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gINGErJun 8, 2013 10:31 AM
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| Subbed Redline to Open Throughout U.S. in 2011 I want to see this really bad! Just watch this trailer to see why. Redline (2010) Movie it's available in 1080HD on youtube Madhouse worked on it for 7 years! from ANN: Actor Takuya Kimura (Howl's Moving Castle, live-action Space Battleship Yamato) headlines the film's cast along with Tadanobu Asano (live-action Tokyo Zombie) and Yuu Aoi (live-action Honey and Clover), and he appeared at the Tokyo premiere screening as a surprise guest. Redline follows JP, a daredevil driver with his customized vehicle named "Trans Am." He enters an interplanetary tournament, held once every five years, where the deadliest racers compete and many people plan to play the game for their own ends. The staff at MADHOUSE worked on the project for seven years and created 100,000 drawings by hand. ANN page // wikipedia page // MAL page review on ANN by Tim Maughan |
gINGErMar 2, 2011 9:08 PM
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| Yeah!!! The trailer looks awesome!!! Definitely going to see this!!! |
| Shinkai's Hoshi o Ou Kodomo & Gantz Trailers Streamed(click to view ANN article) New Mokoto Shinkai film Gantz Trailer & Teaser Click here to go to Gantz site & watch the trailer. |
gINGErMar 10, 2011 8:44 PM
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| Hmm the Mokoto Shinkai movie seems very interesting. I liked his previous work 5 centimers per second. |
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| I liked all his work besides 5 cm per second. In fact, I loved everything else. I keep wanting to watch it again, but I really didn't like it. I've never met anyone who agrees with me, so I think it deserves another watch. |
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gINGEr said: I liked all his work besides 5 cm per second. In fact, I loved everything else. I keep wanting to watch it again, but I really didn't like it. I've never met anyone who agrees with me, so I think it deserves another watch. At the moment I was kind of in the same situation as the main character, so it had a large impact on me. |
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| Live-action movie Akira finally gets an update, complete with a possible staff list (reported by MAL news team) According to Deadline New York, the live action movie adaptation of Otomo Katsuhiro’s Akira, has finally begun to take shape. The script, which had been successfully rewritten by Steve Kloves (Harry Potter films), has now been sent to a list of actors. For the role of Tetsuo, prospective actors include: Robert Pattinson, Andrew Garfield, and James McAvoy. For the role of Kaneda, actors include: Garrett Hedlund, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine, Justin Timberlake, and Joaquin Phoenix. Plot according to Deadline New York: "The story takes place in the rebuilt New Manhattan where a leader of a biker gang saves his friend from a medical experiment." According Chris Beveridge on Mania.com, "Do keep in mind that this is a heavily localized and adapted film, going into a New York setting, and it's very likely that they're upping the ages of the characters, which is a given going by the names used here, so don't expect the original story ideas revolving around youth, revolt and social pressures to be played out the same." *gINGEr says WTF ~ T^T * |
gINGErMar 24, 2011 10:07 PM
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| New Blood Anime by CLAMP and Production I.G Announced (reported by MAL news team) According to Kadokawa, an original anime titled "Blood-C" was announced to start this July. This will be the third anime of "Blood" series. Staff Story & Character Design: CLAMP Production Studio: Production I.G Producer Company: Aniplex Official website: http://www.blood-c.jp/ (under construction) A manga based on Blood-C will also be serialized in Shounen Ace magazine from May 26th. The author is Kotone Ranmaru. Blood-C MAL page |
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| @gINGEr I don't know about this Akira live action... And what's Justin Timberlake doing there? Hope it won't be another live action failure :-S |
| thanks for posting this -Iwasawa- ((= |
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| awe Kool im gonna have to check some out |
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| that sucks ... but thanks for the update! |
