One of three titles (soon to be four) set in the new Eberron: The Inquisitives series, Marsheila Rockwell’s LegacyofWolves makes a splash in Forgotten Realm’s freshest universe. A juicy tale of conspiracy, werewolves, and good ole-fashioned ...
What They SayThere is an old legend that speaks of a hidden paradise on Earth - A paradise in which only wolves can find. And while thought to have been extinct for hundreds of years, wolves indeed still walk the Earth... hidden among mankind. Now, a grou...
What They SayThere is an old legend that speaks of a hidden paradise on Earth - A paradise in which only wolves can find. And while thought to have been extinct for hundreds of years, wolves indeed still walk the Earth... hidden among mankind. Now, a grou...
SIGNIFICANT NEW RELEASESDanny Elfman’s score for SPIDER-MAN 2 finally came out from Sony (92842), a couple weeks after the obligatory let’s-try-for-some-more-hit-singles song [IMG2R]oriented soundtrack. Sequel scores are always difficult, unless they comp...
Alfred Hitchcock’s voyeuristic masterpiece, Rear Window, has joined Universal’s Legacy Series with a new two disc special edition. Jimmy Stewart plays Jeff, a photographer who has recently been in a car accident. Jeff has a broken leg ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Buronson / Artist: Kentaro MiuraTranslated by:Kumar SivasubramanianAdapted by:What They SayA bright-spirited young historical scholar, Iba, disappears while on a lone expedition to study the ancient Silk Road. A year l...
For those of you that are too young to remember or haven’t discovered this classic, The Mummy is a tale about an Egyptian Priest that comes back to life to seek out his true love. Boris Karloff plays Im-ho-tep, a man whose secret desires were discov...
Ever since the theatrical release of A NEW HOPE George Lucas’ Star Wars series has come to dominate pop culture, evolving its form to fit new mediums as the uncontested poster boy of mainstream sci-fi. Novels, toys, television series and comic books...
The Review!I guess this is where I finally show my true colors as a reviewer here, given that I've been an anime fan since about 1996 or so...but a Robotech fan since 1985. The chance to buy and own all the Robotech episodes again was one I've been waitin...
What They SayOne hundred years have passed since Goku finally freed the planet from the terrible grip of the Shadow Dragons. The people of Earth have enjoyed a time of peace and prosperity not known for generations. Only Pan remains from those darker days...
What They SayNew Generation 1: The Next Wave
The powerful third act of Robotech begins as the Robotech Defense Force - exhausted by years of intergalactic warfare - is finally defeated by mysterious aliens known as Invid. The fate of mankind rests in the ...
This is a reminder to any and all that tonight at 9pm (ET/PT), The History Channel premieres STAR WARS: THE LEGACY REVEALED, a 2-hour special exploring why the emotional impact of the Star Wars Saga remains as relevant as ever. Through interviews wi...
The man behind Abe Sapien and the Silver Surfer discusses his legacy. In the final part of our interview with Doug Jones, the actor discusses his work with Guillermo Del Toro, what's next and what he'd like to be remembered for.
This is a great year for yaoi fans as Kitty Media has another release due out on 11/15/2005 and we\'ve got an early look at their title Legend of the Blue Wolves.
Kryptonsite.com has posted images of the 'Smallville' episode 'Legacy' which features the return of Silver Screen Man of Steel Christopher Reeve as Dr. Swann.
A slightly different promotional trailer aired on The WB after the Viewers' Choice presentation of "Red" which featured scenes from "Legacy" and "Memoria." Click to view the clip and some screen caps.
A video interview with 'Smallville' star Tom Welling in which he talks about the April 14th episode, 'Legacy,' featuring the return guest appearance of Christopher Reeve. Warning: The interview IS spoilery!
Jeph Loeb, writer of recent DC Comics bestsellers Batman and Superman/Batman, as well as a consulting producer and writer for Smallville, took a moment to talk with KryptonSite about his next Smallville episode, which happens to be the next episode of the...
What They SayCaptain\'s Log: We may fight, but families are important, and Feb\'s departure has fractured the family of our crew. Fortunately, Jun has a lead on Feb and on Mayo\'s family, so if we\'re lucky, we should be able to celebrate two family reuni...
