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.
Nanae Chrono’s Peace Maker Kurogane manga series has been given the go ahead to be adapted into a live action drama. The drama will premiere in January 2010, preceeding a stage show adaptation of the series.
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
Oku Hiroya’s highly popular Sci Fi manga series Gantz will be adapted into a two part live action movies, starring Ninomiya Kazunari as the anti hero Kurono Kei, and Matsuyama Ken’ichi as his friend, Kato Masaru
Adult live action adaptation studio TMA has went great lengths to create an acceptable version of the moe infested musical anime K-On, as shown in this comparison videos
Just when we thought that we were spared of another Hollywood splice and dice of a Japanese classic, we were proven wrong…
According to my source, screenwriters Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, guys whose work I like, are about to turn in their version of an “Akira” movie and the reason why the project has been so quiet is they’ve been hard at work trying to get the script right.
For those that aren’t familiar with their work, they wrote the amazing adaptation of “Children of Men” and they’re also credited with “Iron Man” (although a lot of that movie was written on the set). But my point still stands that I like their work and I’m happy they’re taking a crack at it. Read moar...
