Well, I could not wait any longer. I recently bought
Rurouni
Kenshin, the live-action film based on the popular Japanese manga and its
equally popular Japanese anime. Actor Takeru Satoh plays Himura Kenshin, Munetaka Aoki plays Sanosuke Sagara and Emi Takei plays Kaoru. on the Japanese version of the film. I
have waited a year for an English version but so far no luck. I have not watched
the film yet. So stay tune for a future review.
Subbed in English the film is the first of the Rurouni
Kenshin live-action films to be made. As of this writing, there are two films
in the making and due for release in 2014. These are Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto
Taika-hen and Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen. Takeru Satoh will return as
Himura Kenshin in all of them.
If you don’t know Rurouni Kenshin (and what
self-respecting anime and manga lovers do not) below is the plot summary from Anime News
Network.
“Himura
Kenshin is a vagabond with a dark past and sunny disposition. Not a ronin but a
rurouni,
he was never a samurai, but an assassin of utmost skill in the Meiji
restoration, who in the turning point of the war simply walked away. His
travels lead him to Tokyo in the 11th year of the Meiji era, where he befriends
a female Kendo master, a former thief, a brawler and a doctor all with their
own secrets. Together they fight off the enemies surfacing from the dark past
that Kenshin cannot escape.”
In the live-action, film Rurouni
Kenshin following the adventures of Kenshin from both the manga and the anime. The
film's screenplay was written by Kiyomi Fujii, Keishi Otom and was by directed
by Keishi Ōtomo and Osamu Kubota was its
producer.
Remember to look for my follow-up
review.
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The below video is a fan made creation of what we
could expect of a Harry Potter anime if there ever was one. It looks very
professional and I am surprise that the producers of the Harry Potter live
action films did not pickup on the idea.
The link below leads to a board with several
interesting renditions of the characters of Harry Potter. The video and the
articles are several years old, but still interesting.
Angeline Jolie is super scary as wicked fairy godmother, Maleficent. http://www.widescreenonlinereview.com/COMIC-REVIEWS.html
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