Gaming News: Rock Band DLC Adds More Country Hits!
Harmonix and MTV Games today announced that a six pack of songs from country greats including Kenny Chesney, Willie Nelson, Rascal Flatts and others will be added next week to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system and Wii™.
These artists are among the more than 390 bands currently available through the Rock Band platform. With more than 1,000 songs available, Rock Band is, without question, the industry leader in providing the best selection of interactive musical content, songs and artists.
Manga Review: Slam Dunk vol 8: Basketball
Slam Dunk
is Takehiko Inoue’s classic basketball manga, finally being re-released in Viz editions. The star of the story is young delinquent teen Hanamichi Sakuraga; he was a huge failure in love, and a member of teen gangs until he fell in love with Haruko Akagi, a first year student at Shohoku high school. He joins the basketball team to impress her (and her brother being the team captain means she’ll be around frequently), but his basketball spirit is starting to kindle…of course, they all still need a lot of work if they’re going to reach the finals! The series is a mix of strong characters, comedy, and a lot of dramatic basketball action.
Manga Review: Kaze Hikaru – Volume 16
This older teen shojo series tells the story of Tominaga Sei, a young woman who has been dressing as a boy in order to belong to the Bushi warriors. She entered to avenge the death of her father and brother. She continues to stay so she can fight alongside Okita Soji, where she feels she belongs. They have become very close and important to each other. Soji knows her secret identity, but his longstanding decision never to marry or involve himself with women ( In his words, “I am Bushi. I have something more important than a woman or love.” ) keeps him from seeing Sei’s true heart.
Manga News: Viz Recognized for all the great Manga/Graphic Novels they offer for Teens
VIZ MEDIA TITLES RECOGNIZED BY YALSA’S
2010 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS
FOR TEENS
Annual Booklist By Young Adult Library Services Association Recognize Acclaimed Manga Titles For Quality And Broad Appeal
Movie Review: Dismal
So when you‘re failing College Biology what do you do? Study hard? Get a tutor? Date the T.A.? No, we go on an extra credit field trip to The Great Dismal Swamp.
DVD Review: Blood Creek
“In the early 30s’ Adolph Hitler and his inner circle became obsessed with the occult, believing that the black arts were key to their plans for world domination. Nazi agents traveled the globe in search of ancient Nordic relics, known as runestones. They believed that if they harnessed the power of these stones nothing could stop the march of the master race. The symbols inscribed on these stones were said to describe the path to immortality.”
Movie News: Ralph Bakshi’s animated “Lord of the Rings – Remastered Deluxe Edition” coming April 6 to Blu-Ray and DVD
Holy Crap! Not only do the Blu-ray versions of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings drop on April 6th, We also get Ralph Bakshi’s original animated classic The Lord of the Rings in hi-def as well. Read more for the details.
Manga Review: Crown of Love Volume 1
Crown of Love is a new shojo manga from Viz. The author/illustrator is Yun Kouga who is also known for Loveless. Our protagonist is Hisayoshi Tajima, a 16 year-old boy who attends Hakuo High School, well known for its great music and drama programs. He’s very popular with the girls, being nice to all of them. They call him “Kumi”. The story takes off when he helps a girl avoid a bit of trouble. Not knowing who she is, he can’t stop thinking about her.
Manga Review: High School Debut volume 13
When it came to softball, Haruna Nagashima was the top player in middle school. Now that she's in high school, Haruna is hanging up the bat and gloves and focusing all her energy on one thing: getting a boyfriend! But finding the right guy is easier said than done, especially if you're a girl who has never been on a date or even approached a boy directly. Help arrives in the form of Yoh Komiyama, who agrees to be Haruna's love coach. If she can better herself, she has a better chance of finding a boyfriend! But what happens when the student of romance falls in love with her teacher? It's an exciting high school debut of romantic courtship and dramatic hijinks everyone will want to look out for!
Movie News: Paramount Pictures reveals new posters for Avatar: The Last Airbender
Our fine freinds over at Paramount Pictures has offered up a couple of new posters for the much anticipated summer release of M. Night Shyamalan's Avater: The Last Airbender. Read more to see the posters and watch the official trailer!
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Gaming News: Acclaimed director-designer Shinji Aramaki discusses “The Package” episode of Halo Legends
Halo fans hoping to get more details on the February 16, 2010 release of Halo: Legends, the new Blu-ray and DVD anthology of episodic Halo based anime won't have to look any further! We here at ComicsOnline.com has posted an interview with director-designer Shinji Aramaki as he discusses "The Package" episode.
