...games and V-RALLY3 is one of the better games to come along in some time. To be perfectly honest, Eden Studios outdid themselves with the newest game in the V-RALLY series. V-RALLY3 is one of the prettier racing games on the Xbox. V-RALLY3 has the o...
Even though Rally races are not as popular as they used to be some ten years ago, some software developers still seem to be inspired with the topic. A lot of time has passed since the last Rally game was published; yet wild cars defying nightmarish bends ...
The Review!This is my first ever published review. Due to a mistake from the local video store, I bought this series early. Anyway, let's get to business. Gunsmith Cats is now one of my top three favorite anime series of all time. I really like this serie...
It was a moment that could have come from the deleted scenes of The Exorcist: several priests (and one nun) chanting “Out, demons, out!” as they make the sign of the Crossand sprinkle holy water on a victim they claim is possessed by demons. B...
Atari Games has shipped the Xbox version of V-RALLY3 to stores nationwide. First released for the Sony PlayStation 2, the franchise has sold more than four million units since the first v-RALLY game hit the street back in 1997.V-RALLY3 gives players im...
Harvey Dent's campaign has been building momentum for some time now through various internet and radio advertisements, and most recently, a cross-country tour. I had heard that the Dentmobile would be paying a visit to my hometown of Ann Arbor, MI...
What They SayTHEY\'RE HERE! Chicago\'s most lethal ladies have finally made it to DVD. Join the pistol-packing Rally Vincent and her partner, grenade-happy Minnie May Hopkins, as they infiltrate a gun running operation at the \"suggestion\" of the ATF. Bu...
Super novelists Stephen King, John Grisham, Pat Conroy and Peter Straub are joining forces tomorrow night in New York City to help friend and audiobook icon Frank Muller.For those of you familiar with audiobooks, Muller's is the voice you've heard while l...
3/25/99 - Well fellow Anime on DVD readers it seems that I was duped into thinking that this interview was with our beloved Divi-chan when in fact it was with an imposter who looked and acted much like her. This imposter's name is Diva and she has been ma...
What They SayThey\'re here! Chicago\'s most lethal ladies have finally made it to DVD. Join the pistol-packing Rally Vincent and her partner, grenade happy Minnie May Hopkins, as they infiltrate a gun running operation at the \"suggestion\" of the ATF.
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kenichi SonodaTranslated by:Dana Lewis & Toren SmithAdapted by:What They SayThis third Revised Omnibus edition continues the frantic adventures of Rally and Minnie-May. This time the volumes formerly known as \"Bean Bandit\" a...
Reprinted with permission by the author
Increasing fan participation requires calculated investment. For example, this year Major League Baseball's Seattle Mariners garnered global acclaim by adding the multi-talented Ichiro Suzuki to their roster. The f...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kenichi SonodaTranslated by:Dana Lewis & Toren SmithAdapted by:What They SayRally and Minnie-May are two teen girls running a weapons shop in ChicagoR30;but they have a side business as bounty hunters! Though their main ta...
What They SayThe final collection of Kia Asamiya’s best selling sci-fi anime series, Silent Mobius! The battle over Earth’s future is finally at hand! Will the women of the AMP be victorious, or will Earth fall to the demons known as Lucifer H...
What They SayThe fight against the Lucifer Hawks rages on, and the women of AMP seem no closer to victory. Through fierce fighting, Roy and Katsumi have seemingly hit it off and have gotten closer. But the arrival of Rally\'s sister Rosa reveals startling...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takeshi KonomiTranslated by:Joe YamazakiAdapted by:What They SayWith Coach Ryuzaki's blessing, Team Captain Kunimitsu Tezuka challenges Prince of Tennis Ryoma Echizen to a bitter duel to settle their differences. Given Ryoma's...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kenichi SonodaTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayRally Vincent and Minnie-May Hopkins are two regular American girls. Regular American girls who own a gun shop, and might have dabbled in prostitution, respectively. An...
What They SayIn the future, Tokyo is a desolate place. After a massive earthquake, the city struggles to survive. The old city is in ruins. Acid rain falls from the sky. And worst of all, evil beings called Lucifer Hawk have invaded Earth to destroy human...
What They SayIn Chicago, ace courier Bean Bandit rules the road, and operates on both sides of the Law.
\"When it absolutely, positively, has to be there NOW,\" Bean Bandit is your man -- if you can afford his rates.
