Sony Pictures International Eyes Live-Action Adaptations of Japanese Anime – Tokyo Market

Sony is accelerating its pursuit of anime and manga properties for live-action adaptation, with executive VP, creative production and head of Sony Pictures International Productions Shebnem Askin revealing ambitious plans to expand beyond the studio’s hit “Kingdom” franchise during a presentation at Tiffcom, the market arm of the Tokyo International Film Festival.

“Since I came here, I’m taking so many great meetings with a lot of companies that are producing incredible stories with anime,” Askin told attendees at the Tokyo content market. “We are starting to look at different anime movies where we can hopefully adapt as live action movies around the world. This is one of our missions by attending Tiffcom.”

Spip operates as one of nine labels under Sony Pictures Entertainment and produces local-language content across 10 countries including Japan, Korea, China, India, Thailand, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Brazil and Mexico.

Askin emphasized that Spip’s anime-to-live-action…