In the last few weeks, I've had the honor of getting to speak with not one, but two voice actors from ADV. This time around I did a little email sparring withChrisPatton. (Ah, gotta love the Internet as even interviews take on a whole new approach tha...
What They SayEver wanted to learn more about the faces behind the voices of your favorite anime? KyleHebert.com is proud to launch a new, unique, and just plain fun DVD series devoted exclusively to anime dub voice actor interviews. Its new and unique bec...
Chris Evans' primary claim to fame these days is Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four movies. His other genre ventures include the criminally underrated Sunshine and the recent CG-animated version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He returns to science ficti...
During the video interviews with Richard Donner, Michael Thau and Jack O'Halloran for the Superman II: The Donner Cut DVD release, they all hinted at perhaps future Superman storylines involving the infamous villains, Zod, Ursa and Non.
So when we ta...
Chris Palmisano, the producer of 'X-Men: The Offical Movie Game' provides "lots of new info" about the game and he talks about working with the team who was shooting 'X-Men: The Last Stand' movie, and how the game and the movie interact...
What They SayKyota should be having the time of his life: The debut of his band has been set and beautiful girls are throwing themselves at him! Instead, he\'s singing the blues as the mystical war that surrounds him begins to heat up. Added to his misfor...
"I'm not a comic reader. I never read comics as a kid. Chris Nolan really interested me. What he might do with it and, you know, the opportunity of someone like Chris to put the Batman franchise back on track, to pull it back from where no man had gone be...
ADV Films UK has sent out their latest press release for what people can expect from them in August and September 2008:
THIS UGLY YET BEAUTIFUL WORLD COMPLETE COLLECTION!
THE 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOWPIECE FOR STUDIO GAINAX OUT 25th AUGUST 2008
LOND...
What They SayAs the Mu launch a succession of attacks against the free world, TERRA is forced to use their secret weapon, the RahXephon, despite the reluctance of its pilot. Lost in time and trapped in a world he thought had been destroyed, Ayato must co...
In a recent interview to promote the release of HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, director Chris Columbus commented on the concerns he has about the three young stars of the film -- Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emily Watson (Hermione Granger) a...
On August 18 2004, I had the chance to take a trip to the UK office of ADV for a special interviewwith 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...
What They SayIn the future, mankind will venture to the far reaches of the cosmos using technologically advanced trains, perhaps the least likely method of intergalactic travel. The fleet of Galaxy Railways transports countless galactic citizens from one ...
Mike McFarland has been a part of the English dubbing industry for a while now. He has worked on projects ranging from Dragonball to Case Closed and voiced several characters, including Roshi in Dragonball and Goemon in several Lupin the 3rd releases such...
What They SaySixteen-year-old Himeno Awayuki wants a normal, happy life. But when her nutty father Kaoru marries the wealthy executive Natsue, Himeno finds herself living on an estate the size of a small country and saddled with two step sisters, Mayune a...
What They SayIn the future, mankind will venture to the far reaches of the cosmos using technologically advanced trains, perhaps the least likely method of intergalactic travel. The fleet of Galaxy Railways transports countless galactic citizens from one ...
Like many filmmakers today, McG got his start in music videos, producing work for the likes of Sublime, Korn and Cypress Hill. He then scored a huge success with the 2000 feature film version of Charlie's Angels followed by a less-then-well-received seque...
3/25/99 - Well fellow Anime on DVD readers it seems that I was duped into thinking that this interview was with our beloved Divi-chan when in fact it was with an imposter who looked and acted much like her. This imposter's name is Diva and she has been ma...
"I saw [all the previous 'Batman' movies] and liked most of them, I must say, yeah. But when I got this script, it was called 'Batman Begins', and I wondered about that," says actor Michael Caine who plays Alfred in the movie, "and then when I read the sc...
While director Chris Columbus has already announced he will not be returning to direct the third installment of the HARRY POTTER series, THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, it doesn't necessarily mean he won't be back at all to direct future installments.In a recent...
"I'd like all the powers that these guys possess and I'd like to crush it," says Julian McMahon, 'Fantastic Four''s Dr. Doom. "I've always wanted to fly, to be honest. The whole commercial travel thing I just don't like. You'd cut out customs lines and ch...
"Batman is positive, but I believe that, in the first couple of years, he's going to find an increasingly negative response from society, because the truth is that, when you have a powerful, negative city like Gotham, it didn't become corrupt by accident,...
