I’ll confess, I have a weak spot for Kaori Yuki. Angel Sanctuary was the first manga that I ever read, and she got me hooked. Yuki has a very distinctive style, with lots of character detail and busy panels, with sound effects and balloons filling i...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kaori YukiTranslated by:Akira WatanabeAdapted by:Joel EnosWhat They SayBorn under an evil moon harboring dark secrets, Earl Cain C. Hargreves, the youthful heir of the aristocratic Hargreves family, is a man on a quest to find...
What They SayDid you know fairies change the seasons? Saga works extra hard to try to buy back her mother\'s piano, but Sugar\'s help only causes her more work. Frustrated, helpless and kicked out of the store, Sugar then discovers that Salt and Pepper ha...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Rikdo KoshiTranslated by:Dan KanemitsuAdapted by:What They SayStories the director himself said they didn't dare put in the anime! Bonus footnotes, FX glossary, and message to U.S. fans from Rikdo!
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In light of the biggest gaming news of 2007 (thus far), this Tuesday’s schedule reinforces the fact that some of the best genre narratives don’t have to originate from the traditional literary form. Greetings all you Maniac readers and welcome...
The Review!I think that this is the third belated "Tenchi in Tokyo" review that I've done. I seem to remember that Volume 3 was delayed by several months last spring, and then I had just left on vacation when Volume 4 arrived in my mailbox (in Pincourt, Q...
What They SayMounting death drags desperate measures from the hearts of the few who have survived to this, the final hour. A face is finally put to the conspirator of a four-century feud. Political ambition works to shape the end game, and Oboro issues a...
What They SayFrom the creative minds behind Noir, a compelling saga of two lives and the dark circumstances surrounding their mysterious connection.
The Elies Script - The Holy Words of Saruon. A language long forgotten has awakened - and anyone who has...
What They SayFrom the creative minds behind Noir, a compelling saga of two lives and the dark circumstances surrounding their mysterious connection.
Carrossea Doon - Only he understands where his loyalties lie. On the one hand, he is a highly secretive ...
What They SayBanner of the Stars continues the space saga from Crest of the Stars as depicted in the best selling novel by Hiroyuki Morioka. The war between the Abh Empire and the Mankind continues to rage across the galaxy! Caught within the intergalacti...
What They SayOld Kai\'s plan to free everyone from Baby\'s control worked! The vengefully minded Gohan, Trunks, and Goten prepare to take their shot at toppling Baby, but Goku warns that even their combined power will not be enough to stop him. Their only...
What They SayFrom the director of Sailor Moon and the key animation supervisor of Neon Genesis Evangelion! A haunting and surreal coming-of-age fairy tale: Utena has always protected her shy friend Anthy from jealous bullies. But now, mysterious forces ar...
October draws nigh, COMICSCAPE faithful. Sure, it's a few days away. But, like a kid sneaking downstairs on Christmas morning, I celebrate my favorite holiday early. And, if the skeletons and jack-o-lanterns all over Target and Wal-Mart didn't already ...
First, the good news: next week is my first interview in a while. I'll be talking with the man...the legend...THE CHIN: Bruce Campbell. We'll be chatting about his new comic book and movie THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN. The first issue of the miniserie...
We have had a week now to digest and dissect the Warner Brothers DVD release of I am Legend. Depending on which version you bought you may or may not have seen the alternate “controversial” ending. In case you haven’t seen it...
Hello, all... I'd originally intended this week to simply print the remaining responses to the Hal Jordan question and to move on to something else equally irrelevant to real life. (If you'd rather skip what follows and go directly to those responses, cli...
My Thoughts on X-Men: The Last Stand After a year of fan anticipation rife with both trepidation and outright, venom, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND opened in theaters last Friday to the second-highest single day box office gross ever, following REVENGE OF THE SIT...
While last week was a little light, this week’s genre releases are very strong, highlighted by Karen Traviss’ fourth Star Wars Republic Commando Novel, Order 66. The New York Times” #1 bestselling author’s three previous books...
My colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, and a couple of readers suggested I write a column about comics that might appeal to women and those repelled by spandex, big guns, big muscles, and big tits. Rather than just targeting women, I've decided to...
With lots of half-truths, rumors, and continuous buzz surrounding Abrams’ rendition of the upcoming STAR TREK XI film, can William Shatner himself provide us with some possible clues to the plot of his on-screen Starfleet origins?
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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...
Just as more and more original film scores are captured on disc despite the ongoing proliferation of song collections masquerading as "film music" the increasing market for classic and forgotten film scores being fully restored either through archival r...
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...
Two weeks ago New Line Home Video re-released Terrence Malick’s breathtaking film The New World in an extended cut. An unrated cut and an additional thirty minutes were promised and nothing else included. No trailers, no commentary and no cl...
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...
ANIME
AIR MASTER VOLUME 3 DVD
ANGELIUM DVD
1ANIMEPLAY: ISHIKA & HONORI INTERACTIVE DVD
ARC THE LAD VOLUME 2 DVD
ASTRO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD
BEYBLADE SEASON 3 VOLUME 6: SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS DVD UNCUT
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS VOLUME 2 DVD
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Reading and enjoying epic genre literature requires, unfortunately, a great deal of patience. Though we love our favorite authors for their mind-expanding work, their creation of new worlds and imaginative storytelling ability, we can be the first to bran...
With the start of 2008 comes news of the next round of book-to-screen translations, and if you’re like me this news is usually met with equal doses of boyish hope and fearful skepticism. Because as all of us readers know the translation of a book in...
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...
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...
The following is new release information for Media Blasters titles street in May 2002.
The BIG ANNOUNCEMENT for the MONTH OF MAY is the announcement of Gundress the Movie. This title is from the same creator, Masamune Shirow, who gave us GHOST IN THE S...
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...
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...