What They SayWith the wolves continuing their search for Rakuen they quickly encounter great hardships as well as joys at the start of their journey. Kiba, Tsume, Hige and Toboe first find a way through a city where wolves work like dogs- but not before t...
...s what is LegacyofWolves about?
On the surface, it’s a murder mystery. People are dying in the Thranish city of Aruldusk, and my inquisitive – a dwarf named Greddark d’Kundarak – is hired to figure out who is doi...
GREEN LANTERN fans longing to see Hal Jordan wearing the ring again will get 112 pages worth in November.That's when DC Comics is releasing GREEN LANTERN: LEGACY - THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF HAL JORDAN, a hardcover graphic novel. The story is written ...
What They SayIn the distant future, wolves are meant to have been extinct for almost 200 years. At least that is what human’s would like to believe. Although rumour has it that some wolves survived and have taken the form of humans to avoid being hu...
What They SayThe Robotech Legacy Box 7 is a special 3-disc collector\'s edition which includes Genesis, Hollow Victory, and the final installment in the indispensable Elements of Robotechnology extras series (available only in this collection). This is th...
The WB tonight aired a trailer for "Legacy," the April 14 episode guest starring Christopher Reeve, following tonight's repeat of the "Perry" episode. Screen captures of the trailer will be up at KryptonSite tonight!
When Atari released DRAGONBALL Z: LEGACYOF GOKU on the Game Boy Advanced last year, the sales really showed how big the DBZ license is. The game was probably the best selling non-Nintendo GBA title of the year, and while the game was only a little over m...
J.J. Matthews has spent some time on another collection series for us and has sent in a review of the 05/11/2004 release of Ys Legacy Collection from Media Blasters.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo was beautifully restored and re-released in 1996. The problem was that it played only in major metropolitan areas. For those of you that didn’t know about it or didn’t have the chance to see it, Hitchco...
The Review!Once again, Suncoast slipped and I was able to get this disc days before its scheduled release date. Sol Bianca: The Legacy is not a continuation of the original Sol Bianca made in the early 90s. The best way for me to describe Sol Bianca is t...
What They SayIt has often been said that the original broadcast of the ground-breaking series Robotech was a key factor leading to the current interest in Japanese animation. In the 15 years since its initial airing, Robotech has remained one of the most ...
The Devoted to Smallville Web Site has spoilers for the April 14th episode of "Legacy." Christorpher Reeve returns as Dr. Swann and somthing is brewing between him and Lionel Luthor (John Glover).
What They SayThe all-girl crew of the pirate ship Sol Bianca is not afraid of anyone, so when they cross paths with the most powerfully armed power in the known universe, it is sure to be a wild ride! The Review!The second full new series that Pioneer is ...
What They SayContains the entire Ys series (Book 1 and 2 + Ys II)!
In ancient times, the books of Y\'s were guarded by six priests and two goddesses. The books contained the secret to all good in this world, and all evil in a man\'s heart. Adol Christen...
The sequel to DANCES WITH WOLVES is moving forward with Simon Wincer hopping on board as a director, says Variety. This film will based off author Michael Blake's 2002 sequel, THE HOLY ROAD, published by Random House. Blake is once again handling the scre...
What They SayRobotech 9: Robotech Masters: Counter Attack
The Robotech Defense Forces plan an all-out counter attack against the Robotech Masters. The hope is to catch the invaders off guard and achieve victory before the Earth is destroyed. The RDF find...
What They SayStrap into your Veritech and get ready for the ride of your life! When a mysterious space battleship crashes onto Macross Island in the South Pacific, the future of mankind is changed forever!
Realizing that there are hostile forces in the u...
The Review!I'm submitting this review rather late by my standards (3 days since the release) but I've been extraordinarily busy with the launch of a new website... I won't plug it here, since it's not Anime related, and it's probably not appropriate to do...
The Review!After 7 years of rumor, guessing and unwilling to continue the series from the producer, the new Sol Bianca series has finally made to my house. ^_^ As a huge fan of the original Sol Bianca Movies from ADV, I have very high hope and expectatio...
The Review!Some might find the very idea of something like Robotech meaningless. Little do other otaku realize that Robotech actually paved the way for anime in America. If not for Robotech, we would still be watching edited anime (well, more than we have...
