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It was inevitable: DEATH NOTE heads to these shores

May 1, 2009 in Anime, Entertainment, Film, Japan, Manga | 1 comment

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Yep, Warner Bros. (America) has acquired the rights to the immensely popular Japanese Manga series Death Note. I LOVED the Manga and I tolerated the Japanese live action adaption. I wonder who they chase after to direct this little gem. Let the casting rumors begin. One site I saw had already prematurely casted Zack Efron as the main character, Light Yagami (There will no doubt be a name change). Aside from the usual moans and groans, if you look at a side by side comparison of Light and Zack, I gotta say, it kinda looks right. Even down to the hairstyle. This should be quite interesting.

SOURCE ARTICLE:
Variety article: Warner brings ‘Death’ to bigscreen

INFORMATIONAL LINKS:
Death Note Wiki page
Japanese live action Death Note Wiki page
Death Note on Hulu

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Goku isn’t white….

April 7, 2009 in Anime, Entertainment, Film, Japan | 6 comments

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….and if you think about it, he isn’t Japanese either. DRAGONBALL EVOLUTION, the live action adaption of the immensely popular Japanese Manga/Anime series is about to hit theaters this week (although the lack of television commercials and reviews have me thinking it will see a release as dismal as the last Street Fighter movie. Ugh!), so naturally the Otaku are all abuzz about the similarities between the original show/comic and it’s movie counterpart. One of the most frequent arguments I hear is “Goku isn’t even Japanese” or “Why is Goku played by a white dude? Goku is Japanese?”. But if the fanboys and fangirls really sat down Read the rest of this entry »

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