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Things are moving forward with the live-action Hollywood Naruto adaptation. Screenwriter Tasha Huo said she’s finished her script, and that director Destin Daniel Cretton “is now doing his stuff.” In February it was revealed that Cretton would be stepping into the director’s chair for Naruto, …Read more »
Naoki Yamamoto’s Believers manga first launched in Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in May 1999 and ran until November 1999. Now the series is officially getting an adaptation in the form of a live-action film, and it’s set to open in Japan this summer. …Read more »
The Harem Marriage manga is all about polygamous married life, and the next stop for the series is a live-action adaptation. Japan’s ABC television channel announced plans to bring Non’s manga to the small screen in a new series that’s currently set to kick off …Read more »
Believe it or not, writer Yuto Tsukuda and illustrator Shun Saeki’s Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma manga is about to come to an end. According to this year’s 27th issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, which hit stands in Japan this week, the serialization is set to conclude in …Read more »
Gintama author Hideaki Sorachi has been having a ton of fun with the so-called conclusion of the series. First it came to an end in Shonen Jump and moved to Jump GIGA in December of 2018, and then it continued in the official app this May. Now, according to the …Read more »
Next up for the live-action treatment is Kingdom, the manga series by Yasuhisa Hara that has been running in Weekly Young Jump since 2006. The tale of China’s Warring States period is coming to the big screen courtesy of go-to adaptation director Shinsuke Sato, who previously …Read more »
It’s been revealed Naoshi Komi’s romantic comedy manga Nisekoi: False Love is getting the live-action film treatment. The announcement came via an ad in the latest edition of Weekly Shonen Jump, the magazine in which the manga ran from 2011 to 2016. The film is …Read more »
Kingdom, the popular manga that takes places in China’s Warring States period, will be adapted into a live-action film, it was announced today. The manga is written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara, who, according to today’s report, participated in script meetings for the film. Hara …Read more »
It looks like this year’s live-action film adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga won’t be the last. According to an early look at the next issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, an announcement concerning plans for a sequel should be coming next week. The first live-action …Read more »
Yasuhisa Hara's Kingdom manga is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, so Shueisha marked the occasion by filming a live-action short. Kento Yamazaki takes on the lead rol of Xin, with Kōichi Yoshinaga as the narrator and Hiroki Ono as director. Kingdom has been running …Read more »
For my money, Yusuke Murata ( Eyeshield 21 ) is one of the most exciting artists in manga. There's something truly electrifying about his work, from the way he composes his panels to his meticulously crafted angles and character poses, and his skills have been …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of anime and manga are an inevitably contentious topic, as more often than not fans are worked into a furor over a film project that may not ever enter production. Case in point: the recent announcement that Scarlet Johannson has been cast as …Read more »
It's been both rumored and expected, especially since the manga has been such a success, but it's now official : Yusei Matsui's Assassination Classroom is getting a TV anime adaptation, set to air on Fuji TV in 2015. That's not all, though, because the series …Read more »
I love my subscription to Viz Media's digital edition of Weekly Shonen Jump . However, I recently realized I don't particularly love reading Eiichiro Oda's One Piece on a weekly basis. Don't get me wrong, One Piece is still amazing, and I love where the …Read more »
Minna! Esper Dayo , AKA All Esper Dayo! , is a psychic comedy manga from Kiminori Wakasugi, creator of the raunchy and rowdy Detroit Metal City . Now, according to the first 2013 issue of Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine , the comic is being adapted …Read more »
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