Whether you think Babymetal are sacrilegious heavy metal pretenders or an fresh take on the genre, there’s no denying they’ve hit it big with their fusion of J-pop idol and metal theatrics. Now Babymetal is getting a short series that combines animation with live-action and …Read more »
Someday, there will be a week we squeak by without reporting on any live-action anime adaptations. But it is not this week. The rights to the Hollywood-produced live-action version of the Hollywood-produced anime mashup Robotech has switched hands from Warner Bros. to Sony Pictures, reports …Read more »
It's been a long time coming, and there have been many ups and downs as far as casting and, well, everything else goes, but thanks to a Variety report we now know that the live-action Akira has officially been green-lit by Warner Bros. Production on …Read more »
Oh boy, here we go. As some of you may be aware, Warner Bros. live-action American take on Akira will be helmed by the Hughes Brothers, who previously directed From Hell , and most recently The Book of Eli . However, according to one half …Read more »
This has been a strange week or so for announcements of US properties making the animated leap. It all started with the announcement that Bioware and Funimation would be teaming up to produce an anime adaptation of the former's hit RPG, Dragon Age , which …Read more »
Remember when pretty much every Saturday morning cartoon had white-hot opening credits followed by abysmal animation for the next twenty minutes? Warner Bros. Animation is looking to fix that issue with a revival of Thundercats —which was itself a co-production between East and West—by putting …Read more »
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