Ariel dual-wields a pair of blue lightsabers under the sea, Rapunzel rocks short hair with an exceptionally long Padawan braid, and Snow White makes one hell of a bad-ass Sith in these illustrations by Ralph Sevelius.
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Disney posted a teaser image on their Facebook page with the words “Finding Dory,” on it, proving that the Finding Nemo sequel won’t be called Finding Nemo 2 (unless this is a spinoff, but I doubt it). Not much is known about Finding Dory as of yet, but we do know that Pixar is attached to the project and that the film is aiming for a 2015 release. As for Dory, it’s not yet confirmed if Ellen DeGeneres is reprising her role as the regal fish, but I think it’s a highly likely case. For now, “like,” the Finding Dory page on Facebook for Disney’s sake.
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Capcom Announces DuckTales Remastered
Well I don’t think anyone really expected this. Today at PAX East, during their “World of Capcom,” panel, Capcom announced that WayForward Technologies are currently developing a DuckTales remaster of the original NES game, simply titled DuckTales Remastered.
The company showed off a trailer and told attendees of the panel more info on the game. The coolest aspect of the project is the fact that’s it not just an HD remake, but it’s being almost completely redone. The company says they’ve got WayForward Technologies hand-drawing every sprite used for the game, as well as Disney providing new and original voice talent, and WayForward creating updated music with their company’s composer, Jake Kaufman.
The game will be released for Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Wii U eshop for $15 all around. “We’re literally pouring our heart and soul into this title,” said Capcom’s Rey Jimenez. “It’s going to play just like you remember.”
Check the trailer here:
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Not really. But Orlando is pretty up on Wapan and the Wapanese culture. It all just kinda comes together at Epcot.
These photos are from a store located inside of Epcot’s World Showcase in the Japan pavilion. I snapped some photos tonight since I realize not everyone in the world gets a chance to go to Epcot, let alone Disney, as much as I do.
(I’ve got a year pass, and before you call me ‘lucky,’ realize that they cost $400 and I had to save up for a while to actually achieve it. Also, I’m not ‘lucky,’ for living next to Disney as Orlando is a terrible city.)
The store that sells these items is actually a real department store called Mitsukoshi. The store mainly exists on the east side of the world, with locations in Japan (where it originated from), Korea, Hong Kong, and China, with a few locations in Europe. The sole Mitsukoshi store that exists in all of North America is only at Disney’s Epcot in the Japan pavilion.
So it’s no wonder why so many weeaboos come to Epcot daily. And no, I don’t mean tourists who are interested in looking at Pocky all day, but I mean local/Floridian weeaboos. They really do exist there — I’ve seen them, and they come to Epcot pretty often.
There is a handful of kids who walk around the Japan pavilion and hang out there all day, spending tourist prices on Ramune and rocking their most stylish fedoras. Granted, I spend all day at Disney whenever I have the chance, but I also visit its three other parks, and I don’t choose to consume wasabi peas for dinner every chance I get to go. To each his own, I guess. Enjoy the photos of some of the merch located Mitsukoshi at Epcot, as well as a portion of my Saturday night.
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Brian Ashcraft of Kotaku explained that every spring in Japan, Japanese families with sons display miniature samurai armor for “Children’s Day.” It’s a Japanese tradition and it shows the want for sons to grow up and become strong. And I trust Ashcraft because he’s based in Japan.
On March 1, Disney is offering a “Disney Pure Silver Kabuto” (Kabuto is a samurai helmet) for ¥250,000 (US$2,680). And the helmet will have Mickey all over it, so that’s a huge plus for those wanting to spend that much money.
It’s still pretty cool.
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Living in Orlando, Florida, you hear some ludicrous theme park stories from time to time. These include, but are definitely not limited to: wild sex acts on slow-boat rides in Disney, girls menstruating on roller coaster seats (it happens more than you’d think, really), tourists peeing on everything imaginable because they’re drunk and can’t find bathrooms at night – I’ve heard just about any crazy exploit you can possibly hear involving theme parks and crazies. And today, I heard a new story I’m going to share with you all, involving George Lucas riding the Jungle Cruise ride at Disney’s Magic Kingdom.
Before I begin, let me just state that just because I’m explaining this story that I initially heard from a friend at a local comic book store, this could be somewhat falsified information that I was given. Either way, it’s pretty fucking hilarious and involves George Lucas getting his ass owned.
For those unfamiliar with the Jungle Cruise ride at Magic Kingdom, let me explain how it works. Folks (mostly old people who can’t handle boats that go more than 5 MPH) board a shitty riverboat that takes you through the major rivers of Asia, Africa, and South America. The ride’s pretty fucking old, so its ridden in 70’s animatronic snakes, tribal people, gators, and other animals you’d see in the scariest, mainly mosquito-infested places in the other continents. Except this is Disney, so every threatening animal is smiling or not moving because its 70s technology is broken.
Anyway, the people who drive the boats are called “skippers,” and they’re the ones who talk to you the entirety of the jungle cruise. They fake-steer the boat (it’s on a track and also Disney magic) down a river and point at certain animals and get the boat pumped up for what the fuck else is in Africa/Asia/South America.
