Osamu Tezuka, the godfather of manga, may be best known for Astro Boy and Black Jack, but the prolific author tackled a huge variety of genres, and wrote some stuff that’s definitely not for kids. That includes Barbara, the 1973-74 series about a writer with …Read more »
Get ready for more ghoulin’. The sequel to last year’s live-action adaptation of Sui Ishida’s Tokyo Ghoul is headed to theaters in summer of 2019. The film, which is tentatively titled Tokyo Ghoul 2, will again star Masataka Kubota as Ken Kaneki. Shuu Tsukiyama will …Read more »
Eureka Seven fans in the States might be bummed out that unlike their counterparts in Japan, they don’t yet have access to Anemone, the new Eureka Seven film. But here’s the next-best thing: the first ten minutes. The film, which is titled Anemone: Eureka Seven: …Read more »
It’s been a long hard road for James Cameron’s quest to bring Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita manga to the big screen. We’ll finally see how it all pays off when the Robert Rodriguez-directed Alita: Battle Angel opens in theaters on February 14, 2019, and …Read more »
Against all odds, the very first live-action Pokémon movie is upon us. Despite the fact that we’ve all known about the big screen adaptation of the Detective Pikachu game for a while, it hasn’t felt real until now. See how they handled Ryan Reynolds as …Read more »
The Flowers of Evil (Aku no Hana), the manga adapted into a controversial anime in 2013, is getting a live-action film adaptation. The film is set to premiere in 2019. The Flowers of Evil, based on the manga by Shuzo Oshimi, will be directed Noboru …Read more »
While we’ll have to wait and see if it ever makes it to the big screen or just ends up being another Akira, a live-action Hollywood Attack on Titan movie is in the works. Warner Bros. already has a director lined up for the project …Read more »
Masaaki Yuasa, the director behind Tatami Galaxy, Devilman Crybaby and more, has announced his next film. The film, which will open in Japanese theaters summer 2019, is titled Kimito Namini Noretara. In English, the tentative title is If I Could Ride The Wave With You. …Read more »
My oh my. My Hero Academia will be getting a live-action adaptation, it was announced today. The adaptation of Kohei Horikoshi’s hit manga will be produced by Legendary, the folks behind the Hollywood version of Godzilla and Detective Pikachu. Producers Alex Garcia and Jay Ashenfelter …Read more »
An attraction that combines mega-franchises Godzilla and Evangelion is set to open at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka next year. The attraction, which will run from May 31 to August 25, is part of Universal Studios’ “Cool Japan” project, which centers around rides and other …Read more »
On June 11th, 2008, NASA launched the Fermi Gamma-ray Telescope to scan the cosmos for things like active galactic nuclei, pulsars, and gamma ray bursts. To celebrate a decade of Fermi’s studies, last week NASA announced a new set of modern constellations discovered with the …Read more »
Following up on last month’s license announcement, distributor GKIDS came through with more details about the upcoming theatrical release of Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki. The 2016 documentary follows the famed anime director after his 2013 “retirement” and through his struggles creating the CG-animated Boro the …Read more »
Next up for the live-action treatment is Kingdom, the manga series by Yasuhisa Hara that has been running in Weekly Young Jump since 2006. The tale of China’s Warring States period is coming to the big screen courtesy of go-to adaptation director Shinsuke Sato, who previously …Read more »
You can’t keep a good Blue Bomber down, and with the recent resurgence of Mega Man, it’s no surprise to see 20th Century Fox is keen to move forward with plans for a live-action film. Hot on the heels of the launch of Mega Man …Read more »
Bust out those dance pads, folks. Believe it or not, a feature film based on video game Dance Dance Revolution is in development. The film, being produced at production label Stampede is about “a world on the brink of destruction where the only hope is …Read more »
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