What They SayEpisode #121: No Match For the Androids
In an earthshaking battle, the beautiful Android 18 brings Vegeta to his knees. But before she can deliver the final blow, Trunks steps in to help. Soon an all out war between good and evil begins, with...
What They SayEpisode 121 No Match For The Androids
In an earthshaking battle, the beautiful Android 18 brings Vegeta to his knees. But before she can deliver the final blow, Trunks steps in to help. Soon an all out war between good and evil begins, with ...
Batman Begins by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-28-2005)
Genre:Action/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/"Batman"); Michael Caine (Alfred); Katie Holmes (Rachel); Liam Neeson (Henri Ducard); Morgan Freeman...
Blizzard Entertainment unleashes their first novel surrounding the Ghost assassin Nova, Paul Kearney and James M. Ward blend good old-fashion magic with maritime warfare, and Mercedes Lackey debuts another novel in the Scepter’d Isle sequence wi...
Opening Ceremonies
Hosted by: Adam Ferraro
The opening ceremonies for Anime Boston took place in a grand theatre room. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling and an upper level let some special guest sit from above and watch the people who were seate...
No matter what holiday you celebrate there’s always one constant during the winter season: terrible gifts. Because of a schedule / travel conflict with the fam I happened to celebrate Christmas early this year. Did I get Subterranean Press’ li...
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve...
SOUNDTRACK & FILM MUSIC NEWSThe Maverick Records soundtrack to THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS willbe released on November 4, 2003, one day before the movie opens, and will have over an hour of music on it, including the song "In My Head" by Pale 3, which pla...
The holidays are whipping up a frenzy of new sci fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: Eric Flint propels the 1632 series with Grantville Gazette III, Jack Whyte unveils the ninth and final volume in the Arthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...
.hack//SIGN - Koichi Mashimo
Koichi Mashimo (President of Bee Train, director of .hack and Noir), Ken Iyadomi (Bandai Ent. VP & panel host), and another Japanese guest (who didn\'t say much) were present at the panel.
This is one of the more interestin...
In 1934, filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl was assigned to create a film that would document the Nazi Party's Nuremberg rally and promote its ideals. She did just that, creating a propaganda masterpiece that, unbeknownst to her at the time, would help the effort...
By Madeline ColeI know I\'m a day or so late, but I was recovering from that god awful
Funimation Lupin dub\' but more on that later! Well, I\'m sure what everyone
wants to hear is the industry news \' so here it is, in order of appearance:
Oh,...
Opening Ceremonies
Pioneer
TRSI
Media Blasters
Kikuko Inoue Press Panel
ADV Films
Bandai Entertainment
Viz
Synch Point
AnimEigo
Central Park Media
Tokyopop
Hi everyone! Quick report until the show gets going in an hour. The opening ceremonies o...
OPINION: While it's too soon to say whether the X-Men "ReLoad" event willbe a success, it's equally true that it's too soon to say (to paraphrase Douglas Adams) it has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Reactions to M...
Neal Asher releases the newest Polity novel, McKenna continues the Aldabreshin Compass series, and Black Library author Ben Counter takes over the reins of the newest Horus Heresy installment this week. Happy Tuesday everyone! A handful of fantasy sagas a...
God Hand by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Sun 10-29-2006)
As we get closer to the end of the current systems, companies are rushing out many games. A lot of them of them are not perfect, but are much better than the original games that you could buy for the system. Of course there are the odd few that come out ...
Avalon Hill willsoonbe releasing their Axis & Allies Miniatures, a new World War II themed wargame system. Axis & Allies Miniatures will give both novice and veteran wargamers the ability to engage in historically authentic, squad-level tactical combat ...
OPINION: Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day and that, if you weren't out remembering those who have fought and died for our freedom, you were at least enjoying the fruits (and nicely grilled meats) of that freedom at the park or campgrounds of your cho...
Staff Reporter: Andrew Tei
Opening Ceremonies
Pioneer
TRSI
Media Blasters
Kikuko Inoue Press Panel
ADV Films
Bandai Entertainment
Viz
Synch Point
AnimEigo
Central Park Media
Tokyopop
Hi...
