V.B. Rose ("Velvet Blue Rose") is as girly as a manga gets. It's about fashion, romance and sisterly love, and two pretty boys take the lead aside the female main character. V.B. Rose is also cheek-pinchingly cute. I can't dress myself in the mo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Banri HidakaTranslated by:Yuya OtakeAdapted by:Rachel BrownWhat They SayAgeha gets the job of a lifetime: making her sister\'s wedding dress. Ageha loves making handbags and other accessories, so when one of her sister\'s dres...
Danielle\'s digging into a new series from TOKYOPOP today with their January 2008 release of V.B. Rose Vol. #1 (of 11) in which she believes shoujo fans will in a treat for.
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tohru FujisawaTranslated by:Adapted by:What They SayBoy meets girl, but the girl is a super spy who must save the world! Although she can barely remember it, 17-year-old Kasumi Asakura (Rose Hip) was trained in the special uni...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tohru FujisawaTranslated by:Takae BrewerAdapted by:Kara StambachWhat They SayAppearances can be deceiving. There is trouble in Tokyo as a mysterious terrorist organization called ALICE plots against the government. Just as t...
For those unfamiliar with the Bone saga, the basic story is neatly summed up by creator Jeff Smith in his introductory text to nearly every issue: `After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins—Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone—are separat...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Naoe KitaTranslated by:Tim RogersAdapted by:Tim RogersWhat They SayA boy with no memory finds himself on the run. Rescued by a girl who is a guardian of the imperial palace, he is named "Rose" due to the mysterious, flower-sha...
The Review!--video--
I know that Utena is old, so I guess this was pretty good, but in lots of places it looked a little soft. The colors were much bolder then the Rose Collections, but they still seem a little light. Everything is clearer though, but I...
After fifteen years of rich original prose, daring audio performances, colorful comic adventures, and the 1996 TV movie, DOCTOR WHO has returned to its original medium as an ongoing series for Saturday-night family viewing on the BBC. "And it seems not a...
The Review!Revolutionary Girl Utena is a wonderful series, and since this is the review I had to do, the preceding "Student Council" Saga, which is the previous 13 episodes, or first 2 DVD's will come later. I will though make many references to the first...
The Review!Audio:
I listened to it in Japanese, though I did peak at the English occaisonally. The Japanese is very clear, and I heard much clearer songs then what I have heard before. The English is also fine, and to my great shock: had a really nice d...
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...
We already passed along the news last month that Robert Rodriguez's girlfriend and Grindhouse star, Rose McGowan, was doing test FX footage for the remake of the cult classic heroine (originally played by Jane Fonda). It seems that over the...
What They SayA surreal coming-of-age fairy tale from the Director of Sailor Moon
Utena is a spirited schoolgirl with an unusual dream: to become a heroic prince who saves damsels in distress! Although it seems impossible, her goal is closer than she can...
What They SaySailor Moon and her four Sailor Scouts (Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter) must save the Planet and her best friend Darien from the most evil and dangerous creature in the Universe: the bewitching and deadly Kisenian Blossom. She appears as a ...
Welcome to the mean, cold streets of Tokyo, where the dames are deceptive, the detectives are hard-boiled and the chain smoking never stops.
Though the city does have its dark allies and districts, Tokyo isn't really associated with harde...
THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE took the number one spot at the box office this past weekend with a take of $30.2 million.THE 40-YEAR-OLD-VIRGIN held in second place with a take of $7.9 million, while TRANSPORTER 2 slipped to third with $7.2 million.Rounding o...
The Review!Damn... this is what I've been waiting for for several years: a domestically released, fully licensed subtitled version of Sailor Moon! I really make no bones about liking Sailor Moon: while I admit that the animation is somewhat limited, even ...
Robert Rodriguez is set to reteam with the favorite leading lady (and main squeeze) Rose McGowan in a revamp of 'Red Sonja'. USA Today reports that Rodriguez got interested in the project after McGowan brought a script to him that he liked.
"Rose is...
THE EXORCISM OF EMILY ROSE manages to do something that most exorcism films of the last 30 years have failed to do it makes the idea of utter terrifying weirdness juxtaposed with normal life feel genuinely creepy instead of campy. It's so successful in t...
Joblo may have the inside word on who will topline the 'Barbarella' movie.
When it was announced a few months back that Robert Rodriguez would be directing a remake of the cheeky sci-fi flick 'Barbarella', it prompted immediate speculation as to who he...
An article in the New York Observer gossip column The Transom claims that Universal is pulling out of its proposal to financially back Robert Rodriguez's 'Barbarella' movie. Insiders claim it's because Rodriguez insists on casting his fiance Rose McGowan ...
Cinemasters executive Producer Joel Evans has had song placements in more than 200 Television episodes and over 50 Motion Pictures including the song "Rose Colored Glass" in the upcoming Ghost Rider.
