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In a world where humanity has vanished and eroded away, their legacy is the setting of Angelic, an all-ages series at Image Comics from the creative team of Simon Spurrier, Caspar Wijngaard, Jim Campbell and designer Emma Price. Whilst fog pervades around the abandoned and overgrown high-rises, the surviving animals have evolved and developed their own societies, with culture, language — but also with religous-based barriers and an enforced class system. This is an all-ages series, but one told with the distinctive creative voices of Spurrier and Wijngaard. RELATED: Image’s Angelic is a ‘Dark, Difficult’ All-Ages Series The series will focus on Qora, a teenage winged monkey whose place in her society has already been dictated by her elders. When she starts to question their faith, however, it leads her on a wonderful and — you’ll be expecting this part — weird adventure through their world. In the second of two interviews with the creative team (read one part with Si Spurrier), CBR s

In a world where humanity has vanished and eroded away, their legacy is the setting of Angelic, an all-ages series at Image Comics from the creative team of Si Spurrier (Godshaper, X-Men Legacy), Caspar Wijngaard, Jim Campbell and designer Emma Price. While fog pervades around the abandoned and overgrown high-rises, the surviving animals have evolved and developed their own societies, with culture, language — but also with religous-based barriers and an enforced class system. Angelic is an all-ages series, but one told with the distinctive creative voices of Spurrier and Wijngaard. The series will focus on Qora, a teenage winged monkey whose place in her society has already been dictated by her elders. When she starts to question their faith, however, it leads her on a wonderful and — you’ll be expecting this part — weird adventure through their world. In the first of two interviews with the creative team, CBR spoke to writer Simon “Si” Spurrier in-depth — as he puts it, “a classic S

Dynamite Entertainment will reunite the Angels for a brand new comic book series slated for release in 2018. RELATED: Hack/Slash vs Vampirella, The Shadow/Batman & More Dynamite Comics On Sale October 4, 2017. The comic book publisher announced today that it will bring Charlie’s Angels back for an all new comic book adventure in 2018 thanks to a partnership with Sony Pictures Television. As of right now, a creative team has not been announced nor has an official launch date. Regarding the partnership between Dynamite and Sony, Nick Barrucci, CEO and Publisher for Dynamite Entertainment had this to say, “We could not be more excited to have the opportunity to work with the team at Sony Pictures Television, the premier name in television programming for decades.” He continued, “The team at Dynamite all grew up watching the adventures of these strong female role-models, and we’re proud to present the upcoming Charlie’s Angels comic book series to

Sadamoto's wife writes romantic comedy manga's story This year's November issue of Kadokawa's Young Ace magazine announced on Wednesday that Yoshiyuki Sadamoto will resume his Archaic Smile manga. The three-chapter manga will restart from the beginning in the December issue on November 4. After three months, when all the chapters have been reserialized, a new sequel is planned. Sadamoto published the manga irregularly with his wife and author Mako Takaha in Kadokawa's now-defunct Comic CHARGE magazine from 2007 to 2008. Sadamoto mentioned in an interview in 2014 that he had plans to resume the manga. The manga is a romantic comedy following Mitsuru Kobayakawa, a man who loves the image of Buddha more than anything else, and the office's "number one beauty" Haruka Yuzuki. Sadamoto designed the characters in the original Neon Genesis Evangelion television anime series from Gainax, as well as Hideaki Anno and Khara's ongoing film revamp of the story. He also completed th

Free screening takes place at JFLA Auditorium at 7:00 p.m. The Japan Foundation Los Angeles revealed on Saturday that it will screen Kenji Kamiyama's anime film Napping Princess (Ancien and the Magic Tablet or Hirune Hime: Shiranai Watashi no Monogatari) at the JFLA Auditorium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 11 at 7:00 p.m. The screening will be free, and will have Japanese audio with English subtitles. The film opened in Japan on March 18 in 232 theaters nationwide, and ranked #9 in the Japanese box office in its opening weekend. The film will screen in 40 countries and regions worldwide. The New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF) screened the film on March 19 in Japanese with English subtitles, and Anime Limited screened the film with subtitles and an English dub on August 16. GKIDS launched the film's wide opening in the United States on September 8. The film won the Gold Prize for the "Best Animated Feature Film" audience award at Montreal's Fa

