Transmissions: AnimEigo Announces Episode 6 of The Anime Business Feat. Laurence Guinness

Posted on 2025/08/01 by James

Anime distributor AnimEigo and parent company MediaOCD have announced the debut of Episode 6 of The Anime Business, a first-of-its-kind documentary series featuring interviews with a variety of pioneers of the Western anime industry. The latest episode features an insightful interview. The latest installment features an in-depth interview with Laurence Guinness, a famed British producer for Manga Video/Manga Entertainment who worked on a wide array of acclaimed and legendary anime releases throughout the 90s and early 2000s.

 

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Equipment: Have a Boring Wardrobe, Nevermore…Introducing The Raven from Volante Design

Posted on 2025/07/30 by James

A new breed of vigilante takes flight. With a sharp silhouette and elevated detailing, The Raven is made for those who move with purpose and strike with style. Clean lines, premium materials, and a touch of menace make this coat impossible to ignore.

With two versions to choose from, decide if you want to be swift like a shadow — or grounded and relentless.

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Equipment: G.I. Joe Classified Announcements from SDCC…from New Figures to Cold Slither Rocking the House

Posted on 2025/07/27 by James

There is an incredible amount of information coming out of San Diego Comic Con. The official press release from Hasbro, detailing the upcoming figures should just be used as my Christmas list because I believe I want it all. Check out the massive gallery of photos and product descriptions from Hasbro.

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Soundwaves: Hollywood Records Releases Washington Black Original Soundtrack By Cameron Moody

Posted on 2025/07/26 by James

20th Television and Hollywood Records are excited to release Washington Black (Original Soundtrack) today. Composer Cameron Moody, a rising voice in film and television music, has crafted a sweeping, emotionally resonant score for the new series, drawing on a lifetime of musical passion and a journey that began in Atlanta and led to the legendary scoring stages of Hollywood. All eight episodes of the limited series are available on Hulu.

“Conducting is like lining up in front of a golf ball.  It’s peaceful.  It’s terrifying,” Moody says.  “But once you load up and swing and you hear the music come alive… there are very few things like it.”

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Soundwaves: Album Out Now – Jem and the Holograms 40th Anniversary

Posted on 2025/07/26 by James

Today, July 25, 2025, marks the highly anticipated release of the new JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS album, celebrating the brand’s 40th anniversary! Fans can now immerse themselves in the glitter and glam of the ’80s with six re-recorded tracks from the original beloved 1985 TV series, available on both vinyl and digital platforms.

This special collection, produced and created by a female-led team, features the iconic voice of JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS, Britta Phillips, bringing a fresh, vibrant energy to classic favorites. The album includes the iconic Theme Song, along with Only The Beginning, Truly Outrageous, Like A Dream, I Got My Eye On You, and She’s Got The Power.

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Soundwaves: Original Television Soundtrack from Der Scheich by Oli Biehler & Niki Reiser

Posted on 2025/07/26 by James

The award-winning filmmaker Dani Levy tells the story of a one-of-a-kind con artist. In eight episodes, family man Ringo (Björn Meyer) reinvents himself and conquers the Zurich financial world as the illegitimate son of a billionaire Arab dynasty – with nothing but a bunch of fanciful stories and a fake bank statement for $8 billion. Ringo’s wife Carla (Petra Schmidt-Schaller) simultaneously gets caught up in a dangerous web of lies, money and greed herself.

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Soundwaves: Gremlins The Wild Batch Original Series Soundtrack Music by Sherri Chung

Posted on 2025/07/25 by James

Lakeshore Records is set to release Gremlins: The Wild Batch—Original Series Soundtrack featuring original music from the second season by Emmyâ nominated composer Sherri Chung (Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai), digitally today, July 25. Chung’s soaring orchestrations have a propulsive energy that perfectly enhances the adventures of the universally loved characters. The series produced by Amblin Television ad Warner Bros. Animation is streaming now on HBO Max.

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Soundwaves: The Hunting Wives Music From the Original TV Series Music by Jeff Danna

Posted on 2025/07/25 by James

Lakeshore Records is set to release The Hunting Wives: Season 1—Music From The Original TV Series digitally today, July 25, with an original score by Jeff Danna (Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities). Danna’s music is immediately ornate and enchanting with strings and keys yet also provides menacing tones that reflect the dark drama within the series. Based on the novel by May Cobb, The Hunting Wives is streaming now on Netflix.

The Hunting Wives tells the story of Sophie O’Neil and her family’s move from the East Coast to deep-red East Texas, where she succumbs to socialite Margo Banks’ irresistible charms – and finds her life consumed by obsession, seduction, and murder.

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Equipment: BEYBLADE Announces New Beystadium’s & Tops Ahead of SDCC

Posted on 2025/07/24 by James

This morning, BEYBLADE kicked off SDCC with the reveal of all-new innovative BEYBLADE X Stadiums—the BEYBLADE BX-32 Wide Beystadium and BEYBLADE BX-00 Double Xtreme Motorized Beystadium! 

Featuring a rectangular design, the BEYBLADE BX-32 Wide Beystadium allows up to 3 Bladers to compete at the same time, escalating the battle! While the BEYBLADE BX-00 Double Xtreme Motorized Beystadium utilizes an outer XCelerator Rail that accelerates Tops, rocketing them around the stadium, using a motorized center that moves up and down with its own X-Celerator rail.

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Equipment: Factory Entertainment Enters The Action Figure Market

Posted on 2025/07/24 by James

Pop culture collectibles company, Factory Entertainment, a fan-favorite producer of licensed pop-culture collectibles best known for as a market-leader in high-end 1:1 and reduced scale movie and TV prop replicas, used Preview Night at San Diego Comic-Con to unveil a new line of 1:6 scale action figures, its first foray into the premium figure market.

Fans who attended SDCC’s Wednesday preview night were given an advance look at of 1:6 scale figures scheduled for release in 2026, including figures from Jaws, The Mummy and Battlestar Galactica. The company also teased several other properties its working on figures for.

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