...quo; (and LostGirls, of course!) although the “Others” collect lost children. The Lostaways are attacked by pirates (the “Others”), they find a 19th century pirate-style ship on the island (the “Black Rock’), and...
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 mai...
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 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 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 ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Osamu TezukaTranslated by:Kumar SivasubramanianAdapted by:What They SayFrom the creator of Astro Boy comes Lost World, the first of Osamu Tezuka's cycle of groundbreaking science-fiction graphic novels - including Metropolis a...
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...
Many horror films have been released that deal with a man who stalks unsuspecting women while they are camping. More often than not these men gain a supernatural quality strung out over multiple list of lack luster sequels. They rarely have any ...
If you believe manga should stick to the strictest sense of its definition--Japanese comics by Japanese writers and artists--now would be the time to jump off the bandwagon. Make sure to tuck in your chin and roll as you hit the ground.
If you'...
This week, I've decided to shake things up a bit. Lost in Translation, as a column, has slowly evolved into quite a lot of things. Initially a forum for reviewing English soundtracks for Anime, Lost in Translation has become something of an answering ho...
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 ...
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...
Allen Divers is back this week as well with the latest installment in the Lost in Translation series. This weeks article is entitled, Magical Girls Need Love Too.
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 ...
After the release of the OAV on 3 discs, Magic User's Club switched to a more standard release format for the following TV series. I Wanna Do More contains the first 4 episodes of the TV series picking up where the OVA series left off. The dub of the TV s...
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 ...
Warner Bros. follows up on last year's DVD release of this title with this two-disc special edition, which ought to be everything you'd ever want in a LOST BOYS DVD. Both a commercial and critical success on its release in 1987, the film has gone on to be...
Lurid poster art featuring scantily clad females leaning over bed posts, cars colliding head on, a man strangling another, and cops with their guns drawn firing on unknown assailants all this might lead the uninitiated to believe that these things occur...
Well, after a two-week absence I got another column up last week, and low and behold a new Forum Buzz went up! Nothing like a bit of rivalry to keep things fun! Of course, I feel there was one important fact missing from Sean's column. That would be th...
Another week goes by, allowing me to muse on what has come to pass so far. I've also quickly realized that I'll probably end up repeating myself when I open this column, so maybe its best to jump right in!
The Name Game part Deux
Last week I set up a po...
With the end of the year almost upon us, its time for Lost in Translation to begin looking back at the year. Well, I'm not really going to look back at the whole year, just try to catch up on a few things I've missed thanks to a busy schedule filled with...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! It's been a long, lonely week without you. Hope you've been keeping busy. Bet you did lots of fun things. I didn't. That's right, not one interesting thing happened to me last week, unless breathing i...
The Indigo Girls 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...
This week’s episode featured some slight improvements but it also featured more problems. Why do I stay with this series? It can’t be because the girls are attractive because there are plenty of better shows on TV with more attractiv...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 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 ...
...s comics. LOSTGIRLS is still coming, and he has other projects in the pipeline. He talked about retiring a while back, but it hasn't happened yet. We should be thankful that someone so talented is still writing comics. Thanks for writing, Glen. Dale W...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kurihashi ShinsukeTranslated by:Joanna SchugAdapted by:What They SayThe fun otaku fetish keeps rolling as the Maniac Road story comes to a stunning conclusion. A shark dashes our gang s fun day at the beach, but what ensues is...
A few weeks ago in the Mumbling Kitsune, I pitched a funny idea: An anime adaptation of Michael Ende's classic tale, The Neverending Story. Most of us carry a nostalgia-fueled love of the movie, even if it's not the most accurate book-to-screen transition...
The Review!This is one of those light-hearted anime with short episodes and short plots, but plenty of cute and silly girls. This isn't something that's going to have everyone rolling around on the floor, busting a gut from laughter, but most anime fans o...
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 pe...
La-La Land Records announces LOST IN SPACE: 40th Anniversary Limited Edition with music by John Williams and various other composers. Three volumes of LOST IN SPACE music were released in 1997 by GNP Crescendo in their "Lost Worlds of Irwin Allen" soundtr...
Teenagers Enid (Thora Birch) and Becky (Scarlett Johansson) live in a world of their own. They just graduated from high school and are searching the world for their place in it. The problem is they're not sure they fit in at all. From Terry Zwigoff, the d...
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 agai...
