The release year 2003 was a sizeable one for ADV Films. In addition to putting out nearly two hundred DVDs and collections, they revamped their music division, created and launched a new manga publishing division and laid the groundwork for their "toys"...
More celebrity guests have been announced for ManiaFest2003, this fall's genre film festival. Presented in association with Cinescape magazine, ManiaFest is a four-day celebration of fantasy, science fiction and horror filmmakers and creators taking plac...
In 2003, Bandai had itself a busy year in both getting releases out as well as setting their plans for the future. But unlike other studios, a lot of what goes on with Bandai releases seem to give the impression of a "slumbering giant" of sorts. Bandai ...
For FUNimation, 2003 looked to be a good year as they continued their movement into more "hardcore" anime fandom all while still feeding the all powerful Dragonball beast that they've managed over the years.
The early part of the year saw the end of B...
After a solid 2002 release year that saw the conclusion of Rurouni Kenshin and the introduction of Berserk, Media Blasters was set to capitalize on that with the release of the noteworthy series Twelve Kingdoms and Samurai Deeper Kyo. With those set as ...
Going into 2003, Central Park Media looks to have had a set plan of catching up on a number of remasters to bring some of their outsourced titles back into their library proper, fix a few older mistakes or releases that were used as experiments back in ...
With the final day of ManiaFest also being the day of the Primetime Emmy Awards, both myself and Marcia were stretched thin covering all the action. Here is a recap of the fourth day of ManiaFest:The day got started with a panel featuring some of the heav...
For AnimEigo, 2003 proved to be something of a quieter year with some substantial gains over the previous one in certain areas.
With more and more of their back catalog getting done, the shift to other materials started to become more important. The bi...
In 2003, Manga hit one or two high points but otherwise spent the bulk of the year under the radar of most fans. A good part of the year was spent with people waiting for releases that were announced but never came, only to be eventually canceled. Macro...
In 2003, TOKYOPOP had themselves another banner year when it came to the manga side of things, which we aren't really covering here. Their anime & DVD side of the show has taken a serious backseat to their manga movement, which isn't surprising consider...
Not unlike previous years since NuTech Digital started releasing anime, it was a strange year for their releases. The end of 2002 saw a rash of releases come out, a number of them on the last day of the year. And then they had a long quiet period until ...
"I've been spending the past few months working on 'Transformers', which is based on a comic book and an animated series," producer Tom DeSanto told attendees of ManiaFest2003. More...
Speaking at ManiaFest2003, prodcuer Tom DeSanto mentioned a scene he had devised for the first 'X-Men' movie where the Danger Room was used as a mechanism to explain the practicality of the X-Men outfits, and how they are armored for protection. More...
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It's kind of boring when a columnist says something like "2003 proved to be the year of the great dubs!" What happens when 2004 proves that statement wrong? Ignoring all that, 2003 did prove to be a spectacular year for dub fans with many studios puttin...
For Right Stuf, 2003 was something of a mixed year. Their seemingly annual tradition of getting one or two shows out in total was accomplished as well as finishing out one of the most complex DVD releases seen yet from a technical perspective. But even ...
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As many other game publishers are doing this week at E3, Midway Games has unveiled its upcoming lineup of games for next generation consoles. There's plenty of diverse games to select from including their newly renovated sports titles, all of which now i...
London calling, London calling, and here are the Anime results for the year 2003, from a panel of judges that represent Her Majesty?s Government. OK, maybe not the views of HR Queen Elizabeth II, or even her remaining Corgi for that matter, but rather my ...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADV ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR RAHXEPHON-ORCHESTRATION 7: CRESCENDO
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED SERIES COMES TO AN END WITH THE DECEMBER 2, 2003 RELEASE OF THE SEVENTH VOLUME OF THE TITLE
HOUSTON, October 13, 2003-ADV Films today offi...
While Critical Mass didn't take the hentai world by storm, they released a couple of noteworthy titles while still holding onto some of the more desired ones. The continual calls for Monica to be released among hentai fandom is probably one of the stron...
The schedule of movies to be screened at the first ManiaFest genre film festival continues to grow. Recently added entries include the west coast premiere of BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR (with cast member Jeffrey Combs scheduled to attend), THE HILLS HAVE EYES (wit...
This coming Saturday at midnight the dead will rise -- well, at least on the screen -- at the first annual ManiaFest Film Festival. The latest film to be added to the festival is the zombie film that's causing all the rage online: UNDEAD, written and dire...