Author Christopher Schildt's FRANKENSTEIN, THE LEGACY is a delightful little book that recreates/updates the Frankenstein story in an American context. It might be easy for the serious reader to be a little put off by the idea of a mass market paperback t...
Michael Crichton died on Tuesday. It's a tragic loss, as any human loss is. But for some reason--and despite all of the obituaries to the contrary--it seems strange to refer to Crichton as a great ... as in "a great one," "an icon.&...
The Review!Macross is over. The SDF-1 is no more, thousands of people are dead and the world is now enveloped in most parts with radiation. Harmony Gold dared to look at the end of this series to "and then what?" So they added Southern Cross to dig futher...
The Review!This was probably my most anticipated disc of the second quarter of the year. As you can see from the scores I gave it up above, it delivered. I saw the original OAV's of Sol Bianca a while back, and they quickly became among my favorite titles...
The Review!Back in the day there were dozens of generic anime videos floating around the video outlets of America (those that would carry them). In the early nineties, anime was not nearly as well known as it is now, and companies would latch onto any sho...
The Review!It's finally here. The finale to the Macross Saga. Get ready for intense battles galore.
Audio: It's all mono. Hows that for originality?
Video: There were some episodes where there is a lot of grain and some run on lines from the negatives w...
The folks at Sony may have temporarily run out of new Godzilla films from Japan to deliver on US DVD, but they've still got a few new ideas for the world's greatest monster. Disappointment over the 1998 American version of GODZILLA has had time to dissipa...
The practically anonymous developer Sylver Style brought us a game which looks as though it had been developed using BioWare's Infinity engine. This is however, a completely new piece of code which but seemingly resembles Baldur's Gate.Where was I...
Universal monsters fans have been waiting for the remaining horror classics (and near classics) in their library to make their DVD debut. Here's the good news: THE BELA LUGOSI COLLECTION has been announced for a September 6 release. Priced at $26.98 SRP, ...
Reading and enjoying epic genre literature requires, unfortunately, a great deal of patience. Though we love our favorite authors for their mind-expanding work, their creation of new worlds and imaginative storytelling ability, we can be the first to bran...
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comicscape, where I’ll drag you through the soul-wrenching depths of moral inquiry and sequential art psychoanalysis. This week, I want to revisit an issue I touched ...
What They SayJaguara’s attempt to open a false Paradise has been crushed, but her actions may still destroy the world! As the remaining wolves and humans flee the collapsing castle, they see death and destruction all around. The wolves have made it ...
Of all the genre collections that hit bookshelves daily, this week’s release schedule’s got one with the coolest unifying element I’ve ever encountered: one that pays homage to the stand-up citizens who provide death for hire.
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The Review!Yay! The 2nd box set of Robotech is here (and er, has been for months before I got around to reviewing it) to bring us more cheesy goodness of what, to many, was their first exposure to Japanese animation (atleast insofar as the animation itsel...
What They SayKiba seems to have found paradise. It\'s just him and the enigmatic girl known as Mew. He\'s happy, but he\'s sure he was supposed to be doing something. If only he could remember. The rest of the pack is still looking for him. Along the way,...
What They SayJonathon Tiberius is a young robot pilot who is falling for his bunkmate, the tall blonde Leonard Schteinberg. However, their grotesque unit commander has his eye on Jonathon himself. Leonard manages to save Jonathon from their commander\'s...
The Review!If your serious about Robotech, you'll pay the extra $15 for the extra disc on the boxed set. And you won't be dissapointed with this set.
Audio: It's mono. What more can you say? Nothing has changed. Kind of a let down if you've been watching...
On March 21st, 2006, Japanese composer Hiroshi Miyagawa died of heart failure at the age of 75. Best known outside of Japan for his sumptuous and award-winning scores for the lavish anime series, SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO (Uchû Senkan Yamato, 1974), Miyagaw...
What They SayCaptains Log: Reminder, when the tarot cards tell of trouble, next time believe them! A terrorist violated the Sol Bianca today, but fortunately, he played the situation to Jani’s strength and she was able to answer the situation in her...
What They SayFifteen years of peace are shattered when a new invasion force, the Robotech Masters, wage war against the Earth\'s struggling survivors. The victor\'s prize is control of the mysterious Protoculture Matrix - the secret powerhouse of Robotech...
One of the more interesting pairings in the manga world resulted in the May 2005 release of King ofWolves from Dark Horse that Jarred has sent in some thoughts on.