What They SayDon't look now, but there's a new girl in town! The Love Angels play cupid as they try to hook their friends Akiko and Tajima up on a double-date with Momoko and Yosuke! But the fire devil Igneous has other plans and unleashes a devil-wolf on...
What They SayFive girls. One guy. Seven Holy Dildos.
It all started when our hero, Yukito, was trying to score with his favorite blonde bombshell, Olga. Things were just heating up when one of her science experiments exploded, and it screwed up all of ti...
... Yolen`s `LostGirls,` just to name a few. Rhysling poetry winners John Grey and Laurel Winter are included as well. A great lineup of work this time.Now, you all know how much I enjoy crossover novelsthat is, work that spans two or more genres. So I ...
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...
While visiting my local Post Office to send out packages from our Prize Closetr recently, I was surprised to find a new item available at the counter. DVDs! The U.S. Postal Inspection Service produced a series of public service films in the style of TV cr...
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...
What They SayContains all 26 episodes Galaxy Angel A in one complete DVD collection!
There's a new upstart squad that's gunning to make the Angel Brigade look bad and take over their work. The girls are going to have to collect more Lost Technology, sav...
What They SayPom Poko is a tale of the clash between modern civilization and the natural world. The Raccoons of the Tama Hills are being forced from their forest by the rapid development of houses and shopping malls. As it becomes harder to find food an...
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-...
lostuniverse.rightstuf.com
Features exclusive interview with the series’ Japanese producer,
plus trailer & downloads in advance of collection’s Dec. 4 release.
GRIMES, IA, November 14, 2007 – Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, ...
What They SayLuud has awakened! After being fed his faithful followers, the monstrosity slowly comes out of his slumber with one goal in mind... crush Goku and Trunks! As if things couldn’t get any worse, Dr. Myuu feeds Pan to Luud, giving the idol ...
Based on the most famous comic strip in British history, according to no less a reliable source than the liner notes on the back of the DVD, JANE AND THE LOST CITY concerns the wacky adventures of a heroine whose main gimmick is to lose her clothes. Now...
The government of Japan is considering their child pornography law to include anime and manga. Of all the new porn anime titles released, about half feature sex acts involving schoolgirls. It's a touchy subject, since some argue that drawings don't have a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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 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...
What They SayMaiku Kamishiro grew up in an orphanage with no history of his family or of his past. Left with only a childhood picture of himself and another person in front of a house, he believes that the other person in the picture is his long lost twin...
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 pe...
What They SayMillie Nocturne has one great goal in life: to be the best in the universe.. at absolutely everything! But when she tries her hand at being the "best detective," she ends up an unwilling partner with two people who will change her life foreve...
What They SayEpisode 8: A Tranquil Time
Midterms are fast approaching, so everyone's getting together at Akari's to study! Except... Masashi gets called away at the last minute, and Shiho's sick with a cold. So Hiroyuki and Akari suddenly have the house ...
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...
What They SayAfter all the trouble on campus, the students of Fuka Academy enjoy their summer break at the beach, but it's not all fun for everybody. Natsuki, Mai and Mikoto infiltrate an abandoned research facility to uncover some lost answers about the ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuu AsamiTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayLike everyone else in the future, Sui's used to having useful robots around... until her father brings one home that looks like a hot guy! Sui names him Verm...
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 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...
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 strength...
What They SayOnce, Foster was a young revolutionary. His days were filled money and wine, while his nights were filled with the most beautiful women in Europe.
Now, fallen and disgraced, Foster is taken in by a railroad tycoon named Dred Burton. This po...
What They SayThe events of today from this point on will cause the bond between the two girls to grow ever stronger, but little do the girls know that something strange is happening to Hikaru...The Review!Reeling from the events of the last volume, the gi...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chiaki Taro Translated by:Daniel Sullivan & Asako OtomoAdapted by:Benjamin StoneWhat They SayWhen last we left poor little Kamioda-kun, a demon had shattered his conviction that he had the competence to be a priest when it exp...
ANIME
AIR MASTER VOLUME 3 DVD
ANGELIUM DVD
1ANIMEPLAY: ISHIKA & HONORI INTERACTIVE DVD
ARC THE LAD VOLUME 2 DVD
ASTRO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD
BEYBLADE SEASON 3 VOLUME 6: SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS DVD UNCUT
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS VOLUME 2 DVD
CASE CLOS...
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...
Welcome to the new site everyone for the Weekly Book Buzz’s first new edition on mania.com. I won’t waste your time with comments on the new design or site features because frankly, we’ve got too much to do with so many releases comin...
