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Live-Action Like a Dragon: Yakuza Series' New Video Highlights Main Cast
Series debuts on Amazon Prime Video in 2 batches on October 24, 31
― Amazon Prime Video unveiled a new "special video" for Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku ~Beyond the Game~,) a live-action series based on Sega's Like a Dragon (Ryū ga Gotoku) action game series, on Thursday. The video highlights the series' main cast. The six-episode series will debut on Amazon Prime Video in over 240 countries a...
Live-Action Baban Baban Ban Vampire Film's Teaser Unveils February 14 Opening
Cast also previewed in costume in poster visual
― The staff for the live-action film of Hiromasa Okujima's Baban Baban Ban Vampire manga debuted a teaser trailer and poster visual on Tuesday. Both unveil the cast in costume and the film's February 14 opening. The BL (described tongue-in-cheek here as standing for "Bloody Love Comedy") manga centers on a 450-year-old vampire named Ranmaru, working par...
Live-Action Wingman Series Reveals 3 More Cast Members, New Trailer
Akio Otsuka, Haruka Tomatsu, Tomokazu Seki join cast of October 22 show
― The staff for the live-action television series of Masakazu Katsura's Wingman manga revealed three more cast members for the denizens of Podreams and a new 60-second trailer on Saturday. 🎬┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈ 60秒予告 大公開‼️ ┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈┈💣10/22(火)深夜24:30放送開始新ドラマ #ウイングマン 🦸🏻♂️💥#DMMTV では10/16(水)から第1話を先行配信します🎬さらに #TVer では各話放送終了直後から見逃し配信🪽是非楽しみ...
Live-Action Voltron Film Casts Henry Cavill
Filming to start in Australia this fall
― Entertainment news source The Hollywood Reporter revealed on Thursday that Amazon MGM Studios' live-action Voltron feature film will star Henry Cavill (The Witcher, Man of Steel). Entertainment sites reported last week that Daniel Quinn-Toye will be a lead actor in the film. Quinn-Toye served as Tom Holland's understudy and as Paris in the West End production...
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Season 2 Casts Amber Midthunder
Prey film's lead actress plays powerful businesswoman
― Apple TV+ announced on Tuesday that the second season of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, Legendary Entertainment's series featuring "Godzilla and the Titans," will add Amber Midthunder (Prey) to the cast of the show. Midthunder will play a powerful businesswoman named Isabel. The show is part of a multi-series deal with Legendary Entertainment tha...
Mieruko-chan Horror Comedy Manga Gets Live-Action Film
Suzume's Nanoka Hara stars in film opening early next summer
― Kadokawa announced on Thursday that Tomoki Izumi's Mieruko-chan horror comedy manga will get a live-action film adaptation in early summer 2025. Nanoka Hara (Suzume, live-action Oshi no Ko) stars as Miko Yotsuya. The company also began streaming an interview with the lead actress. Yoshihiro Nakamura (Fish Story, A Boy and His Samurai, Pro...
Live-Action Love Live! Series Reveals More Cast, Visual
Harumi Shuhama, Kei Otozuki join cast as board chairs of rival schools
― The official website for Love Live! School Idol Musical the Drama, the first live-action series for the Love Live! franchise, revealed more cast members and a new key visual for the series on Wednesday. The new cast members include: Harumi Shuhama as Madoka Tsubaki, the board chair of Tsubakisakuhana Girls High School, and Rurik...
Sega's Shinobi Games Get Live-Action Film From Universal
Ken Hargraves to direct based on screenplay by Ken Kobayashi
― Sega announced on Tuesday that it is teaming up with Universal Pictures to produce a live-action film adaptation of its Shinobi game franchise. Sam Hargrave (Extraction franchise) is set to direct the film based on a script adapted by Ken Kobayashi (Sunny, Move On). Marc Platt and Adam Siegal will serve as producers through Marc Platt Pr...
Amazon Prime Video Streams Live-Action Gokusen TV Series
All 3 seasons of series based on Kozueko Morimoto's Gokusen manga stream subbed
― Amazon Prime Video is streaming all three seasons of the live-action television series of Kozueko Morimoto's Gokusen manga with English subtitles. Morimoto's Gokusen manga has received multiple live-action adaptations, including three television series in 2002, 2005, and 2008; two live-action television special in 2003 ...
Korean Live-Action Parasyte Series Wins SFX Award At Asia Contents Awards
Series debuted on Netflix on April 5
― Netflix's Parasyte: The Grey (Kiseiju: The Grey), the South Korean live-action adaptation of Hitoshi Iwaaki's Parasyte (Kiseiju) manga, won the Best Visual Effects award at Busan's Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards on Sunday. The series debuted worldwide on Netflix on April 5. Jeon So-nee, Koo Kyo-hwan, and Lee Jung-hyun star in the adaptation. Yeon Sang...
Live-Action Oshi no Ko Series Posts New Trailer, Poster Visual
8-episode series premieres globally on November 28, sequel film opens in Japan on December 20
― The staff for the live-action adaptation of Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga revealed a new trailer and poster visual for the series version on Monday. The live-action Oshi no Ko series will debut on Amazon Prime worldwide on November 28 with eight episodes, and the sequel film will then p...
Live-Action Solitary Gourmet Film's Trailer Reveals New Cast Member Yoo Jae-myung
Film opens in Japan on January 10
― The official website for the live-action film of Masayuki Kusumi and Jiro Taniguchi's Kodoku no Gourmet (Solitary Gourmet) manga began streaming a new trailer for the film on Friday. The trailer reveals that South Korean actor Yoo Jae-myung is appearing in the film as an immigration officer who meets Gorō when Gorō wanders onto a South Korean island. The film is ba...
