Things are moving forward with Netflix’s live-action One Piece adaptation. Netflix Geeked shared the news yesterday. Executive producer Steven Maeda also shared some visuals on Twitter to let people know it’s starting. The live-action series also has original creator Eiichiro Oda working as another executive …Read more »
The movie Cherry Magic! the Movie: Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! (CheriMaho the Movie ~30-sai Dōtei da to Mahō Tsukai ni Nareru Rashii~ in the original Japanese) is being released on April 8, 2022, and a teaser trailer has just dropped. …Read more »
It’s a great time to be Hideaki Anno. He’s just put a cap on his magnum opus, and now he’s remaking all his favorite shows. Just like he wanted to back in college. And we’re here for it, too. From Shin Ultraman to Shin Kamen Rider and …Read more »
Last week came the news that Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop would not receive any further seasons. In previous articles we covered how Japanese netizens at first generally seemed unenthused by early imagery from the adaptation, then some of them began to warm up …Read more »
Netflix only just announced the main actors for their live-action adaptation of One Piece, but that’s long enough for people on the internet to give their opinions. The announcement came with wanted posters of the actors, plus a video of the actors (not in character) …Read more »
Two new poster visuals have been revealed for the Spirited Away stage play—which brings Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s Academy Award-winning anime film to life when performances kick off at TOHO’s Imperial Theatre in February 2022. Shows will run there from February to March before …Read more »
Over the weekend there was a Bungo Stray Dogs franchise event that both released a trailer for the upcoming live-action movie Bungo Stray Dogs the Movie: Beast and announced a new season for the anime. The trailer is a minute and a half long and …Read more »
In addition to its Netflix anime, Kousuke Oono’s The Way of the Househusband manga has been enjoying more success with a popular TV drama. Now the series is heading to the big screen with the announcement of a live-action feature film, which is currently set …Read more »
It was previously revealed that members of Johnny & Associates’ idol group Snow Man would be starring in a live-action Mr. Osomatsu movie, and now we have our very first official character visuals for a look at the brothers. Get an idea of how the …Read more »
Yesterday Netflix dropped a teaser called “Lost Session” for their live-action Cowboy Bebop adaptation, which comes out November 19. The teaser is 2 minutes and 40 seconds long, and we get to see and hear John Cho, Mustafa Shakir, and Daniella Pineda in action. So …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 »
When you think Fist of the North Star, your mind might not immediately go to musicals, but that’s what’s being made out of Buronson and Tetsuo Hara’s classic manga next. The latest update for the musical adaptation revealed cast visuals for Raoh, who, like all …Read more »
Tokyo Broadcasting System (a.k.a. TBS) and Netflix have inked a deal to work on three new shows together. But with Netflix involved, the shows will be released internationally and not just in Japan. They’re doing a live-action Japan Sinks – People of Hope, which will …Read more »
The Chinese government continues to grow stricter on what it allows in the entertainment section. Last week The National Radio and Television Administration said that programs aimed at kids, including cartoons such as anime, would be prohibited if they have any “violence, blood, vulgarity or …Read more »
Japan looks to unique ways to bring in tourists, sometimes turning to pop culture. Pokémon, for instance, helps bring in tourism through manhole covers and Pokémon ambassadors, and big franchises like Gundam or Attack on Titan have their own local ways to get people in. …Read more »
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