We’re just one month away from first-time event Anime NYC, which is coming to New York’s Javits Center in partnership with Crunchyroll from November 17 to November 19. The official website went up with a big announcement earlier today: The con will be host to …Read more »
Featured Spotlight: Funimation Films Sui Ishida’s Tokyo Ghoul manga is a certified fan-favorite thriller, with people around the world glued to its pages along with the pair of anime adaptations that followed. Now the series is entering another dimension entirely in the form of the …Read more »
If Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi were to helm the live-action Akira film, he would cast Asian actors in the main roles. That’s what he told IGN in an interview published by the site this week. In the interview, Waititi was very coy about whether …Read more »
After six seasons of anime, Natsume’s Book of Friends continues to be a fan favorite, and said fans will be happy to hear the series will be getting a feature film next year. Not much about the film has been revealed yet, but we do …Read more »
Tokyo Ghoul: The Movie is coming to select theaters in English from October 16 to October 22, and we have an exclusive clip to share. Watch as Kaneki seeks help from veteran ghoul Touka in the English-subtitled preview below. If you plan on checking out …Read more »
The upcoming Fullmetal Alchemist movie may be live-action, but Alphonse is going to have to stay animated. That means he needs a voice, and the job is officially going to 21-year-old actor Atomu Mizuishi. He was first hired as a motion capture actor for the …Read more »
All incarnations of Stephen King’s It are terrifying in their own way, and that’s thanks in no small part to the chilling portrayals of the clown known as Pennywise. Bill Skarsgard was the latest to take on the role, leading director Andy Muschietti’s adaptation to …Read more »
The English dub cast for A Silent Voice, Kyoto Animation’s hit 2016 film (and one of our favorites from that year) has been announced. The announcement was made by UK company Anime Limited, who will be releasing the film on home video in that country …Read more »
Your Name, Makoto Shinkai’s hit 2016 anime film, will be adapted into a live-action Hollywood remake, it was reported today. The film will be produced by Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot, the production company of J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens). Abrams, Lindsey Weber …Read more »
The theme song performer has been revealed for the upcoming live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film. Misia, a singer-songwriter who previously provided themes for Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans and the King of Thorn movie, will perform the “Kimi no Soba ni Iru yo” (“I’m By Your …Read more »
Fans of the King of the Monsters, Godzilla, will soon be able to directly support his relentless destruction. The first official Godzilla retail shop in the world is about to open in Tokyo, with the appropriately-named Godzilla Store Tokyo to invade Shinjuku starting on October …Read more »
Curious what the world of Fullmetal Alchemist will look like in live-action form? In anticipation of the film’s release, several behind-the-scenes and promotional stills, which show Ed, Alphonse and the whole gang, were revealed today. The live-action Fullmetal Alchemist, which debuts at the Tokyo International …Read more »
Move over, Akira—an Hollywood adaptation of a far more obscure (though no less 80s) Japanese property is on the way. Producers Roy Lee (It) and Scott Bernstein have teamed up to bring Kow Yokoyama’s mecha series Ma.K to the big screen. Even if you’ve never …Read more »
Every time you think the live-action Hollywood adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira is down for the count, it pops another capsule and jumps back on the bike. According to Deadline Hollywood, Akira is “revving back up,” and Taika Waititi, who directed Thor: Ragnarok, is in …Read more »
Takashi Miike’s JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure movie may have been bad enough to force our own Matt Schley to swear off seeing manga adaptations in the theater, but maybe his next movie will make up for it. Based on the manga by Hiroaki Samura, Blade of …Read more »
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