The following is provided from CNN.  It appears that while Disney
considers manga and anime to be hot prospects, God forbid they provide
it in its original setting.

Del Toro Brings Horror Comic to Disney

Reuters
16-MAR-99

NEW YORK (Variety) - Disney's Touchstone Pictures will turn the
Japanese comic book "Domu" into a horror feature to be written and
directed by Mexican filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro. 

The comic is a cult favorite in Japan, penned by the country's top
comic book artist, Akira Katsushiro Otomo. It focuses on an apartment
complex that seems cursed when yuppie residents end up dying in
gruesome suicides. It turns out that a lonely old resident with
psychic powers is doing the misdeeds. He ultimately does battle with a
little girl who moves in, possessing the same powers as the old man. 

"It's a horror lullaby with dense characters and great atmosphere,"
said Del Toro, whose recent films include "Cronos" and the Dimension
thriller "Mimic." Del Toro and project producer Don Murphy are comic
book aficionados who were fans of Otomo's work, and set out to
Americanize the story. 

Horror is a hot genre, and David Vogel, president of the Buena Vista
Motion Pictures Group, was looking for a fright vehicle. He found it
in "Domu," which could well be Del Toro's next directing effort. 

The director's repped by manager Gary Ungar and William Morris' Lee
Stollman, Mike Simpson and Frank Frattaroli. 

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