Comicon.com has interviewed comedian Patton Oswalt about his upcoming comic projects.
Of note is an issue of Justice League Unlimted starring Atomic Knight and Booster Gold. Now he’s written comics before, and he’s a serious fan of comics, but I can’t help suspecting that he’s going to deliver something hilarious pairing a member of the league from the past with someone from the future.

Maz from TF-1.com has put up a gallery for the upcoming Astrotrain. It does a good job of showing off how he trainsformers and all of his modes, even a comparison with G1 Astrotrain.

Link: Classics Astrotrain

A new MegaMan game is on its way for the NintendoDS to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the franchise. Scheduled to be released on December 17th in Japan, the game will make use of both screens. The announcement was posted on the Capcom site.

Target computers have updates with price points and release dates for Transformers Classics.
Deluxe figures will come at $12.99 instead of $9.99, while Voyagers (Optimus Prime & Megatron) are still $19.99. They’re scheduled to hit stores the last week of July, so expect them to be everywhere by the end of August.

I don’t condone any 3 dollar price hike, but I think its fair considering how quality the line looks. Thanks Mouth!
And since Bumblebee was glossed over during the original announcements, have a look at him and others in box:

Ok, TransFans. You know what to look for, you know what it looks like, you know how much it will be, and you know when to get it. What more could you ask for? How about Grimlock:

Diamond Select Toys announced another exclusive for the 2006 San Diego Comic Con. This time around, they have announced a bust of Storm from her days during the Chris Claremonts run on the X-Men featuring most prominently, her mohawk. The bust will be limited to 750 pieces and if last year’s Black Queen bust is any indication, this bust will sell out fast.

 

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…

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)