The IndigoGirls – songwriter/singer/guitarists Amy Ray and Emily Saliers – have sold millions of records over the course of their nearly two-decade career, but have never lost their enthusiasm as music fans. Having contributed to a number of tribute albu...
Reprinted with permission by the author
Double Your Market
N'Sync. Britney Spears. The Backstreet Boys. What do they have that comic retailers don't? One audience and two words: girl fans.
Girls are the other half. Dainty. Mysterious. Fickle. Who needs...
Between the time I took a look at the original series and the start of this one, I have come to be very scared of Aoi and not interested at all in this show. Her single-mindedness is disturbing, and yet nothing happens anyway... And then they get to live ...
You dug the DVD giveaway contest I announced in last week's column so much that I'm going to let it simmer another week before announcing winners. Here's the details again on how to enter to win an APPLESEED DVD: Just email me your valid mailing address t...
What They SayEriko and her friends Yuma and Ayano are excited about entering high school! Their excitement leads to their breaking of the rules and they tour the school before the opening ceremony. They find out their pre-conceptions about the all-female ...
What They SayThe school\'s pool is out of commission, so Eriko and the girls have PE class at a nearby middle school. There they meet Momoka, Yuma\'s perfect and pretty little sister. Momoka decides to weave her way into the girls\' hearts, pitting Yuma a...
Part II: Dressing Up For A Blind Date With Destiny
Greetings!
His lordship Chaos here, just an all-around average teenager living an all-around average life in Tokyo. Not much happens here, save for the weekly megalomaniac trying to dominate the world ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayHigh School Girls chronicles the quirky misadventures of a group of adolescent girls navigating their way through the pitfalls of love, friendship and high schoo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayHigh School Girls chronicles the quirky misadventures of a group of adolescent girls navigating their way through the pitfalls of love, friendship and high schoo...
...de of the IndigoGirls fan club, if you know what I mean. Psst! I mean lesbian.Kurt: I thought all lesbians were just hot college chicks that get drunk and make out all the time. Was I wrong?!Teen Titans Go #29 $2.25Warlord #2 $2.99Will Eisners Spirit ...
What They SayShimotakatani arrives at Ayano\'s house to formally ask for permission to date their daughter. However, Ayano\'s mother and sister are more likely to confuse him with one of their clients than a suitor. Eriko and the girls decide to start a m...
VIZ MEDIA TO RELEASE AWARD WINNING LIVE ACTION FILM
KAMIKAZE GIRLS
Riveting film about an unlikely friendship features two noted J-Pop stars
San Francisco, CA, June 7, 2005 – VIZ Media, LLC. (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayMemories! Take a walk back in time to Kouda and Eriko's different junior high schools. We learn how each set of friends grew close together and a few of the bad-...
GENEON Entertainment and TOKYOPOP have joined forces to provide a brand spanking new contest for readers here this month. With the arrival of the Girls Bravo franchise in both DVD and manga form, we've been ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayThe school field trip! When directionally-challenged Eriko gets lost while carrying the meat for shabu-shabu, the girls form a search party to look for her... an...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayA hilariously hip account of life at an all-girl private high school. As the student body comes of age we witness their search for love, sexual controversy and t...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayIn this second volume of High School Girls, the trio and new "insider" friend Kouda deliver more all girls school growing pains. When dieting becomes a major pre...
Each volume available for a new $9.99 SRP on June 24, 2008
GRIMES, IA, March 20, 2008 - Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce all three volumes of PIANO: THE MELODY OF A YOUNG GIRL'S HEART will be...
What They SayThe girl has a mechanical body. However, she is still an adolescent child.
Officially, the Social Welfare Agency is a government sponsored corporation that's in the business of saving lives. In reality, it's an agency on the fringe of tech...
What They SayOne rainy afternoon, Yukinari, Kirie and Miharu come home to find a girl lying unconscious in the bathroom. Her name is Koyomi, a member of the Seiren Space Management Bureau. She has come to Earth in order to bring Miharu back to Seiren! The...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayHigh School Girls in Okinawa! What awaits them as they venture into the land of exotica, Japan\'s southernmost prefecture filled with mysteries old and...
What They SayYukinari, Miharu and Kirie\'s love for competition gets them into another interesting predicament! They\'re invited to a baseball game that\'s just a disguise for a full-on Girls\' Fight! They compete in a competition of both beauty and stre...
What They SayMiharu is kidnapped and confined inside the Space Management Bureau. Yukinari and the others frantically search for her. Exasperated, Fukuyama decides to use his family\'s spy satellite to find her. The satellite captures a distinct shadow...
