SCHOOLOFROCK helmer Richard Linklater has signed to direct the remake of THE BAD NEWS BEARS for Paramount Pictures. The studio has now scheduled to start filming the picture in late November for a mid-2005 release date.Billy Bob Thornton will play the p...
Paramount Pictures recently held the World Premiere ofSCHOOLOFROCK at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. This film which stars Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur who gets kicked out of his band. So what does he d...
Michael C. Luckman is an interesting character. Not only does he write books, but he also organizes and promotes concerts and events connected with UFOs. Luckman is founder of the Cosmic Majority and taught the nation's first college-level course on rock ...
Proposed by David McCall, an advertising executive, back in 1972, SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK! was an attempt to teach young kids important information through song. The basic idea being that with a catch ditty supporting it children would be able to easily retain i...
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...
What They SayContains Cromartie High School DVD 1 plus a high-quality collector\'s artbox and the first volume of the manga!
Mild mannered student Takashi Koyaman finds himself enrolled at Cromartie High, where everybody is a delinquent! Logically, ther...
What They SayIn a school where martial arts are standard curriculum, Ryoko takes on all comers. But this high school girl is in for the fight of her life when she is transported to an alternate dimension to defeat a myriad of evil adversaries.
As the #1 ...
What They SayAt Real Bout High School, teachers don\'t break up fights, they grade them! In a school where martial arts are standard curriculum, Ryoko is kicking butt and taking names! The Review!After the second volumes drop in animation quality, the vis...
Komikwerks and comic's legend Joe Kubert (Sgt. Rock, award winning Fax from Sarajevo, Eisner nominated Yossel) have joined forces. In an effort to draw attention to the many talented creators the school has produced over the years, Joe and Komikwerks are ...
What They SayRyoko, the modern-day samurai girl and #1 fighter of Daimon High, must now take on her widest range of adversaries yet: from magical waitresses to a dominant trio of new enemies - Akitaka, Nanase and Setsura. Add the mysterious dimension of S...
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...
There's something strange about cult animated films from the '80s. Generally their home video release has been delayed by decades due to circumstances out of their control. Heavy Metal took forever (mainly due to music rights that weren't cleared for the ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kanako InukiTranslated by:Heidi PlechlAdapted by:What They SayKanako Inuki, the Queen of Horror Manga, brings you School Zone, stories about ordinary children who encounter the strange and terrifying at their very own school, ...
The only show that I went into blind, and became a massive fan of. 2nd Barrage continuing into brilliance, with action, comedy, great characters, mystery, suspense - and even a little romance for the most unlikely character in the show.
What They S...
What They SayPoor Kamiyama! Somehow he has been enrolled in Cromartie High School, the infamous school for delinquents. When your classmates are the meanest, toughest (and often dumbest) students around, you do what you can to fit in. But when you add a 4...
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...
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:Kobayashi JinTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:What They SayShe is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her?
He is the school\'s most notorio...
...k Black ("SchoolofRock") and Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody ("The Pianist").Naomi Watts portrays Ann Darrow, an actress from the world of vaudeville who finds herself out of a job in Depression-era New York. Her luck changes when she meets Carl ...
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 ...
New York, NY, August 4, 2008: Karaterice and the New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced the Far East To East Showcase (FETES), a night of innovative music that brings together six of the best musical artists from both the Far East an...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi JinTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:What They SayShe is a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her?
He is the school\'s most notorio...
Jack Black's SCHOOLOFROCK eclipsed The Rock's RUNDOWN to become the new number one movie at the box office. According to studio estimates, the Paramount movie grossed $20.2 million dollars on its opening weekend, nearly $2 M better than THE RUNDOWN's de...
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-...
...CONFUSED, SCHOOLOFROCK, FAST FOOD NATION) used a unique technique incorporating live-action and interpolated rotoscoping which gave the film's visual look a stylish half-animated, half-live appearance. Reynolds' music follows suit with a fascinating...
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...
Yes, there is such a thing. Now I'm usually one to write about why I love anime in the capacity that I do, but I've found the more I watch anime, or engage in anything for that matter, the more I realize where anime is lacking. I'm going to try to look...
What They SayEpisode 1: "A Brand New Morning�?