In 2002, Synch-Point mastered the fine art of releasing the first volume of a series. They pushed out the first volume of I'm Gonna Be An Angel as well as FLCL. In 2003, the turned their focus to both the second and third volumes, bringing out what was ...
CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAYS WITH AMERICA'S #1 ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ANIME AND MANGA
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HOUSTON, November 19, 2003-Today Newtype USA, the leading anime and manga
publication in the English-speaking world, poured a heaping mug of egg nog
(nonalcoholic, of cou...
Central Park Media has posted their new 2003 Catalog on their site (a lovely 7.5 meg PDF file) and there\'s a variety of interesting items. We\'ll try and list as many as we can here:
Alien 9 will be all on one DVDAnimation Runner Kuromi looks to be one e...
Just one day remains until the first annual ManiaFest Genre Film Festival gets underway. With over 30 films to be screened (and some of them will have their creators and cast members on hand to discuss what it was like making them), two panels, a salute t...
Chicago, IL - (January 22, 2003) Manga Entertainment gears up
for a solid 2003 with some of the most exciting anime series, first time
available on DVD. First quarter new releases include The Guyver, Fist
of the North Star and Virus.
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Mania Fest 2003 is coming this fall. Slated to be the world's first major genre film festival, the event will celebrate the work of science fiction, fantasy, and horror screenwriters and filmmakers -- and it's looking for the next wave of talent.From Sept...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Wing Yan/King TungTranslated by:Ken Li/Stephen IpAdapted by:What They SayThe "King of Fighters Tournament" has grown to be the most renowned martial arts contest in the world. New rules and new fighters brings constant media c...
Hiroki Kanno Making His First North American Anime Convention Appearance
BOSTON, Mass. - March 13, 2003 - The New England Anime Society is proud to announce that acclaimed anime character designer Hiroki Kanno will be attending Anime Boston 2003 as the ...
Popular Anime Convention Will Be Held July 3-6 in Anaheim, CA
NEW YORK, NY (June 30, 2003) — During Anime Expo 2003, Bandai Entertainment, the premiere distributor of Japanese animation in North America, will introduce three new, highly anticipated anim...
This coming week is a really mixed bag. If you're the kind of person who
has been waiting for cheaper collections, you're all set. If not, may we
tempt you with some fine music? Having listened to the Yuki Kajiura CD all
weekend, I can't recommend it high...
Our reporters are on the floor at Katsucon 2003 this year and utilizing the gear they worked out last year during Anime Expo and Anime Expo New York, they\'ll be providing updates as quickly as possible, though I wouldn\'t expect too much due to the odd s...
Day three of ManiaFest started early with a Masters of Horror Panel, featuring emerging talent and established filmmakers. The panel consisted of Wes Craven, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Rob Zombie and Eli Roth with the moderator being Cinescape's Editor-i...
The candidates for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects of 2003 have been announced and seven films are in contention to win Oscar gold. They are 20th Century Fox's MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD and X2: X-MEN UNITED, Buena Vista's P...
Opening the first day of the ManiaFest film festival was THE DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE ROCK AND ROLL MUSICAL, a modern adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale.In the evening fans were treated to a special screening of BEYOND RE-ANIMATOR, which w...
What do you think was the sleeper hit of 2003? Check out this forum poll in the recommendations forum and give your favorite the nod so that others may try it!
We\'ve been trying to work out the best way to do this for the past few weeks in-between the resurgent personal life troubles that have come up and think we\'ve got it nailed down. So, without further ado, here\'s the opening installment of our look back ...
After months of evaluating hundreds of entries in the categories of novels, short stories and comics, judges have announced the finalists of the 2003 CINESCAPE Genre Literary Competition.A complete list of finalists is as follows:Novels Finalists "An Inte...
OPINION: The cover of THE INCREDIBLE HULK #44 features an X-acto knife being aimed at a human eyeball. MARVEL KNIGHTS DOUBLE SHOT #1 includes a Punisher story told from inside the mouth of a Mafia don in the midst of a dental exam, as the Punisher extract...
A few days ago, we presented you with the Golden Thumb Awards, our favorite games of 2002. But, as 2002 is over and 2003 is now begun, we must look ahead. So, in a similar fashion, we take a look at the games that we can't wait for in 2003.STAR WARS GALAX...
OPINION: There's long been fan speculation over whether DC could benefit from having a comics imprint similar to that of Marvel's "Ultimate" line, in which our much-beloved heroes are made over in a "modern," more realistic way, to see how they'd function...
Nintendo has always been known for having incredible lineups in their booths at E3. While the year 2003 didn't have a new GameCube Mario, Metroid, or Zelda game adorning the booth, Nintendo still had quite a few high-quality titles that packed showgoers i...