What They SayThe girl has a mechanical body. However, she is still an adolescent child.
The grizzly murder of a fratello gets Section One involved, with an investigator sent in to get to the bottom of the "cyborg problem". As the agency scrambles to pr...
DC Comics announced that they are publishing a new graphic novel, Minx, aimed at teenage girls.Here's the press release:DC Comics is launching a new imprint called MINX, which will publish original graphic novels for teenage girls. MINX will be the ...
What They SayThe “Mix Juice” girls are zooming faster than they ever anticipated - at warp speed! Sassy Sakura, rocker Yuri, classical Himawari, and folksy Ayame ride roller coasters and time machines to get a sneak peak at an uncertain future...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by: Oshima Towa & Art by: Ohshima TomoTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayThe moron group faces the danger of breaking up as they embark on their school trip to Okinawa. Also, the groups\' own...
What They SayNikita Shindou loves the world of animation more than anything; he puts his life into it. He has never fallen for a real, living girl, until the day he meets Ren Aoi. The Review!Living the life of a young man in love with Akihabara, Nikita Sh...
What They SayThese counselors take special interest in the nasty class of 2005. Madoka goes to her counselor for advice on her classes, and the help she is given will take her to a new place of erotic heights. Watch these girls embark on a path of forbidd...
What They SayOfficially, the Social Welfare Agency is a government sponsored corporation that\'s in the business of saving lives. In reality, it\'s an agency on the fringe of technology. They give terminal patients another shot at life using cybernetic im...
Graham Joyce's latest novel is a fascinating exploration of cult-like behavior in a bizarre underworld. Yet, at times, the uneven pacing and regular anticlimaxes just don't do justice to the storyline.Dime-store shaman Tim Chambers was the center of a hep...
Creative Talent
Writer/Artist: Towa Ohshima
Translated by: Michiko Nakayama
Adapted by: Gayle Tan
What They Say
Hi girls, Odagiri here! It\'s not easy being a cute, single male teacher at all-girls high school. For Christ's sake, when are they goi...
What They SayAll his life Yukinari has been bullied and abused by girls so he naturally develops gynophobia-- a fear of women. In fact, just being around girls makes him break out in hives! Then, he mysteriously gets transported to a world without men and...
What They SayThe Social Welfare Corporation is a secret military force that has been \"saving\" orphaned girls by making them more machine than flesh. No longer children, they are assassins... and an even more frightening truth will change everything.
Co...
What They SayYukinari watches a horror film with friends, only to be interrupted by Tomoka\'s tantrum. She yells, \"I want to play a more mature and thrilling game!\" Just then, Fukuyama drops by for a visit and introduces the group to \"Cosplay Mah-Jong...
What They SayFrom director Tatsuo Sato (DIRECTOR: COMIC PARTY / ASST DIRECTOR: CASTLE IN THE SKY), with character designs by Kosuke Fujishima (OH MY GODDESS! / SAKURA WARS) and art direction by Junichi Higashi (MY DAYS WITH MIDORI / AI YORI AOSHI: ENISHI ...
Remember one thing when reading the first issue of GOTHAM GIRLS: forget continuity. Forget that Catwoman's now more of a hero than a villain, and forget that Barbara Gordon hasn't been out of her wheelchair in years. I'm sure there are things you should f...
How to rot a reviewer’s teeth in three easy steps: (1) take three 8 year-old girls, (2) stick them in marching band uniforms, (3) have them use batons to throw cosmic beams at evil chibi tigers, dolphins, and rabbits.
Creative Tal...
Magical girls and boys are beginning to appear all over the world and one of the more powerful one appears to be a cute cooking girl named Sasami… What They SaySasami has an amazing secret: magic courses through her veins! But the...
What They SayEriko and her friends finally make it to an exclusive high school and they\'re ready to make the most of it! For these girls, having fun is priority number one. Right from the start, they\'re causing trouble, meeting boys, forging friendships...
I’m closing off 2006 with a tribute to the anime genre that has been for many their first experience: magical girls (maho shoujo) who transform, use magical powers, and fight evil to save the world. And sometimes, they have an animal sidekick as...
What They SayNikita\'s life has changed ever since he met Ren. Before meeting her, he was just an ordinary Akiba-style man who had never been with a girl other than the ones on his computer screen. But now, within days, he\'s slept with several! Nikita\'s...
Beginning
January 28th, more heroes head for Burger King. Buttercup, Blossom, and Bubbles,
collectively known as the Powerpuff Girls, will be paired with
Goku, Krillin and the rest of the Dragon Ball Z crew inside Burger
King Big Kids' Meals.
