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'Paprika' Novel Gets Western Live-Action Series
Deadline reported on Monday that a live-action series based on Yasutaka Tsutsui's sci-fi thriller novel Paprika is in production. Amazon Studios and Hivemind are collaborating on the series. Cathy Yan (Birds of Prey, Dead Pigs) is serving as both the director and executive produc...
4 years ago
Manga 'Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto' Gets Live-Action Movie
Streaming platform Netflix announced during the second day of its Geeked Week event that a live-action movie adaptation of Haro Aso and Koutarou Takata's Zom 100: Zombie ni Naru made ni Shitai 100 no Koto (Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead) manga is in production. The movie will p...
4 years ago
'Tiger & Bunny' Gets Western Live-Action TV Series
Bandai Namco Pictures announced a Western live-action television series for the Tiger & Bunny anime series on Friday. The company is collaborating with US-based film production company SK Global to produce the live-action series. M. Raven Metzner (Iron Fist) is credited as the sc...
4 years ago
Manga 'Golden Kamuy' Gets Live-Action Movie
Publishing company Shueisha announced a live-action movie for Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy manga on Tuesday. The wraparound band on the 29th volume also featured the announcement on Tuesday. Noda began drawing the historical adventure manga in Young Jump in August 2014. The 22nd a...
4 years ago
Manga 'Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia' Gets TV Anime, Live-Action Movie
Publishing company Shogakukan announced both a television anime adaptation and a live-action movie for Makoto Ojiro's Kimi wa Houkago Insomnia (Insomniacs After School) manga on Wednesday. Ojiro began drawing the slice of life school manga in Big Comic Spirits in May 2019. Shogak...
4 years ago
Manga 'xxxHOLiC' Receives Live-Action Film
Film production and distribution company Asmik Ace announced a live-action film for CLAMP's xxxHOLiC manga on Tuesday. The film is scheduled to open in theaters in Japan on April 29, 2022. Ryunosuke Kamiki (Kimi no Na wa., Summer Wars) and Kou Shibasaki (Battle Royale, Nobunaga C...
4 years ago
Western Live-Action Series of 'Kami no Shizuku' Manga in Production
Streaming service Hulu Japan announced a live-action television series of Shin Kibayashi and Shuu Okimoto's Kami no Shizuku (The Drops of God) manga on Tuesday. The multinational and multilingual project is a co-production between U.S., French, and Japanese companies. Legendary T...
5 years ago
Columbia Pictures Produces 'Made in Abyss' Hollywood Live-Action Film
Entertainment news outlet Deadline reported on Friday that Akihito Tsukushi's Made in Abyss manga is in the early stages of being adapted into a Hollywood live-action film by Columbia Pictures. Sony, Vertigo Entertainment, and actor Masi Oka (Death Note Netflix live-action) are o...
5 years ago
Western Live-Action Film of 'Hellsing' Manga in Development
A live-action film adaptation of Kouta Hirano's Hellsing manga is in development, according to entertainment website Deadline on Thursday. Derek Kolstad (John Wick) is collaborating with Amazon Studios as a screenwriter and producer for the film. Brian Kavanaugh-Jones (Upgrade) a...
5 years ago
'Summertime Render' Manga Ends, Receives Anime, Live-Action Projects
The 139th and final chapter of Yasunori Tanaka's Summertime Render (Summer Time Rendering) manga announced on Monday an anime, live-action project, and a real escape game. Synopsis After his parents died, Shinpei Ajiro lived with the Kofune sisters, Mio and Ushio, but he has sinc...
5 years ago
