Fans looking forward to any TV airings of the live-action Rurouni Kenshin films in the near future might be better off grabbing the DVD. The scandal involving Rurouni Kenshin author Nobuhiko Watsuki, who is facing charges for possession of child pornography, has stopped the serialization …Read more »
School-Live! is going live-action. The manga by Norimitsu Kaiho about cute girls, schools and zombies is getting a live-action film adaptation, according to the cover of next week’s upcoming Manga Time Kirara Forward magazine. That magazine, where School-Live! has been published since 2012, is also …Read more »
You can now start streaming the live-action Lone Wolf and Cub TV series, which originally debuted back in 1973. Based on the classic manga by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima, the first episode of Lone Wolf and Cub is now live on streaming service HIDIVE, …Read more »
Netflix is turning Kei Sanbe’s hit manga ERASED (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) into a live-action series, and we’ve got the first look via a trailer released yesterday. The series, which debuts December 15 in Japan and in 190 countries sometime this winter, stars Yuki …Read more »
It looks like this year’s live-action film adaptation of Hideaki Sorachi’s Gintama manga won’t be the last. According to an early look at the next issue of Weekly Shonen Jump, an announcement concerning plans for a sequel should be coming next week. The first live-action …Read more »
“Derek! Derek…..!” That’s one Derek Connolly, the screenwriter of Jurassic World and its upcoming sequel, who Variety reports is set to write the live-action Metal Gear Solid film. Connolly also wrote Safety Not Guaranteed and Kong: Skull Island. The latter was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, …Read more »
Princess Jellyfish, the manga from Akiko Higashimura about a group of otaku women in Tokyo, will be getting a live-action television series adaptation. The series, which goes on-air January 2018, will star Kyoko Yoshine in the main role of Tsukimi Kurashita. It will be directed …Read more »
The live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie won’t just be available in regular theaters when it premieres in Japan on December 1. It also has IMAX and 4DX screenings planned at select theaters, and those are the primary reason behind the new Action trailer. Check out some …Read more »
The live-action version of Fullmetal Alchemist hasn’t hit theaters in Japan yet, but a select group of fans got the first look at the film October 25 when it premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The festival also held a seminar with director Fumihiko …Read more »
To promote the upcoming live-action version of Fullmetal Alchemist, fans in Tokyo were provided with some special treats in celebration of this new development for one of the most beloved manga and anime series of the 2000s. FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST x Princess Cafe Though the name …Read more »
Live-action manga adaptation announcements are pretty common nowadays, but the source material for this next one is anything but. Writer Ipyao and illustrator Yujirou Koyama’s Tonkatsu DJ Agetarou is a true gag manga treat, inspiring an excellently absurd short-form anime adaptation last year. According to …Read more »
The next stop for Kei Sanbe’s acclaimed mystery manga ERASED is a live-action Netflix drama series that’s on its way to 190 countries/global regions. The drama will diverge from the previous anime series and live-action film, in that it will actually adapt the climax of …Read more »
Fullmetal Alchemist is going for a very full release. The live-action film version of the Hiromu Arakawa manga series will open in over 190 countries around the world, it was revealed today. That’s reportedly the largest international opening for any Japanese film ever. The United …Read more »
If you’ve been watching trailers for the live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film and wondering what that dialogue is all about, you’re in luck. An English-subtitled trailer of the film was just released ahead of its Wednesday premiere at the Tokyo International Film Festival. The story of …Read more »
Hollywood has been cooking up a live-action adaptation of Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima’s Lone Wolf and Cub manga for quite some time, with Paramount and Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) still on board. Lin is producing, and he would also like to direct the …Read more »
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