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THE LOSTROOM (SCIFI, 9pm PST)
Part 1 of a 3 part miniseries. In this installment a Detective Joe Miller (Peter Kraus, SIX FEET UNDER) investigates the death of tow men in a pawn shop after a deal gone bad involving a mysterious key.&nb...
Julianna Margulies, formerly of ER fame, has signed on to star in Sci Fi Channel's limited series THE LOSTROOM.Margulies will play a mysterious woman who contacts a detective (Peter Krause) claiming that her brother was killed for a seemingly innocuous m...
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THE LOSTROOM is a welcome break from holiday movies and television series reruns. While I don’t think it’s perfect, it’s often overly complex for no good reason and the pace does slow a bit here and there, it’s s...
Kevin Pollak, Margaret Cho, Dennis Christopher and Ewan Bremner have all signed on to join the cast of the SCI FI Channel's six-hour series THE LOSTROOM.Julianna Margulies, Roger Bart, Peter Krause and Elle Fanning have also been cast in the series.The s...
Roger Bart has signed on to join the cast of an eight-hour Sci Fi Channel miniseries called THE LOSTROOM.In the miniseries, Peter Krause plays a detective who happens upon a seemingly ordinary motel room key only to discover that it opens a portal to alt...
Last week, I had a unique opportunity. It all started about a month ago when I wrote an email to Andrew Nelson, the PR Manager over at ADV Films. The email discussed an upcoming article series that I was planning for one of the websites I write for. In th...
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 ...
...alled The LostRoom. In this series Detective Joe Miller is given a key by a fatally shot young man that opens a room in a hotel. The room though doesn’t exist in our reality anymore. Because of this every object in the room...
From the beginning of LOST Locke was easily one of the most interesting characters. He started out as a super hero almost, ready to run and hunt and build, whatever had to be done to save the castaways. As the series progressed we learned ...
So, it finally came, the season finale of LOST. So, would we be disappointed? What would be this season’s cliffhanger? These questions plagued me as I sat down in high anticipation in front of my television for the two hour finale.&nb...
Now I'm not one to throw superlatives around without a little green palming, but doggone it, if you didn't attend Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors in New York a couple of weeks ago, you missed out on a humdinger of an event. Why, all sorts of horror and sci-...
One of the things that saved this series from its first six episode run this season is that the writers understood that there should be a balance between the Others, or individual stories, and the beach. This episode definitely lost, no pun intended,...
A world of ice awaits you in Lost Planet. Frozen in time by the galaxy, a frigid wasteland awaits all that wish to step forth onto the tundra. The world is known as E.D.N. III, and was a site hoping to be colonized by humans, though unfortunately upon ...
What They SayWatch out, universe! Kain Blueriver, the cape-obsessed master of the psi-blade, and his lovely associates Millie, a former hot-shot private eye, and Canal, the holographic image of the ship’s computer, are back for another round of insa...
When it comes to making money in the Anime business, TV is king. When a wildly popular series manages to make it on the air, a company can expect to see its initial investment in licensing fees and dubbing expenses return quite quickly. It's probably wh...
EW.com talked with LOST executive producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse about the decision to end the series in 2010.
When asked why announcing the end date was a positive Cuse noted, "I think it's a good thing because now, people who are ...
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 ...
Here are the prize winners in our ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 giveaway: Stacey Allen and Aaron Essig proved to have superior email ninja skills, and will be receiving their prizes shortly. All others can just sit in the crying corner until they get their emoti...
Yes, I know, it's been a whole two weeks since my last column. I have a good excuse, really! Wait a second here... I'm actually writing another column fairly soon after my previous one. Well, this won't last long, so enjoy it while you can!
This week ...
There’s a pattern forming on LOST and I must admit I like it. See, it goes like this, let’s get Hurley to mess with Sawyer. On the beach, Hurley approached Sawyer and told him that the castaways are having a vote the next day on...
This season finds the main characters broken, now apparently across two islands (more on that later). Thus far, especially after last week’s dismal episode, all the good storytelling is happening on one side of the island while the filler material ...
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...
Not every episode can progress at full throttle, but that doesn’t mean it has to be less intriguing. This episode was a bit of a mixed bag for me. I found some of it interesting and other parts felt just a little padded. The zi...