Director Alex Proyas has a lead actress locked down for his return to the genre of sci-fi thrillers. Rose Byrne (Sunshine, 28 Weeks Later) has landed the lead role opposite Nicolas Cage in the sci-fi thriller Knowing, reports Variety. Alex Proyas (I, Rob...
As a long time fan of the original Doctor Who series I was a bit apprehensive when I heard that the BBC was reviving the show. While I was encouraged that new adventures would be filmed, I was also afraid that this new version, which was touted as being u...
New Line has hired Bernard Rose (CANDYMAN) to direct AMUSEMENT. Jake Wade Wall wrote the script.The story is told from the points-of-view of three different women who are made to suffer by a killer using their childhood grudge against them.THE RING's Neal...
While speaking to MTV Movie Blogs, actress Jessica Alba let drop a bit of gossip about the 'Barbarella' movie.
When they asked here if she is going after the role in director Robert Rodriguez's comic book sci fi remake, Alba responded by saying, "Isn'...
At last weekend's New York Comic Con, the ICv2 retail service announced its sales findings for the year of 2007 in the world of manga and graphic novels. It seems that manga sales grew overall in the marketplace but not by very much, only beating its 2006...
An interesting bit of news has popped up online today courtesy of Dave Davis at Joblo. It seems that actress Rose McGowan and director Robert Rodriguez(DEATH PROOF segment of GRINDHOUSE)may be reuniting sooner then previously thought. A few months ag...
What They SayRoy Revant is living the hard life of a bounty hunter in a broken city; a city where thousands have died in a mysterious event called the Blast Fall. As dark fades to light and light becomes pitch black in an instant, all a man can do is put ...
What They SayIt\'s been twelve years since the Blast Fall, an unexplained disaster that left countless dead and many more maimed. Society is divided and every citizen feels the burn, most of all the Resembles - people whose mangled bodies have been rebuil...
The WB announced on Thursday that Rose McGowan -- who appeared in SCREAM and JAWBREAKER, but is nearly as well-known for her past relationship with shock rocker Marilyn Manson -- will play the long-lost sister of Phoebe, Piper and the late, lamented Prue ...
In this clip, Rose McGowan, one of the stars of GRINDHOUSE, is given a chance to check out her action figure from NECA on MTV.The figure features interchangeable legs.Click here to see the clip.
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Sakurako YamadaTranslated by:Emily OhnoAdapted by:What They SayFujimori is an up-and-coming novelist whose debut skyrocketed him to the top of the bestseller\'s list, but a year later, he\'s suffering from a case of performanc...
What They SayUtena is about to enter a life beyond her wildest dreams – a world of danger and mystery where her best friend is a trophy bride to any swordfighter who can win her. Armed with a magical sword and ring, Utena undertakes a mission to sav...
The Review!Having watched this DVD, for the first time I felt an urge to send in a review. In summary, I have a lot of praise for this disc, a little criticism - and one serious warning.
A little context might help. My experience of Sailor Moon is watch...
The Columnist, gripping his desk to stay standing, sighs his last exhalation of breath. He turns toward his readers with a smile that could easily double as a grimace and winces as every cell in his body dies. Yes, this was one hour of reality TV too much...
My first Dreamcast game was not SOUL CALIBUR. Rather, I started my Dreamcast career with one of the best football games ever made, NFL 2K1. Two years later and near the end of the Dreamcast’s lifespan, Visual Concepts has finally gotten around to producin...
BBC Wales has confirmed in a press release that Billie Piper will be leaving the TV show DOCTOR WHO and her role as Rose Tyler at the end of the current series."Rose and I have gone on the most incredible journey with Russell T Davies and the cast and cre...
The Review!As some of you from the chat may know, I run a website at http://senshitv.dhs.org called SenshiTV, and if any of you look at it, you can tell what a flaming Moonie I am, so you can bet your life I'm scrutinizing this disc as best I can. I went ...
Nolan: - I've enjoyed this tremendously actually. It's taken a long time, it's two and half years of work, it's on a huge scale, it's quite an effort, but I've very much enjoyed it. I like the characters, and begin able to work with such great people on s...
What They SayUtena must face her most cunning opponent yet – the abusive ex-fiancé of her best friend Anthy. Determined to avenge her friend, Utena fights more desperately than ever before! Contains episodes 24-26The Review!The Beginning of the End ...
THE CITY OF THE DEAD is by far one of the best books the BBC range has yet produced, rivaling previous stand-outs like ALIEN BODIES and EARTHWORLD. Of course, I may be a bit biased: the novel is set in New Orleans, where I live. Ask anyone who lives here ...
What They SayFrom the director of Sailor Moon and the key animation supervisor of Neon Genesis Evangelion! Utena duels her classmates to protect her friend Anthy, who is the key to a magical power that could make her dream - to become a prince - come true...