What They SayA special 3-disc collector\'s edition which includes Volume 3: Homecoming, Volume 4: Battlefront and a the second installment in the Elements of Robotechnology extras series available only in this collection.
After battling their way back t...
In a television season that boasts shows about a crime-fighting man dressed as a tick and the teenage Superman, a show would have to be pretty strange to earn the title of "most far-fetched."But WOLF LAKE has done just that. You see, WOLF LAKE is about wo...
What They SayLady Jaguara has everything she needs to achieve her goal to open paradise. As groups of humans and wolves arrive at Jaguara’s city, they discover that they must find a way to get in.
Kiba is now obsessed with saving Cheza from her fa...
What They SayA warrior travels to the Far East to seek help from the Great Forest Spirit for a cure to a deadly curse he is under. Upon arriving, he gets caught up in a battle, fighting for the cause of the animal spirits defending their home from an expl...
Penguin Group USA unveils a powerful new anthology on hardcover featuring fantasy’s most prestigious character archetypes: the almighty, all-ass-kicking wizard. Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and many other established fantasy authors ro...
Award-Winning Composers Write Epic Sci-Fi Orchestral Music For Upcoming Blockbuster Video Games To Coincide With 40th Anniversary Of Star Trek Bethesda Softworks® and Rednote Audio have announced that veteran video game and film/TV composers Rod Abernethy...
What They SayAlthough Kiba and the group may have evaded the retrieval team for now, upon reaching the other side of the “Forest of Death” - the wolves are attacked by Darcia – who will stop at nothing to take Cheza back from them. Whils...
What They SayThe perilous journey continues as Kiba remains unwavering in his belief in paradise, but the others are not so convinced. Once outside the city, the wolves find themselves in a dense forest with Darcia\'s airship looming above them. Little do...
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve...
While appearing at the TCA gathering in Los Angeles to promote the show, which stars Lou Diamond Phillips, Graham Greene and Tim Matheson, Gansa revealed that there have been "substantial stylistic changes" made to clean up the seeming chaos depicted in t...
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What They SayFor the wolves, the journey to rescue Cheza continues. As they move forward, they each reflect upon what has brought them to where they are at this point - both on this particular journey and in their lives in general. Tsume remembers his pa...
ADV Films has set a street date of December 11, 2001 for the DVD release of the 5th flight of the best-selling Robotech series containing the dramatic conclusion of the Robotech Masters saga. ADV Films plans a concurrent release for Robotech v9: Robotech...
What They SayClaire Danes (The Mod Squad), Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) and Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon, Sling Blade) head a cast of hot Hollywood stars who lend their talents to this exquisitely animated, overwhelmingly acclaimed adventure epic! ...
Finally, someone who understands! Trek X screenwriter John Logan told startrek.com this week that he`s a lifelong fan who went trick-or-treating in his youth dressed as Captain Kirk. `I`m a rabid fan...I`m not just doing this for the money, believe me,` e...
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Cypress, CA (June 29, 2004) ?Bandai Entertainment, the premiere distributor of Japanese animation in North America and major sponsor for this year's Anime Expo, is set to turn up the summer heat with new product launches and...
Outside of film, there are few mediums more willing to milk a cash cow than the world of comic books. Do you like Iron Man? Well, here’s War Machine. Does Venom suit your fancy? Maybe you’ll like Carnage. Or Toxin. Or Anti-Venom. How abou...
What They SaySet during the Muromachi Period (1333-1568) of Japan, Mononoke Hime is a story about a mystic fight between the Animal Gods of the forest and humans. On the side of the Animal Gods is San (Mononoke Hime), a human girl raised by the wolf god M...
Usually, we read about Superman saving ordinary people—or an entire planet full of them, as it were. But, thanks to novelist and comic writer Brad Meltzer and a legion of creators and fans, ordinary people are saving Superman, in a manner of sp...
The summer is over and with the fall in front of us it means only one thing. It is time to add those summer movies to the collection. Summer movies are not the only releases that we Maniacs look forward to though. Horror movies will start to populate the ...
Warner Brothers wants to take its DC adaptation to a darker place. After the phenomenal success of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov wants to get more DC movies in theaters. Over at the Wall Street Journal, Robi...
