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Blue Sub No.6 To Become Live Action Film
Date: 11/28/2005
The first issue of Kadokawa Shoten's adult oriented NEW WORDS magazine was released on schedule in Japan on the 25th. Perhaps the biggest news coming out it's pages can be found in an exclusive interview with GONZO CCO Showji Murahama. GONZO wants to make live action films based on properties it maintains and to facilitate this they are establishing a new production label, 'GONZO REVOLUTION'. Blue Sub No.6 will be their second production. Murahama says they are aiming at a 10 billion Yen annual turnover from the new label. 30 additional projects are being advanced for possible production at this time. Yukikaze OVA director Masahiko Okura will direct the Blue Sub film. GONZO has been talking about moving into live action film production since spring of this year and their first project, already announced is Afro Samurai starring Sammuel L. Jackson.
Source: Anime News Service