The c...
What They SayComets are on a collision course with Earth?! WRONG! With impending comets threatening to destroy Earth, the \"Meteor Sweepers\" have been entrusted with the task of destroying these comets before they enter Earth\'s atmosphere. Mikaze Honjo ...
Showtime, Paramount Network Television and Win Against Breast Cancer held a premiere screening at Paramount Studios in Hollywood, CA, on October 10th for the Showtime Original Picture for all ages, WHAT GIRLS LEARN, starring ENTERPRISE's Captain Jonathan ...
Casting notices for a movie version of the indie comic 'Witch Girls' posted at the site above.
"Witch Girls is a Comic book published and distributed world Wide by Manga Graphix. Manga Graphix is currently looking to produce a 2 hour film based on the ...
March 26, 2008 (Cypress, Ca) - Bandai Entertainment Inc. announced this weekend at Anime
Boston that it has acquired the anime series Rocket Girls for distribution in North America.
Rocket Girls is 12 episode comedy adventure series about a high school gi...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mario KanedaTranslated by:Asuka YoshizuAdapted by:What They SayBoy meets girl. Boy breaks out in hives. Boy stumbles onto alien planet full of girls...
Meet Yukinari Sasaki, an average high school boy who has extreme girl-pho...
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS MOVIE is an agreeable giggle for anybody with the slightest bit of fondness for and a sense of humor about the superhero genre. It's not necessary to be familiar with the Cartoon Network animated series to follow the film for one thin...
What They SayUnder the uniforms of this girls volleyball team is ripe juicy fruit ready to be picked, and they\'re ready to get into action. Now that\'s what we call team sports!The Review!Girls Locker Room takes you into the place where the truth is reve...
Part III: Real Men Don't Wear Leotards
Greetings!
His lordship Chaos here once more. If you've been keeping up with this whole 'When Magical Girls Go Wrong' series so far...why do you have to keep encouraging the ranter to humiliate me like this?! Are ...
Humanoids Publishing has announced a new graphic album from TECHNOPRIESTS creator, Fred Beltran, due in July. METAL HURLANT PROUDLY PRESENTS: PIN-UP GIRLS FROM AROUND THE WORLD is a collection of pin-up artwork that is being released to coincide with Bel...
General audiences have long held Japanese animation in contempt. True, a few films have managed widespread appeal, such as Akira and Ghost in the Shell. But overall, when someone says, “anyone for anime?” they usually get the same contemptuous glances res...
What They SayWataru Minakami was at the top of his class in middle school and had a pretty comfy life in Tokyo. When he unexpectedly fails his only high school entrance exam because of a computer glitch, his life is suddenly thrown into utter chaos! Jeeve...
It`s a sign of the times. Billboard Magazine recently announced the best selling musical act of the year 2000 was, believe it or not, The Beatles. According to the esteemed musical trade, the Fab Four sold $80 MILLION worth of music last year, whether it ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chiaki TaroTranslated by:Danielle Sullivan and Asako OtomoAdapted by:Ailen Lujo and Matthew ScrivnerWhat They SayAll he ever hoped for was to be one step closer to becoming a priest, but Masato Kamioda gets more than he bargai...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayThings begin to heat up as Erika and her gang continue to live out the autobiographical tale of Oshima's real life high school experiences. In this volume a seem...
What They SayAs a giant comet draws ever nearer to Earth, communications are suddenly cut with the orbital defense stations. Our young friends watch powerlessly as their friend Karin who had fallen sick is taken away and their base is put under military c...
What They SayAll his life Yukinari has been bullied and abused by girls, so he naturally developed gynophobia - a fear of women. In fact, just being around girls makes him break out in hives! Then, he mysteriously gets transported to a world without men a...
What They SayWith fights over the TV, magical transformations and Fukuyama\'s amorous actions, Yukinari has more than his fair share of girl troubles. Fortunately, lucky Miharu has won the ultimate prize: a hot springs vacation for everyone! But unluckily...
What They SayThe girl has a mechanical body. However, she is still an adolescent child.
Henrietta is quickly becoming regarded as one of the most efficient assassins at the Social Welfare Agency. However, life for the other girls at the Agency is not s...
Part I: The Contractual Obligatory Mascot Bit
It was just another beautiful day in Tokyo. And I was happily walking down the street, minding my own business. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and I had just realized that for some strange reaso...
Back in 2001, SURVIVOR producer Mark Burnett's grueling Eco-Challenge event attracted the involvement of what seemed to be the unlikeliest of candidates, former Playboy centerfolds. The one-man, three-women Team Playboy X-treme competed in the Borneo Eco-...
