Assault Girls Director Mamoru Oshii (Director of GITS) Interviewed

Assault Girls Director Mamoru Oshii (Director of GITS) Interviewed

The Japan Times news website posted an interview with director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell, The Sky Crawlers, Patlabor) on Friday regarding his new live-action film Assault Girls, which premiered in Japan on Saturday, December 19. This film is Oshii’s first live-action feature film since 2001’s Avalon.
The science-fiction story is set on a post-apocalyptic [...]

James Cameron Updates on Battle Angel Alita

James Cameron Updates on Battle Angel Alita

Seems I missed this exciting interview earlier this week due to the craziness of finals.  But anyways, here is some awesome news for fans of Battl Angel Alita and James Cameron. The acclaimed director, whose recent film Avatar just premiered yesterday, sat down to talk about his new film, as well as his upcoming live [...]

Live Action

Live Action “Saru Lock” Trailer Being Streamed

According to ANN, the trailer for the upcoming live action adaptation of Naoki Serizawa’s manga Saru Lock is currently streaming on the film’s official website and Yahoo Japan.

The manga, which was already turned into a live TV show in Japan, follows the life of Yataro “Saru” Sarmaru, a regular high school kid who dreams about [...]

Otomo involved in Akira LAA script.

Otomo involved in Akira LAA script.

Credit goes to ANN for this update. Gary Whitta, former screenwriter for Warner Brothers’ upcoming live-action adaptaion of Akira, has recently posted an update on some details of the film’s script. The script has since been turned over to Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby, with Whitta not having worked on the project “for about a [...]

Priest release date moved forward

Priest release date moved forward

Thanks go to ANN for this bit of information on the upcoming live-action adaptation of Priest, the Korean horror manhwa by Min-Woo Hyung. It seems the film’s release date, previously announced as October 1st, 2010, will be getting pushed forward to August 27th. The shift is attributed to the announcement Resident Evil: Afterlife will be [...]

Cowboy Bebop LAA Update!

Cowboy Bebop LAA Update!

Credit goes to the UK’s NEO magazine for this bit of news. Word has it that Masahiro Minami, producer on Studio BONES’ chambara epic Sword of the Stranger, and alumnus of Sunrise Studio, will be serving as a “creative manager” in the upcoming 20th Century Fox adaptation of Cowboy Bebop.
Minami says, “In terms of my [...]

Video Review: Jyu-Oh-Sei

Video Review: Jyu-Oh-Sei

It’s that time again, ladies and gents! Today’s review is of Studio BONES’ Jyu-Oh-Sei: Planet of the Beast King. A relatively inoccuous production when weighed against this year’s more major releases like Claymore, Darker Than Black and Gurren Lagann, Jyu-Oh-Sei’s take on classically pulpy sci-fi nevertheless has more to offer than you might realise at [...]

Astro Boy: Guest Review by Tasunara

Astro Boy: Guest Review by Tasunara

The bad news: I didn’t get the opportunity to see Astro Boy during its brief theatrical run.
The good news: I found someone to do my job for me instead! So credit for today’s review of Astro Boy goes to friend and follower of liveactionanime.org and The Thrasher’s Word, Tasunara, also known as ZeroKyohaku. Without further [...]

Death Note Movie

Death Note Movie “Not On Front Burner”

Teen heart-throb Zac Efron (High School Musical) answered a question during a recent interview with Collider.com concerning his involvment in the upcoming American remake of the Death Note movie:
“I love Death Note, and we were, kind of, working on it right now. You know, it’s not…it’s definitely not something that would be coming up soon. [Turns [...]

Konchu Tantei Yoshida Yoshimi Going Live Action

Konchu Tantei Yoshida Yoshimi Going Live Action

It was announced earlier this week that Sakichi Sato will be writing and directing a live-action film adaptation of Aozora Daichi’s gag manga Konchu Tantei Yoshida Yoshimi (Insect Detective Yoshimi Yoshida) starring Show Aikawa.
The manga, which is serialized in Morning and Morning 2 magazines, won the Tetsuya Chiba Prize in 2003 and is known for [...]