The very first video store I ever worked at was a mom and pop store that only competed with the big chains because it had a great location, we carried adult videos and we weren’t under a lot of scrutiny about what we carried like the big chain store...
What They SayTakahata's Little Norse Prince tells the story of Horus, a young man who pulls a blade out of a Rock Giant only to discover that it is the Sword of the Sun and, if reforged, the sword's destiny will transform the boy into the Prince of the Su...
You think your life sucks. You think your job sucks. It feels like it will never end. But for Dave Miller, it’s all true. Dave is a vampire, but he owes his allegiance to Lord Radu Arisztidescu, the vampire owner of the Last Stop convenience store i...
Speaking of monsters, though Rise Above started an ambitious program of releasing the adventures of creature-battling wrestler/superhero El Santo on a flood of decent US discs last year, lately they’ve cut back to a trickle. Meanwhile, release of the US d...
This week in our Prize Closet we’ve got a copy of SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE Complete First Season, courtesy of Universal. I remember that there wasn’t much buzz about the show – it was considered an alternative to local affiliate broadcast...
This week Warner Home Entertainment will release their DVD movie tie-in Batman - Gotham Knight. We have three different versions to choose from, unlike Justice League: A New Frontier which had four (R.I.P. HD-DVD), so which will it be? Times are tough all...
Wolf's Rain, from Studio BONES and with music from Yoko Kanno, was one of the more anticipated shows starting this anime season. The OP/ED songs for the series are both in English and composed by Yoko Kanno, with the ED song sung by Maaya Sakamoto. I thou...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
According to some label reps I've talked to lately, some voice actors on the English dubbing crews for anime titles have their own fan following. This might seem a little odd at first, but in light of the fact that little supplemental material is included...
With the 4th of July looming on the summer horizon, Transformers fans won’t have to wait the next seven weeks to find out what happens in Michael Bay’s film adaptation of the franchise giant. Random House Publishing Group and novelization guru...
What They SayThe war between the Nobles has begun to escalate, a war that will ultimately affect the lives of wolf and human alike. The soldiers who have been on the trail of Cheza and the wolves turn their attention to battling the invading forces. Meanw...
Cypress, CA (January 30, 2004) - Bandai Entertainment announced today the unveiling of two new CD soundtrack releases for the highly anticipated anime series, '.hack//Legend of the Twilight' and 'Wolf's Rain'. Each of the soundtracks showcases an impressi...
Mix THE HOWLING, a generous portion of TWIN PEAKS, and the occasional pinch of DAWSON'S CREEK and what do you get? If you're CBS, you hope you get a hit.Debuting this week, the genre-bending dramatic series WOLF LAKE concerns a rural American community mu...
Announced last year, Legacy Interactive is knee-deep in development on a PC video game that will immerse gamers in the medical drama world of ER. Today the game company announced that it has signed three of the show's stars to provide the voices for their...
Just as more and more original film scores are captured on disc despite the ongoing proliferation of song collections masquerading as "film music" the increasing market for classic and forgotten film scores being fully restored either through archival r...
Hello, all... I'd originally intended this week to simply print the remaining responses to the Hal Jordan question and to move on to something else equally irrelevant to real life. (If you'd rather skip what follows and go directly to those responses, cli...
The Show: ROBOTECH is an important series that has been credited as the series that started the interest in Japanese animation here in the US. There had been several other anime shows broadcast on American TV prior to ROBOTECH, but none of them generated...
In an overloaded release schedule of sci-fi, horror and fantasy book debuts a few reduxes by renowned authors George R.R. Martin, Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, and Naomi Novik stand out amongst dozens of new titles.
The month of July has se...
DOG SOLDIERS is a British horror-action film in which a small cadre of soldiers go in the woods and wind up staving off a hungry wave of giant wolves while the men bleed and fight from inside an isolated and vulnerable house. They count their ammunition e...
Over the past few days, there's been some new interesting announcements for readers and fans of the Star Wars Expanded Universe. With the 9-book Legacyof the Force series over, we've had slow leaks that there would be another 9-book Fate of the Jedi seri...
Right Stuf\'s been adding tons of manga to their site yesterday and today but they squeezed in a new DVD listing:Dragon Ball GT Movie: A Hero\'s Legacy - N/A minutes - $24.98 - 11/16/2004
A deal far too good to pass up this week really needs to be mentioned here and that\'s the \"X\" series bundle below...It\'s Black Thursday!! New Right Stuf Specials are posted.
