Tag: Anime

  • Cowboy Bebop Production Begins This Month

    Cowboy Bebop Production Begins This Month

    It looks like the Bebop crew is getting ready for their close-up. A report from the New Zealand Herald has the story that the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Cowboy Bebop will begin shooting in Auckland later this month while also stating that the series will create several hundred jobs in Auckland, something that’s always an…

  • Elena Satine Joins Cowboy Bebop

    Elena Satine Joins Cowboy Bebop

    Elena Satine is going from the Miramar Playa to the Syndicate. The former Magic City actress (who also had the distinction of being the first live-action Mera in season 10 of Smallville) is set to star in the Netflix and Tomorrow Studios live-action adaptation of Shinichiro Wantanape’s legendary anime Cowboy Bebop. The series will center…

  • Kevin Smith to Produce Masters of the Universe Anime Series

    Kevin Smith to Produce Masters of the Universe Anime Series

    Deadline reports that Kevin Smith has teamed with Mattel and Netflix on a new anime based on He-Man entitled The Masters of the Universe: Revelations. Additionally, Smith seems to intimate that the new limited series is a sequel to the classic 80s cartoon. The story will pick up where the last one left off, thus…

  • Zack Snyder to Make Norse Animated Series with Jay Oliva

    Zack Snyder to Make Norse Animated Series with Jay Oliva

    The Hollywood Reporter reports that Zach Snyder has signed on to develop an anime-inspired series based on Norse mythology. He will be working on the series with DC animation director and storyboard artist Jay Oliva. Oliva is also working on an anime series of his own with the streaming giant. Snyder and Oliva are endeavoring…

  • Akira to Receive New Anime Adaptation

    Akira to Receive New Anime Adaptation

    One of the most iconic anime properties of all time is about to return to the forefront of the medium in a whole new way.  Ahead of the upcoming live-action adaptation of Akira, which will be directed by Thor: Ragnarok’s Taika Waititi, series creator Katsuhiro Otomo has announced at the Anime Expo that he will…

  • Adi Shankar’s The End of Pokemon Trailer Released Online

    Adi Shankar’s The End of Pokemon Trailer Released Online

    Castlevania producer Adi Shankar has added a new entry to his bootleg universe, this time focusing on the 90s phenomenon Pokémon. The franchise has experienced a resurgence in recent years thanks to Pokémon Go and the recently released Detective Pikachu. The Shankar-produced fan film, entitled The End of Pokemon, is set several years in the…