Interviewer: Way Jeng
There aren't many shows that I give an unqualified recommendation. A show might be great, but there's almost always something that has to be noted. There might be a small but significant flaw that the audience will have to tolerate....
As part of the SCIFI Channel Digital Press Event we were given an opportunity to speak with the Ghost Hunters and then we were taken on a live ghost hunt in the supposedly haunted Stanley hotel. The Ghost Hunters are definitely passionate about what they ...
Hey out there, Maniacs. Recently we had the opportunity to discuss the past, present & future with director/writer/producer Lucky McKee. If you’re familiar with the Showtime series “Masters of Horror”, you may have caught an episode ...
Simon Pegg spent several years banging around British television before scoring a cult success with Spaced, a show he co-created with Jessica Hynes and Edgar Wright. But it wasn’t until the massive success of Shaun of the Dead (directed by Wright ...
(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interview)
[JY] - Jason Yeh
[SK] - Shawne Klecker
[JY] Have there been any specific challenges for your company the past 12 months?
[SK] Well, nothing that's any different than the rest of the mark...
Most big genre movies, nine times out of ten, will have a video game to accompany its movie. The marriage of these two mediums seems only natural but it has been harder for a video game to be made into a movie. For each highly successful Resident ...
Paul Jacques: Hi Hugh, please introduce yourself.
Hugh David: I'm Hugh David, the UK Co-ordinator for ADV films. And I cover the Marketing and Production of the R2 DVD releases.
PJ: So basically you're the man who ensures what and when an R2 Anime get...
Opening Ceremonies
Hosted by: Adam Ferraro
The opening ceremonies for Anime Boston took place in a grand theatre room. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling and an upper level let some special guest sit from above and watch the people who were seate...
With TITANIC, director James Cameron created one of the most enduring romantic films of all time and it was set against the sinking of a ship.With SOLARIS (which Cameron produced and Steven Soderbergh directed), love is on Cameron's mind again as a diffe...
The time has come for all truths to be known and fans to believe once again as Fox Home Entertainment exposes the complete world of “The X-Files” with the remarkable 61-disc DVD collection THE X-FILES”–THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR’...
Last week Mike along with Jake Garber and Matt Rose were given a Saturn award for their work on Hellboy. Mike's work is recoginzed as some of todays best and because of that his company has been able to get involved on some of next years summer blockbuste...
Day 1
The day started bright and sunny. The alarm beeped me awake and I gracefully slipped from the bed, had a shower and ate some breakfast. Whereupon I nonchalantly walked to my car and put in my already prepared bags (with everything I would need) into...
Hello, and welcome to yet another foray into the exciting world of anime dubs. This time we're taking a look at the second volume of the Giant Super Robot series Gravion, being released by ADV Films. This second volume puts the Gravion robot and the fight...
It's kind of boring when a columnist says something like "2003 proved to be the year of the great dubs!" What happens when 2004 proves that statement wrong? Ignoring all that, 2003 did prove to be a spectacular year for dub fans with many studios puttin...
Live Webcast Brings the First-Ever Awards Program to the Internet
Norwalk, CT, February 21, 2007: Over 43,000 fans cast their vote for the hottest anime and manga in the first-ever American Anime Awards, and the winners will be announced this Saturday a...
Innocent Venus
The year is 2035. Twenty-five years ago hyper-hurricanes devastated the planet, killing billions, destroying the world economy and leaving North America, Russia and Northern Europe encased in ice. Japan has achieved a limited recovery throu...
The Review!How can one show have so many cliches packed into it? Teenager with special powers, teenager with extrodinary abilities, mecha, high school, and even the forlorn girl in the school uniform walking amongst the cherry blossoms in the first episod...
Nerima Daikon Brothers is a crackfest of an anime which loosely parodies the movie The Blues Brothers in its setup (and background music). That means songs. Lots of songs. Every episode. We have achieved the Anime Musical. It's full of insanity, weird jok...
What They SayUrara likes Touma. Touma likes Mieko. Mieko might like Touma, but Mieko will only date a college man, so what’s a low achiever like Touma to do? Well, why not lie and say he got into the most prestigious college in Tokyo? Now all he...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
What They SayThe secret of Rosette and Chrono’s soul bond is unveiled, Azmaria’s initiation into the Order continues, and an unholy beast stalks the streets of the city. As the forces of darkness continue their war against humankind, the dept...
Greetings and salutations. It's been quite a while since my last column and in that time I've gotten quite a few emails from the masses. The funny part about all those emails is the fact that the majority of them ask the same question: "What happened to...
