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Bleach live action: Samurai and monstrous ghosts

June 17, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve learnt to manage our own expectations when it comes to live-action adaptations of anime and manga. It’s not easy. We’ve had the Attack on Titan and Ghost in the Shell live action attempts from Japan and America in semi-recent memory and neither became a break out hit.…

Alita: Battle Angel trailer

December 9, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Based on the very popular anime Gunnm and manga Battle Angel is Holywood’s latest attempt to do a live action. We’ve big names here with producers James Cameron and Jon Landau.…

Vogt-Roberts’ Destiny 2 trailer

September 3, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The last thing I watched which was directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts was Kong: Skull Island. That was one of my favourite Kong remakes. I think this trailer for the new Destiny game is even better.…

Fans make a Futurama live action fan film

December 22, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

That’s right – an episode, nearly, of Futurama – entirely as a fan made live action. This is some impressive stuff. Made by Cinema Relics the film makes use of sound-a-likes and some clever tricks to bring favourite characters to life.…

They look like us! A review of the live action Parasyte movie

April 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I rather liked the Parasyte anime, especially the start of the series when we were discovering all about the alien invasion and everything was going so badly wrong. I thought the ending was a bit luke warm but since the live action adaption of the series is split into two I knew I wouldn’t have to worry about that here.…

Garm Wars coming to the UK

March 8, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Garm Wars is the first English language film from Mamoru Oshii. Oshii is best known for his work on Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor and The Sky Crawlers. Garm Wars: The Last Druid merges live-action with CG to tell the story of a world in which three tribes of clone warriors are locked in a never-ending battle.…

Are we doomed? A review of Attack on Titan live action movie

October 18, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This was always going to be a challenging movie to make. For a start there are legion of manga and anime fans who really want this movie to bring to life this incredible story and then there’s task of bringing the towering titans to life.…

Twilight Zone meets Farscape: A review of Metal Hurlant Resurgence

October 16, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Metal Hurlant began life way back in France in 1974. It’s older than me. I believe the literal translation is Howling Metal but when geeks I know in the UK talk about the series they often call it Heavy Metal.…

Short film: The Alita Project

June 6, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

This short film is a proof of concept. The Alita Fan Project.com‘s goal is to show that a live-action version of the anime Batle Angel Alita is possible and a good idea.…

Very Japanese trailer for Attack on Titan live action

March 19, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is the first trailer for the live action Attack on Titan. It is covered with reaction embeds and looks ripped from the TV. Watch it before it’s yanked. With the iconic Attack on Titan music, this trailer looks like it brings the infamous world of huge man-shaped and cannibal titans to life.…

Bleach live action: Samurai and monstrous ghosts

Alita: Battle Angel trailer

Vogt-Roberts’ Destiny 2 trailer

Fans make a Futurama live action fan film

They look like us! A review of the live action Parasyte movie

Garm Wars coming to the UK

Are we doomed? A review of Attack on Titan live action movie

Twilight Zone meets Farscape: A review of Metal Hurlant Resurgence

Short film: The Alita Project

Very Japanese trailer for Attack on Titan live action

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