The preview for teh upcoming live action adaptation of the futuristic Manga series, Gantz seems to be following the rated 18 scenes with confirmed scene of the infamous nude materialisation scene of Kishimoto Kei
The latest copy of the shoujou magazine Bessatsu Margaret has announced that plans for a live action adaptation movie for popular shoujo series, Kimi ni Todoke is in plan.
Uchuu Senkan Yamato (Space Battleship Yamato) live action adaptation will be released in December 2010, featuring SMAP’s Kimura Takuya as the lead character, Susumu Kodai, and Kuroki Meisa as Yuki Mori. Will it live up to it’s animation heritage? We shall see
The trailer for the latest live action adaptation of Yasutaka Tsutsui’s novel “Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo”, famously known in the west as “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” was revealed yesterday.
The much anticipated “Disappearence” arc movie of Suzumiya Haruhi that is set for next year has been given quite a substantial boost when it was announced that the movie will be around 150 minutes long.
The trailer for the live action adaptation of ecchi manga Yuria 100 Shiki has been released. This trailer is a censored version, but fans ca see the uncensored one by buying Hakuensha’s Young Animal which bundled the DVD with it.
Dreamworks adaptation of Masamune Shirow cyber thriller anime/manga title, Ghost in the Shell is going along fine, with Laeta Kalogridis was chosen as the lead writer for the project
A new trailer was released for Mamoru Oshii’s live action flick, “Assault Girl”. Set in a post-apocalyptic barren world where desert dunes makes the majority of the continents, it focuses on three female warriors, all whom are equipped with large, and powerful, assault weapons. The girls must battle the “Suna Kujira”, literally the “sand whales” to stay alive.
In this week of movie announcements, it was revealed that cyber speghatti (?) western cybernatic anime, Triguin is due to have it’s own movie, slated for 2010.
There is still doubt on what storyline will the movie follow, wether or not it’s a remake or a continuation of the old TV series. But the movie’s official site has confirmed that all the original Seiyuu will return to voice their respective characters. Read moar...
After the debacle that was Endless 8, Kadokawa Shoten finally announced that the much awaited moe infested arc of Suzumiya Haruhi (which includes an extremely more boring and monotone Meganekko Nagato Yuki and a longer haired and more tsundere Suzumiya Haruhi), “Dissapearance” aka Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu will be made into a movie instead.