Hello, and welcome to another installment in our continuing series of looks into the world of English anime dubs. This time I'll be examining the sixth volume of Angelic Layer, released by ADV Films. This show has been and lot of fun and has a lot to comm...
SAKURA DIARIES
Urara loves her older cousin Touma. (Though they’ve only met once, six years ago.) Touma loves the beautiful Mieko. (Perhaps it has something to do with her measurements.) Mieko loves... Well, Mieko has declared she can only love a m...
This is probably one of those items that you either want or you don’t. Presenting every episode from Season Two of The X-Files, this DVD box set is clearly aimed at fans and collectors whose long-term goal is to have a complete collection resting on their...
MACROSS:
2009. Ten years of furious conflict and frenzied construction have turned an alien wreck into a human triumph: the colossal space battleship Macross. On the day of the ship’s launch, the world waits with bated breath to witness mankind̵...
Announcement Made At Tribute to Series Director
HOUSTON, April 16, 2007 " Last night acclaimed anime director Shinichi "Nabeshin" Watanabe (Excel Saga, Nerima Daikon Brothers) and ADV Films President John Ledford announced that ADV Films had acquired ri...
Director: Matt Greenfield
Translator: Josh Cole
Studio: ADV Studios
Kei Kurono - Voiced by Chris Ayres - A high school student and childhood friend of Masaru Kato. Although he talks tough when he’s thinking, he keeps it inside most of the time, and...
Tree of Palme is the story of a wooden puppet named Palme. He is entrusted by Koram, before she dies, with the task of delivering the Egg of Touto to the underground land of Tamas. Tamas is ruled by Soma, an ancient kooloop tree with godlike powers. Soma ...
Hello, and welcome to a look at the second volume of Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu (hereafter simply Fumoffu), released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios. This series had a strong start in the first volume, no doubt aided by the narrative momentum genera...
Every now and then, a show comes along that attracts attention due to its sheer audacity. They dare to attempt what other shows don't. That can take many forms. Often enough it's the shock value of graphic violence or outrageous fanservice. But every so o...
Hello, and welcome to an early look at the first three episodes of Ghost Stories. This show, due for release by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios, represents one of the most unusual dubs to come along in a while. Like many projects that push the envelop...
It is 2047. Five years ago, under attack by creatures known as Mimetic Beasts, the countries of the world banded together and using giant robots, defeated the creatures, at the cost of many lives. One pilot who survived is Goh Saruwatari. But having suffe...
What They SayThe twelve Zoalords are united. Aptom is on the prowl. Guyot is on a desperate rampage. Relic’s Point has been transformed into an absolute war zone. Guyot flees his pursuer to the underbelly of the base in a last ditch atte...
What They SayThings haven't gotten any better for poor Mikey the mannequin. He's still stuck living in Japan, his dad's still mentally absent, his mom's considering a divorce, and his cousin Laura is still out to make his life a living hell. But wait, thi...
The Review!Continuing where the first volume\'s cliffhanger left off, Full Metal Panic! kicks into gear with action, drama and comedy coming out in full force.
Audio:
Having already seen the show in Japanese once, I listened to the English track. Actuall...
What They SayA story's birth is a sudden event: the start, a happy accident; the end, the fate for which it's meant. Cruel the story without an end. But the stasis of the status quo can soothe the sick and weary soul. Why leave the shadow puppet show and ...
Chronicles of an AoD Senshi
Day 1
The day started bright and sunny. The alarm beeped me awake and I gracefully slipped from the bed, had a shower and ate some breakfast. Whereupon I nonchalantly walked to my car and put in my already prepared bags (with ...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Hans Zimmer’s music for the third Pirates of the Caribbean film, At World’s End, released on CD next Tuesday by Disney Records, is a terrific rhythmic hybrid action composition that generates as much ...
Hello! Once again we find ourselves in the strange and mysterious world of English dubbed anime. Today I'd like to take a look at a show released by ADV Films, SuperGALS! volume one. This was certainly one show that caught me by surprise. Bursting at the ...
Just about every fan has felt the sense of bittersweet sorrow that often accompanies the end of a favorite series. It's always a bit sad to realize that a story is done, but sometimes we get a chance to go back to a series and play in that world for just ...
Ah, there's nothing like having a week where news just pops out at you. The big story on everyone's lips is the announcement that Bang Zoom will be handling the dub for Pioneer's release of the second Card Captor Sakura movie. The first movie was the la...