Live-Action Voltron Film Casts Daniel Quinn-Toye for Filming This Fall
Hollywood Reporter: Red Notice's Rawson Marshall Thurber helms film's Australian shoot
― Entertainment news source The Hollywood Reporter posted on Wednesday that Amazon MGM Studios is moving forward with the live-action Voltron project (which it describes as a feature film), and has cast Daniel Quinn-Toye as a lead actor. Quinn-Toye served as Tom Holland's understudy and as Paris in the West End pro...
Gen Urobuchi's Fate/Zero Novels Get Musical Stage Play in 2025
Moriarty the Patriot stage play's Hideyuki Nishimori writes, directs musical
― A website opened on Tuesday and revealed that Gen Urobuchi's Fate/Zero prequel light novel series will get a musical stage play adaptation titled Musical Fate/Zero. The stage play will run from January to February next year in Tokyo and Osaka. Hideyuki Nishimori (Danganronpa, My Hero Academia, Persona 5 stage plays, Moriar...
Section Chief Kosaku Shima Manga Gets Short Live-Action Series on Social Media
Akiyoshi Nakao stars in Kachō Shima Kōsaku no Tsubuyaki on October 7
― Kenshi Hirokane's Kachō Shima Kōsaku (Section Chief Kōsaku Shima) manga is getting a short live-action series titled Kachō Shima Kōsaku no Tsubuyaki (Section Chief Kōsaku Shima's Posts/Tweets). The series will be formatted into vertical shorts on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and X/Twitter, beginning on October 7 at 7:00 a.m. and 12...
Lost Live-Action American Saint Seiya Pilot Episode Found
Ray Mona posted StarStorm, a year after uncovering the American-animated Guardians of the Cosmos
― Last year, lost media documentary YouTuber Ray Mona shared the full pilot episode for an American animated adaptation of the Saint Seiya manga and anime. This year, she uncovered the lost pilot episode from StarStorm, a proposed live-action adaptation of Saint Seiya. (This pilot was made three decades b...
Live-Action Like a Dragon: Yakuza Series' Trailer Unveils More Cast
Yūmi Kawai, Hinano Nakayama, Toshiaki Karasawa, Kōichi Satō, Subaru Shibutani, more join cast
― Amazon Prime Video unveiled a new trailer and visual for Like a Dragon: Yakuza (Ryū ga Gotoku ~Beyond the Game~,) a live-action series based on Sega's Like a Dragon (Ryū ga Gotoku) action game series, on Tuesday. The description for the Japanese version of the trailer lists more cast members who appear in ...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 16-22
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 earns 3.1% rating
― The final episode of the live-action series of Satoru Hiura's Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai (No domestic work for Ms. Saionji) manga aired on TBS on Tuesday, September 17 at 10:00 p.m. and it earned a 6.5% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV September 22 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 6.5 Detective...
Live-Action Solitary Gourmet Film Reveals More Cast
Joe Odagiri, Yuki Uchida, Hayato Isomura, Anne, Sansei Shiomi, Takehiro Murata join cast
― The official website for the live-action film of Masayuki Kusumi and Jiro Taniguchi's Kodoku no Gourmet (Solitary Gourmet) manga revealed more cast members for the film on Friday. The newly announced cast members are: Joe Odagiri (top row, leftmost in image above) as the proprietor of the Chinese noodle restaur...
Hiroshi Motomiya's Salaryman Kintaro Manga Classic Gets 2 New Live-Action Films
Nobuyuki Suzuki stars in films opening on January 10, February 7
― Hiroshi Motomiya's manga classic Salaryman Kintaro is inspiring two new live-action films. The first film, titled Salaryman Kintaro Akatsuki-hen (Salaryman Kintaro Dawn), will open on January 10, while the second film, titled Salaryman Kintaro Sakigake-hen (Salaryman Kintaro Vanguard), will open on February 7. Nobuyuki Suzuki (Wolf Gi...
Satoru Nii's Wind Breaker Manga Gets Stage Play Adaptation in January
Stage play to run in Osaka, Tokyo
― A website opened on Tuesday to reveal the stage play adaptation of Satoru Nii's Wind Breaker manga titled Butai Wind Breaker (Stage: Wind Breaker), which will run from January 1-3 at the WW Hall of the Cool Japan Park Osaka, and from January 10-19 at Theater H in Tokyo. The stage play's website also revealed the cast and visual. The cast for the Bōfūrin group are:
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Love Live! Franchise Gets 1st Live-Action Series on November 21
Series based on franchise's 1st ever stage musical
― Sunrise, Kadokawa, and Lantis' Love Live! franchise announced on Thursday that the franchise is inspiring its first live-action series adaptation titled Love Live! School Idol Musical the Drama. The series is based on the franchise's first stage musical, and will premiere on MBS, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama, Gunma TV, Tochigi TV, and Chiba TV on Novemb...
Live-Action 'Ame no Naka no Yokujō' Film to Screen at Tokyo Int'l Film Fest
TIFF screens film ahead of its November 29 theater premiere in Japan
― The 37th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) announced in a press conference on Wednesday that the live-action film of Yoshiharu Tsuge's "Ame no Naka no Yokujō" (Lust in the Rain) manga short story will screen in the festival's competition category on October 30, November 3, and November 4. The film will screen in theaters in...
Live-Action My Dress-Up Darling Series Posts Trailer With Theme Songs
Girl group Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu performs 'Princess Hero' opening, rock band PEDRO performs 'Lovely Baby' ending
― MBS revealed two versions of the trailer for the live-action series of Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru) manga on Wednesday. The trailer's opening theme song version features "Princess Hero" by Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu, and the ending theme song version...