Welcome to another edition of Book Notes. You sent in some really, really good questions...unfortunately, they were also really, really hard ones...so we don't have the answers quite yet... (Special thanks to Kathy R...I'm going to be hunting for a while ...
Faith Ford (THE STEPFORD WIVES) and Lauren Graham (GILMORE GIRLS) have joined the cast of THE PACIFIER, Vin Diesel's new action/comedy. Ford is playing the wife of a scientist that Diesel's undercover agent character is assigned to protect, along with her...
NECA has released two images of their The Girls of Sin City action figure set.The set features a new variant of Nancy. The regular retail version will be black and white. Spencer's will carry the Color Exclusive Girls of Sin City Boxed Set.The set is in s...
Budding Gainesville actress Brooke Horn will whiz off to Texas next month, where she is scheduled to begin filming as a principal in the upcoming feature 'Witch Girls Tales,' a movie based on an award-winning comic-book series.
Photo and more...
Screenwriter Marc Klein will make his directorial debut with A GIRL'S GUIDE TO HUNTING AND FISHING, based on Melissa Bank's story story collection. Klein was originally hired by Odd Lot Entertainment, a production company, to adapt two of Bank's stories f...
The new showrunner on STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE is taking the series back to its roots -- namely, drawing on ideas from THE ORIGINAL SERIES and expanding upon the rich mythology of the long-running science fiction franchise in order to develop stories for ENT...
What They SayUnlock the music within your heart!
New Year\'s has arrived, but the seasonal festivities don\'t seem to be lifting Miu\'s spirits at all. With the spring recital fast approaching, Miu is under a lot of pressure to complete her piano composi...
The initial discovery of the license of Girls Bravo came from the ICV2 site and was then followed up quickly with the release information for the first volume, which sort of petered out from there. According to the insert with the first volume of the rele...
Keeping up one on one of the more surprising high school themed series out there, Ed\'s checking in today with a look at the October 2005 release of High School Girls Vol. #5 (of 6) from DrMaster.
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Aimee Major SteinbergerTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayJoin Aimee Major Steinberger on the ultimate fangirl vacation in Japan! This rapid-fire adventure is full of everything fans dream of seeing: cosplay on the infamous...
GENEON Entertainment and TOKYOPOP have joined forces to provide a brand spanking new contest for readers here this month. With the arrival of the Girls Bravo franchise in both DVD and manga form, we've been ...
With fans in over a dozen countries, Witch-Girls have been a staple for its fans for years. Now the Publishers make its official that their world of "magic and mischief" is heading to the big screen.
Another person auditioning for a role in "Witch Girls Tales" tells a few tales of his own including information on another character appearing in the movie.
"The thing that's cool about '300' to me is that though it's a Frank Miller work, as an event in history, it's one of the seminal events," says writer/director Zack Snyder. "Everyone knows about it. I mean, any historian will tell you about Thermopylae, a...
A couple of
Gotham Girls will tangle with Dakota's favorite son in the third season of Static
Shock! according to The Comics
Continuum.
In what will
likely be the season opener, Static travels to Gotham City where he teams again
with Batman and Ro...
Newsarama
reported on Monday that the animated
web series Gotham Girls will be getting it's own comic book mini-series
this summer. The series will star Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Batgirl
(Barbara Gordon), Harley Quinn, and Gotham Police Dete...
Brooke Horn is one of the actresses auditioning for the "Witch Girls Tales" movie and the first one to do an interview. As a fan of the books we wanted to see if Brooke had what it takes to bring the character of Annabelle to life. We also wanted to know ...
TV Actress Michalina Almindo has release a press release she heading to Texas for final auditions for "Witch Girls Tales". Hopefully this will mean we'll have a cast for this "Little comic film that could". Michalina also gives the first peak into the...
anga Graphix Productions are currently developing their award winning Witch Girls Tales comic book series into a movie. Auditions were held nationwide cities and accepted by video. From all the auditions, the main young characters have been cast for the m...
What They SayFrom director Norihiko Sudoo (DIRECTOR: COMIC PARTY / ASST DIRECTOR: CASTLE IN THE SKY), with character designs by Kosuke Fujishima (OH MY GODDESS! / SAKURA WARS) and art direction by Junichi Higashi (MY DAYS WITH MIDORI / AI YORI AOSHI: ENIS...
Ed\'s got the closing volume to a series that he\'s rather enjoyed a lot in the last year with a look at the January 2006 release of High School Girls Vol. #6 (of 6) from DrMaster.
