...rasp on. Intheend, it’s a fascinating, cerebral read that never gets caught up in itself or becomes condescending.CommentsDead End offers an experience that I rarely find in manga. It’s cerebral and introspective, but never condescendin...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shohei ManabeTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:What They SayShirou saves the day! Or did his friends save him instead... Nana, a sweet girl, but not quite the ordinary, decides to jointhe crew. But her timing is hor...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shohei ManabeTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:What They SayNoppori and Pocchari are two nasty hitmen. Stitch Head is a mute and monstrous heavy on a mysterious mission. And Mr. Q is quick-tempered, foul-mouthed thug...
I can't wait for summer to be over.I guess that truly means I'm a grownup now, huh? When summer isn't about fun anymore. It's just an extra hot time of the year that makes my electric bill skyrocket and forces me to find new ways to entertain myself becau...
...pecific.' Intheend, Mills believes that allowing the story and characters to speak for themselves shouldn't be difficult, as few villains in Star Wars have proven as fascinating as the Dathomir witches. In fact, Mills himself is particularly fond of ...
...le here.)
Intheend, I think most fans will be satisfied with how well Oh My Goddess! has managed the transition to novel form. Even with the visual element almost completely removed from the equation, First End is essentially the same Oh My Goddess!...
...ens), but intheend, they were nothing to complain about, and at the very least they were consistent.
Packaging: As an individual volume this cover ranks among the better ones: the burnt red color is pleasant, while the layout with Kenshininthe for...
Gabriel Byrne may have been cast as the Devil inEND OF DAYS, but how in…er, hell…was he going to outmuscle Arnold Schwarzenegger? `I thought there was no point in trying to compete with Arnold physically,` smiles Byrne. `Have you ever seen the size of hi...
Nobuhiro Watsuki
WARNING! The last question listed at the bottom of this page contains a major Kenshin spoiler. Do not read past question number 31 if you haven\'t seen the second Kenshin OVA series
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According to the Associated Press, the makers of the hit drama Lost are in talks with ABC executives about setting an end date for the popular series."Once we figure out when that will be, a lot of the questions will go away," said Carlton Cuse,...
While talking to CINESCAPE's own Melissa J. Perenson for the May issue of the magazine, X-FILES creator/producer Chris Carter touched upon his thoughts now that he's decided to endthe show after nine years, and the work it will take to close shop.When as...
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....
For better or worse, the manga scene has gone global. Creating pocket-sized comics with big ambitions is not exclusively the domain of Japan anymore. InTheEnd, a manga put together by a collaborative duo called Pink Psycho, is a product of Germany, thou...
It must have seemed like a good idea during the pitch session: genre hybrids have yielded successful results inthe past, so why not combine supernatural horror with explosive action? After all, ALIENS, PREDATOR, and SPECIES proved that you could sell tic...
If you're a Marvel fan at all, and certainly if you still have fond memories of Peter David's superb run on theINCREDIBLE HULK comic book series from #331 in May 1987 to #467 in August 1998, you simply must pick up this astonishing one-shot, the first in...
Last Sunday saw the conclusion of THE X-FILES' formidable run after a nine-year stretch. We finally did learn The Truththough much of it proved to be a recap of the past more than new revelations inthe present. And we finally had to say goodbye to Mulder...
When we told you last week about reports from the British FINANCIAL TIMES quoting SIMPSONS creator Matt Groening as saying the show was winding down and theend was in site, what did we advise? We said the source, a British tabloid, should be seriously co...
What They SayThis is the French release.The Review!Picture quality is very grainy, especially in dark scenes. I don\'t know all the technical terms for dvd artifacts, but these 2 discs seem to have nearly every flaw inthe book. Lots of jitter, rainbows...
...remise is intheend similar to Kenshin himself. We get a history lesson of how back inthe day when Tokugawa was given Edo, he set about with the Feng Shui masters to create masterful control points of chi energy throughout the area, as it was a rich ...