You\'ve asked for a new bundle, so here you go! X TV Hits the Spot DVD Bun...
According to a find at Amazon by the folks at ListerX, Dark Horse has picked up the one-shot release of King ofWolves. This is an early/first work by Kentaro Miura of Berserk fame and Buronson of Fist of the North Star fame.
What They SayAkari can\'t handle the pressure! Her mother\'s record-setting legacy is a crushing burden, so when Akari is humiliated by Jessie in a race, she folds and resigns from school. However, Itchan refuses to let her friend give up! Can Akari handl...
What They SayAs Paradigm City\'s top negotiator, Roger Smith lives a very exciting, but dangerous life. When a series of mysterious accidents begin plaguing the city\'s police force, all clues point towards a \"ghost\".
Fed up with Dorothy\'s piano play...
Since we keep hearing that some people don't have any anime backlogs, it looks like the folks at Planet Anime have devised a sale to help remedy that situation. All In Stock DVDs Now 30% Off! We know what you want. And Planet Anime aims to please! All in...
What They SaySakura wins a trip to Hong Kong! Or does she? A mysterious force calls out to Sakura in her dreams, and she discovers a dangerous legacy lingering in the alleys of Hong Kong. Thank goodness Sakura can depend upon Li and his family to help her...
What They SayA beautiful angel wages war against God ? and loses. Reborn as a human boy, Setsuna struggles with visions and supernatural powers. Angels and demons flock to his awakening, spoiling for battle. Will Setsuna lead them to the apocalypse, or to...
What They SayFrom the creators of Ghost in the Shell and Akira...
Set in an alternate history of Japan, Constable Fuse is part of an elite Special Forces unit known as the Capital Police whose mission is to maintain peace during a time of civil unrest. ...
Courtesy of an update at Right Stuf, the May solicitations for manga from Dark Horse is now out:King ofWolves (aka Ohrou) Vol. #01 - $12.95 - 05/11/2005Trigun Maximum Vol. #05 - $9.95 - 05/04/2005Vampire Hunter D Vol. #01 - $8.95 - 05/04/2005
Maniacs love movies and comics. But, here at Comicscape, we’re here to lay down the law and crown funny books the king of cool. Everyone gets excited when Hollywood turns a comic into a movie—if those stogie-chomping bigwigs and thei...
What They SaySakura wins a trip to Hong Kong! Or does she? A mysterious force calls out to Sakura in her dreams, and she discovers a dangerous legacy lingering in the alleys of Hong Kong. Thank goodness Sakura can depend upon Li and his family to help her...
Explore the limits of an uncharted galaxy when “Stargate: Atlantis” Season Four plunges onto DVD July 8, 2008 from MGM Home Entertainment. Created from the legacyof “Stargate SG-1”, the longest-running, sc...
Leadership stands as a thankless role, in which those in charge must accept the blame for everyone or redistribute accolades equally. Fanboys across the Internet have been buzzing for the past week or so about Dan Didio—the Senior Vice Presiden...
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers.
If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it to jarro...
Getting in one last review this evening since we've got a nice cold and sitting in a warm room keeps me happy, we've taken a look at the 02/12/2002 release from ADV Films for Robotech Legacy Set 6. This box kicks off the New Generation arc of the series a...
We forgot to get this posted last night, but better late then never. Here's what's due to officially street today at your favorite retailer:
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Pioneer posted the following to the forums this evening after readers discovered that the first volume of Lupin TV will be skipping an episode:Dear fans of Lupin The 3rd TV series and Anime on DVD readers:Thank you for your enthusiasm for the long-awaited...
According to an update at Right Stuf this morning, Pioneer Animation is all set to do some repackaging and repricing on some of their titles from a year or two ago:El Hazard: The Wanderers Box Set - 650 minutes - $79.98 - 07/01/2003
El Hazard: The Alterna...
What They SayFrom the creator of Astroboy comes Kimba, one of the \"first-generation anime classics\" from Japan, and the first to be broadcast in color, in 1965.
Featuring spectacular designs and trailblazing animation techniques, gentle stories, and a ...