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| Arakawa Under the Bridge Gets Live-Action Show & Film "Cast for Summer 2011 drama, 2012 film to be announced in April This year's eighth issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine is announcing that a Summer 2011 live-action television adaptation and a 2012 film adaptation of the Arakawa under the bridge manga has been green-lit. [Via Earl.box] Update: The magazine's interior pages indicate that the television drama and film are part of the same live-action effort. The website will open on April 1 at autb.jp, and the ninth issue will name part of the cast on April 15." (ANN 4-02-11) |
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gINGEr said: Arakawa Under the Bridge Gets Live-Action Show & Film "Cast for Summer 2011 drama, 2012 film to be announced in April This year's eighth issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine is announcing that a Summer 2011 live-action television adaptation and a 2012 film adaptation of the Arakawa under the bridge manga has been green-lit. [Via Earl.box] Update: The magazine's interior pages indicate that the television drama and film are part of the same live-action effort. The website will open on April 1 at autb.jp, and the ninth issue will name part of the cast on April 15." (ANN 4-02-11) This is awesome. |
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Bugsquasher said: gINGEr said: Arakawa Under the Bridge Gets Live-Action Show & Film "Cast for Summer 2011 drama, 2012 film to be announced in April This year's eighth issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine is announcing that a Summer 2011 live-action television adaptation and a 2012 film adaptation of the Arakawa under the bridge manga has been green-lit. [Via Earl.box] Update: The magazine's interior pages indicate that the television drama and film are part of the same live-action effort. The website will open on April 1 at autb.jp, and the ninth issue will name part of the cast on April 15." (ANN 4-02-11) This is awesome. I know!!! ^o^ |
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| Update for new Blood+ project, Blood-C~ CLAMP's Blood-C to Be Made as Both TV Series & Film The official website of the Blood-C vampire anime project announced on Saturday that the anime will be made as both a television series this July and a theatrical film next year. As previously revealed, the manga creator team CLAMP is developing the story and original character designs, and Production I.G is handling the animation. Tsutomu Mizushima (XXXHOLiC) is directing the project with creative supervision by Blood: The Last Vampire planning assistant and Blood+ director Jun'ichi Fujisaku. CLAMP's Nanase Ohkawa is supervising the scripts and co-writing them with Fujisaku. Kazuchika Kise is adapting CLAMP's character designs for animation, and Naoki Sato is composing the music. In addition, Ranmaru Kotone (Diasta of Ultima Thule, Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo -Tokikake-) will adapt the project into a manga, which will launch in the July issue of Shōnen Ace on May 26. (from ANN) |
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| Live-Action Arakawa Under The Bridge Cast This year's 9th issue of Square Enix's Young Gangan magazine is announcing on Friday that Kento Hayashi and Mirei Kiritani are starring in the live-action television and film adaptations of Hikaru Nakamura's Arakawa under the bridge manga. Hayashi and Kiritani will play Riku and Nino, respectively.   |
gINGErApr 13, 2011 9:59 AM
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| I kept forgetting to post this. "TOKYOPOP has announced today the closure of its Los Angeles based North American publishing division on May 31st" (reported by MAL news team) Story from ANN: ANN has confirmed with Tokyopop Senior Vice President Mike Kiley that the company will shutter its Los Angeles-based North American publishing operations on May 31. The company's film and European operations will be unaffected by this closure, and its office in Hamburg, Germany will continue to handle global rights sales for the company. A public relations representative working for Tokyopop CEO Stu Levy informed ANN that "Tokyopop will announce the future of specific titles and other releases in the coming weeks." In a post on the website for Tokyopop's America's Greatest Otaku reality web series, Levy revealed that he will spend the next year in the Japanese prefecture of Miyagi, making a documentary about the effects of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster (Higashi Nihon Daishinsai) of March 11. The proceeds of the documentary