“What if” anime movie posters

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Check out these cool-looking (but unfortunately, fake) movie posters made by fans imagining what the movie posters would look like for their favorite as yet unmade anime series.
Above is my favorite of the bunch, based on the Evangelion anime TV series. It’s so good you’d have to look twice to find out it isn’t legit.
There [...]

Voltron flick a “go”… again

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

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 [...]

Keanu Reeves to headline live action Cowboy Bebop?

Saturday, August 2nd, 2008

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 [...]

New Doraemon film and trailer

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

I love Doraemon, I do. I used to catch the late-night reruns and just laugh, all alone in the silence of a sleeping house.
That said, the 29th installment of this uber-long-lasting franchise has just been announced, and an online trailer released to boot.
Doraemon: Shin Nobita no Uch? Kaitakushi (Doraemon the Movie: Nobita’s How Space [...]

Dragon Ball live action poster out, for real!

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Well, well. Just as we here at Anime Comic News were losing our patience, 20th Century Fox releases its first official Dragon Ball poster, shown above.
Pretty basic, pretty obvious with the back-turned-to-us pose and the glowing ball and the pointy (though for my taste not quite pointy enough) hair… but still… pretty damned cool!
The text [...]

Is the live-action Dragonball a fake film?

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

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, [...]

Tamagotchi: the anime film!

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Like about twenty billion other people you probably remember the 90’s tamagotchi fad. You know, those little keychain things you pretend to feed and love and care for? Well get ready for a ninety minute serving of tamagotchi nostalgia (or not) with Bandai’s soon-to-be released anime movie entitled (are you ready for it?) , “Eiga [...]

More speed racer stuff

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

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. [...]

Updates: Stan Lee, Captain Harlock shocker

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

American comics legend and reality-TV producer Stan Lee will be making an appearance at the 2008 New York Comic Convention on April 18 to talk about the upcoming ULTIMO – his groundbreaking collaboration with Shaman King mangaka  Hiroyuki Takei. I will be on pins and needles wating for news about this one. Until then true [...]

Masked Rider the First comes to DC

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Washington, DC, that is. This film traces the origins of the iconic “kamen hero” or masked hero of many anime and manga masterpieces, and is supposed to rely more closely on the original comic book by Shotaro Ishinomori.
Masaya Kikawada and Hassei Takano star, Toshiki Inoue writes and Takao Nagaishi directs.
It’s a free screening so [...]