The moment when Mako officially became a badass. 

I cannot believe I’m saying this but… I think Mako may be the character who I’m able to relate to the most out of everyone in the show and because he’s the only sane person left in the A-plot, he may very well become my favorite character if they keep going in this direction with him. What could possibly make me go from utterly despising Mako to him being the only character left whose side I’m on? Well you just need to make everyone act like a complete fucking idiot!

Following their escape …

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Coming to DVD December 4th 2012 is Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters-Creatures Unleashed.
Brought to you by Shout Factory home video and created by Hasbro and Wizards of the Coast.

Kaijudo is new to the genre of dueling—monsters against monsters…in the wake of Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon and a million thereafter, Kaijudo stands closer to Yu-gi-oh by taking on bullying, friendship and adding racism in the attempt to get kids to get along with one another.

The basic story has Ray and his friends Allie and Gabe joining the duel masters and learning to tame monsters from another world, …

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Coming to DVD November 13, 2012 is Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable, a motion comic by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday. For those who don’t know, a motion comic is somewhat like a carton, but has only limited animation if any at all. Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable has been taken from paper and print, to video with the addition of music and of course voice acting.

The X-Men are recruited by Brand; a green-haired women with major ties to the government. The heroes are sent into space to stop the Breakworld from destroying Earth.
This DVD features about an hour and 10 …

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Coming to DVD on October 2nd 2012 is Transformers: Rescue Bots-Roll to the Rescue. Aimed at younger kids, this Shout! Factory Kids DVD is enjoyable for both the young and more mature.

A family of “First Responders” are teamed up with 4 Autobots to keep the Griffin Rock island off the coast of Maine a safe place for its inhabitants while learning about team work, heroism and mankind.

Transformers: Rescue Bots includes a great cast including LeVar Burton of Reading Rainbow and Star Trek fame, Lacey Chabert from Tart and Mean Girls, Steve Blum; Cowboy Bebop’s Spike and of …

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Coming to DVD on October 2nd 2012 is Saban’s VR Troopers. This SHOUT! Factory DVD features 26 episodes on three DVDs.

The following is a synopsis:

Ryan, Kaitlin and J.B., three adventurous friends who study martial arts, find themselves the unexpected defenders of humanity in this action-packed series that pits them against a criminal mastermind and his invading army from another dimension.

A very popular show when it aired in the mid 90’s VR Troopers rode on the popularity of Power Rangers until it was ultimately cancelled in favor of Big Bad Beetleborgs. Thanks to syndication, this mishmash of …

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Coming soon to DVD is Volume One of Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation. Featuring 13 episodes of the live action series on two disks and brought to you by SHOUT Factory.

Ninja Turtles is a very weird show; made by Saban who brought us Power Rangers. I’d go on to say that it’s cheesy and such, but I think that is obvious just by the DVD box art.

Ninja Turtles is filmed in Canada and features a vast selection of Canadian voice actors who are in the cast of many cartoons and the voices are very recognizable. The characters–in …

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