Previews Predictions: No, don’t cancel She-Hulk!

December 31st, 2008 by Chad Bonin

savageshehulk(Holy crap, a Previews Predictions article. Been forever.)

Turns out those rumors that She-Hulk might be cancelled could be right. With She-Hulk #38 (the last released issue) being the last solicited issue, Marvel’s sent out their New Years card (as seen at the right).

The solicit for #38 reads as follows:

SHE-HULK R.I.P.!
She’s been savage. She’s been sensational. She’s been an avenger. She’s been a lawyer. She’s been a bounty-hunter. But there’s one thing She-Hulk has always been, in all of her many series… cancelled. But it hasn’t stopped her yet! In this oversized final issue, Peter David brings his run on the Jade Giantess to a close… but can Jen use her last remaining pages to save her friends from a truly mammoth threat? Catch her now, before someone turns her red!

Seriously? I love Jen Walters She-Hulk. With the Hulk books now consisting of Hulk, Skaar, and Mighty Avengers, I guess they figured they could revamp the last little hang-on. Still, I hope Jen goes somewhere.

But Thundra’s daughter? I guess I’ll have to pick up those specials with her to judge.

(Marvel)

 

Lost in Translation: I’m a Common Writer now!

December 31st, 2008 by Richard Hoelsher

If you’re a regular reader of this fine website, you already know about Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. This adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu show Kamen Rider Ryuki premieres on January 3rd on CW4Kids. As someone who has not seen an Americanized tokusatsu show since the original Power Rangers aired, and as someone who lived through the abortion that was Saban’s Masked Rider, I was curious to see how Kamen Rider Dragon Knight would turn out. I was also curious to see if I can get through an article without making continuous common/kamen puns(the title doesn’t count).

uncommonly bad
uncommonly bad

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gaijINdebt: 12/28/08

December 28th, 2008 by Chad Bonin

sealab2021Welcome to the introductory segment of gaijINdebt. Scouring the Interwebs (What? Spider-Man said it) for the best deals, hoping to save you cash. I won’t point out any good deals if I wouldn’t buy them myself, so the sites are reputable at least. Show me a respectable nerd who doesn’t have crippling amounts of debt.

EDITED- Updated to add The Simpsons and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia.

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“Gran Torino” Could Have Been “Batmobile”

December 26th, 2008 by Chad Bonin

screen-capture-11screen-captureSo, on Christmas Day, I did the responsible family member thing and went out to the movies with my dad. We were split between Frost/Nixon, The Spirit, and Gran Torino, and eventually boiled down to Clint Eastwood most likely being a badass. I walked out, thinking Gran Torino was a great movie, and easily one of the best things I’ve seen in the past few months.

Yet, I also walked out thinking something else: Gran Torino could have been an excellent Batman film, or at least apes enough things from the Batman-verse.

(WARNING: Spoilers for Gran Torino, and, well… Batman stuff)

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TV Preview: Ride With “Kamen Rider Dragon Knight”

December 26th, 2008 by Jason Sohiel Asgari

Kit Taylor finding the Advent DeckOver 35 years, Shotaro Ishinomori created a manga that became tokusatsu television series called Kamen Rider, which is currently still running. In 1995, America was introduced to Kamen Rider with Saban’s Masked Rider. That series was done very badly as it was poorly edited and did not give Ishinomori’s series justice. After that series failed, it seemed impossible to get a proper Kamen Rider series for the English audience. The Wang brothers have finally brought us a Kamen Rider series that does Ishinomori’s series justice.
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R.I.P. Eartha Kitt 1927-2008

December 25th, 2008 by Jason Sohiel Asgari

Eartha KittFrom Yahoo News, it is sadly reported that actress/singer Eartha Kitt has passed away today. Kitt was most famous for being the third Catwoman on the 60’s Adam West Batman and singing the famous song Christmas song, “Santa Baby”. Kitt also played Yzma on Emperor’s New Groove and its sequel and tv series based off the movie. Her work was always appreciated from actors and directors as Orson Welles has once called her “most exciting woman in the world”. She unfortuanetly suffered from colon cancer.

 

Christmas Tokusatsu T’day: Holidays for Super Sentai

December 25th, 2008 by Jason Sohiel Asgari

Don dressed as SantaPower Rangers only have a handful of Christmas episodes since new episodes of the show hasn’t aired in December since Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (and that is because Fox Kids delayed that finale multiple times!). But that doesn’t mean the holidays don’t occur in Japan! Here are some of the plots and monsters from Christmas episodes from past Super Sentai series:
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DVD Review: “My Santa” Makes Me Believe In Ho-Ho-Hotties

December 25th, 2008 by Chad Bonin

ms3Santa is not just a big, fat, jolly man at the North Pole. There’s a Santa who lives in Japan. No, he doesn’t have any holiday spirit, but his birthday is December 24th, and he was named after Saint Nicholas. As he doesn’t believe in the Christmas Spirit, he’s part of the weakening of the holiday heroes. To restart his faith of Christmas, a Santa-in-training, Mai, is sent to Japan to make him have a good holiday. She only has limited superpowers, a small cup size, and a pretty weak argument in her arsenal as she tries to get the boy named Santa to have a good birthday and believe again. But once she can power up with his faith, she’ll be way too much for him to handle.

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The Sport Pages: In Between Seasons

December 19th, 2008 by Drew Sutton

The Sports Pages is going on vacation for the Christmas and New Years holidays! We’ll be back to ring in the new year with more action on and off the field with Japanese cartoons about athletics.

If you’re anxious for more rantings on Japanese cartoons, keep an eye out Akihabara Renditions for our second edition of Christmas Craptacular!

/drew sutton

 

Keanu Reeves Riding in the Bebop?

December 19th, 2008 by Jason Sohiel Asgari

Spike SpeigalAccording to the article in MTV’s Movie Blog, Keanu Reeves is eager to have a movie based on the anime Cowboy Bebop, which he wants to star as Spike Spiegel. The outline of the plot will be about the Red Eye plot from the first episode and will be intertwined with the last episode of the series.

My personal opinion, the West does not need to make movies about Eastern cartoon series.