A new festival focused on women working in Japanese film is set for this November 11 to 20 at the Japan Society in New York. Called The Female Gaze: Women Filmmakers from Japan Cuts and Beyond, the festival features a range of films old and …Read more »
Move over, Akira—an Hollywood adaptation of a far more obscure (though no less 80s) Japanese property is on the way. Producers Roy Lee (It) and Scott Bernstein have teamed up to bring Kow Yokoyama’s mecha series Ma.K to the big screen. Even if you’ve never …Read more »
Wataru Yoshizumi's Marmalade Boy manga ran from 1992 to 1995, and is generally considered to be one of the classics of shoujo. It's been adapted into an anime series, anime movie, light novels, dating sim, and even a live-action TV show in Taiwan, and now …Read more »
Apparently we weren’t the only ones with a low opinion of the live-action adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure . Though the film was intended to be the first in a series, its low box-office returns have put those plans in doubt. The film, which opened …Read more »
That’s it. I quit. I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe: teen idols and bright yellow blobs failing to act their way out of a paper bag in Assassination’s Classroom . ERASED , a film I wish someone would’ve had the sense to do with …Read more »
With the Japanese premiere of the live-action JoJo's Bizarre Adventure movie right around the corner, the official website posted comments from series author Hirohiko Araki. The first chapter of the Takashi Miike-directed adaptation of Diamond is Unbreakable premieres in Japan on August 4, and here's …Read more »
Love and Lies , the manga set in an authoritarian Japan where marriage partners are assigned by the government, is currently being adapted into anime form, and a live-action film is due out this October 14. Now we’ve got the first poster and trailer for …Read more »
Lots of Mega Man -related news today. Hollywood Reporter is, well, reporting that Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, the directors of the documentary Catfish, may direct a live-action Mega Man film in pre-production at 20th Century Fox. Mega, man. The live-action rights to Mega Man …Read more »
Manga to live-action adaptations, with rare exceptions, are not known as the highest-quality films, to put it mildly. But it sounds like viewers at a film festival in Switzerland were impressed with the live-action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure film, giving it the festival’s Audience Award. The …Read more »
We're less than two months away from the premiere of Netflix's live-action Death Note adaptation, and it seems the recent Ryuk tease was just a lead-in to something more substantial. That something is here in the form of a full trailer, which sets up the …Read more »
The live-action U.S. Death Note movie is coming to Netflix on August 25, but thanks to some temptation from Ryuk on Twitter, director Adam Wingard ( You're Next , The Guest ) went ahead and shared a little peek. It's not another trailer or anything, …Read more »
Ajin , the thriller manga about a species of immortal demi-humans, has been adapted into a trilogy of anime films and a TV series, and now it’s set to become a live-action film. A new full-length trailer for that film was released today, and shows …Read more »
Talk about an adaptation of acclaimed anime series Cowboy Bebop is officially out in the open again, and this time Tomorrow Studios, Midnight Radio, and Sunrise are teaming up for a live-action TV series. In addition to the producers that have been announced—including Tomorrow Studios' …Read more »
In anticipation of Takashi Miike’s live-action adaptation of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable , a variety of new JoJo’s merchandise is beginning to hit the streets. That includes items like file folders drawn specifically for the film by JoJo’s creator Hirohiko Araki and a …Read more »
The highly-anticipated live-action adaptation of Tokyo Ghoul will be getting an English-language release courtesy Funimation, it was reported today. Funimation plans to release the film in theaters with an English subtitle track. Tokyo Ghoul , which stars Masataka Kubota as Ken Kaneki, opens in Japan …Read more »
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