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In this thread I'll be mentioning newly announced live action series and movies thats based on manga or light novels. live action series and movies that are not based on manga or light novels will not be mentioned.
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Since whats mentioned in this thread are only live action shows based on manga and light novels, I have started this thread in General Anime. also I already asked a Mod about where to start this thread and I got an ok to start it here.
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Thelastguardian
2006-05-29, 02:44
Death Note TV series
Good news. In addition to a live action movie, there is a TV series being plan for DN.
http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/news/20060516_15.html
CaiSter21
2006-05-29, 07:48
Death Note TV series
Good news. In addition to a live action movie, there is a TV series being plan for DN.
http://eg.nttpub.co.jp/news/20060516_15.html
do u mean tv as in anime adaptation or a live-action tv series?
cause i have only heard of an anime adaptation and the live-action movie so far.
do u mean tv as in anime adaptation or a live-action tv series?
cause i have only heard of an anime adaptation and the live-action movie so far.
That site talks about the anime.
A live action movie got announced:
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神童
Shindou
Based on a seinen manga that got published in 1998.
There are 4 volumes of this manga.
Here are the covers:
http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/4892/shindouvol10rb.jpg http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/8549/shindouvol23cp.jpg http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/1713/shindouvol32lj.jpg http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/871/shindouvol41li.jpg
Seinen manga
Serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Weekly Manga Action (http://www.futabasha.co.jp/?magazine=action).
Mangaka: Sasou Akira (さそうあきら)
From this site (http://users.skynet.be/mangaguide/au1656.html):
Winner of the "1998 (The Second) Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival award for excellence". Excerpt from the site giving the reasons for the award:
"This work is a music manga. You can almost hear the sound of the piano coming from the pages as you read. It is a convincing demonstration of how even "silent" manga can be used to express music. The delicate illustrations express the tempestuous emotions of the young girl and boy, while also creating a rhythm for the piano music. This work shows the new things that are possible with manga."
From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.net):
Shindou Live Action Movie Announced
The Mainichi Daily News has reported (http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/entertainment/manga/manganews/news/20060530org00m200118000c.html) that 13 year old actress Riko Narumi will star in a live action film adaptation of Akira Sasou's award winning 1998 manga series "Shindou" (Child Prodigy). Narumi is well suited to portray a child piano prodigy because she first learned to play the piano at age 5.
Source: Akadot (http://www.akadot.com/article.php?a=558)
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The woman on the cover of the seinen magazine Manga Action (http://www.futabasha.co.jp/?magazine=action) looks really cute >.<
Another manga is getting a live action:
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探偵学園Ｑ
Tantei Gakuen Q
Based on a shounen manga.
There are 22 volumes of this manga.
Here are the covers:
http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/5334/tanteivol15gb.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/548/tanteivol23vv.jpg http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/3995/tanteivol33sk.jpg http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/2220/tanteivol47jl.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9836/tanteivol59mn.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/6862/tanteivol65oc.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9172/tanteivol76te.jpg http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/5580/tanteivol83ga.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2439/tanteivol93sm.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3374/tanteivol107dm.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4059/tanteivol110cv.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/9192/tanteivol123nx.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/8530/tanteivol130ru.jpg http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/8417/tanteivol140lj.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/4039/tanteivol154ho.jpg http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/5802/tanteivol161ev.jpg http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/411/tanteivol175yf.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/1894/tanteivol188hx.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/3372/tanteivol193aw.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/7452/tanteivol200rb.jpg http://img425.imageshack.us/img425/7154/tanteivol218hi.jpg http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/5135/tanteivol220uu.jpg
Shounen manga
Serialized in the shounen manga magazine Weekly Shounen Magazine (http://www.shonenmagazine.com/).
From Manganews (http://www.manganews.net):
Tantei Gakuen Q Dorama: Tantei Gakuen Q will be adapted (http://www.comipress.com/?p=212) into a dorama.
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Tantei Gakuen Q live action!!!! Can't wait, I just hope a fansub group snaps it streight up :D
From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.net/):
American Battle Royale Remake Announced
According to Ain't It Cool News (http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23540), New Line Cinema and producers Neal Moritz and Roy Lee have plans to produce, "an extremely Hard R - serious-minded Americanization of BATTLE ROYALE." The project currently has no screenwriter or director attached.
From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.net/):
A Battle Royale thread was opened early in the morning to discuss about the live-action adaptation.
http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=32990
And more movies got announced :)
From AnimeNation (http://animenation.net/):
Full CG Gatchaman Movie Announced
Hong Kong based Imagi Animation Studios has announced (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1774) a partnership with Japan's Tatsunoko Productions to create a full CG motion picture adaptation of the Science Ninja Team Gatchaman anime TV series. The Gatchaman movie will be written and directed by Kevin Munroe, who is currently writing and directing Imagi's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles CG animation.
Source: Anime News Network (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/pressrelease.php?id=1774)
From AnimeNation (http://animenation.net/):
Aim for the Top Movies Announced
Gainax has announced plans (http://www.top2.jp/topics.html) to release theatrical movie versions of Gunbuster: Aim For The Top, and Aim For The Top 2 this fall. Each of the feature films will be 90 minutes long, meaning that they'll both be heavily condensed from their original running time. The original 1988 Aim For The Top cast will reportedly re-rerecord a new dialogue track for the Aim For The Top movie.
Source: Majoria's News (http://majoria.guardcrush.net/)
From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.com):
American Genre Remakes Announced
Fangoria Magazine has reported (http://www.fangoria.com/news_article.php?id=6302) that Dimension Films has plans for American remakes of the Japanese MPD Psycho television series and Tomie motion picture. The MPD Psycho TV series was an adaptation of the manga by Eiji Ohtsuka & Shou Tajima. The Tomie series of horror movies were based on the original manga by Junji Ito.
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多重人格探偵サイコ
Taju Jinkaku Tantei Saiko (MPD Psycho)
For now there are 11 volumes released of this manga.