What They SayGoro finds a perfect part-time job that pays like a full-time job, but how perfect can it be? While Mika tries to have Goro all to herself with her usual sexy tactics, Ran is torn between her feelings for Goro and her duty as a guardian angel...
What They SayIzumi Sawatari and her little sister Mitsuki decide to run away from home. They look for part-time jobs, but no one is willing to hire them, until they happen upon a job posting for a live-in housekeeper. The master of the house is Yoshitaka ...
What They SayIzumi Sawatari and her little sister Mitsuki decide to run away from home. They look for part-time jobs, but no one is willing to hire them, until they happen upon a job posting for a live-in housekeeper. The master of the house is Yoshitaka ...
What They SayOne of the funniest anime of all time! After being rejected twice from Tokyo University, hapless Keitaro Urashima becomes the manager of an all-girls apartment complex! But will he be able to concentrate on his studies? Could one of his tenan...
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...
It's probably no surprise that ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE isn't very good. For a Walt Disney Picture, there isn't any dancing tea cups or pumas breaking out into song to make up for an awkward story. In fact, the very adult nature of the film which tries ...
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 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" wh...
Let's start by supposing that most of the people inclined to see NANNY McPHEE are at least somewhat familiar with MARY POPPINS. It's not that NANNY McPHEE is based on P.L. Travers' creation in fact, the screenplay by Emma Thompson, who also plays the tit...
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 impl...
What They SaySomeone has turned the universe upside down! Millie and Nina are adrift in space! Rail Claymore is running for his life! Kain is hiding out! And Kali has just taken over the Universal Guardians! The only thing that could make matters worse is...
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...
...s much as LOSTGIRLS is pro-sexuality, it is every bit as much anti-war. I think that if we had got it finished in a year or two and this had come out in the late '80s or early '90s, it might not have seemed anywhere near so relevant as it does today. ...
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...
HOUSTON, November 2, 2006 "ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to announce a slew of titles, including the second volume of Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor, the final volume of Jinki: Extend, the complete sec...
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 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.
Cont...
What They SayWhen intergalactic private eye Millie Nocturne ends up on the block at a shady auction, her troubles are only beginning! Unwillingly partnered with Kain Blueriver, the cape-obsessed, psi-blade-bearing master of the Lost Ship Swordbreaker, and...
What They SayMeow! Taruto is a young cat-girl living in a world filled with mystery and magic. She and the other cat-people appear as nothing more than just normal animals, but she has a unique gift of magic! Can she control her troublesome powers and unr...
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 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 SayMeow! Taruto is a young cat-girl living in a world filled with mystery and magic. She and the other cat-people appear as nothing more than just normal animals, but she has a unique gift of magic! Can she control her troublesome powers and unr...
What They SayRyuji Shibui, known also as The Squid, is a very strange man. He has never dated anyone and is, in fact, still a virgin. But his lifestyle is about to change thanks to the mischeif of Ayumi Amakawa, a cheerleader.
After getting a "taste" of ...
What They SayKarin has not yet regained consciousness. Ayamo is furious. Shizuha doesn't know what to do. And Mikaze is heading off for the inquiry hearing she's been summoned to. Life sure has become difficult for the Meteor Sweepers! What else could go ...
What They SayThe wacky adventures of the Angel Brigade continue as they spread mayhem and mischief across the galaxy. As always, Milfeulle is so scatter-brained that she rarely has a clue to what's going on, but her infinite good luck gets her out of trou...
What They SayRina was working for a travel agency where she was in charge of the "Onihime-mairi" tour. She would be showing Matsusawa village, famous for its spiritual legends.
Horror loving couples and groups would participate in a spooky day, and it se...
What They SayThe Galaxy Angels have been chosen to be pilots for a new weapons development by the army. When combined the vehicles will form into a super robot! Now they must take on a galactic monster headed towards the base. But wait, has Ranpha left th...
Anne Bishop jumpstarts the Ephemera series, Craig Gardner delves into Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars’ theological motifs get the Gospel treatment in this week’s edition of the Buzz.
Goodday to all you Maniacs and glad to see yo...
What They SayThe search for the Lost Technology continues. But if they don't know what it is, how are they going to find it for the inspectors? Well, the Angel Brigade isn't going to find it if they're playing bikini baseball, running from ghosts or being...
