Search Results for: Takeshi Obata
Those enjoying Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman manga, published in North America by Viz Media, will be pleased to hear word of the anime being renewed for a third season in Japan. The anime's first season ran for 25 episodes from October 2010 to …Read more »
Nearing the final stages of their March Manga Madness Month, Viz Media introduces another tantalizing offer for adopters of their iPad manga app. The 4th volume of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman —chronicling the journey of two high schoolers going against the odds to …Read more »
According to the latest news on the project, all signs point to a shockingly positive perhaps . That's all thanks to the attachment of Shane Black as director; someone with a quality-loaded background and a genuine love for Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's original manga. …Read more »
Writer and artist duo Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata have an especially tough act to follow, a trap set by their past selves to cast a shadow on all subsequent endeavors. Death Note 's presence still looms menacingly, but their latest series, Bakuman , takes …Read more »
Consider this a brisk breeze of News From Late Last Week, but it bears repeating, for those that missed it, as we drive full force into May. Warner Bros. has picked up the rights to Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga, and are …Read more »
Writer Yumi Hotta and illustrator Takeshi Obata (Death Note) serialized their Hikaru no Go manga in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1998 to 2003, previously inspiring a TV anime adaptation. Now its next stop is the stage with the reveal of Utaemaki ‘Hikaru no Go’ Jyo …Read more »
Shonen Jump app enjoyers will notice Luffy of Netflix’s One Piece on the title bar today. It’s a neat collaboration. But it’s also making us wonder… what other Shonen Jump titles could make the jump to live-action? The sky’s the limit, but we’re still choosing carefully. …Read more »
It’s time for Hollywood to take another crack at adapting Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s Death Note manga. Following up on director Adam Wingard’s 2017 effort, Netflix is starting all over again with a new live-action series from Matt and Ross Duffer, also known as …Read more »
It’s been around 16 years since the main Death Note manga ended, but it doesn’t exactly seem like it. Maybe that’s because of the indelible mark it left behind. Love it or hate it, Takeshi Obata and Tsugumi Ohba’s series remains popular, thanks in no …Read more »
Later this month, we’ll get to see Bubble: Studio WIT’s parkour-full anime film set in a ruined Tokyo. The gravity-bending flick introduces a boy named Hibiki to Uta, a mysterious girl whose presence could change the entire world. If you haven’t heard about it yet, you …Read more »
Netflix surprised everyone today with the announcement of Bubble, an original anime film that’s currently in the works at WIT Studio. The cast and staff are mighty impressive, too. Tetsuro Araki (Attack on Titan) is directing, with Gen Urobuchi (Fate/Zero, Puella Magi Madoka Magica) handling …Read more »
The Hikaru no Go anime—based on the Go-themed manga written by Yumi Hotta and illustrated by Death Note artist Takeshi Obata—is about to hit a major milestone. October 10 will mark the 20th anniversary of the series’ debut on Japanese TV back in 2001, so …Read more »
The anime adaptation of Platinum End, based on the manga by the creators of Death Note, debuts on Japanese TV October 7. Ahead of this a trailer has been released that lets us hear the opening theme song “Sense,” which is performed by BAND-MAID. We …Read more »
Death Note artist Takeshi Obata is working on a new manga, but this time around he’s not doing it with his usual partner in crime, Tsugumi Ohba. Instead, the manga will be written by novelist Akinari Asakura, who is the author of Rokunin no Uso-tsuki-na …Read more »
Two more voice cast members have been revealed for the Platinum End anime, based on the manga by Death Note creators Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. The series premieres in Japan on October 7 and will run until March 2022, with Crunchyroll set to simulcast …Read more »
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