Do you ever look at something and think, "Has no one else noticed this?" That's exactly what I did when I sat down to watch THE PRISONER in a marathon session earlier this week. Think about it. You have an isolated location honeycombed with strange bun...
If you are foolish enough to pay hard earned money to see this movie instead of The Exorcist this weekend, then all I can say is that youll get what you deserve: a movie so bad that there is almost nothing good to say about it; a boring mess that drowns ...
It's often astonishing what a network will green light when it's got nothing left to lose, and LOST seems to following a similar trajectory to another risk ABC took fifteen years ago. Luckily for LOST, it's got a little more time to develop than TWIN PEAK...
This is the big week, the return of the one time unstoppable hit series LOST. The series faltered the first half of this third season and the creators have apparently listened to the fans and decided not to follow network wishes and keep draggin...
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...
Don't you just love it when you know when exactly what time each media content will be showing at the Comic Con? Well, this year, it's possible all thanks to Coming Soon's Blog. They've revealed details on who is showing up this year and at what times the...
Before he began work on TITANIC, filmmaker James Cameron was interested in making a film tackling the subject of multiple personality disorder. Titled THE CROWDED ROOM, Cameron based his story on a real-life sufferer of MPD named Billy Milligan, a man who...
I'm writing this week's column with a bad head cold, and my blocked sinuses make me feel like watching movies with a lot of head trauma (decapitation, shotgun explosion, screwdriver to the temple, etc.). Luckily, here's something made to order. SPOTLIGHT ...
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...
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Surprised To Be Dead
Fourteen-year-old Yusuke Urameshi is having a typical day. He\'s cutting class at school, having arguments with his teachers, and getting into fistfights with his rival Kuwabara. Hey - when you\'re the toughest...
Recently Smallville's
Allison Mack was interviewed by Tara O'Shea of Allison-Mack.com.
It's a well done fan-site with everything you could possibly want to know about
the actress who plays Clark Kent's spunky best friend Chloe. Mack had plenty to
sa...
His name, his face, and his voice are synonymous with Horror, however Vincent Price began his career on Broadway, but where it would end was far cry different then he could have ever predicted. Vincent Price would go on to become the Master of the Ma...
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...
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...
...s and The LostRoom) brings the Man of Steel to spectacular new heights with a score bursting with thrills, chills and emotional drama.
The CD is in stores now and we've got a copy to give you!
How do you win? It's easy! Just post a comment below thi...
"It was 2 hours and 45 minutes. That was this cut that I screened for friends and family. That's why I stepped back and said I, OK the time has come for me to sit back and bring a bunch of people in a room and just watch it with them. You learn a lot from...
Fort Worth, TX (July 22, 2004) FUNimation Productions, Ltd., the foremost of producer and distributor of anime in North America has many planned events at Otakon 2004 that won't cost you an arm and a leg.
We have many activities in store at the FUNimati...
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...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
What They SayA mysterious email; a haunting melody. Professional assassin Mireille Bouquet\'s world is knocked askew by an unnerving contact from a young amnesiac, Yumura Kirika, whose killing skills are as deadly as Mireille\'s, and whose missing memory ...
Heroes has not been the disaster this season that everyone has be proclaiming it to be, but it has been much weaker than season one. The show recently saw its lowest ratings to date and in response a couple of the primary writer/producers were fir...
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 fore...
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...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kanan (Concept by Broccoli)Translated by:Koji TajiiAdapted by:What They SayThe Angel Troupe feels the pressure as Eonia's forces draw ever closer, spreading a reign of terror across the galaxy. When Eonia's legions execute a d...
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...
He`s the X-Man you never knew. Shortly before X-Men finally opened on July 14, many fans were surprised to learn that an unknown screenwriter named David Hayter was receiving sole `Screenplay` credit. Director Bryan Singer and executive producer Tom DeSan...
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 2002-2003 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, for programs and individual achievements, at the 55th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, September 13. Highlights of the pr...
Regular, Hotel Room Block and Reserved Seating Block Attendee Tickets Available Now
Anaheim, California (April 7, 2008) Traditional Main Events (including Opening/Closing Ceremonies, Masquerade, Anime Music Video Contest, AX Idol, Charity Auction an...
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...
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 ...
