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We recently posted our review of the first live-action Parasyte film , which opens wide in Japan on November 29. With its premiere nearly upon us, four new TV commercials are here to promote the theatrical release of the first film as well as its …Read more »
Back in November we reported on Hitoshi Iwaaki's Parasyte manga being adapted into a pair of live-action films, which are being directed by Takashi Yamazaki ( Returner , Space Battleship Yamato ). Now it looks like we also know when to look forward to the …Read more »
Hitoshi Iwaaki's Parasyte manga—which ran in the pages of monthly magazine Gekkan Afternoon from 1990 to 1995 and remains popular in Japan—is getting not one, but two films. Now that New Line no longer holds the rights, Toho has stepped in to produce a two-part …Read more »
Lovable robot cat Doraemon is dipping his toes in something new for the 80th anniversary of his creator. Stand by Me Doraemon will be the first 3D CG-animated film in the franchise, and it's currently scheduled to be released in Japan next summer. Takashi Yamazaki …Read more »
Far be it from us to sleep on something as staggering as a live-action Space Battleship Yamato teaser. Takashi Yamazaki—remember his earlier works like Returner and Juvenile ? It's okay if you don't, I hardly do myself—is directing the VFX-heavy flick, with boy band SMAP's …Read more »
This year’s Oscars may have snubbed anime and excluded any potential titles from an official nomination, but at least the Japan Academy Awards got it right. The Japan Academy Film Prize Association announced its nominees for this year’s 43rd Japan Academy Prize, including five anime …Read more »
If you had told me a few years ago that I’d be this excited for a CG-animated Lupin the 3rd movie, I’d have thought you were outta your mind. Here we are, though, in 2019, getting pumped for the December 6 Japanese debut of Lupin the 3rd: The …Read more »
In case you forgot, there’s a CG-animated Lupin III film on the way. We learned with the initial announcement that the four main characters would be played by their regular voice actors. But now we’ve learned about some of the voices behind the film’s new characters. The biggest …Read more »
Dragon Quest: Your Story, the upcoming CG-animated adaptation of Dragon Quest V, now has a trailer. The trailer for the film, which hits Japanese theaters August 2, was released alongside a cast list, which includes: Takeru Sato (Rurouni Kenshin) Kasumi Arimura Haru Kentaro Sakaguchi Takayuki Yamada …Read more »
Dragon Quest, the long-running series of RPGs, will be adapted into a CG anime film set for release in Japan this summer. The film, which is titled Dragon Quest Your Story, will be based on the fifth game in the franchise, Dragon Quest V. The …Read more »
Parasyte is the latest in a long line of films (think Harry Potter , Rurouni Kenshin , etc.) split into two parts, released several months apart. In the case of Parasyte , the first part premiered back last November, while Part 2 hit screens this …Read more »
Godzilla saw his first cinematic outing in a decade earlier this year with the release of the Gareth Edwards-helmed Godzilla , but in Japan, he’s been in cinematic slumber since 2004’s Godzilla: Final Wars . That’s set to change, with the announcement from Godzilla studio …Read more »
Parasyte , Hitoshi Iwaaki’s early 90s manga about body-snatching creatures who infect humans and attempt to take over the world, is back in a big way this year with an anime series, Parasyte the maxim , and two live-action films, the first of which premiered …Read more »
The Hollywood remake train keeps rollin’. It was announced this week a Hollywood version of Space Battleship Yamato has been greenlit, with a tentative release date of 2017 or 2018. The Space Battleship Yamato film, which may be titled Star Blazers after Yamato’s American dub, …Read more »
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