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· Ryan General
‘Akira’ Live-Action Postponed Indefinitely So Taika Waititi Can Make ‘Thor 4’
Months after its production was announced, the live-action “Akira” adaptation has reportedly been put on hold indefinitely. Citing sources privy to the production, Variety reports that Warner Bros. has decided to pull the plug on the production, which was previously set to begin…
· Ryan General
Live-Action Remake of ‘Akira’ Starts Filming in July
Warner Bros.’ live-action remake of the beloved anime/manga Akira has been confirmed to start production in July. The highly-anticipated film, which has been in development since 2002, is now officially in full swing with the recent announcement of Leonardo DiCaprio being…
· Ryan General
‘Akira’ Live-Action Remake Will Be Produced By Leonardo DiCaprio
The highly anticipated live-action remake of the beloved anime/manga “Akira” has been confirmed to be in full swing with the announcement of Leonardo DiCaprio as producer. Warner Bros acquired the rights to create a live-action remake of Akira back in 2002 and has been stuck in…
· Ryan General
‘Thor’ Director Taika Waititi Says He Would Never Whitewash ‘Akira’ Live-Action Remake
Whenever a beloved anime property is revealed to be getting a Hollywood remake, fans are immediately reminded of the travesties that have come before it. This is mostly because Hollywood studios have long been in denial that a Whitewashed casting and a dumbed down story will no…
· Ranier Maningding
Jordan Peele Might Direct The Live-Adaptation of Akira. Here’s Why I’m HYPED
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy“. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. After years of unapologetic whitewashing from Hollywood, I was beginning to think that the…
· Ryan General
Marvel’s First Filipina American Writer Attacked By Trolls With Fake Tweets
Multi-award-winning SFF writer Alyssa Wong recently came under attack by internet trolls who attempted to discredit her using a fake tweet. Wong had just started her stint at Marvel Comics with the recent announcement of her upcoming work on the current Aero series when the…
· Carl Samson
Vegan Japanese Restaurant Owners Could Be Denied Visas If Their Sales Don’t Increase
An immigrant couple running an organic vegan restaurant in California might be forced to return to Japan if they do not meet target sales required for the renewal of their visas. Akira and Ana built VegiLicious, located in Huntington Beach, from a $200,000 capital in 2013 to…
· Bryan Ke
Hong Kong Protesters Praised After Parting to Make Way for an Ambulance
Many netizens are applauding protesters for giving way to an ambulance during an emergency in the midst of one of the largest street protest in recent Hong Kong history. The amazing showcase of genuine human kindness and empathy happened on Sunday where a rough estimation of two…
· Ryan General
Jordan Peele Left an Easter Egg in ‘Us’ for Vietnamese Fans
Eagle-eyed fans were delighted to spot a subtle reference to a Vietnamese word in Jordan Peele‘s latest psychological thriller “Us.” Much like his phenomenal directorial debut “Get Out,” “Us” is chock-full of pop culture references and easter eggs.
· Ziye Wang
Will ‘Pokémon Detective Pikachu’ Be Just Another ‘Dragonball Evolution?’
From Netflix’s “Death Note” to M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Last Airbender,” there’s been no shortage of terrible live-action adaptations of beloved animated properties in recent years. So when the trailer for “Pokémon Detective Pikachu” dropped this past Monday, it’s no surprise…
· Bryan Ke
Japanese Farming Tradition Uses Rice Straw to Make Epic Works of Art After Harvests
Wara Art Festival, an annual event in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan where farmers turn their leftover wara (rice straw) into amazing works of art has gone international. The Wara Art Festival started as a collaborative project between the students at Musashino Art University and…
· Ryan General
Jake Zyrus Is Starring in a Badass Japanese Thriller With a K-Pop Star
Jake Zyrus, who first gained international stardom as the Filipino singing sensation Charice Pempengco, is now starring in a Japanese action-thriller film alongside former South Korean girl group Kara member Kang Ji-Young. In the film called “Yaru Onna” (She’s a Killer), Jake…
· Leanna Chan
Owner of Santa Cruz Sushi Restaurant Reportedly Kicks Out WOC After ‘White Woman’ Harasses Them
Two women claim they were physically pushed out of a Japanese restaurant in Santa Cruz by the eatery’s Caucasian owner after a confrontation with another diner. PLEASE RT pic.twitter.com/POHNPSj1sU
· Carl Samson
Taika Waititi Says New Zealand is ‘Racist as F**k’
“Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi slammed his home country of New Zealand in a new interview, calling it “racist as f**k” because of people’s disregard for proper pronunciation. “It’s racist as f**k,” Waititi, who is of Māori descent, explained to British magazine Dazed.…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Kim Kardashian Excites Japanese Twitter By Looking for Manga in Tokyo
If you’ve been keeping up with the Kardashians, you may have seen Kim Kardashian West’s recent Instagram photo snapped at a Manga store in Tokyo. Curious netizens did their research, pinpointing her location to be Animate’s Shinjuku branch, but the manga she’s looking at is…
· Heather Johnson Yu
George Lucas Once Begged This Japanese Actor to Play Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader
When thinking of timeless samurai movies, two people should immediately come to mind: Akira Kurosawa, the legendary director, and Toshiro Mifune, the iconic leading man. With Kurosawa’s artistic vision and Mifune’s brilliant performances, they produced such classics as “Seven…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Shrine Offers to Dress Foreigners as ‘Maidens’, But Will Some Say Cultural Appropriation?
Female foreigners are flocking to a Japanese shrine that offers an experience package allowing them to play maidens. Visitors at Amagasaki Ebisu Shrine in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, play the role of a miko, or a Shinto shrine maiden, for an hour.
· Ryan General
Marvel’s EIC Gives the Worst Apology for Stealing Jobs From Asian Comic Book Writers
Akira Yoshida, the Japanese writer of “Thor: Son of Asgard,” “X-Men/Fantastic Four,” “X-Men: Age of Apocalypse” and “Wolverine: Soultaker,” was one of the Marvel’s most prolific writers in the early 2000s. Unfortunately, Yoshida did not actually exist. His identity was merely an…
· Khier Casino
Marvel’s New Editor-in-Chief Caught Pretending to Be Asian to Get More Work
C.B. Cebulski was appointed the new editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics earlier this month and he’s already under fire after admitting to Bleeding Cool that he wrote under the Japanese pseudonym, Akira Yoshida, from 2004 to 2006. Yoshida was brought onboard to bring “authentic”…
· Bryan Ke
Taiwan’s Live-Action ‘Dragon Ball’ Is Cringe AF But Still Better Than ‘Dragonball: Evolution’
Editor’s note: A previous version of this article stated that “Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins” was a Thai movie; it has been changed to reflect the fact that “Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins” was a Taiwanese production. Years before the controversial, whitewashed “Dragonball:…