As previously reported, Ayuko Hatta's shoujo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince is getting the live-action treatment, with the feature film set to open in Japan on May 28. Following up on a previous teaser, Warner Entertainment Japan shared a full 90-second trailer for the …Read more »
It’s an ERASED kind of month. The popular manga-turned-anime known in Japanese as Boku dake ga inai Machi is having a busy March. The manga, which started its run in 2012, came to a close this month, as did the spinoff novel series. The anime …Read more »
The last time we saw Go Nagai's Cutie Honey in live-action form was in the excellent 2004 adaptation, directed by Evangelion 's Hideaki Anno, and the 2007 Cutie Honey The Live TV series that followed. Now the classic manga is set to return to the …Read more »
The upcoming 2016 Death Note film features six separate Death Notes, and one of them will belong to former AKB48 member Rina Kawaei. The official website posted a picture of Kawaei in costume, describing her as an "indiscriminate murderer" who is the "most terrible Death …Read more »
The wheels are still in motion for the upcoming live-action Death Note film, which will have Adam Wingard ( You're Next , The Guest ) at the helm. Producer Roy Lee spoke with movie news site Collider about the project at the DICE summit, noting …Read more »
A stage play based on the popular manga and anime Fairy Tail hits Tokyo this April, and photos of the cast in costume have been slowly dribbling their way out. The latest reveal is actress Minami Tsukui all dressed up as Erza Scarlet. Minami Tsukui, …Read more »
The film version of Lychee Light Club opens as a group of men in dark blue uniforms chase a helpless woman through the streets, shouting in German and firing at her with guns. But this isn’t a World War II film: as it turns out, …Read more »
If you asked me to create a list of unfilmable manga and anime, Shoujo Tsubaki would probably be pretty high on the list. But that just means I don’t know everything, because an adaptation of the controversial ero guro nansensu manga is set to hit …Read more »
Last year we reported that a new live-action Death Note film, entitled Death Note 2016 (you’ll never guess the release year, guys) was in the works, and now we’ve got our first glimpse at the film’s main three cast members. Let's check these guys out. …Read more »
Back in November we posted about the live-action Hollywood Ghost in the Shell lining up a potential Laughing Man with Control star Sam Riley. Now there's a new actor in talks for the role, Boardwalk Empire 's Michael Pitt. If Pitt signs on to play …Read more »
A series of Japanese novels adapted into an anime series by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama back in 2007, Moribito is now set to become a live-action series starring Haruka Ayase ( Our Little Sister ). Aside from Ayase, other …Read more »
For about a week this July, there will be nary a human male in sight on the stage at New York’s Lincoln Center. That’s where the Takarazuka Revue, Japan’s all-female musical theater troupe, are making their U.S. debut, performing Chicago (in Japanese) between July 20 …Read more »
There's been a switch-up for the distributor behind 2017's live-action Ghost in the Shell film. According to Variety distribution has moved from Disney to Paramount, which is also financing the production. The rest of what we know stays the same, including the planned March 31, …Read more »
Ayuko Hatta's shoujo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince is getting the live-action treatment in Japan, with the film adaptation set to open on May 28. The official website posted the film's main visual, which nicely mimics Hatta's manga illustration with Fumi Nikaidou as Erika …Read more »
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Japanese Death Note Fans Comment On Hollywood Version Plans
Japanese Death Note Fans Comment On Hollywood Version Plans
The news the other day that the Hollywood version of Death Note will probably be rated R caused a bunch of anime fans to remember “oh right, there’s gonna be a Hollywood Death Note ,” leading to a flurry of comments on this site and …Read more »