Thursday
The alarm rings. 5:15 AM. I question my sanity and can’t come up with anything
positive. I have a 6:30 AM flight to get to though, as I head off for the Big
Apple Anime Fest (BAAF) and Anime Expo New York (AXNY)! The dub of the B...
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'...
The TV series Lost is probably the single most ambitious attempt to create a puzzle program on television yet.
Leaving aside the complexities of the riddles in the show itself, just in case anyone had not yet realized the game-playing subtext,...
A month after insiders announced that Warner Bros. executives were developing a third installment in their Lost Boys franchise, Corey Haim has publicly lashed out against Lost Boys: The Tribe and updated the fans on what we can expect in Lost Boys 3, whic...
Last Tuesday, Warner Home Video released 'Lost Boys: The Tribe' on DVD. The movie is a direct-to-DVD follow up to the much loved vampire movie of the 1980s which make Keifer Sutherland and instant success and launched The Coreys (Mr. Feldman and Mr. Haim)...
Here is a list of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Oscar Winners. Included are both obvious genre films and borderline efforts perhaps more commonly thought of as dramas (e.g., HAMLET, SONG OF BERNADETTE). Inevitably, this kind of judgment call leaves...
The largest lot at Toho, stage 9 is where the majority of the effect scenes of the studios kaiju films are shot. It is separated from the outdoors by two sets of heavy steel doors. The inside is kept dimly lit and suspended above is a spider web like cri...
He's big, broad and mean looking on screen, yet in person his manner is more of a teddy bear than a grizzly. Forest Whitaker looks every bit the "bad guy" we typically see on film but just like in his career he steers away from that role in life as much a...
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...
When Hayao Miyazakis PRINCESS MONONOKE first began appearing at press screenings in this country over a year and a half ago, the film was Japans official entry in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences category for Best Foreign Language Film, a...
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...
In breaking with tradition this week, a Pocket Star release has given me an excuse to spend most of my discourse on something I positively love: WARCRAFT.
Ever since playing a demo version of the original Warcraft (on a Shuckysoft shareware CD) a...
By Robert Stanton (rstanton@uiuc.edu)
Boogiepop Phantom is an animated series based upon the acclaimed written work of Kouhei Kadono. Set somewhere in common, urban, contemporary Japan, the dark science fiction premises of the show quickly take over and...
For today's modern child, two things symbolize the joy and freedom of a hard earned summer vacation: swim lessons and the latest animated feature from Walt Disney Pictures. What better plan then to combine both of these symbols into one blockbuster packag...
A couple of years ago, Harlan Ellison was preparing to finally tell his side of the `City on the Edge of Forever` story, to set the record straight about his involvement with STAR TREK and his working `relationship` with series creator Gene Roddenberry. W...
Earlier this year, we started on a sizeable conversion project of probably about 2000 DVDs after discovering a new type of keepcase that was available called the Thinpak. We did some initial tests which are included in that article about how various title...
By Robert Stanton (rstanton@uiuc.edu)
Boogiepop Phantom is an animated series based upon the acclaimed written work of Kouhei Kadono. Set somewhere in common, urban, contemporary Japan, the dark science fiction premises of the show quickly take over and...
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...
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...
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, Mizuk...
Based on a story by Philip K. Dick (whose work previously inspired BLADE RUNNER and TOTAL RECALL), with AAA-list star Tom Cruise's name above the title and reigning Hollywood emperor Steven Spielberg in the director's chair, MINORITY REPORT has genre flic...
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...
"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...
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...
The title of PANIC ROOM derives from an actual structural component of many high-end homes these days. Should the residents fear imminent home invasion or indeed just be suffering an attack of paranoia, they can retreat to a "panic room" that is designed ...
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...
One of the things that truly makes the horror genre unique is the number of dedicated small and specialty publishers producing unique titles. Necro Publications is one of my favorite specialty horror publishers and one of their latest releases is Edw...
Friday, July 2nd
Convention day at last! Being the prompt people that Melanie and I are, we head off from outside of Philadelphia around 7 AM and drive down to Baltimore. While driving down I-95S, I shake my fist in the direction of Washington D.C. and ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story: Dall-Young Lim / Art: Soo-Hyon LeeTranslated by:Je-Wa JeongAdapted by:What They SayA young man finds and returns a lost wallet and cell phone to a beautiful young woman, thus begins the destined relationship between...
