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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.