For as long as Akari can remember, she and Hiroyuki have always been friends. But with time, everything changes, and her feelings have turned into something more. As a new semester of high school begins, w...
What They SayHigh school can be hard enough with just academics alone, but when love enters into the picture, it can unravel into a comedy of errors. Tenma has fallen for her oblivious classmate but hasn\'t worked up the courage to express her feelings to...
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The Pillows: Penalty Life
Geneon Entertainment
God, I wish I liked this album. I wish there had been even a shred of originality, some moment of shining ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takada RieTranslated by:June HonmaAdapted by:What They SayHanabi Ozora is a rambunctious 16-year-old tomboy who comes to the rescue of her less assertive friends - sometimes in exchange for food. So what does she do when, all ...
What They SayThe pillows\' have done hard time with their recent album, \"PENALTY LIFE,\" and it\'s finally breaking out to the U.S.! Known for their definitive, hard J-rocking, frenetic punk style music to the smash anime hit, \'Fooly Cooly,\' the trio o...
What They SayGod in the springtime.When you\'re a god, every holiday just gets busier and busier. Unfortunately, Yurie celebrates New Year\'s Day the lazy way by staying home. Then we see how the Raifuku Shrine must combat the Christmas consumer frenzy, a...
What They SayA monumental high school comedy.
Time for the graduate volume of Japan’s campus comedy Cromartie High School! This time, your finals include: Biology - where the delinquents of CHS bring their own pets to school; Geography - get lost o...
The theme is a familiar one. The mighty, stalwart chords of brass, the trilling woodwinds, the driving rhythm of the violins, the strident siren of electric guitar… Wait a minute? Electric guitar? What’s that doing in the middle of the STAR WARS theme?...
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...
What They SayTakashi Kamiyama, normal high school student - completely normal, really - makes the not normal (unnormal?) decision to attend Cromartie High. It\'s known for having more violent thugs, prehensile mohawks, alien landings, and enrolled gorilla...
...comedies (SCHOOLOFROCK, BAD NEWS BEARS). Linklater broke new ground with the rotoscoped kaleidoscopic drama WAKING LIFE, but uses it to much better effect in this adaptation of a Philip K. Dick novel. Undercover police thrillers aren't anything new ...
Keanu Reeves has new castmates in his latest film, an adaptation of Philip K. Dick's trippy science fiction novel A SCANNER DARKLY. Winona Ryder, Woody Harrelson, Robert Downey Jr. and Rory Cochran have joined the cast of the Richard Linklater (SCHOOLOF ...
Well, this story certainly supports the theory of casting against type.Ain't It Cool News reports that funnyman Jack Black (SCHOOLOFROCK) has been signed to play GREEN LANTERN in a Warner Bros. movie of the same name. "Jack Black has closed his deal. He...
..., 2004... SCHOOLOFROCK helmer Richard Linklater has signed to direct the remake of THE BAD NEWS BEARS for Paramount Pictures. The studio has now scheduled to start filming the picture in late November for a mid-2005 release date.Billy Bob Thornton wi...
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND helmer Michel Gondry wants to turn Rudy Rucker's 1984 novel MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME into a film. Funny man Jack Black (SCHOOLOFROCK) is attached to star in the film, and Gondry is also in talks to make DreamWorks t...
...inklater (SCHOOLOFROCK) will start filming the BEARS picture in baseball's off-season beginning next month. The film will come out sometime in 2005.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
Green Lantern by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)
...ck Black (SCHOOLOFROCK) has been signed to play GREEN LANTERN in a Warner Bros. movie of the same name. "Jack Black has closed his deal. He will be playing Green Lantern in a film that has been described as a 'zany comedy version a la THE MASK,'" rep...
...in point: SCHOOLOFROCK), he just doesn't have the dramatic chops to put over the many nuances required here. Instead of going along on his journey with him, we're left to wonder why he behaves the way he does. Similarly, the original's romantic lead ...
The School Rumble cast puts on their production of "Sleeping Beauty," and the auditorium is packed with people eager to see Eri as the prince and Mikoto as princess!
Creative Talent
Writer/Artist: Jin Kobayashi
Translated by: William ...
