Yet another popular anime is receiving a movie adaptation, this time classical music comedy Nodame Cantabile; the trailer shows what to expect:

Dark Horse has announced at Comic-Con that The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service and the MPD Psycho manga series were both in development as potential live action movies at Universal. If either movie actually does go through, it’ll definitely help boost sales for Dark Horse since they publish both manga series.

Would you watch either movies?

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Convergence Entertainment has acquired the live-action rights to the video game franchise “Gungrave,” also known for an animated series in 2003-2004. The story revolves around a crime syndicate member reborn to take revenge against his former colleagues and the best friend that betrayed him.

The original game was developed by Red Entertainment and designed by mangaka Yasuhiro Nightow. Tim Kwok, the head of the Bevery Hills and Asia-based Convergence, will produce the film with Red’s Yasuaki Nagoshi. The proposed budget is between $30 and $35 million.

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Thought some of you Airbender fans might appreciate some photos of some of the cast of the live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Photos are courtesy of Anime Vice.

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ANN reports that six additional theaters will be playing Blood: The Last Vampire on their silver screens: an Diego, Santa Monica, Chicago, Somerville, Dallas, and Arlington. You can visit this site to see the rest of the list.

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The Hollywood Reporter’s Risky Biz Blog reports that Atlas Entertainment has acquired the live action adaptation rights to Voltron now that Relativity Media’s option has expired. “Get Smart” and “The International” producers Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, and Steve Alexander, along with “Wanted” producer Jason Netter of Kickstart Entertainment, and Ted Koplar of World Event Productions – the American master licensor for the Voltron franchise – are all onboard as producers, although Atlas doesn’t have a production studio picked out yet to develop and shoot the movie.

As far as I’m concerned, this is still a case of “I’ll believe it when I see it.”

Article provided by Daniel Zelter

source: animenation