Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai - Trailer

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Earlier this summer, there was one anime movie that was released we highly recommend to all otaku. Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai (????-???????-) was released 13th May 2009. Scripted by Mamoru Oshii the man who made anime like Ghost in the Shell, Patlabor and Sky Crawlers, it gained much attention in both Japan and also overseas and the anime was shown at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival in Korea and the Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland.

The film was directed by Mizuho Nishkubo and the excellent animation was produced by Production I.G. which also did many anime films like Ghost in the Shell movies, the Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex TV series, and Blood+.

Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai trailers

King of Thorn - Trailer [anime]

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Anime film adaptation of Yuji Iwahara�s King of Thorn science-fiction action manga. The film will have a worldwide release in 2010.

Samurai Champloo - AMV (song "Samurai Storm" by Yoshida Brothers)

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Samurai Champloo - AMV (song "Samurai Storm" by Yoshida Brothers)

Evangelion 1.0 - Trailer

via Latest Movie Trailers on 7/2/09

There was no foreseeable warning before it happened � a catastrophe of unparalleled scale and magnitude overwhelmed the entire globe. This event, recorded in history as �The Second Impact,� caused half the population of the Earth to perish and devastated the world. All that remains of Japan is Tokyo-3, a city that is now being attacked by giant creatures that seek to destroy mankind. These creatures are called Angels. Fourteen year old Shinji Ikari is called to Tokyo-3 by his father who he hasn�t seen in more than eight years. He is asked to come to the NERV headquarters to meet his father. His father reveals to him a gigantic humanoid weapons system that the special governmental agency has secretly developed to fight the Angels and then orders Shinji to pilot the giant artificial human Evangelion Unit One. With the fate of the world resting on his shoulders, how will the 14 year old boy Shinji fight? Wht is the truth behind �The Human Instrumentality Project,� an operation somehow related to the �Second Impact�? And who is the true enemy? The Angels, NERV, the mysterious SEELE, or the demons held within the hearts of the people involved? Gendo Ikari, a man who holds many answers to these questions, watches silently and attentively as his son fights a desperate battle� Directed by: Hideaki Anno Starring: Allison Keith-Shipp, Spike Spencer, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Caitlin Glass, John Swasey, Brina Palencia

Ponyo - Trailer

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From the Academy Award�-winning director and world-renowned Japanese animation legend Hayao Miyazaki comes PONYO, a story inspired by Hans Christian Andersen�s fairy tale �The Little Mermaid.� Already a box-office success in Japan, the story of a young and overeager goldfish named Ponyo (voiced by NOAH CYRUS) and her quest to become human features an outstanding roster of voice talent, including CATE BLANCHETT, MATT DAMON, TINA FEY, FRANKIE JONAS, CLORIS LEACHMAN, LIAM NEESON, LILY TOMLIN and BETTY WHITE.

�Death Note� va avea un remake realizat la Hollywood

via�Asiacinefil�by cris999 on 5/2/09

Studioul american de film Warner Brothers a achizitionat drepturile pentru adaptarea benzilor desenate ale lui Tsugumi Ohba si Takeshi Obata, �Death Note�. Producatorii americani intentioneaza sa realizeze o ecranizare dupa aceste benzi desenate apartinand genului suspans/supranatural. In centrul povestii se afla un tanar care gaseste un carnetel in care daca scrie numele unei persoane aceasta moare. Astfel, acesta incepe o proprie cruciada impotriva criminalilor lumii, incepand un joc de-a soarecele si pisica cu autoritatile si un detectiv genial. In versiunea propusa pentru ecranizare, personajul principal e prezentat ca un student la facultate, iar povestea acopera primele 3 volume din cele 13 ale benzilor desenate.

In 2006 au aparut 2 ecranizari ale realizatorilor japonezi, care au avut un mare succes in Japonia si nu numai. �Live-action�-urile au fost urmate de o serie anime. Vestea unui posibil remake american a fost data in premiera in anul 2007, de o publicatie din Malayezia, care spunea ca mai mult de 10 companii americane si-au exprimat interesul pentru a cumpara drepturile. Compania americana �Vertigo Entertainment� era creditata cu cele mai mari sanse sa preia acest proiect spre realizare, Charley si Vlas Parlapanides fiind cooptati ca scenaristi. Scenaristii vor ramane, insa, in urma cu cateva zile s-a anuntat ca Warner Brothers e cea care a reusit sa achizitioneze drepturile.

In fuga lor disperata pentru salvarea unei industrii a filmului in cadere libera, producatorii americani ajung sa dea adevarate lupte pentru cumpararea drepturilor asupra unor manga japoneze care au fost un mare succes pe piata asiatica. E indoielnic faptul ca inca o versiune de film (dupa cele 2 japoneze plus anime-ul) avand la baza o poveste deja arhicunoscuta (deoarece asiaticii au invatat cum sa-si vanda produsele cel mai bine, nu mai sunt vremurile de altadata) va mai putea starni interesul cuiva. Un lucru este cert: filmul, aflat inca in stadiul de achizitionare a drepturilor, nu va avea cum sa fie terminat mai devreme de sfarsitul lui 2010.