When Haruhi finds herself deep in debt to the Host Club, the only way to pay them back is to become one of them…
What They Say:
Ouran High School. An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning is secondary to luxury. Bookish Haruhi c...
A really good, coming-of-age story and an in-depth look at the struggle to form a band and the pitfalls that comes with it. Add in the killer soundtrack, and this quickly becomes a great series. What They SayKoyuki Tanaka was feeling the rut, even though ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Eiji NonakaTranslated by:Brendan FrayneAdapted by:What They SayTakashi Kamiyama is an average student who made the half-baked decision to attend a not-so-average school. Cromartie High is home to thugs and bullies, the undered...
What They SayLove triangles become squares as Eri gets involved. And it looks like little sis\' might be dating Harima, too. What?!? The competition\'s picking up on all fronts, and tough guy (a.k.a. comic artist) just hopes to get his submission in on ti...
What They SayTenma Tsukamoto is a second year high school student, and like other girls her age, she falls in love. The object of her affection is classmate Ooji Karasuma, but unfortunately she hasn't confessed her feelings to him. Time is running out bec...
What They SayHow could this be happening?! A dreadful monster attacks innocent people and Iincho struggles to save them and uncover the monster\'s identity. Mika-Sensei awakens to a parallel reality where her students are in a fierce war plaguing Earth. ...
Christophe Beck's unusually textured score for ELEKTRA is being heard in theaters this week, with a soundtrack album recently released on Varese Sarabande. The score opens with a heartfelt theme that achieves a notable emotive power not unlike the opening...
What They SayHyoudo Riki is just an ordinary guy who likes to wear a tiger mask while Kung-Fu fighting, which means he fits in real well at BATTLE ROYAL HIGH SCHOOL!
Unfortunately for Riki, he\'s the doppleganger in our world of Byoudo, Master of the Da...
Creative Talent
Writer/Artist: Towa Ohshima
Translated by: Michiko Nakayama
Adapted by: Gayle Tan
What They Say
Hi 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 goi...
What They SayMika wants to be the best teacher in the world: able to inspire her students to work hard and excel in their studies. Every day she tries her hardest to achieve this dream, but standing at under five feet tall (even in heels!), it?s difficult...
...tion, THE SCHOOLOFROCK. In its second week of release SCHOOL dipped less than 30%, an impressive accomplishment in a weekend with many new releases.The Coens INTOLERABLE CRUELTY earned a nice $13 M and nabbed third spot, a shade ahead of MGM's family...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kanako InukiTranslated by:Heidi PlechlAdapted by:What They SayIn an ordinary elementary school, there exist thirteen ghost stories. One afternoon, when all the students are sent home from school early, one student tells the ot...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate!
The Black Lagoon Company gets into a brutal head to head battle with a bunch of neo-nazi freaks after the same sunken booty. Revy and Dutch blaze a trail full of bloo...
What They SayVolume 1: Yuko and her boyfriend Taki are having problems. Taki’s abusive and cruel nature gets to the point that it pushes Yuko into the arms of her best friend Ayano! Experiencing pleasure and lust of unimaginable proportions, she fin...
After rising to fame as the WWF's biggest star, The Rock turned his brief but charismatic performance as "The Scorpion King" in 2001's THE MUMMY RETURNS into its own feature film. Today, CINESCAPE continues its conversation with The Rock.The Rock and his ...
What They SayThe end of the school year is near! Mika-Sensei must overcome her fear of public speaking in order to emcee graduation. During a class trip to Kyoto, rumors fly that Seki and Iincho have eloped. Later, the school is buzzing upon the arrival...
What They SayA monumental high school comedy.
Time for the graduate volume of Japan\'s #1 high school comedy: Cromartie High School! This time, your finals include:
Biology - where the delinquents of CHS bring their own pets to school!
Geography - get lo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:CLAMPTranslated by:Ray YoshimotoAdapted by:What They SayIn a crisis, a team of justice appears from nowhere. People call them Duklyon, the Clamp School Detectives. To defend our peaceful life, they carry on struggling rain or ...
An absurdist comedy that stumbles at times, but overall provides an enjoyable experience. What They SayTeen life is tough. And high school life is even tougher. But if you\'re one of the delinquents sent to Cromartie, it\'s...well, put it this way, it ain...
