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. Forrest McClain, the writer and creator, has reasons to bring this demo to the wider audience as it thought that James Cameron fancies […]
Very Japanese trailer for Attack on Titan live action
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. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i41ZKisDeoE 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. That […]
Superheroes from comic books to live-action 1930 to 2014 [infographic]
Do you think there’s been a lot of superhero movies and TV shows this year? Dave Columbus took a host of data and transported it all into one mighty infographic. Up to date as of July 2014, the visual shows how individual superheroes moved from comic books to live action. Which has been your favourite […]
Halo Nightfall trailer
There are a few Halo Nightfalls – there’s the Halo: Reach level and a Halo song. This Halo Nightfall is the live action crated by Paul Scheuring (Prison Break). It’s expected there will be five episodes that’ll come out with Halo: The Master Chief Collection. The story in Nightfall will connect Halo 4 and Halo […]
Black Butler live action coming to UK; latest trailer
I watched a chunk of the Black Butler anime before giving up. I wasn’t the target demographic. The live action is very different. It’s set in the future. There’s a different sort of the anime-esq gender role tensions. Sebastian is still one hell of a butler. He’s looking after a young noble who has had […]
Destiny’s live action trailer is superb
I took part in the Destiny Beta and managed to go on one 3-person fireteam raid. It’s a good format. This is why we’ve three Guardians doing the tour in this very impressive trailer for launch day. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZyQK6kUdWQ I’m impressed with the group balance here. The female character isn’t a token effort; actually, she’s the […]
Live action Patlabor trailer
The Next Generation – Patlabor is the name of the live action spinoff from the anime Patlabor films. The plan is to make some 12 episodes but release them as 7 chapters. Each chapter will get a cinematic release. It’s expected chapter 1, aka episodes 0 and 1, will hit cinemas in Japan for April […]
Black Butler live action trailer
I’m not sure what I made of the anime Black Butler series. I started to watch it but then it was overtaken by others. Even though the butler, Sebastian Michaelis, is one Hell of a butler and he helps his lord out of all sorts of situations I suspect I’m not entirely the target audience. […]
First image from Kiki’s Delivery Service live action movie
This appears to be the first image from the live-action version of Kiki’s Delivery Service. Although, technically, the film in an adaptation of Eiko Kadono’s first two books in the series Majo no Takkyubin, rather than an adaptation of the famous Studio Ghibli anime adptation of the first book. The live action will be directed […]
Rurouni Kenshin live action trailer
Rurouni Kenshin is a manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki. It is also known as Samurai X. The manga has sold more than 50 million and the anime remains popular. Himura Kenshin is a peaceful wanderer – except he used to be the assassin known as Hitokiri Battosai. After the Bakumatsu war, Kenshin roams the countryside and […]