A Girl and Her Guard Dog Live-Action Film Opens on March 14
New visual also unveiled
― The official website for the live-action film of Hatsuharu's A Girl & Her Guard Dog (Ojō to Banken-kun) manga revealed a visual and the film's March 14, 2025 opening date on Wednesday. The film stars Riko Fukumoto as Isaku and SixTONES idol group member Jesse as Keiya. Keiichi Kobayashi is directing the film. Yо̄suke Masaike is writing the screenplay. Yurika Koike is produc...
Live-Action Wingman Series Reveals 5 More Cast Members
Mamoru Miyano, Kurara Emi, Koji Matoba, Shinobu Nakayama, Daikichi Sugawara join cast of October 22 series
― The staff for the live-action television series of Masakazu Katsura's Wingman manga revealed the cast visual and five new cast members on Wednesday. The newly announced cast members are (from top left to bottom right in image above): Mamoru Miyano as Kitakura-sensei
Kurara Emi as Matsuoka-sens...
Live-Action Under Ninja Film Casts Shōtarō Mamiya, Mai Shiraishi
Mamiya, Shiraishi play skilled NIN operatives in January 24 film
― The staff for the live-action film of Kengo Hanazawa's Under Ninja manga announced two more cast members on Tuesday. Shotaro Mamiya (Blue Giant, Tokyo Revengers) plays Kato (left in the images above), an elite ninja in the NIN organization who gives the protagonist Kurō Kumogakure an important ninja mission . Mai Shiraishi (Saint Youn...
Live-Action Saint Young Men Film Casts Tatsuya Fujiwara as Lucifer
Fujiwara joins Death Note co-star Kenichi Matsuyama in December 20 film
― The official website for Saint Oniisan The Movie ~Holy Men vs Akuma Gundan~ (Holy Men vs Demon Army), the first live-action film of Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men (Saint Oniisan) manga, announced on Monday that Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note, Battle Royale, Kaiji) is joining the film's cast as Lucifer, Michael's older brother ...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 9-15
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime earns 3.1% rating
― The 2020 live-action film of Hiroyuki Nishimori's gag comedy manga Kyou Kara Ore Wa!! aired on NTV on Friday, September 13 at 9:00 p.m. and earned an 8.4% rating. The latest episode of the live-action series of Satoru Hiura's Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai (No domestic work for Ms. Saionji) manga aired on TBS on Tuesday, September 10 at 10:00...
Fruits Basket The Final Stage Play Reveals Promo Video, Visual
Play runs in Tokyo from October 18-27
― The staff for Butai Fruits Basket The Final (Fruits Basket on Stage: The Final), the new stage play based on Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket manga, revealed a new visual featuring 16 cast members on Friday. The staff also revealed a special promotional video that features footage from the Fruits Basket 2nd season stage play. The staff also revealed that Gaku Mat...
A Few Moments of Cheers Anime Film, Solitary Gourmet Live-Action Film Screen at Tokyo Int'l Film Fest
Festival takes place from October 28 - November 6
― The staff for screenwriter Jukki Hanada, music video production group Hurray!, and 100Studio's original anime film A Few Moments of Cheers (Sūfunkan no Yell o) announced on Friday that the film will screen at the 37th Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF), which runs from October 28 to November 6. The film will screen in the festival's "Animation...
Live-Action One Piece Season 2 Video Teases Chopper's Appearance
Video also shows cast performing script table read
― Netflix debuted a new video for the second live-action season of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga on Friday. The video shows the cast doing a table read of a script, and also ends with a rear shot of the character Chopper. Series creator Oda stated that the second season will cover the story up to the Drum Island arc. This will include Loguetown, Rev...
Usamaru Furuya's Lychee Light Club Manga Gets New Stage Play Adaptation in January
4th stage play adaptation to run from January 10-26
― A website opened on Thursday to reveal a new stage play adaptation of Usamaru Furuya's Lychee Light Club manga, which will run from January 10-26 at the IMM Theater in Tokyo. The website also revealed the new stage play's cast and staff. The stage play's cast are: Hikari Makishima as Zera Takumi Kizu as Tamiya Satsuki Nakayama as Jaibo Seiya Konis...
Takasugi-san's Obento Live-Action Series Reveals 8 More Cast Members, Theme Song by NEWS
Series debuts on October 2
― The staff of the live-action series adaptation of Nozomi Yanahara's Takasugi-san's Obento (Takasugisanchi no Obentou) manga revealed more cast members on Thursday. Additionally, the staff revealed NEWS will perform the show's theme song "Acchi Muite Hoi." The song celebrates the 500th song for NEWS. The new cast includes: Yui Ichikawa as Reiko Kayama, an associate profess...
Live-Action Tengu no Daidokoro Season 2 Reveals More Cast, Key Visual
Robin Furuya, Konosuke Harada join cast of October show
― The staff for the live-action series adaptation of Ai Tanaka's Tengu no Daidokoro (Tengu's Kitchen) manga revealed new cast members and a key visual for the second season of the series on Wednesday. Robin Furuya plays Jiu Atago. Konosuke Harada plays Sо̄ma. Taizo Harada, Makiko Watanabe, and Akihiro Kakuta reprise their roles from season 1. Se...
Live-Action One Piece Series' 2nd Season Casts Joe Manganiello, Lera Abova
Manganiello plays Mr. 0, Abova plays Miss All Sunday
― Netflix revealed on Wednesday two more cast members for the second live-action season of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga. The series has cast Joe Manganiello as Mr. 0 [highlight white text for spoiler](also known as Crocodile) and Lera Abova as Miss All Sunday [highlight white text for spoiler](also known as Nico Robin): Netflix also began streami...
