Posts

Showing posts from June 5, 2011

Featured Post

Wacky Wizard Games Imprint and Three New Games Announced by @wwizardgames

Image
Wise Wizard Games announced the launch of Wacky Wizard Games, a new brand imprint focused on family-friendly, lightweight games. Three games are planned for release in 2024 as part of this new brand imprint: Star Realms Academy, Caution Signs, and Pack the Essentials. If you are interested and attending PAX Unplugged they will have prototypes of Caution Signs and Pack the Essentials. "We are super excited to be adding this new family friendly product line to our catalog. We wanted to maintain the focus of Wise Wizard Games on strategy card and dice games with geeky themes, and have created Wacky Wizard Games as an umbrella for lightweight games with a more whimsical, cute vibe," shared Debbie Moynihan, COO of Wise Wizard Games. Star Realms Academy Forge your own star realms, overloaded with cuteness! A kid friendly but still fun for grown-ups version of the popular Star Realms deckbuilding game for 2 players. A little less math, no reading necessary, but still tons of fun! 

Kiki's Delivery Service Reveiw

Image
Original Review by:  AirCommodore  from Planet Anime story 6/10 Kiki’s Delivery Service  is, first and foremost, a children’s film. From the eighties. Also it’s a coming-of-age story, and unless those are done reeeeeeeally well, they can induce a hard-core snooze-fest. But hot damn, it eschewed all these possible pitfalls, and became one of the only  Miyazaki  films I actively like.

Psychic Wars Review

Image
Original Review by:  sothis  from Planet Anime story 1/10 *Dies laughing*. Oh dear lord... where to begin. Psychic Wars is easily one of the worst things I've ever seen, and only Baoh rivals it. When I say bad, I don't mean terrible Angelique or Wild Cardz unwatchable bad, I mean hilarious YOU MUST SEE THIS bad, like something you'd see on MST3K , but way funnier.

Devil May Cry Trailer

Image
On Tuesday, the England-based developer Ninja Theory posted the E3 2011 trailer for  DmC , the latest installment in  CAPCOM 's  Devil May Cry franchise  which Ninja Theory is creating.    In related news,  CAPCOM  formally announced that Screen Gems licensed the rights to produce a feature film based on  Devil May Cry , as previously revealed in February.

Funimation Acquisitions

Image
FUNimation Entertainment has announced their acquisition of a handful of additional anime titles over the past month in a half; adding onto their current list of 2011 licenses, as published back in mid-April 2011 In the news this time around are a few familiar names, some stable genres, and a title nowhere in-between these two categories and out of left field. As FUNimation continues to relay all things   Fullmetal Alchemist   to western viewers, new releases scheduled for 2012 should also include geek-adventure   Princess Jellyfish   and the ecchi-comedy   Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt   from GAINAX Studios. Among the new title acquisitions FUNimation has announced is the second   Fullmetal Alchemist  theatrical presentation,   FMA: The Sacred Star of Milos , originally titled   Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei naru Hoshi   (2011). The film is scheduled for local (Japan) release this summer and will reportedly be available to western viewers early next year on home

Four New Zelda Releases

Image
The video game and console developer  Nintendo  has announced a quartet of new  Zelda   releases for its different platforms at its press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles on Tuesday: Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword  for the Wii , which will be available worldwide this holiday season. A special gold Wii remote will available for purchase as a promotion. Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening  on the 3DS , which will be available for download from  Nintendo 's e-Shop by the end of the day Tuesday. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D  for the 3DS , which will be available worldwide next weekend. Legend of Zelda: Four Swords , a four-player co-operative game re-released for the DSi , which will be released in September as a free download. In addition, two  Legend of Zelda  CDs will be released: the soundtrack CD of  Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time , which will be given to the first customers to register  Ocarina of Time 3DS  on Club  Nintendo ,

Vampire Knight Review

Image
Original review by:  VivisQueen  from Anime Planet story 7/10 On the face of it,  Vampire Knight   appears to be just another hackneyed shoujo series designed to cater to sexually frustrated fangirls. Firstly, you have the exquisite beauty of the entire male cast; not to mention the relentless ‘sucking' and ‘biting' and ‘sinking' of teeth into soft, yielding flesh; and finally, the fact that the characters spend more time nuzzling each other's necks in hopeless abandon than they do talking sensibly about their problems.

Tekken: Blood Vengeance in 3D

Image
The North American   anime distributor  Bandai Entertainment  announced on Tuesday that the  Tekken: Blood Vengeance  CG anime film will run in more than 375 American theaters in 3D on July 26 at 7:30 p.m. local time. In addition,  Bandai Entertainment  plans to release the DVD for this film based on  Namco's fighting videogame franchise .

Navarre & Funimation Quarter Earnings

Image
Navarre Corporation , the Minneapolis-based former parent company of the North American anime distributor  Funimation , released its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2011 on Tuesday. This is the last time Navarre's financial results will mention  Funimation , as Navarre sold  Funimation  on March 31 for $24 million to a group of investors that includes  Gen Fukunaga , who is also  Funimation 's chief executive officer. The financial results cover the three months that ended on March 31. As Navarre had announced in previous quarters this year,  Funimation  is listed as "discontinued operations" — a financial term for a segment of a company that has been separated from the rest of the company, or has been approved for separation. Navarre reported in its press release that  Funimation  had a net loss before tax of $849,000, which included $2.1 million in non-cash impairment charges. Navarre reported that discontinued operations showed a net loss of $536,000, c

Anime & Manga Releases; June 7th

Image
Anime Releases Title Publisher Suggested Retail Price Cover Maid Sama!  DVD Collection 1 Thanks for Sentai Filmworks $49.98 $29.99 Mazinkaiser SKL  DVD Media Blasters $19.98 $14.99 Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit  DVD Complete Collection Anime News Network Media Blasters $59.99 $27.99 Queen's Blade 2: The Evil Eye  Part 2 DVD Media Blasters $24.98 $19.99 Revolutionary Girl Utena  DVD Set 1 Nozomi Entertainment $49.99 $44.99 Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki   DVD Box Set (Anime Classic) Funimation $19.98 $13.99 TO: Elliptical Orbit & Symbiotic Planet DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Funimation $34.98 $32.89 Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE  Blu-ray Season 1 S.A.V.E. Edition Funimation $29.98 $19.99 Tsubasa, RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE  DVD Season 1 S.A.V.E. Edition Funimation Anime News Network $29.98 $26.99