Well after returning home to find that an imposter had given an interview in her stead, Divi was pretty upset. As it turns out the imposter is not only someone who knows Divi well enough to impersonate her but has also caused trouble in the past. With som...
What They SayA girl named Duck - or rather, a duck who wants to become a girl - falls in love with a prince. One day, a bizarre old man emerges and gives her a magical pendant that transforms her into the waltzing Princess Tutu. Now she must choose - for ...
What They SayThe Review!With the goal of building their own concert dome so they can perform anytime they want, the Nerima Daikon Brothers have to face challenges in the way only the can " musically.
Audio:
For our primary viewing session, we listened ...
Although the title of this column implies that it deals exclusively with anime dubs, I'd like to discuss a dubbed live-action movie today. Specifically, this installment is going to focus on Conduct Zero, a Korean movie released by ADV Films and dubbed by...
What They SayIn the aftermath of the great earthquake, one ruthless corporation stands ready to take over the devastated city of Tokyo with an army of synthetic monsters. Only a single band of female mercenaries oppose the monolithic power of Genom. With ...
The following is a conversation I witnessed between Socrates and my friend, Bob. Knowing it would be of interest to scholars in the future, I carefully transcribed the conversation and report it here so that others may learn the wisdom from what has trans...
Hello, and welcome back for another look at English dubbed anime. Yumeria, released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios, offers viewers laughs at the expense of a guy tasked with saving the world along with a group of women who help him. It's light, fu...
BOSTON, Mass. - February 26, 2004 - The New England Anime Society is pleased to announce that voice actors Johnny Yong Bosch, Melissa Fahn, Cynthia Martinez, and ChrisPatton will be Guests of Honor at Anime Boston 2005, New England's largest anime conven...
What They SayWith the finals well underway, Misaki and friends decide to take a well-deserved break at the beach, but Icchan and his group are there, too. A secret love is revealed, and new loves bloom as the whole gang takes a break from the stress of t...
What They SayThe ancient artifact known as Noah\'s Ark has been uncovered. Buried underneath the North Pole and forgotten since before the birth of history, the Ark holds the potential to elevate its controller to the status of a god... as well as the pow...
What They SayHimeno Awayuki should be happy. Her family is rich. And when Himeno merges with a Leafe Knight, she transforms into an all-powerful superhero: the Pretear! But a discarded lipstick leads Himeno to learn that her archenemy Fenril, Princess of ...
Studio: IS&M
Director: Kyle Jones
Saint Seiya takes place in the not-so-distant future after an unnamed catastrophe disrupts the world's governments. The Graude Foundation has gathered orphens from all over the world and trained them in martial arts. The...
It's time once again for a brief discussion of Nerima Daikon Brothers. This show made a considerable impression in dub circles as a rare example of an anime musical, and it boasted an impressive dub to boot. The second volume carries on in the same tradit...
For those who participated in the dub cast guessing game in the English Track forum, the final list of who is playing who was revealed late last night:
Chance Pop Session
Akari (17) - Kelli Cousins
Yuki (16) - Hilary Haag
Nozomi (15)- Monica Rial
Reika (1...
One day a stranger finds himself badly injured in a small village unable to remember anything about who he is or where he’s from. He is being cared for by a girl, Eluluu and her grandmother, Tsukuru. With his health improving, this stranger disc...
VITAL INFO
Director - Charles Campbell
Translator - Brendan Frayne
ADR Script - Clint Bickham
CHARACTERS
Sho Fukamachi - Voiced by ChrisPatton - Sho stumbles upon Guyver Unit 1 and activates it, becoming "the Guyver." He is one of three Guyver hosts. A...
THIS UGLY YET BEAUTIFUL WORLD
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Translator: Sarah Alys Lindholm
CAST LIST
Hikari - Voiced by Cynthia Martinez - a mysterious babe who falls out of the sky in a flash of light right in front of Takeru's eyes. She apparently doe...
Momotsuki Academy is far from a normal school. Its student body is full of freaks and the teachers aren’t that much better. But the infamous Class 1-C may have met its match in 11-year-old Rebecca Miyamoto. This pint-sized genius has come to the...
ADR Director: David Williams
Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Translator: Sarah Alys Lindholm
ADR Script: Thomas Gonzalez
Kyouta Kamikurata - Voiced by CHRISPATTON - a junior in high school. Yoriko's childhood friend; she is one of the most important ...
