Posts Tagged ‘Naruto’
Feb23
Naruto stage musical to feature midair acrobatics
2015 at 05:47 pm by admin | Comments Off
Since the Naruto manga ended last year, there have been a variety of movies, comics, exhibits, and more celebrating the 15-year long series and its characters, and now a stage show is set to join those ranks! “Live Spectacle Naruto” will strive to retell the entire story from the manga series, and will feature musical pieces, dance, and even acrobatics to recreate the ninjas’ signature techniques. The musical strives to maintain accuracy to the manga, and has carefully chosen actors and costumes in order to faithfully recreate their looks in the real world, which can be seen in the first official visuals for the musical. The show will begin its stage performance in Tokyo and across Japan from March 21st to May 10th, when the performance will then begin airing in Macau, Malaysia, and Singapore throughout May.
Jan09
Naruto movie worldwide release dates and details
2015 at 12:53 pm by admin | Comments Off
The popular Naruto manga ended this past November, bringing the 15-year long story to a close. However, more Naruto-based stories are set to be told through the upcoming Naruto: New Era Project, amd will include a number of post-story movies and sidestories. The first of these stories is the movie “The Last: Naruto the Movie”, which was released in Japan on December 6th. To commemorate this release, Medicom produced a limited edition Naruto-themed BE@RBRICK, which released in early December.
Following a successful release of the film in Japanese theaters this past holiday season, the film has finally been announced for release overseas in several countries! The film is scheduled to release in the US on February 20th, and will air in theatres across the nation, including in New York, Boston, Houston, Dalaas, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Franciso, and Seattle. The movie will also be headed to other regions across the world over the next few months, giving fans worldwide the chance to see this anticipated film.
On top of that, news was released concerning the next film in the Naruto: New Era Project, which will start Naruto’s child, Bolt! The film will be titled Bolt: Naruto the Movie, and hints that Bolt will inherit the special abilities of Naruto’s father, Minato Namikaze. The movie will also follow the new generation of ninjas, and is scheduled for an August 2015 release in Japan. Details on this new movie are scarce at the moment, so keep your eyes open for more Naruto news, even after the manga’s end this past year!
Jul29
Bandai reveals at SDCC
2014 at 01:35 pm by admin | Comments Off
Bandai, and its Tamashii Nations brand of collectors’ merchandise, has always been at the forefront of Japanese imports and collectibles, featuring designs from some of the most popular anime, video games, tokusatsu, and more. Their showing at this year’s SDCC did not disappoint, with a variety of new reveals along with displays of popular merchandise from the past year.
Among the new reveals were Bandai’s newest Dragonball releases, exclusive to SDCC. These included the S.H. Figuarts Vegeta figure in its original animation colors, as well as the collectible Dragon Ball & Dragon Radar pack. These two exclusives were featured alongside a number of other previous Dragonball releases, including Figuarts articulated figures and Figuarts ZERO statues. Also featured was the new upcoming series of chibi-style Dragonball statue collectibles, which have no planned release date as of yet.
Also unveiled for the first time at SDCC was the first state-side look at the new Naruto S.H. Figuarts collectibles! The two new figures in this series, Naruto and Sasuke, featured their most recent designs from the manga, and each included alternate faces, swappable hands, attack effects and more.
On top of that, Nintendo fans across the world got their very first look at the brand-new S.H. Figuarts Luigi from the Mario franchise! Posed alongside his brother Mario, who recently got his own S.H. Figuarts release, their display included brand-new playset options for the set, including a themed backdrop and an extending Piranha Plant enemy!
Godzilla, who has had a busy year with the recent Legendary film and sequel announcement, was also at the Bandai show floor, appearing in his newest 2014 look in the S.H. MonsterArts line. Releasing later this year, the figure was also accompanied by a number of other Godzilla figures, including toys of older Godzilla designs and MechaGodzilla.
Finally, to celebrate Doraemon’s upcoming United States debut this August, Bandai unveiled two brand-new toys of the show’s protagonists: S.H. Figuarts Nobita and Robot Spirits Doraemon! Both of these figured appeared for the first time at the show, with Nobita having swappable hands and faceplates, and Doraemon even coming with his Dokodemo Door tool.
Other popular display pieces at the show were the complete set of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers and Sailor Moon Figuarts! Both displays featured the entire cast of characters from each series, with unique display options such as the rotating disco ball on Sailor Moon’s display and the earth-like texture on the Power Rangers display. The Power Rangers play even featured the previously released Super Robot Chogokin figure of the Dino Megazord!
A number of Bandai’s other popular figures were on display as well, featuring figures from franchises like One Piece and Saint Seiya, and more. There were even display cases dedicated to popular Gundam franchises like Gundam Wing and the recent Gundam Build Fighters!
Seeing all of these amazing toys in one place is truly what makes SDCC one of the biggest and most fan-beloved conventions in the world, and we’ve still got a ton more coverage to do about the event, so keep your eyes peeled!