Astroboy 2009 Release Date
It has been announced that the CG-animated movie take on Osamu Tezuka’s Astroboy will be released on October 23, 2009. I’m reserving my thoughts on this matter, but it’s safe to say that this could definitely fare better than that other movie we love to hate, being CG and not trying to do a live-action of it. There have been no concept arts and photos released yet, so maybe I can reserve my judgement until then?...
Eiga Sai July 2008
Film geeks and otakus unite! You can now watch Japanese films and anime for free, only this July! Click image for larger version. In celebration of Philippines – Japan Friendship Month, the Japan Foundation, Manila, in cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, the Shangri-La Plaza Mall, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, and the UP Film Institute presents a glimpse of the Japanese culture in Eiga Sai ’08. This year’s offering brings...
Nick Cage in Astroboy?!
WTF?! First time I heard the news I was like, NOOOOOOOO!!! I mean, it was already bad when I heard of the rumors about this: And now *gasp* maybe this?! Oh, shirt! You see, Summit Entertainment (the company that brought you Michael Clayton, American Pie, and Babel among others) will be releasing a computer-graphics film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy in 2009. Timothy Harris will pen the film (in case you are not familiar...
Oricon survey: Most Interesting anime films
From Nausicaa.net Oricon has released its most interesting anime survey: 10 Evangelion: 1.0 You Are 9 The Castle of Cagliostro 8 Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo 7 Kiki’s Delivery Service 6 Doraemon 5 Spirited Away 4 My Neighbor Totoro 3 Detective Conan 2 Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind 1 Laputa: Castle in the Sky Who would expect less from Miyazaki Hayao...
Casting crap: Hayden Christensen is Superman for Justice League movie?
Before we move on to the more scandalous part of this news bit, let’s start with the basics first. So the Justice League Mortal movie rumors that have been around for quite sometime might not be rumors anymore with director George Miller and team skipping from down under to Canadian north to scout for locations. I’m not really a big fan of the Justice League but hey, something as big as this definitely is worth the...