Buddha Anime to be a Trilogy

Warner Bros. has revealed that the anime feature film adaptation of Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha manga series, first announced in early 2009, will be three feature films. Tezuka Osamu no Buddha -Akai Sabaku yo! Utsukushiku- (Osamu Tezuka’s Buddha -The Red Desert! It’s Beautiful-), the first film of the trilogy, will be animated by Toei and Tezuka Productions with a one billion yen ($11 million USD) production budget. The movie will premiere on May 28, 2011.

Source: Anime News Network