Mitsuki Takahata is set to play Akari Shinohara, the female protagonist of 5 Centimeters Per Second, in the upcoming live-action film adaptation, it was revealed today. Takahata joins previously announced cast members Hokuto Matsumura of group SixTones as male lead Takaki Tōno, plus Haruto Ueda …Read more »
Deadline exclusively revealed that a live-action TV adaptation of the manga Claymore is being developed. CBS Studios and Propagate Content are working with actor and producer Masi Oka, as well as with original publisher Shueisha. Shueisha and Oka are executive producing, along with Propagate Content …Read more »
Kujaku no Dance, Dare ga Mita? (Who Saw the Peacock Dance in the Jungle?), the josei crime manga from Rito Asami, is getting a live-action TV series. The show will star Kenichi Matsuyama (Death Note) and Suzu Hirose (Chihayafuru) and will start airing in January …Read more »
Kowloon Generic Romance, the manga from Jun Mayuzuki (After the Rain), is getting the double adaptation treatment. The slice-of-life set in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City will be adapted into both an anime series and a live-action film in 2025. Reiko Kujirai will be played …Read more »
Just in time for spooky season comes the news that the horror-comedy manga Mieruko-chan is getting a live-action film adaptation. The film will be released in Japan in summer 2025. It’ll star Nanoka Hara, whose voice will be familiar to fans of Suzume, and who also …Read more »
Shinobi’s back! The long-running ninja video game series which started life in 1987 is getting the Hollywood treatment, reports Deadline. The film will be directed by Sam Hargrave, who’s best known for helming the first two Extraction films. The screenplay is being penned by Ken …Read more »
Under Ninja, the action-comedy manga from Kengo Hanazawa (I Am a Hero) is getting a live-action film, and the movie just revealed a couple of the film’s stars, posters and a teaser trailer. The film is set to hit screens in Japan on January 24, …Read more »
5 Centimeters Per Second, the Makoto Shinkai anime from 2007, is getting a live-action film adaptation in Japan. The film will be released in fall 2025. The movie will star Hokuto Matsumura, a member of the group SixTONES, who played Sota in Shinkai’s film Suzume. …Read more »
Kirio Fanclub, the manga by Ponchan Chikyu no Osakana about two high school girls who have a crush on the same classmate, is getting both live-action and anime adaptations. That’s the word from the author, who posted on X to deliver the news with a …Read more »
Aoshima-kun wa Ijiwaru (Aoshima-kun is Mean), the three-volume manga series by Yu Yoshii, is getting a live-action series. The series will star Shota Watanabe from the group Snow Man as Mizuki Aoshima and Anne Nakamura as Yukino Katsuragi. The manga, which ran from 2020 to …Read more »
Happy Kanako’s Killer Life, the comedy manga from Toshiya Wakabayashi about an accidental assassin, is getting the live-action treatment. The live-action TV adaptation will star Non (In This Corner of the World) as Kanako and Taisuke Fujigaya (Kis-My-Ft2) as her mentor Sakurai. The series will …Read more »
The live-action movie version of Golden Kamuy is set to stream on the ‘flix. The film will hit the service May 19. Based on the manga by Satoru Noda, Golden Kamuy was released in Japanese theaters on January 19. It stars Kento Yamazaki (Kingdom) as …Read more »
The long-gestating live-action Naruto film from Hollywood studio Lionsgate now has a director. Destin Daniel Cretton, who helmed the Marvel film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, will write and direct the film, according to Hollywood Reporter. The pick comes with the blessing …Read more »
Nintendo will team up with producer Avi Arad and director Wes Ball to produce a live-action film based on its long-running series The Legend of Zelda. That’s the word from the Big N itself, which says the film will be co-produced by Zelda creator Shigeru …Read more »
It’s clear that the live-action One Piece is a hit, but it wasn’t quite so clear how much more we’d get to see. Thankfully, it looks like Netflix is ready to continue sailing the seas with Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hats, because …Read more »
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