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Hollywood is making a live-action Gundam movie that’s sure to please…well, probably no one

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 6, 2018
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Legendary Entertainment is ready to roll the dice on adapting the biggest anime mecha series of all time for the overseas live-action movie market.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Anime Expo • COK • Gundam • Legendary Entertainment • Legendary Pictures • Live action • mecha • movies)

Preview video of Sailor Moon’s stage musical for Paris shows Sailor Senshi in costume【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 2, 2018

Anime magical girl stage show features choreography from famous idol singer collaborator.

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • Live action • musicals • paris • plays • Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon The Super Live • Sailor Moon • video)

Netflix’s Fullmetal Alchemist: It doesn’t suck

• Viewster
  Mar 14, 2018

How does one turn a nearly 70-episode anime into a movie? The answer is you can’t. No one can.

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• Japan
• (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • manga • movies • Viewster)

First details and steamy main cast revealed for live-action Touken Ranbu film

• Krista Rogers
  Mar 13, 2018

The historical-swords-as-handsome-guys will make their first foray into reality on film!

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• Japan
• (anime • history • Katana • Live action • Saiji Yakumo • swords • Touken Ranbu • video games)

Hit ’90s shojo anime classic Marmalade Boy live-action movie trailer, release date revealed

• Krista Rogers
  Feb 26, 2018

The trailer finally gives us a glimpse of the supporting cast as well as that famous nurse’s office kiss scene. 

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• Japan
• (anime • film • Live action • manga • Marmalade Boy • Wataru Yoshizumi)

Deadpika? Pikachu to be played by Ryan Reynolds in live-action Pokémon movie

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 7, 2017

Actor joins cast of in-production film from Legendary Entertainment based on already-forgotten footnote to smash-hit Pokémon franchise.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Detective Pikachu • Legendary Entertainment • Live action • movies • Pikachu • Pokemon • Ryan Reynolds • video games)

Rurouni Kenshin creator’s child porn case fallout continues with movie broadcasts cancelled

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 23, 2017

It’s story may be one of redemption, but the film adaptations of the hit anime/manga aren’t being cut any slack.

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • manga • movies • Nobuhiro Nishiwaki • Nobuhiro Watsuki • Rurouni Kenshin • scandal)

Fullmetal Alchemist prequel manga’s cover, plot details revealed in runup to live-action film

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 11, 2017

Original creator of anime/manga hit hopes to please veteran fans and franchise newcomers alike.

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• Japan
• (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist.movies • Hiromu Arakawa • Live action • manga • video)

Creator of anime Your Name says he’s “not really that interested” in Hollywood live-action remake

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 10, 2017

Makoto Shinkai’s anime is unabashedly emotional, but the director sounds like a detached dad when discussing his mega-hit baby’s next step.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • hollywood • J.J. Abrams • Live action • Makoto Shinkai • movies • your name.)

Live-action Fullmetal Alchemist film’s IMAX trailer highlights action scenes

• Anime News Network
  Nov 8, 2017

Film opens in Japan on December 1, will also open in over 190 countries.

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• Japan
• (anime • Anime News Network • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • manga • movies • video)

Panic & hope: Thoughts on live-action Akira

• Viewster
  Oct 20, 2017

Once again, it’s time to panic.

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• Global, Japan
• (anime • Katsuhiro Otomo • Live action • movies • Viewster)

Sonic the Hedgehog live-action movie refuses to die, new studio grabs abandoned film rights

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 3, 2017

Paramount Pictures thinks “blue mammal with one giant eyeball who runs really fast” is a fine foundation for a live-action movie.

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• Japan, USA
• (Live action • movies • Sega • Sonic the Hedgehog • video games)

Anime Your Name to be remade as Hollywood live-action movie produced by J.J. Abrams

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 28, 2017

Hollywood rolls the anime remake dice again, this time with Makoto Shinkai’s mega-hit.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • hollywood • J.J. Abrams • Live action • Makoto Shinkai • movies • your name.)

Netflix’s Death Note director deletes Twitter account, has had it with the fan complaints

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 14, 2017

Did someone write “Adam Wingard’s Twitter account” in Light’s Death Note?

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (Adam Wingard • anime • controversy • Death Note • Live action • manga • movies • Netflix • twitter)

Anime classic Marmalade Boy to become live-action movie

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 23, 2017

Lead roles already cast for adaptation of one of anime’s most famous “teens with crushes on each other live in the same house” franchises.

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • manga • Marmalade Boy • movies)

The live-action Bleach movie: An inevitable failure?

• Viewster
  Aug 2, 2017

It’s unavoidable at this point, all of our favorite and most popular anime series are destined to become live-action productions.

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• Japan
• (anime • Bleach • Live action • manga • movies • video • Viewster)

Clip for Netflix’s Live-Action Death Note Film Shows Ryuk, Light’s Meeting

• Anime News Network
  Jul 21, 2017

Film premieres on August 25

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Anime News Network • Death Note • Live action • manga • movies • Netflix • video)

Anime One Piece to become live-action TV series…produced in the U.S.?!?

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 21, 2017

Surprise announcement comes at 20th anniversary celebration of pirate manga, as producer hopes to make “most expensive TV series ever produced.”

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Live action • manga • One Piece • TV series)

Hit anime City Hunter to get live-action adaptation — in France!

• Kay
  Jul 17, 2017

Our favorite manga PI and sniper Ryo Saeba, aka City Hunter, will be coming to the big screen in 2019 from France! 

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• Europe, Japan
• (anime • City Hunter • Live action • manga • movies • Nicky Larson • Philippe Lacheau)

Supporting cast of live-action Fullmetal Alchemist movie appears in costume for first time【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 14, 2017

Anime heroes Roy Mustang, Riza Hawkeye, and Winry Rockbell featured in English-subtitled trailer.

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• Japan
• (anime • Fullmetal Alchemist • Live action • manga • movies • video)

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