Black Butler is a manga series by Yana Toboso and is being release by Yen Press. Great news for the fans of the series in a since. The live action Black Butler is set to be released in Japan, January 18, 2014. The film stars Hiro Mizushima as Sebastian and Ayame Goriki as Shiori, Sebastian’s newest master. The movie is set 130 into the future of the manga series so it is not a straight up adaptation, but could be looked at as a future story for the series. It depends on how one looks at the film. Since Warner Bros. is involved with production I would think that this movie will eventually make it to the North American market either as a dubbed or at least a subtitled movie. Thanks to “NatashaJapan” on YouTube for the following trailer:
Gatchaman Live Action Movie
There is plans for a Summer 2013 release for a live action film of Gatchaman. It is being produced by Nikkatsu and distributed by TOHO. Toya Sato is slated as the director and the Science Ninja Team Gatchaman cast are: Tori Matsuzaka (Ken); Go Tyano (Jo); Ayame Goriki (Jun); Tatsuomi Hamada (Jinpei) and Ryohei Suzuki (Ryu). This will be an adaption of the classic anime.