Archive for July, 2008
The IFMagazine.com entertainment website reports that film producer Erwin Stoff (The Matrix, A Scanner Darkly) is developing a live-action adaptation of Sunrise’s Cowboy Bebop multi-genre action anime series for Fox. Stoff told the website that the project is “in the really early stages” since the parties “just signed it the other day.” Shinichiro Watanabe’s original anime follows the motley crew of the spaceship Bebop as it travels throughout the solar system in search of the next job. Stoff promised “a real degree of faithfulness,” and added, “When I met with them in Japan, one of the first things that I brought up was the experience that we had on A Scanner Darkly, and how hard we worked to remain faithful to Philip K. Dick, and that was our big concern here.”
The anime distributor Bandai Entertainment and Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim programming block released the original 1998 television series in the United States, and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the subsequent 2001 animated movie. The anime was also adapted into two separate manga series, and Tokyopop released both manga series in North America. A Bandai Entertainment representative was unable to publicly comment on this report.
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I Love My Sister - Review
July 21, 2008 • Boku Wa Imouto Ni Koi Wo Suru • Comments
Review of the series “Boku Wa Imouto Ni Koi Wo Suru” by Douglas. Enjoy.
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The Variety entertainment news source has provided more information on Viz Prods., the production company that North American manga publisher Viz Media established in Hollywood last month. The company will be headed by Jason Hoffs (The Terminal), a former Amblin and DreamWorks production executive who also produced for Sony. Hoffs did not directly say which of Viz Media properties are being pitched for potential films. However, he did note that Viz Media’s numerous properties from its Japanese corporate parents — such as Naruto, Bleach, Death Note, Vampire Knight, and Monster — cater to a diverse range of audiences.
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The AnimeNation retail website reports that ADV Films will reissue the Battle Angel video series on DVD in North America. This anime adaptation of Yukito Kishiro’s Battle Angel Alita (GUNNM) science fiction action manga was first released in 1999. The DVD reissue will be limited to 10,000 copies.
When ADV Films co-founder Matt Greenfield was asked about Battle Angel’s future availability at Nan Desu Kan 2003 and other conventions, he indicated that the property was tied up with James Cameron’s purchase of the live action movie rights. The Hollywood Reporter trade paper reported this past May that Cameron wants to work on a biographical picture called The Dive, and not on Battle Angel, after his current Avatar film. Cameron has not publicly discussed his Battle Angel plans since June of 2006.
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The Oricon marketing survey group has published the latest weekly top-200 chart for Japanese CD singles, and the Suzumiya Haruhi no Tsumeawase CD has appeared on the chart for a record 100th week. It is the first CD single sung by voice actors or actresses to have stayed on the chart so long. The CD contains Aya Hirano’s “God knows…” and “Lost my music” songs as well as Yuko Goto’s “Koi no Mikuru Densetsu” from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya comedy anime series. After it was released on June 21, 2006, the single ranked as high as #5 on the weekly chart, #15 on the monthly chart, and #106 on the yearly chart. On the most recent chart, it jumped from #185 to #167, and has now sold 136,000 copies since its debut.
“Hare Hare Yukai,” the single made famous by the ending animation’s dance routine in the anime, also rose from #166 to #156 in the latest weekly chart. It has sold 123,000 copies since its May 22, 2006 debut, and has appeared on the weekly top-200 singles chart 86 times.
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The North American distributor ADV Films has corrected its update last week to its out-of-print title list. ADV Films added Best Student Council to the out-of-print list, but the company now reports that this was an mistake. Best Student Council volumes 1-6 are still available as single DVDs. In addition, ADV Films will ship the Best Student Council Complete Collection on November 11. Single DVDs and most box sets of Robotech still remain on ADV Films’ out-of-print title list, but the Robotech Protoculture Collection with 85 episodes is still available.
ADV Films has not changed the out-of-print status of 5 Centimeters Per Second or Innocent Venus, the other two titles listed in last week’s update.
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Project A-Ko - Review
July 12, 2008 • Project A-Ko • Comments
Review of the film “Project A-Ko” by Douglas. Enjoy.
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