VIZ Media has announced the availability to Download-to-Own/Download-to-Rent new Naruto: Shippuden Season 2 anime episodes from leading online content providers iTunes, PlayStation Network, Xbox LIVE, and Amazon Video On Demand the day after being broadcast on the Disney XD television network beginning Thursday, February 3rd.
Fans are invited to visit these outlets to download the latest Naruto installment, Episode 66 (dubbed), for FREE between February 3rd and March 7th. Subsequent new installments will be only $1.99 per episode for Download-to-Own, while Download-to-Rent costs are only $0.99.
In the newest episodes of Naruto: Shippuden, the rogue ninja Furido attempts to use the Lightning Style Jutsu of the Guardian Shinobi to rain destruction upon the Leaf Village. To make matters worse, the ninja are running out of chakra. Does Naruto have enough power to save his village? Then, the Akatsuki are working their way from one Jinchuriki to another, and it’s only a matter of time until they get to Naruto!
Created by Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto was first introduced in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan in 1999 and quickly became that country’s most popular ninja manga targeting tweens and teens with more than 100 million copies in circulation to-date. The manga series (rated ‘T’ for Teens) and animated counterpart (Naruto rated ‘T’ for Teens, and Naruto: Shippuden rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens) are among VIZ Media’s most successful properties and have captivated millions of fans across North America, Europe and South America.
For more information on Naruto please visit the official Naruto website at Naruto.com.
At TFAW, we love our customers! We want you to get more of what you love this February, so we’re doubling our usual in-stock discount to 20% and offering new February pre-orders at 30% off.
There’s a lot of talk right now about where to order comics online. If you have friends looking for a new online comic shop, make sure to tell them about our sale, so they can take advantage of these great prices too!
Win Two Sinestro Corps War TPBs Signed by Geoff Johns!
Yeah, we thought that would grab your attention. We’ve already been getting a lot of love from customers about our Get More of What You Love Sale, so we thought we’d reward one customer for his or her efforts. Tweet about what you’ve got (or plan on getting) from our sale and you’ll be entered into our Twitter contest which runs until 2/4/11!
The ending of Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-nominated Inception left audiences with several burning, thought-provoking questions, chief among them being “When did Tom Berenger become a giant piece of boiled meat?” The film does a lot to support Mr. Nolan’s title of ABSOLUTELY DEFINITELY THE GREATEST DIRECTOR OF ALL TIME ZOMG I AM SWEATY (source: Ain’t It Cool News). Who other than a true genius would think to put crucial lines of exposition in the mouth of an actor with a Japanese accent so thick he’s nigh-impossible to understand? Why, anyone who questioned the elaborate dream-logic of this film would have to be an idiot or a racist, but probably both!! (source: IMDb comment threads)
Yes, Inception is a shoo-in for the Best Picture Oscar and it will be a travesty if it doesn’t win, according to a bunch of people on the internet who haven’t actually seen any of the other nominated films but are really hoping to get around to it, maybe after they watch their Blu-rays of The A-Team a third time.
New J!NX Classic Tee: Nerd Rage
Never incur a nerd’s wrath. Seriously. Going up against an enraged nerd is like challenging Deep Blue to a chess game. Our minds are more like machines than anything else, and we will not stop until we are right, or you give up (indicating that we are right). So, unless you really want a full rundown of Ferengi economics, or a lesson on the history of the Donkey Kong high score title, please, let us nerds have our way — for the good of all mankind.
Cataclysm Dungeon Screenshot Contest!
You’re telling the story of an epic raid, where you and your comrades have pulled off an achievement of monumental proportions, when someone says “Screenshot or it didn’t happen,” thereby deflating your (however legitimately) enlarged ego. Well, here’s your chance to prove yourself to all those nay-sayers, and carve yourself a name in the annals of WoW history! We’re running a contest for the best in-game screenshot from a Cataclysm Dungeon Raid, where you can win a Cataclysm Prize Pack with $450 of awesome loot from J!NX and SteelSeries. Check out our Facebook Page for all the details!
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This offer expires Monday, February 14, 2011 at 11:59PM PST, so don’t wait!
