Live Action Anime

New movie from famed writer director Miyazaki Hayao, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, is scheduled for a limited theatrical release in the U.K. on August 12, 2009 and the U.S. on August 14, 2009.  Ponyo is Miyazaki-sensei’s 10th full length feature under Studio Ghibli.

 
Ponyo is a story about a fish-girl(mermaid) who longs to be [...]

American manga publisher Viz media announced recently that they plan to speed up the release of the hit manga One Piece.  One Piece was created in 1997 by Manga-ka Eiichiro Oda.  As of July 2009, the manga is still running, comprising 54 Tankobon volumes so far and has spawned an anime series, totaling more than 400 [...]

Twitch has hosted the trailer for Studio 4°C and Molot Entertainment’s First Squad, an upcoming anime/live action hybrid film.

 
Set during the opening days of World War II on the Eastern Front, First Squad follows a group of Soviet teenagers with extraordinary abilities who have been drafted to form a special unit to fight the invading German army. They [...]

The Mad Max trilogy, the 1980’s post apocalyptic series of films, directed by George Miller will continue on with Mad Max 4.  But the film won’t come our way in live action, but will be a 3D anime.  MTV recently sat down with director George Millar about the upcoming film.
“We’ll probably go a different route,” [...]

Seems like anime being turned into live action are finding themselves turned back into anime.  If that doesn’t make any sense to you, just look at the upcoming DragonBall: Kai and the new Evangelion movies that have been coming out.  And we have another to add to the table. ANN got news that a special 18-minute [...]

Anime News Network has posted some interesting news.

“This year’s 11th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump will announce on Monday that Dragon Ball Z will rerun on Fuji TV’s Japanese network of affiliates in HD starting on April 5. The rebroadcast will feature the “latest digital technology” for HD remastering, new versions of the opening [...]

The animated movie Afro Samurai: Resurrection is set to release on DVD and Blu-Ray February 3rd, 2009. However, Spike TV has announced that they will air the movie in a 2-hour block on January 25th at 10 p.m. (ET), and split into 4 episoded on January 30th at 1:30 a.m.
A few years have passed [...]

New One Piece Movie!
Toei Animation has announced that they will release a new One Piece movie in celebration of the anime’s 10th anniversary. There has been a movie released every year since the series began in 1999.
Traditionally One Piece films have released in Japan in March, however since Dragonball: Evolution opens in Japan on [...]

Welcome everyone to the first installment of our newest article LAA Anime News. We will keep you up to date on everything Anime & Manga related.
FUNimation Gets Former Geneon Titles
To start things out you may have noticed as of late that FUNimation has been picking up the former titles of Geneon Entertainment. Well they’ve gotten [...]

The Thrasher’s world is back with a review of Kei Toume’s horror manga Lament of the Lambs (or “Hitsuji no Uta” which literally means “Song of the Sheep”).
Kazuna Takashiro can’t escape the pain of his past. Ever since his mother died, nightmares and visions have been eating away at him. When he finds his long-lost [...]