sends his loyal and steadfast foot soldiers into the Human World to unleash his master plan. Not if ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:SasakishonenTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayTo repay for cutting her to pieces on their first encounter, Shiki sides with Arcueid in the battle between the True Ancestors and the Dead Apostles. But Shiki&...
What They SaySome days it\'s hard to get into work early, especially for Hakushiki: his strict female boss masturbates hot and heavy every morning when she thinks the office is still empty. Luckily, Hakushiki has some plans to make office time more produc...
What They SayRina is a SWAT officer who is faced with a series of bizarre murders. The victims have chunks of their flesh bitten off, and are often found eviscerated or slashed with claws. Then a new string of crimes begin, the murders are similar but the...
What They SayThe mesmerizing draw of full-moon nights combined with suspenseful tales of vampires in the human world form the centralized theme to an aesthetically pleasing, yet deeply haunting soundtrack to the anime horror series \"Lunar Legend Tsukihim...
What They SayA god of unparalleled evil lurks at the edge of the Game World. This vile creature, Makuamuuge, declares a revolt against the Game World and sends his loyal and steadfast foot soldiers into the Human World to unleash his master plan. Only by ...
What They SayFrom the creator of Sakura Wars! In a world where the dead walk, where good and evil exist as palpable forces, a darkness is stirring. The undead march against the cities of light, to capture the sacred fire that is the source of their power....
What They SayHeroes under fire!!
It\'s been 4 years since the Twilight incident shook The World, the most successful online role playing game ever created. However dramatically it changed the game, all who witnessed the event have since quit playing and m...
Brett\'s checking in this week with a look at one series not getting much word of mouth, the 04/25/2006 release of Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick Vol. #4 (of 6) from ADV Films.
It's been a bit since our last retailer kit but we got in a rather amusing one this time and one that has the potential to start a new addiction. The kit is for the twelve episode series .hack//Legend of the Twilight, the more cute and action oriented fol...
Creative Talent Writer/Artist: Yi DongEun - Yu ChungTranslated by: Ji-Eun ParkAdapted by: Jamie RichWhat They SayOnly the best can survive in the world of professional thieves, and Tublerun is the best of the best of thieves. Meanwhile, Chroma is the best...
The Review!-Synopsis-
On another world aliens have taken control of all the water and vegetation after the humans have nearly destroyed the environment. These aliens, known as the Rodoists ration out the water to the people. A group called the Hazard has ...
What They SayYusuke is a young, orphaned, high-school student who just happened to be late for class one day. Little did he know that his tardiness would consequently put him in the right place at the right time…soaking in the middle of a muddy pudd...
What They SayJourney to a world living under the shadow of evil. It is an age of darkness, of sorcery - and of heroes. As the monstrous legions of the Dark Lord spread across the land, the sole surviving warrior of a devastated village hungers for vengean...
Bryan Morton\'s checking in with us this morning as well with a look at MVM\'s 08/08/2005 release of Tsukihime, Lunar Legend Vol. #2 (of 3) to see how the UK release is working out.
Bringing another series to a close, something I always enjoy, we\'ve taken a look at Bandai\'s 09/28/2004 release of .hack//Legend of the Twilight Vol. #3 (of 3).
Due out on 10/12/2004 from Geneon Entertainment, we took in another of their early releases with the upcoming series Tsukihime, Lunar Legend Vol. #1 (of 3).
Brett\'s up a second time this week as he belts out a few singles between the collections with a look at the 01/31/2006 release of Hakugei - Legend of the Moby Disc Vol. #2 (of 6) from ADV Films.
Bryan\'s finishing out a backlog series in his collection with a look at the 10/23/2006 release of .hack//Legend of the Twilight Vol. #3 (of 3) from Beez this morning.
What They SayFrom the pen of Ryo Mizuno, comes an all new adventure set in the aftermath of the Lodoss Wars! When the fleet carrying the exiled Ashram, Pirotesse and their followers runs aground on the accursed shores of the Beast Island Of Crystania, Ash...
What They SayDuring the war-torn feudal wars in Japan, the Awa clan faced certain extinction from a rival clan backed by demonic forces.
However, a careless promise by their lord leads to both salvation and disgrace when their family dog brings back the...
Adding another content only review for an older collection, Lauren has some thoughts down on the 10/04/2005 release of the Lunar Legend Tsukihime Collection from Geneon Entertainment.
From some well placed sources, we've gotten some new information regarding
the recent information we posted about the possibility of the Legend of GalacticHeroes coming to region 1 someday.Mr.Kikukawa
and Wright Staff have read hundreds of comments from t...
