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Tsukipro Franchise Announces 2nd 'Tsukiuta' Season, Live-Action Film
The Animate Girls Festival 2018 event revealed on Saturday that Tsukiuta. The Animation will receive a second season. Details regarding the new season will be announced at a later date. A live-action film based on ALIVE SOARA CD series was also announced at the event, which focu...
8 years ago
'Aku no Hana' Gets Live-Action Film
It was announced on Thursday that a live-action film based on Shuuzou Oshimi's psychological manga Aku no Hana is in the works by Happinet and NTT Plala. The film is scheduled to open next year. Staff Director: Noboru Iguchi (Prison School live-action) Script: Mari Okada (Sayonar...
8 years ago
'Back Street Girls' Gets Live-Action Adaptation
A live-action film adapting Jasmine Gyuh's Back Street Girls manga was announced by Toei on Monday. Titled Back Street Girls: Gokudolls (Back Street Girls: Yakuza Idols), the film will premiere in Japanese theaters on February 8, 2019. Keinosuke Hara (Watashi no Jinsei Nanoni) is...
8 years ago
Warner Bros. Acquires Rights to 'Shingeki no Kyojin' Hollywood Live-Action Film
Entertainment news website Variety has confirmed that American film production company Warner Bros. has acquired the feature film rights to Hajime Isayama's post-apocalyptic fantasy manga Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan). Warner Bros. reached a deal with the manga's Japanese...
8 years ago
Hollywood Film Adaptation of 'Boku no Hero Academia' Announced
Legendary Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, announced a live-action film based on Kouhei Horikoshi's superhero manga Boku no Hero Academia (My Hero Academia) on Wednesday. Alex Garcia (Godzilla) and Jay Ashenfelter (Pacific Rim: Uprising associa...
8 years ago
'Tokyo Ghoul' Gets 2nd Live-Action Film
The official website for the Tokyo Ghoul live-action film has announced that a sequel is in the works. Tentatively titled Tokyo Ghoul 2, the film will premiere in 2019. Shochiku also posted a teaser announcement on its official YouTube channel. Masataka Kubota will reprise his ro...
8 years ago
Anime 'Jigoku Shoujo' Gets Live-Action Movie
An official website has been opened to reveal that the Jigoku Shoujo franchise will get a live-action movie. It will premiere in Japanese theaters next fall. Staff Original Plan: Hiroshi Watanabe (Jigoku Shoujo anime series) Director, Script: Kouji Shiraishi (Sadako vs. Kayako mo...
8 years ago
Manga 'Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii' Receives Live-Action Film
Ichijinsha published a promotional video for the sixth volume of Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii (Wotakoi: Love Is Hard for Otaku) manga on Thursday, which also announced that the series will receive a live-action film. Fujita, the author of the manga, drew an illustration to commemo...
8 years ago
'Gundam' Franchise Receives Hollywood Film Adaptation
The Sunrise panel at Anime Expo announced on Thursday that the Gundam franchise will be adapted into a Hollywood live-action film and it will be a collaboration between Sunrise and Legendary Pictures. The movie will premiere this fall. The Gundam franchise first started as an ori...
8 years ago
Manga 'Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu' Receives Live-Action TV Series
The official website of Kodansha's ITAN magazine announced a live-action drama adaptation of Haruko Kumota's josei manga Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu on Wednesday. The series will run for ten 44-minute episodes on NHK beginning October 12 at 10:00 p.m. Cast Yakumo Yuurakutei: Ma...
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