What They SayAs the final preparations are made for the Von Braun\'s maiden voyage to Jupiter, the Space Defense Front makes a bold attempt at interrupting the INTO summit by taking control of the Jovian explorer. Again, the Debris Section is caught in th...
What They SayLocked in mortal combat with the attacking Zentradi fleets, the Macross has finally fought its way across the solar system to Mars, where an abandoned base may offer temporary safe haven. But this planet is named after the god of war and the ...
What They SayFrom Osamu Tezuka, one of the great pioneers of Japanese animation (ASTRO BOY, BLACK JACK, HI NO TORI), comes one of the \"first-generation anime classics\" to reach American TV! Fans have long remembered its catchy theme song, spectacular de...
What They SayYou can’t outrun the past. Whether it’s a bad memory that dogs you, a good one you’re trying to hang onto, or an old nemesis you can’t quite shake loose, the past is always right over your shoulder. Good thing the Ge...
What They SayIn this thrilling prequel to Street Fighter Alpha, Ryu returns to pay homage to his deceased mentor, but is tormented by disturbing memories of his master\'s killer. In a quest to become a true martial arts master, Ryu sets out to hone his st...
What They SayIs Desert Punk dead? Fearing the worst, Kosuna adopts his name and carries on with the help of a pint-sized apprentice equipped with a full-sized attitude! Double-crosses and unexpected events lead to an explosive final battle... but has Dese...
What They Say\"Who am I?\" The question is asked over and over again throughout the noise. Lain destroys her own creator and loses her best friend, now she must decide what to do - should she delete herself from everyone\'s memory? If she does, will she h...
What They SayThe kingdom of Kuruda has known many warriors, but none greater than the Sevalle, an elite breed whose mastery of martial arts has made them legendary. But for the 59th Sevalle, Elle Ragu, a.k.a. Shadow Skill, being a legend is shaping up to ...
What They SayThe year is 2034; two years after Major Motoko Kusanagi left Public Security Section 9, the elite counter-terrorist and anti-crime unit specializing in cyber warfare. In that time, Section 9 has increased its appointed personnel to 20 operati...
The final arc of the series starts to take shape as more of the past of this world is revealed and how it will affect the present.What They SayJust as the promise of peace begins to take hold, trouble ripples through the Demon Kingdom and Earth! A \"...
What They SayAs the legacyof the Creators is uncovered, the assault on Chronos begins at last! Separated from friends and hounded by enemies, Sho and Mizuki seek refuge in a small town to escape their relentless assailants. However, they soon find that t...
What They SayIts\' dark legacy began a thousand years ago. An evil creature was unleashed in the midst of a demonic war. The mighty warrior Culvert sealed the beast within the land, never suspecting it would return for revenge.
When Lina Inverse and her...
What They SayInuyasha finds out from Totosai that the only way for the Tetsusaiga to get lighter is for him to surpass his father in power. To do so, Inuyasha heads out to find Ryukotsusei, a dragon-like demon that his father was able to seal away, but on...
What They SayIn the year Universal Century 0079, humans have colonized the area of space lying in between the Earth and the moon. However the ambitious Zabi family, rulers of the Duchy of Zeon (the colonies furthest from the earth) has sparked a war. The ...
What They SayThe Review!Toshiba 5109 Progressive Scan DVD Player Review
About three months back, I decided to upgrade my TV set to one that would be ready for DTV when it caught on. I chose the Panasonic CT-32XF55 progressive scan DTV due to its price/p...
What They SayStage 4: God Planet Quent V.1 - At the center of the Astragius Galaxy lies the mysterious planet Quent. Once, it was the cradle of the greatest civilization in the history of the known universe. But, 3,000 years ago, the Quentians accidentall...
What They SayWolfwood, the man of the cloth with the cross, is also a gunman with a past.
Like Vash, Wolfwood travels to redemption in the desert but continually finds that confrontations with one’s past can be far more deadly than a duel with pist...
What They SayClaire Daines (The Mod Squad), Minnie Driver (Good Will Hunting) and Billy Bob Thornton (Armageddon, Sling Blade) head a cast of hot Hollywood stars who lend their talents to this exquisitely animated, highly acclaimed epic adventure. Inflic...
What They SayWhen two of the mysterious and magical Power Stones are stolen, young adventurer Edward Falcon sets out to warn his friends Wang Tang and Gunrock. His warning arrives too late, however, as dark hands of magic are already circling around our i...