What They SayCreated by celebrated anime master Katsuhiro Otomo (Akira, Roujin Z), MEMORIES consists of three dazzling stories, each delivered with its own astonishing style.
\"Magnetic Rose,\" directed by Koji Morimoto (Animatrix) based on a manga shor...
Revolutionary
Girl Utena
A princess who wants to become a
prince, and protect the ones she loves.
A castle in the sky, hiding the
power of miracles.
A mysterious girl who seems to
have no will of her own.
And roses. Lots and lots and lots
of roses...
DC Comics has announced that the first issue of the new Vertigo series, FABLES, has sold at the publisher. Readers can still read the entire first issue online at DCComics.com/Fables/index.html. "I want as few impediments as possible towards creating lo...
I don't blame Sonia Mansfield for ditching out on her duties during the height of the summer doldrums. Everybody deserves a vacation, and it's awfully hard to work up enthusiasm for the third FRIENDS rerun of "The One Where Rachel Tells." Me, I got so fed...
SLAVE TRADE by Susan Wright reads like the lurid, nonsensical ramblings of a high schooler who's smoked too much pot and read too much hentai.The book, which opens in a post-apocalyptic Mexico (the US has apparently been rendered uninhabitable) with a hot...
Four years after THE SHEILD hit FX's schedule, TNT replies with WANTED, a series detailing the exploits of an elite team of interagency law enforcement experts charged to capture LA's 100 most wanted. While the photography, editorial style, and suitably g...
Writer-director Dario Argento had been plying his trade, making horrific psycho-thrillers (known as giallo in his native Italy) since the early ‘70s, reaching his peak with Deep Red in 1975. Then he took a turn into supernatural horror with Suspiria in 19...
What They SayRevolutionize your anime world with \'Utena the Movie Original Soundtrack - Adolescence of Utena ADOLESCENCE RUSH,\' based on the masterfully artistic and radically symbolic theatrical film.
Just beneath the film\'s intricate layered plot a...
Picking up seconds after Rose Tyler entered the TARDIS, "The End of the World" greatly expands the scope of the new DOCTOR WHO by leaping to near about the year Five Billion. Though the story itself is a simple enough mystery set on a space station where...
What They SayThe Review!MEMORIES on DVD was released in Japan back on March 25,1999. It is available also on videotape and laserdisc. Katsuhiro Otomo is the general producer and writer of the original stories of this film. \"Memories\" is the title given ...
What They SayFollowing the introduction of the deadly police duo Yao and Lu in the first volume of Miami Guns, the gloves are off and nothing is sacred. Miami Western Village (yes, you read that right) is the home of cowboys, gunslingers, and the mysterio...
What They SayRoy Revant is living the hard life of a bounty hunter in a broken city; a city where thousands have died in a mysterious event called the Blast Fall. In the desert sands beyond its borders, Solty will befriend the hardest lesson she has yet t...
What They SayAn odd string of suicides surrounds a private institution on Roosevelt Island. On the night a classmate dies, Kate, Rachel, Rose and Claire wake with no memories of the evenings\' events. The next night, the four girls are drawn together by m...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mia IkumiTranslated by:Yoohae YangAdapted by:What They SayThe cats are back, and a new Mew is about to emerge! Berry just transferred to a new school - but little does she know she's about to become the first Mew Mew with TWO ...
What They SayNo priceless bauble or exquisite jewel is safe from the leering eyes and stealthy hands of Jing, the King of Bandits. With a heart of gold and girl-crazy albatross sidekick Kir, Jing steals his way through one exciting adventure after another...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mitsukazu MiharaTranslated by:Beni Axia ConradAdapted by:Nathan JohnsonWhat They SayMeet Sabato Obiga, a hapless young teen trying to find himself in the world, which is made all but impossible by his frighteningly flamboyant ...
What They SayAn odd string of suicides surrounds a private institution on Roosevelt Island. On the night a classmate dies, Kate, Rachel, Rose and Claire wake with no memories of the evenings\' events. The next night, the four girls are drawn together by...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Etsuo Suzuki/Yoko MiyawakiTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:What They SayFor two years, Anne Frank and her family lived in hiding from the Nazis in a secret annex. During this time of fear and oppression, one young girl kep...
From a press release
(Los Angeles, CA) Nu Image/Millennium Films is pleased to announce the return of RED SONJA to the big screen. The film will star Rose McGowan as the mythical flame-haired comic-book vixen with a sword, Red Sonja. The film...
Universal Pictures has backed out of the BARBARELLA remake from director Robert Rodriguez, says The New York Observer. Why did they drop out of the remake? Well, that's a source of debate between studio sources and Robert over which factor was the final n...
What They SayEdward Elric changed the night he trapped his younger brother\'s spirit in the unfeeling steel of an ancient suit of armor. That night, Edward and Alphonse exploited the clandestine science of Alchemy to attempt the unthinkable - resurrect th...