At a J.K. Rowling press conference, its the adults who take a backseat to the children sitting in the front row. Almost half a dozen boys and girls who are playing reporter clutch their pens and pads, asking questions to their favorite childrens author ...
QUESTION: WE ALL KNOW YOU WERE INSPIRED TO WRITE THE NOVEL BY AN EXORCISM THAT TOOK PLACE IN 1949, BUT WHAT WAS YOUR INITIAL PURPOSE FOR WRITING THE EXORCIST? WERE YOU AT ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE BOOKS POTENTIAL EFFECT ON CHILDREN? William Peter Blatty: M...
In a dimly lit distillery turned seedy Canadian redneck trucker bar, something`s about to go down. An enraged and hulking patron with a sharp knife suddenly lunges at a stranger sporting a distinctive pointy hairstyle, a leather jacket, and lumberjack shi...
DRIVER 3. FABLE. HALO 2 these games are the entries in a list that dates back in previous years to include titles like STAR FOX ADVENTURES and DAIKATANA, these are the games that hype builds up only to have the game itself collapse under the weight of tho...
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...
It has been a long week and I cannot yet write the column I intended to write for this week. Alas, my timing is off as it so often was in high school. Ah, high school. What I would give to have had a BEVERLY HILLS, 90210 or even DAWSON'S CREEK, high sc...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shiho Inada / Fuyumi OnoTranslated by:Egan LooAdapted by:David WalshWhat They SayThe brave investigators of Shibuya Psychic Research must unravel a strange mystery. People are vanishing in a peculiar mansion. Eerie manifesta...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
In this installment of the 'X-Men Last Stand' round tables, Comics2Film's thechrisbrown had a chance to talk with Famke Jansen (Jean Grey/ Phoenix) and Jimmy Marsden (Cyclops).
Note: This interview contains some spolers, which are whited out in the t...
Picking up immediately after the events of "The Horizon," "S.O.S." finds the very pregnant Sydney Bristow (and her equally expectant actress counterpart Jennifer Garner) sidelined for much of the hour. Strangely, this is not a bad thing as the episode of...
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...
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...
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...
Panic Room was formed following the break-up of the Welsh progressive rock band, Karnataka, and features 4 members of the original award winning line-up. The band's music ranges from intimate acoustic songs to full-on multi-layered symphonic prog rock, wh...
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...
For X3, however, the filmmakers made the Danger Room a top priority. "It was pretty important," says Verreaux. "This time, when we went in to the studio, we said 'We really want to have this! This is an X-Men thing!'"
Considering how important the Dang...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What They SayMahjong is a game of strategy, skill, and luck... three things the perpetrator of a sinister murder hopes he has on his side! Or is it her side?
Then, Conan and Rachel\'s relaxing day out turns into a nightmare when they become embroiled in ...
What They SayKaori comes to his late brother\'s estate to visit his widowed sister in law, and finds a mysterious video. It shows his brother with his wife and the two other ladies of the house, Chiyoko and Miyuki. In what looks like an underground room, ...
What They SayOf the eight magic spells Kazuki had, only five remain. But while Yuna, Kuriko and Rin scramble to outdo each other and grab a piece of the Shikimori action, an old childhood friend of Kazuki’s arrives! Is she a new rival? Can Kazuki co...
What They SayThe very first anime ever produced, Osamu Tezuka\'s original Astro Boy delighted children around the world with its touching stories and compelling characters. In the U.S., many will remember this popular children\'s series with its catchy th...
What They Say\"Do you love your fiancee?\" Confronted by Maximilien\'s question, Albert is forced to examine not only his arranged marriage to Eugenie, but also his parents\'. Did they marry for love, or was it a merger of money and prestige? In a fury...
What They SaySolve the world\'s most dangerous mysteries with Conan and the Junior Detective League! Find the clues on the pursuit for the ultimate answer... the truth.
Contains episodes 16-21:
The Two-Faced Brother
A Loan Repaid
The Case of the Hi-Ja...
What They SayThis episode centers around what happens to Lum, Ataru, Shinabu and the gang when they get a glimpse of their possible futures and have a chance to change them--thanks to a chance meeting with a group of interdimensional doommakers in rabbit ...
What They SayWhile searching for the missing Helga, Thoma meets the Children of Befort, who are also looking for her. At the same time, Helga and Chitto, who had set out to sea in a rowboat, are rescued by a research ship belonging to the Ged Group, who a...
