Can anyone seriously claim not to be at least a little curious about Pokémon‘s first foray into the world of live-action movies? Detective Pikachu stars Ryan Reynolds as the titular private eye Pokémon, and that’s the least bizarre thing about it. It’s going to be …Read more »
Regardless of how well Alita: Battle Angel does in the box office this weekend, it’s already been getting some serious praise from fans of the manga. That says a lot considering your average reactions to live-action Hollywood takes on anime and manga properties. Some of …Read more »
We’re dangerously close to the premiere of the long-awaited Alita: Battle Angel movie, which has James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez adapting the Gunnm—AKA Battle Angel Alita—manga by Yukito Kishiro. To promote the upcoming release, Kishiro illustrated a new visual for the cover of Kodansha’s …Read more »
Legendary is keen to show just how confident it is in the upcoming Detective Pikachu movie, which brings Pokémon to the world of live-action Hollywood flicks on May 10. Despite the fact that we’re still months away from the premiere, The Hollywood Reporter reveals that …Read more »
If the first trailer for the Detective Pikachu movie—starring, as we must always mention, Ryan Reynolds as the voice of Pikachu—is still bounding around in your head, you’re going to want to see the merchandise that’s on the way. The Pokémon Company International unveiled the …Read more »
If you’re looking to spend some quality time with the idols of Love Live! Sunshine!!, an official YouTube upload is here to help. The Kazuo Sakai-directed, Sunrise-produced Love Live! Sunshine!! Movie Over the Rainbow anime film opened in Japanese theaters on January 4, and now you can …Read more »
If you’ve been reading OUSA long enough, you know we’re pretty skeptical about the quality of live-action adaptations. There are some manga and anime, though, that lend themselves better to these kinds of films than others—and the zombie genre has produced some good results in …Read more »
Just because we haven’t heard anything about the live-action adaptation of Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name. lately doesn’t mean it’s dead in the water. While screenwriter Eric Heisserer has been busy promoting other recent projects, including the Netflix film Bird Box, he recently mentioned the movie …Read more »
We reported a few weeks ago that the live-action film version of Tokyo Ghoul would be getting a sequel. Now we know when that sequel is set to spook Japanese filmgoers: July 19. We’ve also got a new still from Tokyo Ghoul 2, featuring Masataka …Read more »
Back Street Girls is back. The manga about a group of yakuza forced to become idol singers was adapted into an anime series this year, and in 2019, it’s getting the live-action treatment. Now we’ve got a look at the film, titled Back Street Girls: …Read more »
Godzilla returns to the big screen for another Hollywood flick on May 31, 2019, and a new trailer officially went up for the sequel. Godzilla: King of the Monsters features the likes of Mothra, Rodan, and King Ghidorah—as well as smaller-scale human stars such as …Read more »
Is this how you imagined the silhouette of a real-life Sonic? Sega revealed the first teaser poster for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and it’s certainly something! What that something is is ultimately up to you, but the shadowy figure on display offers a …Read more »
Mamoru Hosoda’s latest film, Mirai, is hitting American theaters soon, and in anticipation, GKIDS is streaming a few new clips of the film’s English-language dub. The English cast includes: Victoria Grace (Mirai) Jaden Waldman (Kun) John Cho (Mirai’s father) Rebecca Hall (Mirai’s mother) Daniel Dae …Read more »
Yasuhisa Hara’s historical adventure manga Kingdom is coming to the big screen in Japan in the form of a live-action film directed by Shinsuke Sato (Gantz, Bleach). Kento Yamazaki and Ryo Yoshizawa are in the lead as Shin and Eisei, respectively, and the official website …Read more »
Milla Jovovich may have retired from the Resident Evil universe, but she’s still out there making video game movies. The live-action adaptation of Capcom’s Monster Hunter, starring Jovovich, is currently in production, and we’ve got our first look via a still released this week. The still …Read more »
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