[ak267]

Lots of news on the anime front. Seems that Japanese animation will be hitting the US movie screens in the not to distant future.

Ghost in the Shell live action: Staring Scarlett Johansson in the leading role. 2017 Release date

http://io9.com/scarlett-johansson-will-star-in-ghost-in-the-shell-live-1677533563

Robotech live action making progress. WB wants to be the "big mecha" movie studio. Script to be penned by "300" writer Michael Gordon.

http://deadline.com/2015/02/robotech-movie-hollywood-gang-1201364914/

American movie version of Space Battleship Yamato (aka "Starblazers" in the early stages of planning. Release date of 2017-2018

http://otakuusamagazine.com/LatestNews/News1/Space-Battleship-Yamato-Hollywood-Film-Greenlit-5911.aspx

"Yamato 2199" season 2 (the "Comet Empire"). Based upon their success of Season one ("Quest for Iscandar") Xbec studios has released a two hour movie for season 2 Yamato 2199 series last December (a reboot of the classic 1974 space opera saga). Plans are for 24-26 episodes shown in 4 episode blocks in Japanese theaters then released to DVD.

[Olog-hai]

Live action is “tokusatsu” rather than “anime”, yes?

[Shadow44]

I’d love for a Robotech movie, however I’m too cynical to think Hollywood could do justice to the story, especially with the amount of plot it has.

Harmony Gold needs something, the franchise is on life support as is.

[aft_lizard]

I have heard they are also making a live action Akira. Although Chronicle was a nice homage to Akira, we need to see the real one in live action.

[tcrlaf]

Yamato 2199 looks interesting.
I wonder if they will still call it “Star Blazers” when they release it in the U.S.?

[RandallFlagg]

No Science Team Ninja Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets)?