will go to support the victims. He also posted a farewell message on the official Tokyopop website. May 31 is less than three weeks after the first major feature film based on a Tokyopop property, Priest, will open in American theaters. Levy founded the company, originally called Mixx, in 1997 and published manga in serial form in its Mixxzine magazine. The company's titles included Naoko Takeuchi's popular Sailor Moon magical girl manga, Hitoshi Iwaaki's Parasyte science-fiction/horror manga, and CLAMP's Magic Knight Rayearth fantasy manga. Tokyopop later pioneered the publication of "unflopped" manga (shown in its original right-to-left reading format) for all of its titles in 2002 and launched divisions in the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as an imprint devoted to Boys Love manga called Blu, between 2003 and 2005. Other Tokyopop endeavors have included a light novel line, the Rising Stars of Manga program, and more recently, digital and print-on-demand manga. In 2006, the company announced that it had negotiated the rights to a live-action adaptation of Min-Woo Hyung's Korean manhwa Priest. In 2008, the company underwent a major restructuring that split the company into the publishing division and a new media and films division. The company also toured the United States throughout the summer of 2010, shooting the America's Greatest Otaku web series. In 2009, Tokyopop confirmed that all of its Kodansha licenses would lapse. Last month, Levy commented that the February bankruptcy of the Borders bookstore chain had played a significant role in its decision to lay off a number of the company's employees. MAL PAGE |
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| New Rurouni Kenshin Anime Green-Lit The June issue of Shueisha's Jump Square magazine is announcing on Thursday that production on a new Rurouni Kenshin anime project has been green-lit. More information will be provided in future issues of Jump Square. The magazine also noted that the Blu-ray Disc versions of the two Rurouni Kenshin original video anime (OVA) projects and the Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi no Chinkonka [Requiem] film will ship between August 24 and October 26. A compilation CD will ship on July 27. Rurouni Kenshin, Meiji Kenkaku Romantan Saisen, a new game for the Sony PSP system, already shipped last month. Nobuhiro Watsuki's original 1994-1999 samurai manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump inspired a television anime series that is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Viz Media published the manga in North America, and Media Blasters' AnimeWorks label released the television anime. ADV Films released the two OVA projects and the film under the licenser's prescribed title Samurai X. Since he ended the Rurouni Kenshin manga, Watsuki drew Gun Blaze West and Buso Renkin. His current title, Embalming - The Another Tale of Frankenstein, has been running in Jump Square since the magazine's inaugural issue in 2007. (from ANN) MAL NEWS PAGE |
gINGErApr 18, 2011 1:36 PM
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This is probably the best anime news I've heard this year.... Can't wait for the anime to air... I wonder what story they'll choose to animate? |
| from ANN: Star Trek Actor (Sulu ~ George Taikei) Petitions Against Akira 'Whitewashing' (lol!!!) Last week, Japanese-American actor George Takei (Star Trek TV series' Mr. Sulu, Heroes' Kaito Nakamura) Tweeted a link to a fan petition opposing a shortlist of actors reportedly up for lead roles in the live-action film adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga Akira. The list included a variety of actors for the roles of Kaneda and Tetsuo, all of whom are white, including Twilight star Robert Pattinson, singer Justin Timberlake, and Star Trek film star Chris Pine. The list suggests the former for Tetsuo and the latter two for Kaneda, although Pattinson himself downplayed the report. The website Racebending.com created the petition as an "event" on social networking site Facebook, which fans can sign by clicking the button stating that they will "attend" the event. At press time, over 11,500 people had signed the petition, which promotes the casting of Asian-American actors in this and other film adaptations. |