Live-Action Mr. Yano's ordinary days Film's New Teaser Unveils More Cast, Travis Japan's Insert Song
Mizuho Shiromiya, Ria Niinuma, Keigo Itō, Ayame Tsutsui co-star in November 15 film
― The staff for the live-action film of Yui Tamura's Mr. Yano's ordinary days (Yano-kun no Futsū no Hibi) manga unveils a new teaser trailer and an updated poster visual on Wednesday. Both the teaser and the visual announced more cast members and the insert song "Staying with you" by Travis Japan. The newly announced ...
Live-Action My Dress-Up Darling Series Adds 4 Cast Members
Akana Ikeda, Kokoro Toyoshima, M!LK's Daichi Shiozaki, Meikyō Yamada join cast
― MBS revealed a new poster visual and four new cast members for the live-action series of Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru) manga on Wednesday. The newly announced cast members are: Akana Ikeda (top left in image above) as Sajuna Inui, who cosplays under the name "Juju"
Kokoro Toyoshi...
Live-Action Wingman Series Reveals 7 New Cast Members, Key Visual
Series starts on October 22
― The staff for the live-action television series of Masakazu Katsura's Wingman manga revealed the key visual and seven more cast members on Wednesday. The newly announced cast members are (from top left to bottom right in image above): Hina Kikuchi as Miku Ogawa
Hiyori Katada as Kumiko Fuzawa
Amane Uehara as Momoko Morimoto
Jōtarō as Tomō Fukumoto
Yūno Ōhara as Sakagami
U...
Masakazu Ishiguro's Nemurubaka Manga Gets Live-Action Film Next Spring
Nogizaka46's Shiori Kubo, Yūna Taira star in story of dorm-mates by And Yet the Town Moves/Heavenly Delusion creator
― Masakazu Ishiguro's Nemurubaka manga is inspiring a live-action film that will open in Japan in spring 2025, with Yūgo Sakamoto (Baby Assassins) directing. Nogizaka46 member Shiori Kubo (left in image above) stars as Yumi Irusu, while Yūna Taira (live-action ReLIFE, Honey, right) sta...
Live-Action Cells at Work! Film's Trailer Reveals Official HiGE DANdism's Theme Song
Official Hige Dandism performs '50%'
― The staff for the live-action film of Akane Shimizu's Cells at Work! (Hataraku Saibō) manga revealed in a full trailer on Tuesday that Official Hige Dandism is performing the theme song "50%." The trailer previews the theme song, which the band created specifically for this film. The cast includes: Mei Nagano as Red Blood Cell
Takeru Satō as White Blood Cell
Sad...
Kemono Friends Gets New Stage Play in November
Overall fanchise also reveals 10th anniversary visual
― The official website for the Kemono Friends stage play adaptations announced on Sunday that the franchise will get a new stage play titled Butai "Kemono Friends" Japari Stage! ~Kimi no Ashioto ga Mata Kikoeta~ ("Kemono Friends" Stage Play Japari Stage! ~I Could Hear Your Footsteps Once Again~) that will run in Tokyo at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel...
Gear Up & Pilot a Life-Size Ingram Mecha From Patlabor the Mobile Police
Well, more like the torso of the Ingram
― What's better than seeing a life-size anime robot? Piloting a life-size anime robot. While the technology isn't quite entirely there yet, there are a handful of companies building pilotable robotic mecha. One of those companies is MOVeLOT, and we got a chance to look at and even sit in their AV-X30 Ingram from Patlabor the Mobile Police. Nestled under the sil...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 2-8
Wistoria: Wand and Sword earns 2.2% rating
― The latest episode of the live-action series of Satoru Hiura's Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai (No domestic work for Ms. Saionji) manga aired on TBS on Tuesday, September 3 at 10:00 p.m. and it earned a 6.2% rating. Title Station Date Time Length Average Household Rating Sazae-san Fuji TV September 8 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 7.6 Detective Conan NTV September 7 (S...
Max Streams 2-Hour Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron Documentary
Documentary chronicles making of The Boy and the Heron film
― HBO's streaming platform Max (formerly HBO Max) recently began streaming the Hayao Miyazaki and the Heron documentary about the making of Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's The Boy and the Heron anime film. The two-hour documentary is available with Japanese audio and English and Spanish subtitles. Max describes the documentary: A document...
Sorezore no Kodoku no Gourmet Live-Action Series Reveals Visual, Teaser Video
Omnibus series debuts on October 4
― TV Tokyo revealed a visual and a teaser video on Friday for Sorezore no Kodoku no Gourmet (To Each Their Own Solitary Gourmet), a new live-action series based on Masayuki Kusumi and Jiro Taniguchi's Kodoku no Gourmet (Solitary Gourmet) manga. #それぞれの孤独のグルメ30秒ティザー映像解禁🥢"それぞれの"主人公たちの至福の時間🍚彼らはどんな絶品グルメと出会い、自由気ままに腹を満たすのか？是非ご賞味ください。✅10月4日(金)深夜24時12分スタート#孤独のグルメ pic.twitter...
Live-Action Natsume Arata no Kekkon Film Debuts at #4, Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Anime at #8
2024 Crayon Shin-chan film drops to #5, 4th live-action Kingdom film stays at #6, My Hero Academia THE MOVIE: You're Next drops to #7
― The live-action film of Tarō Nogizaka's Natsume Arata no Kekkon (Arata Natsume's Marriage) manga debuted at #4. The film sold 87,000 tickets and earned 125,503,140 yen (about US$889,000) in its first three days. The film opened in Japan on September 6. Yukihiko Tsuts...
