Motohiro Katsuyuki

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 […]

AJIN: DEMI HUMAN Gets An English-Subbed Trailer For Its Singapore Release

Lee B. Golden III

I’ve seen some okay signs with respect to release news regarding live-action adaptations. Sakurai Gaimon’s 2012 sci-fi action horror manga publication, Ajin: Demi Human, is one I’m amply hyped for in its latest treatement from Bayside Shakedown film series and Shaolin Girl helmer Motohiro Katsuyuki and so I’m compelled to help keep the excitement going on my end with the film’s Singapore release on October 12. For this, the latest trailer from Encore Films comes nice and English subbed for not-so-fluent types like myself in lieu of its September 30 release in Japan. The subs lend much more context here so you’re not entirely lost in the imagery and spectacle, although the imagery and spectacle aren’t don’t exactly come dead last. It’s an explosive story to follow from start to finish; I speak of the anime with respect to what we’re offered in the trailers that have rolled out but […]

These AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN Promos Promise Tons Of IMAX Fun And Thrills

Lee B. Golden III

Moviegoers in the far east are just over a month away from the release of Bayside Shakedown franchise helmer Motohiro Katsuyuki’s manga/anime adaptation, Ajin: Demi-Human. Nothing short of exciting is the fact that the film will be presented in IMAX as well as in MX 4D theaters with immersive seat construction and audio for a more intense experience. Making the case for such screenings are two of the film’s stars, actors Satoh Takeru and Ayano Gou as seen among those in the following playlist featuring some really strong, action-packed nuggets from the movie – about a med intern whose accidental death brings him face to face with immortality by way of a supernatural creature, and a terrorist imbued with the same abilities. Here’s to hoping the film makes haste with a stateside release prompting the same theatrical treatment, because this looks too fantastic to miss out on.

AJIN: DEMI HUMAN: Death, Life And Epic Creature Battles Are A Repeat Process In The First Official Trailer For The Live-Action Adaptation

Lee B. Golden III

It’s understandable that one forgets things. Amid all the film festival hype I damn near forgot that a live-action adaptation of Sakurai Gamon’s hit manga, Ajin: Demi Human was on the way which makes me wonder how come it’s not heading to festivals this year, unless I’m wrong. If not, I reckon part of this is due to the amount of work being put into the spectacular action sequences and immersive visuals with Bayside Shakedown film series and Shaolin Girl helmer Motohiro Katsuyuki at the helm. There wasn’t a lot of footage in the previous teaser to showcase it much but there was just enough to garner some much-deserved interest and as of Sunday, to say the least, the official trailer guarantees the promise being offered here in a much more assuring fashion. The film opens in Japan on September 30 and much to the delight of fans of both the manga, […]

AJIN: DEMI-HUMAN: Satoh Takeru Awakens To Terror In The First Action-Packed Teaser For The Live-Action Adaptation

Lee B. Golden III

Sakurai Gaimon’s 2012 sci-fi action horror manga publication, Ajin: Demi Human, has a lot to its current story arsenal. How Bayside Shakedown film series and Shaolin Girl helmer Motohiro Katsuyuki is weaving it all together for its forthcoming feature film adaptation remains to be seen but right now, the teaser is something that needs to be seen to be believed, because it’s looks too awesome. For the unengaged, however, take into mind the presence of actor Satoh Takeru, known prolifically for helping bring to life Otomo Keishi’s Rurouni Kenshin trilogy, now staking his claim as medical intern Nagai Kei, who is stricken by a car and presumably killed until he wakes up almost immediately and discovers himself to be one of many unknown hosts of an inexplicable translucent entity known as Ajin, mysterious creatures who have already made grim headlines around the world. Imbued with untested, supernatural abilities – including […]

Hit Manga And Anime Series And Film Property, AJIN, Casts Sato Takeru To Star In The Live-Action Film Next Year

Lee B. Golden III

Sakurai Gaimon’s 2012 sci-fi action horror manga publication, Ajin, was eventually met with its own film and television prospects in the past few years. Not for nothing either, having become one of the top listed manga faves in the last three years with at least one Readers Award nod for the 18th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, and in the Seinen categor for the 38th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards. Of the seven collective film and TV installments, Seshita Hiroyuki directed both the current animated film trilogy that spawned from the manga as well as both animated seasons thusfar with Netflix currently streaming season one in the U.S. as of earlier this year. The show itself is one of the darkest and most brutal you’ll ever see, centered on Nagai Kei, a high school boy who becomes the center of an epic manhunt after his body reanimates and awakens after getting hit […]