What They SayIn a world beyond time, a demoniac race called \"Genmas\" control the degenerated humans. Now the fates of Rufu and Jin, twins separated at birth, ultimately intertwine as each learns of the legacyof their birthright and the supernatural pow...
What They SayNew Namek is besieged by an enormous evil entity - the Big Gete Star - a \'living planet\' of metal that sustains itself by devouring entire worlds.
Fearing for the existence of his people, Dende, the new guardian of Earth, turns to Goku an...
It seems almost fitting that Maniac columnist Damon Brown is spotlighting the wonders of Blade Runner and now there's a new report which has director Ridley Scott saying he's going back to the world of sci-fi very soon. After a very long break, Scott has ...
What They SayFrom composer Taku Iwasaki comes the beautifully haunting melodies of the Samurai X OVAs that fans simply can’t forget.
Fitting perfectly with the dark overtones of the series, this gorgeous score makes listeners relive Rurouni Kenshi...
What They SayBased on the Namco fighting game Tekken series! Get ready for the ultimate animated adventure! Tekken, the spectacular series that revolutionized how fighting games are played, is now an incredible motion picture! The awesome rendering power ...
Hayden Panettiere and Justin Long are set to lead Alpha and Omega, a new animation which marks the first team-up of Lionsgate and Crest Animation Productions. The trade reports that the duo will be joining Christina Ricci, Danny Glover, Dennis Hopper and ...
Everyone loves zombies. They scare the hell out of you. They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.” And, best of all, they eat people. With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb...
Devil’s Due Publishing releases a boxed set of R.A. Salvatore’s most beloved fantasy tales, individual SF and fantasy ‘best of’ anthologies get the 2006 treatment under Wildside Press, and BBC Books releases their first literary...
R.A. Salvatore’s The Hunter’s Blades trilogy gets a collector’s edition facelift, the Time Spiral Cycle wrenches out another installment with Planar Chaos, and two notable female SF authors get some well-deserved credit for their con...
The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off January 8th and runs through the 11th in Las Vegas. If you aren’t familiar with this event it’s a chance for all the major, and most of the minor electronics companies to debut all their new wa...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and Merry Christmas, happy Chanukah, and have a spectacular holiday-of-some-other-obscure-nation-or-alternative-religion. If I don’t say that part, someone will remind me about Yule or something. Anyway, i...
LAST YEAR’S BIG RECOMMENDATIONS
As with previous years, I have separated my assessment of the year’s best soundtrack releases into new scores (soundtrack CDs of scores for films released in 2006) and newly-released archival re...
Overlord by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Wed 02-14-2007)
Plot:
Taking control of a mysterious figure that has inherited the legacyof the long-dead evil Overlord, the player emerges near death from the ruins of the old Overlord's Dark Tower. Only the player's actions will determine if they will rise to beco...
Many fans have said that this series lost steam after the prison break finally happened. There have been a few times this season I was inclined to agree, but the last several episodes have been just as entertaining as some of the best from season...
**Potential spoilers**
I’ve been really into “techie” movies of late. As stated in my previous article (WWJCD: Nanobots, Cybernetics and Androids, Oh MY!), movies such as Tron and books like Neuromancer have been my past time ...
Let me start by repeating that cast list from the info box: Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy, Ray Liotta, Marisa Tomei. If this list of names has you excited to see this picture in 2007, then this review isn’t going to d...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another mail-filled Comicscape maelstrom. Last week’s column on Marvel’s Civil War garnered some thoughtful letters – more than the paltry couple I seem to receive lately. For whatever r...
It’s that time of year again where shopping becomes warfare and finding that perfect gift is some times more stressful than actually buying it.
That’s where this Gift Guide comes in handy. It’s not the end-all, be-all of Gift ...
Drew Bowling kicks of his Tides of Fate trilogy with the hardback release of The Tower of Shadows, Don Bassingthwaite concludes The Dragon Below series with The Killing Song, and Sergei Lukyanenko’s wildly popular The Night Watch returns from it...
According to a posting on The Rainbow Fanclan Legacy, the second of three shows from Rainbow's September 1976 tour of Germany, newly mixed from the multi-tracks, is nearing release, and follows the pattern set by the previously