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Trailers: Space Battleship Yamato, Fan-made live-action Pokémon

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The latest live-action Space Battleship Yamato movie trailer, starring Takuya Kimura and Meisa Kuroki. This full trailer includes the movie’s theme song, Love Lives, written and sung by Steven Tyler of Aerosmith. The movie is set to be released in Japan on the 1st of December this year. For more cast and plot details, you can check out my earlier post.
(Source: ANN)

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A somewhat “intersting” take on Pokémon. Ash struggles in a world where Pokémon fights have been outlawed. Many Pokémon characters are featured in the trailer, including Misty, Brock, Team Rocket and Mewtwo.
(Source: ANN)

Thoughts: A rather bizarre and humorous interpretation of Pokémon. If this ever translates into a real movie, it’ll likely bomb as per the recent live-action adaptations of Dragonball and King of Fighters. Space Battleship Yamato on the other hand seems destined for box-office greatness…in Japan at least. No release dates have been set for Singapore or any other Asian countries save for Hong Kong (22 March 2010 @ the Hong Kong International Film and Television Market, likely trying to promote or sell it to potential distributors). No release date has been set for the US either, despite its popularity back in the 197os and 80s as Star Blazers. The only other country with a release date according to IMDb is Brazil, with the film set to be released there on the 31st of December, 2010.

Live Action Hayate The Combat Butler In Taiwan?

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From Taiwanese gamer news site GNN comes a report of a Hayate the Combat Butler live action drama. The two leads have been named, and I shall have to leave it to someone else who actually keeps track of the World In Three Dimensions to give more details.

The live-action series will be broadcast on Gala Television (GTV).

I have no idea how they’re going to adapt the comedic references to just about everything ever, but speculation shall abound, like it always does. Considering the popularity of shows like Hana Yori Dango, turned into a zillion (well, four, not including sequels) live-action series, at least it’s not like this is the first time Taiwan television has attempted to adapt an anime.

I suspect we may not be hearing anything close to Norio Wakamoto as narrator. And I am sure plenty of people will be wondering, with varying degrees of dread, about Hinagiku, while I ponder the ever-seventeen Maria.

Update from Anthony: A really big LOLWHUT from me. Anyways, the lead characters are played by Park Shin Hye (Goong S, You’re Beautiful) and George Hu (ToGetHer, K.O.3an Guo) as Nagi and Hayate respectively. I am not particularly familiar with either of them as I am more of a J-Drama fan. Nonetheless, I will probably watch an episode or two at least to see how it translates as a live-action series. I will be one of those curious about who will play Hinagiku as well, if she ever appears in the Taiwan series. Preferably someone who can pull off a Tsundere character…
(Source: ANN)

JA: Tsun tsun dere tsun dere tsun tsun~

… sorry.

Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie rumour

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Several unnamed sources report that a live-action Rurouni Kenshin movie is “in production” with Takeru Sato (Mei-chan no Shitsuji, Kamen Rider Den-O) playing the lead role of Kenshin Himura.
(Source: Sankaku Complex)

Thoughts: Rurouni Kenshin was one of the first few animes I watched and still remains one of my favourites. If the rumour is true, its going to be pretty cool watching a live-action version of it. Great to see Takeru Sato’s career on the rise as well, with the Kenshin role coming straight after playing Koyuki in Beck.