Tekken CG Anime Film Announced

Bandai Namco Games has formally announced its development of Tekken: Blood Vengeance, a full CG 3D feature film. Youichi Mouri, director of the Tekken 5 & Tekken 6 game CG opening movies, is directing the picture from a script written by Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Cowboy Bebop). The film will open theatrically later this summer.

Namco’s Tekken fighting game franchise was adapted into a two-episode anime OVA series in 1998 (edited into a single episode for US release), and a 2010 live-action feature film directed by Dwight Little (Hollween 4, Anacondas). Directors Corey Yuen & Wai-keung Lau’s 2001 sci-fi action film Avenging Fist was “inspired by” Namco’s Tekken 3 fighting game.

Finally! These game cut scenes have so much potential. Why not finally expand them into a feature film?

Source: Anime News Network