I normally start off most of my baseball game reviews talking about the smell of gloves and bats, something about pine tar and how good sunflower seeds are. But, I chose to spare all of you for my review of INSIDE PITCH 2003. Why is that? Because, quite l...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Wing Yan / King TungTranslated by:TJ ZhaoAdapted by:Gayle TanWhat They SaySNK\'s most famous characters come to life in The King of Fighters 2003! Ash Crimson\'s true ambition is much darker than anyone had imagined. Can the s...
OPINIONI finally got to see THE HULK yesterday, and now I see why it's gotten such mixed reviews. It's a nicely thought-out movie, and it tells Bruce Banner's story in the only plausible way that it could be told in 2003. On the other hand, it takes a lot...
The January issue of Previews Magazine will feature the first photos of the actions figures accompanying Twentieth Century
Fox's upcoming X-Men 2.
The Diamond Comics Toy Chest has a few preview images from various product line offerings, inclu...
Christopher Reeve's appearance as Dr. Virgil Swann in the "Rosetta" episode of "Smallville" was named #6 among TV Guide's Greatest Moments of 2003. More...
The latest issue of Femme Fatales magazine names it's "Sexy 50" women for 2003. Coming in at #2 is a C2F reader fave: Jennifer Garner the lovable ninja assassin from 'Daredevil'.
Ghostly adventures and antics are resurrected when Amblin Entertainment's $100 million, live-action hit, 'Casper,' makes its DVD debut on September 23, 2003. A must-have for the fall and Halloween, the 'Casper Special Edition' DVD is filled with ghoulishl...
989 has had some problems over the past few years. The switchover from the PlayStation to the PlayStation 2 basically threw their dev teams into fits, and left the company with a lot of crappy games (with the sole exception of the great WORLD TOUR SOCCER ...
The latest issue of Femme Fatales magazine names it's "Sexy 50" women for 2003. Breaking the top five for C2F readers is Kelly Hu, the back (and front and side) stabbing villainess of 'X2'. Hu is #4 in the top 50.
The countdown continues...
The latest issue of Femme Fatales magazine names it's "Sexy 50" women for 2003. Newly ranked highlights for C2F readers are:
#6 Rose McGowan who donned a catsuit for 'Monkeybone'
#7 Kristin Kreuk the 'Smallville' sweetheart
#9 Uma Thurman who planted t...
The latest issue of Femme Fatales magazine names it's "Sexy 50" women for 2003. Newly ranked highlights for C2F readers are:
#17 Emmanuelle Vaugier - Lex's Femme Fatale on 'Smallville'
#19 Peta Wison who sucked blood for the 'League of Extraordinary Gen...
So.... it's been one helluva year hasn't it? When I look back on it, I get kind of nostalgic since my membership on the AoD forums is exactly as old at the manga forum. In some ways though, I'm a lot more shocked when I look back at what's changed in the ...
Another year has passed in Language and Culture, and the forum continues to be the quiet but consistent side stream that it always has been. The biggest change has of course been the move to the new forum software, which caused some problems for people wa...
The latest issue of Femme Fatales magazine names it's "Sexy 50" women for 2003. Newly ranked highlights for C2F readers are:
#28 Ashley Scott a.k.a. The Huntress on 'Birds of Prey'
#29 Tara Reid who was one third of Josie and the Pussycats!
The countdo...
The Futon Critic is currently counting down their annual list of the 50 Best Episodes of 2003 this week. So far, three Smallville episodes are on the list: "Exodus" (#35), "Rosetta" #22, and "Perry" #11.
Galfo Films and independant writer/producer,Frederic Galfo, has announced that the website promoting his humanitarian superhero, 'Dr. Justice' has won The Golden Web Award 2003-04.
Galfo, has announced plans to develop the best-selling French comic str...
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 ...
The latest issue of Femme Fatales magazine names it's "Sexy 50" women for 2003. Newly ranked highlights for C2F readers are:
#5 Monica Bellucci who seduced the Gaul hero in 'Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
The Countdown Continues...
One of the continuing signs of the growth of anime into the mainstream market is when the Hollywood studios start taking notice of things other than the children's fare like Pokemon or the latest toy tie-in series. In 2002, Columbia Tri-Star developed an ...
Another year passes, and yet some things in the Retail Forum never change. Bargain shoppers continue the never-ending pursuit to find the best deals on anime related merchandise. People keep asking which online stores are the most reliable and have the be...
