20th Century Fox is planning their own Hayabusa film based on the space probe that landed on Earth last year. It will star, the ever great, Yuko Takeuchi. More »

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It was recently announced that actress Narumi Riko will be working with Snoopy in the Japanese dub of “Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown.” The actress will be playing Linus in the upcoming Peanuts movie. Narumi Riko commented that she was very happy to be part of the movie, but had some struggles with the voice acting. She did her best, even though the voice projecting was different from normal acting. More »

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Kanjani8 member Maruyama Ryuhei is set to make an appearance in the upcoming movie, Wild 7. Maruyama Ryuhei made his stage debut earlier this year and will now be appearing in the movie scene. The movie, Wild 7, was originally a manga based on seven police officers selected among villains to combat criminals. Maruyama Ryuhei will be playing as one of the seven members in the movie, Pairou, a specialist in mechanics and demolition with several motorcycle action scenes. Maruyama Ryuhei was excited to take on the challenge of a movie experience and learn from his co-stars. More »

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I love musicals. What I’m not so sure I love is turning anime or cartoons into musicals such as Bleach, Prince of Tennis, and Sailor Moon. BUT! I think this might just work out. A Hello Kitty musical might not be so bad. More »

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The Incite Mill is a movie project by Horipro management and only casted actors under their management. It was to commemorate 50 years. Sadly, it didn’t do the 50 years justice, but I’ll get to that later. Asianmediawiki shared this synopsis: “Ten people gather together at a complex named “Ankikan” after hearing of a short term job paying 112,000 Yen ($1,236 USD) per hour. The ten people are informed that they will be monitored 24 hours a day for 7 days straight in a psychological experiment. They are then sent to individual rooms with a different weapon located in each room. Once they are locked in they learn the rules of the psychological experiment. 1.) Each person must return to their room by 10 PM. 2.) At the end of 7 days or when there are only two surviving members left alive the experiment will end. The next day a person is found shot to death. Now, what looked like a dream job will turn into a nightmare… “ More »

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Tokyo Koen, also known as Tokyo Park, stars Haruma Miura as a college student hired by an old man to take pictures of a woman and her child when they walk through the park. This strange job makes changes in his relationships of the women in his life. It sounds very interesting especially that he doesn’t know why he’s taking the pictures. Plus, Haruma is a definite cutie! Check out the trailer below. More »

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Fans of Yazawa Ai’s Paradise Kiss or YUI will be happy to hear that the singer’s upcoming single, which is to be featured on the film adaptation of the manga, can now be sampled via radio rip! And if you’re a fan of both, well, you’ll probably be experiencing double the pleasure! Check out her song, Hello ~Paradise Kiss~, below. More »

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Remember when AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko was cast as the manager of a baseball team in the upcoming film, Moshidora? For those of you interested in the movie, a sweet new minute-and-a-half trailer has recently hit the net for your viewing pleasure! More »

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A movie featuring one of Japan’s favorite female actress with Arashi member? Whether you were aware of this film beforehand or got captivated by the beautiful poster, the trailer is finally here! The film is called “Kamisama no Karute” (God’s Medical Chart), starring Miyazaki Aoi and Sakurai Sho! The story is based on a novel by Natsukawa Sosuke, which won a second place literary award from selling 300,000 copies (wow!) More »

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Gotta admit, Twitter is rather useful. Every Little Thing (ELT), comprised of Kaori Mochida and Ichiro Ito, announced via the group’s Twitter account that they will be singing Sora, which will serve as the theme song for the two versions of the Pokemon anime series’ fourteenth film, Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Pocket Monsters Best Wishes! The Movie: Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram. Whoa, the second name is quite long. More »

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