Tsukasa Hojo’s City Hunter manga is about to inspire another live-action movie, but this will mark the first one to be produced in Japan and shot in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward. Yuichi Sato (Kisaragi) is lined up to direct, with Ryohei Suzuki (Hentai Kamen, Tokyo Tribe) …Read more »
Earlier this month the titles were revealed for the two-part live-action Tokyo Revengers sequel films, which follow up the hugely successful first film that premiered in Japan on July 9, 2021. The sequels—respectively titled Tokyo Revengers: Chi no Halloween -Unmei- (Bloody Halloween -Fate-) and Chi no Halloween …Read more »
Knights of the Zodiac, also known as Saint Seiya, is coming to a big screen near you in 2023. Now we’ve got our first peek at the film thanks to a fresh bit of key art and a teaser trailer. Tomasz Baginski (The Witcher) is …Read more »
A sequel to the first live-action Tokyo Revengers movie—which adapts the manga of the same name by Ken Wakui—was announced back in August, and this one will be a two-parter. According to the announcement in this year’s 49th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine, the …Read more »
Nozomi Mino’s Yakuza Lover manga is coming to the screen in a live-action drama adaptation on October 27, and the latest news is here to reveal the series’s opening and ending theme artists. The opening will be “Angel” by Chanmina, and the ending will be …Read more »
Parasyte, the body-snatchin’ horror manga from Hitoshi Iwaaki, has been adapted into anime, live-action films and more. Now it’s set for a live-action series made in South Korea. Netflix will stream the series. In Japanese, the title has been announced as Kiseiju: The Grey (ostensibly …Read more »
Gravity Rush, the PlayStation action-adventure game that involves manipulating gravity for fun and combat, is getting a live-action film adaptation. According to Deadline, the film is being produced by PlayStation Productions and Scott Free, the production company founded by director Ridley Scott. It’ll be directed …Read more »
Shin Sawada and Renji Asai’s The Violence Action manga is coming to the big screen in a live-action film on August 19, and a new clip arrived this week to preview more of the feature. This one is all about the moment assassin Kei meets …Read more »
Following up on the successful first outing, another live-action Tokyo Revengers anime film is officially in the works. The news was announced during the debut Japanese television broadcast of the first film, which aired over the weekend and brought with it the official reveal of …Read more »
Based on the Saint Seiya manga by Masami Kurumada, the live-action Knights of the Zodiac film was on display during this past weekend’s San Diego Comic-Con. The film’s staff unveiled behind-the-scenes footage during a panel, and you can watch as action scene filming goes down …Read more »
Following up on the first three announcements, the key quartet of cast members have been finalized for the live-action Yu Yu Hakusho series. Rounding out the cast is Shuhei Uesugi (Shinichiro Kazama in the live-action My Boyfriend in Orange) as the fiery—but no longer red-haired, …Read more »
We haven’t really seen or heard much about the live-action adaptation of Masami Kurumada’s Saint Seiya manga, titled Knights of the Zodiac, but apparently that’s about to change at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. The event’s website lists a “first look” at the feature for …Read more »
The live-action adaptation of Reiji Miyajima’s Rent-a-Girlfriend manga has another new cast member to reveal this week. The latest to get in on the series is comedian Oideyasu Oda (Birds Without Names), who will play lead character Kazuya’s father, Kazuo Kinoshita. According to Oda, this …Read more »
The final live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film—Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Transmutation—may have received praise from original creator Hiromu Arakawa, but it wasn’t enough to push it to the top of the charts. The movie opened in 345 theaters throughout Japan on June 24, pulling in 70 million …Read more »
Back in May, we learned that Rent-A-Girlfriend, the manga-turned-anime from Reiji Miyajima, is set to get a live-action TV adaptation. Now we’ve got some new deets and key art for the series. The show will start airing in Japan on July 2. We previous learned …Read more »
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