The
announcements just keep coming on the big comic book flicks. Late yesterday Universal
Pictures announced the release schedule for The Hulk. Here's the
word from the studio:
Universal
Pictures will release The Hulk, the feature film based upon the...
An expensive week for some as there are some limited edition releases and big box set:
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Bandai Entertainm...
It's official: One of Sony's big films for summer 2003 will be BAD BOYS 2. That's the announcement the studio made at ShoWest, revealing after months of murmured talk and the supposed cold shoulder from BOYS director Michael Bay, that Will Smith and Marti...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO: THE MOTION PICTURE-PRINCE OF DARKNESS
FEATURE-LENGTH FILM SEQUEL TO WILDLY POPULAR TV SERIES MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO
HOUSTON, September 9, 2003-ADV Films has s...
August 2003 ContestTofu Records ContestThe good folks at Tofu Records have started their launch of Japanese pop music into the American market and have kicked it off with the release of the JPOP CD. This CD is actually a collection of a number of differen...
2003 was a big year for video games, with three major consoles looking to be the public's number one choice for gaming. As James and Troy did last year, they have selected their top games for 2003's Golden Thumb awards, picking their top computer, Xbox, G...
Day two of ManiaFest opened with screenings of PREDATOR, TERMINATOR and PUMPKINHEAD, all in honor of special effects master Stan Winston. In recognition of his groundbreaking work on these cinematic classics, Winston would be receiving the first Maniac Aw...
Producer Richard Zanuck has been talking about a sequel to Tim Burton's PLANET OF THE APES.While talking to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, Zanuck suggested that a sequel might come in 2003. Zanuck explains, saying, "We don't wan...
There's just a little over two weeks remaining before the final deadline in ManiaFest2003's talent competition. If you haven't heard, ManiaFest is looking for this year's best and brightest genre short films, screenplays and feature length films made by ...
In a year when anime saw an explosion of growth across just about all areas, Urban Vision managed to put out even less than before.
In 2002, they put just about all their eggs in the Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust basket and managed to do pretty well wit...
Part 2: Restorations & ReissuesApart from new soundtrack releases, archival restorations have played an important part in perpetuating a lot of film music (especially in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres) that would otherwise have been lost ...
Director Ang Lee of (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) fame says he wants the Hulk film to come out in 2003 but plans major changes to screenwriter David Hayter`s treatment of the gamma-powered goliath.`I`m developing [The Hulk] and we`re hoping for a 2003 ...
This one sounds a little far fetched, but oddly plausible based on what we know. The bit is this: THE MATRIX RELOADED could hit DVD three scant months after hitting theaters in May of 2003. What's the logic behind this? It would give fans time to absorb t...
Bungie Studios, the game development company behind the best-selling Xbox game of all-time, reports that a sequel to HALO won't be ready for this year. While reports indicated it could be out as soon as summer or Christmas 2003, Bungie has now officially...
One of the hardest things that has to be worked on is transcribing interviews. It\'s a slow painful process of making sure you got everything right and then triple checking it. It also helps to actually send it into the place where it\'s going to be publi...
Central Park Media\'s Anime 18 division has posted their new 2003 Catalog on their site (a lovely 4.5 meg PDF file) and there\'s a variety of interesting items. We\'ll try and list as many as we can here:
Blood Shadow appears to be a new license (and look...
Greetings; my name is Luis Cruz, one of the official AoD minions that joined the ranks this past year. Prior to my official involvement, I was involved (read "lurked a lot") in the forums, wrote the AnimeOnDVD.com Recommends "Akira" piece, and w...
NEW YORK, NY (February 14, 2003)—In the wake of its recent anime hits, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Escaflowne and Cowboy Bebop, Bandai Entertainment, the premiere distributor of Japanese animation DVD's in North America, is introducing exciting new anime pro...
The latest issue of Femme Fatales magazine names it's "Sexy 50" women for 2003. The countdown of the list is up at the CFG/Femme Fatales. Not surprisingly, several big and small screen heroines and vixens have made the cut. Currently ranked highlights for...
We all know that Sony's 989 Studios has gone through a rough time making the jump from the PlayStation One to the PlayStation 2. While the recent football games are a step forward for the company, none of them are as big as NBA SHOOTOUT 2003, without a do...
Some new updates made their way to the Katsucon 2003 news page yesterday, so be sure check out the new Media Blasters, Bandai and State of the Industry sections!
We\'ve had so many issues slam us recently both personally and professionally that I\'ve had to let some writing slide. But with a bit of free time this weekend, I hope to get a few more year in review pieces done. First up for those though is a look at B...
OPINION First of all, our congratulations to Judd Winick and the team formerly on DC's GREEN LANTERN for being honored with a Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. The award was given for the highly con...
