VIZ Media Delivers Home Media Release Of TERRAFORMARS Anime Sci-Fi Series

Posted by Justin D Williams

VIZ Media announces the home media release of the sci-fi horror anime series TERRAFORMARS on January 23rd.

The TERRAFORMARS Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack contains 13 episodes on two Blu-ray discs and two DVDs and carries an MSRP of $59.99 U.S. / $69.99 CAN. Blu-ray episodes are presented in full 1080p HD, 16x9 video with stereo audio featuring English and Japanese dialogue options. Notable Blu-ray exclusives include a digital art gallery and behind the scenes interviews with the English voice cast and an interview with VIZ Media’s Animation and Manga Staff.

In the deep silence of space, the planet Mars hisses with death. On Earth, a mysterious virus is devastating the human race. To find a cure and give humanity a fighting chance of survival, a multinational team of genetically modified citizens must race to the Red Planet and uncover its secrets. What awaits is the bloody aftermath of a colonization attempt gone horribly wrong--hordes of hyper-evolved cockroaches known as "Terraformars" roam keen to kill. Earth's chosen stand ready for combat and ready to change the course of human history. The question is which species can unite for victory.    

The TERRAFORMARS home media edition features a talented English voice cast highlighted by Christopher Niosi (Akari Hizamaru), Erica Lindbeck (Michelle K. Davis), Chris Smith (Shokichi Komachi), Cherami Leigh (Kanako Sanjo), Patrick Seitz (Sylvester Asimov), Cristina Vee (Eva Frost), and Robbie Daymond (Marcos Eringrad Garcia).

VIZ Media is the domestic publisher of the TERRAFORMARS manga series (rated ‘M’ for Mature Readers), illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana with story by Yu Sasuga. VIZ Media is also the North American master merchandise licensee for the property.

For additional information on TERRAFORMARS or other anime titles distributed by VIZ Media, please visit viz.com.

Thanos #15 Preview

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Thanos confronts the sins of his past in this preview of Thanos #15, on shelves January 24.THANOS #15  

DONNY CATES (W) • GEOFF SHAW (A/C)

THANOS WINS Part 3

As King Thanos and his Rider prepare to face the coming forces of the Fallen One, he surveys the Universe he’s dominated…just a king and his dog. His big…green…dog…

32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Meet The Madrox Gang in Old Man Hawkeye #1

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Hey O&G fans, Check out the Old Man Hawkeye preview set in the Old Man Logan Universe.

OLD MAN HAWKEYE #1 (of 12)
ETHAN SACKS (W) • MARCO CHECCHETTO (A/C)
Variant Cover by RON LIM
Variant Cover by Steve McNiven
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY STEVE MCNIVEN
Variant Cover by Greg Land
Avengers Variant Cover by BARRY KITSON
Blank Variant Cover also available
AN EYE FOR AN EYE Part 1
The super heroes have fallen.  The country has been divided into territories controlled by super villains.  Among the wastelands lives CLINT BARTON – one of the few Avengers to survive.  But it’s been 45 years, and he’s no Avenger.  Trying to eke out a living anyway he can, the former HAWKEYE is confronted with a startling discovery:  the sharpshooter is going blind.  With time running short, Clint realizes there’s one last thing he wants to see: revenge for his fallen comrades-in-arms.
Rising-star writer ETHAN SACKS and superstar artist MARCO CHECCHETTO take you back to the Wastelands in a story set five years before the original classic OLD MAN LOGAN.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

X-MEN RED REVEALS FINALLY TEAM MEMBER

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Hey O&G fans, X-Men Red has revealed it's final teammate.  Gambit has been named as the final member of the team led by Jean Grey. "Things have heated up with attacks on mutants across the globe" says series editor Mark Paniccia. The Characters stayed hidden of the roster when the series was announced in November.

cover by Travis Charest

Marvel Launches Create Your Own Comic Platform

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Marvel is introducing a new comics development program called Create Your Own that it's promoting as a "game changer" for people wanting to make comics - but it comes with a lot of content restrictions that would nix the usage of many of the company's most popular characters.

"Hey there, True Believers! Have you ever wanted to write your own Marvel comics? TapTap Comics is empowering fans around the world by offering up the great power (and great responsibility) of storytelling to worthy recipients—and that means you!" wrote Marvel assistant editor's Tucker Chet Markus. "Get ready to join a fan-powered community where users can write, create, and share their own Marvel stories. It’s called Marvel: Create Your Own, and it’s going to be a game changer for fledgling comic creators looking to do their own thing."

A website for the platform is up now, with an unspecified launch date.

Under its "Terms & Conditions" page, Marvel: Create Your Own is limited to those 13 and older, and only in these four countries: the United States, Canada, Australia, and Singapore. Among the long list of prohibited subject matter for user-created Create Your Own content are:

• Content that could frighten or upset young children or the parents of young children
• Prescription drugs or over-the-counter medication, vitamins, and dietary supplements
• Sensationalism (killer bees, gossip, aliens, scandal, etc.)
• Politics (lobbyists, PAC sites, political campaigns, alternative lifestyle advocacies)
• Graphic violence (including certain types of game sites) unless approved by Tap Tap on a case-by-case basis
• Death
• Illegal activities or any materials that infringe or assist others to infringe upon any copyright, trademark, or any other intellectual property rights Other controversial topics (social issues, etc.)
• Guns (firearms, bullets, etc.)

Also, users of the Marvel: Create Your Own must accept a contract that the copyright to any material they create there be given to Tap Tap/Marvel.

Ocean's 8 Trailer

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Posted by Sean Tucker

Hey O&G fans, here is a look at the first trailer for the upcoming movie Ocean's 8, the all-female continuation of the Ocean's 11 films. Here is the trailer:

Danny Ocean's estranged sister Debbie attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City's star-studded annual Met Gala. Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou, Rose, Daphne Kluger, Nine Ball, Tammy, Amita, and Constance.Ocean's 8 is due out in theaters June 8.

Banner is back in Avengers: No Surrender

Press Release

Avengers: Disassemble! The epic weekly takeover continues this February when Paco Medina takes the reigns to draw the third month of Marvel’s biggest team adventure, and Marvel is excited to reveal the covers for issues #683 - #686 of AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER by Mark Brooks as well as the first look at February’s interlocking variant covers by Nick Bradshaw!

Month three of AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER takes its epic storytelling to another level, as Jarvis’ life hangs by a thread and the Black Order is on the attack. And as if the Avengers don’t have enough to worry about, they’ll need to deal with a betrayal of one of their own.

Co-written by Mark Waid, Al Ewing and Jim Zub with art by Pepe Larraz, Kim Jacinto and Paco Medina, AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER unites the casts and creative teams of three titles into one weekly book of exciting action. It all starts with AVENGERS #675 this January, when the teams of THE AVENGERS, UNCANNY AVENGERS, and U.S. AVENGERS come together in a story as exciting and powerful as the Marvel Universe itself.

Find Avengers: No Surrender in stores on 1/10! To find a comic shop near you, visit www.comicshoplocator.com or call 1-888-comicbook.

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #683

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA

Cover by MARK BROOKS

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #684

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA & JOE BENNETT

Cover by MARK BROOKS

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #685

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA

Cover by MARK BROOKS

AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER #686

Written by MARK WAID, JIM ZUB and AL EWING

Art by PACO MEDINA

Cover by MARK BROOKS