For nine years, we've been promised that the truth is out there. With the conclusion of THE X-FILES' formidable run this past Sunday, we finally did learn The Truththough much of it proved to be a recap of the past more than new revelations inthe present...
...me which, intheend, becomes the musical summation of the entire trilogy.
The soundtrack album not in strict film sequence, at Zimmer’s insistence; a few cues were re-arranged to allow for a better listening flow. The CD opens with...
...ion. But intheend, it doesn't even matter, because Ren is so torn apart about Kaito leaving that he shoots himself inthe head. Wow. Word of advice: if you're going to have the guy kill himself over losing his loved one, then I better feel that un...
...presented intheend, such as what Sakyo’s up to and Koenma’s relationship with him as well as how Kuwabara’s sister deals with it. Never mind the actual destruction of the island they’re all on.
Hakusho then does one of the th...
EW.com talked with LOST executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse about the decision to endthe series in 2010.
When asked why announcing theend date was a positive Cuse noted, "I think it's a good thing because now, people who are ...
The Review!TheEnd of Evangelion, one of my favourite animes, has finally been released on DVD. Has the DVD been worth its 3 year wait? Yes, it has.
This review assumes you have seen the TV series to at least Episode 24 or Death.
Audio: For this featur...
Arnold Schwarzenegger versus the Devil? From the moment it was announced, END OF DAYS sound too preposterous to be a true project. How on earth would Mr. Terminator take on the forces of Satan? Inthe film, the actor portrays ex-cop Jericho Cane, who bare...
What They SayThe Evangelion Movie (AKA \"End of Evangelion\") contains episodes 25 and 26 (the alternate ending) of the original unedited Neon Genesis Evangelion Series intheir entirety.The Review!After three years of waiting, the final conclusion to the...
Sci Fi Channel and the producers of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA have announced the show will end after the upcoming fourth season -- 22 episodes.
Ronald Moore and David Eick said in a joint statement, "This show was always meant to have a ...
What They SayKei and Yuri [aka The Lovely Angels] are assigned to protect a computer troubleshooter. But the girls would rather spendtheir time sowing wild oats on the galaxy’s number one party planet than keeping a young nerd from getting assassin...
As utterly absurd as 2008's second-rate-Godzilla Cloverfield was, it was on to something. With the deluge of camera phones, video phones, blogs, mobile uploads and more, the idea of bystander-as-documentarian is not that altogether interesting. But the co...
The genre’s domination of the summer box office came to an end with the release of Bring It On and The Art of War this weekend. The Cell dropped to third place with $9.68-million dollars; the film’s total now stands at $33.75-million. Space Cowboys descen...
According to an Australian news paper, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will close up shop next season. THE COURIER-MAIL quoted Xander's own Nicholas Brendon as saying, "It sucks, because with how this year ended, and with what's gonna happen next year, it's gonn...
Marvel Comics on Tuesday released a preview of THEINCREDIBLE HULK: THEEND, which will arrive in stores on June 26. The 48-page one-shot, the first in an irregular feature depicting the final stories of Marvel characters, is written by Peter David, with...
The official SciFi Channel website is confirming the cancellation of FARSCAPE. In an item run only days after theindications of cancellation began swirling, the network stated: "There are no bigger fans of FARSCAPE than we here at SciFi Channel. It was o...
For those who have followed along in our rambling and somewhat detailed journey we took to upgrade our TV recently, we\'ve finished it out with some final pictures now that the base stand arrived yesterday and four hours of rewiring has been completed. Fo...
Appearing on comic book store shelves today is the first issue of MARVEL UNIVERSE: THEEND, a five-issue mini-series written/drawn by Jim Starlin (THEINFINITY WAR) and inked by Al Milgrom.Described by the publisher as a "could-be tale of the final days o...
One of the longer running standards of the anime world may be coming to an end, and you could have a direct impact on it. The folks at Right Stuf, who put out their massive catalog twice a year, are considering ending the publication of it after ten years...
Jarred\'s working through a pretty new series from TOKYOPOP that looks like it\'s one of those books that needs to be talked about more with their June release of Dead End Vol. #2 (of 4).
