Okay, it took me a sec to figure this one out because it seemed so random. But it looks like the 2006 (American) film Ultraviolet, starring Milla Jovovich and written/directed by Kurt Wimmer, is going to be adapted into an anime titled Ultraviolet: Code 44. It’s going to be directed by Osamu Dezaki, the director of Ashita no Joe and Ace wo Nerae! and it already sounds better than the actual movie. Here’s Wikipedia’s briefing on the original flick:

The film uses the basic premise of John Cassavetes’s 1980 cult classic Gloria, about a woman and a young boy on the run from the mafia, and transposes the story to a dystopian futuristic setting where genetically enhanced mutants are fighting a guerrilla war against a totalitarian government dictatorship. Many comparisons have been made between UltraViolet and Equilibrium, Wimmer’s previous film.

It was officially announced at TAF today, but I’m now noticing that there were rumors about a week ago, so some of you may have already had an inkling. ;) It’s Avex Entertainment’s project; Madhouse is doing the animation and Romi Paku, Fullmetal Alchemist’s Ed Elric, is playing a role.

In yet another example of Japan realizing that good, old shows like Trigun and Slayers are better than new, shitty ones, a return to Appleseed has been announced, says Moon Phase. Following the success of Appleseed EX Machina, a new TV anime called Appleseed Genesis, based on Masamune Shirow’s manga, is in the works.

According to the description, it looks like it’ll be directed by Romanov Higa, who basically did all the technical stuff and directed Catblue Dynamite as well as directing the action in the Hellsing OVA, and it’ll also be a 3DCG flick like EX Machina (which Higa did not work on).

Only one cast member has been announced, but it’s a doozy: Romi Paku, who most famously voiced Ed in Fullmetal Alchemist and Nana O in Nana, as well as Hitsugaya in Bleach, Hyuuga Natsume in Gakuen Alice, and Faris (the original, the bounty hunter) in Murder Princess.