Here are the covers:
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/7439/mpdvol17um.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9618/mpdvol28os.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9223/mpdvol32tl.jpg http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/6103/mpdvol45jk.jpg http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/5071/mpdvol58pv.jpg http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/1259/mpdvol64ms.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/6191/mpdvol72kk.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/8664/mpdvol81to.jpg http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/7203/mpdvol99mf.jpg http://img77.imageshack.us/img77/2634/mpdvol103ib.jpg http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/9444/mpdvol113au.jpg
Shounen manga
Serialized in: Shounen Ace (http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/mag/ace/)
Shounen Ace magazine is a manga magazine thats aimed at male otakus.
Author: Eiji Ohtsuka
Artist: Shou Tajima
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富江
Tomie
There are 2 volumes of this manga.
Here are the covers:
Volume 1 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1588990842/ref=pd_rvi_gw_1/103-0758787-2009456?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155)
Volume 2 (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1588990850/ref=pd_rvi_gw_2/103-0758787-2009456?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155)
Shoujo manga
Serialized in: Gekkan Halloween
Gekkan Halloween is a shoujo horror manga magazine. (The magazine is defunct)
Wiki entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomie
By: Junji Ito
Wiki entry:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junji_Ito
An article about Junji Ito with a picture of him:
http://www.kfccinema.com/features/articles/junji/junji.html
For more info about the Tomie series of horror movies (review of the first movie):
http://www.mandiapple.com/snowblood/tomie.htm
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From ComiPress (http://www.comipress.com/):
Manga to Anime/Movie/TV Drama
- http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/comics/eizou/#drama
“Viva! Yamada Barbara” by Yumiko Suzuki will be adapted into a special drama.
- http://www.chugoku-np.co.jp/News/Tn200606200014.html
“Yuunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni” by Fumiyo Kouno will be adapted into a movie.
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ビバ！山田バーバラ
Viva! Yamada Barbara
There are 3 volumes of this manga.
Here are the covers:
http://img204.imageshack.us/img204/88/vivayamadabarbaravol15qb.gif http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/9950/vivayamadabarbaravol24fy.gif http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/41/vivayamadabarbaravol34ob.gif
Josei manga
Serialized in the josei(young women's) manga magazine Kiss (http://www.kisscomic.com/).
Mangaka: Yumiko Suzuki
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夕凪の街 桜の国
Yuunagi no Machi, Sakura no Kuni
There's 1 volume of this manga.
Here its cover:
http://img484.imageshack.us/img484/8256/yuunaginomachisakuranokuni1fv.jpg
Seinen manga
Serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine Manga Action (http://www.futabasha.co.jp/?magazine=action).
Mangaka: Fumiyo Kouno
The manga is being scanlated by Kotonoha group.
Scanlations and info about the manga are available here (http://kotonoha.monkey-pirate.com/ongoing-series/yunagi-no-machi-sakura-no-kuni/).
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Hideshi Hino's manga "Living Corpse" (死肉の男) is getting a movie.
http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/2628/livingcorpsemanga3xt.jpg
Source: Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/film/brief_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1002802758)
I think no need to intro this anime. :heh: It is to be made into a Drama Series this fall
Official site: http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan_drama/
The seinen manga Mushishi is getting a live action movie :)
Read about it here: ComiPress (http://www.comipress.com/?p=540).
I already said it in the manga forum, I hope it won't be wrong to repeat it here. The manga Sakuran, by Anno Moyoco, will get adapted as a live action movie as well.
Here's the cover of the manga.
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/4063348296.09.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
And the Anno Moyoko thread. ^^ (http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=30672)
夕凪の街 桜の国 / Yunagi No Machi Sakura No Kuni
Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/2783/yunaginomachisakuranokunizy9.th.jpg (http://img350.imageshack.us/my.php?image=yunaginomachisakuranokunizy9.jpg)
Serialized in Manga Action (Futabasha)
Genre: Drama
Story and art by Fumiyo KÔNO.
Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after her city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman’s soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her life forever. The war, the atomic bomb… what did they mean to ordinary people?
From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.net/news/index.php).
According to Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/), Fumiyo Kouno's award winning 2005 manga "Yunagi No Machi Sakura No Kuni" (Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms), a story about the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, will be adapted into a live action motion picture that will hit Japanese theaters next summer.
Nodame Cantabile (のだめカンタービレ) which I mentioned in my post here (http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost.php?p=641973&postcount=643) is not only geting an anime, but also a TV drama series :)
Its based on a josei manga thats serialized in the josei manga magazine Kiss.
I also forgot to mention this, but Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora is also getting a live action drama series too.
From AnimeNewsService (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):
Hanbun No Gatsu Ganoboru Sora Drama
After running as an anime via WOWOW's Ani Tsuushin Dengeki Light Novel Gekijou, earlier this year, Hanbun No Gatsu Ganoboru Sora (Looking Up At The Half Moon) will be adapted to a latenight television drama this fall. AV Idol Miku Ishida will star in the leading role. TV Tokyo will broadacast the series from Ocotber. The eight volume original novel has become a best-seller, with over one million copies sold. It's said the role of a selfish character who has trouble communicating with others will demand strong acting ability.
Its based on a seinen light novel that got serialized in the seinen novel magazine Dengeki hp.
The light novel has 6 volumes (not 8 volumes) and its finished.
Ooh, live action Mushishi. :D That would be interesting.
Another live-action TV series was announced!
According to ANS (http://www.animenewsservice.com/), there will be a live-action drama of the shoujo manga Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge (aka "The Wallflower" in the US). The live-action drama airs this October. An anime version will follow in January 2007. I can't wait to see it! :D It will probably be very similar to Nobuta o Produce, which was my favorite drama..... :D
The story is about a woman who lends her mansion to a group of young boys on one condition: they must turn her daughter (or was it niece? Granddaughter? I forget) into a nice lady. The problem? The young girl is basically the girl from The Ring :heh: Dark, scary, no social ability, locks herself in her room all day watching horror movies, keeps skeletons as pets, etc.... so it's quite an interesting comedy. :) I think a live-action suits it better, since the manga is awkward (the art isn't very good and the panel work isn't well done, in my opinion).
