The second season for the Ōoku: The Inner Chambers live-action series shared more about the actors in the upcoming “Cure Arc.” Nao Matsushita will play Okitsugu Tanuma, Yumi Adachi will play Sadanobu Matsudaira, and Keito Okamoto will play Ihei. Matsushita has previously done the theme …Read more »
This July will mark the premiere of a live-action TV drama based on the Barakamon manga by Satsuki Yoshino. Along with the reveal of the release month, Fuji TV announced that the series will star Yosuke Sugino in the role of Seishu Handa, pictured in …Read more »
It won’t be much longer before the special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always hits Netflix on April 19. According to an article with the Guardian where several members of the cast were interviewed, this special never would have happened if it weren’t for …Read more »
Junji Ito’s short story “Bloodsucking Darkness” is being turned into a live-action American feature film, and Ito himself is producing. It’s being backed by Fangoria Studios, the recently-made studio that’s an offshoot of the popular Fangoria magazine. Ito shared his excitement about the project. “Fangoria …Read more »
Sad news in the world of Japanese film today. Sadao Iizuka, whose optical effects work graced legendary tokusatsu titles from Godzilla to Ultraman, has died at the age of 88. Iizuka’s cause of death was pneumonia. Born in Tokyo in 1934, Iizuka worked on effects …Read more »
The Netflix special Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always will be here on April 19, and it has Walter Emanuel Jones, the original Black Ranger; David Yost, the original Blue Ranger; Catherine Sutherland, the second Pink Ranger; Steve Cardenas, the second Red Ranger; Karan …Read more »
It’s almost morphin time! The upcoming Netflix special, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, which will hit the streaming service on April 19, has released a trailer. In it, you can see that Rita Repulsa is once again up to her dastardly deeds, and …Read more »
The Saint Seiya manga by Masami Kurumada is receiving a live-action adaptation called Saint Seiya: The Beginning that will be hitting Japanese theaters on April 28. It will be released in other countries sometime this year. A trailer has dropped. According to Yoshi Ikezawa, a …Read more »
Not everyone can be in Japan to see SPIRITED AWAY: Live On Stage, but that doesn’t mean that you can’t see it at all! GKIDS, which also distributes Studio Ghibli anime movies, has revealed that it’s gotten North American audiovisual distribution rights for SPIRITED AWAY: …Read more »
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 »
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