The Hollywood Reporter talked to TOKYOPOP’s Stu Levy. Remember how TOKYOPOP was gonna do a live-action version of the manga Lament of the Lamb, about a couple of kids with vampiric tendencies (except that vampire-dom is made scientific)?

Apparently the film is still on, and Levy wants it to be the “world’s first teen-psychological-horror 3-D production.” Psychological horror? Like, along the lines of Ringu or something? That’s not quite how I remember the manga, but okay.

Hey, wait a sec…

Based on the Kei Toume manga “Lament of the Lamb,” the goth-flavored tale revolves around a slightly anemic high-school boy named Blake Edwards, who meets a beautiful girl called Jira. Their relationship becomes increasingly intense — and gory — before a final twist.

…Blake Edwards? I thought the guy’s name was Kazuna. And the girl was Chizuna, not Jira. (Apparently some casting is being done and “Jira” will be played by an actual Japanese OMG!) And the film is going to be called Love Like Blood? If they take out the incest-flavored goodness, I’ll be REALLY PISSED OFF, T-POP!

Seriously though, the anglification of the main character’s name alone makes me fear for this project. If they turn Lament of the Lamb into some trashy teen slasher flick, I’ll be damned before I see it.

I mean, if you’re going to do a movie adaptation of a manga, be somewhat similar to the manga. If you wanted to do an entirely different story, why not hire one of your OEL creators to make a comic of it and THEN adapt it into a movie? C’mon, Stu. I’m worried here. Don’t do something that’ll make fans compare you to 4Kids, for chrissakes. That is NOT a comparison you want.