Miwa Ueda's Peach Girl manga is no stranger to adaptations. A live-action drama aired in Taiwan in 2001, and a TV anime followed in 2005. The shoujo fun doesn't stop there, though, because a live-action film adaptation is currently in the works, with the Japanese …Read more »
Anime and manga company Viz Media has announced it will partner with Hollywood talent agency United Talent Agency, or UTA, to create live-action content based on its anime and manga library. “We are excited to start this partnership to push the boundaries of storytelling, innovation …Read more »
It’s an ERASED kind of month. The popular manga-turned-anime known in Japanese as Boku dake ga inai Machi is having a busy March. The manga, which started its run in 2012, came to a close this month, as did the spinoff novel series. The anime …Read more »
Actor and director Takeshi Kitano, also known as Beat Takeshi, will play Section 9 Chief Daisuke Aramaki in the live-action version of Ghost in the Shell , reports Cinema Today. Kitano joins a cast which includes Scarlett Johansson, Michael Pitt (Laughing Man) and Pilou Asbæk …Read more »
The wheels are still in motion for the upcoming live-action Death Note film, which will have Adam Wingard ( You're Next , The Guest ) at the helm. Producer Roy Lee spoke with movie news site Collider about the project at the DICE summit, noting …Read more »
The film version of Lychee Light Club opens as a group of men in dark blue uniforms chase a helpless woman through the streets, shouting in German and firing at her with guns. But this isn’t a World War II film: as it turns out, …Read more »
Did you know years before the Robotech adaptation was in the works, there were plans for a live-action Hollywood version of Macross ? Nor did I. Until a few days ago, that is, when Macross World announced they’d uncovered the long-lost treatment for the project, …Read more »
Last year we reported that a new live-action Death Note film, entitled Death Note 2016 (you’ll never guess the release year, guys) was in the works, and now we’ve got our first glimpse at the film’s main three cast members. Let's check these guys out. …Read more »
A series of Japanese novels adapted into an anime series by Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama back in 2007, Moribito is now set to become a live-action series starring Haruka Ayase ( Our Little Sister ). Aside from Ayase, other …Read more »
There's been a switch-up for the distributor behind 2017's live-action Ghost in the Shell film. According to Variety distribution has moved from Disney to Paramount, which is also financing the production. The rest of what we know stays the same, including the planned March 31, …Read more »
Hiro Mashima's Fairy Tail manga makes the leap to the stage when the play adaptation opens in Tokyo on April 30, where it will run until May 9. Following up on last week's showcase of the Natsu visual , featuring Shuuto Miyazaki looking plenty ripped …Read more »
Ayuko Hatta's shoujo manga Wolf Girl & Black Prince is getting the live-action treatment in Japan, with the film adaptation set to open on May 28. The official website posted the film's main visual, which nicely mimics Hatta's manga illustration with Fumi Nikaidou as Erika …Read more »
I Am a Hero , Kengo Hanazawa’s manga about one man’s fight for life in a zombie apocalypse, is getting a live-action adaptation, and the first trailer has hit the net today. The film, which debuted earlier this year at the Sitges Fantastic Film Festival, …Read more »
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