What They SayContinuing the Frieza Saga. UNEDITED and ORIGINAL JAPANESE VERSION (Eps 86-89)
Contains:
The Last Wish
Guru and the people of Namek have been brought back to life, and the dragon Puranga has reappeared to grant the last of three wishes. Whi...
What They SayIn a place forgotten by time, the darkest ritual of the Soldats has begun. At long last, all of the mysteries that set Mireille and Kirika on their journey have been answered. However, there is one question that has yet to be decided: who wil...
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...
Jarred\'s starting up a new manga series this morning with the March 2005 release of Dead End Vol. #1 (of 4) from TOKYOPOP. This is a title that certainly looks to be the exception to the rule of what kind of series get brought over here at the moment.
What They SayThe shocking theatrical conclusion to \'Neon Genesis Evangelion,\' was one of the most unpredictable and controversial anime series of all time. The movie\'s dramatic atmosphere is perfectly conveyed and intensified even further, thanks to ...
The time has finally come. Not particularly inthe way we wanted it to, but it's here. Early in October, for some reason that's far beyond my meager control, our petition software went belly-up. We've spent some time working on it, but it's just not coope...
The folks at Manga Entertainment are talking a bit more about theEnd of Evangelion release and the small batch of 5,000 discs out of 70,000 that were bad. You can find out the details about it and the replacement program at Anime News Network.
According to China View, several calls were publicly made at the Consumer Electronics Show this Saturday to end what will likely be a costly \"Darwinian\" process for everyone involved inthe HD-DVD/Blu-Ray format war. Surprisingly, the most vocal was Bue...
It may be that way of the somewhat cocky nature of one individual at Toshiba is right with his predictions. This is tied with news of Toshiba intending to have HD-DVD capable laptops out by theend of 2005, which is again a huge switch from the relatively...
Picking up seconds after Rose Tyler entered the TARDIS, "TheEnd of the World" greatly expands the scope of the new DOCTOR WHO by leaping to near about the year Five Billion. Though the story itself is a simple enough mystery set on a space station where...
The creator of THE OMEN is revisiting judgement day. David Seltzer and producer Gavin Polone are collaborating on a limited series for NBC chronicling the events leading to the apocalypse, as foretold inthe Book of Revelation. The series would run betwee...
Australia's gothic-metal-hybrid act Virgin Black are following up their well-received 2003 offering, Elegant...and dying, by releasing three albums simultaneously in 2006 on TheEnd Records. "The music world is rife with bold claims that deliver little," ...
The trailer for the upcoming sequel, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, is now online and you can view it below!Inthe film, we find our heroes Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley) allied with Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Ru...
With the various problems that the Region 1 release of End of Evangelion is having, it appears that Australia\'s anime clearing house Madman Entertainment has been paying attention. They\'ve slightly shifted their release back a day or two to accomodate s...
LucasArts and Sony Online Entertainment's highly anticipated MMORPG STAR WARS GALAXIES: AN EMPIRE DIVIDED will be on store shelves before theend of the month, specifically June 26. In development for over three years, gamers will finally be able to play ...
Just to bring a couple of end of year DVD tally numbers to mind for those who keep track of such things:Total releases in 2006: 767Total releases in 2005: 839Total releases in 2004: 758Total releases since 1997: 4348Check these out in more detail and othe...
The term "film noir" conjures up shady men and beautiful women who will do anything to achieve their ends. THE DEEP END has the requisite ingredients but does something odd to the mix the femme fatale here is an until-now respectable, levelheaded married...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Eiki EikiTranslated by:Douglas W. DlinAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayIt\'s been four long years and Daigo and Hirofumi have started living together. But Daigo\'s wounded heart hasn\'t fully healed and he\'s gradually becoming over...
Is theendin sight for video games? Lately, it's a question I've been asking myself as video games are becoming more and more realistic, yet less original. What happens when we get to a point in technology where we really can't go any further?W...
