Yen Press revealed five new manga licenses and a related light novel at Anime Expo over the 4th of July weekend, as well as a new original graphic novel.

This week’s home entertainment releases won’t overshadow the fireworks, but there are some items of interest including Stephen Chow’s wild Hong Kong fantasy/comedy The Mermaid , a visually stunning Brazilian animated feature, the latest season of the marvelously Machiavellian political drama House of Cards , reasonably-priced collections of The Real Ghostbusters , and a bevy of interesting anime offerings led by the only Studio Ghibli film that has never been released here before and the steampunk sci-fi epic The Empire of Corpses.

The Force of Will the Movie animation project has shared a teaser trailer.

Anayzing data from social media to understand the complex social structures underlying fandom.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include a solid animated feature that is likely to please the little ones, two of the best films about the “war on terror,” some rare De Patie Freleng animated segments from the 1970s, and a full slate of anime releases.

Cryptozoic Entertainment has released images and more details about its Attack on Titan Deck-Building Game.

Seven Seas Entertainment and Ninja Division have formed a new joint venture, Shinobi 7.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include an often brilliant science fiction road movie that will remind many of John Carpenter’s Starman, the sequel to My Big Fat Greek Wedding , the latest comedy from Sacha Baron Cohen, a chance to get the first season of the revived Doctor Who on Blu-ray, the second half of the BBC’s excellent adaptation of Shakespeare’s history plays featuring Benedict Cumberbatch as Richard III, and for the first time ever here in North America, the complete, uncut 1976 super robot anime Gaiking .

Titan Comics has announced the acquisition of the right to create comic books based on Robotech , the classic cartoon property that was cobbled together out of three different mecha anime in the 1980s by Carl Macek.

This week, Bennett looks at some classic cartoon properties that have been reinvented in new forms.