Aria

2015 OVA has not previously been released outside of Japan Nozomi Entertainment's Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to provide an English dub for its HD release of Aria the Animation added a stretch goal for all remaining Aria anime on Wednesday. If the project reaches US$360,000, Nozomi Entertainment will dub and release Aria the OVA ~Arietta~, the Aria the Origination television anime (including the unaired special episode 5.5 and picture dramas), and the Aria the Avvenire original video anime. The final set will be an add-on option. Aria the Avvenire has never been released outside of Japan. The project met its initial goal of US$110,000 within a week of its launch on August 12. The project has since met its US$180,000 stretch goal to also dub the first 13 episodes of Aria the Natural and its US$240,000 stretch goal to dub the rest of Aria the Natural. Those who wish to receive an HD Blu-ray Disc for Aria the Natural can choose a "plus" tier to add it as a reward, tho

Veronica Taylor joins English dub cast Nozomi Entertainment's Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to provide an English dub for its HD release of Aria the Animation met its US$240,000 stretch goal to also dub the second half of the second series, Aria the Natural. As of press time the project has raised US$$246,657. The project met its initial goal of US$110,000 within a week of its launch on August 12. The project has since met its US$180,000 stretch goal to also dub the first 13 episodes of Aria the Natural. Those who wish to receive an HD Blu-ray Disc for the first part of Aria the Natural can choose a "plus" tier to add it as a reward, though the reward is already included for those who have pledged more than US$1,000. The staff also announced that Veronica Taylor is joining the English dub cast. The dub will be recorded at Headline Studios in New York. The cast also includes Michele Knotz, Jessica Calvello, and Lisa Ortiz. Hal Film Maker animated the 2005 television

Stretch goal also reached to add live-action extras from Aria the Avvenire staff Nozomi Entertainment's Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to provide an English dub for its HD release of Aria the Animation reached the stretch goal to dub all remaining Aria anime works on Tuesday. This includes Aria the OVA ~Arietta~, the Aria the Origination television anime (including the unaired special episode 5.5 and picture dramas), and the Aria the Avvenire original video anime. The campaign also reached the stretch goal to add the live-action extras centering on the Aria the Avvenire staff. The only stretch goal left for the campaign, at US$370,000, is the addition of English cast commentary for the third season of the anime. Aria the Avvenire has never been released outside of Japan. The project met its initial goal of US$110,000 within a week of its launch on August 12. The project has since met its US$180,000 stretch goal to also dub the first 13 episodes of Aria the Natural a

Chromium. Embossed. Foil. Die-cut. Lenticular. Why choose? In honor of December’s debut of the new Quantum and Woody! series from writer Daniel Kibblesmith and artist Kano, Valiant Entertainment will bring together nearly all of the comic book industry’s most infamous cover gimmicks into one cheekily self-aware monstrosity of a variant — specifically, the “Most Variant Cover of All Time.” The cover will sport a main image by Valiant mainstay artist Clayton Henry, featuring Quantum, Woody and perennial supporting character/mascot The Goat in an homage to Barry Windsor-Smith’s 1992 cover for the original Valiant’s Unity #0. While that would surely be a fetching image by itself, the fun really starts with the chromium bar at the top of the cover, the embossed and foil logo (using genuine ’90s foil — more on that later), iridescent fifth ink, “die-cut Goat bite,” lenticular back cover and sticker featuring a random fourth

The adult Jean Grey will make her return to the Marvel Universe December, via a five-issue series written by Matthew Rosenberg with art by Leinil Yu. And to celebrate the return of one of the Marvel Universe’s most powerful — and frightening — heroes, the publisher has Phoenix-ized a number of its heroes for a series of themed variant covers to be released throughout December. RELATED: Adult Jean Grey Returns in Marvel’s Phoenix: Resurrection From a Phoenix-powered Venom soaring through the skies framed by a black-flamed bird, to a fiery Daredevil utilizing his cosmically enhanced radar sense, Marvel’s biggest heroes are re-imagined as the next vessels of the Phoenix Force. Check out all of the covers Marvel has released so far in the gallery below. “It’s such a mind-blowing honor to bring back the original Jean Grey,” Rosenberg said of working on his and Yu’s series. “I’ve been an X-Men fan my whole life and Jean is,