Tsukiko's Batsukoi Manga Gets Live-Action Series on October 19
Riho Takada, Shu Watanabe star in romantic comedy
― BS TV Tokyo announced on Friday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Tsukiko's Batsukoi romantic comedy manga that will premiere on BS TV Tokyo and TV Osaka on October 19. Riho Takada (left in image below) stars as Kahori Mirumachi, while Shu Watanabe (right) stars as Teruyoshi Sunagoya. The manga centers on Kahori Mirumachi, a la...
Takasugi-san's Obento Live-Action Series Reveals Main Cast, Staff, October 2 Premiere
Boy group NEWS member Keiichiro Koyama, actress Kokoro Hirasawa star in series
― A website opened on Tuesday and revealed the cast, staff, and October 2 premiere for the live-action series adaptation of Nozomi Yanahara's Takasugi-san's Obento (Takasugisanchi no Obentou) manga. The website also streamed a teaser video. The series will star Keiichiro Koyama as Harumi Takasugi (center in visual above) a...
Live-Action ACMA:Game Film Casts Demon Game Masters
Tomokazu Seki, Ayumu Murase, Junya Enoki join cast of October 25 film
― The staff for ACMA: Game: Saigo no Kagi (ACMA Game: The Final Key), the live-action film adaptation of Kōji Megumi and Meebu's ACMA:Game manga, revealed new cast members in a new trailer on Wednesday. The trailer also previews SixTONES's theme song for the film "GONG." Tomokazu Seki plays Servo, a deer demon with large horns and ...
Live-Action Wingman Series Unveils Cast, Director, Opening Song Artists
Maito Fujoka, Konatsu Kato star in October 16 series with BLUE ENCOUNT opening
― The staff for the live-action television series of Masakazu Katsura's Wingman manga announced the cast members, director, and opening theme song's artists on Tuesday. The series stars (left in image above) Maito Fujioka (live-action Play it Cool, Guys)as Kenta Hirono and Konatsu Kato (live-action I's) as Aoi. Koichi Saka...
Haruko Kumota's Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Manga Gets Stage Musical in 2025
Play runs from February-March in Tokyo, March-April in Osaka
― A website opened on Monday to announce the musical stage play adaptation of Haruko Kumota's Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju manga, titled Musical Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. The play will run from February to March 2025 in Tokyo at the Tokyu Theatre Orb, and from March to April in Osaka at the Festival Hall. The stage pla...
Takasugi-san's Obento Manga Gets Live-Action Adaptation
Series launched in 2009
― The October issue of Kadokawa's Monthly Comic Flapper magazine revealed on Thursday Nozomi Yanahara's Takasugi-san's Obento (Takasugisanchi no Obentou) manga will get a live-action adaptation. The next issue will reveal more details on October 4. The next issue will also have a "revival publication" of the manga. Yanahara launched the manga in Comic Flapper in 2009, and end...
Hetalia Manga's New Stage Musical Series Gets 4th Musical Next Year
3rd musical ended run on Sunday
― The staff for Hetalia ~The glorious world~, the third stage musical adaptation of Hidekaz Himaruya's Hetalia - Axis Powers manga, announced on Sunday the series will get a new musical in 2025. Hetalia ~The glorious world~ ran at the Kyoto Theater in Kyoto from August 9-12, at Morinomiya Piloti Hall in Osaka from August 17-19, and at the Nippon Seinenkan Hall in Tokyo...
Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Manga Gets Stage Play in December, January
Adaptation of prequel story will star Yūki Ogoe, Rei Fujita
― This year's 41st issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine revealed on Monday that Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen 0 Tokyo Toritsu Jujutsu Kōtō Senmon Gakkō (Jujutsu Kaisen 0: Tokyo Prefectural Jujutsu High School) manga prequel story is getting a stage play that will run in Tokyo in December and in Osaka in January 2025. Kensaku Kobay...
Your Lie in April Stage Musical Gets New Run in Japan Next August
Show ended London run on August 11
― The official website for the stage musical of Naoshi Arakawa's Your Lie in April (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso) manga announced on Thursday that a new run of the musical will be held in August and September 2025 in Japan. The show will run at the Showa Women's University's Hitomi Memorial Hall, before moving to Aichi and Osaka in September, and Toyama in October. The c...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 26-September 1
Laputa: Castle in the Sky earns 13.7% rating; My Hero Academia earns 5.1%
― The Laputa: Castle in the Sky film aired on NTV on Friday, August 30 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 13.7% rating. The latest episode of the live-action series of Satoru Hiura's Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai (No domestic work for Ms. Saionji) manga aired on TBS on Tuesday, August 27 at 10:00 p.m. and it earned a 6.7% rating. Title ...
Busan Int'l Film Festival to Screen The Colors Within, Ghost Cat Anzu, Solitary Gourmet Films
Festival runs from October 2-11
― The 29th Busan International Film Festival will screen the live-action film of Masayuki Kusumi and Jiro Taniguchi's Kodoku no Gourmet (Solitary Gourmet) manga and The Colors Within (Kimi no Iro), a new anime feature film by Science SARU and director Naoko Yamada. The festival will also screen the Ghost Cat Anzu French-Japanese animated film. Kodoku no Gourmet and Gh...
Live-Action Usotoki Rhetoric TV Series Reveals Cast
Series debuts October 7
― The staff for Fuji TV's live-action television adaptation of Ritsu Miyako's Usotoki Rhetoric manga revealed new cast members on Tuesday. The new cast members includes (from left to right):
Ryosuke Mikata as Kaoru Hashizaki, Soma's school friend and a detective of the 99th night police station; and Yuki Katayama as Chiyo Fujishima, the daughter of the Fujishima family, who ru...