While it certainly has its eye rolling moments when it comes to believability, Rocket Girls harkens back to that era where anything is possible while pushing enough science to nudge you over the edge into it.
What They Say:
School is finally out for the...
Malcolm Harris, the mind behind "Witch Girls" and screenwriter of the upcoming movie talks about his past works, present and the future including info on a animated superhero TV series that till now has only been rumored to exist.
If you\'re looking for something that\'s flying under the radar from one of the smaller publishers and wanting to add something a bit different, you\'ll want to check out the August 2005 release of High School Girls Vol. #4 (of 5) from DrMaster that Ed Ch...
Our first review of a JapanX/Hustler Video title, we\'ve got a review of their \"High Resolution Quality\" release from 01/25/2005 of Akiba Girls, \"The Greatest XXX Anime Ever Made!!\"
What They SayThe girls of Mix Juice have risked life and limb to be the first band to perform live on the moon. Now that they've made the trip, how will they return to Earth? When Sakura, Ayame, Himawari, and Yuri get caught between mad-scientist Tsukum...
An anime series about a girl’s baseball team might cause a few persons to snicker, but don’t make the same mistake for PRINCESS NINE is good stuff. Deftly executed by director Tomomi Mochizuki, each episode manages the standard conflict that needs to be r...
What They SayOnce upon a time, there was one very unlucky young man. No job, no girlfriend, no sense of direction. But no matter how unlucky he might be, he never lost his love for animals. There\'s a special place in his heart for each and every single p...
What They SayMikaze tries at last assert herself, but the ordeals she has to go through are as tough as they are unexpected: going before a committee of inquiry, chasing a cat all over the base, rebuilding a space prototype, and above all, rebelling again...
What They SayVampires, robots, sorcery... and that\'s all before gym class! Welcome to Mahora Academy, an all-girls school where the impossible and the enchanting are a part of the curriculum. It\'s the start of the new school year and emotions run rampan...
Hello, and welcome to a short look at the first volume of Gunslinger Girl, an exciting new release by FUNimation Entertainment and dubbed by FUNimation Studios. Though it's often unwise to judge an anime based on the first volume alone, Gunslinger Girl lo...
What They SayKate, Rachel, Rose, and Claire are all students at a private school in New York. Waking up one morning, none of them can recall anything about the previous night. Their anxiety escalates when the school announces that another classmate, Lise ...
A Witch Girls fansite has posted news stating Maxim Model Seregon O'Dassey will be auditioning for the part of Evil sorceress Denora Desade in the Witch Girls movie.
I remember a time when there
was no Cartoon Network. A different time it was. Getting up early on Saturdays
was a no-brainer, a must, a reaction that occurred beyond your control.
Running home from school was a
necessity to catch the beginning of "...
They're calling it BAD GIRLS. That's the unofficial title of a new action movie set up at Paramount Pictures that will star Queen Latifah (CHICAGO) and Jada Pinkett Smith (THE MATRIX RELOADED). Things are still developing and neither actress has signed a ...
Both of our Girls Bravo contests, as generously supplied by both TOKOYPOP and Geneon Entertainment, have come to a close! The winners in the random drawing contest have been chosen and posted. The DVDs will ship relatively soon and they\'ll get the manga ...
The Battle of the Sexes leaves no battleground bloodless. This week's Comicscape column references two fairly hot topics that has set the comics fandom aflame: The cover of Heroes for Hire #13, and a certain collectable statuette of Mary Jane, Spider-Man'...
Part IV: Chaos' Fight To The Finish! Love & Justice Wins All!
Chaos: --;; "Yeah, right. Just what kind of a moron comes up with such sappy episode titles anyways?!"
Tamagoyaki: [dressed up as an SD Gundam-chan] "I don't think we should be debating that...
From a press release
Crime fighting never looked so good when Warner Home Video releases 'Birds of Prey: the Complete Series' on July 29, 2008
Warner Home Video Finally Brings Your Favorite Crime Fighting Trio to DVD
BURBANK, CA (April 2, 2008) &ndas...
What They SayMagic Knight Rayearth continues as Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, having defeated very person they were trying to rescue, Princess Emeraude, were finally able to leave Cephiro. Filled with regret, they returned to their families, and their native Toky...
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Kirsten Dunst
plays Mary Jane Watson in the upcoming Spider-Man, a character
whose flirtation with the titular su...
What They Sayt has been some time since the last battle and Tsubasa is feeling down. To take her mind off such things, she goes hiking with friends where she reveals a secret she has kept from Hikaru - her feelings for a boy!
Meanwhile, DD and Ordina pr...
