title: Naruto

Live-action 'Naruto' is still a thing (and getting a rewrite); Miyazaki is too legit to quit; and 'In This Corner' shows off its research chops

Live-action adaptations of anime are arriving at a head-turning pace. Is that great news for fans, or a portent for a flood of mediocre cash-grabs to come?

Of all the anime/manga projects to film as a Western live-action production, you could scarcely find a harder sell or a worse fit than 'Naruto'

Why no feature-film spinoff of an anime series is ever going to work as more than a distraction