2024 Crayon Shin-chan Film Stays at #3, The Colors Within Opens at #7
My Hero Academia: You're Next rises to #4
― Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary), the Crayon Shin-chan franchise's 31st 2D animated film, stayed at #3 in its fourth weekend. The film sold 148,000 tickets and earned 173,122,300 yen (about US$1.20 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 1.77 million tickets and earned a c...
Live-Action Natsume Arata no Kekkon Film's Video Shows Cast, Clips from Film
Serial killer suspense film opens on September 6
― The official website for the live-action film of Tarō Nogizaka's Natsume Arata no Kekkon (Arata Natsume's Marriage) manga began streaming a featurette video for the film on Tuesday. The video shows the cast talking about the film and their experience on it, interspersed with clips from the film. The film will open in Japan on September 6. Yukihiko Ts...
Mizuki Tsujimura's Catching the Stars of This Summer Novel Gets 2025 Live-Action Film
Lonely Castle in the Mirror author's story of astronomy fans who reconnect online after COVID-19
― Kadokawa revealed on Wednesday that Mizuki Tsujimura's Kono Natsu no Hoshi o Miru (Catching the Stars of This Summer) novel is inspiring a live-action film that will open in Japan next year. The novel centers on middle and high schoolers in the spring of 2020, as COVID-19 slowly causes school and club a...
Live-Action Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō Film's 2nd Trailer Unveils Wednesday Campanella's Theme Song, More Cast
New key visual also debuts for December 13 film
― The staff for the live-action film of author Reiko Hiroshima and illustrator jyajya's children's novel series Fushigi Dagashiya Zenitendō debuted its second trailer on Thursday. The trailer announces the theme song "Negai wa Gyō-san" (My Wish Is Gyo) by the Wednesday Campanella (Suiyōbi no Campanella) group, as well as more cast. members. The staff al...
Live-Action Saint Young Men Film's New Trailer Announces More Cast
Takayuki Yamada, Tsuyoshi Muro join cast of December 20 film
― The official website for Saint Oniisan The Movie ~Holy Men vs Akuma Gundan~ (Holy Men vs Demon Army), the first live-action film of Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men (Saint Oniisan) manga, revealed two more cast members for the film on Wednesday in a new trailer. Takayuki Yamada and Tsuyoshi Muro join the film in yet-to-be-announced roles...
Masakazu Katsura's Superhero Manga Wingman Gets Live-Action TV Series
Series based on story by Tiger & Bunny designer debuts on October 16
― TV Tokyo announced the live-action television series adaptation of Masakazu Katsura's Wingman manga on Tuesday. The series will begin airing on October 22 at 24:30 (effectively October 23 at 12:30 a.m.) to celebrate the series' 40th anniversary, with new episodes every Tuesday. Katsura drew an illustration to celebrate the announc...
Tokyo Revengers Manga Gets 2nd Stage Musical
Show runs in Tokyo from March 28-April 6, Kyoto from April 11-13
― The staff for the musicals based on Ken Wakui's Tokyo Revengers manga revealed on Sunday the series will get a new musical titled Tokyo Revengers #2 Bloody Halloween. The show will run at The Galaxy Theater in Tokyo from March 28 - April 6 and at the Kyoto Theater in Kyoto from April 11 - April 13. The main cast includes (top row, lef...
Live-Action Oshi no Ko Series, Film Reveal 28 Cast Members
8-episode series premieres on November 28, sequel film opens in Japan on December 20
― The staff for the live-action adaptation of Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga unveiled 28 new cast members on Sunday. Kōtarō Yoshida as Ichigo Saitō Kana Kurashina as Miyako Saitō Nobuaki Kaneko as Taishi Gotanda Kazuto Mokudai as Ryōsuke Haru Iwakawa as young Aqua (right in image below)
Yuna Saitō ...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 19-25
My Neighbor Totoro aired on August 23, earned 13.4% rating
― The My Neighbor Totoro film aired on NTV on Friday, August 23 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 13.4% rating. The latest episode of the live-action series of Satoru Hiura's Saionji-san wa Kaji o Shinai (No domestic work for Ms. Saionji) manga aired on TBS on Tuesday, August 20 at 10:00 p.m. and it earned a 7.0% rating. Title Station Date Time Leng...
My Dress-Up Darling Manga Gets Live-Action Series in October
Child of Kamiari Month's Riko Nagase, My Girlfriend's Child's Kōta Nomura star
― The television broadcaster MBS opened a web page on Friday to announce the live-action series adaptation of Shinichi Fukuda's My Dress-Up Darling (Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru) manga. Riko Nagase (Child of Kamiari Month, live-action Insomniacs After School) and Kōta Nomura (live-action My Girlfriend's Child, Perfect P...
Live-Action Tomie Film Gets New Blu-ray Disc Release in West on November 19
Film based on Junji Ito's Tomie gets 1st BD release outside of Japan
― Arrow Video announced on Friday that it will release the live-action film based on Junji Ito's Tomie manga on a limited-edition Blu-ray Disc in the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. on November 19. This is the first release of the film on Blu-ray Disc outside of Japan. The home video release will include a new audio commentary by Japanes...
Given Manga Gets 2nd Stage Play in May 2025
Stage play to feature returning cast, staff
― The staff of the stage play adaptation based on Natsuki Kizu's Given manga announced on Friday that a sequel stage play titled Butai Given: Umi e will run in May 2025. Yuniko Ayana is the scriptwriter and Fumiya Matsuzaki is directing the play. Both are returning from the first stage play. Returning cast members include: Sayato Arima as Mafuyu Sato
Ryō Sh...
