
The first leaked glimpse of the movie adaptation of Tomodachi ga Sukunai – which even the author seems keen to disown – appears to have revealed its casting choices were even more misguided than had been feared.
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The prospect of a Hollywood movie version of shocking titan anime Shingeki no Kyojin has been causing some enthusiasm for once, after a parody Hollywood-style poster stimulated the imagination (to say nothing of naive optimism) of fans.
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A new trailer for the highly controversial Ghost in the Shell ARISE movie series has been released, and the scepticism of GitS fans disturbed by radical changes in both character design and voice casting appear to be evaporating rapidly.
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Tomodachi ga Sukunai’s author Yomi Hirasawa has not only confirmed that a live action movie adaptation is due, he also concedes he authorised it despite thinking it “unsuited” to 3D, and politely asks fans to stop trying to get it cancelled…
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A live action movie version of Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai set for a 2014 release is reportedly in production, causing some profoundly mixed feelings amongst the show’s many fans.
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Black Butler looks to be the latest title to receive a controversial and (to some at least) inexplicable live action adaptation, with the movie version casting the titular butler’s boy master as a crossdressing girl – Ayame Goriki, a move unlikely to please the show’s fujoshi fans.
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The recently held ACE 2013 saw scores of promising anime unveiled for the first time in the form of trailers and announcements, all of which have been the subject of much attention amongst fans – and for good reason, it would seem.
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With unusual candour for a top mangaka, on the eve of the release of the first animated Dragon Ball movie in over a decade series creator Akira Toriyama has taken some time out to bash the notoriously bad Hollywood adaptation he authorised.
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With the continuing increase in film adaptations of late night anime, movie-goeing anime fans have compiled a ranking of which TV anime they hope will someday grace the silver screen.
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The creator of the manga adapted into blockbuster bathing movie Thermae Romae has spoken of her outrage at learning that of the movie’s 6 billion yen gross she would only be receiving a paltry 1 million yen.
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The airing of Nekomonogatari Black has seen Monogatari fans rejoicing at yet another exceptionally well received (to say nothing of exceptionally sexy) instalment of the franchise, and accompanying it was news that 2013 is to be a year of many further monogatari in the form of another season.
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Anime movie lovers have compiled a ranking of their most beloved anime films – with Gainax and KyoAni for once handily supplanting the inescapable Ghibli movies.
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