What They SayA decided lack of rumble in this first volume ofSchool Rumble, but more hilarious himdingers than any single dinger can hum...look that one up! And while there is a truck full of pigs at some point, that\'s not even close to what this show\'...
The second semester gets underway as the Schoorum gang find themselves in more weird and amusing scenarios.
What They Say:
While there is a decided lack of rumble in School Rumble, there's more hilarious humdingers than any single dinger can hum... Look...
Joey Ramone may have passed on this year, but his legacy with punk band The Ramones lives on as the band's first four albums are reissued by Rhino. Remastered and filled to the brim with an endless array of bonus tracks, these four discs are a great intro...
What They SayFrom Studio Gonzo comes a 13 episode series based on the manga by Reiji Saiga and Sora Inoue.
Meet Ryoko Mitsurugi, high-school girl and the champion of ‘K fights,’ a school recognized system of dueling to resolve disputes. When...
What They SayIs this the real life? Is this just fantasy?
The only thing for certain is that for Kamiyama, Cromartie High School is his reality. And what a surreal reality it is. Because this is where the toughest, meanest (and often the dumbest) stud...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Naduki KoujimaTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayThe GP High School Technologies & Information club is filled with all sorts of weirdoes, narcissists, and worse. It\'s hard enough for their president, the kin...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kanako InukiTranslated by:Heidi PlechlAdapted by:What They SayThis building may appear to be a normal elementary school, but look a little closer and you will see that it has a very, very dark side. For this is no ordinary sch...
What They SayFall arrives, but pint-sized Ms. Mika and her students can’t seem to get the lazy days of summer out of their systems. But soon the class turns their attention to casting the play for the Cultural Festival. When Christmas finally arri...
Get ready, because we're about to take a wild run through the bizarre experience that is Cromartie High School, the story of a group of high school misfits and their day-to-day adventures. This title, released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios, offer...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Eiji NonakaTranslated by:Brendan FrayneAdapted by:What They SayAll hell is breaking loose in the halls of Cromartie High School, and Takashi is just enjoying the ride. The robot Mechazawa has been sold as a kitchen appliance a...
What They SayRokuro Okajima is a meek, mundane and metropolitan man on a business trip to South East Asia. But things quickly go from pleasure cruise to festival of pain when modern day pirates board the ship and take him hostage! Revy, Dutch and Benny ar...
What They SayBullies, chicks a la complications, and pissed off friends... Not really a smokin\' start for the new school year. Life might sort of be a drag for Koyuki Tanaka today, but things have a way of changing in an instant. Sitting alone in the bed...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ninomiya TomokoTranslated by:David WalshAdapted by:What They SayMUSICAL DISSONANCE
Student prodigy Shinichi Chiaki just can’t shake Nodame, no matter how hard he tries. Now he is forced to tutor her and Mine all night. S...
What They SayTenma Tsukamoto is a second year high school student, and like other girls her age, she falls in love. The object of her affection is classmate Ooji Karasuma, but unfortunately she hasn't confessed her feelings to him. With the help of her fr...
VIDEO NEWSWith Ang Lee's highly anticipated adaptation of THE INCREDIBLE HULK now in pre-production, it was only a matter of time before the 1978 - 1982 TV version involving the same character made a reappearance on video. Anchor Bay is reportedly plannin...
What They SayIn this school the teachers are only too willing to teach the girls how to really get ahead. Our little schoolgirl is doing poorly and needs help with her grades. And our teachers are there to help -- but they have special courses of their ow...
Why does everyone have a great big plasma HDTV but me? Well, not really, but that's the impression you get if you flip through a few nights of network television lately. Manufacturers of high end entertainment electronics are doing their best to place pro...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi JinTranslated by:William FlanniganAdapted by:What They SayHarima Kenji has never lost a fight, but his love for the clueless Tsukamoto Tenma is proving to be his greatest challenge. After catching his cherished Tenma...
An absurdly wonderful High School comedy with bizzaro characters and even stranger situations - what more could you ask for?
What They Say
Tenma has fallen for her oblivious classmate but hasn't worked up the courage to express her feelings to him. Me...
