Casting News + Scoop! [July 1-11] The Buzz on Tsuchiya Tao and Hirose Suzu + Yamazaki Kento’s Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure wins in France! + Yoshizawa Ryo’s “Deadly games with friends” and new project “Anoko no, toriko”! + new movie releases!
July 2017 promises to be an exciting month for movies! Gintama, The Anthem of the Heart, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas, The Time of Backlights, Love and Other Cults, read more
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas – 君の膵臓をたべたい [Live Action Coverage]
Based on the novel “Kimi no Suizo wo Tabetai” by Yoru Sumino, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is one of the latest Japanese Toho drama that tackles the issues read more
Love and Lies – 恋と嘘 [Live Action Coverage]
Furusawa Takeshi (Another, ReLIFE) takes the directorial seat for the LA of manga artist Musawo’s Love and Lies – Koi to Uso (恋と嘘), a tale about forbidden love and living under read more
Tokyo Ghoul – 東京喰種 [Live Action Coverage]
Based on the original work by Ishida Sui, Tokyo Ghoul is one of the most fascinating and original series about seemingly ‘normal’ human beings but in fact are monsters with read more
Ajin:Demi-Human- 亜人 [Live Action Coverage]
Ajin:Demi-Human is a manga series written and illustrated by Gamon Sakurai. It has an anime version (a trilogy) produced by Japanese 3DCG animation studio, Polygon Pictures. The live-action adaptation is under Toho, with Bayside Shakedown read more
Takasugi Mahiro: Of Dark, Evil, and Brooding Characters? [Profile]
It took more than two years before Takasugi Mahiro (高杉真宙) resumes movie acting in Nakagawa Taishi’s starrer Re: LIFE. His 2014 movies, Bon Lin and The World of Kanako gave movie read more
Yamazaki Kento’s movie Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures targets Swiss and Canadian Film Festivals + World Premiere is set July 2!
Yamazaki Kento’s much-anticipated LA Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures: Diamond Is Unbreakable: Chapter 1 is set to premiere tomorrow, July 2 at 17th Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival. The Asahi Shimbun reported that despite read more
Casting News + Scoop! [June 9-30] Exciting updates on Ajin:Demi-Human, Hyouka & Tokyo Ghoul + Tao Tsuchiya’s Tori Girl + Nino joins the star-studded cast of The Last Recipe!
If the teaser trailers are any indication of how good some upcoming Japanese films are, then we’re in for a treat! Satoh Takeru’s Ajin: Demi-Human leads the way with a trailer read more