<div>It's an area that I've been considering recently too- I'm putting together an essay/article on recent adaptations of horror manga, with special reference to the works of Junji Ito. </div> <div> </div> <div>Good luck with the new unit!</div> <div> </div> <div>Jim Harper.<BR><BR><B><I>Michael McCaskey <mccaskem@georgetown.edu></I></B> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Thanks to everyone for so many answers re manga-based films. I had not thought too much about them before, but recently Sanchome no yuhi, Azumi 1&2, and Nana particularly attracted my attention, and then I thought of a few more.<BR><BR>This year I will have a new unit in my contemporary Japanese film course, on manga-based live action films, focused on White-Collar Worker Kintaro, Yokai Dai Senso, Nana, Azumi, Onmyoji, and Onmyoji II.<BR><BR>I wanted to get an idea of how many major films of this type
have been made in recent years, since I thought I might be overlooking some significant ones. A lot of my students are real fans of manga, and some have an encyclopedic knowledge of the subject, so I wanted to try to anticipate their responses and reactions in the course.<BR><BR>I had no idea there were so many of these films. You have truly given me a very great deal of good information, which I will collate into a master list over the next week. I hesitate to post that list, since there may then be yet more postings wanting to add many more titles. I will present the list to my students, and I will credit all of you.<BR><BR>If anyone would like to receive a copy of the collated list, please send me a request directly, in a week or ten days from now, and I'll send it back to you directly.<BR><BR>It really might be good for someone to consider writing a book on the history of these films, in light of the long history that Aaron Gerow has pointed out.<BR><BR>Thanks very
much, once again, to all of you. This list is really a wonderful information resource.<BR><BR>Michael McCaskey<BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR>http://www.flipsidemovies.com<br>http://jimharper.blogspot.com<p> 
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