DC Comics will publish a series of Justice League-themed variant covers in November, the same month director Zack Snyder’s film arrives in theaters. RELATED: Justice League Stars Reflect on Big Moments in Comic-Con Videos The initiative was announced on Nerdist, which unveiled variants for Action Comics #991, illustrated by Yanick Paquette, and Superman #35, drawn by Renato Guedes, featuring the likenesses of Ben Affleck’s Batman, Gal Gadot’s Wonder Woman and Jason Mamoa’s Aquaman. Presumably, additional covers will include the remaining heroes Superman, The Flash and Cyborg. We might also see the film’s primary antagonist, Steppenwolf, make his way onto a variant cover. Action Comics #991 goes on sale Nov. 8, followed by Superman #35 on Nov. 15. Both of these dates fall just ahead of the Justice League premiere, but additional variant will be released throughout the month. RELATED: Flash’s Justice League Costume Concept Art I

DC Comics has unveiled all 10 variant covers set for release in November to celebrate the theatrical release of Justice League. RELATED: Ezra Miller’s Flash Is a “Collective Favorite” of Justice League Test Screenings The covers depict the likenesses of the film’s stars Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Jason Momoa, Ezra Miller and Ray Fisher, as illustrated by such artists as Tony S. Daniel, Terry Dodson, Cully Hamner and Dustin Nguyen. As with the marketing of the Warner Bros. film, the presence of Henry Cavill’s Superman is … limited. The variants are: Batman #34 by Tony S. Daniel (November 1st), Cyborg #18 by Dustin Nguyen (published Nov. 1); Action Comics #991 by Yanick Paquette (Nov. 8); Superman #35 by Renato Guedes (Nov. 15); The Flash #34 by Mike McKone (Nov. 8); Wonder Woman by Terry Dodson #34 (Nov. 22); Aquaman #30 by Liam Sharp (Nov. 15); Justice League #32 by Howard Porter (Nov. 1); Trinity #15 by Ben Oliver (Nov. 15)

A new variant cover for Dark Nights: Metal #3 by David Finch might hint at the appearance of Dark Multiverse versions of Superman and Cyborg. Finch’s cover — created exclusively for Via Bulletproof Comix — depicts a darker version of the Man of Steel, one decked out in spiked armor and a skull belt. This new costume almost seems to render the Man of Steel in the style of Todd McFarlane’s Spawn. There’s also an evil-looking Cyborg with a skull-shaped body in the background. The two stand on a pile of skulls and chains, perfect for a comic book titled Metal. Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo have turned Batman metal by introducing introducing several twisted nightmare versions of the Caped Crusader called the Dark Knights. Each Batman hails from a different twisted world inside the Dark Multiverse, but we may see other heroes emerge as well. Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman were last seen in Dark Nights: Metal #2, where all three seemed to be pulled int

A new variant cover by artist Tony S. Daniel for November’s Superman #34 teases a Legacy-style renumbering that would take the comic to triple-digits for its 800th issue. When DC Comics launched its Rebirth publishing initiative, it continued the majority of its series with the numbering that began with the New 52 in 2011, with the notable exceptions of Action Comics and Detective Comics. Those two titles reverted back to their original numbering of #957 and #934, respectively, in a move Marvel Comics is currently implementing for a number of its long-running titles in Marvel Legacy. RELATED: Why Rebirth’s Mr. Oz Had To Be [SPOILER] According to a report on Newsarama, Superman is one of several series receiving legacy variants illustrated by Daniel. Arriving in stores this fall, the other variants include a Wonder Woman 700, Batman 800 and The Flash 700 also planned. Whether the series will make the change to reflect this in their actual month to month

Gary Frank has tweeted out an image of his Doomsday Clock #5 variant cover that features one (of three) of DC Comics’ Jokers featured prominently, putting on some makeup. That Joker cover. #doomsdayclock @geoffjohns @JimLee pic.twitter.com/qqxhbgDctj — Gary Frank (@1moreGaryFrank) October 13, 2017 So far, we don’t know how the Clown Prince of Crime fits into the narrative of DC’s upcoming DCU/Watchmen crossover, but we suspect he’ll be crossing paths with at least one of Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons’ creations at some point. RELATED: Doomsday Clock #4 Cover Adds Rorschach to Your Breakfast Earlier this year, scribe Geoff Johns explained the decision to introduce some of Watchmen’s characters into the DCU. “Thematically, and metaphorically, there was no better choice than to use Doctor Manhattan. If you’re going to have a conflict between optimism and pessimism, a battle between the very forces of hope and despair, you need to hav