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Beginning Monday, March 7, SPACECAST.com hosts the award-winning digital series Riese: Kingdom Falling. Featuring a bevy of Canadian sci-fi talent, new mini-episodes of the 10-part series are set to stream on SPACECAST.com every Monday and Friday through to Friday, April 8. Also on the site, fans can log on throughout March for exclusive web interviews with the cast of the show. For those who want to see it all again, Riese: Kingdom Falling airs in its entirety following the season finale of Merlin on Saturday, April 9 at 9 p.m. ET, exclusively on SPACE.
Starring Canadian Christine Chatelain (Sanctuary), Riese: Kingdom Falling is a fantasy-adventure steampunk web series that chronicles the life of a mysterious wanderer named Riese. A life-on-the-run from a world with a dim future, Riese and her trusted wolf companion, Fenrir, flee their dying land of Eleysia in search of freedom as they are hunted by assassins of The Sect, a terrifying religious entity. As she tries to piece together her mysterious past, Riese takes on a life and death journey with the balance and the fate of the world lying in the palm of her hands.
Narrated by genre icon Amanda Tapping (Sanctuary), Riese features a cavalcade of Canadian talent from the world of popular speculative drama, including Ryan Robbins (Caprica), Patrick Gilmore (Stargate Universe), Alessandro Juliani (Battlestar Galactica), Sharon Taylor (Stargate Universe) and Ben Cotton (Harper’s Island). The 10-part web series and 2-hour telecast features other sci-fi mainstays including Allison Mack (Smallville) and Emilie Ullerup (Sanctuary).
Riese: Kingdom Falling is the first live action sci-fi web series to feature the genre steampunk — a sub-genre of science fiction and fantasy that features anachronistic technology and design elements, often from Victorian-era Britain. The series won the Streamy Award for Best Cinematography in a Web Series with a further three nominations for Best Sound Design, Best Foreign Series and Art Direction. Shot in Vancouver, Riese was created by Ryan Copple and Kaleena Kiff, and produced by Galen Fletcher and Nicholas Humphries.
SPACE is Canada’s national science fiction, horror and fantasy channel. SPACE is truly the boutique station for all those who dare to challenge their imagination (spacecast.com). SPACE is owned by CTV Limited, a division of CTVglobemedia, Canada’s premier multimedia company.
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Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to feast your eyes [here] and buy geeky t-shirts at great prices! We’re saying goodbye to some of our long-standing products and rumor has it they want a permanent home on your torso — between washes, if you’re into the whole hygiene thing. We’ve been through a lot together but just like any great single-player campaign eventually there’s an ending (or a few alternate endings, or new DLC to move on to, or it’s a sandbox with lots of reply value, but let’s not over-complicated the point.) Don’t miss out! The sale will remain active while supplies last. Once these products are out-of-stock, there will be no respawns, ever. Everything must go!
On that note, if you haven’t cast a vote or left feedback to help us decide on future products, head over to the voting page and offer your wisdom. As always, don’t forget to hit us on Twitter and Facebook for some video game chatter, new product announcements, and a chance to win free gear and random prizes!
Want more ways to win free SR gear? We’ve teamed up with SK Gaming for a not-so-wet t-shirt contest! We’ll be giving away 25 free shirts over a span of 5 days!
Keep your eyes fixed on the SK Gaming Facebook page for a chance to win. The contest will kick-off on February 3rd, 2011. Each winner will receive the SR t-shirt of their choice, along with a secret mystery tee included by our Japanese Packing Specialist.
VIZ Media will release the 50th volume of the Naruto manga (graphic novel) series on February 1st. The newest adventure of the bestselling series — Water Prison Death Match — will be published under the company’s Shonen Jump imprint, is rated ‘T’ for Teens, and will carry an MSRP of $9.99 / $12.99 CAN.
Killer Bee vs. Kisame! Plus, the realization of Naruto’s worst nightmare seems inevitable as the war he’s tried to stop for so long looms on the horizon. And Sakura corners Naruto with a reveal that’s going knock him for a serious loop. Then, a truth behind the modern ninja world sheds new light on Naruto’s true role in the fate of his universe.