The twentieth annual induction ceremony for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame took place at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City on March 14, 2004, with an edited ceremony aired on VH-1 on Saturday, March 19. The inductees to for 2005 celebrated and pe...
He's big, bigger than most. But can he stack up against The Rock? You better believe it, says Michael Clarke Duncan who co-stars with the famous wrestler in The Rock's first starring role in THE SCORPION KING."He's six four, two seventy," says Duncan. "I'...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Jin KobayashiTranslated by:William FlannaganAdapted by:William FlannaganWhat They SayTHE REAL RUMBLE!!
The school athletics fair is meant to be a celebration of youth and fitness, but personal grudges, haughty attitudes, and ...
What They SayIf you\'re feelin\' the rumble, sorry to disappoint - it\'s just the Earth spinning slightly off axis! That\'s how crazy things are gonna get with the second instalment ofSchool Rumble! It\'s a barrel of laughs as Tenma and friends continue ...
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 ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kazuto OkadaTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:What They SayAn indecent proposal. A far from ordinary girl. Hideo Aiba’s boring life just go far more . . . frustrating.The ReviewSundome is a humorous look at h...
What They SayNormal high-school student Takeru Takemoto encounters a bright light during his part-time motorcycle delivery job. He stops and looks around, and sees a beautiful girl named Hikari emerging from a shining cocoon in the woods. Takeru falls for...
Another volume ofSchool Rumble is upon us, and it plays out much like the first two.What They SayOne's a lonely number, two's company and three's a crowd... But this gang sucks at maths and lost count long ago! It's uncharted territory with chapter three...
Currently co-starring alongside The Rock in the hit action film THE SCORPION KING, Michael Clarke Duncan is riding high. After his Oscar nominated turn in THE GREEN MILE, the actor has had a string of roles in popular films. In THE SCORPION KING, The Rock...
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...
IGN FilmForce quashes an online rumor concerning the possible casting of new-minted action star The Rock (THE SCORPION KING) in the role of Marvel's gun-toting, black-clad skull-blazoned vigilante, THE PUNISHER.IGN quotes their inside, unnamed source thus...
In the new STAR TREK: COMMUNICATOR, Rick Berman crows about the movie many are looking at to revive the STAR TREK movie series, STAR TREK: NEMESIS.Here's a big chunk of what he had to say:"I couldn't be more pleased," Berman said. "Our director, Stu...
Apparel featuring artwork from hit FUNimation Entertainment series arrives for
Spring 2008
GRIMES, IA, February 6, 2008 - Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased
to announce the April 2008 debut of seven new T-shirts featuring exclusive art...
Before we dive in, there's a new, official-type e-mail address you can reach me at. You can still get me at kurtamacker@yahoo.com, but now comicscape@cinescape.com is up and it comes directly to me. It mostly just makes me look slightly official when I'...
School Rumble has just been launched in the UK through Revelation Films and they want to share the fun with our UK readership! Revelation Films has gone the extra mile to bring the special limited starter se...
What They SayTenma and friends continue to muck things up the only way they know how, from survival fights against sporting equipment to salty balls and comic books to fisticuffs and fortune telling! But while Karasuma may still be clueless, the animals a...
Estranged Van Halen co-stars David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar are set to reunite in space, World Entertainment News Network reported last week. The Jump rockers have been invited to be part of extraterrestrial research expert Michael Luckman's hotly-antici...
What They SayThe latest album from Rock Band L\'Arc~en~Ciel hits stores on June 29, courtesy of Tofu Records. This full length album will include the hit songs READY STEADY GO (from Fullmetal Alchemist) and Living in your Eyes -Hitomi no Jyunin as well as...
What They SayThe annual school culture festival has begun and with it comes the debut of Haruhi\'s surreal film! Who did she threaten this time to have her movie shown? More importantly what other event has she schemed up and what impact will it have on t...
Elmer Bernstein's work in cinema during the 1980s included quite a few youth-oriented comedies such as ANIMAL HOUSE, STRIPES, TRADING PLACES and others, many of which have been produced by Ivan Reitman and directed by John Landis, filmmakers with whom Ber...
Mega-star wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has always loved film, but he didn't always want to be an actor. In fact, he didn't always want to be a wrestler. His first career choice was to join "the family business"... criminology.It was a noted criminol...