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Another live-action series! Last year's popular live-action drama Hana Yori Dango will be getting another season. Viewers can log into the TBS website (station Hana Yori Dango will air on) to vote for which parts of the long manga they would like to see in this live-action season. :)
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More shoujo goodness! It's rare that a shoujo ANIMATED movie hits the theater screens, so I thought I would announce this movie:
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Maihitoyo~ (official site (http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/neoromance/maihitoyo/)) comes out in Japanese theaters August 19. It's a shoujo movie based on the popular game/TV series/manga. :) The animation looks so beautiful it brought a tear to my eye~~~~. This movie is a spinoff of the TV anime Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Hachiyoshou~, which is currently available on AnimeSuki (except only half of it has been subbed ~_~ Come on, subbers, go pick it up~ *_*)
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de ~Maihitoyo~
That's awesome. I just hope we can watch it without finishing the TV series. :uhoh: Actually, I don't think people would fansub the movie anyway.
Is it just me or are anime/novels getting a live action version left and right? That's very interesting.
From AnimeNewsService (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):
Teppan Shoujo Akane Drama
Aoki Tateo and Ariga Hitoshi's manga Teppan Shoujo Akane, serialized by Shonen Gahosha's Young King will become the basis of a new TV drama to air on TBS at 9:00 from October 15th, 2006. Maki Horikita will star in the laead role of a young Tokyo-based Teppan "iron plate" cook who travels Japan in search of her missing father. In the process of touring the country, she uses the unique ingredients found in various areas to serve up many out-of-this-world dishes that will surprise viewers every week. In an Iron Chef sort of twist she must battle other chefs through culinary competition. The original manga ran for one year from April last year through June and two volumes are currently on the market. While not a very popular comic at all, TBS has siezed on the storyline as it has become known as an underground masterpiece.
鉄板少女アカネ！！
Teppan Shoujo Akane!!
http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/9386/sajliivol1qr0.jpg http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2223/sajliivol2on9.jpg
Seinen manga
2 volumes and finished.
The seinen manga Cupid No Itazura Nijidama is getting a drama series.
From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):
Cupid No Itazura Nijidama To Be Adapted To Drama
Taku Kitazaki's (Angel Cop, Nagisa Me Kourin) manga Cupid No Itazura Nijidama, serialized in Shogakukan's Young Sunday (http://www.youngsunday.com/rensai/comics/qupidnoitazura.html) will be adapted to a TV drama to begin airing in October. Actress Hiromi Kitagawa will star in the lead role of an Office Lady (OL) with a mischeivious mind who works for a computer and media manufacturer. Embroiled in a love triangle, her man suddenly, is overcome with a weird disease that involves him losing his ability to ejaculate during sex.
Yay ^^ the male oriented light novel Shinigami No Ballad is getting a live action drama >.<
From Anime News Service (http://www.animenewsservice.com/):
Shinigami No Ballad To Become Drama
Based on Keisuke Hasegawa's Shounen, Fantasy Seinen light novel published in Japan by Dengeki Bunko, Shinigami No Ballad: Momo The Girl God Of Death will become a live action TV drama in Japan. In the past the story was adapted to a popular late night anime TV series on WOWOW. No other details are available at this time.
The seinen manga Shamo (軍鶏) is getting a live action movie :)
From AnimeNation (http://www.animenation.com/):
Live Action Shamo Movie Announced
Director Soi Cheang has reportedly begun production on a Chinese live action film adaptation of Izou Hashimoto & Tanaka Akio's brutal martial arts action manga Shamo (http://www.tanaka-akio.com/shamo/index.html).
Source: Kaiju Shakedown (http://www.kaijushakedown.com/2006/10/shamo_the_kille.html)
Did a quick search to see if this was announced earlier here, but came up empty. Excuse if I was wrong.
Planning to air in spring of 2007, "Maison Ikkoku" was announced earlier by ANN (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=7620) (and by others) with Misaki Ito-san playing Kyoko Otonashi. The part of Yusaku Godai will be played by 21-year old Taiki Nakayayashi-san, a college senior at Osaka Gakuin University. ("The Yomiuri Shimbon" and TV Asahi (http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ikkokukan/))
From the newspaper article, this will be Nakabayashi-san's screen debut, and was selected from 3200 applicants in auditions open to amateurs only.
I'll post this here too:
Interesting bit of news, a trio of live action Avatar The Last Airbender movies has been announced (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117956950.html?categoryid=13&cs=1), directed by M. Night Shyamalan. I can't think of a more unlikely director for this series, I would have thought Robert Rodriguez or someone like that...
I'll be reviving this thread >.< starting from today any new live action movie/series that gets announced and is based on a manga/light novel will be posted in this thread >.<
Hopefully I can keep up with this and the other "billions" of projects that I'm dealing with :uhoh:
Oh! I found one! It's a special drama adaptation (http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ikkokukan/) of the manga/anime, Maison Ikkoku. It airs on May 12th.
Oh! I found one! It's a special drama adaptation (http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/ikkokukan/) of the manga/anime, Maison Ikkoku. It airs on May 12th.
Oh that really great news though I did feel Maison Ikkoku was a wee bit dragged at the end I would love to see a live action of that . I hope somone subs the live action of this 80s masterpeice
It seems like it's only a special, though, not a series. I guess we'll know by then. :) I wonder what kind of ending it will have?
It seems like it's only a special, though, not a series. I guess we'll know by then. :) I wonder what kind of ending it will have?
Hmm well I got the idea from the post it was a special I was reffering to the series on which this live action special is based on . Well I have a ahunch it will be loosely based on the anime special Maison Ikkoku: Through the Passing of the Seasons (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2840) which was released in 88 which is a recap of the whole series . Or it could also be 92 special which I have unfortunately not veiwed Maison Ikkoku : Prelude, When the Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime Return .
Also I do hope they retain some old tunes, Suki Sa by Anzen Chitai was my fave opening : )
-KarumA-
2007-05-09, 07:29
random question, shouldnt this go int he unaired topic lol
The shoujo manga Life (ライフ) by Suenobu Keiko (すえのぶけいこ) is getting a TV Drama series.
The manga is serialized in the shoujo manga magazine Bessatsu Friend (http://comipedia.com/magazine/bessatsu-fureindo-betsufure), and has 15 volumes released as of this post.
Covers of available volumes can be seen here (http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/search?search-type=ss&tag=ultimatum-22&keywords=%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%95+%E3%81%99%E3% 81%88%E3%81%AE%E3%81%B6&index=books-jp&_encoding=UTF8&__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&linkCode=qs).