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In addition to flying into a theatre near you this July 3, Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles, aka THE POWERPUFF GIRLS, will be joining the Kids WB weekday and Saturday lineups.New episodes of PPG will continue to air on the Cartoon Network, which is a WB AOL...
DC Comics has announced that its five-issue GOTHAM GIRLS mini-series will launch in August. Based in the animated Batman universe, the mini-series is written by Paul Storrie, with art by Jennifer Graves and J. Bone. GOTHAM GIRLS brings together Catwoman...
Ed Chavez is up this morning with a continuing look at a series from ComicsOne that was delayed until its release this month with his review of High School Girls Vol. #2 (of 5).
According to this press release, Viz Media has picked up the live action film Kamikaze Girls with theatrical plans for the summer and a January 2006 home video release. In addition to this, as part of their cross-product marketing strategy, early 2006 wil...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kou FumizukiTranslated by:Alethea Nibley, Athena NibleyAdapted by:What They SayWhen the beautiful Aoi stepped into Kaoru's life, he encountered all of the complications of cohabitation with none of the fun under the sheets. To...
The recently released POWERPUFF GIRLS: MEET THE BEAT-ALLS is being pulled off the market. Word has it taht the disc's supplemental software also includes a computer virus.The virus is "FunLove" and it will only affect your PC, not your DVD player. Warner ...
What They SayIs someone kidnapping your local virgins? Are mysterious entities sucking the souls out of the peasants? Do you have a sorceress infestation that just won?t go away?
Big Momma has the perfect cure, a rough and ready team of Sorcerer Hunters...
What They SayFrom Producers Shiyuuta Biwajima, Chikara Niki (DARK/LOVE DOLL/BONDAGE MANSION) with Art Direction by Eiji Utakata (SLAVE SISTERS/DARK/LOVE DOLL) comes a tale of dark desires that one college professor is about to unleash on a campus full of ...
What They SayLove is on the run as the deliciously wicked Lady Raindevila conspires to rid the world of romance and ldove. But out of the chaos springs an unlikely hero-a young schoolgirl named Momoko. Armed with a mysterious ruby ring, Momoko and her two...
What They SayComets are on a collision course with Earth! Sounds like just another bad Hollywood movie right? WRONG! With impending comets threatening to destroy Earth, and elite interceptor force known as the \'Meteor Sweepers\' are entrusted with the ta...
RED GARDEN
Kate, Rose, Claire and Rachel - four normal, high school girls with nothing much in common except that none of them can remember what happened last night. Then strange crimson butterflies lead them all to a deserted alley late at night where th...
Greetings, and welcome to another edition of "Readers Take Aim" on this week's COMICSCAPE. Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on BATMAN BEGINS, particularly those that didn't care for the film. It seems counterintuitive to welcome disag...
What They SayMiyabi, Tina, and now Taeko. These are the girls living in the Sakuraba Mansion with Kaoru and Aoi that are not Kaoru’s girlfriends! While Kaoru succeeds in remaining faithful, the misunderstandings and challenges from these girls and...
The days are getting a bit longer and the cold's breaking for longer periods. Spring's not all that far away. Get your fill of cold winter nights while you can … unless you can't wait for the chill and the dark to shove off. T...
Sneaking another single episode release into the review pile, we\'ve got a look at the 10/04/2005 release of Girls Locker Room Lust from Adult Source Media.
Hello all. Same webpage, same column name. It has occurred to me that it's rather hard to get into the nitty-gritty of anime and manga if you don't know what all these little Japanese words that otaku toss around actually mean. Thus, this column is dedic...
Yes, I know. Two weeks have passed and not a single column. I have an excuse. Trust me, it's a good one. Ok, not really a good one, its more the fact that I'm horrible when it comes to time management and schoolwork begins to interfere with freelance ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takako ShigematsuTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayBe careful what you wish for! Long ago, the king of a far-away land made too many enemies by expanding his massive harem. Punished and sealed away in...
Teen angst is back! Paramount's MEAN GIRLS clawed its way to the top of the pile this past weekend taking in an estimated $25 million bucks and making Lindsay Lohan's star just a little more brighter. The movie made its budget back ($17 M) plus more, a ni...
What They SayAcross the ocean, on the tiny island kingdom of Barou, something wakes an ancient god-Neo Ranga-from his slumber. He is drawn to Tokyo, and nothing\'s going to stop him as he searches for Minami, Ushio and Yuuhi, three beautiful sisters who a...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ken AkamatsuTranslated by:Peter David and Kathleen O'Shea DavidAdapted by:What They SayBlood Feud With A Vampire! There is a vampire stalking the night! Normally, ten-year-old teacher/magician Negi Springfield would have no pr...
