Sato Shinsuke’s BLEACH Is Highly-Spirited Otaku Soul Food
From Warner Bros. Pictures Japan, director Sato Shinsuke’s BLEACH is now available on Netflix and starring Sota Fukushi and Sugisaki Hana.
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BLEACH Teases A Bloody Supernatural Battle Ahead In The Final Trailer
Sato Shinsuke is gearing up for a hefty summer round at the festivals with the concurrent Japan release of the live-action adaptation, BLEACH. Warner Bros. Japan is rolling out a final trailer this week ahead of a July 20 open and with screenings setting up at Fantasia in Montreal, and at Japan Cuts in New York City where Sato will be in attendance for fans. The following info beneath the new Japanese poster art comes from Japan Cuts where the film will have its U.S. premiere on July 27. The highly anticipated live-action adaptation of the mega popular Tite Kubo manga and anime series about the adventures of supernaturally gifted, orange-haired teenager Ichigo Kurosaki (Sota Fukushi). Capable of seeing spirits, Ichigo meets a “Soul Reaper” (shinigami) by the name of Rukia Kuchiki (Hana Sugisaki), who transfers her powers to him after being injured by an evil spirit known as a […]
BLEACH Unleashes The Beasts In The First Official Trailer!
Warner Bros. Japan Indeed, the desktop version of this article looks a lot better so if you’re on mobile, feel free to switch that shit. At any rate though, Japan locals are officially two months out from bearing witness to what a live-action adaptation of Kubo Tite’s highly beloved manga, BLEACH, looks like on the big screen. The official trailer is live and online and packed with sorts of monster-battling antics comprised of the work it took for this film to get put together. The cast is seemingly small for this one as it appears many of the supporting characters from the original property have been done away with. That could change with sequels and even then, we all know how that works. Director Sato Shinsuke and co-scribe Habara Daisuke shepherd the pic inspired by the manga, reuniting Blade Of The Immortal pair Fukushi Sota and Sugisaki Hana for the […]
BLEACH: New Live-Action Teaser Footage Finally Introduces Ichigo’s Heroine!
I wouldn’t rest too long on actor Fukushi Sota if you’re minding this year’s intake of live-action manga fare. More footage is finally rolling out in the tiniest bits from his latest, Kubo Tite’s BLEACH, hailing from director Sato Shinsuke of GANTZ and Library Wars fame and for that, we get a thirty-second glimpse of what last year’s twenty-second teaser was all about. Indeed, it’s Fukushi reunited with Blade Of The Immortal co-star Sugisaki Hana re-enacting the pivotal moment in which a Ichigo, high school delinquent who can see ghosts is embued with supernatural powers by Rukia, a Soul Reaper injured from battling a “Hollow”. That’s the big creature meeting its demise and for an anime adaptation, there’s a good chance this production did what it felt needed to make such a film happen, especially for a manga with fifteen years of source material… Talk about playing it close to […]
LAUGHING UNDER THE CLOUDS: Don’t Miss The Explosive Full Trailer
Fresh from his latest theatrical run with Ajin: Demi Human, Motohiro Katsuyuki is back with another new adaptation as the first of up to two that are forthcoming for Blade Of The Immortal co-star, Fukushi Sota. Enter the world of Laughing Under The Clouds, inspired from the pages of Karakara-Kemuri’s 2011 novel and now on full display with an official trailer to introduce the action, comedy and wartime upheaval with Nakayama Yuma and Furukawa Yuki also starring. The time is the end of Samurai era (Edo) and the new Meiji government is founded in Japan. Legend has it that a gigantic snake “Orochi” which has a special power revives every 300 years and brings harm to the country. Three young brothers, Tenka (Sota FUKUSHI), Soramaru (Yuma NAKAYAMA), Chutaro (Kirato WAKAYAMA) who are the guardian of Kumou shrine stand up to prevent the “Orochi” from coming back to life along with […]
BLEACH: Fukushi Sota Goes Full-Fledged Soul Reaper In The First Official Teaser
It’s pretty odd. It’s been nearly a year since we learned that Blade Of The Immortal co-star Fukushi Sota was to star in an adaptation of manga author Kubo Tite’s longstanding property, Bleach, for Warner Bros. Japan. We’ve seen at least a few behind the scenes pics of Fukushi in costume while much has been little ado with who else would join the cast. I reckon with the film’s 2018 date approaching that this may change and hopefully that will change. It has a noteworthy director in Sato Shinsuke whose partial credits include The Princess Blade, Library Wars, zombie hit thriller I Am A Hero and hit manga adaptation Death Note: Light Up The New World, the latter which hits the Fantasia floor later this month. With Bleach, its legacy hasn’t been that of complete success, but it stood as a terrific read and viewing for the manga and anime […]
Kimura Takuya Has Hundreds Of Men To Kill In The Official BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL Trailer!
Live-action approaches to popular manga and anime properties continue to be tested as always, such are nothing new for director Miike Takashi to tackle as he’s taken on quite his fair share. His latest one whose IP is loved by many a manga reader, titled Blade Of The Immortal and now on par for an April 29 release from Warner Bros. Japan. Samura Hiroaki’s hit 1993 Monthly Afternoon publication lays the groundwork for this new affair with actor Kimura Takura starring as Manji, an afflicted immortal swordsman whose help is desperately sought by a young woman eager to avenge her parents and their fencing school, destroyed at the hands of the “itto ryu”. Actress Sugisaki Hana stars as our heroine bent on seeking revenge opposite actor Fukushi Sota who plays one of the film’s several deadly principal villains. Follow Miike’s career long enough and it appears you’ll prosper, because the […]