Pretty much a given at this point, with little solicitation time left for a lot of 2002 titles from Disney, but according to this page where they talk about the Laputa soundtrack re-release in Japan this year, there\'s an off-hand comment about the movie\...
The 2003 MTV Movie Awards aired June 5th from the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Among the screaming of the fans the many celebrities and music stars strolled down the blue carpet and Cinescape was there!And the winners were:Best Movie THE LORD OF TH...
OPINIONBefore we launch into this week's discussion, I must apologize to the reader who brought up the Nick Fury question in the first place - seems I called him "Brian" when his name is actually "Chris." That being said, I must remind everyone that if yo...
Part 1: The New ScoresOnce again, we begin our annual two-part overview of the last year's science fiction, fantasy, and horror soundtracks with my choices for the year's best new soundtracks newly composed for films released in 2003. These are my Top 15...
2003 Anime and J-Pop Calendars are now available for pre-order from Planet Anime! Choose from over 50 different styles featuring the hottest J-Pop stars and coolest new Anime Series. Featuring fan favorites Hikaru no Go, Hunter X Hunter, Chobits and mor...
In the commentraks and other extras on New Lines Platinum Series Special Edition DVD of 2004's TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, producer Michael Bay and others keep repeating how important it was that their remake reproduce the raw, immediate feel of the 1974 Tob...
OPINIONI don't know what shocks me most: the fact that I got deluged with hate mail from a reader for not including SPAWN in our discussion last week (for space reasons, but also because no one who wrote in really said much about it); or the fact that sai...
OPINIONA quick reminder: because of the Labor Day holiday on Monday, the newest comics will not be shipping to your local stores until Thursday, September 4. Bear this in mind as you plan today's errands, and save your poor beleaguered comics store owner ...
OPINIONBefore we start, my apologies for stating that 1602 was coming out last week. I am an idiot. We knew this. Anyway...A few weeks ago, my comment that casting a black actor as the Kingpin in the DAREDEVIL movie promoted stereotypes rather than creati...
OPINIONAmazing, the amount of responses that including a single controversial quote in a column can garner! I got a record amount of letters responding to last week's column about the ULTIMATES's Nick Fury, an African-American character. The responses wer...
OPINIONWhatever else you might say about the experience, reading CAPTAIN MARVEL for the past thirteen months has never been boring. Ever since the relaunch of the book last September as part of Marvel's lameduck "U Decide!" promotion, Peter David has take...
OPINION: Yes, you heard me right: "Part One." The response to my question about why there aren't enough female superheroes in their own books and what should be done about that problem was tremendous - and I finally got a goodly number of responses from f...
OPINIONFinally...consensus! Even though many of you may have disagreed with the choices I and your fellow COMISCAPE readers made for the Ten Best Comic Book Movies, and even the Bottom Five of the Ten Worst, you all seemed to have no trouble agreeing on w...
OPINION: First, a brief rant: Marvel has one of the worst websites in the comics world in terms of up-to-date info. Last week, the site was promoting (and is still promoting as of this writing, October 26, by the way) X-STATIX #13 as the first part of the...
OPINIONFirst of all, a quick announcement about a policy change of mine: many of you have noted the amount of times I've erroneously stated that a book was shipping during a particular week, and then that turned out not to be the case. I have to apologize...
On Tuesday in San Francisco, Sony held its annual Gamers Day in order to give the press a look at its upcoming videogame lineup, as well as a bit into the future. There was the back patting and cheerleading that is to be expected from these events, as wel...
After covering E3 for four years, I'm somewhat jaded about the show. E3 is merely a big light show, where you get to hear company lines about games, do a few interviews, haul around a bag with your laptop, notepad, and recorder, all while hoping your feet...
OPINION: There was quite a stir when Marvel announced that the first title in its new EPIC line of comics would be Mark Millar's TROUBLE - though I imagine most of the stir was over the two swimsuited women on the photographic cover.
Sweatshop #1
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OPINION:Reviewing CAPTAIN MARVEL this week reminded me of how much I hate the unnecessary renumbering of comics. There's something absolutely loathsome about having to give an issue number as "7 (42)" - it's bad enough having to do it with series like AMA...
As expected, DAREDEVIL held on to the lead slot while suffering notable drop offs in attendance. OLD SCHOOL leads the parade of new films this week.1. DAREDEVIL, $18.1 million this weekend, $69.5 million since opening.2. OLD SCHOOL, $17.5 million in this ...
