Let's Go Live-Action: Harems and Hapless Youths
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... , which is being made into a movie. I'm horrifically excited about this because I love Yoshinaga's work, both the yaoi and non-- I maintain that she does some of the best character studies I've ever seen in manga. Plus her art is beautiful! Ooku takes place in an alternative version of Edo-era Japan, where the nation has adapted into a matriarchal society-- due to the fact that most men have been killed off by an unusual disease. The story follows the men who are part of the Empress' harem. ...
Ōoku: The Inner Chamber Manga Gets Live-Action Film
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... the film have yet be decided, but ASMIK Ace will distribute the film in Japan. The manga has been running in Hakusensha 's Melody magazine since 2005, and Viz Media will begin releasing the manga in North America this August. Ōoku was nominated for Japan's prestigious Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize for the third year in a row last month. The manga was also nominated for the first Manga Taisho Awards last year. Source: Comic Natalie
Ooku Live Action Movie Announced
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Japanese pop culture news site Comic Natalie reports that Fumi Yoshinaga’s acclaimed historical fantasy manga series Ooku will be adapted into a live action feature film. Fuminori Kaneko, director of the live action Kisarazu Cat’s Eye and Ikebukuro West Gate Park television series, will begin shooting the film next spring. The 2005 and ongoing manga is set in an alternate history medieval Japan in which a disease has decimated the male population, leading to a matriarchal society. The manga details the female shogun’s harem of men. Viz Media will begin publishing its ...