The manga is licensed by Tokyopop and 4 volumes are released so far, and volume 5 will be released in June 2007.
Synopsis:
Ayumu Shiiba is a middle school girl, and she is amidst studying for high school entrance exams. Ayumu is always struggling in tests, and she gets help from her best friend Shii-chan, who is always the top score taker in class. The two aim to go to the same high school together, and they study hard. Ayumu eventually beats Shii-chan in test scores, and it leads Shii-chan to fall into despair. In order to avoid hurting her best friend, Ayumu gradually lies about her superior test scores from Shii-chan. On the day the tests results are announced, Ayumu is shocked to discover that she passed into the high school of her choice, and Shii-chan did not. Shii-chan is outraged from the results, accusing Ayumu of betrayal and being reliant too much. The two best friends' relationship has been destroyed. Ayumu tries to alleviate Shii-chan's pain by cutting herself in the wrist. Ayumu cuts herself multiple times as a form of apology to Shii-chan. She begins to believe that the pains from the cuts are the only solace from all the agony she has been through. As the new school year starts, Ayumu carries an exacto-knife in her pocket for comfort. As the days go by, Ayumu has finally made a new friend at her new school, Manami Anzai. Manami is a cheery girl, and she talks mostly about her boyfriend. Manami's sometimes manipulative and unpredictable behavior flutters Ayumu. Manami seems to let Ayumu into her other group of friends, but Ayumu still has a hard time making good friends because she is afraid of hurting them like Shii-chan. One day, Ayumu makes plans to meet with Manami, and Ayumu finds that Manami had broken up with her boyfriend. Manami is shaken up, and she tries to jump in front of a train to kill herself. Ayumi saves her, but Manami seems to be more angry than thankful for being saved.
The seinen manga Shimane no Bengoshi (島根の弁護士) by Aoki Tetsuo will be getting a TV Drama.
Manga's site:
http://bj.shueisha.co.jp/manga/simane/
The manga is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Business Jump (http://comipedia.com/magazine/business-jump).
Available volumes can be seen here (http://books.shueisha.co.jp/CGI/search/syousai_put.cgi?isbn_cd=978-4-08-877223-3&mode=1).
From TokyoGraph (http://www.tokyograph.com/news/20070514/):
The story is set in the Shimane Prefecture, which supposedly has the fewest lawyers in all of Japan. Nakama plays the role of the hard-working and righteous Mizuho Yamazaki, who travels around by bicycle to help her clients.
The seinen manga Yama Onna Kabe Onna (山おんな壁おんな) by Atsuko Takakura will be getting a TV drama.
The manga is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Evening (http://comipedia.com/magazine/evening).
Available volumes can be seen here (http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc2_bc/search_list.jsp?n=20&type=t&a=&t=&word=%8ER%82%A8%82%F1%82%C8%95%C7%82%A8%82%F1%82%C 8&search=%8C%9F%8D%F5).
A synopsis can be found here:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yama_Onna_Kabe_Onna
Good News! Other than the Taiwan live drama version of HanaKimi, Japan is going to have their own soon! The drama will start July 3rd, starring Maki Horikita.
http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/pub_2007/07-138.html
http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/hanakimi/index.html
XD
A new project to start working on :) From today on I'll try my best on keeping this thread updated with the latest live action shows based manga/light novels.
Thanks for moving this thread to this forum ;)
The light novel Chii-chan wa Yuukyuu no Mukou by Akira will be getting a live action movie.
Light novel details:
ちーちゃんは悠久の向こう
Chii-chan wa Yuukyuu no Mukou
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1387/31488296ta9.jpg
Released on: February 5, 2005
Author and illustrator: Akira (日日日)
Published by Shinpusha under their Shinpusha Bunko label.
Official movie site:
http://www.chiichan.net/
A trailer is available for watching here:
http://www.chiichan.net/trailer/index.html
The movie will be released in japanese theaters in January 2008.
The seinen manga Mori no Asagao by Gouda Mamora will be getting a live action movie adaptation.
The manga is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Manga Action (http://comipedia.com/magazine/manga-action), with 7 volumes curently released of the manga.
モリのアサガオ
Mori no Asagao
From here (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20040505f3.html):
Mori no Asagao" ("A Morning Glory in the Woods") meanwhile takes up the issue of capital punishment, featuring the relationship between a young executioner and a death-row inmate of the same age.
Classic Shōjo Manga Anmitsu-hime Gets Television Drama
Anmitsu-hime, Shōsuke Kurakane's classic shōjo comedy manga series that first ran from 1949 to 1955, is being revived in a live-action television drama special that will air on Japan's Fuji TV next January. Mao Inoue (live-action Hana Yori Dango's Tsukushi) will star as Anmitsu-hime, a headstrong princess who gets into mischief in a fanciful feudal land known as Amakara.
The original manga had already spawned a 1954-60 live-action film series, a 1983-84 live-action drama television series starring Kyoko Koizumi, a 1986-87 manga remake by Izumi Takemoto in Nakayoshi magazine, and a 1986-87 anime television series by Studio Pierrot.
Source: Sankei Sports via Ultimatum
Links:
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200710/gt2007102506.html
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/oroshi/20071026
Rumiko Takahashi's One-Pound Gospel Dramatized for TV
The pop music group KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi (live-action Gokusen's Ryu) will star next January in a live-action television drama series adaptation of the One-Pound Gospel boxing manga by Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyasha, Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, Urusei Yatsura). The love comedy features a 19-year-old boxer who falls for a girl training to be nun. Takahashi had just finished the manga after twenty years and four manga volumes this past March. Viz published the manga in English, and a 1988 anime video was produced. Nippon Television plans to run the drama for one year.
Source: Sankei Sports- http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200711/gt2007110501.html
Honey and Clover (ハチミツとクローバー) - TV Live Action
Ikuta Toma (Nakatsu from HanaKimi) and Narumi Riko (1 Litre of Tears) will be starring as Takemoto Yuta and Hanamoto Hagu (respectively) in the January 8 premiere of Honey and Clover.
Based on the popular josei manga by Umino Chika. Previous adaptations include the two anime series and a live action movie (with a different cast).
Source: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200711/gt2007110700.html
If im wrong by putting it her then feel free to erase it.
