Tag: ADV Films

Saint Seiya: Next Dimension Manga Resumes

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

The newest issue of Akita Shoten’s Champion RED magazine revealed that Masami Kurumada’s Saint Seiya: Next Dimension – The Myth of Hades manga will resume. The series will return with a new serialization in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine, but a date has not been confirmed. Saint Seiya: Next Dimension – The Myth of Hades ended its previous run in June 2018, with Kurumada serializing the series since 2006. Whereas, Akita Shoten released the 12th volume in May 2018.   Also, the magazine revealed that the original Saint Seiya…

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Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu Ep 72 – We Will Have the Super Atragon, but Hold the Manda

Hero Club

Welcome to another all-new episode of Hero Club’s Podcast, “Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu!” Today’s episode features Wheelz and Soundout following up on Atragon with its 90’s OVA adaptation, Super Atragon. The anime is an interesting production that roughly spans the same amount of time as the original 1963 film. Also, the anime is not specific on who the subterranean civilization are, as well as omits the kaiju, Manda. In addition, Super Atragon was a series formerly distributed to North America via ADV Films; it was featured in trailers alongside Neon…

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Saint Seiya Live-Action Adaptation in the Works

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

MY COSMOS IS BURNING! For today, it was announced that a live-action adaptation for Saint Seiya has been green-lit. The Eiga.com reported that Toei Animation will be co-producing the film with the Chinese distribution company, A Really Good Film Company (ARGF). In addition, the director and producers for the film were revealed during the announcement. The Saint Seiya film will directed by Polish director, Tomasz Bagiński. Bagiński, best known for his Academy Award-nominated short animation, The Cathedral, and the Witcher series intros. Then Toei Animation‘s own, Yoshiyuki Ikezawa and Kozo Morishita will serve…

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