Anime

Keanu Reeves will top-line Cowboy Bebop live-action film for Fox

It’s been reported for some time that Fox is overseeing a big-screen version of the popular Japanese anime series Cowboy Bebop. Variety has confirmed that Keanu Reeves in fact attached to star as the easygoing bounty hunter Spike Spiegel, who wanders through space in search of fortune and good times, in the year 2071. Cowboy ….

Bakugan anime to get feature film treatment from Universal

Variety reports that Universal has entered into a deal with toy company Spin Master to bring Bakugan Battle Brawlers to the big screen. The Japanese anime show airs six days a week on the Cartoon Network, and also has a strategy game that uses metal cards and magnetic, spring-loaded figures that transform from marble-like balls ….

Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii to give intro at premiere of Sky Crawlers

This Friday, December 12th, New York-Tokyo and the Film Society of Lincoln Center present the New York premiere of director Mamoru Oshii’s (Ghost in the Shell, PatLabor: The Mobile Police) latest film, The Sky Crawlers, which is described as an engaging combination of philosophy and science fiction, featuring brilliantly executed aerial combat sequences. Oshii sees ….

Animation community site goes global

The Association of Japanese Animations, an industry organization consisting mainly of animation production companies, recently announced that its community website, called Open Post, now has an English-language section. Open Post acts as a forum that provides animation professionals with an opportunity to submit and publish their work online. The new English-language section allows submissions from ….

Japanese anime company making live-action Bubblegum Crisis movie

Tokyo-based animation outfit Anime International Company (AIC) has contracted with Singapore-based Cubix, a visual software production company, to make a live-action version of the sci-fi anime series Bubblegum Crisis, according to Variety. The companies plan a large budget for the feature, directed towards a U.S. theatrical release sometime in 2011. Bubblegum Crisis creators Shinji Aramaki ….

New Naruto media to release nearly simultaneously in U.S and Japan

VIZ Media has announced an innovative and unprecedented multimedia plan to provide a near-simultaneous Japan-U.S. release of NARUTO, one of the most popular Japanese animated and manga properties in the world. Beginning on January 15th 2009, the latest episode of the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN animated series will be available for free viewing on the ultimate destination ….

MTV now casting for I’m A Fan Boy – show to be taped at New York Comic Con

New York Comic Con is working closely with MTV to help them cast a fanboy segment for the network’s award-winning True Life documentary series. All interested fanboys are encouraged to apply immediately. All applications will be reviewed by the talent and production staff at MTV’s True Life. Are you obsessed with comic books, anime, fantasy, ….

Trailer for Dragonball film

Dragonball is based on the extremely popular manga and anime series about a young boy named Goku who seeks out, upon his grandfather’s dying request, to find the great Master Roshi and gather all seven Dragon Balls (of which he has one) in order to prevent Piccolo from succeeding in his desire to use the ….

Scribe ready for live action Ninja Scroll movie

One of my all time favorite Japanese anime films is getting the big-screen, blockbuster treatment from Warners’. I love anime, but especially love the more adult-oriented stories, with purposeful violence. The kid’s stuff well…that’s for kids. According to the report by The Hollywood Reporter, Alex Tse, who wrote the Watchmen adaptation, as well as the ….

The New York Anime Festival lands in NYC this weekend

The New York Anime Festival comes to NYC this weekend. The con is held at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan and features exclusive and extensive anime screenings, guests from America and Japan, manga, cosplay, video game competitions, live-action Japanese cinema, fashion, food, and the cultural treasures that gave birth to Japanese pop ….

Live-action Death Note II: the Last Name coming to big screen for two-night event

NCM Fathom and VIZ pictures team up to present Death Note II: the Last Name in movie theatres nationwide on Wednesday, October 15 and Thursday, October 16, 2008, at 7:30 pm. This breakthrough live-action Japanese mystery event will feature an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the creation of Death Note II: the Last Name, an in-depth ….

James Cameron says Avatar largest scale sci-fi project he’s ever attempted

James Cameron was recently interviewed in Los Angeles about his upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar, where he’s been working feverishly on the new film, which is due in theaters on December 18, 2009. According to a story in The Edmonton Post, the director says that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, pales ….

Grave of the Fireflies getting 20th anniversary screening at Anime After Dark fest

Resonance Features and The Boston Science Fiction Film Festival present Anime After Dark, a twelve hour film festival event at Boston’s historic Somerville Theatre, on October 18, 2008. It will start at 7:00 PM, and run until 7:00 AM the next morning. The festival will screen some of the best in new and vintage anime, ….