Except for the recent Otaku Festival, I had little reason for being proud of being a Romanian in quite a while... until today. As I was scanning through the usual anime websites, much like Kimura-sensei scanning through a pool full of Kaorin-chans, I sniffed some used bathing suits new details about the upcoming Lament of the Lamb live-action movie (the one my pedo comrade mentioned a few days ago).

At that time, Tokyopop boss Stuart Levy only revealed that they would "script the story in Hollywood, attach a Japanese director, cast in the West, and shoot in Eastern Europe". Well, now we know that Lament of the Lamb will be filmed right here in Romania - the land of alcoholic liver diseases and, of course, vampires. This should be great for the movie's setting, which in turn is based on the Lament of the Lamb (Hitsuji no Uta) manga series - a gut-wrenching horror story of a young man who shockingly discovers he may be the last in a bloodline of vampires. You know, the kind of people that suck various body fluids out of little girls?

According to the previous announcement, the movie is expected to be "a metaphor for teenage alienation, twisted sexual desire and insanity, (...) psychological horror at its best".

Other details about the movie were also revealed - via Anime News Network - at the Tokyo Project Gathering this weekend, where mr. Levy presented the Lament of the lamb live-action movie project. Here they are then:

Lament of the lamb by Tokyopop.
Live action film
Looking for Co-production, Investment, Distributions
In production 2007
Budget: USD 3,000,000
Time: 120min
Category: Horror & Drama
Film & Digital
Director: To be Announced (Japanese Director)
Producer: Stuart Levy
Original Story: Kei Toume - Gentosha Comics TOKYOPOP
Shooting in Romania

Mr. Levy, if you ever need an extra hand on the set (doing this, and that, and various other things to young japanese actresses), I would be really - and quite literally - excited to get such a fabulous blow job!