April 15, 2012 Johanna Motion Comics One comment

Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous

The Marvel Knights line of motion comic DVDs releases its first sequel, with Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous set following the events of Astonishing X-Men: Gifted, the first title released. This DVD is based on the Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous book, collecting Astonishing X-Men #7–12 by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. In that story, the Danger Room becomes sentient and tries to take revenges on its “oppressors” by sending a Sentinel after them. It feels to this viewer as though I’ve come into […]

April 14, 2012 Johanna Dark Horse 5 comments

Resident Alien #0

Resident Alien provides a sci-fi twist on a retirement tale. You’ve seen the story before, of a smart detective pulled back into work by the right case. Only this time, the investigator is particularly different. An alien just wants a peaceful life until he can be rescued from Earth and return home. The only time he uses his powers is to hide his appearance from his neighbors. However, when the town doctor gets murdered, he’s the only medical man left […]

April 14, 2012 Johanna Movie News One comment

Disney Announces Arrietty Release Date, Adds Two Other Ghibli Blu-Ray Titles

The Secret World of Arrietty will be available on Blu-ray and DVD on May 22 from Walt Disney Studios and Studio Ghibli. The Blu-ray Combo Pack release of the animated movie about little people living in the walls of houses (based on Mary Norton’s book The Borrowers) will include the following special features: The storyboard version of the film Original Japanese trailers and TV commercials Music video for “Summertime” performed by Disney Channel star Bridgit Mendler, who is also the […]

April 10, 2012 Johanna Yen Press Manga Reviews One comment

A Bride’s Story Volume 3

We follow Mr. Smith, the English scholar who’s studying nomadic cultures, out of the previous volume into new adventures. But never fear, fans, Amir and her husband Karluk make an appearance, riding to the rescue at just the right time. Moreover, by moving the reader to a new group of characters here in volume 3, we learn more about society at the time, see more gorgeous Kaoru Mori art and costume designs, and in a way, mimic how the nomad […]

April 8, 2012 Johanna Viz Manga Reviews Leave a comment

Bakuman Volume 10

Even though they have a relatively successful series under their belt, due to various complications in previous volumes, the boy creators are once again struggling to develop a manga story that will be picked up by Shonen Jump. In a way, this is a reset, bringing Bakuman back to its core premise, but it takes on new depth and flavor, given how much they (and the reader with them) have struggled through so far. This time around, they’re returning to […]

April 7, 2012 Johanna Dark Horse Manga Reviews One comment

The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service Volume 12

story by Eiji Otsuka art by Housui Yamazaki It’s been a long time — 18 months since the previous volume of The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service — but I found no gap in my knowledge of these characters, and I welcomed them and their grotesque misadventures back in volume 12. I was also glad to have back the annotations and endnotes by editor Carl Gustav Horn, as he’s credited for his adaptation. He begins by explaining and apologizing for the […]

April 7, 2012 Johanna Manga News Leave a comment

Vertical Brings Paradise Kiss Back Into Print

One of the best series Tokyopop ever published, Paradise Kiss by Ai Yazawa (Nana), is coming back into print from Vertical, who’s expanding into shojo manga titles. The first US edition Re-release Tokyopop cover Ed Chavez, Vertical marketing director, revealed on Twitter that the books will be reformatted into three 300-page omnibus editions with new translations, new covers (different from those shown here), and including color plates. They’re aiming to bring them out in September.

April 7, 2012 Johanna Comic News 2 comments

Scott Pilgrim Re-Released in Color Hardcovers

The immensely successful and popular Scott Pilgrim series will be coming back to print in a new deluxe edition in August. The new cover of the first volume, shown here, is by creator Bryan Lee O’Malley. The books will be larger (6″x9″), full-color hardcovers. (Colors are by Nathan Fairbairn.) Although there are plenty of copies of the original black-and-white paperbacks in print since the series launch eight years ago, this is a great way to offer fans an upgrade… and […]

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