What They SayAttention! Attention! Cuteness will now be taken to a psychotic degree! Meet Dejiko along with Puchiko and Gema as they travel to Earth from the Planet Di Gi Charat as part of Dejiko’s training to become a proper princess. Well,...
The season, that is, for sitting around one one's duff, gorging on food, developing a guilt complex over weight gain in an ever-vain society, resolving to finally sign up for that gym membership you've been saying you'll get, losing heart and sitting ...
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Masato\'s last battle with Aen and Tau unleashed a frightening new personality and now all wonder if they really understand the true relationship between Masato and the Zeorymer robot.
Then, when Miku is kidnapped by an e...
What They SayDomon\'s reunion with Master Asia occurs in the midst of the battle-damaged city of Shinjuku. Together, they fight to save the city, but Domon is shocked when he realizes that Gundam Rose, Gundam Maxter, Dragon Gundam, and Bolt Gundam are all...
What They SayFrom the character designer of Silent Mobius and Detonator Orgun!
Mild-mannered Masato was genetically engineered to be the perfect pilot of the Zeorymer robot. But when he is thrust into the cockpit, a new personality emerges from Masato...
Torchwood Touches Down
The BBC have this niche little show called Doctor Who – you probably haven’t heard of it, don’t worry. Despite the fact that very few people watched that show, the BBC, being the kind-hearted souls they are, ...
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THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION A new soundtrack record label named Nicabella had made its debut with John Frizzell's excellent score for STAY ALIVE, William Brent Ball's eerie thriller about a group of teens who stumble upon a new video game called Sta...
Welcome to Cinescape's new UK column. Each week, I'll be reporting on events of note to the UK genre scene, be it television, conventions, set reports or whatever else picks my fancy. However, we're a small island nation, so "UK genre scene" will encompas...
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’...
Don also got the full word on what\'s up with CPM for the remainder of the year with lots of interesting tidbits:
Utena, the Black Rose saga will be spread over 4 DVDs. I think there is some confusion over Utena. On the main AoD page, there\'s a date of 1...
What They SayFrom Kunihiko Ikuhara (Director of Sailor Moon), Shinya Hasegawa (Key Animation Supervisor of Neon Genesis Evangelion), and based on the original manga by Chiho Saito. The final, shocking conclusion! Utena is about to discover the truth behin...
DAY ONE: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6The first ever New York Anime Film Festival started ominously enough. The opening night was set in the city`s Japan House, a center dedicated to Sino-American cross-cultural exchange located within eyesight of the United Nations....
The Review!"Revolutionary Girl Utena" is Central Park Media's (primarily U.S. Manga Corps, though "Utena" is sold under their "Software Sculptors" label) first attempt to put a television series on DVD. This particular disc contains 7 episodes; the next o...
Trojan Horse by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-08-2004)
The prevalence of rejected film scores has become so commonplace these days, as studios continually strive to meet the lowest common denominator of audience taste, that it's no longer a surprise when even the top composers in Hollywood find their music to...
What They SayRoy Revant is living the hard life of a bounty hunter in a broken city, a city where thousands have died in a mysterious event called the Blast Fall. The Aurora Shell which has shimmered over all proves at once a prison and a blessing... and ...
What They SayKate, Rachel, Rose, and Claire are all students at a private school in New York. Waking up one morning, none of them can recall anything about the previous night. Their anxiety escalates when the school announces that another classmate, Lise ...
According to friends who've played the videogame, SILENT HILL in its original forms (they're up to version four of the game now) is an exercise in pulse-pounding terror. No one can describe the film version as that director Christophe Gans is a bit too d...
Matt Wagner`s Grendel: Black, White & Red gives us a tour through the world of master assassin and best-selling author Hunter Rose, also known as Grendel. The trade paperback collects short stories, each of them written by Wagner and drawn by a different ...
The afterlife has been explored as much as any topic in manga and literature, and unlike many subjects in the tangible world, it's open to so much speculation, it can't become dull. R.I.P (Requiem in Phonybrian), a manga by Mitsukazu Mihara, features beau...
Once upon a time, all the characters of legends, storybooks, and fables were driven out of their homelands by the Adversary, forcing them to move out into the lands of ordinary men and to hide their existence from the Mundanes. The humans amongst them had...
There's a commonly held belief that all legends have a grain of truth to them, and what's more legendary than the fairy tales and fables we grew up with as children? Bill Willingham has taken that ball and runs with it in this new Vertigo series, a series...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the pack is George Lucas' genre epic "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" with 10 nominations. "Batman Begins" fol...
Logan-the boy formerly known as James-and his former governess Rose have settled in a harsh frontier town in the wilds of Canada. Rose fears for James's survival as the boy encounters unexpected enemies, chiefly the camp cook who has threatened to kill hi...
"The Long Game" is bit of a mixed bag. Located in the dead center of the 2005 season, the episode's lofty philosophical premisethat infotainment leads to the stagnation of humanityis a worthy Twenty-first Century successor to the couch potato admonitions...