\"Worried about the getaway from y...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kenichi SonodaTranslated by:Dana Lewis & Toren SmithAdapted by:What They SayRally Vincent and Minnie-May Hopkins run a gunsmith shop in Chicago by the day... but they have a side business as bounty hunters, and there are none ...
What They Say2023. Beings known as \"Lucifer Hawk\" have begun invading earth from another dimension. All that stands between them and the enslavement of the human race is the Attacked Mystification Police Department - a special division of the Tokyo Poli...
What They SayThey’re here!
Chicago’s most lethal ladies have finally made it to DVD. Join the pistol-packing Rally Vincent and her partner, grenade-happy Minnie May Hopkins, as they infiltrate a gun running operation at the “suggestion&...
All right, punishment is exaggerating just a little bit, but DAY OF VENGEANCE doesn't quite live up to the first two pieces of the COUNTDOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS crossover we've already experienced. It's not bad, but this issue doesn't cover much ground ot...
NASCAR 2000 by Dejan "Dex" Grbavcic (Mon 04-17-2000)
The sun ruthlessly shines over the rotund cars with metal beasts under their hoods that reflect the surrounding area crammed with camp-trucks, scaffolds, and people equipped with burgers and cokes. Laps go by until the next driver makes a mistake that wil...
Need I comment the Need for Speed serial at all? After a couple of years since the first part we face the true sequel. Let us hope that Electronic Arts will never repeat the mistake it made NfS 4: High Stakes expansion pack again. The new game presents al...
After a wait of seven months, Jack Bauer and 24 return to television with a two-hour fourth season premiere this Sunday, followed by two more hours in its new regular Monday-night slot. I've seen the first three hours, and the premiere starts off with a l...
This week in Gamers' Thumb, James and Troy explore the growing focus on story in videogames. The biggest example of this is fantasy and STAR WARS novel writer R.A. Salvatore working with Atari on FORGOTTEN REALMS: DEMON STONE to provide gamers with a deep...
I come not to praise TRU CALLING but to bury it.In case you hadn't heard, former Slayer Eliza Dushku's GROUNDHOG DAY/RUN LOLA RUN hybrid went down for the big dirt nap a while back. I can't imagine that even the cast and crew were terribly surprised: the ...
Namco Hometek has begun shipping Pac-Man World 3 for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, Microsoft Xbox, Nintendo GameCube and PC. The game will also be available on Nintendo DS and PSP (PlayStation Portable) system in December. The 25-year o...
Just when we thought all the cards were on the table, Knauf and his writers start shuffling the deck and strange relations are born in even stranger places. As Ben Hawkins found a partner in Samson after saving the Ferris wheel victim, so Brother Justin ...
Mercedes Lackey hits the shelves today with continuations of both her Elemental Masters and The Dragon Jousters series, Koji Suzuki's final installment of the Ring trilogy gets its stateside paperback debut, and Dietz releases his new hard SF thriller fre...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting journey into the darkest reaches of Comicscape. I, your stalwart and steady captain, will take us careening into one of the greatest mysteries to plague the comic industry as we ask, “Whatever...
Entertainment Tonight went behind-the-scenes of SPEED RACER, providing a first look at Racer X (Matthew Fox). The upcoming adaptation of the popular 60's anime is directed by the Wachowski Bros. and stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan ...
If you're not a fan of either the FRIDAY THE 13th or NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movie series, you will not be converted by this long-awaited crossover, but it delivers the bloody "goods" for the horror faithful. Effectively forgotten by his home town of...
So much happened in this episode it feels like the writers had a bulleted list of goals and the episode just goes down the list. There are more confrontations here than in a political rally; Lana/Lex, Clark/Lex, Lana/Lionel, Clark/Lionel, Clark/Bizar...
Sorry, Maniacs. The title above is as accurate a description for this week’s craziness as I could find. After reading this column or the news at all this week, you’ll certainly agree with it. Keith Richards certainly does blow…as a s...
Summer seems to be coming to an end, and when it leaves I hope that will whisk away the summer game drought. I am eagerly looking forward to next week, for the wait of Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories will be over, also stay tuned until the end of this article ...
Author Don Bassingthwaite concluded his The Dragon Below Trilogy late last year with the release of The Killing Song through Wizards of the Coast Publishing.
Before I delved into the third installment I wanted to get a true sense of what this s...