Smells Like Green Spirit Live-Action Series Casts Shunta Sono, Kodai Fujimoto
Series based on Saburō Nagai's manga debuts on September 19
― MBS revealed two more cast members on Friday for the live-action series adaptation of Saburō Nagai's Smells Like Green Spirit manga. Shunta Sono as Makoto Kirino, a young man who lives his school life hiding his true self Kodai Fujimoto as Tarō Yumeno, a classmate who is in the basketball club Towa Araki (seen at right) plays protagonist F...
2024 Crayon Shin-chan Film Drops to #3, Koi o Shiranai Boku-tachi wa Debuts at #7
Live-action Sayuri film debuts at #8
― Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary), the Crayon Shin-chan franchise's 31st 2D animated film, dropped from #2 to #3 in its third weekend. The film sold 171,000 tickets and earned 213,612,800 yen (about US$1.47 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 1.5 million tickets and earned a...
Perfect Propose BL Mini-Series Gets Compilation Film on October 25
6-episode mini-series debuted on February 2 earlier this year
― Fuji TV announced on Thursday that it is producing a compilation film of the live-action mini-series adaptation of Mayo Tsurukame's Perfect Propose boys-love manga titled Perfect Propose Dream Edition. The film will open in Japan on October 25. The original six-episode mini-series premiered on February 2 on Fuji TV On Demand. Shunya Kane...
Live-Action Under Ninja Film's Teaser Unveils Cast, Director, January 24 Debut
Gintama's Yūichi Fukuda directs Alice in Borderland's Kento Yamazaki, Godzilla -1.0's Minami Hamabe
― The staff for the live-action film of Kengo Hanazawa's Under Ninja manga debuted an early "super teaser" video for the film on Thursday. The teaser announces the film's main cast, writer-director, and January 24, 2025 opening. Kento Yamazaki (live-action Alice in Borderland, Kingdom, Wotakoi: Love is...
Oshi no Ko Manga Gets Stage Play for '2.5D Stage Play' Arc
Stage play opens in December; anime of same arc gets recap episode on September 4
― Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's Oshi no Ko manga is getting a stage play adaptation at Theater H in Tokyo from December 13-22 and at the Umeda Arts Theater in Osaka from December 26-29. The play will adapt the "2.5D Stage Play" arc of the manga. The same arc is featured in the ongoing second season of the anime, whic...
Live-Action Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Film's 1st Trailer Previews Shadow
Keanu Reeves plays Shadow in new film
― Paramount Pictures began streaming the first trailer for the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog 3 film on Tuesday: Keanu Reeves is joining the cast as Shadow the Hedgehog. Jim Carrey will reprise his role as Dr. Robotnik for the third film. IGN additionally reported that Krysten Ritter, Alyla Browne, James Wolk, Sofia Pernas, Cristo Fernández, and Jorma Taccone are...
Live-Action Happy of the End BL Series Streams 60-Second Trailer
Main cast Rei Sawamura, Yurai Beppu introduce trailer of September 2 series
― The official website for the live-action series of Ogeretsu Tanaka's Happy of the End boys-love manga started streaming a new 60-second trailer on Monday. The series' main cast Rei Sawamura and Yurai Beppu introduced the trailer in the video's beginning. Note: The below video does not have English subtitles The eight-episod...
Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 12-18
A Silent Voice film earns 6.6% rating
― Naoko Yamada and Kyoto Animation's A Silent Voice film aired on NTV on Friday, August 16 at 9:00 p.m., and earned a 6.6% rating. Kyōhei Ishiguro, Signal.MD, and Sublimation's Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop film aired on NHK Educational on Friday, August 16 at 12:00 a.m., and earned a 0.2% rating. The Kaiketsu Zorori: Lalala♪ Star Tanjō film aired on NHK Educati...
Live-Action Golden Kamuy Series Unveils Trailer, More Cast
Series premieres on October 6
― The official X (formerly Twitter) account for the live-action adaptations of Satoru Noda's Golden Kamuy manga revealed the full trailer video and new cast members for the live-action Golden Kamuy -Hokkaido Irezumi Shūjin Sōdatsu-hen- (Golden Kamuy: The Battle for the Hokkaido Tattooed Prisoners Arc) series, on Thursday. The video features the theme song "Kagayakerumono...
BLUELOCK Manga Gets 4th Stage Play in May 2025
Play runs in Tokyo from May 15-25, Osaka from May 30 to June 1
― Bandai Namco Filmworks revealed on Sunday that Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yūsuke Nomura's BLUELOCK soccer manga will get a fourth stage play adaptation that will run in Tokyo and Osaka in May 2025. The play will run at the THEATRE MILANO-Za in Tokyo from May 15-25, and at the Higashi-Osaka Cultural Creation Hall Dream House Great Hall in Os...
Live-Action One Piece Series' 2nd Season Casts Charithra Chandran as Vivi
Chandran shares video message
― The official X/Twitter account for the second live-action season of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga announced on Friday that Charithra Chandran (Bridgerton) will play Nefertari Vivi, also known as Miss Wednesday. Chandran shared a video message: Dearest pirates, Charithra Chandran is joining the crew of ONE PIECE as Miss Wednesday!!(@Netflix)August 23 Series creator Oda...
1st Haikyu!! Final Film, The First Slam Dunk Return to Top 10 at Japan's Box Office
Zegapain STA sequel film debuts at #2 in mini-theaters
― Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaur Diary), the Crayon Shin-chan franchise's 31st 2D animated film, stayed at #2 in its second weekend. The film sold 254,000 tickets and earned 320,783,100 yen (about US$2.20 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has sold a total of 1.11 million tickets a...