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 con...
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 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 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 SayJust when Ayato thought he had finally learned the truth, the walls between the world of the Mu and our own \"real\" world begin to crumble once more. With the enigmatic Quon and Reika as guides, he must discover the truth of his own nature o...
What They Say2x1 Vol. 1 - The teacher asks Akiyama, a geeky, bespectacled boy, and Ieda, a popular jock, to visit Noriko\'s house because she\'s been absent from school for some time. Akiyama and Ieda find Noriko, a pretty girl, alone at home. They assume...
What They SayFor the first time since he\'s arrived at Kimujuku, George feels it\'s time for him to leave. However, the story doesn\'t quite end the way he expected.
Ginzame\'s kidnapping of Miyuki forces George to turn around and go on a new mission to...
What They SayIn the 37th installment of the show that warms your socks faster than any kotatsu, a misunderstand threatesn Ataru and Lum\'s relationship as winter invades Tomobiki in \"Spring Is Not Far! The STory Of The Lonesome Fairy.\" Sakura takes some...
What They SayThe first test of the new Eva turns into a disaster! As the giant bio-humanoid runs out of control, the combined efforts of Asuka and Rei fail to stop it, leaving Shinji to face the berserk monster alone… but will his compassion for the...
David Kapp / Cthulhu
Note: these questions and their responses have been reconstructed from notes taken at the press panel, and thus do not represent the actual wording of either the questions or the answers. There may be questions that have been omitted...
Saturday\'s the big day for panels at Otakon, and this Saturday
was no exception. Unlike yesterdays multi-hour stint in the dealers line,
today we spent time from 9 AM to 6 PM in one panel room, with a short break in
the one next door from noon t...
To start, you’d better like Jerry Seinfeld and his type of humor. If you don’t then the Bee Movie isn’t for you. His comedy is all over this film as if it were the color yellow. Being a fan of his comedy and his show I fou...
Sabotaged by a low-key first volume, Hissing builds its relationships in this unusual story with care. This romance is sensitive and poignant, but not without humor.Creative Talent Writer/Artist: Kang Eun YoungTranslated by: June UmAdapted by: Jamie RichW...
Opening Ceremonies
The cell phone rings....I glance at the clock and see its 8:30, who dares
disturb my slumber. Its wolve, he\'s arrived at the convention and decided to
wake me up. I know who I\'m gonna lock today. After getting prepped for the...
Zack Snyder hit the big time in 2004 with his well-received remake of George Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead. He followed it up in 2006 with a film adaptation of the graphic novel 300. Not only was the movie a huge hit, but comic fans praised it for its...
The bad thing about months with five release weeks is that you always get a week or two where the pickings are very slim. Such is the case this week! Everything from fiction to non-fiction is rather light but it’s really just the calm befo...
So the news came out that the Half Life movie directed by Quentin Tarantino is destined to join the list of the greatest science fiction movies that were never actually filmed. It has damned good company ...
10. The "Real" Alien 3
The...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Majiko!Translated by:Alethea & Athena NibleyAdapted by:Alethea & Athena NibleyWhat They SayIt\'s the adventures of the cute and energetic Niko Kanzaki in the semi-demonic prestigious school, St. Lunatic School! First having en...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Machiko OchaTranslated by:Makoto YukonAdapted by:What They SaySometimes, all it takes to find true love is one moment of courage... and a lot of virtual friends. When Ikumi Saiki meets a beautiful girl on the train ride home, ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Fumizuki Kou Translated by:Althea and Althena NibleyAdapted by:What They SayJust as Kaoru Hanabishi resigns himself to going through his college years alone, he runs into the childhood friend he hasn't seen since he left home....
