“I live for one purpose, one purpose only to kill Blood Suckers”
Blood: The Last Vampire is set to be released in theatres this summer. Blood: The Last Vampire brings to life an English language live-action feature movie of the original Japanese anime feature film from a producer of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. Gianna stars in the film as Saya, a 400-year-old demon-hunting vampire slayer working undercover in Japan for a secret organization, on a mission in the Vietnam War era. The cast also includes Koyuki (The Last Samurai) Michael Byrne (Gangs of New York), Colin Salmon (Punisher: War Zone), and Allison Miller (“Kings”).
From Anime News Network comes word that Leonardo DiCaprio is considering casting Japan’s SMAP pop group as the main leads in the upcoming live-action adaptation of the 1993 anime film Ninja Scroll.
Additional news comes from the Nikkan Sports newspaper that casting is in progress with DiCaprio expressing his intention to cast Japanese people.
The SMAP is a five-man group formed in 1988, consisting of Masahiro Nakai, Takuya Kimura, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, Goro Inagaki and Shingo Katori. They have acted in various films based on manga and anime.
Star War fans in Japan who are looking forward to the “Star Wars: Clone Wars” TV series will be shown in part at the Star Wars Celebration in Japan, a three-day event in Tokyo starting July 19th.
Director David Filoni will join Japanese animator Atsushi Takeuchi in a Q&A on the production of Clone Wars.
Just a glimpse of the series is all they will see, which might not be that enticing since one can easily get a glimpse from Warner Bros. official site promoting “Star Wars: The Clone Wars. However, the Q&A with Filoni is definitely enticing.
Star Wars: The Clone Wars opens in the theaters August 15th.
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