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Big news conglomerate IGN reports that the premier for the Dragoball live action movie has been moved closer by a couple of days. April 8 is the new date. Supposedly moved for strategical reasons the movie will be competing against the Hannah Montana movie that week. A smart move to make the movie look better? An all out competition with Hannah Montana for the bad movie crown? Only time will tell.

[IGN]

It seems we simply cant escape the hunger Hollywood has for turning anime into live action flicks. Warner Brothers has recently bought the rights to Ninja Scroll, much like a sick rich man buys a 12 year old bride from some poor village. The ninja epic is being produced by Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way, who are also producing the Akira live action adaptation, with the screen adaptation being written by Alex Tse, who did the Watchmen adaptation.

Now I’m going to do the obvious thing and say that this will turn out badly, but not for the usual reasons. Its not that Hollywood will turn this timeless classic into a bastardized action flick. It’s because Ninja Scroll was a really cheesy ninja story that could only be considered as acceptable in anime. Once you put real people in those roles it instantly becomes an unbearable cheesefest. You’d think they would have learned after video game movies… Oh wait they are still doing those too.

[Variety]

Thanks to the nice folks at Fathom Events we have 2 free tickets for the nationwide October screening of Death Note II: The Last Name, the latest Death Note live action movie. Screenings are on October 15th & 16th, so we have to give these away fast!

Fan or not, worst case scenario you can take this opportunity as a cultural expedition!

First off, to find out if you will be able to make it to this event, check here for the theater nearest you. Then  simply comment in this post. Yes, that is right, all you need to do is comment in this post and we will pick the winner at random. What should your comment be? Well, if you’re at a loss simply write a story on how much you like Death Note, or any funny anecdote on Death Note that may have happened to you, a friend, or someone you know. The content of your comment wont be judged but posting “LOL COMMENT, DID I WIN YET?” Will get old fast. Also one comment per person, be nice.

You have until the end of the month so we can get the proper prizes out to the right place!

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As of now, 20th Century Fox’s version of Dragon Ball Z is in the making. . . in Montreal. That’s right, we will get a chance to see our favorite Kamehame ha-using characters in a Hollywood-ized version. It is estimated that the budget for the movie is going to be $100 million, so expect some pretty awesome explosions and colorful beams!

The movie is expected to be finished by July, 2008. We can only hope they don’t mess it “too much”.

[ANN]

Back in November we heard of Production I.G. intentions to make a Blood: The Last Vampire movie starring Korean actress Ji-hyun Jun. You might also recall I was none too pleased with that casting decision. Today I stand corrected, a few unofficial photos from the shooting of the movie have made it online through Japanese site joins.com.

Miss Ji-hyun Jun looks as close to the real (fake?) thing as one can get. Sure she’s smiling a whole lot more than Saya would on those pictures but she’s out of character. Now that I’ve been turned I will be counting the seconds to the release of the movie.

[Joins.com / Via ANN]

Back in 2006 there was a TV series called Maid in Akihabra, a 6 episode story about, well, a maid in Akihabara. The TV series starred jpop idol Mako Sakurai as a desperate woman who’s last refuge is working as a maid in Akihabara. Its a short, fast paced series, with each of the 6 episodes lasting 15 minutes, and very entertaining. Now Japan Sugoi has posted the whole 6 episodes in flash format for your entertainment.

If cute girls and otaku heaven is your thing (and lets face it, you’re here, it is) go ahead and give it a watch, its no Densha Otoko but it wont disappoint.

[Japan Sugoi]

One thing I’ve learned while doing Otaku Music Bit for the past months is to expect everything. Sometimes you’ll find conventional music videos, sometimes you wont find much after hours of digging and sometimes, like today, you’ll find something you didn’t even know existed. Today, dear readers, I have for you a piece of performance art. That’s right, theater.

Here’s a couple of clips from a School Rumble musical in Japan. The actors are the actual seiyu (voice actors) from the series in cosplay, which makes it extra cool.

Harima Kenji solo song.

Harima and Tenma sing a lovely duet.

Otaku theater, just tell us how high the geek bar is, we’ll always find a way to raise it.