Dragon Ball Movie to Film This Year for 2008 Release
Final Destination's James Wong to direct Justin Chatwin (Goku)
Twentieth Century Fox has officially announced that it signed director James Wong (Final Destination, X-Files television series, The One) and casted twenty-five-year-old Justin Chatwin (War of the Worlds, The Invisible, Lost television series) in the lead role of Goku for the movie adaptation of Akira Toriyama's Dragon Ball action manga. According to the Variety newspaper, filming is set to begin this month, and the film is slated to open worldwide on August 15, 2008. James Marsters (Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Spike, Smallville's Brainiac) will play the antagonist Piccolo, and Stephen Chow, of Kung Fu Hustle and Shaolin Soccer fame, is producing the project.
Wong will not only direct the film, but he also rewrote an earlier script that was submitted by Ben Ramsey (The Big Hit). According to The Hollywood Reporter newspaper, the story centers around the alien Goku as an adult as he protects Earth — the very planet he was sent to destroy. Chatwin is training under the stunt firm 87Eleven (The Matrix, The Bourne Supremacy, 300). Other roles are still being casted. Previous reports have indicated that shooting will take place near Montreal, Canada and in Mexico, and that Heroes actor James Kyson Lee is auditioning for the role of Yamcha.
Between 1984 and 1995, Toriyama created 519 installments of the original manga for the publisher Shueisha and its Weekly Shonen Jump magazine. The manga's 42 compiled volumes have sold over 150 million copies in Japan and over 300 million copies worldwide. Both the manga and its anime adaptations (Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z) have enjoyed success in countries in Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. The 17 animated movies in the franchise have been seen a record 49 million times in Japanese theaters. Fox first acquired the live-action film rights to Dragon Ball in 2002.
Source ANN
Link to Justin Chatwin and James Wong movie's:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Chatwin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wong_%28producer%29
Subaru Ballet Manga Adapted into Live-Action Movie
Warner Bros. Japan announced that it is producing a joint Japanese/Chinese film adaptation of Masahito Soda's Subaru manga about a budding ballerina. Actress and model Meisa Kuroki (Vexille's titular character, Crows Zero's Ruka) has already been filming on location in Shanghai with director Lee Chi-Ngai since October 28, after an earlier Tokyo shoot in September. The film's partners are planning a simultaneous 2009 opening throughout Asia, and are also hoping for releases in Europe and America.
The manga centers on Subaru (Kuroki) and her twin brother, both of whom love ballet and constantly visit ballet classes to watch the dancers. One day, the brother is bed-stricken by a brain tumor. While visiting her brother in the hospital, Subaru meets a formerly famous ballerina (Kaori Momoi) who was forced to give up dancing due to her declining physical condition. The former ballerina agrees to train Subaru to perhaps achieve her own ballet dreams.
The manga's 11 volumes have sold 1.8 million copies in Japan. The manga has yet to be released in North America, although it has been publishing in France, Germany, and Spain. Kuroki has been training for three hours nearly every day since June for her role, while Momoi is already a trained ballerina since she spent three years studying abroad at London's Royal Ballet School when she was 12.
Source: Sankei Sports via Ultimatum
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200711/gt2007111216.html
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/oroshi/
Live action Evangalion Move Canceled
ADV FIlms announced a few weeks ago that due to enternal Strife and too many Budget cuts that the Live Action Evangelion Movie has been posposned indefinatly.
www.ADVfilms.com
Live action Evangalion Move Canceled
ADV FIlms announced a few weeks ago that due to enternal Strife and too many Budget cuts that the Live Action Evangelion Movie has been posposned indefinatly.
www.ADVfilms.com/news/EvangalionLiveActionMovie
Wow, so, uh...making stuff up spontaneously?
Damnit... the link is broken again. They never can seem to keep that link fixed.
Well it's been on Wikipedia plenty of times so look there.
Damnit... the link is broken again. They never can seem to keep that link fixed.
Well it's been on Wikipedia plenty of times so look there.
Yes, I'm so sure it all just keeps falling off the web. Post-its don't stick to the Intertubes very well, amirite?
LightningZERO
2007-11-16, 19:12
Live action Evangalion Move Canceled
ADV FIlms announced a few weeks ago that due to enternal Strife and too many Budget cuts that the Live Action Evangelion Movie has been posposned indefinatly.
www.ADVfilms.com
Well, it's expected:(
I don't know if i can announced it here but there will be a Third Death Note The Movie called L : Change the World
The Scans are here with the announcement of the DS Game : L The Prologue.
http://videogamerx.gamedonga.co.kr/zbxe/files/attach/images/699943/766661/02.jpg
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/L-movie/
2008/2/9
Details
Title: 풀하우스2 / Full House 2
Also known as: Full House Season 2 / Pool Ha-woo-seu 2
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS
Broadcast period: 2008
Air time:
Related TV Series: Full House (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Full_House) Notes
The script and the casting of the main characters will be decided at this latter half of the year and the shooting and broadcasting of the show will happen next year. The director has yet to be decided.
The writer, Jo Jong Hwa (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Jo_Jong_Hwa&action=edit) has successfully completed the script up until episode 3.
It remains unknown if the leads, Bi (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Bi) and Song Hye Gyo (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Song_Hye_Gyo), of season 1 of Full House (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Full_House) will return for season 2 of Full House (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Full_House). Production Credits
Producer:
Script writer: Jo Jong Hwa (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Jo_Jong_Hwa&action=edit)
Director:
mrsticky005
2008-01-31, 19:53
there's going to be a live action 20th Century Boys movie and Monster movie
there's going to be a live action 20th Century Boys movie and Monster movie
Ooh-- source?
ginrai1984
2008-02-02, 11:38
Ooh-- source?
well the monster movie was announced a couple off years ago by new line cinema
and is curretly planned for 2009 although there no staff or actors
imdb page
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469469/
On August 16, 2007, Japan's Nikkan Sports newspaper announced that China, which began airing The Prince of Tennis anime series in the summer of 2006, will be producing a live-action drama of The Prince of Tennis manga. Shooting of the series will begin in October 2007, and it is expected to begin broadcast sometime around June 2008, just before the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
mrsticky005
2008-02-05, 19:08
well the monster movie was announced a couple off years ago by new line cinema
and is curretly planned for 2009 although there no staff or actors
imdb page
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469469/
well here's the official web site for 20th century boys
http://www.20thboys.com/
Haohmaru
2008-02-20, 19:55
2 Live-action Akira movies announced http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-20/warner-leonardo-dicaprio-to-produce-akira-live-action
mangalowres
2008-02-21, 05:09
2 Live-action Akira movies announced http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-20/warner-leonardo-dicaprio-to-produce-akira-live-action
worstpreviews (http://www.worstpreviews.com/headline.php?id=7648&count=0)
Jop confirmed =)
Bye Bye
Edit: But it's Hollywood so I don't expect anything greater than a popcorne movie.
