Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Voice cast for Oshii’s next announced

Oshii related news yesterday with the announcement of Dreamworks plan to produce a live-action 3D film of “Ghost in the Shell” and Oshii related news today. The voice cast for his next animated epic “Sky Crawlers” has been announced and it sounds like they’ll be quite a few actors and actresses that Western audiences will be familiar with… I mean if we got a chance to see their faces… nevermind.

Oscar nominee for “Babel” Rinko Kikuchi, Ryo Kase who starred in Clint Eastwood’s “Letters from Iwo Jima”, and Chiaki Kuriyama of “Battle Royale” and “Kill Bill Vol. 1” fame will all be lending their voices to Oshii’s adaptation of the Hiroshi Mori penned series of novels. The story of fighter pilots training in an alternate universe where wars are put on as a form of amusement sounds like perfect fodder for Oshii.

Read more details at Ryuganji.net: http://www.ryuganji.net/2008/04/16/kikuchi-kase-kuriyama-fly-the-unfriendly-skies-in-sky-crawlers/

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