Netflix announces a whole new One Piece series
Tomorrow Studios are already busy working on a live-action version of Cowboy Bebop for Netflix.
Bleach live action: Samurai and monstrous ghosts
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.…