Newest game in Neo Angelique series slated for December The official website for Neo Angelique: Tenshi no Namida, the newest game in KOEI Tecmo's Neo Angelique game series, began streaming a promotional video for the game last week. The video previews the game series' returning characters, alongside the new character Camille (Daiki Yamashita). The game is slated for release in Japan for the PlayStation Vita on December 7. Developer Ruby Party is developing the game with cooperation from Idea Factory subsidiary Otomate (Amnesia, Diabolik Lovers, Norn9). It was previously slated for a 2016 release. The Neo Angelique series is a spinoff of Ruby Party's Angelique series of games, which is itself part of KOEI Tecmo and Ruby Party's Neo Romance game series, which includes Angelique, Harukanaru Toki no Naka de, Kin-iro no Corda, and Geten no Hana. The Angelique series has been adapted into four OVA episodes from 2001 to 2004, as well as two television anime: Koi Suru Tenshi An

Eva Info, the official site for Evangelion-related news and information, revealed on October 5 that Kadokawa will publish Ikuto Yamashita's Evangelion ANIMA 1 and Evangelion ANIMA 2 novels in book form on November 30 in Japan to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the novel series. Yamashita serialized the two novels in Dengeki Hobby Magazine in 2008-2013. The novels offer a "what if" alternate ending to the Evangelion TV anime. Eva Info describes the story: What if the Human Instrumentality Project had never begun? Three years have passed, and Shinji Ikari is 17 years old. A "what if" story that takes place three years later, branching off from the 24th episode ("The Final Messenger") of the TV anime. This popular novel series serialized by Dengeki Hobby Magazine is finally being compiled into book form to commemorate its 10th anniversary! What future has Shinji Ikari created at the age of 17!? ASCII Media Works published a Neon Genesis Evangelion ANIMA Visual Book for the

Before she brought the creation of Wonder Woman to the big screen with Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, writer/director Angela Robinson crafted comic books of her own. After helming a pair of peppy action-comedies with D.E.B.S. and Herbie Fully Loaded, she moved into television, working as a writer, director, and producer on thrilling shows like The L Word, True Blood and How To Get Away With Murder. In 2009, the long time superhero fan who proudly had Wonder Woman on her lunchbox got to tell her own fantastical tale, writing DC Comics miniseries The Web. RELATED: Professor Marston and The Wonder Women Director Shares Secrets of Film Teamed with artist Roger Robinson (Batman: Gotham Knights), Robinson spun a story of self-centered rich boy on the hunt for his brother’s killers. She wrote four issues over the course of that year, and it was around that time that she began developing Professor Marston and the Wonder Women — which demanded tons of research into t

Having forced a weakened Illyria to transport him to the time right before his own siring, Angel is determined to make a change–a change that could challenge his own existence. Deaf to the reasoning of Fred and Illyria, will this friend and goddess be able to stop the guilt-ridden vampire? And should they?

Sentai Filmworks announced on Friday that its Angel Beats! release is going out of print. The company's online store will offer a sale on the title from November 3-10. The 2010 Angel Beats! anime revolves around protagonist Yuzuru Otonashi, who wakes to find himself in a strange high school setting. Otonashi has no memories prior to waking, but learns that the location is a strange afterlife and all of its inhabitants are deceased. He joins a group which rebels against the afterlife and its primary enforcer, Angel. A young woman named Yuri Nakamura leads the group, called "Shinda Sekai Sensen" (Afterlife War Front). Sentai Filmworks released the anime on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in North America in 2011. Thanks to jlaking for the news tip.