What They SayLed by a hot-shot young "natural", nine young women defy the male-dominated tradition of Japanese sports… not to create a League of their own, but to take on the boys on their own artificial turf and prove there’s nothing a man ca...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Adam Arnold / Art by Shiei Translated by:Adapted by:What They SayHaving narrowly lost the Dance Dance Revolution showdown for control of Aoi House, Alex finds himself in over his head as he's forced to endure an awkwa...
What They SayHot, sexy twins are the order of the day in this seductive tale.
Twin sisters, Chisato and Kuu orphaned at a young age are sent off to live in a foster home where they meet Nisama. Nisama looks out for the girls as they get older and in the...
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 and...
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...
What They SayWitches and Demons and Ghosts
- Oh, my!
With only three magic spells remaining before he turns to dust, Kazuki Shikimori is waging a war against fate when he’s tempted to use his powers. Vexing vixens Kuriko, Rin and Yuna each want Kaz...
Still the greatest horror film ever made, and likely to remain so for the foreseeable future, THE EXORCIST (1973) continues to retain its unnerving power over twenty-five years after its initial release, and its upcoming re-release, with fifteen minutes o...
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 SayDue to an accident, Wataru has lost his memories. Now he is in America with Rena, and she has promised his parents that she will take care of him until he recovers. Well, she isn't the only one that wants to help him out! Two boobalicious bab...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kim DongWok / Youn JaeHoTranslated by:Grace MinAdapted by:What They SaySo-jin had given up soccer years ago after losing to her rival, Shin-bee. But when she transfers into a co-ed high school, the "football" bug returns, and ...
The Review!One step closer to the last volume, so has the tension of the series begin to reach a climax. And for those who have stuck with this series till this volume, have to wonder how it will all end (though I wish it didn't). Thus while waiting for t...
Some fans of Japanese anime may tune into this column and wonder what Gumby is doing here. Maybe I should clarify a point. "Anime" is the Japanese word for animated cartoons, wherever they come from. To me, that includes everything. "Anime" just rolls off...
The sixth and latest entry in producer Charles Band's long running sci-fi series, TRANCERS, has recently been released on video and DVD. So what better time to take a look back at the career of Jack Deth, the time traveling, tough guy cop who stars in the...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Tomohiro Chiba & Bandai Games Inc. / Artist: Masato NatsumotoTranslated by:Ikoi HiroeAdapted by:What They SayThe One Year War between the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon has begun--and the newest Mobil...
What They SayEpisode 7: Trunks, the Bride
The Saiyans arrive on a peaceful planet with one very large problem. The monster Zoonama has the incredible ability to produce earthquakes by merely shaking his gigantic whiskers! Now the monster is demanding a b...
This week I’m most looking forward to Lost, mainly to see if this episode makes up for the lackluster season so far. We were promised in ads that the last two episodes of the fall season would change everything. Last week we saw SPOI...
There are hyphenates and then there is Robert Rodriguez. The filmmaker has 15 credits on his new film, SPY KIDS 2: THE ISLAND OF LOST DREAMS. These would be director, writer, producer (with Elizabeth Avellan), editor, director of digital photography, prod...
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 ...
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 st...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kaname ItsukiTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayOne evening, a boy named "Air" suddenly appears at Mizuki's window, forcibly transporting him to Neverland. Having grown up most of his life without his own father, Mizuki ...
Anime Expo: New property announcements, preview of 20th Anniversary Year
GRIMES, IA, June 30, 2007 " Anime producer and distributor Right Stuf, Inc. kicked off its 20th anniversary year a few weeks early with a trio of announcements during its June 30t...
What They SayNuku Nuku and her friends are back for more madcap adventures! For starters, Futaba has finally met the boy of her dreams, a handsome bookstore clerk. But the fevered thoughts in her head come from a concealed device in a book that?s brainwas...
The Review!Well this is the big finale to the Tenchi TV series, and possibly all of Tenchi itself, although I pray it isn't, as I'd hate to see the series go out on a whimper. As you can probably tell from the rating above, I was none to thrilled with the...
"Outer space has never been so out of control!"
HOUSTON - ADV Films wants to introduce to you volumes 1 and 2 of the Lost Universe series on DVD!!! Watch as Kain, Canal, and Millie begin their zany adventures. While the Universal Guardians handle most of...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Towa OhshimaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:Gayle TanWhat They SayHi 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 going to learn I'm n...
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...
