You see, you just can’t keep a good universe-saving, interlocking, lion themed giant flying robot with badass laser-powered sword down.
After being dumped by Fox-based film production outfit New Regency Pictures, the live- action adaptation of the beloved anime series was recently picked up by Relativity Media.
The new outfit will rely on a smaller budget, but [...]
We already know Keanu Reeves is no stranger to playing comic book heroes on the movie screen but what about manga? Specifically, is there any truth to the rumor going around that Keanu is slated to play the intergalactic bounty hunter known as Spike in the live-action adaptation of the wildly popular manga and anime [...]
Well here’s something you don’t hear very often… an American product being exported into Japanese comics, rather than the other way around.
The hit computer-generated animated flick Kung Fu Panda was recently adapted into a manga and released in Japan.
Now if that manga gets picked up in the States, what would you call it?
Okay, so there’s supposed to this live-action film adaptation of the classic Dragonball anime series. It’s on IMDB and all. It just so happens that there are no photos, posters, trailers, leaks, news or anything. Google searches will net you a plethora of fan-made stuff, this mock-up poster on the left included. But so far, [...]
Gon is a scrappy little dinosaur living in a prehistoric world with no humans around, and where none of the animals speak. The manga, created by Tanaka Masashi, came out in the early ’90s and established itself as a modern-day classic.
And while talk of anime adaptations tarted early it was only recently that Daewon Media [...]
Romance shoujo manga Itazura na Kiss is called “the bible of romance” for its influence on later manga creators.
But then in 1999, just as Itazura na Kiss was set to conclude, series creator Kaoru Tada met an accident at home, slipped into a coma and later died.
Now it’s up to her music producer husband, Shigeru [...]
Harukana Machi E (”Distant Neighborhood”) by Jiro Taniguchi is one of the best manga I’ve read. A heartwarming meditation on childhood and growing up, with a kind of magical realism-time travel twist.
And now it’s been bought up by Belgin film outfit Entre Chien et Loup for adaptation into a live action film directed by [...]
Three minutes’ worth of live action Speed Racer goodness has found its way online courtesy of IGN. You can watch it by clicking on this link.
Meanwhile, washingtonpost.com has come out with some early user reviews for the Wachowski brothers helmed project. So far, it’s garnered an average of three out of four stars. [...]