The second season of Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation has officially started its production! Netflix shared a video of actors Iñaki Godoy, Mackenyu, Emily Rudd, Jacob Romero, and Taz Skylar flying from their homes around the world to Capetown, South Africa, where they will film. …Read more »
The second season of Netflix’s live-action One Piece probably won’t be here until 2025, but Netflix was eager to let fans know who’s been cast to play members of Baroque Works. There’s also this visual with the actors next to their characters: David Dastmalchian plays …Read more »
November 28, 2024 will mark the worldwide streaming debut of the live-action Oshi no Ko drama, which is an eight-episode series that’s on the way to Amazon Prime Video. A feature film will follow in Japan on December 20, and now the project is being …Read more »
The Cells at Work! franchise is about to get even bigger with the upcoming live-action movie adaptation. An English-subtitled teaser trailer has dropped that lets us know the movie will hit Japanese theaters in December 2024. It also gives information on the cast. Red Blood …Read more »
In February, Japanese TV station NTV announced it was having an internal investigation over the death of manga creator Hinako Ashihara, whose manga Sexy Tanaka-san was turned into a live-action series by the station. In late January, Ashihara had complained online that the adaptation was …Read more »
Netflix is taking another stab at a live-action show involving a manga, and this time it involves Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler by Homura Kawamoto and Toru Naomura. The show will be titled BET, consist of 10 episodes, and is described by The Hollywood Reporter as …Read more »
Monkey D. Luffy’s birthday just happened on May 5, and Monkey D. Luffy himself celebrated it. And by that I mean his actor in the highly successful live-action Netflix adaptation of One Piece, Iñaki Godoy, celebrated the birthday. And, wait, is that a teaser? Check …Read more »
The Hollywood live-action One-Punch Man movie adaptation script is receiving a rewrite from Dan Harmon and Heather Anne Campbell. Harmon, while having multiple credits as a creator and writer, is best-known as the co-creator of Rick and Morty (which has its own anime associations), and …Read more »
Two Japanese movies were honored at the 2024 Academy Awards: The Boy and the Heron and Godzilla Minus One. Godzilla Minus One got the award for best visual effects, and upon getting back to Japan, the movie’s crew set up a press conference to talk about …Read more »
In the latest news revolving around the death of manga creator Hinako Ashihara, Japanese television station NTV released an official apology to her yesterday. NTV was adapting Ashihara’s manga Sexy Tanaka-san into a live-action series, and in January Ashihara wrote online that the company had …Read more »
The Big G is making some big bucks. Godzilla Minus One, the latest Godzilla film from Toho Studios, just surpassed $100 million in worldwide box office sales. The film has made $55 million in Japan and $47 million abroad, on a budget said to be …Read more »
The popular manga series Golden Kamuy is getting a live-action movie that will hit Japanese theaters on January 19. Ahead of this, multiple videos have been released to get fans excited. This first video both shows scenes from the movie, as well as behind-the-scenes shots …Read more »
There is sad news as reports come out on the death of actor Christian Oliver, who played Snake Oiler in the live-action 2008 Speed Racer. Oliver, whose real last name was Klepser, died in a plane accident that is currently under investigation. He was on …Read more »
2024 is here, and Media Blasters’ CEO John Sirabella shared a brief video on what’s going on with the company, saying there’s a lot to look forward to in the new year. “One of the major things [I’m] thinking about obviously is Anime NJ++,” he …Read more »
In addition to the live-action Teasing Master Takagi-san film that’s on the way this May, a live-action series is launching even sooner. TBS announced plans to premiere the adaptation of Soichiro Yamamoto’s manga—known in Japan as Karakai Jozu no Takagi-san—on March 26, 2024. The main …Read more »
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