Frank Miller is, deep in his heart, the best of fanboys. He may be conversant in the minutiae of dramatic structure and champion the cause of upholding fine standards of excellence in all creative endeavors. But he also has a sweet tooth for exploitabl...
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...
If there is a gold standard for James Bond films it has to be Goldfinger. It is the quintessential James Bond in which all others are held in comparison. It has the guns, gadgets, villains and babes that will forever be the benchmark for James Bon...
Harvey Dent is on the road. 'Dark Knight' fans who registered at IBelieveInHarveyDent received an e-mail alert telling them that Harvey's campaign tour is underway, with the tour van making stops in many major cities:
Cross-Country Tour of Campaign Bus...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crash-course Comicscape! Before we dive into this week’s interview, I want to acknowledge the passing of Steve Gerber, who died from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis this past Sunday. G...
So, you`re all ready to see what`s supposed to be the summer`s next blockbuster, X-Men, only there`s one problem. You have absolutely no idea what an `X-Man` is. Sure, you`ve seen the sly Senator Kelly mock-TV ads, which warn that mutants are nasty and ev...
From a press release
Next Action/Adventure From the Makers of The Matrix Trilogy To Be Digitally Enhanced For IMAX's Larger-Than-Life Format
LOS ANGELES, March 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures announced today that ...
As the WGA strike marches on without resolution and films like 'Justice League', 'G.I. Joe' and 'Wolverine' hang in the balance, fans are becoming increasingly involved in the dispute. Last week 'Smallville' showrunner Al Gough raffled off Lex Luthor in a...
Hello, and thanks for coming back for another examination of English dubbed anime. This time around I'll take a look at Moeyo Ken, released by ADV Films and dubbed by Monster Island Studios. This title is good example of a show that tries to be a little o...
Even though NBC’s Emmy-winning hit The West Wing was last Wednesday night’s ratings champion by a huge margin, the fall debut of Star Trek: Voyager brought in more young male viewers than any episode of the past three years. Average viewership was up over...
Not every hit film demands a sequel. Sure, there's been talk over the years about THE GRADUATE 2, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOURTH KIND, and PRETTIER WOMAN, but so far the filmmakers of many big hits have managed to resist the lure of another cash-in. Not s...
Central Park Media has announced their February home video releases, which are DVDs of DNA2: METAMORPHOSIS, ARIEL and PATLABOR volume 4 and volumes 1-4. Pricing will be $19.99 for DNA2, $29.99 for ARIEL, and $29.99 for PATLABOR volume 4 or $99.99 for the...
I just filed my taxes, and it is never a pleasant thing to have to cut the government a check. But I always get excited around tax season, right after sending off the paperwork, videogame companies start to call they want to schedule meetings for the Mec...
TOR Books leads the pack this month with some superlative releases. First up is HEAVY PLANET, a trade paperback compilation edition that reprints SF Grandmaster Hal Clement's Mesklin novels: MISSION OF GRAVITY and STAR LIGHT. As nerdy as this might be, I ...
We all know the tale in the darkest days of the 20th century, America was preparing for war. Choosing a young man to undergo an experimental augmentation procedure, the government engineered a "super solider" for the purpose of creating a new kind of sup...
Release Date: May 9, 2008 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Screenwriter: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski Cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Hiroyuki Sanada, Rich...
Andy Milligan was not a nice person. In fact he was a monster, not far removed from the horrors he put on screen. He was a racist, sadistic, woman-hating, dishonest, disloyal pervert who destroyed everything and everyone he came in contact with. His movie...
Shadedbox Animations, a small animation company, has forged a deal with the biggest player in toons, Walt Disney Pictures. The company is creating a computer generated feature titled LET'S GET FRANCIS for Disney which is right now in the script stage. The...
What They SayA fierce three-sided battle ensues. In the midst of this chaos, Flay is set adrift in a life pod carrying the key that will end the war. The Alliance gathers a massive space fleet at its lunar base however, ZAFT attacks with a devastating gam...
After days of
rumors official word came down from the Hollywood trades that the fan-favorite
TV series The Tick would not run beyond the January 24th episode.
The news that Fox is canceling the show has been upsetting for fans who love the
show.
The ...
From a press release
2008 Tribeca Film Festival to close with a special presentation screening of Wachowski Brothers' 'Speed Racer'. The film, which stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox will screen closing night, May 3, 200...