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 SayIt was the year 2015, and for millions of gamers it was the year \"The World\" came to an end. Caught within a mysterious fire, all the datacenters containing the world\'s most popular game was destroyed, taking with it all the information ab...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ishida Ira/Aritou SenaTranslated by:Duane JohnsonAdapted by:What They SayWelcome to IKEBUKURO WEST GATE PARK where the miniskirts are short and the trendy guys and girls mix it up all night long. Makoto knows he's gonna rule N...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Oshima TowaTranslated by:Michiko NakayamaAdapted by:What They SayThe school field trip! When directionally-challenged Eriko gets lost while carrying the meat for shabu-shabu, the girls form a search party to look for her... an...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Machiko OchaTranslated by:Makoto YukonAdapted by:What They SaySometimes, all it takes to find true love is one moment of courage... and a lot of virtual friends. When Ikumi Saiki meets a beautiful girl on the train ride home, ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Misuzu AsaokaTranslated by:Emi OnishiAdapted by:What They SayFragile souls and tragic fates collide in these haunting, gothic stories…
In this collection, a boy struggles with a dreaded affliction that comes between him...
What They SayA.D. 2015: The Luxion fleet, commanded by Noriko Takaya\'s father, is annihilated by an assault from Space Monsters while navigating the constellation Cygnus. Six years later, Noriko has become a first-year student at the Okinawa Girls\' Spac...
In the first part of our talk about the best soundtracks of last year, we discussed the new scores which made an impression, such as those for HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE, A.I. and SHREK. Today, we will be looking at the sequels and successors o...
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Well, it's been a few weeks, so it's about time for another installment of everyone's favorite Dub Column, Lost in Translation. (Well, it's my favorite Dub Column, so that makes it all right.) Now that summer is here, many of you are probably making you...
What a weird and fun ride this has been.
Tomorrow, March 3rd, is the 5th anniversary of the start of the site. Our first full real news posting was just a few days later on March 5th, 1998 where we mentioned some new Image titles coming out. Our next p...
Torchwood was for many a more digestible series than Doctor Who; it was more familiar. The show has a fantastic ensemble cast and the Earthbound current time adventures are fun, a little , dark, and unfortunately a little soap opera. Season one of th...
Since its announcement and showcase at the San Diego Comic Con Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe has gotten fans from both camps pumped. There really hasn’t been a good straight up fight game in a long time. Having played the game I found myself...
There are many fools errands in the world. You know you can never truly succeed, and yet the temptation is too much to resist. For example: picking the Greatest Baseball Player of All Time, or the Most Talented Musician, or the Most Beautiful Woman in th...
In Part One of our Claudia Christian career profile, we looked at the actress`s early work in television and films, including her memorable appearance in THE HIDDEN, a sleeper success that in some ways set the tone for the rest of her career. For although...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Machiko OchaTranslated by:Makoto YukonAdapted by:What They SaySometimes, all it takes to find true love is one moment of courage... and a lot of virtual friends. When Ikumi Saiki meets a beautiful girl on the train ride home, ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Machiko OchaTranslated by:Makoto YukonAdapted by:What They SaySometimes, all it takes to find true love is one moment of courage... and a lot of virtual friends. When Ikumi Saiki meets a beautiful girl on the train ride home, ...
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 Tree of Life continues to grow. To really regain strength however, one of the season fairies must be recovered. Meanwhile, Salome searches for jewels, golden roses and other electrifying treasures. Kim, Michel, and Poyo will need help ...
What They SayDr. Clive and Weda\'s marriage brings baby Ame into the household, but that\'s not the only wedding in the wings. A most unexpected character finds that love and war aren\'t always exclusive!
Meanwhile, the village elder\'s chest hair return...
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...
The Review!AUDIO
I\'m not really qualified to comment on higher-end audio due to the low-end nature of my setup; however, it sounded good to me. I listened to the English and Japanese versions for the review.
VIDEO
Here we have a clear case of \"The ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hideyuki KikuchiTranslated by:Kevin LeahyAdapted by:What They SayGranny Viper is a \"people finder,\" a searcher for lost souls along the roads of a forbidding wasteland. Her latest mission: the safe return of a young woman na...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mikimoto HaruhikoTranslated by:Ikoi HiroeAdapted by:What They Saycole du Ciel - where aspiring Gundam pilots train to become Top Gundam!
Year is 0085 of the Universal Century.
Daughter of a brilliant professor, Asuna is a b...
Titus Groan, the first Gormenghast novel, was published in 1946. Its sequel Gormenghast appeared in 1950. Both names are arbitrary; arguably, the first book is more about Gormenghast and the second more on Titus. Titus Alone, the third book, followed in 1...
On Saturday, July 15, after screenings of Son of Godzilla and Godzilla Vs. Destroyah, the second day of the American Cinemateques Japanese Science-Fiction and Monster Film Weekend wound up with the U.S. premier of Ultraman Tiga: The Final Odyssey (2000, ...
