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Netflix Announces 'Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho' Live-Action Series
Netflix Japan revealed on Wednesday that Yoshihiro Togashi's Yuu☆Yuu☆Hakusho (Yu Yu Hakusho) manga will receive a live-action series. Kazutaka Sakamoto (A.I.C.O. Incarnation) is serving as the executive producer and Akira Morii (Imawa no Kuni no Alice) is producing the series at...
5 years ago
'Yakusoku no Neverland' Western Live-Action Series in Development
Amazon is developing a live-action series based on Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland) manga, according to entertainment news website The Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday. Rodney Rothman and Meghan Malloy, known for their works in Spider-...
6 years ago
Sony Develops 'One Punch-Man' Hollywood Live-Action Film
A Hollywood live-action film adaptation of ONE and Yusuke Murata's One Punch-Man manga series is being developed by Sony, according to a report by entertainment news outlet Variety on Tuesday. Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg and film producer Jeff Pinkner—known for writing Venom and...
6 years ago
Slice of Life Manga 'Yuru Camp△' Gets Live-Action TV Series
The official website of TV Tokyo announced on Wednesday that Afro's slice of life comedy manga Yuru Camp△ will be adapted into a live-action series. It also revealed the main cast and staff members. The series will air on TV Aichi, TV Osaka, and TV Tokyo starting on January 10 at...
6 years ago
Manga 'Grand Blue' Receives Live-Action Movie in Summer 2020
Warner Bros. Japan announced a live-action movie adaptation of Kenji Inoue and Kimitake Yoshioka's Grand Blue (Grand Blue Dreaming) manga on Wednesday. The movie, directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa (3D Kanojo: Real Girl, Kakegurui the Movie), is scheduled to open in theaters in Japan...
6 years ago
Live-Action 'Yakusoku no Neverland' Film Announced for Winter 2020
Shueisha announced a live-action film adaptation of Kaiu Shirai and Posuka Demizu's Yakusoku no Neverland (The Promised Neverland) manga on Thursday. The film will open in Japan in Winter 2020. Minami Hamabe (Kimi no Suizo wo Tabetai, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun) is starring as Emma....
7 years ago
Manga 'Gal to Kyouryuu' Gets TV Anime, Live-Action in April 2020
Kodansha opened an official website for a television anime and a live-action adaptation of Moriko Mori and Cota Tomimura's Gal to Kyouryuu (The Gal and the Dinosaur) manga on Monday. Both adaptations are scheduled for an April 2020 premiere. Synopsis One day, Kaede, a gyaru, pick...
7 years ago
Junji Ito's Manga 'Tomie' Gets Western Live-Action Adaptation
A live-action series based on Junji Ito's horror manga Tomie was announced on Monday. The show will be exclusively available on the new streaming platform called Quibi that will launch on April 6, 2020 in North America. The episodes will have a duration of under ten minutes. Syno...
7 years ago
Netflix Announces 'Imawa no Kuni no Alice' Live-Action Series
Global video streaming platform Netflix announced a live-action adaptation of Haro Aso's Imawa no Kuni no Alice (Alice in Borderland) manga on Wednesday. The series will debut worldwide on Netflix in 2020. Shinsuke Satou—known for helming live-action adaptation of Gantz, I Am a H...
7 years ago
Manga 'Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare' Gets Anime, Live-Action Films in 2020
Publishing company Shueisha announced both an anime and live-action film adaptation of Io Sakisaka's Omoi, Omoware, Furi, Furare (Love, Be Loved, Leave, Be Left) romantic shoujo manga on Tuesday. The anime film, produced by A-1 Pictures (Sword Art Online Movie: Ordinal Scale), wi...
7 years ago
