


Namco Bandai’s God of War knock-off “Clash of the Titans” has been the subject of sustained criticism for its many failings, combining as it does both the total lack of creativity Namco Bandai is becoming a byword for, and the horror of a game based on a Hollywood movie.
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At the recently concluded Tokyo International Anime Fair, it was revealed that classic super robot anime series, Gaiking, will soon have a Hollywood movie adaptation.
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The latest manga to fall into Hollywood’s clutches is Bleach, with Warner Brothers set to release its version of the interminable series in 2014.
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The scriptwriter for Hollywood’s 2011 movie violation of Ghost in the Shell has stressed the movie will be packed full of action.
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When asked in a survey whether they approved of manga to anime adaptations, some 70% approved. However, half that number, 35%, approved of the fraught process of adapting a manga to a live action movie.
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Bayonetta’s gaunt features provide perfect crossover material: behold the Bayonettor, the Terminetta!
An image sure to give Hollywood unfortunate ideas, if indeed it does not already have them…
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Masamune Shirow’s legendary cyberpunk franchise Ghost in the Shell has had its Hollywood adaptation in the works for some time now, with the latest news being that Dreamworks has assigned Laeta Kalogridis as lead writer.
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The latest trailer for the low-budget Hollywood rape of the King of Fighters franchise looks set to lower the bar for such adaptations even further, quite the feat considering the derision heaped upon the recent Dragonball movie…
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A Hollywood theatrical adaptation of classic manga/anime Akira was previously thought to be safely cancelled, but now it appears Warner Brothers has reanimated the project, and it is set to shamble forth from the grave, for release in 2011, with a sequel already on the cards…
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Miyuki Hatoyama, the wife of Japan’s newly elected DPJ Prime Minister, claims she was abducted by aliens and taken to Venus, and was a friend of Tom Cruise in a previous life.
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A Hollywood adaptation of stylish shooting things anime Gungrave has been announced, to be undertaken by Convergence Entertainment, also responsible for King of Fighters…
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A boy who was desperate to “power up” after watching “Transformers” started drinking gasoline in emulation of the mechanical heroes of the film, suffering permanent brain damage as a result.
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