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| Studio Deen to Animate Hatsune Miku Music Video The bishōjo game music brand Gwave and the anime production company Studio DEEN announced on Tuesday that they are launching a joint project team called Cosmic Record. The Cosmic Record label's first effort is a May 27 CD called Downloader by the musical artist Taishi with the synthesized voice of Crypton Future Media's Hatsune Miku virtual idol character. The limited first edition of the CD will bundle a DVD with a 3D animated music video produced by Studio DEEN. Cosmic Record describes Taishi's music as "progressive house and trance." The artist Tometa Ohara of the duo QP:flapper (MM!) is illustrating the CD, and the popular Lat-shiki Miku 3D model of Hatsune Miku will be used for the music video. Cosmic Record's website is still in the works, but the producers are planning to post a video and sample music between April 25 to May 2. (taken from ANN)  |
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| This is weird~ Moving Cosplay Cat Ears Demonstrated in Japan Neurowear also launched the following commercial, which reveals that concentration will cause the ears to perk up, and relaxing results in them folding down. Neurowear has not yet revealed when it will sell the product or what its price will be. Mattel offers a similar brain-computer interface toy called Mindflex, and Uncle Milton sells the related Star Wars Force Trainer toy. (all taken from ANN) |
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| 11th OVA of Black Jack Announced (as reported by MAL news team) According to Niconico Douga, Tezuka Production has announced the eleventh OVA of Black Jack. It will be the final volume of the OVA series. A live voice recording session of the OVA will be streamed on Niconico Live on May 14th. The OVA series had been released from 1993 - 2000 and the late Dezaki Osamu had directed the whole series. It's unknown if Dezaki was involved in the new OVA. [this is the Black Jack I luv! I'm hoping fo rthe best outcome, but I don't have much faith in it being so late after the originals xD] |
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| 3D CGI Movie of Fighting Game 'Tekken' Announced (as reported by MAL news team) According to Digital Frontier, Bandai Namco Games has announced a 3D CGI movie of the fighting game "Tekken" at Step Up Dubai 2011. It will be premiered this summer in US and on September 3rd in Japan. Tekken Channel on Youtube Trailer of "TEKKEN Blood Vengeance" (Youtube) Staff Director: Mouri Yoichi (Tekken 5 & 6 OP) Screenplay: Sato Dai Production Studio: Digital Frontier ("Biohazard: Degeneration") |
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| Big news for U.S. Miku fans!!! Hatsune Miku Live in Los Angeles Announced (as reported by MAL news team) According to the official website, a live stage of VOCALOID Hatsune Miku was announced to be held at Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on July 2nd. TOYOTA Motor Sales USA and Anime Expo 2011 will cooperate with Miku-Fes. 2011 Executive Committee. Hatsune Miku Live in Los Angeles The stage will be a modified version of "39's Giving Day" live held in Tokyo on March 9th in 2010. The 3D video will be produced by SEGA and Crypton Future Media will supervise the whole stage. Kalafina will also give a live stage at Anime Expo on July 2nd. Sources: MyCom Journal, Anime!Anime! [I want to go so bad!! If only to support the tour ~ I will have to see about it XDDD] |
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| Live Action TV Drama of Ouran High School Host Club Announced (as reported by MAL news team) According to Natalie, a live action TV drama of Ouran High School Host Club was announced to start this July. Cast Fujioka Haruhi: Kawaguchi Haruna (official website) Suoh Tamaki: Yamamoto Yusuke (official website) Ohtori Kyoya: Daito Shunsuke (profile) Hitachiin Hikaru: Takagi Shinpei (profile) Hitachiin Kaoru: Takagi Manpei (profile) Haninozuka Mitsukuni: Chiba Yudai (profile) Morinozuka Takashi: Nakamura Masaya (profile) Nekozawa Umehito: Ryusei Ryo (profile) [to view the links click the link above to go to original MAL news post!] |
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| It seems that Warner Bros. gonna make a Rurouni Kenshin live action movie. I'm actually looking forward to this. I love samurai movies and Rurouni Kenshin is one of my favorite anime. Hope they choose the "Trust and Betrayal" OVA for the movie's story. MAL news thread |
| Thanks for the update!! (= |
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| reported by MAL news team: Berserk Movie Due in January 2012 According to Young Animal magazine, the first film of the Berserk Movie series will be premiered in January 2012. The director is Kubooka Toshiyuki (The general anime director of "Top wo Nerae!", the character designs of "The iDOLM@STER" game). According to the official twitter, the film project of Berserk will last more than a decade. Screenshot |
