20th Century Boys Live-Action Trailer
So ever since finding Monster, I have been a huge fan of mangaka Naoki Urasawa, an award-winning writer of suspense manga. I even have Master Keaton on DVD- seriously. Recently I learned two things to make me happy: that Viz has licensed his earlier manga 20th Century Boys for a U.S. release in 2009, and that the live-action movie version of 20th Century Boys is coming out in Japan in December. I only know a little about the story (don’t want to spoil myself), but from the trailer it looks every bit as weird and creepy and awesome as Monster.
Here is Wikipedia’s description of the manga:
Growing older is pretty rough and Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him.
Kenji and his old friends are slowly being drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that could threaten the world. Who is the mysterious “Friend” and how does he tie into Kenji’s youth? Why are there disappearances and deaths tied into Ochanomizu University? Their memories hold the keys to the puzzle, but time and age have clouded their minds.
The strange occurrences and the reach of the “Friend” conspiracy grow by the day. It will all culminate on New Year’s Eve 2000. Will Kenji and the others be able to put together the puzzle and save the world?
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Good god – that looks awesome…and since I’m about to hit middle age, I can totally empathize