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A lot of folks were put off by the big-eyed look of the upcoming Battle Angel Alita (Gunnm) adaptation, Alita: Battle Angel. But Yukito Kishiro, the creator of the original Alita manga, appears to approve. Kishiro was recently interviewed about the look of the James …Read more »
The husband-wife team of Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich cracked the video game-to-movie code, raking in big bucks and churning out sequel after sequel in the Resident Evil franchise. They may have said goodbye to zombies, but not to video game movies, apparently: they’re …Read more »
Kingdom, the popular manga that takes places in China’s Warring States period, will be adapted into a live-action film, it was announced today. The manga is written and illustrated by Yasuhisa Hara, who, according to today’s report, participated in script meetings for the film. Hara …Read more »
If you’ve seen a Hollywood spin on an anime or manga series, you know all about the whitewashing that tends to come along with it. Japanese roles are typically relegated to the background in favor of white leads, and that’s one thing the producer of …Read more »
As the Japanophiles among us are no doubt aware, while in English the word “otaku” basically refers to fans of anime and manga, in the original Japanese it means something more along the lines of “someone who’s really into one specific thing.” Otaku have long …Read more »
You may fancy yourself a pretty big Dragon Ball Z fan, but the folks at Robot Underdog might just have you beat. They got together to create a full-on live-action fan film based on “The History of Trunks,” which has Gohan and Trunks doing their …Read more »
With events like the World Cosplay Summit and Comiket coming up, the summer cosplay season is on here in Japan. Site Cosplayers Archive has attempted to figure out what will be getting the most costumed representation this summer with a poll asking Japan’s cosplayers which …Read more »
This seems like such an obvious poll question, I’m surprised we haven’t featured it yet. Japanese anime news site Anime Anime have just released the results of a poll that asked readers: which anime character would most you like to marry? To be more accurate, …Read more »
Designing anime characters is a tough job, man. Each character has to look distinct enough to be memorable, but at the same time resemble the rest of the cast enough so it looks like they all belong in the same series together. Balancing those two …Read more »
It’s not unusual to see shrine maidens in manga, but Kuma Miko has a special kind of shrine maiden: one who hangs out with a talking bear. In fact, all the bears in 14-year-old Machi’s rural village are able to talk. They trace this back …Read more »
Only the strong survive. With over 40 shows airing every season, even the most dedicated anime otaku have to get choosy. Now that we’re deep into the summer 2016 season and Japanese fans have been doing some pruning, pollsters Charapedia decided it was a good …Read more »
Here's an exciting report out of left field from The Hollywood Reporter . Sword Art Online is getting the live-action adaptation treatment thanks to Skydance Television, an independent production company that recently acquired the global live-action rights in a partnership with Kadokawa Corp. There's currently …Read more »
Teiko Junior High Basketball Club ( Kuroko's Basketball ) Certain Polling Site Charapedia has cooked up an interesting question for its readers this week about that enduring genre of anime and manga set in high school clubs. Whether sports, music, dance or student council, anime …Read more »
What anime would you like to show your children? That’s the question posed by anime polling site Charapedia, who asked their readers, took those results and baked them into a top 20 stew fit for all children. Maybe. Without delay, the results: 20. Puella Magi …Read more »
Cult director Takashi Miike will helm a live-action version of Hiroaki Samura’s manga Blade of the Immortal , it was announced today. Main character Manji will be played by Takuya Kimura ( Redline , Space Battleship Yamato ). The manga, which ran from 1993 to …Read more »
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