Screenshots Up For Both Episodes of "The Day of Black Sun"
Posted by Acastus on December 2, 2007 @ 4:21 pm EST (link)
Transcripts have also been posted for The Beach and The Puppetmaster. Also, the Screenshot Database has been updated to include all the screenshots from "The Avatar and the Fire Lord.
Next New Episode: At this time we do not know when the next new episode of Avatar will air, nor do we have any idea exactly how long the hiatus will be. As soon as we hear something about it, you will too.
THQ's Avatar "Burning Earth" Game Nominated For Annie Award
Posted by Acastus on December 4, 2007 @ 6:12 am EST (link)
This year the show received one nomination in the "Best Animated Video Game" category for THQ's excellent Avatar video game, "The Burning Earth." ASN has been provided with a copy of the game and will post a review in the next few weeks.
The award winners will be announced at the award ceremony on February 8th, 2008. Click on the ASIFA logo at left to go to the Annie Award website to read the full list of nominees.
NY Anime Festival Avatar Panel Photographs Up
Posted by Acastus on December 9, 2007 @ 4:34 pm EST (link)
The program began with a review of the promo video for the "Avatar: The Burning Earth" video game and a "trivia bending battle" where audience members competed to win Avatar video games, DVDs, and copies of the second Avatar magazine signed by Mike & Bryan.
Dave and the other Nick Mag staff members then walked us though some of the highlights of the second Avatar Mag. Apparently Mike, Bryan and Aaron loved the idea of using the second magazine to fill in the gap between season two and three so much that they sent Dave about 35 pages of material - far more than they could ever squeeze into the magazine.
After the magazine tour, Dave showed us some preview frames from the next mini comic that will appear with the second volume DVD for season 3 that will be released in January. The cover for this comic is the "I want YOU" Sokka poster at left.
Next up was a few breathtaking background shots from some unaired season 3 episodes. Dave confirmed most of them were from episode 312, "The Western Air Temple."
Lastly, the most fun was had when they showed a series of funny "what if" sketches made by Avatar storyboarder and Avatar Mag writer / artist, Johane Matte. These shots included sketches of Momo punching Zuko as he tries to join the Gaang, and older versions of the cast (including a shot of Zuko and Mai with a child of their own) as part of a would-be epilogue.
All in all it was a great time and a lot of fun for the fans. Click on either thumbnail at right or left to see all 38 pictures from this event.
S3, Vol 2 DVD To Contain Half of DoBS & NY Anime Update
Posted by Acastus on December 14, 2007 @ 8:04 am EST (link)
The rear cover confirms that the volume 2 set will contain only up through episode 310, "The Invasion." The second part of The Day of Black Sun, "The Eclipse", will therefore appear on the volume 3 set, the release date for which is not yet known.
The cover is seen at left. Click on the thumbnail to see it full size, or click here to read the full review at tvshowsondvd.com.
NY Anime Fest: After some confusion in various Avatar forums, Dave Roman has confirmed in a journal entry on his DA account that pretty much everything but the background panels presented at the NY Anime Festival Avatar panel were just fun "what if's" developed by him and the extra talented Johane Matte, Alison Wilgus and Tina Lam. Thanks to the latter two as well for helping Dave make the panel so much fun for all who attended!
As an additional bonus, Johane posted those fake storyboards on her DA account for all to enjoy. They are much better than the slightly distorted pictures that we were able to take at the panel itself. Drop by her DA page and take a look!
Episode 312, "The Western Air Temple" Aired Last Night on YTV
Posted by Acastus on December 15, 2007 @ 6:11 am EST (link)
No information is available at this time on the date of the US premiere or the premiere in other countries.
For those ASN forum goers who have seen the new episode legally, please remember to post spoilers from this episode only in the Spoiler subforum or in "The Western Air Temple" discussion string in the Episode Discussion forum. Thanks!
New Transcripts & Other Site Updates
Posted by Acastus on December 26, 2007 @ 6:40 am EST (link)
- Transcripts for "The Runaway" and for "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion"
- Screenshot database entries for the DVD screenshots of "The Blind Bandit" and "The Serpent's Pass"
- Weapons profiles for some of the cool machines we saw in "The Day of Black Sun" movie event, including entries for the Fire Nation airships and the Earth Kingdom "slinky" tanks and submarines
Hope everyone is having a relaxing holiday season!
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