Yuu Watese's manga Zettai Kareshi is getting a live-action adaptation!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-21/yuu-watase-absolute-boyfriend-adapted-for-live-action
Start: Fuji Tv April 8
Saki Aibu as Riiko
Mokomichi Hayami as Night
Hiro Mizushima as Soshi
My personal comment: LOL, Soshi is more handsome than the super-robot-cute Night (as far as I remember, it supposed to be different in the manga xD)
Same_Shark
2008-02-21, 22:37
Yuu Watese's manga Zettai Kareshi is getting a live-action adaptation!
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-02-21/yuu-watase-absolute-boyfriend-adapted-for-live-action
Start: Fuji Tv April 8
Saki Aibu as Riiko
Mokomichi Hayami as Night
Hiro Mizushima as Soshi
My personal comment: LOL, Soshi is more handsome than the super-robot-cute Night (as far as I remember, it supposed to be different in the manga xD)
Damn! You beat me to it.
The Chaos
2008-02-21, 22:49
Details
Title: 풀하우스2 / Full House 2
Also known as: Full House Season 2 / Pool Ha-woo-seu 2
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: KBS
Broadcast period: 2008
Air time:
Related TV Series: Full House (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Full_House) Notes
The script and the casting of the main characters will be decided at this latter half of the year and the shooting and broadcasting of the show will happen next year. The director has yet to be decided.
The writer, Jo Jong Hwa (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Jo_Jong_Hwa&action=edit) has successfully completed the script up until episode 3.
It remains unknown if the leads, Bi (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Bi) and Song Hye Gyo (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Song_Hye_Gyo), of season 1 of Full House (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Full_House) will return for season 2 of Full House (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Full_House). Production Credits
Producer:
Script writer: Jo Jong Hwa (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/index.php?title=Jo_Jong_Hwa&action=edit)
Director:
Me Would Love To See That.. : )
Well I Hope To See Bi Again ^^
My main concern is cast hope its the same one : )
Tokyo Ghost Trip
http://i30.tinypic.com/2cdc2zq.jpg
Genre: Mystery, Supernatural
Broadcast network: Tokyo MX
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-12 to
Beginning Theme Song:"情熱マイソウル" by surface
Ending Theme Song: "Pray" by little by little
CM www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCbOKvCrHb0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCbOKvCrHb0)
Official Site www.tokyo-gt.com/ (http://www.tokyo-gt.com/)
Synopsis
The comedy series currently runs in Tosuisha's yaoi-focused Ichiraci magazine. Setsu(Juri) and Souwa (Yagami) are members of the Inui family, descended from itako (traditionally, blind female shamans from northern Japan). Their high school graduation is coming up, but the head of the Inui family suddenly runs away. Their older brother Kai (Renn Kiriyama), a priest who studied exorcism abroad, becomes their guardian, and Setsu and Souwa are forced to take over the family business of dealing with spirits. Yoshikazu Kotani and Yukihiro Takiguchi play two other members of the Inui family, while Ryoma Baba plays a ghost named Isuzu.
DramaWiki http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Tokyo_Ghost_Trip
Cast
* Juri (寿里) as Inui Setsu
* Kotani Yoshikazu (小谷 嘉一) as Inui Komyo
* Yagami Ren (八神 蓮) as Inui Sowa
* Kiriyama Ren (桐山 漣) as Inui Kai
* Takiguchi Yukihiro (滝口 幸広) as Inui Ryu
* Baba Ryoma (馬場 良馬) as Kitano Isuzu
* Shindo Gaku as Reaper
* Sakamoto Naoya
* Sakamoto Kazuya
* Miura Ryosuke
DoReMii will sub this drama (announced March 28, 2008)Credits : Nikita (DAddicts)
Tri-ring
2008-04-15, 06:04
Looks as if Kokaku Kidotai AKA Ghost in the Shell is going to become live action by Dreamworks.:bow::bow:
This is something I must see.
http://www.varietyjapan.com/news/movie/2k1u7d000000nr16.html
Tri-ring
2008-04-15, 06:39
== Follow up ==
Here is the English article for those of you who do not read Japanese and think it was a late April fools.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984029.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
pretty promising.. with such a high caliber staff it should be pretty good..
CaiSter21
2008-04-15, 13:24
yes, but will it have good acting....
Looks as if Kokaku Kidotai AKA Ghost in the Shell is going to become live action by Dreamworks.:bow::bow:
This is something I must see.
http://www.varietyjapan.com/news/movie/2k1u7d000000nr16.html
Obligatory image.
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5048/6292a2beme3.jpg
Match made in heaven. (well, ok, not as much as Patrick Stewart as Prof. X :heh:)
yes, but will it have good acting....
with a high level production it's probably gonna get fitting acting..
tofumilk
2008-04-21, 19:32
http://i25.tinypic.com/2zqre50.jpg
The popular shounen-ai manga Antique Bakery 西洋 骨董 洋菓子店 by Yoshinaga Fumi, which ran from 1999-2000, is expected to have a Korean movie version expected to be releashed later this year. The movie will star Joo Ji Hoon and Kim Jae Wok. The movie is also rumored to maintain the original manga's shounen-ai and friendship elements, unlike the drama adaptation that aired in the 2001 season.
The manga is also expected to be turned into an anime, Fuji TV has announced that the series will be turned into an anime with twelve episodes, due to be released in July this year.
mrsticky005
2008-04-29, 09:18
there is a new trailer on the 20th century boys website
hear is the link
not english
http://www.20thboys.com/index.html
mrsticky005
2008-05-27, 17:30
Found this video on youtube though I'm not sure if it's on the official site (it's real though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM4ckkcr1WU
I'm guessing this is a kind of "special preview" or something.
