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Traditional Japanese Pokemon Art!

Pokemon recreated as 12th century Japanese demons, priceless!

Via: Reddit!

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Gantz Live Action Teaser

Anime News Network reported in October about the a two film adaptation of  Hiroya Oku’s ultra-violent Gantz manga/anime series. The series will star Kazunari Ninomiya and award winning actor Kazunari Ninomiya, Shinsuke Sato is directing both films.

checkout the 15 second teaser

The story follows a young Tokyo college student who is reanimated after a deadly subway accident. Kei Kurono (Ninomiya) and his friend Masaru Kato (Matsuyama) go on violent, seemingly endless missions at the behest of an unseen host.

The project is budgeted at 4 billion yen (about US$45 million).When asked about the extremely violent nature of the movie, Ninomiya said,

“I’m happy with just appearing in a work that I love so much! I’ll try my very best to make everyone love it too!” Matsuyama said, “This work has so many original and bold points. I’m going to try to tackle the challenge of this new kind of movie.”

Via: Splash Page

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Space Battleship Yamato Trailer

Check out this trailer for the live action remake of the space epic Battleship Yamato — coming to Japanese theaters in 2010.

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Shadow of the Colossus Doujin

Shadow of the Colossus was one of those rare gems that made you feel like you were playing a work of art, so we were pretty pumped to hear rumors of a SoC manga. Our excitement turned into slight disbelief when we saw just what that manga would entail…

Illustrator/author Shigatake is making a full length Doujin complete with improbably endowed girls turning the Forbidden Land into a sexy “fantasy’ landscape.

Check out the pics below!

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