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| reported by MAL news team: *Possible - as in not confirmed* New TV Anime of Hunter x Hunter Leaked According to Shueisha's notice to bookstores, a new TV anime of Hunter x Hunter will be announced around the release of the 29th volume of the manga on August 4th. The first TV series was aired from 1999 to 2001 and three OVA series have been released. UPDATE - reported by MAL news Hunter x Hunter Anime Due This Autumn There has been two independent sources of the announcement of Hunter x Hunter anime. The new series has been confirmed to start this autumn. |
gINGErJul 25, 2011 7:19 AM
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| Well, the manga does restart in august so I guess a new series might come too eventually. |
| reported by MAL news team: Live Action Feature Film of Afro Samurai Announced According to their press release, FUNimation, Gonzo Studios, and Indomina Group, a U.S. and Dominican Republic based producer and distributor, have announced a live action feature film of Afro Samurai. Samuel L. Jackson, who voiced the lead character the anime, is going to star in the live action film and has been hired as one of the producers. According to Variety, the producers hope to hire a writer and director this summer and complete casting by the end of the year. The film will be shot at Pinewood Indomina Studios in the Dominican Republic next year. Afro Samurai Live Action Film website: http://www.afrosamuraithemovie.com |
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JaganshiHiei1987 said: Well, the manga does restart in august so I guess a new series might come too eventually. It has now been confirmed that the new series will start in Autumn (= |
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| forgot to post this... Second Season of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi Announced (reported by MAL news team) According to CIEL magazine September issue, the second season of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi was announced. *I for one am very happy to know this (= |
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gINGEr said: JaganshiHiei1987 said: Well, the manga does restart in august so I guess a new series might come too eventually. It has now been confirmed that the new series will start in Autumn (= Great!!! Can't wait for it to start |
| reported by MAL news team: Madhouse To Remake Hunter x Hunter Anime with New Staff and Cast According to Mainichi, the new Hunter x Hunter anime will start on October 2nd. Madhouse Studios will remake it from the beginning of the story. The production staff and the voice cast are renewed. Nihon TV prepared a new programming block for the new anime at 10:55 am on Sundays. The previous TV series was aired on Fuji TV in 1999. The change of the broadcasting TV channel is quite unusual. Staff Director: Kohjina Hiroshi Series Composition: Maekawa Atsushi ("Prince of Tennis", "Bakugan" series) Character Design: Yoshimatsu Takahiro Program Producer: Nakatani Toshio ("Death Note", "Nana", "Kaiji") The new cast will be announced later. |
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gINGEr said: reported by MAL news team: Madhouse To Remake Hunter x Hunter Anime with New Staff and Cast According to Mainichi, the new Hunter x Hunter anime will start on October 2nd. Madhouse Studios will remake it from the beginning of the story. The production staff and the voice cast are renewed. Nihon TV prepared a new programming block for the new anime at 10:55 am on Sundays. The previous TV series was aired on Fuji TV in 1999. The change of the broadcasting TV channel is quite unusual. Staff Director: Kohjina Hiroshi Series Composition: Maekawa Atsushi ("Prince of Tennis", "Bakugan" series) Character Design: Yoshimatsu Takahiro Program Producer: Nakatani Toshio ("Death Note", "Nana", "Kaiji") The new cast will be announced later. I was hoping for a sequel :( Oh well *sight* it's better then nothing. Maybe it will be like "FMA Brotherhood" where the remake was better then the first series. |
Armitage87Aug 2, 2011 8:38 AM