OPINION: Fair warning: to get in all the great responses I got this week and to close this topic, I've had to go the SOUTH PARK route and make it bigger, longer, and uncut. (Probably not the wisest phrase to use in a column primarily about women, but ther...
The LucasArts booth is always a place we like to visit at E3. With all of the new Star Wars games hiding in this invitation only booth, it's a great chance to check out what's coming out from the House that Lucas built. This year includes a couple of role...
OPINIONFirst off, let me say thank you to all those readers who "got" last week's column presenting the controversial view that Superman might be the stupidest superhero and who wrote in to put in their two cents or to politely disagree. (And by the way, ...
OPINIONI know I promised a column on the best and worst movie adaptations, but I'm going to delay it for a week for two reasons: 1) I've not seen THE HULK yet, and I want to include it; and 2) I have something to get off my chest - namely, my thoughts on ...
OPINIONYour response to the idea of DC producing their own version of a Marvel-style Ultimates line was, shall we say, overwhelming - and almost unfailingly positive. Most proposed alternate versions of the DC Universe and its characters, so while I can't...
OPINIONIt's so nice to get an in-box full of people writing enthusiastically about their ideas for a DC Ultimates line rather than getting one more irate letter saying, "Dude, you are sooooo whacked to be dissin' Zan and Jayna!" Originally I'd brought up ...
OPINIONNo death threats this time, thank goodness, and a few extra votes for new heroes, as well as some repeat votes for Matter Eater Lad and Dazzler. One anonymous fan even put in a vote for Phoenix, stating that "she upset the balance of the Marvel Uni...
OPINIONBefore I start off the list of the most painful comic book-related movies, a few points of business. First, Mike Yaremko asks me to remind everyone of a movie that often gets forgotten (including by myself, apparently), THE ROCKETEER, which he feel...
DAREDEVIL opened huge this weekend, bringing in nearly $50 million, more than twice as much as the number two film, HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, which pulled in $21 million.1. DAREDEVIL, $47.3 million in this opening weekend. 2. HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 ...
Comic Books To Film - Sunday, Setember 21 - 10:00 am to 11:45 am
Hosted by CrossGen Comics Moderated by Eric Moro, Executive Editor Cinescape magazine A discussion of the translation of a comic book property to the big screen with:
Stan Lee
Guillermo ...
ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR FIRST VOLUME OF FULL METAL PANIC!
ACCLAIMED SERIES TO BE AVAILABLE 20th OCTOBER 2003
LONDON, UK, 1st September 2003-ADV Films today announced a 20th October 2003 release date for the first volume of the hotly anticip...
Halloween is coming up quick and it's time for you to decide what you're going to be this year. Comics2Film's Halloween shop has over 50 costumes featuring superheroes like Spider-Man, Batman, Hulk, Superman, Wonder Woman, Justice League and more! Check i...
From UGO's year-end wrap up: "It takes a special something to bring the rich X-Men universe and spin it into a powerful and captivating tale, but that's just what director Bryan Singer did with the first X-Men flick. With X2: X-Men United, Singer and gang...
July 2003 Gun Crazy acquired for the UK
Gun Crazy is a series of live-action films directed by Atsushi Muroga (Score, Junk), each episode featuring a different female lead in a 'Girls with Guns' scenario. Episode 1: A Woman From Nowhere (Fukushuu no ...
Creative Talent
Writer/Artist: Wing Yan & King Tung
Translated by: TJ Zhao
Adapted by: Gayle Tan
What They Say
The King of Fighters top four teams\' battles officially begin on \"Highway Star Express.\" The first battle is Team K vers...
Though a minor one, it's worth noting that it was at the Robotech panel on Friday that that Macross 7 Trash manga was coming stateside, something which our reporting had indicated was first announced at the TOKYOPOP Panel on Friday in the afternoon.
Our first day of Anime Central 2003 coverage is now up and available (with the usual caveats of re-checking with studios for confirmations next week as well as adding pictures and fleshing things out a bit more after the reporter returns). There\'s some n...
Not that it was unexpected, but the Sci-Fi Channel has sagely renewed Ronald D. Moore's updated BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. So, those still reeling from the shocking final moments of the finale can breathe a sigh of relief. With an elegant first part, "Kobol's ...
It was the night that genre fans have been waiting for. Last night the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized Peter Jackson's final film in his LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy and lavished the picture with Oscars for Best Picture and Best Direct...
It took a bit to get some of our thoughts in order plus get through a rough week back at work, but we\'ve put up something of an Anime Next convention report today.
Continuing with our series of Year in Review articles, up today is James Marken, forum moderator of the Japanese Language & Culture area, who has some views on how one of the more intriguing forums we run has evolved over the past year.