Victor Creed, the man once known as Sabretooth, has died, and an older and creakier Logan has decided to attendthe funeral. While there, the attorney for Creed's estate hands him a letter which leads him back to his ancestral home. But Logan has no memor...
Ronald D. Moore told the Hollywood Reporter he and co-executive producer David Eick began thinking about BATTLESTAR GALACTICA's end midway through the second season.
Moore said, "We thought, if we don't start paying this off and really ...
Here's your spoiler alert.Last chance.All right, you were warned. What would possess Marvel to entitle a book WOLVERINE: THEEND and then not have Logan die at theend? Did I miss something, or is Logan still alive inthe last panel, holding the corpse ...
I’ve been saying over the past couple of reviews that Hawkins is what keeps me coming back to Jericho every week and I still believe that’s the case, but this week’s episode seems to be building to something that could be interesting,...
...roud to joinTheEnd Records intheir quest to promote modern heavy music. A perfect home for a band like Voivod."See: www.voivoid.com and www.theendrecords.com
The Review!Overall Rating: 4.4
(on a scale of 1-5)
-Disc Ratings-
Sound: 5
Picture: 5
Menu: 5
Presentation: 4
Goodies: 5
Overall: 4.8
-Artistic Ratings-
Animation: 4
Sound: 4
Plot: 3
English Acting: 4
Music: 5
Overall: 4
Intro
Well if you look at my r...
Some of our readers posted about this email they received today from Manga Entertainment, which details information about the problematic End of Evangelion release that a good many people are having. I\'ll let the email and its information speak for itsel...
While talking to CINESCAPE's Anthony C. Ferrante about theend of THE X-FILES, writer and co-executive producer John Shiban revealed that he is writing and directing the upcoming episode titled "Underneath." He also had some rather interesting news regard...
Barrel Entertainment has just announced that they will be releasing the 1970s grindhouse classic THE LAST HOUSE ON DEAD END STREET on DVD. Known as “the most vile and disgusting film ever made,” LAST HOUSE was made in 1972 by Roger Watkins (under the pseu...
...ed Logan. InTHEEND, the writer will tell the final chapter in Logan's long life.Set sometime inthe future, Logan/Wolverine is now living in seclusion inthe wilderness and away from his X-Men comrades. When the death of someone close to him occurs, ...
...t mission intheend. The basic premise seems to be to flesh out the two girls and their relationship, which is done pretty nicely here. A good amount of attention is paid to this world, but I\'m convinced it was done just to get the Dirty Pair in a mo...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End, the third but not necessarily inthe last of the film series based on the ride at Disneyland, acquits itself well. It’s not as good as the first film, which had both the advantage of surprise and the i...
Variety reports that ABC has agreed to let the producers of LOST endthe series in 2010. The show will now wrap after the production of 48 additional episodes. The 48 will be broken up into three sets of 16-episode arcs...
Variety is reporting that the legal battle between author Clive Cussler and Philip Anschutz's Crusader Entertainment might be finally coming to an end.The author claims his script approval rights were breached while Crusader claims Cussler ruined the proj...
The sales aspect of the DVD market was dominated this week by Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, pulling more than twice as many copies as Spider-Man 3 and significantly more DVDs than Shrek the Third intheir respective first w...
What They SayHe’s Here:
Piccolo spearheads the battle against the androids! It looks like the Super Namek has things well under control until an unexpected guest arrives at the battlefield! It’s Cell!
(Episode 134)
Up to Piccolo:
Just as Cell...
Manga\'s set out a bit of PR regarding the 09/24/2002 release of theEnd of Evangelion DVD, including the technical specs and extras to be included. The letterboxed presentation will include English and Japanese 6.1 DTS-ES; English and Japanese 5.1 DD-EX;...
SyFy Portal recently caught up with screenwriter Erik Jendresen who wrote a draft for the STAR TREK feature film tentatively called THE BEGINNING. But with executive changes at Paramount, the project has been abandoned.Jendresen created "a story that woul...
E! Online's Kristin Veitch reported today that sources from ABC have told her, the network will be making an announcement declaring an end date for LOST inthe next few days. The exact number of remaining episodes and seasons is still unclear th...
