Here's an exciting bit of news for all you fans of the master of manga: Toei Studios has announced that they'll be doing an anime adaptation of the man's classic work Buddha! This should prove to be exciting.

The script is being written by Yoshida Reiko, who did series composition for shows like Scrapped Princess and Kaleido Star, and is being directed by an unknown name: Yasuomi Ishifuji. The film itself will be a co-production between Tezuka Productions and Toei Studios.

The film is currently slated for May 28th, 2011 over in Japan, which gives you plenty of time to go and buy all the volumes of the manga so you can be prepared for the film, right? I just wish I could find myself a hardcover collection of the whole thing -- it's the collector in me that lusts after that. I guess I'm a little late to the show, though.

There's always e-Bay, right?

[Thanks, Ko!]