The Movies That Moved Me: Kaz Kiriya’s CASSHERN
The closest thing to an audacious anime adaptation I’d ever seen.
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Beerus Is Coming! Catch The New U.S. Theatrical Release Trailer For DRAGON BALL Z: BATTLE OF THE GODS!
Close to a year after Toei released Dragon Ball Z: Battle Of The Gods in Japan, the official word from Funimation is that the film is now getting a limited theatrical release here in the U.S. this August, as indicated by the poster above. This is pretty big for the anime fans out there, particularly for those jaded by the 2009 live-action contribution that didn’t pan really pan out very well with the hardcore fan base. For most of them, the epic saga featuring lead character Goku against his former Saiyan comrades should best stay animated. Personally, I disagree, as I have shared my own hopes for Casshern and Goemon helmer Kazuki Kiriya to bring the property to form, and it was the magic mad happen for Casshern that convinced me this was possible. Plus, my own coverage of the independent film scene has also garned my approval that enpassioned […]
Film Of The Week (3/18/13): CASSHERN (2004)
Click HERE if the embed fails to load. SYNOPSIS: In a world with an alternate history, a great war finally comes to an end leaving the earth diseased and polluted. The geneticist Dr. Azuma vies for support from the government for his neo-cell treatment that he claims can rejuvenate the body and regenerate humankind. The government leaders, guarding their own deeply entrenched powers, turn down the professor. Driven to complete his work, Dr. Azuma accepts a secret offer from a sinister faction of the powerful military. After an incident occurs in Dr. Azuma’s lab, a race of mutant humans known as the Shinzo Ningen are unleashed upon the world. Now, Dr. Azuma’s son, reincarnated into the warrior, Casshern, with an invincible body, stands between the Shinzo Ningen, and a world on the brink of annihilation. Today’s Film Of The Week comes by way of the recent report of Jun Kaname’s […]