What They SayUtena must face her most cunning opponent yet – the abusive ex-fiancé of her best friend Anthy. Determined to avenge her friend, Utena fights more desperately than ever before! Contains episodes 24-26The Review!The Beginning of theEnd ...
Apocalyptic visions of the future in comic book universes were once all the rage - KINGDOM COME set the tone, EARTH X kept it going...and going...and going... But the idea that we can look into the future of one of these universes to see its final end has...
What They SayWelcome to the Apocalypse...
At the dawn of the new millennium, mankind has awakened a threat unlike any faced before - The Angels. Conventional weapons are useless against them. They can only be stopped by means of the Evangelions, bio-eng...
Undoubtedly hoping that lightning can strike twice, Warner Bros. has optioned a trio of childrens books called the Eddie Dickens trilogy and tapped screenwriter Matthew Huffman to adapt the first volume, A HOUSE CALLED AWFUL END. Shades of HARRY POTTER, a...
As principal photography on 20th Century Fox's FANTASTIC FOUR winds down, we've been hearing stories about a last-minute change of plans that happened with the film -- and it's all due to another superhero movie called THEINCREDIBLES.Two sources have now...
One of 1999`s most heavily promoted, and ultimately disappointing, releases, was director Peter Hyam’s countdown-to-the-millennium thriller of Days, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The film, which finds a faithless and suicidal cop out to save a young w...
...le gotcha intheend credits is there is a spot with Doctor Breckenridge talking without you hearing any dialog. His dialog is shown on screen with Japanese characters. The English angle has hard subs to translate this, but the Japanese angle doesn't. ...
... weapon\' intheend was not what destroyed the earth - that chain of events had been set in motion long before Chise was \'recruited\' by the military. The final episode or so focuses entirely on Shuji and Chise, learning about each other all over ag...
What They SaySchool\'s almost out! But, it ain\'t over yet...
Mountains of career sheets and last-minute homework threaten to drown the girls in a wave of paper. But Sakaki has battles of her own - until a lifesaving visitor from the past appears and sav...
...with him. Intheend though, it felt rather weak when it came to how their relationship was resolved since the fates kept Takius from taking an active role in it. The best she can say is that she held her own against him and stayed true to what she bel...
...couldn't, intheend, find a package of seeds that would be durable enough to be packed. But I thought that was a very interesting idea, and it also proved to me that the company I was working with was willing to try something that was a little bit dif...
What They SayHe who overcomes will be dressed in white, and I will not take his name from the book of life, and I will give witness to his name before my Father, and before his angels. (Revelations 3:5)
Inthe deadly aftermath, the unexpected arrival of ...
...entleman. Intheend he becomes something of a magical black box capable of creating almost any effect useful to the story.
But despite all of the complaints that one can level against ROD the TV, the conclusion does include some interesting elements....
Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment presents the September 26th DVD release of "Ghost inthe 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 ...
The Review!After some good and bad times we finally come to theend of Steel Angel Kurumi. Ending a series is tricky business, and there's a lot that needs to be done. A series needs as much excitement as the rest of the series, but without closure the en...
For the moment at least. Congratulations this morning to Shawn Cox who scored a copy of Dokkoida!? in our round of instacontests over the last few days. Thanks to everyone who entered!
We\'ve wrapped up the Vandread contest and congrats go out to James Gomez for picking up all four volumes of the Second Stage series. We\'ll try to run a few more contests like this next weekend.
With the discs release this week, there\'s already close to fifty posts in this thread describing various compatability issues. The most common one seems to be the second half of the movie being completely unplayable on numerous decks, from Panasonics to ...
While avid readers are aware of the fact that fan favorites Peter David and Dale Keown are hard at work on "The Last Hulk Story" (an imagining of what the final installment inthe green goliath's comic book would entail), what they don't know is that Marv...
At least, that\'s what Discwrite is saying. The new Vista release will be setup so that it has protected areas that will do as they indicate here but also be set up to handle dealing with premium content that will be available via the HD-DVD format and th...
