Live action Full Metal Panic! in the works
Yippee. And the crap just doesn’t seem to let up. This year is really going to be an un-sugoi year for live action versions of popular manga and anime. Dragonball was crap. Chun Li was crap. Now news has it that they’re making a live action version of Full Metal Panic!. Reports say that Mandalay Pictures acquired the theatrical rights series. For those not familiar with FMP!, it’s basically about a sergeant who goes...
Queen’s Blade: Spiral Chaos has Got Milk
Bandai Namco’s upcoming simulation RPG for the PSP Queen’s Blade: Sprial Chaos is due for a winter release in Japan. I’m sure hot-blooded Otaku-wankers are just waiting to get hold of this new installment especially if it promises this level of suggestive imagery: Might as well be the new poster for a Got Milk ad. Then again, what more can we expect from a Queen’s Blade title, right? Via:...
Keanu as Spike in live-action Cowboy Beebop
Here it is, folks. Perhaps one of the greatest travesties of anime adaptations to live action film – Keanu Reeves will play Spike Spiegel for the live-action Cowboy Beebop. Tandandan… Okay, granted that he was cool as Neo but come on! Spike’s one of the coolest guys in the anime universe. He’s funny and witty and he can’t be played by Ted Theodore Logan! I can’t imagine Keanu sporting that trademark...
AFA 2008: Toys, toys, toys
AFA 2008 Pictures part two! When you go to conventions, there are shops. And the shops for this kind of convention will mean anime merchandise. And most of the time, anime merchandise includes toys and figures! This time, we give you a peek of a lot of toy displays seen throughout the whole show. Warning: Image heavy. This time in clickable thumbnails as there are a lot. This huge Gundam display isn’t actually tecjnically a toy,...
Anime Festival Asia 2008
For the first time ever in South East Asia, Singapore will celebrate the diversity of Japanese Pop Culture. Taking place on the 22nd and 23rd of November 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Suntec International Convention and Exhibition Center, Anime Festival Asia 2008 (AFA08) will showcase a wide array of Japanese Pop Culture related content, spanning over 5,000 sqm of space with 6 experience zones: Akiba Town, Anime Live, Anime...