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Friday, September 24, 2010

Mania News Updates

Mania News Updates


8 Crappiest TV Toys of All-Time

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Action figures are a crazy commodity when it comes to television programs. Shows such as Transformers, G.I. Joe, and He-Man embraced their action figure counterparts while wrapping their mythos in both mediums. Obviously, those are the big three. However...

SCREAM 4 Set Videos, Photo

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

With production well underway on Scream 4, director Wes Craven and Dimension Films have revealed some set videos and their first official photo courtesy of Entertainment Tonight and Entertainment Weekly. Click on the photo above for a closer look and watch the two videos down below...

Sci-fi EXPULSION for WB

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

In Hollywood the terrorist of any given action movie usually fails at his objective by finding himself on the receiving end of the hero's gun. After all, who wants to pay to see the terrorist destroy the world...

SUPERMAN BATMAN #76 Review

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Love it or hate it, Final Crisis happened. It was strange, dark, sometimes rambling and a bit unintelligible, but it happened and by and large the DC Universe that emerged from the event has been better for it. However, one thing has always bothered me about how things went down, specifically, the death of Batman...

Tale of a White Night

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Yaoi writer Tooko Miyagi shows a twisted flair for the supernatural in this 'just good enough' horror anthology.

Creative Staff
Writer/Artist: Tooko Miyagi

What They Say
In a small, quiet village, there is a folk story about a beautiful female demon. Nobody knows who she is...

Strawberry 100% Vol. #07

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Years ago, Junpei decided that he wanted to be a director. That single, life-altering decision used up all his decisiveness for the next ten years. Watch him struggle through life, unable to choose a pair of pants to wear, a type of jam to put on his toast...

Slam Dunk Vol. #09

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The team assembles. The tournament begins.

Creative Staff
Writer/Artist: Takehiko Inoue
Translation: Joe Yamazaki
Adaptation: Kelly Sue DeConnick

What They Say
He tried to slam her with love, but she dunked his heart. As luck would have it, the basketball team narrowly avoids suspension over the all-out-brawl incident when Yohei and Mitsui's friends take responsibility...

Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 Complete Collection

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Adding more stories to the first, the world of Haruhi is expanded, Groundhog Day style.

What They Say
Haruhi continues her search for exciting ways to keep her world from being boring. Unfortunately, for Kyon and the rest of the SOS Brigade, they are forced to go along for the ride...

The Big Bang Theory: The Robotic Manipulation Review

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

 

The Big Bang Theory is basically Mania’s great white whale. We’ve been trying to crack it as review fodder for years and somehow the stars just haven’t aligned in our favor. It’s not really genre, it lasts only half an hour, and--to paraphrase a colleague who, for decorum’s sake...

Peirce Helms WICKED LOVELY

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Universal Pictures has tapped helmer Kimberly Peirce to lead their fantasy adventure Wicked Lovely, an adaptation of based on the book by Melissa Marr. Heat Vision reports the film will have franchise potential for Universal since author Marr has developed a series of these fantasy novels, whose titles include "Ink Exchange" and "Fragile Eternity," with the fourth book, "Radiant Shadows...

Trigun Series Hits YouTube

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

FUNimation has started their rollout of the Trigun series for the November DVD release by putting out the trailer for it and getting the first fourteen episodes up on

Legend of the Legendary Heroes Episode #13

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

The politics of war continues, though the impact on the little people is a trending focus once again.

What They Say
The king of the Gastark Empire continues aggressive tactics of invasion, claiming that he is waging wars to ultimately end the fighting. The vicious Sui and Kuu track Ryner and Ferris down again...

Blessing of the Campanella Episodes #10

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

After the dramatic standoff between Aberdeen and Leicester, we have a brief calm before the storm, with Minette making pizza and taking a bath. ...

Mashkov Joins M: IMPOSSIBLE

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Whatever adventure director Brad Bird has in store for Mission: Impossible...

Strawberry 100% OVA 3

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Manaka's life gets even more difficult this time around as he's sent off to an all girls school for an errand.

What They Say
Yui Minamito asks Junpei Manaka to deliver something to Tsukasa Nishino's all girls' school, Omi High School! When he arrives at the beautiful girls' school...

REDLINE Movie Review

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Ever since he was a little boy, JP wanted to be a racer. Sadly, not every boy with a dream gets the wealth, the fame, and the women. Sometimes, they find themselves taking a dive for the money the mob will give them in return. With that money, he might be able to soup up their ride, getting some extra nitro boosts, a better engine, and maybe, just maybe, next time will be the race he wins. Yeah, next time...

Beckinsale Confirmed for UNDERWORLD 4.

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

After months of speculation, it's been confirmed that Kate Beckinsale will be returning to the Underworld series she helped make popular with her husband-director Len Wiseman. HR reports she's closing a deal to reprise her role as vampire heroine Selene in Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment's fourth installment of the successful franchise...

SUPERMAN Director Candidates Named

Posted: 24 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

Superman director candidates named...

Buried Movie Review

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

 

Chalk Buried firmly into the “terrific movies I never want to see again” category. Director Rodrigo Cortes spins a simple idea into a merciless exercise in claustrophobic tension...

Legend of the Guardians Movie Review

Posted: 23 Sep 2010 12:00 AM PDT

 

I never figured Zack Snyder would produce anything like Legend of the Guardians. Then again, considering his copious use of computer imagery and penchant for the epic, it seems to be a natural fit. Snyder does best when transferring the work of others to the screen--in this case, a lengthy series of children&rsquo...

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