...elease of SoonIWillBeInvincible, a superhero/supervillian throwback released simultaneously on hardcover and on audiobook. Focusing on the moral intricacies of humanity’s dichotomous nature, Invincible is the perfect novel for those more comf...
Jim Butcher propels the Dresden Files, Janine Cross’s dark fantasy series reaches its conclusion, and entertainment journalist Edward Gross takes a stab at chronicling the development of all things Harry Potter in a very weighted edition of this ...
The Review!The technical aspects of the show and the LE box are pretty much as Chris has described it. The music and video are very well done and outstrip what\'s on Cartoon Network. Even the sound levels have been corrected so the background music does...
Nobuhiro Watsuki
WARNING! The last question listed at the bottom of this page contains a major Kenshin spoiler. Do not read past question number 31 if you haven\'t seen the second Kenshin OVA series
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I've said this a few times in the past couple weeks and apparently, director Jon Favreau agrees with everyone's suggestion. The director of next year's IRON MAN has made it clear that HD footage of this year's San Diego Comic Con footage willbe online ve...
Here's the obligatory San Diego Comic Con aftermath column. I wasn't able to make it this year for financial reasons, but I can't really ignore the event and the announcements that came out of it. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I can still read ab...
After a weekend highlighted by crappy weather and lousy Super Bowl adverts, I found something last night that turned my whole sub-par Sunday around: the news that Star Trek Books is finally releasing their very own “Guide to Women.”
It’...
The first year of Invincible completely blew me away. It started off as a pretty light-hearted book: high-schooler Mark Grayson gets superpowers, just like his dad Omni-Man, and the two of them kinda romp around defeating bad guys together. It was a fun r...
Paramount Pictures has bought film rights to Robert Kirkman's teen-superhero comic "Invincible." Kirkman will adapt his own material which the studio hopes willbecome a franchise.The story centers on the coming of age of teen Mark Grayson, son of the wor...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kishiro YukitoTranslated by:Fred Burke and Toshifumi YoshidaAdapted by:What They SayYukito Kishiro blurs the lines between human and machine in the sci-fi/action adventure Battle Angel Alita.
Alita must choose a challenge tea...
The comic boom of the 1990s has become a thing of legend. The industry went from being at the top of the pop culture game back to a niche thing. I'd say Marvel's declaring bankruptcy in December of 1996 qualifies as the industry's "rock bottom." Thousa...
Medicom Toy Corp. willsoonbe releasing a 12" Darth Vader figure, using their high quality Real Action Hero Body. The figure will feature a cloak, light saber, removable helmet, and will come with detailed accessories. This version of Vader, with his cha...
Arguably a much better game series than a movie franchise, RESIDENT EVIL is back with the novelization of the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction due out in theatres this fall. G’day all you Maniac readers and welcome to the Buzz. We’ve got ...
Welcome to Book Buzz! I’m your new host, Tim Janson. I’d like to first thank Pat Ferrara, your previous MC, for all his help in making this a smooth transition and for all of his sage advice. Many of you may know me already as I...
Welcome to another fun-filled week at COMICSCAPE! Last week I asked you to write in with your thoughts regarding Marvel's hiring of Orson Scott Card to write ULTIMATE IRON MAN. The problem, according to many gay and lesbian comics fans, is that Card has w...
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 willinclude lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
It took five long years to happen but finally a sequel to 1997's blockbuster MEN IN BLACK has arrived and MIIB star Will Smith says this one won't disappoint fans."[Before filming] we sat down and went through what we thought the overall feeling of the fi...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another swan dive into the shallow end of the pool with Comicscape! Because of the Christmas holiday, UPS won’t deliver the comics to the shops until today. Iimagine a few of you have already succumbed ...
Director Guillermo del Toro has set Danny Elfman to score HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY.
On his message board, Del Toro posted, "Danny Elfman IS going to score HELLBOY II and I feel privileged. I have worked with Marco Beltrami many times and will wo...
