Adapting manga and anime to live-action is the new black, apparently. Japan, America, even Korea is doing it. A trailer for the latest manga-to-live-action adaptation hit the internet this week, so let’s take a look. This time around, it’s the feature film of Clover. Not …Read more »
Hinata is living in an area that’s experiencing a number of “vampiric attacks.” The girls targeted thankfully aren’t killed, but they suffer major blood loss. While all of this is pretty scary, Hinata’s best friend Kana is still a vampire fangirl, and can’t get enough …Read more »
There’s a lot of shoujo romance manga with pretty boys out there, but My Love Story!! has a different take on this. The pretty boy isn’t the hero… this time, the guy who isn’t considered aesthetically pleasing in manga gets to be the hero for …Read more »
Viz Media rescued one of the series by manga artist group CLAMP ( X , Magic Knight Rayearth , xxxHolic ) with the addition of Suki: A Like Story to its digital lineup. The first volume is set to hit the Viz Manga platform along …Read more »
A TV anime adaptation of Ayuko Hatta's Wolf Girl & Black Prince manga is set to premiere in Japan this October. The romantic comedy series is directed by Kenichi Kasai ( Bakuman. , Nodame Cantabile ), with Sawako Hirabayashi (scripts for My Little Monster and …Read more »
Early last month we reviewed Production I.G's anime film Hal . The movie was licensed by FUNimation, with plans for a Blu-ray and DVD release set for September 2, and a premiere of the full English dub planned for this week's Anime Expo. With the …Read more »
In a shocking turn of events, Devolver Digital, publisher of video games like Hotline Miami , Broforce , and Luftrausers , announced via press release that it will be releasing an English-language remake of fan-favorite pigeon dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend this summer. The mind reels. …Read more »
Reviewing a film that's so far out of your normal range, whose target audience is so obviously not you , is an interesting challenge. That's the task at hand as I sit down to write about the new film from Kyoto Animation, Tamako Love Story …Read more »
Io Sakisaka's shoujo manga Ao Haru Ride is getting an anime adaptation this year. The series is set to premiere in July, and the official website added the first promotional video today. Sakisaka's manga tells the story of Futaba, a girl who was in love …Read more »
Remember that Adam Sandler movie from a few years back (ten, actually!), 50 First Dates ? The idea was that Sandler’s love interest, played by Drew Barrymore, had a type of amnesia that prevented her from gaining new memories, so Sandler set up an elaborate …Read more »
We’ve reported before on the strange phenomenon of the brother-sister/forbidden love anime shows that’ve been popping up recently, the most infamous of which is probably My Little Sister Can’t Be This Cute , also known as OreImo . Well, this season’s version is called Recently, …Read more »
Asako Hyuga is writing and directing a live-action film adaptation of Kanae Hazuki's popular shoujo manga Sukitte Ii na yo ( Say "I Love You." ), and it's set to premiere in Japanese theaters on July 12. Haruna Kawaguchi plays Mei Tachibana opposite Sota Fukushi …Read more »
Fans of shoujo fare have a new anime to look forward to this spring with the announcement of a Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii ( Even So, The World is Beautiful ) adaptation. Based on the manga by Dai Shiina, serialized in Hakusensha's Hana to Yume …Read more »
Kurumi thinks she’s going to be spending Christmas alone... but it turns out she’s going to be Santa, giving out gifts. Kurumi is just walking along one day when she bumps into a cute guy who tells her that she’s his master now. In fact, …Read more »
Futaba Kazuma is studying to get his qualification in clinical psychology, but he didn't expect to run into his first patient so soon. The moment he bumps into a girl named Emiru—clearly fragile, pale skin, her hair drained of all its color—he feels an unmistakable …Read more »
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