The folks at AnimeFringe have sent out their latest press release that talks about their yearly poll that lets people vote for their favorite sites. We had a good showing ourselves last year and hope to see similar results again this year! ;)
OPINION: Before we get started, two plugs: one, an invitation to visit CINESCAPE's comic book message forum in addition to sending e-mail to yours truly, so that you don't have to wait for me to reprint your letter before others can respond to it; and two...
A tidbit from Friday is carried over and Saturday\'s initial crop of Anime Central 2003 cover is continuing thanks to our reporter Jon Niehof. Be sure to see yesterdays news posting for the usual caveats.
While Marvel has just begun to do major updates of its lesser characters through its Ultimates and MAX lines, DC has been at it for a little longer, bringing back characters like the Sandman and the Elongated Man in their Vertigo line and making those cha...
OPINION First off, some good news: I've been informed by my good friend and editor Arnold T. Blumberg and by a few helpful readers that Marvel will indeed be celebrating the 500th issue of FANTASTIC FOUR by changing back to the old numbering. Thing is, th...
OPINIONSo, another Free Comic Book Day has come and gone, bringing the promise of new comics readers (and for retailers, the hope for new comic store customers). Or is it? Just to satisfy my curiosity (and to get some freebies myself), I went to More Fun ...
OPINION: I may be committing sacrilege by even daring to say such a thing, but I found the first Free Comic Book Day last year just a bit disappointing. I'm pretty certain it wasn't the fault of my local comic shop, who did their best to promote the event...
OPINIONFirst off, a special round of applause for CINESCAPE's own Jason Henderson! He's just landed a gig with Image Comics doing a new series called SWORD OF DRACULA, which is due out in October - just in time for Halloween. Jason says that he'll be revi...
OPINIONWelcome to the last month of summer! I've already gotten a lot of response to the idea of a column on the depiction of African-Americans and other minorities in comics - one person even sent what amounts to a full article! - but before doing that c...
OPINION: Ever notice that there are far fewer female superheroes with their own ongoing title than male superheroes? A quick glance at the monthly offerings of both DC and Marvel, for instance, reveal just how huge a disparity it is. In the October listin...
OPINIONI've just reread AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36 for what is probably the 40th or 50th time, and whatever else we may say about it, there's one incontestable fact: it's lost very little of its original power. I thought that, after having read it so many tim...
OPINIONMy thanks again to everyone who wrote in regarding the "Nick Fury Question." Your responses were many and varied as you yourselves are, and I'm still getting letters about it. I guess that, despite how far we've come in this country, race as an iss...
OPINIONHonestly, I'm starting to think I should just head this column with "Mea Culpa" in big bold letters every week, the amount of apologizing I end up doing. It seems that not only did I completely get the JLA's current minority line-up wrong (John Ste...
OPINION:April really is the cruelest month - especially when your birthday falls in April - so instead of whining about what being a 33 year-old comics fan is like, I thought I'd have a bit of fun. Recently, Brian Michael Bendis brought back Speedball, a ...
OPINION: I fully expected to hate Ron Zimmerman's take on THE RAWHIDE KID - in other words, his decision to make the character gay - for two reasons: 1) I've disliked, if not outright despised, just about everything Zimmerman has produced since he started...
The MADDEN series is easily the reigning king of the football world. Sure, it has had its challenges over the past few years by Sega Sports' NFL 2K series. But as a whole, Madden still has a devoted fan base, and until last season, dominated every sy...
College football, Saturday, marching bands, hot dogs, and the glory of the game. It's perhaps one of the best aspects of the fall, and definitely a hotbed of gaming activity in college dorms all over the United States. Now three companies are throwing the...
This news comes via the VARIETY story about HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE director Chris Columbus leaving the series. If you're saying, "Wha..? Huh?" read the story in today's news. If you want to know when you might pick up your copy of ORDER OF ...
Image Entertainment Announces Sale of Wholly-Owned Subsidiary DVDPlanet, Inc. to Infinity Resources, Inc.
Tuesday September 23, 6:04 am ET
Sale Includes DVDPlanet.com Web Site and Retail Store
CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 23, 2003--Image...
In the final holiday weekend of the season, the Jackson/Tolkien epic THE TWO TOWERS continued to rampage across the landscape of movieland, breaking dams and flooding the works of industry with - uh, sorry, I went to see it again this weekend, and so did ...
Generally over-optimistic revenue projections lead to some shuffling on the list in final B. O. today. CHICAGO now tops DARKNESS FALLS and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN continues to dog THE TWO TOWERS.The Tolkien film, however, retained its cumulative revenue of $3...