The coming SCORPION KING project isn't the only film that Universal has for wrestler The Rock, a.k.a. Dwayne Johnson.According to Variety columnist Michael Fleming, the Rock is already attached to a project called HUNTING BRONZE, an action-comedy written ...
What They SayAt Miyagami Academy, the students in the "Maximum Authority Wielding" Best Student Council have some pretty special talents. But what if one of those extra-special students is really a puppet? Or what if, against her family's wishes, she's so...
San Francisco, CA (August 9, 2008) ‹New York-based anime and live action DVD distributor, Media Blasters, partners with online media distribution giant, Crunchyroll, to provide streaming, subscription and download-to-own of the company¹s...
Industry Leader In Anime To Have Notable Presence With More Than A Dozen Properties In Booth 4505
New York, NY, June 19, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and l...
Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...
Well, you probably won't get them in time for Xmas or Hanukah, but we've got some nice stuff in the old Prize Closet for you this week. To win a prize, just send an email containing your name and address with the designated subject line to me at psycho@ps...
What They SayUpset by his parents failing marriage, Keisuke Shimizu takes it out on various women in his life. He trains these women to be his sex slaves. Starting with his music teacher, Remi Izumi, he moves to his classmates, Orie Yuki, and steals her v...
John Cox has been hired to write "Sgt. Rock," an adaptation of DC Comics' World War II adventure series being produced by Joel Silver for Warner Bros. Pictures. Sgt. Frank Rock was the leader of his infantry unit, Easy Company. He first appeared in a 1959...
Steve Buscemi will appear in an uncredited cameo in Terry Zwigoff's upcoming feature "Art School Confidential," set to star John Malkovich. In addition, Anjelica Huston is being sought for a leading role. Mr. Mudd, the production company run by Malkovich,...
In this video interview Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson talks about appearing in the movie 'Shazam!'.
"I'm very excited about 'Shazam!' but nothing nothing is set in concrete yet," the Rock said while promoting his new movie 'Game Plan'.
So would he play...
"Really, all we got from the [original] short story was the title and the idea of doing something set in art school," says Daniel Clowes of his new film 'Art School Confidential'. "The producer who produced 'Ghost World' had a terrible ordeal getting some...
A fan known as Warlord contacted screenwriter John Cox for news about his 'Sgt. Rock' script. Announcement last April revealed Cox was writing for Silver Pictures and Warner Bros.
Our scooper attributes this response to the writer: "Yes, 'Rock' is stil...
What They SayPuchuuboy Publishing and ACROSS proudly presents: Ilpalazzo-mates gone wild! They\'re cute, they\'re scantily clad, and they\'re dying to please! But enough about those pesky alien Puchuus who\'re invading Earth! When it comes to dying for s...
Mizuki’s life sucks. First, her mother commits suicide when she is just a child, when her mother finds out that her father is cheating on her. Then she has a boyfriend who regularly cheats on her, then begs for forgiveness and a second chance. Th...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Brandon Montclare and Michael ShelferTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayBaby-faced government killers are bused into a top secret military training facility which has been disguised as a high school in order to receiv...
What They SayNew faces and old faves pepper this random assortment of odds and ends, a behind-the-scenes peek at the first season ofSchool Rumble! And you simply won\'t believe the absurd antics that got left out the first time around... (Though crazy do...
Mainman/guitarist Timo Tolkki for the Finnish metal band Stratovarius has issued the following update: "[My new solo album] 'Saana - Warrior of Light' is a work in progress. [For the past] two years I have had this idea in my head an...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION Like many progressive metal and gothic rock bands, the Dutch group Epica has been strongly influenced by motion picture soundtracks. Their first two albums, The Phantom Agony (June, 2003), and Consign to Oblivion (April, 2005) a...
A unique adaptation of Italian Western film music performed by progressive rock bands, The Spaghetti Epic - Six Modern Prog Bands For Six Seventies Prog Suites was released by French record label Musea in collaboration with Colossus, a Finnish prog ro...
What They SayOrie Yuki is trapped in the science lab. Her best friend, Korin is completely controlled by her sexual desires, thanks to the work of Remi.The Review!Bringing the series to its conclusion, Keisuke deals with his former pet and his new ones in...
