A new video has arrived to preview the live-action Oshi no Ko drama ahead of its November 28 premiere on Amazon Prime. The latest look centers on an original song by B-Komachi called “Twilight,” the music video for which is now available to stream. Check …Read more »
A live-action film based on I Am Hero author Kengo Hanazawa’s UNDER NINJA manga is set to premiere on January 24, 2025, and ahead of that we have a good look at what’s in store in the first full trailer. Yuichi Fukuda (live-action Gintama, Saint …Read more »
The Oshi no Ko anime’s original opening theme song “Idol” has broken records and been a top search on Google. Will the upcoming live-action Oshi no Ko have the same sort of success with its music? Well, the eight-episode series is definitely going heavy on …Read more »
Keizo Murase, a longtime sculptor of suits for kaiju films, including many in the Godzilla franchise, has died at the age of 89. The cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver. Murase, who was born in Hokkaido in 1935, began working in Toho’s special …Read more »
Saint Seiya, or Knights of the Zodiac by Masami Kurumada, is a popular manga series that has received multiple adaptations. In 2023, there was a live-action Knights of the Zodiac, but this is not the first time the franchise has used live-action. In fact, in …Read more »
If you want the best idea yet of what to expect from the live-action take on SEGA’s Like a Dragon / Yakuza series of games, Amazon Prime unveiled a fantastic new trailer. Clocking in at nearly two minutes, the preview of Like a Dragon: Yakuza …Read more »
The Love Live! series is going live-action! The first-ever live-action drama based on the series is right around the corner in Japan, with Love Live! School Idol Musical the DRAMA set to begin airing in Japan on November 21, 2024. The drama will be based …Read more »
While we wait for more on the My Dress-Up Darling anime sequel, the live-action adaptation of Shinichi Fukuda’s hit manga is on the horizon. The series is set to premiere as part of MBS’s Dramaism programming block on October 8, with airings on TBS to …Read more »
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 will hit theaters on December 20, and now we just received our first good look at it. A trailer that’s almost three minutes long has dropped, and a lot of it concentrates on Shadow (and how Sonic is going to have …Read more »
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 »
Netflix is doing a lot to hype season two of its live-action One Piece adaptation, including having Luffy actor Iñaki Godoy celebrating his character’s birthday, or slowly revealing new, upcoming cast members. Original manga creator Eiichiro Oda is closely involved with the production, and he …Read more »
Media Blasters has a lot going on in terms of Kamen Rider. But in terms of something a little different, it’s also offering the live-action gag ecchi movie HK/Hentai Kamen (also called HK: Forbidden Super Hero). The film is 105 minutes long, and it will …Read more »
The manga Blue Period by Tsubasa Yamaguchi is so popular that it not only has an anime adaptation, it’s getting a live-action movie as well. The film hits Japanese theaters this Friday, August 9. Ahead of this a trailer has dropped. In it you can …Read more »
Through the Lens Entertainment (TTLE) and FANGORIA are teaming up to adapt Junji Ito short stories into films. News first broke last year when FANGORIA revealed it would be adapting “Bloodsucking Darkness.” Now it adds the short stories “Haunted House Part 1” and “Part 2” …Read more »
After the highly publicized death of Sexy Tanaka-san manga creator Hinako Ashihara, Japanese station NTV has unveiled new guidelines on how it will work to prevent a tragedy like that from happening again. Through misunderstandings and miscommunications, the TV adaptation Sexy Tanaka-san didn’t stick with the …Read more »
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