'Incredible Hulk' director Louis Leterrier told MTV Movies Blog that he can envision his movie's hero as a potential villain in 'The Avengers'. In fact, the seeds for this may already be sown in the Hulk's film. Leterrier references SPOILERS in his discus...
The world of the future faces its darkest enemy as the demons in the shadows come out to play.
What They Say:
In the future a massive earthquake has devastated Tokyo, leaving this barren city to suffer the ravages of the world about it. Despite phenome...
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Natsuki TakayaTranslated by:Alethea Nibley and Athena NibleyAdapted by:What They SayThe Sohma household takes to the lake for a vacation at their summerhouse. However, the peaceful silence is deafening, as Yuki and Kyo are onc...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kenichi SonodaTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayBy day, Rally and Minnie-May run a weapons shop in Chicago... but they have a side business as bounty hunters! Their main task is to hunt down runaway criminals, but they som...
VIZ DONATES $100,000 IN GRAPHIC NOVELS TO U.S. PUBLIC LIBRARIES
MANGA OUTREACH TO NEW AUDIENCES NATIONWIDE
San Francisco, CA (6/16/00)-Viz Comics, America's 5th-largest comics publisher and largest publisher of Japanese comics, has recently donated over...
From a press release
CULVER CITY, CA – June 29, 2008 – Sony Pictures Imageworks, the award-winning digital production company whose most recent project HANCOCK opens July 2nd, today announced six major motion picture projects that are current...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape cavalcade. For those of you living in a basement with your boxes of holo-foil covers from the 1990s, know that the United States Presidential Election is upon us. Things have gotten ugly in a way we ...
With the deadline for the Spring Piano Recital fast approaching, Miu’s constant uncertainties are crushing any confidence she may have had. The time has come for her to make some difficult decisions that will ultimately decide whether she stops or m...
A few weeks ago, I wrote a little piece for Comics2Film about the rally to drum up support for Harvey Dent's campaign that took place in Ann Arbor, MI. It was an interesting bit of advertising for 'The Dark Knight', and to the uninformed passerby,...
"Rally your undersea friends! Aquaman, the world's most misunderstood superhero, is suddenly a big fish in Hollywood...," this article teases.
Article features quotes from Smallville executive producer Alfred Gough.
To the surprise of no one, Variety reports that the film rights to Mark Millar's other much-hyped comic book 'War Heroes' have been sold to a major studio.
Sony's Columbia Pictures have secured the rights to the newly released comic, illustrated by Tony ...
A shocking rumor today comes from IESB.net, whose inside sources tell them that Marvel Studios may turn the reins of 'Iron Man 2' over to a different director.
Fans have been buzzing for weeks about public statements from director Jon Favreau that Marvel...
Zach Snyder's adaptation of 300 is starting to look as exciting as our early glimpses of Sin City. Many questioned whether or not the man who made Zombies fast could actually pull this off, but Frank Miller had faith as he explained in our earlier inter...
With the "Unrated Director's Cut" of Dawn of the Dead recently hitting store shelves, UGO spoke to director Zack Snyder about the film, the DVD, and his next project, a feature film adaptation of Frank Miller's 300 comic book.
"I'm really excited about...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer/Artist: Ubukata Toh / Itoh MamiTranslated by:Julia RoseAdapted by:What They SayFinally, the Silver Coins are together. But despite their unified purpose, they're bickering with petty disputes. Meanwhile, Karin has found...
Gaogaigar, a giant robot epic 65 million years in the making… What They Say: Gai, Galeon, Volfogg, ChoRyuJin, Goldymarg, Mic Sounders and Mamoru. These are brave heroes who hold the fate of humanity in their hands! The Four Machine Kings fina...
What They SayThe assassins of Weiss have killed each dark beast that has threatened them,
but their worst enemies will always be themselves! Their group has finally
fallen apart. However, just because they have gone their separate ways
doesn’t mea...
What They SayPolicewoman Noa Izumi loves piloting giant robots with a passion. Trouble is, she’s got a knack for demolishing the city she tries to protect. But chaos breaks loose when Noa is kidnapped by a gang of thugs, and the police rally to resc...
What They SayThe hard-working men and women of the Bokuto Traffic Corps are back on the scene, but this time they\'ve got more to worry about than everyday traffic violations! During a routine arrest, they recover a secret document. Contained within it ar...
