Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Movie NEWS! Live Ranma ½ movie!

One of my all-time cult favorite mangas (and anime) is gonna be adapted into a live action movie!!

Well, I'm usually tired of all these adaptations, be it from manga/comics/bande dessinée to film.
But in this case I guess I'll make an exception since this all sounds pretty fun.



Rumiko Takahashi's Ranma ½ will be turned into a two part live action OVA (direct-to-video), which will first air in Japan on December 9.
How cool is that?
Well, live action animes tend to turn out better than superhero flicks in my eyes, because they don't take itself too seriously. Heck, Yatterman was pretty fantastic, and the live GTO movie (and TV series) was easily amongst my favorites of the genre.

Here's some official promo pics showing the way the actors will match the characters!


Yui Aragaki as Akane Tendo


Furuta Arata as Genma Saotome


Kento Nagayama as Tatewaki Kuno


Yuta Kanai as Hikaru Gosunkugi


Namase Katsuhisa as Soun Tendo


Natsuna as Ranma Saotome (girl)


Kento Kaku as Ranma Saotome (boy)


Shosuke Tanihara as Tofu Ono


Maki Nishiyama as Nabiki Tendo


Kyoko Hasegawa as Kasumi Tendo


And finally, Ryosei Tayama as the Vice Principal Okamata!

What a colorful casting!
Hope it will be as fun and entertaining as the premise so far.

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