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One thing we here at PiQ always look forward to every summer is what the minds at Pixar will dream up next, and with Issue 4, we celebrate the release of Disney’s WALL•E. Check out our coverage of the crafty little robot’s cinematic adventures and even get a peek at what’s coming from Pixar in the future!

We also follow the continuing convergence of comics and movies with interviews with Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and The Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier, take a look at new comic collections The Legion of Superheroes and The K Chronicles. We also talk to Bang Zoom! president Eric P. Sherman, ADR director Kristi Reed and voice actor Steve Blum about their work on Ghost Slayers Ayashi, catch a glimpse of the long-awaited Maria Watches Over Us, take a trip behind the scenes at TimeGate Studios, catch some quick peeks at new games Final Fantasy IV for DS, Death Jr. and Infinite Undiscovery. To top all that, check out our features on Doctor Who including interviews with star Freema Agyeman and executive producer Julie Gardner and Stargate Atlantis where we catch up with everyone’s favorite medical hologram Robert Picardo, and discover With the Light, a unique manga dealing with the challenges of autism.

I’m working on a piece about the upcoming DVD release of Spaced for the next issue but I thought I’d go ahead and share an interview I conducted with director Edgar Wright the other day, who is pretty much the nicest guy I’ve ever had the pleasure of talking to. He also let us in on the status of his many upcoming projects

In our June 2008 issue, we took the opportunity to talk to some movie podcasters from all over the web about what movies they think most represent summer and what those movies mean to them in particular.

While we were certainly pleased to have them in the pages of our magazine, we’ll go one step further and tell you what they’re all about. If you’re already a listener, then props to you for knowing what’s up. If not and you’d like to see what these fine folks are like in their element, we’ve prepared the following handy guide just for you.

Very interesting news covering the further streamlining of the anime industry. ADV is the latest company to start working with Crunchyroll, although NHK’s being a GONZO-produced show likely has a lot to do with it.

I like Bandai Visual USA’s products a lot. But of course I’d like them — that’s because they were kind enough to send them free of charge for review purposes. If I actually had to pay the prices they wanted for them (something we’ve brought up in reviews like a broken record), I probably wouldn’t be nearly as enthusiastic. Their idea of a ‘premium’ line wasn’t unsound; it just came a few years too late for the anime industry. Premium DVD lines like Criterion exist because there are enough movie buffs who appreciate the extra effort that go behind the releases. In an anime industry primarily driven by downloading, that doesn’t really exist.