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07-21-2009, 05:50 PM
SMAP (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=42171)'s Takuya Kimura (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=23386) to star in remake of space opera classic
Noboru Ishiguro (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8366), director of the Space Battleship Yamato (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=338) television anime series, has confirmed at his Otakon panel on Saturday that a live-action version of Yamato is in development. He also noted that Takuya Kimura (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=23386), the member of the SMAP (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=42171) entertainment unit known to fans as "KimuTaku," will star in the remake of the space opera classic. Kimura starred as the title character in Howl's Moving Castle (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=889), and he also played Memerink in Trinity Blood (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4874).
74-year-old producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5554) is planning (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-18/december-yamato-film-detailed-by-director-nishizaki) to revive (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-01/new-attempt-at-yamato-anime-project-announced) the animated side of the franchise (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=70) this December with the Uchuu Senkan Yamato Fukkatsu-hen (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3923) anime film — 26 years after the last Yamato film. The biggest theme of the new anime film will be environmental issues and how humans have treated the planet Earth.
Errata: Kimura acted in Howl's Moving Castle, but it was another actor named Taku Kimura (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=32118) who played Memerink in Trinity Blood.
Courtesy: ANN, MiraclePunch
Noboru Ishiguro (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8366), director of the Space Battleship Yamato (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=338) television anime series, has confirmed at his Otakon panel on Saturday that a live-action version of Yamato is in development. He also noted that Takuya Kimura (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=23386), the member of the SMAP (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=42171) entertainment unit known to fans as "KimuTaku," will star in the remake of the space opera classic. Kimura starred as the title character in Howl's Moving Castle (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=889), and he also played Memerink in Trinity Blood (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=4874).
74-year-old producer Yoshinobu Nishizaki (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5554) is planning (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-05-18/december-yamato-film-detailed-by-director-nishizaki) to revive (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-01/new-attempt-at-yamato-anime-project-announced) the animated side of the franchise (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=70) this December with the Uchuu Senkan Yamato Fukkatsu-hen (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=3923) anime film — 26 years after the last Yamato film. The biggest theme of the new anime film will be environmental issues and how humans have treated the planet Earth.
Errata: Kimura acted in Howl's Moving Castle, but it was another actor named Taku Kimura (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=32118) who played Memerink in Trinity Blood.
Courtesy: ANN, MiraclePunch