In the future, the 21st Century of the Galactic Calendar (or G.C.) to be precise, the Milky Way Federation has decided to respond to the political uprising on planet Graceland by bombing its population into annihilation. Into this impending tragedy comes ...
It was convention time again this weekend, as the University of Leicester played host to the second bi-annual Amecon event. After the first Amecon was held in 2004, incidentally becoming the largest anime and manga convention ever held in the UK, expectat...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION A new soundtrack record label named Nicabella had made its debut with John Frizzell's excellent score for STAY ALIVE, William Brent Ball's eerie thriller about a group of teens who stumble upon a new video game called Sta...
MYTHICAL DETECTIVE LOKI RAGNAROK
Loki, the Norse god of fire and the “trickster” god, has been banished to Earth by Odin, leader of the gods and he has no idea why! Trapped in the body of a young boy, with most of his powers sealed away, Loki...
Batman Begins by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-28-2005)
Genre:Action/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/"Batman"); Michael Caine (Alfred); Katie Holmes (Rachel); Liam Neeson (Henri Ducard); Morgan Freeman...
I'm getting over a virus, but fortunately after a few light weeks we've got a big list this week. Enjoy! In our Prize Closet this week we have a copy of FAST & THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT, courtesy of Universal. To be eligible to win one, send an email to p...
With the release of THE CORE two weeks ago, Christopher Young's musical development has reached a new complexity. A self-conscious composer, Young has never taken himself or his work for granted. While finally shedding the horror-composer classification h...
Before I get to my interviewwith THE SURROGATES creator Robert Venditti, there's some movie madness to take care of first. I just saw BATMAN BEGINS at an early screening. While not perfect, it is still very, very good. I'm still gathering my thoughts and...
One of the frustrating things about growing up is that many of the movies and TV shows you were weaned on lose their luster. For fans of sci-fi and horror, this generally means that the special effects, shock value and overall net entertainment worth of t...
"I remember pretending he was Harrison Ford because I had rather a large crush on Harrison," she revealed during the interview.
"Chris and I didn't have sexual chemistry, we had serious brother and sister chemistry - and you don't wanna be kissing your...
In an interviewChris Evans talks about his upcoming 'Fantastic Four. His take on Johnny Storm is "a twenty something year old spaceship pilot, who pilots the spaceships. I look at it as; you must have seen 'Top Gun,' which was about a school who were the...
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...
Director: Jin Ho Chung
Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Translator: Shoko Oono
CAST LIST:
Duck/Princess Tutu - Voiced by Luci Christian - childishly innocent. As a duck, she quacks adorably. As a girl, who?s a clumsy scatterbrain, who is shy but well...
Sato's life is going down the drain. He's dropped out of college, only goes outside once a week and sleeps sixteen hours a day. Bombarded incessantly by the theme song for Metamorphic Magical Girl Pururin blaring from the next apartment, and with nowhere ...
KANON
Yuichi Aizawa doesn’t expect much from his sudden move up north. After all, this is the town he spent summers in as a child. He’s staying with his aunt and cousin. And high school is high school no matter where you go. But things aren...
Male Performance of the Month: Greg Ayres as Yukio “Koyuki” Tanaka in Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad Vol. 6 (FUNimation Entertainment/FUNimation Studios)
Greg Ayres has played many a put upon character, from Shinji Kazama in Full Metal Panic, to ...
Director: Don Rush
Studio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors
Translator: Shoko Oono
ADR Script: Mike Yantosca
Tetsunosuke Ichimura (Tetsu) ? Voiced by Luci Christian - Tetsu is 15, but looks like he?s 10. He?s a young hothead bent on revenge for the death of hi...
BOSTON, Mass. - March 7, 2005 - The New England Anime Society is proud to announce that the creator of Chrno Crusade, Daisuke Moriyama, as well as voice actors Scott McNeil, Monica Rial, and Brianne Siddal will be Guests of Honor at Anime Boston 2005 from...
The April AnimeOnDVD ADR Awards has finished out and readers have voted on their favorites among the nominations. ChrisPatton scores the first two in a row this year by taking it for Ichiro in Nerima Daikon Brothers and the show took the best overall dub...
ADR Director: Kyle Jones
Translator: Lucan Duran
ADR Script: Kyle Jones & Matt O'Reilly
SYNOPSIS
The setting is mid-1860s Japan. The “Samurai Guns” are agents of justice headed by an organization only known as, “The Council.” Samu...