What They SayWhen the plan to conquer the city isn't going well, Lord Ilpalazzo doesn't get mad, he just gets ACROSS...his crack team of Excel and Hyatt, that is. Of course, maybe this is one crack team of special agents that might be doing better if they...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yu AidaTranslated by:Eiko McGregorAdapted by:What They SayInnocence Lost... Henrietta barely survived a brutal attack that killed her family. "Rescued" by the Social Welfare Agency, her injuries were repaired with robotic comp...
The Review!Being a fan of the mangas, the Love Hina TV series sparked a little interest in me, but after watching all the episodes on the disc, my enthusiasm dropped. It wasn't what I expected at first but it's something some people who came from the mang...
TV. Guide's Michael Ausiello recently snagged the executive producers of Lost, Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse. He fought valiantly for as much Lost information as humanly possible.Mentioned in the interview was a tid-bit regarding Lindelof's involvement...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Steve Jablonsky reprises his dark ambiances from the 2003 remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE with an equally brooding and disconsolate score for THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE: THE BEGINNING. Directed by Jonathan Liebesman (DA...
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...
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, ...
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 ...
ABC is already bracing for the huge cotton candy waste of space AMERICAN IDOL. No offense to those that watch it, I just think it’s a bit stale. But the series continues to beat out whatever other series comes up against it, so in pr...
Central Park Drifter (Dubbed)
Shriek Show 90 Min. Cat.#: SSVD-0109 UPC#: 6-31595-01099-2 ISBN#:
1-58655-234-1
Pre-Book Date: 09/18/2001
Street Date: 10/30/2001
SRP $19.95
Central Park Drifter DVD (Subtitled and Dubbed)
Shriek Show 90 Min. Cat.#: SSDVD-01...
What They SayThe Maiden Diary
Foster, a fallen revolutionary, is taken in by a railroad tycoon named Dred Burton. Now, training high class prostitutes for Burton, Foster tries to piece together his shattered past and lost love. One by one, girls are adde...
What They SayOne of the funniest anime of all time! After being rejected twice from Tokyo University, hapless Keitaro Urashima becomes the manager of an all-girls apartment complex! But will he be able to concentrate on his studies? Could one of his tenan...
What They SayWataru seems to be adapting well to life on Promised Island, but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy. With thirteen younger sisters to look after, Wataru always has his hands full. When Karen gets lost and then Aria seemingly disap...
Welcome to book notes. Some of you were a little bit upset by the last column when we posted a quote from a reader named Paltro who mentioned that he felt the famed Cyberpunk author William Gibson's new novel PATTERN RECOGNITION was proof that the "once g...
What They SayRui, Hitomi and Ai are three beautiful sisters who spend their days running their cute cafe - but when night falls, the claws come out! The trio transforms into Cat's Eye, the super and sexy art thieves! But there's more than meets the eye: s...
What They SayIn the peaceful theocracy of Simulacrum, everyone is born female. At age 17, each maiden undergoes a special ceremony where she chooses her sex. However, only pairs of maiden priestesses can synchronize with the ancient flying ships known as ...
What They SayThe Apocalypse is coming - and only four women can stop it! Get ready for the ultimate assault on the senses as the wildest action series to ever roll out of Japan is reborn with the state-of-the-art animation and a thunderous rock-and-roll ...
On Thursday, June 21, at 7:30pm, the American Cinematheque kicked off its four-day series, "Outside Looking In: A Tribute to Malcolm McDowell," with a Thirtieth Anniversary screening of A CLOCKWORK ORANGE, one of the actor's most memorable and controversi...
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...
OTAKON 2004 Presents
L'Arc~en~Ciel
Live in USA
When: July 31, 2004 (Saturday) show 5PM
Where: 1st Mariner Arena, 201 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
By Lauren Goodnight and Karyn Waller
After many months of rumors and speculation it was wit...
When GOLDEN SUN came out for the Game Boy Advance over a year and a half ago, the gaming world was pleasantly surprised. GOLDEN SUN presented gamers with an engaging challenge on the portable system, while sporting some great graphics and fun gameplay. No...
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...
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...
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 reveal...
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...
The Review!At first I had strong reservations against a film like Perfect Blue. I've always loved the suspense films of Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, and Massimo Dallamano. But when I heard 'Hitchcockian" and "Argento-esque", in describing Perfect Blue, I d...
Latest Releases Continue To Drive Tremendous Momentum Behind The Hottest Anime And Manga Property In North America
San Francisco, CA, May 24, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publi...
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 ...