Created by Masashi Kishimoto, Naruto was first introduced in Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in Japan in 1999 and quickly became that country’s most popular ninja manga targeting tweens and teens and has sold more than 85 million copies to-date. The manga series (rated ‘T’ for Teens) and animated counterpart (Naruto rated ‘T’ for Teens, and Naruto: Shippuden rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens) are among VIZ Media’s most successful properties and have captivated millions of fans across North America, Europe and South America.
Naruto: Shippuden anime episodes are also currently available for free at Naruto.com and through a variety of other web-based, video streaming outlets that have partnered with VIZ Media, including iTunes, Joost and Hulu.
For more information on Naruto please visit the official website at Naruto.com.
Felicia Day returns to her Internet and comics sensation The Guild with an all-new Guild one-shot spotlighting the Knights of Good’s most mysterious member, Tinkerballa!
While some of the other Guild members have gotten a little too involved in each other’s offline lives, Tink has fiercely guarded her privacy, and the Knights of Good still know almost nothing about her. When they begin to pry, the Guild gets more than they bargained for… but is any of it true? Joining Felicia Day for these tall tales are Kristian Donaldson, Jeremy Bastian, Wellinton Alves, Tim Seeley, and Adam Warren!
Universal Monsters are very popular amongst sci-fi afficionados, and there have always been Universal Monsters-based toys that have allowed them to share that interest with their sons, but, until recently, their daughters have been largely left out. The launch of Mattel’s Monster High franchise gives the classic screen icons a “freakishly fabulous” make-over that finally welcomes girls into the monster club. Monster High’s characters are the trendy teenage offspring of monster legends, and attend a school full of students whose supernatural heritage has resulted in such unusual physical traits as green skin, fur, fangs, and pointed ears.
The highlight of the Monster High toy line is a collection of plush dolls, its first and second waves including a selection of the most popular Monster High students:
Lagoona Blue, daughter of the Creature from the Black Lagoon
The dolls come in “Friends” box sets with their signature pets: Frankie Stein & Watzit (franken-dog), Draculaura & Count Fabulous (bat), Clawdeen Wolf & Crescent (kitten), Cleo De Nile & Hissette (Egyptian cobra), Deuce Gorgon & Perseus (two-tailed rat), and Lagoona Blue & Neptuna (piranha). Cute profiles on the boxes’ back panels give background info on each of the pets, written from the pets’ point of view.
If you’ve read Coraline, Neil Gaiman’s creepy children’s novel, then the Monster High plush dolls, with their big button eyes, will immediately remind you of the book. Their sewn-on eyes are friendly looking, though, unlike the Other Mother’s sinister black buttons. Also, instead of being made of hard and shiny plastic, they’re sculptured on with soft, embroidered thread, as are the entire faces of all the dolls and pets. The embroidery adds to the folksy charm of these ragdoll-style toys, and the stitched-together look seems appropriate to monsters, especially since one of them is a Frankenstein’s Monster. While traditional ragdolls are usually fairly basic in design, the Monster High dolls are lavished with detail. They have full heads of thick, multicoloured yarn, the strands tacked into place for some of the more elaborate hairdos. Their outfits, which look like miniaturized sets of real clothes, are made of a variety of materals, trimmed with fur and other accents. Clawdeen Wolf even has tiny loops of ribbon sewn into the edges of her ears to recreate her gold hoop earrings. These dolls are almost as enjoyable to touch as they are to look at, and the only real complaint to be made is that Deuce Gorgon’s snake-hair is reduced to a tuft of green yarn instead of recognizable snakes. (Granted, plush micro-snakes are probably difficult to produce.) At ten inches high, the dolls are big enough to be huggable, yet still small enough to be easily toted around. The pets are a fair size, but if you’re giving the toys to younger children, you may want to tether the pets to their friends with a yarn leash so that they don’t go astray.