Like most of the year until now, C.S.I. rules the TV top ten, raising this week in total viewers with a new episode. Close at its heels are the last two entries in STEPHEN KING'S ROSE RED mini-series. Just behind that, almost 40 years after its thea...
I'm of two minds this week, so the column will reflect that state with an abrupt change in subject halfway down. As you might have noticed from the title, SFC's Friday night line-up is the subject of this week's words and it's going to focus first on the...
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This new special edition re-release of Bernard Rose’s CANDYMAN gives us an opportunity to re-examine this horror film that, despite two inferior sequels, has often fallen through the cracks of pop culture. Based on a BOOKS OF BLOOD story by Clive Barker, ...
What They SayYou win some and you lose some... and some never stood a chance. Roy Revant has never given up on finding his missing daughter. Now it seems she has come home. Family ties, be they blood or circumstance, are stretched to the breaking point. B...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Natsuki TakayaTranslated by:Alethea Nibley and Athena NibleyAdapted by:What They SayThe ReviewPackaging:
And this volume\'s coverboy is Dr. Hatori, the dragon/seahorse and the color of the month is rose. He's serious (as alwa...
RED GARDEN
Kate, Rose, Claire and Rachel - four normal, high school girls with nothing much in common except that none of them can remember what happened last night. Then strange crimson butterflies lead them all to a deserted alley late at night where th...
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Agent Aika: Final Battle
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Animated Classics of Japanese Literature: Botchan Parts 1&2/Student Days
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Animated Classics of Japanese ...
Japan’s Multi-Platinum Selling Rockers Rare US Arena Show Captured on DVD
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SANTA MONICA, CA – The only Japanese rock band to ever headline a US stadium show, L’Arc~en~Ciel are larger than life in Asia. The charismatic rockers be...
This is a basic list of what DVD titles are listed via Diamond Comics Distribution that will come out during the May/June and possibly July timeframe. No specific dates are given nor details on the releases. This list is posted just as a forward-looking p...
Red Garden, Welcome to the N.H.K., Pumpkin Scissors, Magikano
All to Launch Late 2007
HOUSTON, May 11, 2007 " At 9pm this evening ADV Films co-founder Matt Greenfield will formally announce that ADV has acquired four of the hottest new titles to co...
SEE NARUTO THE MOVIE THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN… ON THE BIG SCREEN!
NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW, the first big screen spin-off from the phenomenally successful Naruto anime series, comes to DVD on 24th December 2007, pack...
Unique character designs, stylish settings, and a haunting story!
HOUSTON, TX " August 16, 2007 " From studio GONZO and director Kou Matsuo (Rozen Maiden) comes an urban horror masterpiece as sexy as it is disturbing. Watch the mystery unravel when Re...
Comprehensive 13-Episode, 3-Disc Set Captures All The On And Off Court Action Of The Popular Series' First Season
San Francisco, CA March 29, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publi...
Houston, Texas, 12th February 2007
Happy St. Valentine's Day! What a wonderful tradition, having one day to celebrate love in all its aspect.
Although we here at DQ can't send each of you chocolates or flowers, we have something just as thrilling to gi...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuana KazumiTranslated by:Alethea & Athena NibleyAdapted by:Barbara Randall KeselWhat They SayWhen friends and loved ones begin to disappear, his sense of reality begins to crumble--until the day he runs into a mysterious figu...
Well, after a two-week absence I got another column up last week, and low and behold a new Forum Buzz went up! Nothing like a bit of rivalry to keep things fun! Of course, I feel there was one important fact missing from Sean's column. That would be th...
The release year 2003 was a sizeable one for ADV Films. In addition to putting out nearly two hundred DVDs and collections, they revamped their music division, created and launched a new manga publishing division and laid the groundwork for their "toys"...
Whee, it's .hack in SD! I think the atmosphere, OP, and story of this one all combine to make the new .hack series cuter and therefore more enjoyable!
The story starts out with some weird monsters attacking a player after he arrives to find an entire la...
Super Anime Day will be a one day festival for Anime, Manga, Cosplay and Video Game fans and will feature anime voice actors, guest artists, anime, manga, cosplay, video games hosted by Gamerz Paradise, indoor and outdoor photo shoots, music, games/contes...
Somewhere in this Anime world...a Rose Bride is missing. Rumour has it she took off with Utena to get married in Las Vegas last week, and hasn't been seen since. End of the World is not impressed, because they now have all these postage-ready letters writ...
Going into 2003, Central Park Media looks to have had a set plan of catching up on a number of remasters to bring some of their outsourced titles back into their library proper, fix a few older mistakes or releases that were used as experiments back in ...
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MEDIA BLASTERS ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASES FOR OCTOBER 2003!
