Sonic the Hedgehog’s live-action movie design is too ugly to live, director and studio promise to make changes.
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Sonic’s butt, Jim Carrey’s Snidley Whiplash mustache, and “Gangsta’s Paradise” in a preview that we’re not sure if we’re supposed to take seriously.
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.
”If they wanted a Japanese live-action version, they would just do it themselves.”
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.
A strange caper is afoot as Germany’s Detective Pikachu is heard sounding nothing like the Pokémon species is supposed to.
Japanese fans react to the voice of Ryan Reynolds and the decision to give Pikachu so much fur.
Creator of anime/manga franchise says the already-decided on director is the perfect choice.
Many thought Netflix had closed the book for good on its Americanized adaptation of the anime/manga phenomenon, but it looks like they were wrong.
When the actors look like they just stepped out of an anime, things are off to a good start.
Legendary Entertainment is ready to roll the dice on adapting the biggest anime mecha series of all time for the overseas live-action movie market.
How does one turn a nearly 70-episode anime into a movie? The answer is you can’t. No one can.
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