It really is about who you know. Through an amazing chain of unlikely events, I got to see the live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie, fully subtitled in English, three and half weeks before my plane ticket says I’m flying to Japan for the December 1 …Read more »
If the latest rumblings from Universal Pictures are any indication, it seems there's a strong possibility we may eventually see Naoki Urasawa's bold riff on a classic Tezuka tale come to life. Universal Pictures, Chris Meledandri's Illumination Entertainment ( Despicable Me ) and Tezuka Productions …Read more »
Word from Fantastic Fest has shown that perhaps there can be too much of a good thing, but I doubt that will stop any of us from checking out Yoshihiro Nishimura's latest film when it becomes widely available via Sushi Typhoon. For now, you'll have …Read more »
I've been slacking on my Kamen Riders for a while, until recently at least. I jumped right back into things with Kamen Rider OOO , which, while holding on to many of the problems that tend to plague more recent iterations, leans toward the fun …Read more »
It wasn't too long ago that we passed along the news of Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale getting the 3D treatment for its tenth anniversary. As odd as it is to take a decade-old movie and pop it in the third dimension, it's not much different …Read more »
As if the first series of Noboru Iguchi's The Ancient Dogoo Girl didn't look wild enough, a new trailer for series two—which pluralizes the titular Girls—has appeared to knock its predecessor right off the throne. Best of all (depending on who you ask), this one …Read more »
With said 3D comes a host of wonderfully gimmicky shots, in which all manner of objects fly at the screen to wow the audience. Honestly, it's difficult to be too cynical about the formula when Keita Amemiya ( Zeiram , Mechanical Violator Hakaider ) is …Read more »
Rumors were popping up a few weeks back about Alexandre Aja looking to direct a feature based on Buichi Terasawa's Space Adventure Cobra , but they seemed to be just that. Things have changed, though, as Terasawa has granted Aja the rights to move along …Read more »
Idol group members have been no stranger to manga and anime adaptations of late, and NEWS's Tomohisa Yamashita ( Kurosagi ) is the latest addition to the growing list. He'll be starring in the live-action adaptation of Ashita no Joe under the direction of Fumihiko …Read more »
Not long ago, an article on the small town of Washimiya and its shrine was featured on this fair site. As fate would have it, the recent Skip City International D-Cinema Film Festival in Kawaguchi was holding a screening of Washimiya Monogatari ( Washimiya Story …Read more »
Norwegian Wood , the 1987 novel by Haruki Murakami ( The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle ), has been adapted into a live-action film, a teaser for which recently made its way to the web. The film stars Kenichi Matsuyama ( Gantz , Death Note ) in …Read more »
That's right, THE Daisuke Ban. Known most fondly for his role as Jiro in the '70s tokusatsu classic Kikaida —though equally heroic and awesome in the lightning-powered superhero series Inazuman —Ban will be making an appearance at the Nisei Week Festival in LA this month. …Read more »
Those concerned with whether or not they'll be able to catch Nikkatsu's wild Sushi Typhoon films anywhere but film festivals should breathe a sigh of relief after Funimation's recent announcement. The anime distributor has formed a partnership with Nikkatsu Corporation to bring films from their …Read more »
We can all identify with the existence of those otherworldly masked wonders in one way or another, but who is that familiar man with the windblown hair dressed up as Kikaida's Jiro below!? Why, it's none other than our fearless Editor-in-Chief, Patrick Macias, pictured once …Read more »
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