Ishiguro Announces Live Action Yamato

During this past weekend’s Otakon convention, veteran anime producer Noboru Ishiguro made the announcement that a live action version of the Space Battleship Yamato manga & anime franchise is presently in development. The adaptation will star SMAP’s Takuya Kimura. Ishiguro has been involved with the Yamato franchise since directing episodes of the original 1974 TV anime.

Original Yamato concept creator Yoshinobu Nishizaki is presently directing the Space Battleship Yamato: Rebirth Chapter (Uchuu Senkan Yamato: Fukkatsu-hen) anime movie, which is tentatively scheduled for Japanese theatrical release this December.

Source: Anime News Network