Catching up from the evil that was December, we\'ve got a few updates to note in regards to the AnimeOnDVD ADR Awards. First, we\'ve got the listing of winners for the titles release during the month of October 2007:Best Dub - Hellsing Ultimate Vol. #3Bes...
What They SaySixteen-year-old Himeno Awayuki wants a normal, happy life. But when her nutty father Kaoru marries the wealthy executive Natsue, Himeno finds herself living on an estate the size of a small country and saddled with two stepsisters, Mayune an...
What They SayThe fate of the world hangs in the balance! Pretear Himeno Awayuki and the Leafe Knights are doing their best to defeat Takako, Princess of Disaster, and her demon hordes. However, Takako has transformed Mawata into the Puppet of Darkness, th...
The Angelic Layer Cast Guessing Game has completed and Janice Williams of ADV Films has posted the results:Director: David WilliamsADR Script: Tiffany GrantStudio: Industrial Smoke & Mirrors Misaki - Jessica Boone - The main character. She has just mo...
Janice Williams of ADV Films recently ran a new Casting Guessing Game, this time around for Super Gals. With this series already high on a number of peoples lists for something really fun coming up this year, we wanted to post the final cast list for the ...
Warning: Spoilers Ahead!At last, UPN has put up its official synopsis and photos of `Flesh and Blood,` the two-hour movie that will conclude Star Trek: Voyager`s sweeps month. `Janeway and the Voyager crew are shocked when The Doctor commits treason to he...
Chris Columbus has seen lots of success in the course of his career. The director has received critical acclaim and huge box office grosses for a string of family friendly hits, including HOME ALONE, MRS. DOUBTFIRE, and NINE MONTHS. But nothing he's done ...
All right, lets get this little shindig on the way.
Good evening everyone. :)
This being our first official studio chat, we're finding our way in how we're doing things, so please bear with us tonight.
Charles McCarter of Bandai has been gracious enou...
Amecon, the UK's largest and most successful anime convention, was held last weekend, returning once again to the campus of the University of Leicester. As the third instance of the convention, there was a degree of familiarity to the proceedings from rep...
We kicked off a new Dub Guessing Game this week, tied into a contest as a trial, to see if folks could figure out who had been cast as who in the upcoming release of Full Metal Panic. The game ended today and we\'ve got the cast list here for you:Director...
What They SayOnly in death does she find the will to live. Her legend begins in the 15th century. Stripped of her innocence by her father\'s betrayal, a pious, young woman, Hope, is sentenced to a trial by fire. She reluctantly accepts her father\'s offer...
The results from March have shown that the dub for Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid Volume 3 has basically swept the race. Congratulations to ChrisPatton, Luci Christian and ADV Films for the dub.
Director: Matt Greenfield
Studio: IS&M
Translator: Richard Kim
Rossette - Voiced by Hilary Haag - A 16 year old novice sister in the Magdalene Order. Rosette is a fairly happy and energetic girl, who is kind of selfish and still a teenager, despite her s...
People who write about anime have to make a lot of choices, but one of the first is always how much of a series to watch before writing. There are three basic choices, each with pros and cons. The fastest is to watch the first volume and write a review ba...
Director: Joe Grisaffi (new!)
Studio: IS&M
Translator: Miyuki Fukuma
Main Characters:
Hibari Hanakoganei - Voiced by Luci Christian - A 12 year old girl who has just begun to attend Akihabara Third Junior High School. She acts young for her age.
Densuk...
Director: Don Rush
Studio: IS&M
Kekko Kamen - Voiced by Christine Auten - the heorine of the story. She fights evil wearing nothing but a pair of boots, a pair of gloves, a scarf, and a pair of tights on her head. She uses a pair of nun-chucks, but her f...
What They SayShin Kazama is a gifted pilot with a bright future, a beautiful fiancée and a job with a prestigious airline - until a treacherous act of betrayal rips his world apart and sends him into the barren desert of the war-torn Kingdom of Asla. With...
Once again, it's time to gaze into the future and see what the future of anime dubbing holds for audiences. Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok (hereafter simply Loki), released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios, is an interesting show that fans will pr...
ADR Director: Scott McClennen
Translator: David Hewitt
ADR Script: Christine Auten
Studio: ADV Studios
Area 88 is the story of Shin Kazama, a young Japanese ace pilot who was going to take a job with Yamato Airlines, where he was dating the daughter of t...
It's the holiday season, and while people are taking some time off from work, and beginning to look back at the past year, fans can walk away confident that 2003 produced a large amount of quality shows. 2003 ends on a high note of over 700 titles releas...