What They SayIt’s not easy being a delinquent. Especially if you’re trying to survive the tough streets around Cromartie. There are chat room bullies with no manners. Aliens abducting your friends. Vicious biker gangs. And the Boss Championshi...
What They SayWhat are the dumbass delinquents of Cromartie to do? Their robot classmate Mechazawa is feeling blue. Seems his little brother keeps getting stepped on, which isn’t surprising since he’s the size of a tea canister. Hayashida̵...
Bear Family Records of Germany, the world’s leading preserver of 1960s musical culture, has announced The Encyclopedia of British and Irish Sixties Rock and Pop – on CD-ROM. With entries of about 3,500 bands and artists and about 10,000 musicians, the CD-...
The Review!Audio:
For my initial viewing, I listen to it in the original Japanese. There were no noticeable audio problems in the DVD. The music is good and the sound effects were great throughout. Both the Japanese and English tracks were good, especia...
What They SayA magical girl Animé featuring the same character seven times, NANA SEVEN OF SEVEN is about an adolescent girl with a literal case of split personality. Nana lives with her grandfather, a clever inventor who modifies existing appliances for n...
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The CLAMP school, with its integrated curriculum from kindergarten to post-graduate studies, was founded by the largest of Japanese business empires, the House of Imonoyama. Funded entirely out of its own deep pockets, it w...
May 30, 2007 (Cypress, Ca) " Bandai Entertainment Inc. announced that it would be releasing the anime series Clamp School Detectives on Region 1 DVD.
Created by the legendary manga team CLAMP, this 26 episode anime series focuses on the Clamp School, a ...
The Review!Tenchi Muyo! has became a favorite of mine since I saw it on Cartoon Network, and rented the movies, and purchased a few of the videos. Now, I have finally been able to get my hands on this awesome collection. All 13 current OVA episodes are al...
What They SayJust another love story? No way! After ages about hearing what girls have to say about relationships, BOYS BE.. steps forward to reveal the flip side of love " what's really going on from a guy\'s point of view! Meet Kyoichi, Makoto and Yosh...
What They SayUnlock the music within your heart!
New Year\'s has arrived, but the seasonal festivities don\'t seem to be lifting Miu\'s spirits at all. With the spring recital fast approaching, Miu is under a lot of pressure to complete her piano composi...
What They SayWe\'re all connected... There is the world around us, a world of people, tactile sensation, and culture. There is the wired world, inside the computer, of images, personalities, virtual experiences, and a culture all of its own. The day after...
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From the sublime to the rotund, we look at a quartet of song and score soundtracks for recent films – from Disney’s wondrously magical Bridge to Terabithia to the comic antics of Eddie Murphy in Nor...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Jin KobayashiTranslated by:William FlannaganAdapted by:William FlannaganWhat They SayLOCK AND LOAD!
The school festival is coming, and Harima and his cohorts want to present a play. But Hanai's group is set on a maid café. So...
What They SayOrie Yuki has been lured into Keisuke Shimizu\'s house. She is flabbergasted at the site of his mother\'s orgy. Reimi Izumi, who has been suspicious of her master, Keisuke, finds out about his relationship with Orie through her friend, Korin....
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONNeil Norman, the maestro ofrock and roll interpretations of science fiction film music, is back in the Control Voice Cockpit with a new recording, Sci-Fi in Hi-Fi (Audio Fidelity AFZ 012). The CD is a dual layered hybrid disc, m...
At the tender age of 14 Dominique Swain played the lead in director Adrian Lyne's 1997 version of LOLITA, and in her new college whodunit NEW BEST FRIEND she pops pills, snorts coke and has a lurid affair with co-star Mia Kirshner. If that sounds dramatic...
While promoting 'Get Smart' Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson fielded questions about the possibility of working on 'Shazam!' with 'Get Smart' director Pete Segal.
When asked if the director had raised the idea ofRock top-lining the comic cook film, The Rock ...
What They SayTenma Tsukamoto is a second year high school student, and like other girls her age, she falls in love. The object of her affection is classmate Ooji Karasuma, but unfortunately she hasn't confessed her feelings to him. Unbeknownst to Tenma, d...