What They SayThe Review!This is the movie version of Street Fighter 2 that was released in Japan a few years back. The movie has appearances by all of the Street Fighter 2 characters up through the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo arcade game. Some of the cha...
Thursday\'s around here continue to be a hell of a lot of fun for the community members who rally around and speculate about what bundles and deals as well as new coupons may come out each week. Wallets cringe in fear and people start worrying about how t...
Two new TV spots for the upcoming adaptation of the classic anime Speed Racer have popped up online courtesy of Warner Bros. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon and Matthew Fox. Andy and Larry Wachowski directed it, ...
A week before the film hits theaters, Warner Bros. has premiered a new 3 minute extended clip of its Speed Racer, which you can watch below. The upcoming adaptation of the classic anime stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, M...
Back in the olden days an author’s book was the sole connection to his readership. Regardless of the story particulars a writer’s characters, places and themes are their own private dialogue to a very public world. But outside of actually read...
What They SayEver get that feeling that the whole world is out to get you? After a less-than-ideal day at the park, the group heads back to Misa’s house, with the Ex Armis in tow. While they are considering their options, other anti-Arms factions ar...
What They SayEnslaved by an army of rebellious super-robots originally designed to help civilization avert a complete ecological cataclysm, mankind\'s only hope is Casshan, a legendary hero who wages a solitary war to defeat these Neoroids and restore the...
What They SayThe hard-working men and women of the Bokuto Traffic Corps are back on the scene, but this time they\'ve got more to worry about than everyday traffic violations! During a routine arrest, they recover a secret document. Contained in it are ...
What They SayKeith, Lance, Hunk, Pidge and Princess Allura have successfully awakened the legendary robot guardian, Voltron. After countless battles, they\'ve pushed back the forces of evil King Zarkon, freeing the Princess\'s home, planet Arus, as well a...
What They SayIt has come like a terrible storm, bringing with it the rain of gunfire, and the thunder of explosions. The Gekko has arrived, and it has brought war to Capitol Hill. Determined to rescue Master Norb at all costs, the crew have staged a surpr...
What They SayPacifica and her siblings are captured by Senes, the Beast Princess! As Senes and her troops explain the true history of humanity, the Peacemakers attack! It’s now up to Pacifica to give them the power to fight back!The Review!It took h...
What They SayAll of her friends rally together but will they get to Taruto in time? Lives are changed and shocking secrets revealed in the dramatic final volume of Magical Meow Meow Taruto!The Review!Taruto comes to a close with the last three episodes re...
What They SayHurtling through space towards a dense plasma phenomena known as the Sea of Geduld and certain death, the remaining crew of a doomed space station must figure out a way to save themselves. Unfortunately, this is a crew of teenage trainees who...
Well, it?s been stated before and I?ll state it again, DVD has almost passed it next hurtle, the second holiday season mark. Now here we are with DVDs coming out of our ears, plenty of anime titles to choose from and more on the way. Even Bubblegum Crisis...
Warner Bros. has officially released the new full length trailer for their adaptation of Speed Racer courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The upcoming Wachowski-led adaptation of the classic 60's anime will star Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sar...
What They SayFor the 73rd class of cadets of the Defense University of the small planet Kibi, a maiden voyage on the new warship Amaterasu is a fitting event just before graduation. As they are returning home, however, they are shocked to hear news of a d...
The folks at Japan's Toho Studios decided to celebrate the 50th birthday of their biggest star in a really big way. News releases carried on wire services worldwide detailed the rerelease of the original GODZILLA to theaters, the installation of a new sta...
Love a machine? Maybe. Love a TV series? Abso-fracking-lutely. With the Colonel Tigh's martial law shenanigans taking the back burner this week, "The Farm" offers up a much needed dose of Katee Sackoff in a haunting little tale that continues this show's ...
Somewhere in between the DVD debut of a new title and its re-release as a super new extended limited special edition, a distributor sometimes finds itself with thousands of unsold DVDs in the warehouse. It's not necessarily a reflection on that titles pop...
I’ve known Roger Ebert for years, though I’m not sure if he’d remember me. We’ve never talked much at press screenings and such, mainly because I agree with his working habits – we don’t want to discuss a film until we have a chance to review it, thereby ...
Microsoft Game Studios has finally released MIDTOWN MADNESS 3 for the Xbox game system. Compatible with Xbox Live, MM3 lets you get safely behind the wheel of more than 30 different vehicles including the new Mini Cooper, the powerful Lotus Esprit Turbo, ...