Hello, and welcome to another look at anime in English. This time the topic of discussion is centered on Hello Kitty's Animation Theater (hereafter simply Hello Kitty), released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios. Though this show isn't everybody's cu...
Monica Rial has always considered herself a dancer who became an actress. She's performed such roles as Sally Bowles in "Cabaret" and Lidia in "Runaways". "Stage acting is fun because it's instant gratification," Rial said at Anime Weekend Atlanta in 2002...
The Review!Just as Himeno gets into the rhythm of her new responsibilities of being the Prétear, things are about to turn for the worse.
Audio:
For my primary review, I listened to the Japanese stereo soundtrack. The soundtrack is clear of distortion and...
Hello, and welcome once again to the exciting and action-packed land of English voice acting. Join me a few moments as I discuss Lady Death: The Motion Picture (hereafter simply Lady Death), released by ADV Films. This is an interesting project because it...
Hello, and welcome to a poignant moment in "Being a Brief Discussion..." The fact of the matter is that no matter how much we might wish otherwise, our favorite shows eventually come to an end. In one sense it's a sad event, but it's also a time when we c...
While doing press for his latest, REIGN OF FIRE, director Rob Bowman has had a few things to say about the developing X-FILES 2. Bowman directed the first film, as well as quite a few of the show's episodes, and according to him, the movie might not be ou...
What They SayAfter her fierce battle with the Raaja at the nuclear power plant, Chris decides that Juna is \"impure\" and needs to go through some survival training. As Juna and Tokio ponder their new relationship and situation, Tokio suddenly falls ill. ...
Range Murata: (Character Designer for Last Exile)
(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interviewwith Murata. A translator assisted with the interview and the following is based on that person\'s translation.)
[Q] - Question
[M] - Ran...
The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE...
Following up last week\'s interviewwith voice actress Monica Rial, Allen Divers has followed this up with an interview, this time with rising star ChrisPatton.
In part one of CINESCAPE's interviewwith HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE director Chris Columbus, the filmmaker discussed the importance of maintaining a human element to the story, as well as his attempts to shelter the children actors in the film...
"The title has been chosen very specifically. It's quite important to the film," Chris Nolan said in a recent interviewwith Mean Magazine. The helmer coyly declined to elaborate further on that meaning, saying, "I'll leave that for people to infer."
Among the intriguing science fiction shows now being seen on cable TV is FARSCAPE, produced by the Jim Henson Company and currently being seen in the US on the Sci Fi Channel. It is also shown in Australia on 9 Network and in England on BBC. With a loos...
"We have the confidence now of knowing that how we saw the world of Gotham was one that other people embraced and liked, so we can be even bolder in knowing that. Beyond that I don't have a clue because I totally trust Chris [Nolan], he lets me know what ...
Leave it to the comics industry to drop about three things at once in around one week, all worthy of discussion in this week’s Comicscape. DC’s Countdown reached its half-way point last week, World War Hulk wrapped today, and Marvel very ...
After over a year of delays, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier will hit comic shops next Wednesday, November 14th. The Black Dossier has been the source of controversy and speculation ...
One-on-One Interviewwith Kouta Hirano (Hellsing Manga Artist)
(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interview. A translator assisted with the interview and the following is based on that person\'s translation. Yasuyuki Ueda, the prod...
Lunar Legend Tsukihime Interviewwith Katsushi Sakurabi (Director) and Kaoru Ozawa (Character Designer)(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interviewwith Sakurabi and Ozawa. A translator assisted with the interview and the following ...
Interviewer: Way Jeng
This column is in the process of being a brief discussion, and one of the greatest treats is being able to discuss anime and dubs with the people who make it happen. Today we've got an interviewwith the talented Colleen Clinkenbear...
Who needs speculative spewing gossip rags when the actual production staff—executive producers, directors and stars--- will do the dirty work themselves?
Welcome back Maniacs to our second installment of the Top Maniacal Rumors of the We...
After a generous hour of interviewing on July 5th, he returned to the FUNimation booth for some quality time with the cast of Ouran High School Host Club. Jackie Smith, Senior Public Relations Manager also took part in the interview. This interview ...
Just when I thought of lumping virtual reality stories into the same cliché dump as `…and then I woke up!` and cyberpunk, along came THE MATRIX. Shook things up a bit, as far as my acceptance of VR fiction. Now, thanks to Chris Carter, I’m back to the b...
