| According to Comic Natalie, Warner Bros. has announced a live action movie of Rurouni Kenshin. Actor Satoh Takeru (official blog) will play Kenshin and the film will be premiered in 2012. Warner plans serial releases of the film. Staff: Executive Producer: William Ireton (the President of Warner Entertainment Japan) Director: Ohtomo Seishi ("Ryomaden") Studio: Studio Swan ("Paradise Kiss live action") Source: Comic Natalie Story by Hachik0 |
dtshykJun 27, 2011 5:13 PM
| Dunno if I'll watch, but that's nice news. |
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| As long as it doesn't have American actors, I see no reason to cry. |
| sounds interestinggggg.. :3 |
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| I won't watch it. |
| I don't watch live-action Japanese movies much, but if this turns out to be good, I might. Always liked samurai movies. |
| yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Sato is hot. i hope he can match Kenshin´s role~~~ |
ワンダーランド花 ♥ |
| Takeru is cute. I can envision him playing the Oro Oro part well... the image fits.... |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| I hope this works out. I love Rurouni Kenshin and would hate for the movie to be a failure.... |
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| Yeah i hope that the movie will be watchable ! |
| hopefully they won't screw it up |
| i doubt this film, but no americans please. |
| As long as they don't screw it up like they did DB fine by me. I still get nausea thinking about the DB fail and I'm really nervous about the Cowboy Bebop with Keanu Reeves. Not to mention the rumors about an american Death Note with Zac Efron. |
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| I was afraid when it said Warner Bros, because then I expected another DB live. But then again, Rurouni Kenshin cannot be done in that type of fashion, since everything in the series screams "Japan". I'm glad that they use Japanese actors, but will this be good? No idea. |
| I would TOTALLY watch this. I love Rurouni Kenshin. |
| Please hire an asian actor at the least for the lead |
| If your going to complain that Yu-Gi-Oh! Mangas are on the top NY times manga best sellers, you must not realize how popular Card games are(as well as the fact that you get a free card). |
| Nice. |
chiquit0621Jun 27, 2011 6:19 PM
"Perhaps the distant part of the sky always seems clearest, so that we will always strive to reach it."  chiquit |
| Don't know if I'll watch it, it might be a great or terrible adaption. Guess we'll have to wait and see. |
SagaraYuzuru said: I was afraid when it said Warner Bros, because then I expected another DB live. But then again, Rurouni Kenshin cannot be done in that type of fashion, since everything in the series screams "Japan". I'm glad that they use Japanese actors, but will this be good? No idea. same here! The word "Warner Bros" worry me... I won't watch it, but let's hope the actors will all be JAPANESE when they are supposed to be JAPANESE! |
| sigh......another one..... whatever happened to trigun....akira.....bleach? whatever... |
Pixy-Stix said: Anyone who says the movie will suck because of Westerners is a weeaboo/communist. You don't have to be from the same country as the character you're playing to be awesome. Just ask Hugh Jackman, Australian as Logan/Wolverine, Canadian. If the movie sucks, it'll be because it sucks. Dragonball Evolution and The Last Airbender don't suck because Asians were replaced by Westerners. They suck because they're terrible movies. Do you seriously think it's the same thing if a white guy of one nationality plays a white guy of another nationality? Particularly if there's NOTHING inherently nationalistic about the character? The first sign DBE and TLA were going to suck were when they were too lazy to find people of asian descent and just went and got more white people. Avatar is DRENCHED in asian culture, and you went and picked a bunch of white people? Already I know you don't care. Anyway. Takeru Sato is an amazing actor. I've seen him play six different roles in the same show, all to great effect. He'll make a good Kenshin. Just don't screw up the action scenes. |
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| I guess that's good news, I hope it turns out to be a good movie. |
Pixy-Stix said: Anyone who says the movie will suck because of Westerners is a weeaboo/communist. You don't have to be from the same country as the character you're playing to be awesome. Just ask Hugh Jackman, Australian as Logan/Wolverine, Canadian. If the movie sucks, it'll be because it sucks. Dragonball Evolution and The Last Airbender don't suck because Asians were replaced by Westerners. They suck because they're terrible movies. Clearly you do not know what a communist is, and if you do, then shame on you for using the phrase incorrectly. Fun Fact about Wolverine, in the original pilot for the 90s X-Men cartoon he had an Australian accent. Now on the subject at hand. Satou Takeru eh? Well that's promising. If the director is good then perhaps this movie will be too. |
| As long as the actor is asian then there's no problem |
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| But it's more fun to see everyone bitch over things. -looks at the comments- Ah shit my wish came true. The entitled bitching remains! |
| I'm planning on watching this. I hope it isn't cheesy. |
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SageShinigami said: Anyway. Takeru Sato is an amazing actor. I've seen him play six different roles in the same show, all to great effect. He'll make a good Kenshin. Just don't screw up the action scenes. I agree, Den-O + all the Imagin were decent enough. At least the goofy side of Kenshin is covered. |
bla bla bla The endless debate between fans and haters. At one point, after spending a lot of time on MAL, you just realize it's totally pointless.Niko-kun said: On MAL, everyone who has used the lame rating system becomes a critic and an intellectual by default, haven't you heard? |
| I really hope this works out. |
Justinijan said: this is the best i can hope for.Yeah i hope that the movie will be watchable ! |
| hmm i'll definitely check this one out |
     ~Nyaaa~   |
| Hey, if its made in Japan and funded by Warner Brothers, I have high hopes for this one. It should be a while till it comes out though, unfortunately. |
kindergraph said: jesus christ, do you people not read past the headlines? THIS IS A JAPANESE FILM FROM A JAPANESE DIRECTOR WITH JAPANESE ACTORS. the involvement of warner bros. doesn't make it any more american since it's being produced by its JAPANESE branch. lol this is what I was just about to say. Don't forget it was Warner Bros Japan who distributed the Death Note movies. I thought it'd be obvious just by seeing who is going to play Kenshin. |
| As a huuuuge fan of RuroKen I can hardly wait to see this movie! There were some rumours about it last summer, and I'm so happy that they were proved to be true! I know adaptations like this might turn out bad as well, but since Sato Takeru is an excellent actor (plus Watsuki himself said he was the top on his list of "who could play Kenshin", so... :D) and the director did an awesome job on Ryoumaden I think it's gonna be all right this time :) This year is truly amazing for us, Kenshin fans, even if we don't get anything else (come on, re-releases, game, new anime, live action movie...) I think we cannot complain about this anniversary. The only thing left would be a manga, and a nice one-shot would be so great indeed... I wouldn't mind a break in the Embalming series :)) |
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| EPIC :D cant wait to see it |
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| Great, some white guy is going to play Kenshin |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| How adorable. |
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| I approve. Massively. But I must post a RuPaul quote: "Don't fBEEP it up." |
carosene said: I approve. Massively. But I must post a RuPaul quote: "Don't fBEEP it up." I won't be crawling to see this, but I love Kenshin so this is somewhat exciting. I wonder how they'll pull off the action scenes with finesse. Will wait for the reviews haha. |
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