Mari Okada, the prolific screenwriter behind series like anohana and Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans , will make her directorial debut with a feature film that will be released next February, reports Newtype magazine. The film is titled Sayonara no Asa ni Yakusoku no Hana …Read more »
So Akira , the live action Hollywood remake. Is this thing happening or not? The short answer: uh, maybe. The film, which has been an on-and-off deal since it was announced in 2011, has been through a mound of rewrites, budget cuts and scrapped designs, …Read more »
It’s only a slight exaggeration to say if you’ve watched any anime in the last five years, you’ve seen something written by Mari Okada. An incredibly busy script supervisor, screenwriter and one of the most prominent women working in anime, Okada’s credits include (but are …Read more »
Anime Expo is officially a Kill la Kill party. I mean, the Los Angeles-based convention – the biggest in the States – is practically bringing the entire cast and crew of the thing over. You’ve got, in no particular order, scriptwriter Kazuki Nakashima, character designer/animation …Read more »
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