Anywho this movie looks like it's going to be sweet and that it may actually do the manga some justice. A lot of scenes and characters are easily recognized even if you have no idea what they are saying. They even have Kenji's super awesome bunny costume!
Found this video on youtube though I'm not sure if it's on the official site (it's real though)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CM4ckkcr1WU
I'm guessing this is a kind of "special preview" or something.
Anywho this movie looks like it's going to be sweet and that it may actually do the manga some justice. A lot of scenes and characters are easily recognized even if you have no idea what they are saying. They even have Kenji's super awesome bunny costume!
It looks awesome! I can't wait. :eyespin: It's going to be a trilogy though.
mrsticky005
2008-05-29, 15:52
It's going to be a trilogy though.
That makes it even better because they'll be able to put more stuff from the manga in it.
New 20th Century Boys Trailer! (http://uguu.es/blog/2008/06/30/primer-trailer-de-la-pelicula-de-20th-century-boys/)
Haohmaru
2008-07-22, 20:29
Cowboy Bebop live action movie announced (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-22/live-action-cowboy-bebop-film-in-development-at-fox)
CinemaZebra
2008-07-25, 22:15
Cowboy Bebop live action movie announced (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-22/live-action-cowboy-bebop-film-in-development-at-fox)
:O I can't wait! Though I'll probably have to wait awhile considering they just started...:P
mrsticky005
2008-08-30, 11:19
20th century boys is out in Japan today.
If only I was Japanese...
Tri-ring
2008-12-15, 00:40
I didn't realize but there is a live action movie for "Mahotsukai ni taisetsu na koto".
Pva3glJGC4M
Cowboy Bebop live action movie announced (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-22/live-action-cowboy-bebop-film-in-development-at-fox)
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39486
"Cowboy Bebop currently revolves around expanding the anime's first episode, "Asteroid Blues," into a two hour movie, with producer Erwin Stoff minding the project at 20th Century Fox."
Obligatory image.
http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5048/6292a2beme3.jpg
Match made in heaven. (well, ok, not as much as Patrick Stewart as Prof. X :heh:)
I still claim that Ron Pearlman would make the best Batou..although I will admit I'm biased.
kenjiharima
2009-01-02, 12:17
Steven Seagal looks like Gato form Ghost in the Shell... O__O
Anyways after DRAGONBALL Live Action US....Iam not sure if this is true.
Death Note US
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37401383599
Haohmaru
2009-01-15, 12:22
Cowboy Bebop Movie Staff info http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-01-15/live-action-cowboy-bebop-proposal-officially-announced
I don't know about you guys, but this made my day. Watanabe and Cowboy Bebops script writer working on this is exactly what I wanted.
BBOvenGuy
2009-03-31, 15:04
NHK has announced a live-action version of Futatsu no Spica (Twin Spica), set to premiere June 11.
The main character, Kamogawa Asumi, will be played by 16-year-old Sakuraba Nanami (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Sakuraba_Nanami). I've never seen her act before, but she is a good visual match for the part:
http://bp0.blogger.com/_d5r0376PHAs/SHZmDSwv6DI/AAAAAAAAAPs/CMrIeapE9nU/s200/ts-Asumi.png http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/image/drama8/news_spika01_nanami.jpg
The Japanese space agency JAXA is consulting on the project. They did a good job helping out Rocket Girls a while back, so that's a great sign.
Here's the wiki entry at D-Addicts: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Futatsu_no_Spica
And for those of you who read Japanese, here's the official NHK announcement: http://www.nhk.or.jp/dramatopics-blog/5000/17533.html
The shounen(boy's) light novel series Maid Deka by Hayami Yuuji (author) and Haimura Kiyotaka (illustrator) will be getting a TV drama adaptation.
The drama will start broadcast in July 2009.
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メイド刑事
Maid Deka
少年向け小説(ライトノベル).
Shounen light novel series (light novel series aimed at boys).
The light novel series is published under the shounen(boy's) light novel label GA Bunko (http://www.comipedia.com/light-novel-label/ga-bunko).
Currently there are 8 volumes released of this light novel series.
Covers:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/7909/31684199.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6017/31725401.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/435/31785968.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4664/31840936.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4267/31934075.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/1861/32007234.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/619/32083968.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/4900/32200925.jpg
Author: Hayami Yuuji
Illustrator: Haimura Kiyotaka
A shounen/seinen manga adaptation was serialized in the shounen online free web comic magazine FlexComix Blood (http://www.comipedia.com/publisher/flex-comix), but continued its serialization in the seinen online free web comic magazine FlexComix Next (http://www.comipedia.com/publisher/flex-comix).
There are 3 volumes released of this manga (its finished).
Covers:
http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/5766/32019434.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/6627/32114427.jpg http://img22.imageshack.us/img22/2918/32184819.jpg
Shounen/Seinen manga.
Mangaka: Usami Michiko
Genre: Shounen, Seinen, Action
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Source: MoonPhase Diary (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/moonphase/20090515)
Kochikame (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochira_Katsushika-ku_Kameari_Kōen-mae_Hashutsujo), the longest continuously running manga in history, will be receiving an adaptation into a TV drama, reveals the latest Weekly Shonen Jump.Shingo Katori (http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Katori_Shingo), the youngest member of famous Japanese band SMAP will be playing the role of lazy police officer Kankichi Ryotsu.Kochira Katsushika-ku Kameari Kouen Mae Hashutsujo (This Police Station in front of Kouen Park, Katsushika Prefecture), usually shortened to こち亀 / Kochikame, has been continually serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump since 1976, making it the single longest running manga series in history.
The story deals with Kankichi Ryotsu, the lazy and undisciplined patrol cop and his equally bizarre police officer co-workers at the Kameari police station. A TV anime began in 1996 producing two theatrical films before ending in 2005.Details on the TV drama are scarce, but the casting of Shingo Katori (pictured above) as Ryotsu is receiving its good share of attention.Since SMAP is essentially a male idol group, created by famed talent agency Johnny’s and mostly popular among Japanese women, the choice of Katori for the manly Ryotsu has generated a fair amount of criticism.
http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/5328/shonenjumpkochikametvdr.jpg
Credits : Sankaku / WSJ
Haohmaru
2009-06-01, 18:35
BECK live action movie announced http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-06-01/beck-rock-manga-gets-live-action-film-with-hiro-mizushima
Focusing on Ryusuke.. I'd rather it'd stay closer to the manga.