All titles below have the following Street Date: 10/28/03 and Pre-Book Date: 9/23/03:
ANIME WORKS (Japanese Animation)
·Jungle Emperor Leo
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The Pillows: Penalty Life
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God, I wish I liked this album. I wish there had been even a shred of originality, some moment of shining ...
Cypress, CA (January 30, 2004) - Bandai Entertainment announced today the unveiling of two new CD soundtrack releases for the highly anticipated anime series, '.hack//Legend of the Twilight' and 'Wolf's Rain'. Each of the soundtracks showcases an impressi...
Halloween is fast approaching and this is the time of the year for all of us horror fans to watch the various marathons of decent horror classics that we know and love. Same goes for breaking out those horror DVDs that we have been saving all year long fo...
She’s the greatest X-Man who never existed. Clarice Ferguson, a.k.a. Blink, lived for but a few issues in regular continuity before getting wiped out during the `Phalanx Covenant` crossover a few years back. But then the `Age of Apocalypse` crossover hit,...
'Hey, Peter, do you want to write a book together?' That's what Stephen King said to Peter Straub at the premiere of THE GREEN MILE in New York. Big Steve is on the mend, according to Straub, his collaborator on THE TALISMAN. Straub says that King 'ch...
Remember the original Star Trek episode, `Tomorrow is Yesterday,` when Captain Kirk was startled to hear the ship’s computer speak to him in a sultry, sexy female voice? That moment just might have sparked Gene Roddenberry to create a TV series with a sen...
With Hayao Miyazaki`s PRINCESS MONONOKE expanding into more cities this weekend, American audiences will be getting a chance to look at a kind of animated epic that many of them have never seen before. To most Western viewers, the subject of Japanese anim...
PERFECT BLUE, which reaches U.S. video shelves this week while continuing circulation in art house theatres, has been subject to a staggering range of critiques and interpretations in recent months. According to some pundits it`s no more than schlock expl...
STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE has to be one of the most frustrating near-misses in the history of SF cinema. At one time only dreamt of by the original TV show’s fan base, then reviled, ST:TMP actually isn’t the grand mess it was once thought to be. Indee...
During the summer of 1999 shock waves rippled through the STAR TREK community as the departure of Ronald D. Moore from the VOYAGER staff and STAR TREK proved to be truth and not rumor. Moore had little to say publicly at the time, leaving this post for o...
WITCHBLADE by Matthew F. Saunders (Mon 08-21-2000)
Comic book movies traditionally don`t work. Translating from one entertainment medium to another is a difficult process. Each medium has different strengths and weaknesses, and what works for one doesn`t necessarily work for another. Just ask Marvel Comic...
If you`re too Gothic for Milan, New York, and Japan, you`ll be right at home in Paris. First of all, if you wear all black, no one will assume you`re a member of the Trenchcoat Mafia; Parisians themselves wear black a lot because it`s chic, and they also ...
LeVar Burton, always-and-forever Geordi La Forge to viewers of STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION, laughs while directing the VOYAGER episode, `Live Fast and Prosper,` set to air Wednesday, April 19th. The episode is about three con artists who pretend to be...
I’ve never been much of an Oscar prognosticator; I don’t see the point. Well, I do see the point: You pretend that you have some kind of insight into the voting, make a lot of predictions, and then after the fact tout your few hits while ignoring your far...
Taos, New Mexico is a place I like a lot. It has a very cool and laidback vibe to it, there always seems to be so much going on in town, and the architecture – some of which dates back centuries – is amazing. And it just might be home ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Maki MurakamiTranslated by:Satsuki YamashitaAdapted by:Christine BoylanWhat They SayIn order to heal the wounds in Eiri Yuki\'s heart, he and his vocalist lover, Shuichi, travel to New York to visit the grave of Yuki\'s first ...
A remake of the Wes Craven classic Nightmare on Elm Street is in the works but Director David Lawrence decided to get a jump on things with his own remake, specifically of Nightmare one Elm St. part 3: Dream Warriors in spirit if not in name. A group...
What They Say:
LOVE DOLL, Vol. 1: Prince Charming: Rachel’s beautiful body always arouses the carnal desires of those around her, but when her uncle decides to train her to be a Love Doll, she’ll learn to fulfill them, too! Requiring constant...
When JJ Abrams is on, he’s really on. He’s brought us so many fantastic series and films including Alias, Lost, and the underrated Mission Impossible III, that anything he does must be investigated. If you’re into that kind of series Fel...
The panel was led by Stephen Tang, Andrew Huang, and Satoshi Fujii.
The Steelbook cases for Hellsing Ultimate volume 2 and Black Lagoon volume 1 were showed off and passed around, followed by the boxes for When They Cry, Karin, and Rozen Maiden. Pencilbo...
The TOKYOPOP panel was hosted by Louis Reyes and Lilian, both editors.
They started off listing their current hot
manga: Beck and Sakura Taisen.