What They SayMeet Chako and her friends from the Cosplay Association at East Oizuki Academy! They\'re the hottest new cosplay team in Japan... fresh from a winning streak of local battles, they\'re set to sweep the Cosplay World Series!
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What They SayThe craziness never stops when you\'re the defenders of the planet, so when a new enemy arrives it\'s just business as usual for the Sailor Scouts. Of course, that doesn\'t mean Serena and the gang can\'t TRY to live normal lives, but every t...
What They SayWhat would you do if you found yourself in a world half your size? Nothing can be more surprising for Emi and Yuko, a couple of regular middle-school girls, when they discover a whole new land at their feet. To make matters even more complica...
Taking another one down off the shelf as it finishes out its run, we\'ve got a look at Girls Bravo Vol. #6 (of 6) from Geneon Entertainment this afternoon.
Adding another new first volume to the review pile this weekend, we\'ve got a look at the 07/03/2007 release of Girls High Vol. #1 (of 3) from Media Blasters.
What They SayFans of the popular anime romance comedy Love Hina are treated to an all vocal soundtrack, as the gals of Hinata Inn take center stage with their own character-based songs. The Review!FeaturesReview Equipment
What They SayNana is a multifaceted girl, but she never dreamed that her facets would develop minds of their own! As each of the seven Nanas take turns attending school, each one uses her unique abilities to handle classes, bullies and their secret crush....
What They SayDejected and defeated, Otaru departs for Xian! Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry remain, returning to their new lives there. But they find themselves constantly reminded that they are only Marionettes, nothing more than machines.
A broken-hearte...
What better way to start off the week than by closing out a series. This time around we\'ve got a look at the 11/06/2007 release of Girl\'s High Vol. #3 (of 3) from Media Blasters.
What They SayTwelve girls with twelve wishes...twelve dreams. Deep in their hearts they all have a secret dream, and they\'ll all meet at Acropolis Tower to see if their dreams will come true.The Review!Eleven tales of girls in the constructed city of Pal...
At least according to a new article at the Daily Yomiuri in which newly elected Trulee Karahashi of the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) talks about the US market.
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 and exams are looming larger than ever. To improve their chances, the girls go through all ...
What They SayA horrible murder has been committed on the grounds of Nankai Academy. Professor Yuko, one of the school\'s most popular teachers, died when she was pushed off of the roof of one of the school\'s buildings. Her death has left her students wit...
What They SayWhen Kumi and her friends play around with a witchboard, they accidentally summon a malevolent ghost. The ghost possesses the girls, using them to steal people\'s sexual energy. Soon, Kumi is no longer acting on her own freewill and is uncons...
What They SayLife a Mahora Academy is anything but predictable, a theorem which Negi Springfield and the girls of Class 2-A seem determined to test! When a class project incurs the wrath of one of their own, what follows is a virtual, digitally-enhanced p...
What They SayLife a Mahora Academy is anything but predictable, a theorem which Negi Springfield and the girls of Class 2-A seem determined to test! When a class project incurs the wrath of one of their own, what follows is a virtual, digitally-enhanced p...
What They SaySometimes, special powers are a curse...
Mai Tokiha and her younger brother Takumi have just transferred to the Fuka Academy, where a lot of strange things have been happening lately. They learn of the existence of HiME, girls with super-na...
What They Sayn ages past, a man and a woman tasted forbidden love. Even though they could not be together, they made a vow that would transcend time. In modern day, Yuusuke, a student at the Kanenone all-boys academy, is one of the reincarnated lovers. Wh...
Ah, the politics of high school girls in an all girls catholic school…What They SayWhen Yumi Fukuzawa entered the Lillian Girls' Academy, a prestigious all-girls Catholic school in Tokyo, she never imagined she would catch the eye of beautiful and ...
Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Right Stuf, we've got a complete set of their Boys Be DVD series release to give away! We want to help start your "Black Friday" off just right so we'll be giving thi...
Yuuki’s gung-ho attitude towards confessing her love to Takizawa has Miu questioning her own feelings for Takahashi, and it is affecting her ability to play piano. Unfortunately, she has no real answers to those questions.
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For as long as she can remember, Miu has loved the piano, and her abilities are nothing short of prodigious; however, growing up can be difficult, and the turmoil she feels inside threatens to destroy that love. Can she recover it?
What They SayUnlock th...
On August 18 2004, I had the chance to take a trip to the UK office of ADV for a special interview with one of the most renowned American voice actors, Monica Rial. She has been in numerous English anime dubs in the past few years, including some of the m...
