
Code Geass fans lucky enough to have attended the advance screening of Code Geass: Akito no Boukoku (“The Ruined Nation of Akito”) have reported not only that it was very good, but also that “she” is due to return in the second chapter…
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Deus Ex is the latest videogame franchise to fall victim to a Hollywood movie adaptation, with Square Enix and CBS Films announcing it will be adapted into a film.
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Naruto fans have been shocked by the character designs employed in the upcoming “Road to Ninja” Naruto movie, not least Hinata’s slatternly new persona and Sasuke the playboy host…
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Chinese are aghast at the pathetically low quality of a recently unveiled Chinese anime movie which boasted a budget of some 12 million yuan, causing many to wonder just how their anime industry will ever catch up to those overseas.
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Japanese quizzed about why it is they loathe Hollywood’s unending stream of atrocious anime and game adaptations (the likes of Dragonball and Street Fighter naturally being top of the list) provide reasons even the crazy foreigners responsible may be able to comprehend.
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Magical puella fans are celebrating the announcement that two of the three Puella Magi Madoka Magica movies are due for a Japanese theatrical release in the autumn of 2012.
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Even hardcore otaku are prepared to admit that 16-year-old model Ai Hashimoto, playing Mei Misaki in the live action movie adaptation of Another, is at least the equal of the notoriously cute anime depiction of Mei, right down to her mousy looks, A cup bust and elfin frame (her official stats put her BMI at a “severely underweight” 15.1, with a height of 164cm and a weight of 40.1kg).
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Mar 22, 2012 12:57 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Comics, Hollywood, Marketing, Marvel, Movies, Politics, USA, X-Men

A leaked image of a poster for Hollywood’s upcoming “Wolverine” X-Men film has been accused of desecrating the glorious national flag of Japan, with the sacred “hi-no-maru” being clawed most viciously by a dishonourable barbarian.
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“Let’s make the teacher have a miscarriage club,” a new movie based on a 2009 incident in which a group of boys attempted to do just that, has been making waves online thanks to its controversial content.
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K-ON!’s legion of fans are expressing their outrage and dejection at the K-ON! movie missing out on the top Academy Prize for Animation, with the “Most Excellent” prize for animation instead going to Kokurikozaka Kara and K-ON! being stuck with a mere “Excellence” prize.
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A Hollywood movie adaptation of interminable Shonen Jump manga Bleach is said to be underway, causing much distress amongst fans fearing another DragonBall or Akira style “adaptation” of a manga classic.
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Creepy mahou shoujo fans have once again been causing trouble, this time apparently having the temerity to go to the same cinema as a mother with her daughter – who naturally felt there was some danger of her daughter being ravished somehow by such an unwelcome interloper.
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