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Friday, July 02, 2010

Mania News Updates

Mania News Updates


APE SAPIEN: THE ABYSSAL PLAIN Review

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Mike Mignola has some of the comic world&rsquo...

Transformers: War for Cybertron PS3

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

 

Let me begin by stating that I am neither a hard core gamer nor a die hard Transformers fan. I play the occasional video game from time to time and love the Transformers cartoon from the eighties. That being said I approached this Transformers game with some trepidation. Having played

Crunchryoll and Bitway Announce Digital Manga Initiative

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Crunchyroll, Inc., and Bitway Co., Ltd. announced a strategic alliance to create the first ever legal, global, comprehensive online manga platform. In conjunction with the strategic partnership, Bitway will invest $750,000 into Crunchyroll in June 2010...

Vampire Knight Vol. #1

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

One of the best selling manga in the US finally arrives in anime form with lots of very pretty vampires of both sexes in a high school setting.

What They Say
At prestigious Cross Academy, there are two sessions of classes: the Day Class and the Night Class. As the school's Disciplinary Committee, Yuki Cross and Zero Kiryu keep watch over the Day Class students, who are all infatuated with the beautiful, elite Night Class students...

Ninja Nonsense Complete Collection Thinpak

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

An awesome series on first viewing. It loses a bit the second time around, though.

What They Say
Take one totally cute (and naive) ninja-girl trainee, add a ninja horde under the tutelage of the weirdest headmaster ever - a strange, yellow, spherical...

Arnold Cameo in PREDATORS 2?

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

We know it's premature to be discussing anything about Predators 2 but with next weekend's release tracking well and previous quotes about possibly bringing Arnold's Dutch character back from the original, you Maniacs might be interested to hear that Robert Rodriguez hasn't closed the door on the subject. While at the junket for this latest installment...

Natsume's Book of Friends Vol. #03

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Midorikawa already tweaking Natsume's tone...

Depp Set Photos for PIRATES 4

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Not much going on in the realm of genre news this morning as the industry seems to have launched their holiday weekend early. Still, our geeky comrades over at ComingSoon have alerted us that some new set photos have appeared for Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides courtesy of

Strawberry 100% Now Streaming On Viz Anime and Hulu

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Viz Media has added a new series to their site via their partnership with Hulu with Strawberry 100%. This series was one of several talked about a couple of years ago and was recently mentioned by a UK publisher as something that they can't release on physical media in that country, but would be looking at a potential streaming option. Viz Media appears to be going a similar route...

AX 2010: Geneon Universal Entertainment Panel

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Back in February 2009, Geneon Entertainment Japan merged formally with Universal Pictures Japan and became Geneon Universal Entertainment. Long time anime fans will remember when Pioneer Entertainment, a subsidiary of Pioneer who made laserdisc players a huge thing in Japan many years ago, changed their named to Geneon after being acquired by Dentsu...

Official: Andrew Garfield is SPIDER-MAN

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Official: Andrew Garfield is Spider-Man. Plus: More Cowboys & Aliens casting. More Batman script talk. More X-Men mutant rumors! Gearing up to blow its fingers off...

AX 2010: Digital Manga Publishing Panel

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Digital Manga Publishing had their panel on Thursday night, the opening day of Anime Expo...

AX 2010: Crunchyroll Panel

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Slipped in at the last minute, the folks at Crunchyroll ended up being the kick-off industry panel of Anime Expo 2010 with a fairly short panel overall that run for just about half an hour. Not surprisingly, we got a Power Point presentation in which fans once again must feel like they're in a boardroom...

House of Five Leaves Episode #12

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Yaichi's secrets are slowly being ferreted out and laid before him in crisp detail.

What They Say
Yaichi joins Yagi for a drink, where they reminisce about the past and old friends. Later...

Elijah Wood Moves to TV

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The world’s most beloved Hobbit, Elijah Wood is moving from epic films to the small screen. Wood is signed to star on the FX pilot “Wilfred.” The show is being adapted from an Australian series of the same name that was starred and was created by Jason Gann. How can this series be described...

Elemental Gelade Bites The Dust

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

One series from FUNimation is no longer on their radar as it appears the rights have expired and are no longer being pursued according to an update over at Robert's Anime Corner Store. FUNimation has informed them that they'll be discontinuing all iterations of the series that they currently have in their SKU queue and that includes:

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Bandai Acquires K-On! License

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Bandai Entertainment announced at their Anime Expo 2010 panel today that they've acquired the DVD and Blu-ray rights to the first season of K-On! for US.

Plot Summary: ...

Two New PREDATORS Featurettes

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

With just a week to go before Predators invades theater chains across the nation, we're coming to an end of 20th Century Fox's marketing campaign. But the studio still found two more featurettes to pass along to you awesome Maniacs. One centers on Louiz Ozawa's character Hanzo and the other is some behind-the-scene action playing on the Cinemax channel. Check them both out below...

ECLIPSE Has $68.5 Mil Day

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Summit Entertainment has captured their third box office record for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse after a full day of release. To stand alongside their previous two records ($30 million midnight tally and most theaters booked)...

Heroman Episode #14

Posted: 01 Jul 2010 12:00 AM PDT

After what you could call a daring yet simple escape from Center City, the small gang is doing their best to move on for now.

What They Say
Joey and the gang successfully escaped from Center City, and continue heading to an acquaintance of Prof. Denton's in Nevada. Heroman should be a hero that saved the world, but instead is being chased by the United States government, and Joey is worried...

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