Best Pixar Opening Ever
June 1, 2003
Finding Nemo broke all the opening weekend records for animated films by amassing a total of $70.6 million in its opening 3-day frame.
Bishojo Series A Hit In Japan
June 1, 2003
Funimation Productions, the company behind the American versions of DBZ , Yu-Yu Hakusho , and Blue Gender , has acquired the rights to Kiddy Grade.
By Nancy A. Collins
June 1, 2003
White Wolf is releasing two more novels in Nancy A. Collins' Sonja Blue cycle of 'punk' vampire sagas under its Borealis Imprint.
Debuting on 'Anime Unleashed' This Summer
June 1, 2003
Starting June 24, Tech TV will present the first of three new series for its Anime Unleashed block, which...
Starting June 10
May 29, 2003
LucasFilm, the licensing arm of Star Wars creator George Lucas' media empire, is preparing to launch an online subscription-only website...
Graphic Novels To Follow
May 29, 2003
As ICv2 predicted, the Rurouni Kenshin manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki will appear in the American edition of Shonen Jump .
Distributor Bankruptcy Threatens Publisher
May 28, 2003
For 27 years Fantagraphics Books has been publishing some of the most interesting and challenging comics in the history of the medium, but a financial crisis threatens the very existence of the leading publisher...
Blimpie's Subs To Offer Promo Comics
May 28, 2003
On Monday, June 23 at 9 p.m. (ET, PT) the History Channel will present Comic Book Superheroes Unmasked , a history of those...
#1 Primetime Network For Kids
May 28, 2003
The Cartoon Network's ratings for May continued to climb. For the second month in a row the network...
Saturday, August 9
May 28, 2003
Need more evidence of the increasing importance and influence of anime and manga on the U.S. comic book scene?
LOTR Musical In The Works
May 28, 2003
Variety is reporting that a musical version of Lord of the Rings is currently in preparation and set to debut in London's West End sometime in 2005.
Silver Age Hulk Featured
May 28, 2003
With the debut of Ang Lee's Hulk movie just three weeks away, here's yet another way in which awareness of a key Marvel superhero will be amplified throughout the coming years thanks to Marvel's ambitious slate of feature films.
