Whenever I need to find old/rare anime (unlicensed of course)  I head over to Boxtorrents.com, but last weekend I was shocked to find the website was gone! Not just down for maintenance but completely vanished with only a placeholder declaring the domain was for sale by owner. Even if you weren’t a member, this affects you! If you’ve ever downloaded manga, anime, j-pop, or any live action Asian show from

Voice acting legend Billy West appeared on Fox News’ Red Eye this week to promote Comedy Central’s purchasing 26 NEW episodes of Futurama (must-see video below). Besides showing off his incredible talent (including a spot-on impression of Bill O’Reilly), West revealed this fun fact “Popeye, he was a Tuvan!” West went on to explain how he used a documentary about the Mongolian singers called Genghis Blues to perfect Popeye’s dichotomous

Last weekend’s “special” live action finale of Aqua Teen Hunger Force revealed that our anti-heroes are in fact characters in a story by Don Shake, a talentless writer played by H. Jon Benjamin. Desperate to finish & sell his story before his roommate Frylock (T-Pain) throws him out, Shake lets Meatwad (who is now a red exercise ball)  ghostwrite for him before ultimately taking advice from Carl (look-alike contest winner

When I first heard Josh Weinstein & Bill Oakley, the creators of Mission Hill, were teaming up again to do Sit Down, Shut Up I thought it would be a similarly off-beat comedy (i.e., good). But after watching last night’s pilot episode, I felt like Obi-Wan at the end of Star Wars: Episode III when he yells “You were the chosen one!” A little research revealed that Oakley actually quit

There’s no pussyfooting around it, Queen’s Blade is about one thing and one thing only: FANSERVICE. It’s based on a gamebook, you know those Choose Your Own Adventure books where you pick from a list of choices and turn to the corresponding page, so don’t expect a lot in the way of story. All you need to know is there’s a battle royal to decide the next Queen. The only

The only thing worse the a prequel is a remake. And while I hope Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood is the exception, it ain’t looking good. Episode 1 reminds me of one of those compilation movies that splices together episodes (think Turn A Gundam). We’re hit over the head with things we  already know: Armstrong loves his muscles, Ed is sensitive about his height, Hughes loves his family, Ed & Al tried

One of many things absent from the recent movie adaptation of Watchmen was the fictional comic Tales of the Black Freighter. This story within a story mirrored events (as they happened) in Watchmen so a standalone direct-to-DVD movie kinda defeats the purpose. The episode-length movie, which clocks in at just over 20 minutes, tells the tale of a sea captain who is marooned after an encounter with the Black Freighter,

For the first time ever The Simpsons is premiering outside of America with a special Saint Patrick’s Day episode called In The Name Of The Grandfather. Those lucky Irish (and those of us with the internet) can watch it today, while everyone else will have to wait until Sunday. Not surprisingly, the theme involves alcohol. When Homer misses the father-son wheelbarrow race at grandpa Simpson’s retirement home, the only way

Long before Queen Hippolyta breathed life into the original warrior princess, she had a son with Ares the God of War. Together father & son waged war on the Amazons until Hippolyta ended it by chopping her son’s head off. But before she could do the same to Ares, Zeus intervened and demanded he be spared. Ares’ powers were summarily stripped and he became the not-so-eternal prisoner of the Amazons.

Into the Wild Green Yonder may not be the best Futurama movie, but it is the last and for that alone it’s a must see. Like previous movies there’s a lot of superfluous plot. Namely Fry & Bender entering a high stakes poker game, which I think they only came up with so Seth MacFarlane could do his Sinatra impersonation for the opening song. That’s about 20 minutes wasted. Although

Hulk VS is a fanboy’s dream: light on story, heavy on “Hulk smash.” It retells two classic brawlfests: Hulk VS Wolverine and Hulk VS Thor (sorry no Hulk VS Superman). In the first featurette Wolverine is drafted by Department H to stop a rampaging Hulk. Rampaging because Weapon X is trying to recruit him and they don’t take no for an answer. Of course Wolverine doesn’t realize this until after

It seems like the closer this movie gets, the worse it sounds. As though it wasn’t bad enough that Krillin is MIA, the new trailer (video below) “reveals” (read: retcons) that the dragonballs were created by 7 mystics and NOT by Kami. Kami’s not the only one to be “sent to the next dimension.” Apparently all the anthropomorphic characters have been nixed too. I guess FOX thought they were too

As if the purple-haired, fair-skinned Tieria Erde wasn’t androgynous enough, this week’s Gundam 00 ( episode 8 ) had him cross-dressing! (I guess his Gundam is the only thing that transforms) Fear not, it was all in the line of duty. Tieria reasoned that since it was publicly known that all the Gundam Meisters are male, fake boobs would be the ultimate Scooby Doo disguise. Seriously? This is the best

After 11 years, Dragon Ball’s back and proving wishes really do come true. “The Return of Son Goku and Friends!” is a episode-length special currently streaming for free @ Jumpland.com as part of the Shonen Jump Super Anime Tour. It takes place 2 years after the defeat of Majin Buu and tells the tale of Tarble, Vegeta’s younger brother. Unlike his big bro Tarble isn’t much of a fighter and

When Mom’s friendly multinational energy conglomerate (Mombil) artificially creates a fuel shortage, the crew of Planet Express hatches a plot to force the world to go green by rendering all dark matter inert. Meanwhile, Bender… I mean Titanius Anglesmith, fancy man of Cornwood, is learning to use his imagination as he explores the world of  Dungeons & Dragons. Now if you’re thinking to yourself ‘that’s a bit of a tangent’