At the risk of becoming repetitive, I'll be talking about Superman again this week. No, wait, come back. I'm not still rabbitting about Superman Returns. I mean the other Superman endeavour in the cultural miasma of TV and Film Smallville.
Margot ...
In television, preparation is paramount. It's also Fox, Warner Brothers, Touchstone, etc. You have to be prepared. When I first came to LA for an internship on a major TV series, I walked in knowing that show backwards and forwards. I was prepared to ...
Last month's Consumer Electronics Show revealed just how muddy the waters have gotten in the war for High Definition home video. Though High Definition television, now available via cable and satellite, has been slow to creep into homes, indications say t...
In a second sad blow to film musicdom, Composer Shirley Walker passed away last week, barely a week and the identical age as Basil Poledouris who died on November 8th. Walker died after suffering a brain aneurism from which she did not regain c...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
When it premiered in 1956, producer Mike Todd’s flamboyant cinematic incarnation of the Jules Verne novel, Around the World in 80 Days, was the world’s most expensive and elaborate film, directed by...
Gears of War is still going strong as one of the best games on the Xbox 360. The developers have not been sitting on their laurels though instead they have actively continued creating many additions. Of course there was the Gears of War Golf game created ...
Hilarious. Last Wednesday, a Boston resident called the police to report something suspicious, namely a lighted object under a bridge of a cartoon character flipping the bird. It turns out that the suspicious object was a “Throwie” – ...
Well, there are weeks where y'all are talkative and weeks where I'm left wondering if anybody even reads this damn thing. Last week was clearly the former, as the subject of TV on DVD seems to have brought you all out of the lurking woodwork. There's a ...
If you have noticed, a lot of the games released in the past few years have been based on television shows or movies. I mean, just from what it sitting on my desk, I see that six of the nine unopened games I have on my desk are based on TV shows (okay, on...
What an excellent day for an extended exorcism! Come September 22nd over 800 theatres across America will exhibit the definitive edition of the 1973 classic THE EXORCIST that contains 13 minutes of restored footage!When the movie initially opened on Decem...
Sometimes you dont always get what you want. As a long-standing Highlander fan, I really wanted to like this movie. And while there are definitely some enjoyable moments in the film, especially for fans, in the end the film has too many problems to over...
[In Part One of our interview with Joe Kane (a.k.a. the Phantom of the Movies), the author discussed his early career as a film critic, reviewing exploitation movies in local theatres. In Part Two, the author addresses the changing market that led many lo...
After 1988's GORILLAS IN THE MIST, creature designer Rick Baker (who has been involved in ape suit creation with projects that from SCHLOCK to 1976's KING KONG to THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN) figured he had accomplished everything he wanted with ape suit...
Brent Spiner is bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, as they say, when arriving early on a Sunday morning for his interview sessions to promote the new STAR TREK film.Cracks like "So, what did you think of my movie!" and "Next time I'm going to play Picard!" eru...
This has been a good month for movie thriller writer Tony Gayton. Within weeks, he's got two features in theatres, bearing his sole writing credit, first MURDER BY NUMBERS and now THE SALTON SEA. The two films are very different to the extent that their ...
Manwha, the Korean terms for comics (a combination of the Japanese manga and Chinese manhua), always seems to get the short end of the stick, being regarded as cheap manga knockoffs. Many people have a hard time seeing the difference between manwha and ma...
Bringing yet another series to a close but in a very roundabout way, we\'ve got a look at FUNimation\'s 02/08/2005 release of Dragon Ball GT Lost Episodes Vol. #5: Activation (of 5).
Allen Divers is back this week with his latest column under its new heading of "Lost in Translation", this week tackling some email and talking about a few titles that have recently come out. You can also now find Allen's previous columns in the articles ...
It's been compared to 'Lost' and 'X-Men' with a hint of 'Lord of the Flies'. Next week Michael Grant's new YA novel 'Gone' debuts in bookstores everywhere. Mania has your exclusive first look at fourteen chapters from the novel!'Gone' is the gripping firs...
Lost returned this week an hour later with an exciting and extremely complex episode. At first glance, it doesn’t seem so, but the seeds planted in this episode add layers to an already complicated episode making it even deeper but also