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 »
The first look at Netflix’s live-action One Piece series is finally here, and while we may not have actual footage yet, we do get a nice little behind the scenes look as introduced by none other than Iñaki Godoy, AKA the actor playing Luffy, and …Read more »
The live-action film adaptation of Kousuke Oono’s The Way of the Househusband manga opens in Japan this weekend, and Sony Pictures recently went live with a clip that goes behind the scenes. Watch as Tatsu and Masa film a promo video for a nursery, followed …Read more »
Rent-A-Girlfriend, the manga-turned-anime from Reiji Miyajima, is now set to get a live-action TV adaptation. The show will premiere in July, the same month as the second season of the anime. That’s a lot of Rent-A-Girlfriend! Kazuya Kinoshita will be played by Ryusei Onishi, a …Read more »
It may be a while before we see any of them in action, but more cast members have been revealed for Netflix’s live-action One Piece series. The latest update expands the cast to include Morgan Davies as Koby, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino as Alvida, Aidan Scott …Read more »
Following a recent tease for the series’ 20th anniversary celebrations, Fullmetal Alchemist officially revealed that two new live-action movies are in the works. First up is Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter – The Avenger Scar, which opens on May 20, followed by Fullmetal Alchemist: Final Chapter …Read more »
Naoki Yamamoto’s Believers manga first launched in Shogakukan’s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine in May 1999 and ran until November 1999. Now the series is officially getting an adaptation in the form of a live-action film, and it’s set to open in Japan this summer. …Read more »
See you, space cowboy. The Hollywood Reporter, uh, reports that Netflix’s live-action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop has been canceled after one season. The show premiered on Netflix about three weeks ago. HR posits the cancelation came down to a less-than-enthusiastic response from both critics and …Read more »
A live-action film adaptation was recently revealed for CLAMP’s xxxHOLiC manga, and now we have two more cast members to look forward to when it premieres in Japan on April 29, 2022. The latest announcement has SixTones idol group member Hokuto Matsumura joining the cast …Read more »
xxxHOLiC, the manga by legendary supergroup CLAMP, is getting the live-action film treatment. That’s the word from Shochiku and Asmik Ace, who will release the film on April 29, 2022. It’ll star Ryunosuke Kamiki as Kimihiro Watanuki and Ko Shibasaki as Yuko Ichihara. The film …Read more »
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