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 »
Fans of Shirobako , hold onto your hats. The team behind the 2014-15 series, which detailed the lives of anime creators, are at work on an anime made for theatrical distribution, according to a tweet from the official Shirobako Twitter account. “This has nothing to …Read more »
Japan’s Edo Period marked the unification of the country, the moving of the capital from Kyoto to Edo (modern day Tokyo) and most importantly, the end of a long period of internal warfare. This all led to a new level of prosperity for the merchant …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 »
Fangirls (and boys) rejoice! High☆Speed! - Free! Starting Days - has just been released on the big screen in Japan and we’ve got an exclusive review just for you. Fans have been anxiously waiting to see the pubescent versions of their favorite swimmers on the …Read more »
Maverick director Takashi Miike ( Audition , Ichi the Killer , Yatterman ) has the difficult task of bringing Yū Sasuga and Kenichi Tachibana's violent sci-fi action series Terraformars to live-action, and it looks like he's using his idiosyncratic style to get the job done. …Read more »
Over the years we've heard plenty about Yukito Kishiro's Battle Angel Alita manga being one of the dream projects of director James Cameron ( Terminator , Aliens , Avatar ). He's busy with the Avatar sequels, though, so while he's still on board to produce …Read more »
The live-action film adaptation of Kazune Kawahara and Aruko's My Love Story!! manga premieres in Japan on October 31, and a trio of new ads are here to promote the release. Watch the snippets of footage, which feature Noriyuki Makihara's "No. 1" theme song, below. …Read more »
Yep, there's still a new Power Rangers movie in the works, and it looks like things are moving along. The latest bit of news out of the project involves the casting of the Pink Ranger. 22-year-old actress Naomi Scott will be taking on the role …Read more »
As Attack on Titan fans are painfully aware, there was no season 2 of the anime series set from the get-go. Hard as it is to imagine now, there was no guarantee the show would be the monster success it was – the manga, reportedly, …Read more »
Kizumonogatari , the long-gestating film adaptation of the third novel in the Monogatari series, will be a series of three films, the first of which will hit Japanese theaters January 8. That’s the news straight from the first episode of Owarimonogatari , which aired Sunday. …Read more »
If you’ve been following our Japan coverage long enough, you know when a big new anime film comes out, there’s no consumer product they won’t team up with to promote the thing. This time around, the collaboration is between High☆Speed! - Free! Starting Days , …Read more »
An animated Kuroko’s Basketball film is in the works. That’s the word from the official Kuroko’s website, following an event on Sunday in which several of the voice actors from the series appeared. Following the event, the site was updated, letting fans know that a …Read more »
My expectations for Boruto: Naruto the Movie were, like many longtime fans of the Naruto franchise, particularly low when I walked into the theater. The ten-chapter manga sequel depicting Sarada Uchia’s quest to know her father, Sasuke, fell short of many expectations in plot, action, …Read more »
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