While many may recoil in disgust at the idea of enduring a musical, there always seems to be that one that slips through and becomes a favorite. Standing in line at the ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW dressed as Brad I leaned over to my Janet and mentioned that...
Heist by Branislav "Bane" Babovic (Tue 03-13-2001)
Virgin Interactive Europe (responsible for the famous Dune) decided to return to the market with an interesting game named Heist. There have been a lot of games recently that dealt with the criminal "underworld" Games like Grand Theft Auto or the somewhat...
ANIME
AIR MASTER VOLUME 3 DVD
ANGELIUM DVD
1ANIMEPLAY: ISHIKA & HONORIINTERACTIVE DVD
ARC THE LAD VOLUME 2 DVD
ASTRO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD
BEYBLADE SEASON 3 VOLUME 6: SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS DVD UNCUT
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS VOLUME 2 DVD
CASE CLOS...
Please Note from the author, Jon Niehof: All of these willbe fleshed out more after the con (most likely after I move). Pictures willbe added at that point.
Friday
Opening Ceremonies (11-12)
Carl Horn emceed, introducing the guests and then the con chai...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS This is definitely a week of must-haves in soundtrack new releases. Despite having had only five weeks to conceptualize, compose, orchestrate, record and mix the score after stepping in to replace Howard Shore as composer, Jame...
I must admit that I never considered the idea of making a RTS after movie that spent most of its budget on ammunition too sensible. Developers' statements that they decided to introduce squad-based warfare with limited ammo and very important individu...
Vivendi Universal Games has announced that it is developing a console video game based on Brian De Palma's 1982 uber-violent crime drama SCARFACE movie. Radical Games is working on the project, which willbe a third-person shooter and due out in stores in...
In the midst of preproduction announcements on Paramount’s and Peter Berg’s upcoming Dune remake, Frank Herbert’s God Emperor of Dune is getting the audiobook treatment from Macmillan Audio. Read by Simon Vance, Scott Brick and Katherine...
San Diego Comic-Con International 2008 ended last week with the usual fanfare. Comic book and Hollywood talents alike came together to mingle with over 100,000 fans. Those fans learned about the next year’s slate of comics, movies, televis...
It seems only fitting to talk about Stephen King in the first Book Buzz column of October. Turned 60 last month, the American horror guru has written over 50 bestselling novels and won countless literary awards. His patented brand of disturbing, psycholog...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ki Woon Ryu/Jung Who MoonTranslated by:Chan BakAdapted by:What They SaySwords, Sorcery, and Silliness! Master swordsman YONGBI has an ancient amulet that is rumored to have mysterious powers. The only problem is that every thi...
Last week's BATTLESTAR GALACTICA ep, "Flesh and Bone", not only continued the show's steady trend toward becoming one of the best-written shows on television, but it upheld the long-standing dramatic tradition of "the interrogation episode." Sometimes it'...
MANGA IN THE YEAR 2006
MANGA ENTERTAINMENT UK is launching into 2006 with a raft of new acquisitions that form only the tip of what’s going to be an anime iceberg of a year!
THE HOME OF THE LEGENDARY GHOST IN THE SHELL
24th JANUARY 2006 will see...
Well, ladies and gentlemen, I'm taking a vacation. If you don't know me, this will not seem an unusual thing for me to say. Trust me, it's unfathomable. Usually, I define "vacation" as working from somewhere other than my place of residence. This time...
With Thanksgiving already a few days cold, the holiday season (along with all of its consumer-driven trappings) has officially arrived and though economists predict lean shopping numbers for the end of this year, you wouldn’t know it by the sheer vo...
With the 4th of July looming on the summer horizon, Transformers fans won’t have to wait the next seven weeks to find out what happens in Michael Bay’s film adaptation of the franchise giant. Random House Publishing Group and novelization guru...
What does it take to make one of the more interesting entries in crowded summer of blockbusters? Take one part Angelina Jolie; one part most successful director in Russia’s history (Night Watch and Day Watch); one part Scottish up and comer James Mc...
