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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Mania News Updates

Mania News Updates


Vampire Knight Anime Licensed

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

VIZ Media has announced that it has acquired the domestic TV, Home Entertainment, Streaming, DTO, and Merchandising rights to the hit VAMPIRE KNIGHT animated series.

With this license VIZ Media will hold the rights to VAMPIRE KNIGHT for TV (including IPTV and VOD) and Home Video (all platforms including Blu-ray), Streaming...

BATMAN: CACOPHONY Hardcover Review

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

In his introduction, Writer Kevin Smith proclaims Batman: Cacophony is the second best Batman story that he can possibly write.  We can only imagine that his new Batman work, the twelve-issue Batman: The Widening Gyre is going to be very, very good. 

This hardcover graphic novel collects the three issue mini-series featuring art by Smith’s pal Walt Flanagan...

Ooku: The Inner Chambers Vol. #01

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

The idea that men are almost extinct in feudal Japan really forces one to think about all its ramifications, an amazing title that everyone should own.

Creative Staff
Writer/Artist: Fumi Yoshinaga
Translation: Akemi Wegmuller
Adaptation: Akemi Wegmuller

What They Say
In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Red Pox has begun to prey on the country's men...

Tsubasa: Those With Wings Vol. #02

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

A clue sends Kotobuki and company east &ndash...

Darkside Blues Complete Collection

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

The last free part of the world does its best to fight back against the Persona Company.

What They Say

In the gothic landscape of the future...

WEDNESDAY Wraps Up

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

Last week saw the twelfth and final issue of Wednesday Comics hit the stands. It was the end of DC Comics’ latest and most daring weekly series and now that it’s all said and done, we thought it appropriate to take a look back on the whole thing and give our two cents on the project.

 

Would it Work...

5 Comic Characters That Need to Be CGI

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

 

Around the Mania office, the names Stan Winston and Ray Harryhausen are spoken in hushed whispers and reverent tones. But as much as we love their work in stop motion, makeup and practical effects, no one wants to see Batman or Spider-Man take on a stop-motion monster in 2009 and there are some tricks that foam rubber just can’t touch. ...

Zombie Hunter Rika

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

PSA: Don’t skip school kids, otherwise you&rsquo...

HALLOWEEN 3-D on Hold

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

It seems that The Weinstein Company was getting a little ahead of themselves last month when they announced a Halloween 3-D would be hitting theaters next summer. Nikki Finke, via Deadline Hollywood...

GREEN LANTERN South of the Border?

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

'Green Lantern' to film in Mexico...

Comics on Sale September 30th

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

It’s that time of the week again, where all your dreams of spandex, horror, and ‘bigger than life’ come true.  Where we read the book before the movie ruins it (here’s looking at you Wanted) and know that no matter how many times we read an origin there is always room for a very slightly different take.  Welcome to Wednesday...

RE: Afterlife Begins Production

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

With Resident Evil: Afterlife expected to hit theaters next August, Sony Screen Gems and Constantin Films have announced that production is officially underway in Toronto. The fourth installment in the franchise will be filmed and released in 3-D...

JOHN CARTER Adds Two More

Posted: 30 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar have added James Purefoy and Mark Strong to the cast of John Carter of Mars, the upcoming adaptation of the Edgar Rice Burroughs franchise. HR's Heat Vision also confirms earlier reports of Thomas Haden Church joining the production...

Polanski Fights Extradition

Posted: 29 Sep 2009 12:00 AM PDT

Just a few days after Switzerland authorities arrested Roman Polanski--director of such genre classics as Dance of the Vampires, Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown--on warrants stemming from his trial three decades ago...

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