As has been well documented, Jesus of Nazareth has been misquoted and misrepresented by his followers for two thousand years. It’s about time someone got back to promoting the two-fisted Fightin’ Jesus – the kind of hero that won’t cop out when there’s da...
Latino Review broke the exclusive first look at the teaser poster for Tom Cruise's next film, THE LAST SAMURAI. Set for release on December 5, the film has Cruise playing a late 19th century Civil War hero hired by the Emperor of Japan to educate the cou...
Marcus Chong, the actor who portrayed Tank in the first MATRIX movie, has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros., AOL Time Warner and the film's producers alleging that they shut him out of starring in the two sequels, THE MATRIX RELOADED and THE MATRIX REV...
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...
Herk Harvey’s macabre 1962 masterpiece gained a cult following through late night television. Made by industrial filmmakers on a modest budget, CARNIVAL OF SOULS was intended to have the “look of a Bergman” and “feel of a Cocteau,...
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...
Although American publishers have no problem churning out movie novelizations on time and en masse, some great genre literature is falling through the cracks, getting too little publicity or attention to garner the widespread praise it rightfully dese...
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...
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 ...
Gord Of War by Captain Gordon Edward (Sat 03-10-2007)
Welcome to the Countdown, where a year passes and the writer gets a plus one to his age bonus. This week most new games were delayed from being put out shelves all because of a game that turned into a juggernaut. For those who are unable to guess which...
Drew Bowling kicks of his Tides of Fate trilogy with the hardback release of The Tower of Shadows, Don Bassingthwaite concludes The Dragon Below series with The Killing Song, and Sergei Lukyanenko’s wildly popular The Night Watch returns from it...
Now that the holidays are coming to an end all of our favorite series will start returning from their hiatus’, some sooner than you think and others on new nights. So, with my unbridled anticipation going unchecked over the course of two ar...
Pretty much everybody knows that the ratio of movies that don't get made stalled somewhere between development and final cut to movies that are actually completed (let alone released) is huge and depressing. However, the majority of unmade films general...
We all know the tale - in the darkest days of the 20th century, America was preparing for war. Choosing a young man to undergo an experimental augmentation procedure, the government engineered a "super solider" for the purpose of creating a new kind of su...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kenichi SonodaTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayThe gang is all here for a road rally on Route 66! Of course we\'ve got Rally, Minnie-May, Bean Bandit, and the rest of the bunch, but this volume features the return o...
Creation Convention’s eighth Grand Slam STAR TREK and Sci-Fi convention, held the weekend of March 31st through April 2nd, 2000, offered something for everyone. In the main auditorium, actors from every incarnation of TREK appeared. This included VOYAGE...
Click here for last week's look at the 80s boom and bust in anime. This week, we'll take a look at the 90s, when anime really began to grow as a hobby on US shores. The 80s ended on a low note for anime in Japan. With a recession on the horizon and the OV...
The Review![B]Audio[/B]
I\'ve watched this disc in both English and Japanese languages. The Japanese language is excellent, voices fit the characters, the soundtrack is great and fits the mood. While the English language on the other hand was not as goo...
Quite some time ago I heard that Rockstar was developing a game for the X-Box 360, which really was no surprise. What they were developing seemed a little shocking, even more so than normally what they had been known for creating. What I had heard was tha...
Katsumi finds herself unable to escape the AMP as they set plans in motion to show her the reality of her situation
What They Say
After the death of her mother Katsumi wants nothing more to do with this horrible place known as Tokyo. Forced into staying...
Raylight announced today that is has completed development on a 3D engine for the Game Boy Advance.Titled Blue Roses, the engine is capable of putting around 3,000 polygons per second on screen, along with features such as texture mapping, skinned charact...
What They Say2023. Beings known as \"Lucifer Hawk\" have begun invading the Earth from another dimension. All that stands between them and the enslavement of the human race is the Attacked Mystification Police Department,a special division of the Tokyo Po...
What They SayA cliff carving of the face of Jesus Christ is transformed by Galactor into a rampaging magma giant! How can Gatchaman defeat this sacrilegious abomination?
Then in episode twenty-six, to the surprise of everyone in the Science Ninja Team Ry...