Then came a list of upcoming titles they wanted to mention like Blame!,
Saiyuki Reload, Girls Bravo, Kamich...
Although John Scalzi’s original Old Man’s War novel got served by Robert Wilson’s Spin in the 2006 Hugo competition for Best Novel, the online blogger turned sci-fi master snagged his first silver rocket as 2008’s Best Fan Writer, ...
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One of the
challenges for the cast and crew of Spider-Man was working with
something as simple as Spidey's tradem...
CHUD sits down with Zack Snyder to talk about 'Watchmen'. Here are some highlights:
Does the studio get it: I don't know that they do, exactly, and that's okay, because they acknowledge that. We had a round of notes, pretty heavy notes, when they thoug...
As was predicted, 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer' rose to the top of the box office charts against mild competition. The latest super-hero movie devoured $22.75 million on Friday, putting it on an easy pace to top the weekend.
Hosts: Nobu Yamamoto & Stephen Tang
This panel was quite different than your usual industry one. Nobu spent a lot of time basically chatting about Pioneer\'s latest music line and the various issues with producing CDs these days. He was very frank and ope...
Jimmy Kudo has attracted international acclaim for his detective work but not everyone is happy for him. Forced to live under the persona of a young boy named Conan Edogawa, he continues on his mission to find a cure. Along the way he'll continue to...
What They SayIkumi is an up and coming pop singer with millions of fans and a promising acting career. She should be looking at the world through rose-colored glasses, but she\'s got man trouble.
The love of her life just isn\'t sure he can handle Ikumi...
What They SayIn the tradition of hentai (adult anime) series, such as COOL DEVICES, that pushes the envelope for adult anime in the U.S., Critical Mass Video presents the next level in hardcore hentai: LOVE DOLL. Produced by Shiyuuta Biwajima and Chikara ...
What They SayIn 1969, Japan was experiencing rapid economic development. It was a period, when the people of Japan were never satisfied with what they have. Invaders were formed from their never-ending ambitions. Invaders were all over the world but their...
What They SayAs one of the world\'s top perfume designers, Najica Hiiragi works with her trusty assistant Kirala to develop the Day Series perfumes for CRI Cosmetics. When not jet-setting around the world, Najica tools around neo-Tokyo in a bright red con...
What They SayThe unthinkable has happened: Utena has
allen in love with her best friend\'s older brother. Although he is engaged to another woman, he seems to return her affections. But to be his princess, Utena must give up her goal of becoming a prince...
What They SayIt isn\'t easy being a guy - especially if you\'re Ataru Moroboshi, the luckless lecher loved by Lum, the aviating Alien Princess with a very short temper.
Lum doesn\'t need much assistance going ballistic when everyone in Tomobiki gets an ...
What They SayProduced by Shiyuuta Biwajima and Chikara Niki (BONDAGE MANSION / DARK / SLAVE SISTERS / HOLY VIRGINS) with Animated Character Designs by Haruo Ookawara (CAMPUS)!
With the first round of testing for the Love Doll candidates fast approaching...
What They Say\"Beautiful, Dangerous, and Desperate for work...\" Nereides\' sexy female agents will take on any job for the right price, no matter how dangerous or demanding. Yu Park, a deadly martial arts expert, returns to Nereides. She has been serving...
What They SayElfina lived a life of luxury as a member of the royal family. She was waited on hand and foot and had a team of servants. That was until her country was invaded! Now Elfina must comply with the sexual demands of her new masters and it doesn\...
What They SayMusic composed by Takashi Tsushimi, Hiromoto Tobisawa, Kouji Makaino, and Kaoru Oohori. Lyrics by Keiji Mizutani and Ryu Sawaji. Vocal performances by Kouichi Yamadera, Hiroshi Koide, Yoshino Takamori, and Yasunori Matsumoto.The Review!3 out ...
What They SayAll good things must come to an end... but what about the bad things?
Jabberwock is under attack and unless Ryo can find a way to counter the venom of Gance Call, his chances look grim. Hayato gets in touch with his inner weapon as well. Af...
What They SayChapman has returned seemingly from beyond the grave and he\'s stronger and more vicious than ever before! Domon and the others wonder if he\'s been infected by the \'DG cells\'.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Wong again changes the rules in an ...
What They SayUtena’s best friend Wakaba entertains a secret gentleman caller. But mysterious forces twist her tender feelings into jealousy and hate. Will Utena lose her friend forever? The Review!Audio:
For our primary viewing session, we listened ...
A few new listings at Amazon indicate some possible new manga titles from TOKYOPOP come 2008 as V. B. Rose Vol. #1 and Gakuen Alice Vol. #1 are both slated for a January 2008 release.
It\'s a light week for DVD releases but there\'s still some interesting material to be found in there, particularly for fans of older shows:
Release Date
Title Name
Studio
Run Time
MSRP
04/18/2006
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I swear that it\'s times like these that I wish I could wait on some series so that I could get in on these bargains!New Right Stuf Specials are posted! Santa loves you!
