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 [...]
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, [...]
Yeah, I know, why not, right? Can you really consider Asian film as a whole with anime film out of the picture? And yet–take a look at these stills. Not a single frame!
Financially and culturally speaking, anime makes a significant contribution to the continent’s overall film industry picture. And that contribution only gets larger with [...]
At least five new anime movies are shopping around for buyers at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Here’s a quick rundown of the notables:
First there’s the 20th Century Boys film trilogy, the first of which is set to premiere on August 30. The sequels are schduled for lte 2008 and summer 2009.
Takashi Miike’s live-action [...]
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 [...]