While the Playstation 2 has sold very well in the United States, Sony has yet to release a "killer-app" (a game that sells nearly one-to-one with the console itself). GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC may be the first game to accomplish this as it is easily the best ...
Way back when, in my king stud days, I used play all the tricks to score with the chicks. You know, the false modesty, the caring crap, the roses and candy garbage that led less to love than a trip to the free clinic. Now I don’t think this is the publica...
Known as the "Criterion of Cult," DVD label Synapse Films (www.synapse-films.com) has made a name for itself in just a few short years with releases such as VAMPYROS LESBOS, ORGAN, SHE KILLED IN ECSTASY, EVIL DEAD TRAP and EXORCISM. Co-run by living DVD a...
Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that it has shipped GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC to stores. GRAN TURISMO 3 A-SPEC is the most highly anticipated Playstation 2 title to be released. The game has an assortment of advanced special effects including heat...
Uncle Sam sees it all, and in Steve Darnall and Alex Ross’ Uncle Sam, the breathing icon is going insane.A Revolutionary veteran named Shay, facing bankruptcy for joining the war, starts a second revolution and is crushed by Washington’s troops, and He is...
The Review!Ah... Gunsmith Cats. The only other anime that I collected when it was released on VHS by Madman. And when ADV announced that this series would arrive on DVD, I took it upon myself to upgrade to a better version. I like this series that much, t...
The Review![B]Audio[/B]
I\'ve watched this disc in both English and Japanese languages. The Japanese language is excellent, voices fit the characters, the soundtrack is great and fits the mood. While the English language on the other hand was not as goo...
Evil Reborn by Captain Gordon Edward (Sat 06-16-2007)
Welcome to another edition of the Countdown, where it may be raining outside but there is always sunshine located in your gaming console. This week was pretty good, release wise, as not only was there quite a few games but also a few of the upper-tier gam...
While readers across the country quickly devoured Scott Lynch’s fantasy debut The Lies of Locke Lamora last year, they’ve got a lot more to chew on from the 29-year-old Wisconsin writer in the months ahead.
Hello all you Maniac reader...
What They SayThe truth about Hideki being a spy have become a surprise to everyone. Now they must find the shrine before it’s too late and once they reach their destination, they must battle some fierce looking dragons guarding the shrine. Prepare t...
What They SayThe world Albert has always known is crumbling to its foundations! Eugenie has a new fiancďż˝, his father\'s campaign faces scandal, and Franz is determined to learn the secret of \"Gankutsuou!\" Meanwhile, Haidee has some shocking relevation...
What They SayCosmic Era 73. The world is once again poised on the brink of war. Despite the best efforts of the Minerva and her crew, terrorists set the war memorial Junius Seven on a course that will cause it to fall out of its orbit and hit the Earth. T...
What They SayTenchi seeks answers from his past while Ryoko faces the present head on. But the gang\'s world gets turned upside-down when they receive a strange visitor. After composing himself, Tenchi discovers that the mysterious visitor is not his mom,...
What They SayAthrun returns home to PLANTs to confront his father, who is enraged at his failure and has him arrested. Meanwhile, Lacus steals a new ZAFT warship and helps rescue Athrun along with the help of someone from Kira’s past.
The Dominion...
What They SayDirected by Goro Taniguchi ? Infinite Ryvius. ?X-Men? type action meets anime stylings. After repeated attacks against HOLD and HOLY, Commander Zigmarl is forced to initiate an operation to capture all the Native Alters in the Lost Ground. Sp...
What They SayIt\'s Harlock! Renowned Manga author Matsumoto Leiji?s greatest creation, Captain Harlock, comes to the big screen in this magnificent film.
When aliens conquer earth and enslave the human race, all hope for freedom is abandoned. But one ma...
What They SayNana is a multifaceted girl, but she never dreamed that her facets would develop minds of their own! As each of the seven Nanas take turns attending school, each one uses her unique abilities to handle classes, bullies and their secret crush....
What They SayNick Carter was part of a family of space explorers, who happened upon an abandoned alien vessel. Exposure to an alien Teknopod transformed Nick into Teknoman Blade, a super-powered biotechnological warrior. However, the rest of his family an...