A few years ago, BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER writer Jane Espenson was just another overachieving U.C. Berkeley student, double-majoring in Computer Science and Linguistics. As she entered grad school, a career in teaching Linguistics almost certainly in her ...
HOUSTON - ADV Films is proud to announce Samurai X: The Motion Picture, the
climatic conclusion to the hit Billboard Top 10 anime prequel.
The war against the Tokugawa Shogunate ended years ago. But there are some
who are not happy with the outcome. Shig...
The massively multiplayer online (MMO) game industry is no longer in its infancy stage. It has rapidly grown into its Terrible Twos and soonwillbe all grows up and moving out. MMO games are not for a small niche of computer addicts sitting in the baseme...
All right, lets get this little shindig on the way.
Good evening everyone. :)
This being our first official studio chat, we're finding our way in how we're doing things, so please bear with us tonight.
Charles McCarter of Bandai has been gracious enou...
It's been five years, but we've finally got a sequel to the 1997 blockbuster MEN IN BLACK. MIIB, as the second film is called, stars Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones once again as Agents J and K Earth-bound saviors and all around good guys. In this instal...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
I know the writer’s strike is driving everyone crazy. The brunt of it is just now really hitting and it’s only going to get worse. Seth McFarlane has stopped working on his series Family Guy in support of the strike. Seth is not...
A screw-you-Pat amount of books came out this week with a little something for everyone: several anthologies for the SF reader, new fantasy / horror stand-alone novels and series installments, and even a widely neglected, early novel from George R.R. ...
KOEI today announced that DYNASTY WARRIORS 5 for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system has reached gold status. The much-anticipated title will ship to North American retailers on March 29, 2005. The game already made its Japanese debut last mon...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another edition of Wednesday weirdness. My friend and confidante, D.C. Harbold of New Orleans’s More Fun Comics, inadvertently gave me the idea for this week’s column. He remarked t...
The CS Moore Studio is teaming up with INVINCIBLE co-creators Robert Kirkman, Corey Walker and Ryan Ottley produce statues and busts based on characters from the popular series. Clayburn Moore willbegin with a statue of the lead character Mark Grayson, a...
This first issue of Marvel’s The Invincible Iron Man carries the dubious distinction of being a tie-in to the film adaptation’s release. It is also a fine comic in its own right. It establishes Tony Stark in his role as both Iron Man...
Genre: Comic Book Adaptation/Action/Sequel.Studio: 20th Century Fox.Production Company: Marvel Entertainment.Project Phase: Pre-production.Who's In It:Hugh Jackman, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Famke Janssen, Kelsey Grammer, Vinnie Jones, Eric Dane.Who'...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another week of four-color spills, thrills, chills, and kills. Last week, I went back to the well and ran a pretty well-received column about politics in comics. After two failed attempts at a...
As provided by forum moderator Pelianth:
First, what everyone wants to know: No new licenses. They said to look to Anime Boston for new license.
They did give a voice actor list for Kodocha. I know Sana\'s actress has been announced but I don\'t know abo...
By Mariela Ortiz
The theme of this con "We have so much COOL stuff and we WANT to tell you
about it but we CAN\'T" <sigh> So many hints.
ADV panel
Matt & David presided over this one, mentioning that ADV was quickly...
Author's Note: This article was originally published on August 8, 2000 on the now-defunct Themestream website, and subsequently saw discussion on the geek-news-aggregator website Slashdot.org. It received almost 5,000 unique views, and also got me an emai...
We all know the story of the legendary thief that steals from the rich and gives to the poor both from the stories and movies about Robin Hood. Strategy First decided to rekindle the flames of the old legend and publish a squad-based tactical strategy gam...
This Week's RecommendationsThe instrumental score CD for SHREK has finally appeared from Varese Sarabande (302 066 308 2) and it's a thoroughly wonderful release. The symphonic score was composed by Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell (ANTZ, CHICKEN RU...
