Ultimate Avengers 2 will be making its way to DVD shelves in August of this year. This sequel continues Marvel’s effort to make a presence in the straight to DVD animated video market. With titles such as Iron Man and Doctor Strange on the way, Ultimate Avengers 2 is solidifying the Marvel Animation Line. IGN has posted a video trailer.

You can see my review of the first dvd here.

iF Magazine spoke with recently resigned Marvel Entertainment head Avi Arad about upcoming film projects he’s working on for Marvel. In additon to breaking news that the next Hulk movie will be a complete “do-over” of the first one, he also says new cartoons for Spider-Man, Wolverine And The X-Men, Fantastic Four, and even Iron Man after that movie is done.
And he clarifies some of this ToyBiz confusion as well:

iF: Switching to toys how do the new HASBRO toy lines look in comparison to the previous TOY BIZ lines?
ARAD: TOY BIZ is very involved in the design of the toys, but the distribution will be through HASBRO. The scale isn’t going to change.

Maybe Marvel Legends isn’t in as much danger as I thought, because Hasbro seems to have no trouble getting mountains of Star Wars, GI Joe and Transformers to market…

Spidey swings through a crowd of fans in Foley Square in New York. Man Highways has still pictures and provided this video.

Japanese TV gets about as much US animation as we get Japanese animatiton. And just like on our shores they have to translate it, and sometimes cut new opening sequences.

And just like our imports, I think its safe to say Japanese fans probably complain about bad translations and oddball changes as much as those in the west do. Enjoy.

New Adventures of Batman, X-Men 1 and 2, Tom & Jerry, Wacky Races, Transformers, Transformers 2010, and Beast Wars

and some native Japanese stuff for fun:
Spider-Man
GO Lion (Voltron)

Fwooshnet.com had an opportunity to ask Jesse Falcon of Toy Biz 10 questions mostly dealing with the Marvel Legends Wal-Mart Exclusive Giant-Man wave. Some of the questions are very good and a couple have nothing to do with anything. I’m not sure if the scarcity has been as much of an issue as it has been here for us at powet.tv, but it would have been nice to see a question about why the wave has been in such poor supply.

While roms and emulators are a sticky topic to discuss, I thought this was too good to pass up. Browsing 4chan, I found a hack provided by Romhacking.net which gives us Super Metroid, but totally reimagined. The entire game’s layout is different. As soon as you land in Crateria, it’s readily obvious. All the items, events and locations have been completely rearranged and the difficulty has been significantly increased as well. In addition to the different gameplay experience, the game physics have been altered as well. The speed at which you drop is faster and wall jumping (which is actual item you must obtain first) has become more fluid.

I’m only an hour in, but I’m definetly going to see this game through to the end. Obviously, I’m only providing the link to the patch for this game, but I’m sure the rom itself and an emulator can be found easily enough. this is internet, afterall.

The Four Horsemen have revealed the five retooled minotaur figures that are being offered as exclusives from several different toy websites. All five of the figures will be available for pre-order on July 20th, 2006 for US$20 each at the following websites:

• Defender of the Fiery Crater (Red) – http://www.toymania.com
• Keeper of the Black Labyrinth (Gray) – http://www.figures.com
• Guardian of the Dark Outlands (Black) – http://www.actionfigureexpress.com
• Sentinel of the Woodland Forest (Green) – http://www.bigbadtoystore.com
• Protector of the Icy Tundra (White) – http://www.toyfare.com

Also, anyone who registers for the FANtastic Exclusive forums by end of day June 12th (TOMORROW!) will be able to pre-order all five figures AND Xetheus himself days before anyone else. With numbers of each figure limited to 250 each, this might be the only way to get these figures.

DC Comics President Paul Levitz tells SuperHero Hype about Wonder Woman, Watchman, and Aquaman, Batman, and more.

Hey, wheres Green Lantern?