Last week's number one film, DAREDEVIL, held on to the top slot as OLD SCHOOL opens at number two. The second red-leather day for the blind attorney was not quite as juicy as the first, however.1. DAREDEVIL, $18.9 million this weekend, $70.3 million since...
As expected, HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS dominated the opening films this weekend, earning about $4 million more than SHANGHAI KNIGHTS and a great deal more than DELIVER US FROM EVA.CHICAGO bounced to number three on a wider theatrical release, which we ...
Early box office estimates report a very healthy 24.1 million dollar opening weekend for HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS and a respectable $19.8 million opening for SHANGHAI KNIGHTS. CHICAGO added theaters and climbed back up the chart to pull in $10.7 mill...
Early box office returns for the weekend of January 31 to February 2 place the Al Pacino - Colin Farrell spy thriller THE RECRUIT atop the heap with openers FINAL DESTINATION 2 and BIKER BOYZ roaring along behind.It also appears that this is the weekend t...
Based on Undead Television Programming.Boo Cinescapers! Alas, the creepiest holiday is about to rear its ugly head -- but enough about Thanksgiving. (Buh dum bum) With Halloween scratching on the door, one thing is certain, AMC will treat us to somet...
One area where we went to get a sort of "readers view" of the AnimeOnDVD community is in our off-topic area. In being a participant in many of these types of forums across many sites over the years, the health of a forum can often be determined by what ki...
PJ: I?m talking to Colonel Skirmish from the Fanzine Publication House Studio Skirmish. Please tells a little about yourself.
CS: I?m Colonel Skirmish, I run a London based studio called Studio Skirmish, which I founded in 1997. My team includes Nuclear...
Please note that this is an abridged version of the interview, and that some questions were asked by other people in the room.
Piro & Seraphim ? the dynamic duo
Going back to where you grew up, what were the influences that pushed you into the ...
PJ: Hi, thanks for taking the time out to talk. Can you describe ?Sweatdrop? and it?s members?
SD Gang: We are a group of like minded amateurs who write, illustarte, produce and publish Brit-Manga. As we have our printing facilities we are able to do ...
ADV ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR SIN: SPECIAL EDITION
MOVIE TIE-IN TO VIDEO GAME WITH TONS OF EXTRAS AND ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK ON SEPARATE CD; TO BE AVAILABLE NOVEMBER 4, 2003
HOUSTON, September 25, 2003-ADV Films today announced a November 4, 2003 releas...
DVDNews reports that Paramount Home Entertainment has scheduled the release of the balance of the STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION DVD sets, encompassing seasons five through seven, by years' end. Release dates for the sets are set to be November 5, Decembe...
OPINION: It still amazes me that, before three weeks ago, I had never heard of BitTorrent, the revolutionary (and controversial) new way of trading comics via the Web. But it wasn't until a friend told me about it at a faculty party that I checked into it...
Usually our convention year is limited to one convention down in Baltimore. This year, due to a new local one in our area, we bumped up to two. And then due to some events in the region, we ended up with three.
Anime Next, normally in New Jersey, shifted...
When Dr. Gaius Baltar develops a means of detecting Cylons in the fleet, President Laura Roslin and Commander William Adama decide that high-ranking personnel in key positions should be Baltar's first test subjects. While Roslin suggests Adama go first, ...
OPINION: A brief warning before we start: I had so many varied and intelligent responses to the question of how you'd characterize the main differences between Marvel and DC that I'm having to make this column extra-long. Do not try to adjust your televis...
OPINION: You're probably wondering where the follow-up to last week's column about the difference between DC and Marvel is, aren't you? Well, truth be told, there was such a huge response to that column, with so many well-written and thought-provoking ide...
OPINION: Don't let the title to this column fool you: I'm well aware that the difference between Marvel and DC is actually huge, to the point that, even now, there are still people who are avid fans of one company and who refuse to buy any books published...
Adding a new piece to our growing look on the year that has past, Paul Jacques has sent in some thoughts on what\'s happened since we brought him on board last year to handle the UK reviews as well as what the UK side of things is starting to look like.
AnimEigo posted to their site some admitted missed dates as they had a few January releases planned and have updated their schedule. They do however indicate that this is looking pretty firm and some may even ship early:March 07: Zatoichi Meets YojimboMar...
With the UK continuing to build strength, the Aya Again convention this year showed the growing interest in fandom and the industry there. Thankfully, we had one of our boys over there who was on hand to provide a detailed report about the goings-on on th...