Hughes Brothers to tackle live-action ‘Akira’
Aint-It-Cool-News reports that directing duo the Hughes Brothers have signed on to bring Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira to the silver screen. I can’t say I’m a fan – From Hell was an abomination, but only because they jettisoned all the cool mystical stuff that made the original comic so amazing. In all fairness, I can’t see [...]
More Descendants of Darkness…Like I Care
So after about a million years, Yoko Matsushita has finally released another volume of Yami no Matsuei/Descendants of Darkness.
About Damn Time
Although at this point I really no longer care. The eleventh volume was released by Viz back in 2006. I vaguely remember that the characters were off in the spirit world catching shikigami or something, [...]
Go Nagai in Egypt
Go Nagai has created approximately 8,000 popular manga series, half of them about giant robots and the other half with ‘Devil-’ in the title. In my mind, the fact that he created Devilman Lady means he is one of the Great Manga Creators, and should have his face carved into a mountain next to Tezuka [...]
Dark Horse CEO Speaks!
Dark Horse is one of my favorite comic publishers. I’ve never read anything they produced that I didn’t like. If I ever get to work in the industry, I would want to work at Dark Horse. So anytime I see an interview with their CEO, Mike Richardson (which happens more often than one would expect), [...]
New Ghost in the Shell Manga
Lots of news today, but the most exciting for the Yellow Menace staff is that there are a couple new Ghost in the Shell manga on the horizon:
ANN Article
Both will be based on the Stand Alone Complex anime; one will follow the Tachikomatic Days shorts about the lovable blue insect-tanks, and the other will follow [...]
Live-Action Ghost in the Shell gains screenwriter
Good news: someone has finally been hired to pen a screenplay for the live-action Ghost in the Shell flick. Bad news: they suck. Okay, maybe suck is a bit pejorative. But take a look at this resume and tell me if it inspires confidence in you.
2002
Birds of Prey
Executive producer, writer for episodes “Slick” and “Premiere”
2004
Alexander
Screenwriter
2006
Night [...]
Just Give Me (Live-Action) Green Onions!
A live-action version of Gantz, huh?
Hot damn, this should be some awesome twisted shit.
Wow!
As the manga progresses, it eventually becomes straight-up porno. The anime doesn’t go quite that far, but if the movie stays true to the source material there should be tons of gross violence and naked chicks being assaulted by dogs.
Dragon Ball: You’re Outta There!
A parent finds that their kid is reading Dragon Ball and that there is nudity and sex jokes in it. Parent sflips their lid, school library pulls manga etc, etc.
Now, I would let a 9-year-old read Dragon Ball, because I am cool like that. But I can see why parents (probably the same parents who [...]
King of Thorn Movie Trailer
I am typing this one-handed (Gohan is feeling fussy and absolutely CANNOT be happy unless someone is holding him) so forgive any typos.
Remember my review of the King of Thorn manga?
Here it Is!
There’s a feature-length film coming out in 2010. The trailer looks pretty sweet!
Watch it!
VIZ announces ŌOKU: THE INNER CHAMBERS
This sounds insanely cool…
VIZ MEDIA PRESENTS THE HISTORICAL AND ROYAL INTRIGUE OF
ŌOKU: THE INNER CHAMBERS MANGA SERIES
Award-Winning Historical Science Fiction Drama Set In An Alternate Version Of Edo Japan Where Gender Roles Are Reversed
San Francisco, CA, August 6, 2009 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, [...]
Live action ‘Death Note’ – L, change the WorLd – now on DVD
Man…broody much?
The live action Death Note film L, change the WorLd, is now on DVD – and VIZ are celebrating by hosting a special event at the VIZ Cinema in San Francisco.
VIZ PICTURES RELEASES LIVE-ACTION DEATH NOTE: L, change the WorLd
Riveting Unwritten Concluding Chapter Of Edgy DEATH NOTE Psychological Crime Drama Available on DVD
San [...]
Manga Review: Real vol. 1
This is Part Four of my ongoing quest to review manga that I would normally never, ever bother reading. This session’s genre: the sports manga.
I’m not a sports person, really. I enjoy the occasional sumo match or baseball game (and, head hung with shame, I admit to enjoying Princess Nine). So sports manga rarely even [...]
Live-Action Urasawa Slated for This Fall
Lucky for rabid Naoiki Urasawa fans (like me!), Viz is releasing all three movies of his 2oth Century Boys on DVD in the U.S.! Plus if you’re lucky and live in California you can even see it in theaters.
ANN Article
It was a given, I guess since Viz is currently releasing the manga as well (they’re [...]
Sooooo…how is that ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’ flick?
I dug the animated Blood: The Last Vampire. Great animation, nice action, and Japanese schoolgirls with swords is always a plus. Never read the manga, so I can’t offer an opinion on that account. I did read Mamoru Oshii’s novelization, which was a lot better than it had any right to be.
So how’s the movie? [...]
Vertical: I’m Not Dead Yet!
It seems Vertical, Inc., a teensy-tiny publishing company that releases Japanese fiction and classic manga in the U.S., has no intention of closing up shop depsite the crisis that seems to be hitting the industry everywhere else.
PW Article
This is nice to know, since I really like their stuff, both content-wise and presentation-wise. They’ve been releasing [...]
