terra formars

Mankind Fights Back In The New Trailer For TERRAFORMARS

There was once a time when fans thought that a live-action adaptation of the hit manga, TerraFormars, was a pretty bad idea, and even the depictions of the aliens in the manga seemed a bit disagreeable in the eyes of the manga fan public. Now we’re nearing the April 29 release of the film and we’ve seen several trailers and clips going viral and there’s no question that fans are still paying some attention to this one, headed by filmmaker Miike Takashi who has a knack for fleshing out the best and bizzare out of almost any genre as this week’s new trailer showcases. SYNOPSIS: Due to depleting natural resources and overpopulation, humans look to Mars as their next habitat. Terraforming is the project to change Mars’ environment to accommodate humans. For this project, cockroaches are sent to Mars and mutated to walk. Then a mysterious virus hits Earth, which […]

TERRAFORMARS Gets A Second Teaser, And A Big Cockroach

Lee B. Golden III

Bearing in mind any past grievances folks may have had with regard to the popular manga, Terraformars, it now has a live action film worth considering as well. The first teaser introduced a few months back never really said much and the posters that were unveiled hinted a bit more of a nod to John Carpenter and Ridley Scott. Fast forward up to November with a second teaser now making the rounds. It’s more bustling with more faces and scenery, our intergalactic travelers suited up and ready to head to the breathable planet of Mars to save mankind from the very experiment now killing it: Giant cockroaches. And apparently they’re lighting fast as fuck. Miike Takashi directs this one, and suitably so as much as he’s geared toward the starkly ambitious and bizzare. Yes, Terraformars suits him just fine. Check it out below ahead of its April release next year!

The Grass Isn't Always Greener On Mars In The New Poster For TERRAFORMARS

Lee B. Golden III

It’s not all sunny days and green pastures on Mars, and especially not in a Miike Takashi film. His latest, Terraformars, is well on the way with yet what looms as another daring move into grit and gruesome manga lore by way of authors Tachibana Kenshi and Sasuga Yū circa 2011. Alas, you can pretty much guess how it will all play out. If you know Miike with respect to the original source material, you know it’s gonna get absolutely off the chain in this one. Eiga.com has the second and latest poster for the film now availble below ahead of its Golden Week holiday release on April 29, 2016 (click here for the first poster and teaser). Written by Kill la Kill scribe Nakashima Kazuki, Terraformars pits a team of soldiers against humanoid mutant cockroaches – the same ones incidentally used following a daring experiment to colonize Mars and […]

Live-Action Manga, TERRA FORMARS, Gets A Teaser And Poster

Lee B. Golden III

Rarely have I ever come across any sort of controversy when it comes to mangas or anime movies or shows or anything of the sort. To be honest, the only time I ever pay attention to these is if there’s action involved and making it’s way to some kind of film adaptation, and that includes director Miike Takashi‘s latest manga adaptation, Terra Formars. The film is based on the 2011 manga by Tachibana Kenshi and Sasuga Yū which centers on mankind’s peril when Earth and Mars fall victim to earlier efforts to colonize Mars through the use of modified algae and cockroaches. What now lurks on the planet are giant humanoid, and judging by their depictions interpreted in the manga in this article, I can certainly understand how some might deem this to be, well…a little, hmmmm….racist. That’s not to suggest this will be Miike‘s approach with filming already underway […]

Mankind To Battle Mutant Cockaroaches On Mars In Miike Takashi’s Live-Action TERRA FORMARS Movie

Lee B. Golden III

Japanese film auteur Miike Takashi (Crows, Yatterman, Ichi The Killer) is still on par to release his latest self-described return to form with the upcoming action horror, Yakuza Apocalypse. Obviously based on the most recent teaser, such a film will delve into the usual gonzo array of gory imagery and wackiness to accomdate the creative vision planned here, but that’s Miike for you, and to suggest there’s a limit to his style would be the equivalent of expecting gravity to work in outer space, which reminds me… Terra Formars (テラフォーマーズ) is a 2011 Japanese sci-fi manga written by Yū Sasuga and illustrated by Kenichi Tachibana. The story follows that in an attempt to colonize Mars, 21st century humanity first sought to terra form the planet by sending modified algae to change the planets atmosphere. Cockroaches were cleverly used as the method to transport the algae across the planet. Five hundred […]