Nerd Culture Podcast

Episode #193 features:

Special Guest: Les Morris from Bounty Films/Creature Feature Podcast

Discussion: Film Production & Distribution in Australia and the effects of Piracy

Review: Midnight Special

Review: The Untold Tales of Snow White from Undesirable Comics

Review: The Witch

Review: Triple 9

| Open Player in New Window

Download
(right click and select Save Link As)

Madman proudly presents THE COLLECTED WORKS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI

Presenting the complete feature-length works of Hayao Miyazaki, world renowned artist, auteur and founding member of the iconic Studio Ghibli. This special limited edition box-set collects Miyazaki’s 11 feature films – from The Castle of Cagliostro to the Academy Award®-winning Spirited Away and his final masterpiece, The Wind Rises. It also features a bonus disc offering a rare look at some of his earliest works, presented with English translations for the first time.

Complete list of films:

• Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979)
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
• Laputa: Castle in the Sky (1986)
• My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
• Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989)
• Porco Rosso (1992)
• Princess Mononoke (1997)
• Spirited Away (2001)
• Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
• Ponyo (2008)
• The Wind Rises (2013)

Extra features:

• Deluxe limited edition collector’s box with bonus postcards and a 32 page booklet.
• Bonus disc featuring rare early works and Hayao Miyazaki’s retirement press conference in Japanese language with English subtitles.
  All special features from all special edition versions of the featured films.

THE COLLECTED WORKS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI is available to pre-order now from selected retailers and Madman.com.au & is released on DVD and Blu-ray, April 15 2015.

Madman Entertainment are thrilled to announce the acquisition of SAILOR MOON for distribution in Australia and New Zealand on DVD, Blu-ray and digital platforms!

Not only will the arrangement see the release of all 200 episodes of the original series, along with the three feature films and additional specials, but also the previously unavailable series SAILOR MOON S, SAILOR MOON SUPER S and SAILOR MOON SAILOR STARS.

(more…)

Episode #115 features:

News: Future Comic based films / Marvel’s future comic plans / Anita Sarkeesian on the Colbert Report

Reviews: The Trip to Italy / Deliver Us From Evil / Hercules / Time Tunnel

Top 5: Our Top 5 Favourite Fictional Places

| Open Player in New Window

Download
(right click and select Save Link As)

The fine folks over at Madman are proud to announce that WASTELANDER PANDA: EXILE, will have its Australian premiere on Saturday September 20 on iView and international premiere at Fantastic Fest, Austin TX, September 18-25. This will be followed by a digital download to own and DVD release in November and December, respectively.

Fans of fantasy and pop culture will also get a chance to catch a sneak peak at the new series when it features at Sydney’s Oz Comic-Con (Sept 13-14). A graphic novel tie-in from Gestalt Publishing will also be available in the near future.

(more…)