BUNDLES BUNDLES BUNDLES
I still want everyone to have a bundle for Christmas. So, I...
Golden Age science fiction writer L. Sprague de Camp passed away on Monday, November 6, in Plano, Texas. He was 93. He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine Crook de Camp, who died on April 9 of this year. He is survived by his brother, Lyman Lyon ...
Anime News Network is reporting that Dark Horse made some Anime Expo announcements this morning:Bride of the Water GodGhost Talkers DaydreamThe Color of Rage (Colored) by Kazuo Koike and Seisaku KanoA Wind Named Amnesia (previously reported but not offici...
What They SayWatch out, universe! Kain Blueriver, the cape-obsessed master of the psi-blade, and his lovely associates Millie, a former hot-shot private eye, and Canal, the holographic image of the ship’s computer, are back for another round of insa...
What They SayIt\'s said, if he who eats of the sakura-mochi or \"cherry blossom rice-cake\" is meant to be with you forever, the mark of the sakura shall appear on his forehead. But if it should be that he is not....
Happosai\'s always relied on his spe...
What They SayThe Review!This is the recently released OAV series (2 episodes) pertaining specifically to the characters from the Street Fighter Zero series (Street Fighter Alpha in America). The overall story line follows Ryu and his newly found little br...
What They SayThe Review!\"If the egg\'s shell does not break, the chick will die unborn\"
\"We are the chick; the egg is the world\"
\"If the world\'s shell does not break, we will die unborn\"
\"Break the world\'s shell!\"
chorus:
\"For the sake of revo...
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 SayEarth\'s last city, Olympus, rose from the ashes of a global war on the backs of Bioroids, artificial clones who make up half the city\'s population. Under the strict guidance of a supercomputer, humanity\'s last survivors enjoy an idyllic pe...
What They SayThree years of peace have followed the Earth Federation\'s victory over the Duchy of Zeon. Now, in the year 0083 of the Universal Century, the last remnants of Zeon begin their plan for revenge by stealing a prototype Gundam armed with nuclea...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Koge-DonboTranslated by:Nan RymerAdapted by:What They SayCalamitous Crushes, Spirited Suspicions and Divine Deception. Ever since he was a little boy, Kotarou has been able to see angels. This has certainly come in handy, sinc...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Togashi YoshihiroTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:What They SayTHE FOUR BEASTS
Yusuke Urameshi was just another street punk until he died in an unexpected act of self-sacrifice... and came back. Now he's the Underworld's ...
The Review!A very ambitious anime with a great look, a cool soundtrack, and very appealing packaging, but does it live up to its own ambitions?
Audio:
While not having a tremendous amount of activity in the rear speakers, the Avenger Complete Collection...
The Review!Weird. I've already seen the first 7 episodes of Utena TV series already and I thought that show was weird. The movie is even weirder. Not to say it's a bad thing, oh no. This is one enjoyable show.
So how to tell the story without giving much...
The Review!Since I have already did a R2 review of this movie already, I decided to write another review for the R1 version with expanded thoughts on the movie. Just to warn you this review contains some spoilers, but I tried not to reveal too much. With ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Koge DonboTranslated by:Studio RobbAdapted by:What They SayShe has an Earth-style fashion-sense.
She's a cute princess from distant planet!!
"Beginning wiv Studio Ironcat Digiko shall conquer th' world, nyo!!'
Thus this boo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist: Writer/Artist: Translated by:David and Noriko WelshAdapted by:What They SayDIS-BAND CAMP
Milch may be down, but he's back to take (or is it force?) the gang to participate in the Nagano Music Festival. In preparation for th...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Michiyo KikutaTranslated by:Elina IshikawaAdapted by:Elina IshikawaWhat They SayNina doesn\'t have just one dream boy - she has two: Zero and Ichi. Both are super-cute wizards, who make her heart beat a little bit faster. But ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Cossette House/Aniplex (Story); Asuka Katsura (Art)Translated by:Aska YoshizuAdapted by:Gina Ferenzi and Tim SeeleyWhat They SayBased on the popular anime!
Eiri works part-time at an antique shop where he becomes obsessed wit...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hideyuki KikuchiTranslated by:Kevin LeahyAdapted by:What They SayIn a world where even the smallest and most remote village is being terrorized by the monsters that stalk the night, there is a hamlet, prosperous and peaceful, ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuji Miyamoto / Kyoko NegishiTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:What They SayThe young staff at the Cafe Kichijouji are a colurful bunch. They\'re the source of continual headache for the poor cafe master who oversees them a...
What They SayThe Oceanus is rife with paranoia in the aftermath of Sin\'s boarding
them. Now somebody has leaked the location of the Maihama server to the enemy, and Shizuno is the obvious suspect. But as more and more secrets are revealed, it\'s clear th...