What They SayThe Angel Brigade is at it again in another frantic search across the cosmos for the dangerous and unpredictable Lost Technology! When Milfeulle and Ranpha are dispatched to a distant planet in order to aid Mint in her recovery of one of thes...
The folks at Right Stuf are gearing up for their upcoming release of the Lost Universe series and have a new press release out that has some good news for fans of the series.At lostuniverse.rightstuf.com, visitors can read a new, exclusive interview with ...
What They SayWatch as Kain, Canal, and Millie continue their zany adventures. While the Universal Guardians handle most of the peacekeeping in the galaxy, trouble contractor Kain and his crew aboard the Swordbreaker always seem to get stuck with the assig...
Milan Records will follow up its release of the critically acclaimed score for Pan’s Labyrinth, written by Spanish composer Javier Navarrete, with another big orchestral fantasy score: Island of Lost Souls. This is a Danish epic adventure produc...
The second season of LOST will be released on October 3, 2006 via Buena Vista Home Entertainment.The release will be a seven disc DVD set and contain every episode from the second season as well as bonus materials and extra features.It is expected to reta...
A LOST video game is set to hit shelves in 2007. The game will be developed by Ubisoft's Montreal studio for consoles and PCs."We are delighted to work with Bryan Burk, one of the biggest producers in Hollywood and with Touchstone Television," said Yves ...
What They SayThere was always something a little strange about Rail Claymore, Kain?s contact in the Universal Guardians. But who knew that he was a spy feeding information to the dark forces? Now that this former friend is on the lam Kain, Millie, and Can...
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...
It's actually been a while since a column I wrote sparked conversation on the English Track, the dub lover's sanctuary on Anime on DVD. While I would like to think it was my witty writing, and unique insights into the world of dubbing, I know it was all ...
What They SayAcross a sea of stars comes one out of this world musical experience featuring all of your favorite vocals from the Lost Universe TV Series. In a single CD you can enjoy both the original version and the stellar dance remixes from songs such ...
What They SayNana's grandfather always wanted to capture the rainbow. After years of tinkering, he finally found a crystal that separates light from a rainbow into its seven basic colors. The experiment only needed to bake for a few more seconds. That's w...
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...
Since his introduction to Atari 2600 players in 1981, Pitfall Harry has explored lost caverns, swung over the jaws of ferocious crocodiles and leapt over sinkholes in pursuit of ancient relics. Today marks a new adventure in Harry's career as Activision r...
Gripping human drama, spine-tingling suspense, cutting-edge special effects, impressive production values THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA has none of these, but it's a heap of fun anyway. An affectionate spoof of '50s-style sci-fi Z-movies of the most laugh...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tuna EmpireTranslated by:Sebastien AzarAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayMore silly sexy fun from the creator of Spirit of Capitalism. To join the most popular club on campus, you've got to be totally hot and willing to do anything t...
What They SayUeki is an average junior high student who has the power to change trash into trees. This power was granted to him by Mr. K so that Ueki can participate in the "Battle of the Supernatural Powers." If Ueki wins, Mr. K becomes the new King o...
What They SayWataru tries hard to be a good big brother, which means spending a lot of quality time with thirteen younger sisters! He’s found that his sisters have a lot to teach him, and Haruka shows him that a girl who knows martial arts can come...
What They SayAfter years of being apart, the Sakura Tennis Club come together for a reunion. Some things have changed over the years, some have not. Old friends pick up where they left off. Old passionsare rekindled as long lost loves come face to face ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chiaki Taro Translated by:Daniel Sullivan & Asako OtomoAdapted by:Ailen LujoWhat They SayMasato Kamioda has somehow managed to survive the initial temptations of being the only male student in a divinity school brimming with b...
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...
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...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Please!/AkikanTranslated by:Gretchen KernAdapted by:Alien LujoWhat They SayPlease! Someone tell me which one is my twin sister!!
Maiku Kamishiro has a problem. Actually, make that two problems. He has two young girls boarding...
What They SayLove is in the air and the romance is beginning to heat up! Even Jama-p is getting into the act as he meets up with an old childhood friend. And hey, who's that kissing in that boat??? It kind of looks like Yuri and Yanagiba! Well, they b...
The Review!Whoa, Escaflowne just keeps getting better and better.
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There is action aplenty in these episodes, as well as hints of new plot points ahead. I found it interesting Escaflowne is using the Lost City of Atlantis as the homeland for ...