ADV released "The Princess Blade" to American theaters. Granted it was a very limited release, but that's about all Japanese cinema gets over here. Even Shaolin Soccer is only in NY, LA, and San Fransisco. And I bet Disney butchered it. I'll be happy as all heck if they didn't (it'd be a first). And it's getting older because, wll... it was originally supposed to come out in US theaters like 2 years ago. They've also refused to release Zu Warriors, and have once again delayed Hero (for which I heard that they are changing the ending!). Anyways (holding back my "Disney=evil" rant), I'm hoping for ADV because I know they won't edit the hell out of it. And there's a chance of it going to the US theaters, even if it's only NY and LA. Other than that, Tokyo Shock is pretty good for DVD releases. And I believe I offered Columbia/Tristar as another possibility (the most preferable choice).

I doubt that they'll treat Evangelion like a Super Sentai (Power Rangers) movie. The series is too serious, and I really doubt that they'll piss off the fans who are the majority of their viewers like that. I have faith in Weta Workshop and whoever helms the Eva movie to turn out something at least in the spirit of the series many of us know and love.

As far as other anime-to-Hollywood live-action movies are concerned, there have been many that have been considered, and none that have been made. The DBZ movie is dead to my knowlege, and there have been rumors of James Cameron doing Battle Angel Alita, someone else getting Lupin III, Astro Boy, and probably more that I can't remember. Oh, Cowboy Bebop. I might have heard Akira mentioned once, but I never heard Ninja Scroll. Right now the most likely ones to actually get made are Evangelion and Battle Angel Alita, Eva being the most likely since I've barely heard bupkiss about BAA. The trouble is making the transition to live action (which isn't too hard nowadays), keeping the current fanbase happy, and making it widely marketable in the US (which usually pisses off the current fanbase). I've also heard about a possible American live-action Lone Wolf and Cub, but that's manga and not anime. I think that once Eva is released, and if it does well, more anime will get the live-action treatment in the US. A movie like Casshern may also help show that there's potential there. Hopefully the quality of the anime will be kept, or even surpassed by such projects.