Posted in anime, manga on June 19, 2009 by tiniemiyagi
“Beck,” the popular music manga by Harold Sakuishi, is being adapted as a live-action film. Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi (”20th Century Boys” will be in charge of the project, with actorHiro Mizushimain the leading role.
The manga, which was originally serialized from 2000 to 2008, tells the story of five young men who form a rock band called Beck. The protagonist in the manga was the guitarist/vocalist Yukio “Koyuki” Tanaka, but the film will instead revolve around the band’s main guitarist and leader, Ryusuke Minami.
Mizushima has been cast as Ryusuke, whileTakeru Satowill play the part of Koyuki. Playing the other members of Beck are Kenta Kiritanias the rapper Chiba,Osamu Mukaias the bassist Taira, andAoi Nakamura as the drummer Saku.
30 original songs are being written, which will be performed by the actors themselves with real instruments. Mizushima and the others are currently undergoing special training for about a month. The movie’s climax is said to be a large-scale concert scene with the band playing on stage.
20TH century boys is the 1st muvie ever to be slated as trilogy in japan. yatta!
20TH CENTURY BOYS CHAPTER 1:
In chapter 1, Endo Kenji is finding out just how hard it can be as life starts wearing down on him. On top of trying to make ends meet running a convenience store he has to care for the niece that his missing sister left in his care. Memories of youth make it easier, until those memories come back to haunt him. Kenji and his old friends are slowly being drawn into a mysterious conspiracy that could threaten the world, the cult called themselves “Friends” or “Tomodachi”. There are disappearances and deaths tied into Ochanomizu University. Their memories hold the keys to all the mysterious encounters, but time and age have clouded their minds. The strange occurrences and the reach of the “Friend” conspiracy grow by the day. It will all culminate on New Year’s Eve 2000.
20TH CENTURY BOYS CHAPTER 2~THE LAST HOPE:
Chapter 2 starts in 2015, 15 years aftr the world is nearly destroyed on 31st december 2000. People now believe that Kenji & his friends were terrorist & “Tomodachi”, the mysterious cult leader, is worshipped as the saviour of the world. Kanna (kenji’s niece) is now in high school & she resents the history textbooks tell a fibricated account of the fateful day. she is forced to participate in the ‘friend land’ program to be re-educated when she is deemed to be anti-social. while in the program, Kanna uncovers clues to tomodachi’s real identity & the shocking discovery of The New Book of Prophecies. Kanna tries to find out who wrote that book & unravels the true identity of “Tomodachi”.