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The Sega star is looking a lot better after a six-month redesign, but game designer Yuji Naka still thinks there’s something “off.”
First costumed photos for upcoming adaptation of Hayao Miyazaki’s landmark film show princess protagonist and her anime arc antagonist.
Studio Ghibli co-founder also had two iron-clad conditions for the upcoming kabuki adaptation of his classic anime film.
Sonic the Hedgehog’s live-action movie design is too ugly to live, director and studio promise to make changes.
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Leaving out the littlest bounty hunter is a big omission, and could signify a difference in tone between the anime and live-action version.
Japanese artists bring the Pokémon icon’s anime-to-live-action evolution back to illustrated form.
Video game designer Yuji Naka only needs two sentences to explain what’s wrong with this weird-looking version of the Sega star.
There are going to be tons of Pokémon in the film but it’s still a little weird hearing Pikachu cuss.
Adaptation of Makoto Shinkai hit now has a high-profile American director, who the producers say was their first choice.
Seiri-chan is making the leap from manga protagonist to the movie screen, and in a live-action adaptation.
Streaming giant’s U.S.-produced remake of the anime classic is seen be many as trying to improve on perfection.
The latest snaps of Tony Jaa and Milla Jovovich in their Monster Hunter guises have drawn a mixed set of reactions from the Japanese net.
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