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Hayao Miyazaki has turned down multiple offers from Hollywood to make live-action Nausicaa movie
- Casey Baseel
Oct 1, 2019 - Tweet
Studio Ghibli co-founder also had two iron-clad conditions for the upcoming kabuki adaptation of his classic anime film.
Fan-made trailer of live-action Nausicaa leaves Japanese netizens clamoring for more【Video】
- Koh Ruide
May 22, 2019
We hope you are watching this right now, Hayao Miyazaki.
- Japan
- (anime • fan film • Hayao Miyazaki • Live action • Nausicaa • Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind • ohm • Studio Ghibli • video)
POKÉMON Detective Pikachu: Full Picture leaked online ahead of Pokémon film’s official release
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2019
Can’t resist taking a sneak peek? OK, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.
- Japan
- (anime • awesome • Detective Pikachu • funny • Live action • movies • Pikachu • piracy • video • video games)
Sonic creator thanks fans for loving character so much that his ugly movie design will be changed
- Casey Baseel
May 3, 2019
Sonic the Hedgehog’s live-action movie design is too ugly to live, director and studio promise to make changes.
- Japan
- (Live action • movies • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • video games)
Good God the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie trailer looks weird【Video】
- Casey Baseel
May 1, 2019
Sonic’s butt, Jim Carrey’s Snidley Whiplash mustache, and “Gangsta’s Paradise” in a preview that we’re not sure if we’re supposed to take seriously.
- Japan
- (Jim Carrey • Live action • movies • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • video • video games)
Live-action Cowboy Bebop cast revealed by Netflix, but there’s someone missing from the crew
- Casey Baseel
Apr 5, 2019
Leaving out the littlest bounty hunter is a big omission, and could signify a difference in tone between the anime and live-action version.
- Japan
- (anime • Cowboy Bebop • John Cho • Live action • Netflix)
Hard-drinking Wrinkly Pikachu fan art explodes on Twitter following Detective Pikachu trailer
- Casey Baseel
Mar 6, 2019
Japanese artists bring the Pokémon icon’s anime-to-live-action evolution back to illustrated form.
- Japan
- (anime • art • cute • Detective Pikahcu • fan art • funny • illustration • Live action • movies • Pikachu • Pokemon • video games • weird • Wrinkly Pikachu)
Even Sonic the Hedgehog’s original creator thinks character’s live-action movie design is ugly
- Casey Baseel
Mar 5, 2019
Video game designer Yuji Naka only needs two sentences to explain what’s wrong with this weird-looking version of the Sega star.
- Internet, Japan, USA
- (Live action • movies • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • video games • Yuji Naka)
New live-action Pokémon movie trailer shows Mewtwo, confirms Flareon won’t be cute【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Feb 27, 2019
There are going to be tons of Pokémon in the film but it’s still a little weird hearing Pikachu cuss.
- Global, Japan
- (anime • Detective Pikachu • Live action • movies • Pikachu • Pokemon • Ryan Reynolds • video games)
Hollywood Your Name anime live-action movie will feature Native American girl, Chicago boy
- Casey Baseel
Feb 15, 2019
Adaptation of Makoto Shinkai hit now has a high-profile American director, who the producers say was their first choice.
- Japan
- (anime • J.J. Abrams • Live action • Makoto Shinkai • movies • Tenki no Ko • Weathering with You • your name.)
Massive menstrual flow character will be Japan’s newest movie star
- Casey Baseel
Feb 14, 2019
Seiri-chan is making the leap from manga protagonist to the movie screen, and in a live-action adaptation.
- Japan
- (anime • crazy • funny • health • Live action • manga • Seiri-chan • weird)
Awesome live-action One Piece video shows Luffy and gang could still look cool in real life
- Casey Baseel
Jan 3, 2019
But why are anime’s Straw Hat Pirates singing “If You’re Happy and You Know It?”
Writer for Hollywood version of anime Your Name says Japanese side wants Westernized viewpoint
- Casey Baseel
Dec 27, 2018
”If they wanted a Japanese live-action version, they would just do it themselves.”
- Japan
- (anime • Live action • Makoto Shinkai • movies • your name.)
Netflix announces it’s making a new Cowboy Bebop live-action series, fans recoil in horror
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2018
Streaming giant’s U.S.-produced remake of the anime classic is seen be many as trying to improve on perfection.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Cowboy Bebop • Live action • Netflix • Shinichiro Watanabe)
Japan reacts to latest Monster Hunter movie promo images: “Why is Alice from Resident Evil here?”
- Katy Kelly
Nov 23, 2018
The latest snaps of Tony Jaa and Milla Jovovich in their Monster Hunter guises have drawn a mixed set of reactions from the Japanese net.
- Japan
- (cool • Live action • Milla Jovovich • Monster Hunter • movies • Tony Jaa • video games)
The mystery of live-action Pokémon movie Pikachu’s freaky-sounding German voice【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Nov 15, 2018
A strange caper is afoot as Germany’s Detective Pikachu is heard sounding nothing like the Pokémon species is supposed to.
- Europe, Japan
- (anime • German • Germany • Ikue Otani • Live action • movies • Pikachu • Pokemon • Pokémon Detective Pikachu • video • voice actors • voice actresses • weird)
Pokémon: Detective Pikachu movie trailer surprises fans with first look at live-action characters
- Oona McGee
Nov 13, 2018
Japanese fans react to the voice of Ryan Reynolds and the decision to give Pikachu so much fur.
- Japan
- (3DS • anime • Detective Pikachu • Legendary Entertainment • Live action • movies • nintendo • Pikachu • Pokemon • Ryan Reynolds • video games • Warner Bros)
Attack on Hollywood! Western live-action Attack on Titan movie announced
- Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2018
Creator of anime/manga franchise says the already-decided on director is the perfect choice.
- Japan
- (anime • Attack on Titan • Hollywood movies • Live action • manga • movies)
Apparently enough people watched the American Death Note that Netflix is making a sequel
- Casey Baseel
Aug 23, 2018
Many thought Netflix had closed the book for good on its Americanized adaptation of the anime/manga phenomenon, but it looks like they were wrong.
- Japan, USA
- (anime • Death Note • Live action • manga • movies • Netflix)
Photos from live-action French adaptation of anime City Hunter dazzle Japanese fans
- Koh Ruide
Jul 18, 2018
When the actors look like they just stepped out of an anime, things are off to a good start.
- Europe, Japan
- (anime • City Hunter • Live action • movies • Nicky Larson)
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