| Gatoh Shoji Explains the Current Status of Full Metal Panic 4th Season (from MAL News Team) In Fujimi Shobo's live program on Niconico Live, Gatoh Shoji mentioned the current situation of the fourth season of Full Metal Panic. He said "Due to the circumstances of the business, I cannot freely talk about the fourth season. The project is not dead but don't have high expectations. Please wait for the realization patiently. As long as I keep silent about the fourth season, you can take it that the project is still running. When the new season is officially canceled, I'll announce it." The first volume of a spin-off novel "Full Metal Panic Another" will be released on August 20th. A new collection of the short stories of FMP will also be released on the same day. |
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| Miyazaki Hayao's New Film is His Own Autobiography (from MAL News Team) According to Cinema Today, Suzuki Toshio disclosed at a talk session that Miyazaki Hayao is producing an anime of his own autobiography. Studio Ghibli was surprised at Suzuki's sudden disclosure and they refused to give more information about the anime. |
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gINGEr said: Gatoh Shoji Explains the Current Status of Full Metal Panic 4th Season (from MAL News Team) In Fujimi Shobo's live program on Niconico Live, Gatoh Shoji mentioned the current situation of the fourth season of Full Metal Panic. He said "Due to the circumstances of the business, I cannot freely talk about the fourth season. The project is not dead but don't have high expectations. Please wait for the realization patiently. As long as I keep silent about the fourth season, you can take it that the project is still running. When the new season is officially canceled, I'll announce it." The first volume of a spin-off novel "Full Metal Panic Another" will be released on August 20th. A new collection of the short stories of FMP will also be released on the same day. News about the 4th season aren't too good. It was supposed to start this spring season :( As for the spin-off novel, hope that it will be translated into English, at least by fans. I'm almost done with the novel, and although the translation isn't that great, it's better then nothing. |
| TV Anime of Black★Rock Shooter on Noitamina Block Announced (from MAL news team) According to the official website, a TV anime of Black★Rock Shooter will be aired on the noitamina programming block from January 2012. Source: Noitamina BRS official website |
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| reported by MAL News Team: David R. Ellis to Direct Live Action 'Kite' Remake According to Variety, David R. Ellis ('Snakes on a Plane', 'The Final Destination') will direct the live action remake of the 1998 OVA Kite. Anant Singh and Brian Cox of Distant Horizon will produce, along with Moisés Cosio and Alejandro Saevich of Detalle Films in Mexico. Variety said: The live action 'Kite' is being developed as a character-driven actioner centered on a young woman living in a failed state, post-financial collapse, where the corrupt security force profits on the trafficking of young women. When her father, a cop, is slain by someone dirty inside the force, she vows to track the murderer down with the help of her father's ex-partner. "I am a big fan of Yasuomi Umetsu and honored to bring the amazing world of 'Kite' to the big screen," Ellis said. The producers are now casting and production is aimed to start this January. Source: Variety Now imo, Final Destination was entertaining, but Snakes on a Plane.... refuse to watch it. So who knows about this one. Usually I say quit stealing stuff! xD There have to be new books & comics to make movies out of!!! |
gINGErSep 6, 2011 7:14 AM
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| reported by MAL news: TV Anime of Zombie Love Comedy Manga 'Sankarea' Announced According to Bessatsu Shonen Magazine, Hattori Mitsuru's manga "Sankarea" was announced to get a TV anime adaptation. Sankarea manga official website Source: Bessatsu Shonen Magazine lol wut? Zombie LoveCom? Bring it on! ^_^ two of my favorite things. Reviews for the manga are favorable too. |
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| Anime Movie of Steins; Gate Announced (MAL news team) According to Famitsu, an anime movie of Steins;Gate was announced. Details of the film will be revealed later. ~yay c= |
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gINGEr said: Anime Movie of Steins; Gate Announced (MAL news team) According to Famitsu, an anime movie of Steins;Gate was announced. Details of the film will be revealed later. ~yay c= There's also going to be a special that will come out with the last volume. |
| And I knew both of these things already, since I'm one of the biggest Steins;Gate fans out there. |
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