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Fullmetal Alchemist manga getting first new chapter in seven years

• Casey Baseel
  Jul 13, 2017
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The Elric boys are coming back for a new installment from creator Hiromu Arakawa.

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

Live-action Netflix Death Note’s extended preview shows off Light’s adversary L, Ryuk voice work

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 30, 2017

Adaptation of hit anime looks to be keeping its dark side.

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (anime • Death Note • Live action • manga • Netflix • video)

American-made live-action TV series adaptation of anime Cowboy Bebop in production

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 7, 2017

After decades of rumors of a Hollywood movie version of the anime classic, there are now plans to bring the space cowboys to TV instead.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Cowboy Bebop • Live action)

First in-costume photo from Digimon live-action stage production released

• Casey Baseel
  May 23, 2017

First live-action adaptation of anime franchise to open in Tokyo this summer.

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• Japan
• (anime • Digimon • Live action • plays • video games)

Anime Saint Seiya gets live-action “Hollywood” film adaptation, but will U.S. moviegoers care?

• Casey Baseel
  May 20, 2017

Series was phenomenally popular in Japan and Latin America, but will English-speaking audiences show up?

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• Japan
• (anime • Live action • movies • Saint Seiya)

“Ghost in the Shell for beginners” – Our Japanese film critic’s impressions of the Hollywood film

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 10, 2017

But is that a good or bad thing?

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Ghost in the Shell • Live action • manga • movies • review • Scarlet Johansson)

New live-action Fullmetal Alchemist trailer shows off Ed’s mechanical arm, brother-in-armor Al

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 7, 2017

Preview highlights loyalty to source material’s character motivations.

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

Netflix releases first trailer for its live-action American adaptation of anime Death Note【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2017

The video streaming giant took the rights to a live-action Death Note movie…and made it!

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• Internet, Japan, USA
• (anime • Death Note • Live action • manga • movies • Netflix • video)

Live-action Ghost in the Shell brings back main anime cast for its Japanese-dubbed version

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 10, 2017

The protagonist of the Hollywood anime adaptation will always look like Scarlet Johansson, but she won’t always sound like her.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Ghost in the Shell • Live action • manga • Scarlet Johansson)

First footage from live-action JoJo movie arrives, images of main characters also revealed!

• Kay
  Mar 9, 2017

We get a first look at some of the actual footage, as well as visuals of the key players in the JoJo live-action movie. Does it live up to expectations?

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• Japan
• (Jojo's bizarre adventure • Live action • manga • movie)

There’s one thing that really bugs me about the live-action Ghost in the Shell trailer【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 14, 2017

There’s been plenty of controversy about the casting and plot, but something else jumps out at me in the latest preview.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Ghost in the Shell • Japanese language • linguistics • Live action • Mamoru Oshii • manga • movies • Scarlet Johansson • video)

Distributor of anime Your Name reportedly responds to rumors of live-action adaptation

• Casey Baseel
  Jan 12, 2017

Anime fans have been buzzing about a possible foreign adaptation of director Makoto Shinkai’s hit.

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• Japan, Korea
• (anime • K-dramas • Live action • Makoto Shinkai • movies • TV dramas)

First image from live action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure live action movie released!

• Kay
  Jan 5, 2017

Fans were treated to a first look at an image from the JoJo live action movie over New Year’s, but it seems the response wasn’t exactly enthusiastic.

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• Japan
• (anime • Jojo's bizarre adventure • Kento Yamazaki • Live action • manga • movies)

Cast of live-action Gintama anime adaptation appears in costume for first time 【Photos】

• Casey Baseel
  Dec 6, 2016

Here’s how the silver-haired samurai and his cohorts will look in their real-world debut.

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• (anime • gintama • Live action • manga • movies • Shun Oguri)

First trailer released for Fullmetal Alchemist live-action film shows potential for awesome【Vid】

• Scott Wilson
  Nov 20, 2016

Is this the movie that will put an end to the streak of bad live-action anime remakes?

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

Live-action Ghost in the Shell recreates anime’s most famous fight scene in new preview 【Video】

• Casey Baseel
  Nov 8, 2016

21 years after the original, Scarlett Johansson tries her hand at one the most legendary fights in Japanese animation history.

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• (Ghost in the Shell • Live action • movies • Scarlett Johansson • video)

Movie fans pay respects on the 12-year memorial service of the live-action Devilman film

• Master Blaster
  Oct 11, 2016

Unlike most memorial services, these movie buffs are mourning the fact this movie was created.

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• Internet, Japan
• (anime • Devilman • funny • Live action • manga • memorial service • movies)

Fans Compare Apparent Leaked Live-Action Bleach Photos to Cosplay

• Anime News Network
  Oct 7, 2016

What do you think about the new live-action costumes?

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• Japan
• (anime • Bleach • cosplay • Live action • movie)

JoJo’s Bizzarre Adventure Part 4 coming to theaters in 2017 as live action movie!

• Kay
  Sep 30, 2016

One of Japan’s most iconic manga series is getting a live action movie adaptation … but fans don’t seem too enthusiastic about the prospect!

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• Japan
• (Diamond is Unbreakable • Jojo's bizarre adventure • Live action • manga • movie)

Teaser trailers released for Hollywood’s live-action Ghost in the Shell movie【Videos】

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 22, 2016

Here’s our first real preview of the Scarlett Johansson film based on the critically acclaimed anime and manga franchise.

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• Japan, USA
• (anime • Ghost in the Shell • Live action • Mamoru Oshii • manga • movies • Scarlett Johansson • video)

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