In addition to the plush dolls, Monster High features a line of fashion dolls that are similar in appearance to Bratz dolls, their articulated limbs removable to allow for quick and easy fashion changes. Each doll comes with a plastic pet figurine, spooky fashion accessory, skull hairbrush, doll stand for posing and display, and a diary written by the character. Wave 1 consists of the same six monsters that appear in plush form, with couple Cleo De Nile and Deuce Gorgon paired together in a gift set. Wave 2 adds two new characters: Ghoulia Yelps (daughter of Zombies) & Sir Hoots A Lot (owl), and Holt Hyde (son of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/alter ego of Jackson Jekyll) & Crossfade (chameleon). As in all fashion doll lines, there are themed variants, such as “Dawn of the Dance” (Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Cleo De Nile) and “Gloom Beach” (Frankie Stein, Clawdeen Wolf, Draculaura, Cleo De Nile, Jackson Jekyll); separate fashion packs, such as the “School Spirit Uniforms” (Clawdeen Wolf — soccer, Deuce Gorgon — casketball, Frankie Stein — fearleading, Lagoona Blue — surfing); and playsets, like Frankie Stein’s Mirror Bed and Draculaura’s Jewelry Box Coffin. Every bit as detailed and elaborately dressed as their plush versions, the Monster High fashion dolls will appeal to both adult collectors and mini-geeks.
In the age of the Internet, Monster High isn’t just about the toys, of course. An immersive, sign-up website at monsterhigh.com allows junior monsters to register at Monster High, meet and interact with its famous students, explore the campus, participate in school activities, play several games, and download music, wallpapers, buddy icons, and a ringtone. Special codes, obtained from toy packaging or hidden locations on the website, unlock even more content. Best of all, the website hosts an animated Monster High web series. The webisodes are brief but very entertaining, and can be viewed on the Monster High YouTube Channel, as well. Of higher quality than a lot of cartoons on TV, this is a show that parents can actually enjoy watching with their little ghouls. (Episode 1 is “Jaundice Brothers”.) The Monster High Fright Song music video is also posted on YouTube, its upbeat lyrics encouraging everyone to embrace their “freaky chic ‘n’ fly” differences.
Perhaps of greatest importance to geek parents is that Monster High promotes reading, with a tie-in series of novels that’s fun and prepares geeks-in-training for when they’re old enough to read Dracula and Frankenstein. The debut book, simply titled Monster High, deviates somewhat from the web series, but since it’s a prequel of sorts, chronicling Frankie Stein’s creation and arrival at school, it may eventually synch up with the web series in future volumes. The book’s reading level is aimed more at teens than the tweens that the toys are primarily targeted at, so it’s recommended that you preview it before giving it to young readers, to make sure that it’s appropriate for them. Monster High: The Ghoul Next Door continues right where the original story paused at a frightful cliffhanger, and is set to be published on April 5.
Announcing two brand-new RiffTrax Shorts DVDs! Mike, Kevin and Bill strap on the lederhosen for Shortstoberfest, containing classic educational short films such as Taking Care of Your Own Things and Drawing for Beginners!
And, the guys report for duty with Order in the Shorts — a collection of maddening shorts including Story of a Teenage Drug Addict and Mr. Moto Takes a Walk!
Be sure to get these two collections now — when you do, for a limited time, you’ll get a $3 Gift Certificate good towards your next RiffTrax order!
New Design Arcade Winner: Da Vinci Game
Leonardo Da Vinci was incredibly prolific during his lifetime. He was an artist, a scientist, an inventor, and left behind a vast catalogue of ideas in various stages of development. Recently, a new cache of Da Vinci’s plans was unearthed, including some schematics for a very curious machine. The machine’s purpose is currently unknown, but the notes keep referring to “rings of power.” Congratulations to Minion vintz for making this groundbreaking discovery, and for a sweet Design Arcade submission!
New J!NX Video: Behind the Scenes at the Desert Photo Shoot
For our latest print ad, we required some special scenery, so we decided to send some of our crew out into the middle of nowhere for a photoshoot. We ended up with some sweet photos, as well as some captivating video footage. Check out our awesome behind-the-scenes video to see the crew in action, and if you like what you see, make sure to subscribe to our yootoobz channel!
