Coming to Theaters for One Night Event
September 9, 2016
Level-5-abby Inc. and Eleven Arts will release Yo-kai Watch: The Movie to North American theaters.
ICv2 Stars: 5 (out of 5)
September 9, 2016
Here's a review of The Osamu Tezuka Story: A Life in Manga and Anime TP , published by Stone Bridge Press.
Week of September 6, 2016
September 4, 2016
This week’s home entertainment releases include the potent second season of the DC Comics-based #1 show on the CW network, the latest seasons of long-in-the-tooth geek staples South Park and Supernatural , plus two great 1980s offerings, George A. Romero’s Tales from the Darkside , and the animated Dennis the Menace series, and Whit Stillman’s masterful Jane Austen adaptation Love & Friendship.
Week of August 30, 2016
August 28, 2016
This week’s home entertainment offerings include Jon Favreau’s hugely successful version of Kipling’s The Jungle Book , the fourth season of the DC-based CW series Arrow , the second season of the Disney-produced Star Wars Rebels , and excellent film about baseball that mostly takes place away from the diamond.
VIZ Execs Aker and Hamric on Pokemon, 2016 Launches, 2017
August 24, 2016
ICv2 recently sat down with VIZ's Leyla Aker and Kevin Hamric to discuss the impact of Pokemon Go on their large library of Pokemon titles, the results of the early 2016 launches, and key releases for the rest of 2016 and 2017.
As New Film Tears Up Box Office in Japan
August 23, 2016
Coming on the heels of strong performance for Shin Godzilla , Toho will produce an animated Godzilla feature.
Week of August 23, 2016
August 22, 2016
As the late summer doldrums ebb, home entertainment releases are ratcheting up, especially in the TV category with this week’s complement of five comic book-based TV series including the initial seasons of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow , Lucifer , and Ash vs. the Evil Dead , plus on the theatrical side, one of the best films of 2016 so far, Shane ( Iron Man 3 ) Black’s highly enjoyable The Nice Guys.
'Blade Runner,' 'Bleach,' 'Pokemon,' 'Lego Ninjago,' 'Tiger & Bunny,' 'The Flash'
August 18, 2016
There has been action on several geek-related movie properties, and we round those announcements up here.
Week of August 16, 2016
August 14, 2016
This week’s home entertainment offerings include the second season of the dark and compelling comic book noir Gotham , the first season of Toei Animation’s new more faithful adaptation of Naoko Takeuchi’s Sailor Moon , a new anime from the creator of Trigun , the Angry Birds Movie , and a powerful thriller from Pakistan directed by a woman about a mother and daughter’s flight across a country beset with internal strife.
Column by Steve Bennett
August 10, 2016
This week, Bennett discusses Tsum Tsum, Justice League Action and food manga.