Guardian Enzo
2009-06-02, 16:29
Me too. I'm very dubious about this, though I'm a big Beck fan.
Haohmaru
2009-06-03, 17:22
I'm a huge BECK fan as well. That's why I hope this won't be all pretty boys acting like they know how to play music. I mean I hope 1 year extensive training would be enough to make it look authentic.
Guardian Enzo
2009-06-03, 18:29
It's hard to see how any adaptation that focus on Ryusuke instead of Koyuki could be terribly faithful. All in all, I would have been much happier with a second season of the anime.
Haohmaru
2009-06-24, 17:24
Interview with writer Peter Craig http://www.animevice.com/news/writer-peter-craig-speaks-on-cowboy-bebop-flick/1552/
kenjiharima
2009-07-05, 22:49
KOF or King of Fighters video game will have a live action film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters_(film)
I hope this will not be in the ranks of the old streetfighter Vandame and Dead or Alive Live Action film.
Cowboy Spike Spigel
2009-07-08, 06:35
I am very angry that a live action movie of Cowboy Bebop is being made, it is my second favourite anime ever , and a live action film-done by none other than Fox Studios-will destroy the legacy that is been created by CB being made for just two seasons.
I would prefer it if they made a thrid season/animated movie of the anime instead of going live-action.
mitsuganae
2009-07-19, 13:06
A live-action version of Space Battleship Yamato is in development. Details at:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-07-18/noboru-ishiguro-confirms-live-action-yamato-in-development
Of course, whether anything will come of development is another matter entirely. They don't call it "development hell" for nothing.
We already know that an animated film is due this December.
Huh. Two Yamato productions at the same time?
mitsuganae
2009-07-21, 06:28
^ Apparently so. I do wonder how the live-action version will turn out. Part of me fears that poor production values may make it look really cheesy. Oh well, we'll just have to wait and see.
GunGrave Announced
http://img505.imageshack.us/img505/3596/1104031gungrave02.jpg
A Hollywood adaptation of stylish shooting things anime Gungrave has been announced, to be undertaken by Convergence Entertainment, also responsible for King of Fighters…
Yasuhiro Nightow’s epic gun series GunGrave, will start production next year, with a modest budget of some $30 to $35 million, financed through “strategic partners in Asia”. To help them with the adaptation, they have also hired Red Entertainment's Yasuaki Nagoshi to produce the movie. Gungrave is well known through the anime adaptation of the original PS2 shooting game; the title is known for combining a variety of themes, from gangster action to sci-fi shooting.
Credits : Variety / Sankaku /ScreenDaily
The seinen manga My Girl by Sahara Mizu will be getting a TV Drama adaptation:
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/mygirl/
The anime will start broadcast in October 2009.
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マイガール
My Girl
The manga is serialized in the seinen manga magazine Comic Bunch (http://www.comipedia.com/magazine/comic-bunch).
Currently there are 3 volumes released of the manga.
Covers:
http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/962/07182137.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/2978/07199217.jpg http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/3121/07222546.jpg
From MangaUpdates:
Kazama Masamune - a single 23-year-old man...has a kid? During the season of cherry blossoms, his beloved passes away. He happens to meet a little girl outside work and realizes she is his daughter who was raised in secrecy by his lover. The worst spring of his life is transformed into a painful yet vivid spring.
Mangaka: Sahara Mizu
Genre: Seinen, Drama
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Source: MoonPhase Diary (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/moonphase/20090803)
mandukar
2009-08-08, 03:54
There is a rumor going round that there is infact a live action movie in the making of Death note set after episode 38 set in america, is this true?
ginrai1984
2009-08-08, 06:41
There is a rumor going round that there is infact a live action movie in the making of Death note set after episode 38 set in america, is this true?
i think you kinda misunderstood that,there is gonna be a american remake of death note wich is set in the USA!
Kaiji official site with a little trailer : http://www.kaiji-movie.jp/index.html
Albafica
2009-09-07, 04:43
Oh good a Hollywood adaptation of Gungrave! I loved the first game and the anime, I hope this production will be good!
mitsuganae
2009-10-04, 04:44
More news (including two gender switches) on the upcoming live-action Space Battleship Yamato film (due for a December 2010 release) can be found at:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-02/live-action-space-battleship-yamato-film-cast-listed
KOF or King of Fighters video game will have a live action film
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Fighters_(film)
I hope this will not be in the ranks of the old streetfighter Vandame and Dead or Alive Live Action film.
LOOOL I watched the trailer !!! OMG they killed another great video games !!!!
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/10/03/king-of-fighters-hollywood-rape-imminent/
Dissapoint ..
Credits : Sankaku / Variety
Masamune Shirow’s legendary cyberpunk franchise Ghost in the Shell has had its Hollywood adaptation in the works for some time now, with the latest news being that Dreamworks has assigned Laeta Kalogridis as lead writer.
Seasoned writer Kalogridis is taking over from Jamie Moss, who was originally set to adapt the popular Japanese franchise to a more western market.She has written scripts for a number of Hollywood films, and is also involved with the Hollywood adaptation of Battle Angel Alita, apparently with few disasters to her credit (although she did help write a Tomb Raider movie).Also involved in this project are Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment. Avi Arad, formerly of Marvel, has been involved with many of Marvel’s TV and movie adaptations, including such titles as Spider Man and The Hulk.
Dreamworks has planned this adaptation as a “Live Action 3D”, presumably implying a heavy CG component, just as with the anime and even manga versions.
I'm not sure whether this has been announced, but a live-action J-drama of Peacemaker KUROGANE will start broadcasting on January 2010
The title is set as Shinsengumi PEACE MAKER
Heres the official website
http://xn--peacemaker-2k4u96g8s1j.jp/
stuopidget
2009-11-20, 01:33
Kaiji official site with a little trailer : http://www.kaiji-movie.jp/index.html
This is one of the few titles of which the LA is infinitely "prettier" than its manga counterpart.
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