What They SayThe Gazth-Sonika Civil War - As the death toll mounts, so do questions about both the conflict's purpose and its highly secretive facilitators. Even the ruling power's Army Commander hired mercenary Madlax to carry out his own assassination i...
So, I figure I'm starting to get the hang of this interviewing thing. Thanks to the kind folks over at FUNimation, I was recently able to speak with Stephanie Nadolny. For those unfamiliar with her name, Stephanie has become a mainstay of FUNimation's D...
This week's DVD peeve: UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION OF THIS COLUMN MAY RESULT IN FINES AND/OR IMPRISONMENT BLAH BLAH BLAH... Many readers are mighty peeved at discs that don't allow you to skip over the lame FBI warning or any other material - at the start ...
In an interviewwith CINESCAPE's own Chris Wyatt in the latest print issue of this magazine, BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER producer Chris Lee is talking about his hopes for the film's vaunted action scenes, what inspired the cast and crew, and how he hopes fo...
One-on-One Interviewwith KOTOKO
(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interview. A translator assisted with the interview and the following is based on that person\'s translation.)
[Q] - Question
[K] - KOTOKO
[Q] Has your major deb...
While super heroes come alive superbly in comic books and cinema, video games have, for the most part, failed to capture the awesomeness of taking control of cultural icons such as Batman, Superman, Spider-Man, and the like. In fact, I'd venture to say th...
Everyone can now breathe a sigh of relief, not only because Voyager was on the air this week in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Orlando, Portland and Baltimore, but because people in those cities will still have many months of ...
Disney
is hoping to capitalize on this summer's big screen invasion of marvel
super heroes. According to DVDtoons.com
Disney is releasing Special Edition DVDs featuring episodes of the X-Men
and Incredible Hulk animated shows. The discs will be si...
(NOTE: The following is not an exact transcription of the interview. A translator assisted with the interview and the following is based on that person\'s translation. For some questions, Maaya replied in English and I\'ve denoted those instances.)
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Joss was able to give IESB some insight on Serenity and of course we had to take the opportunity to ask him about Wonder Woman. Will we see the lasso? What is going on with the invisible jet? Who is the ideal Wonder Woman? Will it be an origin story? Thes...
Smallville's John Glover was recently interviewed on "The Hot Morning Show." In the interview he discusses his role of Lionel Luthor (some spoilers within) and his connection to some other DC Comics-related projects. He also talks a little about the new S...
A KryptonSite tipster reports seeing The OC's Chris Carmack filming a scene with "Lois" and "Chloe" at the campus of UCI. Carmack, if this is true, will be playing a football player named Geoff Johns, named after the popular comic book writer...
While in New York doing press for his new film adaptation of the hit musical 'Rent', Chris Columbus, director of the first two 'Harry Potter' movies, mentioned that he probably won't be doing a movie based on the Marvel Comics character Prince Namor, bett...
Whedon has now been pegged to bring the original kick-butt chick to the screen, Wonder Woman. He's currently at work on the script and you can hear what he has to say about it in IGN's video interview.
Titan Magazines has provided KryptonSite with excerpts from Tom Welling's interview from the Official Smallville Yearbook, which goes on sale on Wednesday, May 25. Click to read!
Interviewwith the head producer of the Batman Begins Video Game. He describes a great deal from the enemies Batman will face to what weapons he will be allowed to use.
Continuing our
coverage of Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil press junket Comics2Film
presents this transcript of the round-table interviewwith Michael Clarke
Duncan, who plays Kingpin in the movie.
Q: What's your typical breakfast?
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An interviewwith Maria Canals
by Xum Yukinori
A voice actress with a range as
extensive as her work in a myriad of film, television and theatre roles, Maria
Canals is probably best known among comic book fans for her charming-yet-husky
portrayal o...
Scroll down to the January 21 post for an interviewwith Hank Stone, who play's Saint's right-hand man in "The Punisher". Caution: the story contains SPOILERS!
"To be part of the legend is interesting to me," says actor Michael McKean of his role as Perry White in 'Smallville.' Check out his episode spoilers in this extensive interview...
'Devoted to Smallville' had the honor of speaking with the producer, director, co-writer, coffee runner for the "Chloe Chronicles" and overseer of the official Smallville websites, Mark Warshaw. Click to read the full interview.
A few days ago, we brought you our first part of our interviewwith Mike Richardson where we talked about the recent announcement of Johnny Depp's attachment to Rex Mundi. As promised (a little late) here is the second part where he talks about everything...