...into, but intheend all he can do is stare at her amidst this wide bounty of beauties before him.
From there, the series plays out pretty much as one might expect though with its own unique qualities. One of the first things that gets added is a sist...
What They SayContains the UNCUT versions of:
Episode 134: He’s Here
Piccolo spearheads the battle against the androids! It looks like the Super Namek has things well under control until an unexpected guest arrives at the battlefield! It’s Ce...
What They SayUniversal Century 0087, Seven years have past since the defeat of the Zeon army during what has now become known as the \'One Year War\'. An elite Federation military force known as the Titans are tasked with the prevention of further uprisin...
...ng wrong. Intheend it comes down to one Knightsabre versus the Boomer Goddess. Will man kind be saved and how come I get the feeling that the final episode was a good way to get our three heroines to end up nude?
The animation stays the same in this...
What They SayThe Genjyu step up their campaign of destruction as the dawn of the new millennium approaches. Tanabe is promoted to PBE supervisor, one of the most dangerous assignments in Unit 5121. If her tendencies to get caught up in bad situations don\...
... into it. Intheend, both men are competing intheir own way for Myung, which provides the central struggle that is macros – love.
The backdrop for all of this is quite a bit of fun, though ties to the original are slim until the final episode....
Danielle\'s cleaning out something a bit older this morning on the manga side with a look at the October 2007 release of the standalone book World\'s End from Digital Manga Publishing.
...haracters intheend, and none of them are glory hogs.
The villains are also quite interesting. Only maybe one villain is a bit on the two-dimensional side. The rest range from misunderstood to complex to tragic villains. Although it takes a bit into ...
... as well. Intheend it allows all of the stats to balance out. For an example, you can push your forces forward with a bonus to attack but their defences will suffer as a result. Likewise you can also change other things like magical abilities and the...
With our recent move, there haven't been a lot of contests running of manga that have been coming in that we have duplicates of. To help correct that, we want to get them rolling again with some new contests...
Voyage to the Moon World Follows the Conclusion of the 28-Volume Manga Series Presenting Original Adventures of Vagabond Swordsman
San Francisco, CA, June 14, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and co...
Congratulatins go out to Joseph Greene for scoring the last prize of the weekend. I\'ve still got more to go through and am always acquiring more contest material so there\'ll be more contests inthe future I\'m sure.
You want to know the best thing about the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy? It’s theinterest that it sparked in that historical period. Since the first movie came out there have been numerous books published about pirates and several documentaries ...
OPEN WATER, Lions Gate summer thriller about a couple accidentally left behind inthe ocean by their tour group, will arrive on home video on December 28, 2004.The DVD edition of the film will feature an audio commentary track featuring director Chris Ken...
Tonight the final episode of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER will air on UPN. The one-hour finale wraps up this year's "big bad" storyline involving The First as well as serves as a coda for the seven-year series. What does series creator/tonight's episode wri...
Telos Publishing Limited, responsible for the award winning TIME AND RELATIVE by Kim Newman and other DOCTOR WHO novellas, has lost their license to publish original fiction based on the franchise.On their website, David J. Howe said, "We are shocked and ...
OPINION: As I write this, I'm on a train to visit a friendin Atlanta, my laptop perched on a pillow on my knees, a techno version of the 60s SPIDER-MAN theme blaring in my headphones, and a huge picture of a Dalek from DOCTOR WHO staring out at me from t...
...o nothing intheend, and I thought the JLA/AVENGERS thing was just geeky silliness), but that's simply a matter of personal taste. To each his own."All of your points - too many reboots and retreads, story arcs and trade paperbacks, the glutting of th...
AICN managed to get a hold of some spanking new promo images for Disney's upcoming blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End.You can find one to the left and the rest over here.AICN does mention that there is a chance the artwork may not be fin...
...l.
Intheend, I think super-hero comics will always be the domain mainly of liberal ideals. And I believe that expecting writers of superhero comics to always have to use fictional settings, and fictional events, and fictional belief s...