The skips have certain lines they have to speak during specific parts of the ride, but older employees of the attraction occasionally adlib to entertain themselves, as well as riders, by adding their own wit and humor into the original script. Adlibbing is an especially a useful trait when the 30-something-year-old ride doesn’t work right and stops in place with all of its passengers looking at the skip for some comic relief, or an explanation of why they’re stuck in a goddamn a river in Africa surrounded by smiling alligators and tribal men who won’t stop dancing around a fire.
So one day, George Lucas goes onto this ride. Of course, the majority of the park guests (tourists) and team members (employees) know who he is, and that George Lucas is on a vacation in Orlando. If you’re the skipper on the boat George Lucas walks on, what would you say if your boat tour of the jungle suddenly broke down?
Well, apparently the friend I heard this story from knows the skip that was on that exact ride. The ride shut down during the tour George fucking Lucas was on. And when the ride shuts down, you kind of panic and you have to pretend like the boat was supposed to stop somewhere in the jungle for some odd reason, and it’s not because the ride is over 30 years old. So the guy starts telling jokes and the ride doesn’t start back up. He’s running out of ideas. Then he looks at George Lucas and goes, “So…who here worked on Howard the Duck?”
And George sat there, red-faced and angry and he mumbled a lot. And the ride started to move again.
Now mind you, I don’t actually know how genuine this story is, but it’s still a great one. And just imagining George Lucas sitting on a Disney ride, angry and ashamed of his past is kind of funny as well, considering the rich man is bathing in money from Star Wars, regardless of what an alien duck has to say.
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These are a must for any Disney fan who’s always sketching or jotting down ideas. It even comes with drawing guide so you can draw your own Mickey! Only the 3.5” x 5.5” version is available at the moment. Get it for just $18.95 from the Moleskine store.
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Austin Madison, a Pixar animator and part time comic book cover artist, has decided to recap the entire NFL season by drawing clever sketches using each football team’s mascot and team name. There’s over 20 images he’s created in total, which you can find here at Comics Alliance.
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Disney has confirmed yesterday that in addition to a new Star Wars trilogy being in the works, there could potentially be spinoff films starring single characters from the movie franchise.
Today, however, Entertainment Weekly has spilled the beans on who exactly will be getting their own films: Boba Fett and a young Han Solo.
According to the publication, the Han Solo film will cover the events between Revenge of the Sith (Episode III) and A New Hope (Episode IV). The Boba Fett film will be between either A New Hope (Episode IV) and The Empire Strikes Back (Episode V) or Empire and Return of the Jedi (Episode VI).
Sounds interesting enough. Will it be good enough for Star Wars aficionados and crirics alike? Who knows, but I’m sure as Hell going to see it.
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Carl and Russel from Up hit the streets of Gotham in this whimsical mash-up by seniorgoldenspork.
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Disney tried its hardest to relaunch their beloved Mickey Mouse character into the video game realm, but I guess it just didn’t cut it. After Epic Mickey 2 flopped pretty hard, Disney decided to shut down its Warren Spector-headed game studios, Junction Point Studios.
The original title was a Wii exclusive, and sold over 2.8 million since its release, but the multiplatform sequel only sold 1.1 million.
A spokeswoman from the company released a statement about the closure:
It was with much sadness that we informed our teams today of changes to our Games organization, which include the closure of Junction Point Studios. These changes are part of our ongoing effort to address the fast-evolving gaming platforms and marketplace and to align resources against our key priorities. We’re extremely grateful to Warren Spector and the Junction Point team for their creative contributions to Disney with Disney Epic Mickey and Disney Epic Mickey 2.
Warren Spector hasn’t commented.
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Crazy. So now the Big D owns Lucasfilm, Marvel, Pixar, ESPN, and ABC. And for fans of the Star Wars comics from Dark Horse, don’t worry, Dark Horse is still in charge of them. For now.
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Today, Bandai announced the above Super Alloy King Robo: Mickey and Friends which is slated to drop next March in Japan for ¥13,440 (US$169). The 22cm figure is made up of robot versions of Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy, Pluto, Pluto’s doghouse, and Steamboat Willie makes up the head.
(Source: kotaku.com)
Anamanaguchi has lent their blippity-bloopity chip-punk sounds to games like Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game and Bit.Trip Runner, but one game that they DIDN’T lend their sound to is Disney’s PIXL’D. But that didn’t stop whoever made PIXL’D’s soundtrack.
Check out Anamanaguchi’s “Jetpack Blues Sunset Hues” below.
And now check out the trailer for Disney’s PIXEL’D app.
Once word of this whackness got out, Anamanaguchi supporters were quick to voice their disapproval on Disney’s YouTube channel, which Disney was quick to delete. Classy global corporations are classy.
Dear Anamanaguchi,
Hire a lawyer, get paid, take over the world with your rock.
I don’t own much jewelry, but damn is this box pretty awesome. Little Creations by Etsy user The Bird and The Bee recently posted this cool Totoro jewelry box, featuring creatures from the beloved Miyazaki film, My Neighbor Totoro. Check the images in hi res to see how tiny these little models are inside of the actual box. It’s amazing to notice how small those painted eyes are. They’ve also got a big Studio Ghibli collection of jewelry to check out as well, for those interested.