What They SayThe new transfer student, Yoshijiro, fits right into class 2-B - the biggest collection of rejects, losers and weirdoes the Academy has ever seen! But his loser status is about to be upgraded to top dog. On his very first day, he manages to f...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:NiniTranslated by:Bret MayerAdapted by:Nate BodenWhat They SayThe classic Chinese tale of The Three Kingdoms--with all your favorite historical figures cast as cute girls! As the Han Dynasty collapses, two mighty warriors--Zha...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mikiyo TsudaTranslated by:Earl GertwagenAdapted by:What They SayTohru\'s younger sister Sayaka, who discovered that she and Tohru are not actually siblings, arrives once again only to leave her brother in Shihoudani\'s \"lovin...
The Review![B]Audio[/B]
I\'ve watched this disc in both English and Japanese languages. The Japanese language is excellent, voices fit the characters, the soundtrack is great and fits the mood. While the English language has improved a lot since the beg...
The Review!Like other post-'65 Asian Americans who grew up in the 1970s and 80s (as they only could), the last few years I've been indulging myself by wallowing in nostalgia, and of course what's been supporting that indulgence, besides the dotcom salary,...
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 ...
What They SayThe Uruk Army led by General Kelb is unable to move forward as a single-winged dragon suddenly appears before them. Inside the Tower, there is an unprecedented militant atmosphere as the Uruk Army's anger reaches a crescendo at the total anni...
What They SayThe journey of a robot prince begins! The planet Cronos is a world of super-robotic lifeforms, ruled by the wise Master Kirai. But their peaceful existence is shattered by the conquering armies of the Gandora robots. Now, machine combats mach...
What They SayEpisode 28
Whatever Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong
Tomoko is exposed to the harsh reality of professional pageantry.
Episode 29
Studies in HIgh Finance
Onizuka\'s students learn the fine art of embezzlement.
Episode 30
Money Talks, GTO ...
Some photos of the race car going up against Mach 5 in Speed Racer have appeared online courtesy of Rocket Punch. The car was featured at the Tokyo Auto Salon and someone was on hand to snap some photos. The real life Japan-based racing team Autobacs Raci...
Soundtracks are now a pre-packaged business. There have been a few instances where the soundtrack or score is all that is available to the audience when a film is released. James Cameron’s ‘Titanic’ and Zack Snyder’s &lsq...
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 trailer for SPEED RACER appeared on Entertainment Tonight last night and as expected, it didn't take long before it hit online. The upcoming adaptation of the 60's anime stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, Susan Sarandon, John Good...
Becoming the second remake news tonight, model turned actress Natalie Martinez is set to star in DEATH RACE, the remake to the Roger Corman classic. She'll be playing a romantic interest for Jason Statham's Frankenstein. Her role is named &...
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 ...
Here we are the season finale, more ex-Deadwood actors and more weirdness. Do we know anymore about the story? Well, no not so much. Do we really know anything about what we’ve spent the last ten weeks watching? Again, no, not so...
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 ...
Two new sneak peek featurettes for WB's Speed Racer have appeared online. One is an domestic version over at Apple, which you can see here. The other is an international version, which you can check out here. The upcoming adaptation of the 60s anime stars...
What They SayAs the Overfiend slumbers, the mad emperor Caesar rises to power, enslaving a new race of demon beasts. As the bloodthirsty beasts capture the tyrant’s daughter in a brutal coup, the Overfiend must awaken to an apocalyptic battle of the...
What They SayThe Review!
Audio:
For our primary viewing session, we listened to this disc in its original language of Japanese. And then promptly rewatched it in English. Both tracks are pretty standard stereo mixes with some good moments of directionalit...
What They SayImperfect Dreams... Rini wishes to be older and more beautiful so she can enjoy Serena’s privileges, a dream that becomes true thanks to Palla Palla’s magic! So why can’t Rini call on Pegasus to show off?
Then, in their se...
In a detailed report of billionaire Phil Knight, the trade is announcing a few projects that the Nike operator is running through his CG and stop-motion company Laika. While his animation company is already releasing Coraline soon, they also have three ne...
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...
TV spots 6,7,8 and 9 have popped up online for Speed Racer courtesy of Warner Bros. The upcoming adaptation of the 60's anime stars Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon, Matthew Fox, Hiroyuki Sanada, Richard Roundtree, Ji Hoon Jung,...
Yahoo! Movies has posted the first seven mintues of SPEED RACER, which hits theaters tomorrow (May 9th). Click below to watch.
And from their write up... "Born to race cars, Speed Racer is aggressive, instinctive and, most of all, fearless. His only...