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Regardless of how well Alita: Battle Angel does in the box office this weekend, it’s already been getting some serious praise from fans of the manga. That says a lot considering your average reactions to live-action Hollywood takes on anime and manga properties. Some of …Read more »
It’s been a long hard road for James Cameron’s quest to bring Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita manga to the big screen. We’ll finally see how it all pays off when the Robert Rodriguez-directed Alita: Battle Angel opens in theaters on February 14, 2019, and …Read more »
Director Robert Rodriguez’s take on Yukito Kishiro‘s Battle Angel Alita manga is on the way later this year, and it had a strong presence at this past weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con. Check out the latest Alita: Battle Angel footage that made its debut at the …Read more »
If you were wondering when Hollywood would finally depict manga/anime eyes as they were meant to be, well, look no further than the first trailer for Robert Rodriguez’s live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro‘s Battle Angel Alita manga. The James Cameron-produced project has been in flux …Read more »
Jennifer Connelly will play a villain in Alita: Battle Angel , the James Cameron-produced film based on manga Battle Angel Alita , reports The Hollywood Reporter. Connelly, known for her roles in films like Labyrinth , Reqiuem for a Dream , and House of Sand …Read more »
The Robert Rodriguez-directed live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita manga has another new actor to add to the cast. Following up on the recent announcement of Jackie Earle Haley as a monstrous cyborg, we have another villain going to actor Ed Skrein. Skrein …Read more »
It looks like we’ll have to wait a little longer to gaze into Alita’s giant anime eyes. Alita: Battle Angel, the live-action adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita, aka Gunnm, has been pushed back to December 21. It was originally scheduled for July. Alita …Read more »
As I noted in the pages of Otaku USA, the trouble with Ergo Proxy is that Re-l Mayer isn't the main character. Contrary to the advertising, the series is not actually about a young girl blasting robots to smithereens throughout the war-torn, post-apocalyptic future. Post-apocalyptic …Read more »
As infrequently as live action Hollywood adaptations of manga and anime properties tend to actually make it through to production (see: Akira , Battle Angel Alita , the live-action Robotech with Tobey Maguire), every once in a while something slips through, a freak blip in …Read more »
Soon, Yoko Taro’s NieR: Automata will be making its way to the small screen as an animated series. Known specifically as ver1.1a, this will be a new look at the world of 2B and 9S. In the meantime, anime is full of mechanical protagonists exploring what it …Read more »
Following up on the post about the Battle Angel Alita manga taking a break, another series is going on hiatus for different reasons. As announced in this year’s 22nd issue of Hakusensha’s Hana to Yume magazine, the Skip Beat! manga is going on another month-long …Read more »
When it comes to digital manga, there’s a new game in town called Azuki. The new digital manga service, which will offer simulpub chapters and a back catalog, launches June 28. Azuki’s first big partner will be Kodansha USA. The service will be free (select …Read more »
Anime is full of super-cool robots of all shapes and sizes. And while we may tend to think more of giant battle mechs, there are also much smaller units winning our hearts. With all respect to their big brothers and sisters, today we’re talking about …Read more »
When anime localization outfits first began popping up in the 80s and 90s, they seemed to have a theory that anything emphasizing futuristic computer technology and dystopian societies would sell well in the States, on account to similarities with Western science fiction. The anime industry …Read more »
Westworld : the HBO series about cowboys and robots is the biggest thing among TV geeks since, well, HBO’s last geek-centric series, Game of Thrones . And just like that series, the break between seasons already feels interminable. Enter our handy solution: a rundown of …Read more »
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