Thanks to the generosity of the folks at Right Stuf, we've got a complete set of their Boys Be DVD series release to give away! We want to help start your "Black Friday" off just right so we'll be giving thi...
Clad in a black leather jumpsuit with strategically placed slits, Kryptonian villainess Ursa (Sarah Douglas) finds more than liberation in the super powers she gains when released from the Phantom Zone in 'Superman II' (1981)...
There's a new 'Watchmen' behind-the-scenes clip online today.
In this one director Zack Snyder tells us why Malin Akerman and Carla Gugino kick ass. Check it out:
Thanks to Antonello Blueberry for the submission.
Lauren has a few digest reviews coming up in the next week and kicks off the first with a look at the 11/28/2006 release of the Girls Bravo Complete Box Set from Geneon Entertainment.
As the casting process for 'Witch Girl Tales' continues, creator and producer Malcolm Harris blogs about it.
"The kid actors are awesome...Not a single one had an average IQ. It was like kid mensa. And most if not all were well adjusted. The kids here ...
Killer Films will develop a feature from Ariel Schrag's autobiographical comicbook of modern teenage life, 'Potential,' to be produced by company principals Christine Vachon and Katie Roumel and newly elevated development exec Jocelyn Hayes.
With the deadline for the Spring Piano Recital fast approaching, Miu’s constant uncertainties are crushing any confidence she may have had. The time has come for her to make some difficult decisions that will ultimately decide whether she stops or m...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:KaishakuTranslated by:Gretchen KernAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayAruto Kirihara is a student who spends his free time reading the book about ALICE, and is even writing his own sequel. After meeting a girl who bears a stri...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Nami AkimotoTranslated by:Emi OnishiAdapted by:What They SayAmi and Noa are the best of friends - except when it comes to cute guys (particularly ones they both fall for, which happens a lot). Then the claws are unsheathed and...
What They SayYoung Sakura arrives in Capital City to fight for the Imperial Floral Capital Defense Force, but all she finds is a weird opera company preparing for a big performance. What's worse is that the ladies in the company won't let Sakura join in ...
What They SayKazuki Shikimori is having a tough time dealing with life as a teenage ghost. But leave it to a group of girls to run to his rescue... Yuna, Kuriko, Rin and Chihaya are determined to give him that one thing he’s been missing – a ...
What They SayGet ready for a slew of crazy new challenges in the sports fest, culminating in an action-packed 10km race! The ever-hyper Tomo is dying from excitement but Osaka is afraid of just plain dying! Later, Chiyo-Chan adds to the hilarity as she sc...
What They SayWataru needs to get some private swimming lessons, but it’s anyone’s guess if he’ll sink or swim. Meanwhile, Yamada tries to join in on the fun at the pool by taking a hilarious \"self-study\" swimming course. Then, Wataru a...
What They SayThey\'re sweet, petite, elite - and caught in the crosshairs of a manic escaped convict. So the girls use their skills in electronics, disguises, martial arts, advanced weaponry and power flirting, to prove the bank isn\'t the only place they...
What They SayFar beneath the prestigious violin school, St. Cecilia Academy, lies an evil secret. A monstrous colon-slurping demon lives underground, granting power to the one who plays the demon violin, Kannone, in exchange for copious amounts of its fav...
What They SayBefore a solution to a biologically enhanced war is found, the past must be uncovered and the fears of an angel will be realized.
The city of Osaka is under Siege!
Takane finds herself against a wall , unable to defend the lives she\'s swor...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ken AkamatsuTranslated by:Douglas VarenasAdapted by:What They SayA kiss is not just a kiss. When ten-year-old Negi Springfield graduated from university with a degree in magic, he never imagined he would soon be teaching Engli...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hideki KakinumaTranslated by:Gretchen KernAdapted by:What They SayDelve deeper into the Junk Force universe with the first novelization of the hard hitting sci/fi manga! Follow the trials and tribulations of Liza, Wooty, Mill...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Azuma Kiyohiko Translated by:Javier LopezAdapted by:What They SayEveryone's favorite gang of high schoolers is back for their final year. This time, the gang takes a trip to sunny Okinawa, where Osaka plays with sea cucumbers ...
What They SayWhile most classes take excursions to museums or zoos, if your teacher is an 11-year-old genius with a penchant for trouble (and your class is filled with these high-wired teenage girls), your field trips are definitely trippier.
You do thing...
What They SayMeet Tomokazu Mikuri: typical high-school freshman, certifiable loser, and self-admitted pervert. Just an ordinary, unmotivated slacker. But when he falls asleep on the eve of his 16th birthday, things start to change in a big way! He enters ...