This June 20, the live-action Whisper of the Heart will become available through video on demand. But not everyone has to wait that long to see it. Capelight Pictures, a distributor from Berlin, is going to offer it in select theaters this Friday, but only …Read more »
Forbes’s Ollie Bardie conducted a lengthy interview with Shinichiro Watanabe, talking about his beginnings, his work on the anime Cowboy Bebop, what he thought of the Netflix live-action Cowboy Bebop, and his experiences working on The Animatrix. The interview brings alive much of Watanabe’s life …Read more »
Tokyo Revengers 2, which is being split up into two live-action movies for 2023, revealed that the band SUPER BEAVER will be behind both movies’ theme songs. The first movie part, titled Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (translated as Bloody Halloween -Fate-), is scheduled to hit …Read more »
A survey that was done in 2021 discovered that, on average, drivers in Japan only stop for pedestrians at a crosswalk 30.6 percent of the time. It also broke down which areas were better about having drivers stop. Okayama came in very last, with about …Read more »
The Netflix special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always is coming in April, and will include Walter Emanuel Jones and David Yost, the original Black Ranger and Blue Ranger, respectively. This got many people wondering if other Rangers from the original cast would be …Read more »
Go, go Power Rangers! Members of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in days past are returning for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, which will be streamed on Netflix. A handful of early talents have been confirmed for the special: Walter Emanuel Jones and David …Read more »
Hideaki Anno has a number of job titles under his belt, including creator, director, and writer. And he also likes to do actor cameos from time to time. He has previously cameoed in the movies Doomsday: The Sinking of Japan, Funky Forest: The First Contact, …Read more »
When it comes to popular series being adapted into stage plays, it’s only a matter of time. Tatsuki Fujimoto’s Chainsaw Man wasted none of it, because shortly after the anime aired its finale, a stage play adaptation was revealed. Chainsaw Man the Stage is set …Read more »
Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter manga is about to inspire another live-action movie, but this will mark the first one to be produced in Japan and shot in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward. Yuichi Sato (Kisaragi) is lined up to direct, with Ryohei Suzuki (Hentai Kamen, Tokyo Tribe) …Read more »
The upcoming SPY x FAMILY stage musical recently dropped a trailer, where we could see images of the actors cast as Loid Forger, Yor Forger, Yuri Briar, Sylvia Sherwood, Henry Henderson, Franky Franklin, and Fiona Frost. Anya Forger was conspicuously missing, but the play said …Read more »
In August 2021 it was announced that director Shinsuke Sato had been tapped to direct Legendary Films’ Hollywood live-action adaptation of My Hero Academia. More than a year later, we just got more information on the upcoming movie, namely that it will be written by …Read more »
The hotly anticipated SPY X FAMILY musical stage play is set to debut this spring, starting in Tokyo on March 8. In April it will move on to Hyogo Prefecture and in May it will be over in Fukuoka. That’s still some time away, and …Read more »
Yesterday we reported on the sad news that Jason David Frank, who played Tommy Oliver (the Green Ranger and White Ranger) on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has passed away. Since then tributes have poured in, both from fans who appreciated him from afar and people …Read more »
There is sad news as reports are coming out on the death of Jason David Frank, who was part of many 90s kids’ lives as Tommy Oliver in The Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers. Tommy was the Green Ranger first and later became the White Ranger. …Read more »
A new festival focused on women working in Japanese film is set for this November 11 to 20 at the Japan Society in New York. Called The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from Japan Cuts and Beyond, the festival features a range of films old and …Read more »
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