Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009
The live action adaptation of Blood the Last Vampire anime is finally getting released this summer. The movie stars Gianna Jun of My Sassy Girl game, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild, Koyuki and is directed by Chris Nahon with action choreography by Corey Yuen.
From the producer of HERO and ...
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Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
Caught this cool trailer for the anime Cat Shit One : The Animated Series. It's Metal Gear Solid meets cute furry bunnies. Produced by Studio Anima and directed by Kazuya Sasahara, Cat Shit One was based on a original manga by Motofumi Kobayashi. Just when you think you've seen it ...
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Sunday, May 3rd, 2009
Via Variety
Warner Bros. recently acquired the rights to bring the anime/manga hit Death Note to the big screen. Screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides will be adapting the movie. Death Note follows the story of a college student who stumbles upon a mysterious notebook which allows the person wielding it to ...
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Monday, April 13th, 2009
Via Slashfilm
Mandalay Pictures has recently acquired the theatrical rights to the live-action movie version of the high-school action comedy anime Full Metal Panic!. Full Metal Panic started off as a novel which was later adapted to manga followed by 3 anime series with the latest one released in 2005, Full ...
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Via Hollywood Reporter
Twentieth Century Fox is all set to bring the live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop to the big screen with Keanu Reeves playing our coolsome hero, Spike Spiegel. Cowboy Bebop is a sci fi anime classic set in 2071 where space travel is made possible with "astral gates" ...
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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
ComicBookMovie.com reports that the Akira movie will be adapted into 2 movies based on the original 6 volume manga. Irish filmaker Ruairi Robinson will be making his debut directorial feature with the first time screen writer Gary Whitta as previously reported. The original Neo Tokyo setting has been Americanised to ...
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Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
This is not exactly fresh news but to those who have yet to watched the trailer, here it is:
From the looks of the trailer, the movie seems to revolve around that few backdrop over and over again, the China town setting and that mysterious temple grounds and/or ancient ruins. Fans ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
FirstShowing.net reports that Leonardo DiCaprio's studio has yet again picked up another anime to be adapted into a live-action movie and this time its the ninja anime legend, Ninja Scroll. Screen writer Alex Tse who wrote the the upcoming Watchmen graphic novel adaptation will be writing the script but no ...
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Thursday, September 11th, 2008
Fans of old school anime would definitely remember this series back in the 80s, Gatchaman, better known as G-Force, the American version released here. Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman as it was known in Japan, is one of the more successful Hensin Super Sentai-type series that spawned many other five-hero team series ...
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008
Via Kotaku
Looks like we've scored some screenshots from the trailer of the upcoming Dragonball live action movie that will be released in 2009. I think the general opinion from all the Dragonball fans is that the movie is probably gonna suck, and looking at Piccolo below probably confirms it. The ...
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