What They SayOne\'s a lonely number, two\'s company and three\'s a crowd... But this gang sucks at math and I lost count long ago! It\'s uncharted territory as summer vacation heats things up beach-style! We\'ve got new players, new crushes, new takes on ...
Yeah, I`m old enough to remember Goblin, the Italian progressive rock group whose work helped define a certain sound and style of film scoring back in the 1970s and 1980s. But age really has little to do with it, since few people from that era remember th...
U.S. Production Wraps on Popular Japanese Animated Series
Los Angeles, CA, July 4, 2008 -- At a premiere event held today at Anime Expo 2008, FUNimation Entertainment announced the cast for the animated romantic comedy series Ouran High School Host Club...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi JinTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:William FlanaganWhat They SayCute Tsukamoto Tenma is desperately trying to help juvenile delinquent classmate Harima Kenji win the girl of his dreams: Tenma\'s friend Mikot...
HONEY AND CLOVER, LOVE*COM THE MOVIE, NANA And NANA 2 To Be Released Domestically
San Francisco, CA, November 1, 2007 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has licensed the live action...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi JinTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:William FlanaganWhat They SayLove has betrayed Harima Kenji, but now he has moved on in an effort to find himself. His new paths include being a fortune teller who is able ...
What They SaySummer\'s in full swing, crazy wild with camp fires and midnight capers... There\'s even a giraffe in the gym?! Tenma\'s busy spinning tales, keeping the girls tangled in frenzied feuds while Harima still can\'t get his tongue to work! And Im...
What They SayDudes Don\'t Fail Me Now!
It\'s not easy being a delinquent.
Especially if you\'re trying to survive the tough streets around Cromartie. There are chat room bullies with no manners, aliens abducting your friends, vicious biker gangs, and th...
Shakary, a noted progressive rock band from Switzerland, has reworked two of their classic albums into new and vastly improved expressions. When 2000’s Alya and 2002’s The Last Summer were initially released they both received mostly posit...
What They SayIf you\'ve been waiting for it, it\'s finally here... There\'s quite a bit of rumbling in this fifth volume ofSchool Rumble! Yep, that\'s right: this show\'s finally delivering! Quite a bit of witty quips and a few unfortunate \"snips,\" too...
SAN FRANCISCO, CA-August 16, 2004-eigoMANGA has plans to work with a couple of noted Japanese rock bands in 2005. J-rock bands have enormous potential to be popular here with American anime fans, says Austin Osueke, President and CEO of eigoMANGA.
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Director: Steven Foster
Studio: IS&M
Translation: Masako Ollivier
ADR Script: Kathleen Moynihan
Takashi Kamiyama - Voiced by Ben Pronsky - 16 years old; the main character of the show. He goes to Cromartie High School, which is a collection of delinquen...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is action incarnate! Dirty jobs are a part of life for the Black Lagoon but things seem to be getting worse by the minute. Their latest problem is a maid from Columbia. She\'s a killing mac...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Jin KobayashiTranslated by:William FlannaganAdapted by:William FlannaganWhat They SayAMERICAN INVASION!
Harima Kenji has tried everything he can think of to attract his cute, but dim, classmate Tsukamoto Tenma. This time he's...
War Rock by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Sun 10-15-2006)
A lot can be said for a company that will allow you to play their games for free, and the K2 Network allows you to do just that. With War Rock they allow you to dip your feet, or even jump all in for free, or with a paid subscription. It is a growing tren...
Creative Talent Writer/Artist: Jin KobayashiTranslated by: William FlanaganAdapted by: William FlanaganWhat They SayTough Love!
The school cultural fair is only days away. Harima wants to use the prep time to get close to his cute classmate, Tsukamoto, ...
What They SayKeisuke Shimizu was once just like any ordinary boy attending college, until one day... everything changed... now he is a sex maniac on the loose - preying on innocent girls for his lust and desire. Students, teachers... it doesn\'t matter......
What They SayThe wait is finally over! Class is in session for the long-awaited comedy series Azumanga Daioh! Join charming Chiyo-chan, closet softie Sakaki, rambunctious Tomo, studious Yomi, bashful Kaorin, and oblivious Osaka as they brave instructors a...