The Review!Ayashi no Ceres, or Ceres: Celestial Legend as it's billed in America, is another series by Yuu Watase, the writer of the extremely well-known Fushigi Yuugi series. Love Fushigi Yuugi or hate it, Watase Yuu has written another shoujo story, and...
What They SayAya Mikage and her twin brother Aki thought they were two normal teenagers until one incredible day turned their lives around forever.
According to legend, in the village of Miho there lived a fisherman who found a beautiful feathered robe o...
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that IAMLEGEND opened strongly, with most shows sold out at IMAX® theatres during its debut weekend, contributing $3.2 million of the record-breaking $77.4 million that the film grossed at t...
April 29th marked the 27th year of the passing of one of cinema’s greatest directors ever. A man who re-invented a style on the thriller and suspense genres all his own and created new inspiration for directors of today to build off. This genius beh...
Johnny Depp has been added to the cast of IAMLEGEND. He will join Will Smith in the cast.Blackfilm.com writes, "When Will Smith was cast as the lead in the long-awaited adapted film version of Richard Matheson's IAMLEGEND, it was probably the worst k...
What They SayThe land of Crystania has been at peace for some time. But like a shallow sleep, tranquility is shattered by nightmares born of the deepest, blackest night. The seals that protect Crystania are coming undone, and the Bell of Wakening tolls on...
What They SayIt has been four years since the incident that has come to be known as the Twilight. Many of those who witnessed it no longer come to \"The World.\" It is a different place. A safer place. Shugo and his twin sister Rena are two of the newest ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer/Artist: Sasakishonen / Original Creators: Type-Moon / Tsukihime ProjectTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayA childhood accident has left young Shiki Tohno with a very special ability. He can now se...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yu WataseTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:What They SayShoot For The Heavens. Yu Watase, the immensely popular writer/artist of the shojo (girls') fantasy smash hit Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play, has turned her creati...
What They SayVampires are among us. Or are they? The lines between cryptic dreams and horrifying reality become blurred as Shiki searches for answers to an apparent murder that\'s tied into his uncanny ability to see perceived lines of death. Along the wa...
Swords and sorcery in adundance - if that doesn't hook you, then this probably isn't your cup of tea.What They SayFrom the golden pen of Ryo Mizuno, comes an all-new adventure set in the aftermath of the Lodoss Wars! Ashram, desperate to find a home for h...
What They SayThere\'s something strange about the four Ryudo brothers. Each seems to be endowed with almost superhuman abilities. But someone out there is envious.
Kamukura no Gozen, the \'old man of Kamukura\' is the richest and most powerful man in Ja...
The genius of Neil Gaiman lies in his freshness of vision, in the beauty and cleverness he coaxes out of everyday comics subjects. In Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame, Gaiman shows us what it would be like to tag along with the titular he...
What They SayFrom the creator of La Blue Girl and Demon Warrior Koji!
It’s the Age of the Overfiend, and flesh-hungry monsters rule the Earth. Immortal half-demon Amano Jyaku travels the wasteland, witness to the rape and torture of the human race....
Brett\'s checking in today as well with his inaugural review on our new server with a look at the 03/14/2006 title Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick Vol. #3 (of 6) from ADV Films.
One of the funniest things about the comedic exaggeration of ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND OF RON BURGUNDY is how lifelike it is. Yes, the styles of the '70s are an easy target and yes, they are laughable which is why simply accurately recreating them gets laugh...
THE LEGEND OF ZORRO is a sequel to 1998's THE MASK OF ZORRO, reuniting stars Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones with director Martin Campbell. As sequels go, it's not bad, and it doesn't sink as completely into the obvious trap of its mandate make...
What They SayAya and her twin brother Aki\'s destiny is set into motion by the events that happened in the Mikage home on their sixteenth birthday and their live s will never be the same again ... for something called Ceres lies in Aya\'s consciousness an...
The rumors have been thick in recent weeks that Sir Thomas Sean Connery would be returning from his retirement in order to reprise his Henry Jones Sr. character in Indiana Jones 4. If you keep up with said news, you would have found out those rumors are n...
Greetings, Maniacs. Welcome to another week of comic shopping on Thursday. I hope you didn’t break down sobbing at the counter yesterday afternoon when you tried to pick up your books. I remember one Internet journalist describi...
Latest Feature Length Animated Adventure Has World's Favorite Ninja In Training Battling A Mysterious New Threat
San Francisco, CA, July 1, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishi...
It has been a while since I’ve seen a pirating game, and even longer since I’ve actually played one. After being in development limbo for what seemed like an eternity, PIRATES: THE LEGEND OF BLACK KAT has been released for the Playstation 2. But while the...