Hitoshi Iwaaki’s sci-fi horror manga Parasyte has been adapted to the screen a few times: as a pair of live-action Japanese films and an anime series about a decade ago. Now Parasyte is making its way to South Korea. The new Korean series, Parasyte: The …Read more »
Idol anime is a booming genre. Shows like Love Live! have entire franchises built on them, with live performers holding concerts for their eager fans. The stakes range from fame and fortune to saving a school. But what if those stakes were even higher? South Korean …Read more »
Parasyte, the body-snatchin’ horror manga from Hitoshi Iwaaki, has been adapted into anime, live-action films and more. Now it’s set for a live-action series made in South Korea. Netflix will stream the series. In Japanese, the title has been announced as Kiseiju: The Grey (ostensibly …Read more »
There’s a live-action adaptation of Mamoru Oshii’s Jin-Roh coming soon, and from an unexpected source: South Korea. The original anime film, set in Oshii’s sprawling Kerberos universe, was directed by Hiroyuki Okiura at Production I.G, and released in 2000. The live-action version from Korea, which …Read more »
If you’ve been watching anime for any length of time, you’ve probably noticed a mysterious entity called DR Movie keeps popping up in the credits. This is not a human named Movie who has completed a doctorate (though that would be pretty awesome), but a …Read more »
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