FX’s Shōgun to Air in 2023 Hey everyone. I loved the original 1980 Shōgun mini-series. I even did a review of the series here. Outside of the dated, Western incidental music, and the dated hairstyles of a couple of the non-Japanese characters, the original mini-series holds up quite well. But Hollywood always thinks they need
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“Mr. Baseball” — A Movie of Japanese Culture and Business Practices
June 17th, 2011 
AstroNerdBoy “Mr. Baseball” — A Movie of Japanese Culture and Business Practices –> Buy Mr. Baseball from Amazon.com! *SPOILER REVIEW!!!* Back when I lived in Japan, filming began on Mr. Baseball so forgive me if I get a bit nostalgic here because this is Japan as I remember it. That said, every time there’s a controversy
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Tags: Back to the Vaults, live-action, movie, Mr. Baseball, What I'm Watching 
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Skydance Productions (and others) Apparently Want “Star Blazers”, Not “Space Battleship Yamato”
February 22nd, 2011 AstroNerdBoy Skydance Productions (and others) Apparently Want “Star Blazers”, Not “Space Battleship Yamato” I was reading what AICN reported about the attempts by Skydance Productions and possibly even Lucasfilm going after the rights to do a Star Blazers live-action film rather than a Hollywood treatment of Space Battleship Yamato. Well, you guys know my negative feelings
Live-action Fruits Basket Movie — Another American Rape of a Popular Japanese Manga/Anime?
October 19th, 2010 AstroNerdBoy My work schedule being what it is, I sometimes don’t get around to catching all of the news as it comes out. However, I eventually found out that Fruits Basket has been licensed to receive a Hollywood live-action adaptation into a movie. At that moment, I immediately felt like throwing up at the thought of
Shōgun — Why You Should Watch This 1980 Mini-series
May 26th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Shōgun — Why You Should Watch This 1980 Mini-series –> Purchase the Blu-ray or DVD from Amazon.com Shogun Mini-series Review (DVD) I was 10-years old when this mini-series was released in the U.S. As such, I would not have been allowed to watch this back then. Naturally, now that I’m into things Japanese, I had
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Another Live-Action Anime Title — Bubblegum Crisis
May 14th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Another Live-Action Anime Title — Bubblegum Crisis The stream of live-action adaptations of anime titles continues, this time the old-school Bubblegum Crisis is on the table (Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 being the reboot, but I don’t think it is being considered). I knew of Bubblegum Crisis when I was in Japan and I’m sure saw
Live-action “Full Metal Panic?” Say It Ain’t So!
April 7th, 2009 AstroNerdBoy Live-action “Full Metal Panic?” Say It Ain’t So! I see on Sci-Fi Wire that Mandalay Pictures now has the rights to create a Full Metal Panic motion picture. Hmmmm. Zac Efron is rumored to be attached to the project. Hmmmm. I’m all down for live-action adaptations but frankly, I don’t trust Hollywood to produce any
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Maison Ikkoku 2007 Special (Live Action)
November 26th, 2008 AstroNerdBoy めぞん一刻 2007 Live Action Dorama Maison Ikkoku 2007 Special SPOILER Summary/Synopsis: It is 2007 and GODAI Yusaku takes his daughter Haruka to a park. While there, he tells her a story of how he met her mother and how different he was back then. Back in 1983, Yusaku is a rounin trying to get into