The year 2007 was punctuated by the release of the final Harry Potter tome, by the start of the fourteen-week WGA strike, and by the deaths of some of SF’s and fantasy’s top writers, chief amongst those Kurt Vonnegut and Robert Jordan. But as ...
Director Rob Cohen continues to keep us up to date on The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The man behind the third film in the franchise has once again updated his official website, giving us a hint that we can expect a trailer on the official site wit...
The panel was led by Adam Sheehan.
The panel started over an hour late, due to other events falling behind. Adam narrated from the back of the room while operating the slideshow presentation.
First up was an anime market share piechart based on Nielsen V...
When I first started writing about the comic book industry, one of the first people in the industry that Ibecame fast friends with was colorist Laura Martin. She was working with the online magazine, Sequential Tart and coloring a multitude of proj...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Eiji Otsuka/Tajima Sho-uTranslated by:Michael NiyamaAdapted by:What They SayMadara must face someone who may prove to be his greatest opponent " his own brother, Kageo " whose powers are equal to those of our hero. Kageo wil...
Obviously, there are a lot of factors before a DIE HARD 5 ever rolls any camera. For issue#1, LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD is going up against Pixar's RATATOUILLE this weekend. For issue #2, TRANSFORMERS opens up on Monday in theaters everywhere. This means the ...
While you are waiting for X-Men 2 to hit theaters, Activision and Livesay Technologies have prepared a little something to help pass the time. The videogame companion to the upcoming sire-fire blockbuster is much like Activision's previous action/adve...
The creators for Heroes were not kidding around when they said a few months back that Chapter 2 may not necessarily be the same cast and story as Chapter 1. Six new actors have been cast as appearing in the upcoming second season of NBC's smash-hit Heroes...
The man hailed as the father of cyberpunk is back on the bookshelves with a follow-up to 2003’s Pattern Recognition, a novel Publisher’s Weekly named one of the best books of the year.
Good start of the work week to all of you Maniac ...
It looks like the vampire genre is going to get the SCARY MOVIE treatment, with a new comedy/horror script in development called SUCK. The film, written by Ari Margolis and James Morley, centers on a newly afflicted vampire who must fight other creepy cre...
Not what I would call genre news but I'm passing it along anyway. The Hollywood Reporter says that new deluxe cinema will open this year in suburban Chicago, one of 50 U.S. multiplexes set for construction during the next five years through a new $200 mil...
Superman Returns by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 04-22-2005)
Genre:Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Action.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Brandon Routh (Clark Kent/Kal-El/"Superman"); Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor); Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane); Hugh Laurie (Perry ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Ki Woon Ryu/Jung Who MoonTranslated by:Chan BakAdapted by:What They SayA mysterious stranger rides into town. The peaceful village of Gang Ho is disturbed when Yongbi, a seemingly foolish bounty hunter, comes to town looking t...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONBig news for film music fans is the first ever, legitimate release of the oft-requested soundtrack to PREDATOR (VCL 0803 1022), John McTiernan's 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Rambo-Meets-Alien monster thriller. The music never ...
This Weeks RecommendationSPaul McColloughs original soundtrack for the 1990 George Romero-Tom Savini remake of NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (NMCD 002) is now available, as the second release from the new Numenorean Label (following up their release of John ...
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...
We got in a press release today heralding the upcoming release of Doomed Megalopolis from ADV Films. Unlike most other press releases we get from them, this one doesn\'t have a date or a price yet, so it\'s more of a \"hey, it\'s coming!\" kind of press p...
In an overloaded release schedule of sci-fi, horror and fantasy book debuts a few reduxes by renowned authors George R.R. Martin, Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, and Naomi Novik stand out amongst dozens of new titles.
The month of July has se...
Rick Berman, executive producer of STAR TREK: VOYAGER and head of the TREK franchise, wishes he could say what the next television show willbe about, really. On Tuesday March 21st, in answer to the question, `Can you tell me what the next series willbe...
When Brit author Richard K. Morgan first released Altered Carbon, his debut novel of hardboiled SF genius, the body-swapping detective tale met with little criticism. Winning the Philip K. D