Saburō Nagai's Smells Like Green Spirit Manga Gets Live-Action Series
Series starring Towa Araki premieres on September 19
― MBS revealed on Friday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Saburō Nagai's Smells Like Green Spirit manga that will premiere on MBS' "Dramafil" programming block on September 19. Towa Araki (seen below) plays protagonist Futoshi Mishima. The series will premiere on MBS and TV Kanagawa on September 19, on TV Saitama on September...
Live-Action Saint Young Men Film Reveals Team Heavenly Realm 2
Ryunosuke Kamiki plays Johane, Taiga Nakano plays Jūichimen Kannon
― The official website for Saint Oniisan The Movie ~Holy Men vs Akuma Gundan~ (Holy Men vs Demon Army), the first live-action film of Hikaru Nakamura's Saint Young Men (Saint Oniisan) manga, revealed two new cast members for the film. Ryunosuke Kamiki (Your Name, Godzilla Minus One, left in image below) plays Johane, while Taiga Nakan...
Live-Action Sayuri Film Reveals New Footage Ahead of August 23 Opening
Ryōka Minamide stars in film opening on Friday
― The staff for the live-action film of Rensuke Oshikiri's horror manga Sayuri revealed new footage of the film in a trailer on Thursday ahead of the film's opening on Friday: 🚨🚨公開超直前🚨🚨 ばあちゃん大覚醒シーン、解禁──。
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Live-Action One Piece Series' 2nd Season Casts Sendhil Ramamurthy as Nefertari Cobra
2nd season will cover up to Drum Island arc
― The official X/Twitter account for the second live-action season of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga announced on Thursday that Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) will play Nefertari Cobra. Series creator Oda stated that the second season will cover the story up to the Drum Island arc. This will include Loguetown, Reverse Mountain and Twin Cape, Whiskey Peak, Litt...
Fruits Basket The Final Stage Play Reveals Cast in Costume
Play will run from October 18 to October 27 at Hulic Hall Tokyo
― The staff for Butai Fruits Basket The Final (Fruits Basket on Stage: The Final), the new stage play based on Natsuki Takaya's Fruits Basket manga, revealed visuals of six cast members in costume on Thursday. Marina Horiuchi as Machi Kuragi Yūna Sekine as Kagura Sohma Elena Kamata as Kisa Sohma Airi Yoshiharu as Hiro Sohma Nene Shida as...
Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts Musical Stage Play Reveals Cast, Trailer, Key Visual
Film runs in Tokyo, Osaka, in March 2025
― The musical stage play adaptation of Yu Tomofuji's Sacrificial Princess & the King of Beasts (Niehime to Kemono no Ō) manga titled Musical: Niehime to Kemono no Ō ~the KING of BEASTS~ revealed the cast, a new trailer, and a key visual for the show on Tuesday. The cast includes:
Daigo Kato as Leonhart
Kokoro Kuge as Sarifi
Tomoya Fukui as Anubis
Waku Kyoten a...
Kageki Shojo!! Stage Play Gets Sequel
Play will run at Mitsukoshi Theater in Tokyo from December 12-18
― The staff for the stage play adaptation of Kumiko Saiki's Kageki Shojo!! manga revealed on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday that the stage play will get a sequel in December. The show will run at the Mitsukoshi Theater in Tokyo from December 12-18. The sequel cast includes (top row, left to right):
Nene Shida will reprise her role as S...
Live-Action One Piece Series' 2nd Season Casts Katey Sagal as Dr. Kureha, Mark Harelik as Dr. Hiriluk
2nd season will cover up to Drum Island arc
― The official X/Twitter account for the second live-action season of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga announced on Wednesday that Katey Sagal (Futurama, Married... With Children, Sons of Anarchy) will play Dr. Kureha, and Mark Harelik (Preacher) will play Dr. Hiriluk. Series creator Oda stated that the second season will cover the story up to the Drum Island...
Pacific Rim Gets Prequel Series by Legendary Pictures
Netflix's Pacific Rim: The Black anime debuted in April 2021
― Entertainment news website Variety reported on Monday that Legendary Pictures is developing a Pacific Rim prequel series as part of a first-look television deal with filmmaker Eric Heisserer (Shadow and Bone, Arrival). Heisserer and fellow Chronology founder Carmen Lewis will be responsible for developing IP-driven projects for the studio...
Live-Action Happy of the End BL Series Reveals Theme Song in New Trailer
THE SPELLBOUND perform '2Colors feat.JESSE(RIZE/The BONEZ)' theme song for September 2 series
― The official website for the live-action series of Ogeretsu Tanaka's Happy of the End boys-love manga started streaming a new trailer, which reveals and previews the series' theme song "2Colors
feat.JESSE(RIZE/The BONEZ)" by THE SPELLBOUND, on Tuesday. The theme song is co-written by THE SPELLBOUND and Jes...
Live-Action One Piece Series' 2nd Season Will Cover Up to Drum Island
New cast members to be announced from Wednesday-Friday
― The official X/Twitter account for the second live-action season of Eiichiro Oda's One Piece manga posted a message from Oda. Oda stated that the second season will cover the story up to the Drum Island arc. This will include Loguetown, Reverse Mountain and Twin Cape, Whiskey Peak, Little Garden, and Drum Island. He also revealed that new cast ...
Live-Action Cells at Work! Film Announces 9 More Cast Members
Shota Sometani, Kyōko Fukada, Ainosuke Kataoka, SEKAI NO OWARI's Fukase, more co-star in December 13 film
― The staff for the live-action film of Akane Shimizu's Cells at Work! (Hataraku Saibō) manga announced nine more cast members on Tuesday. The new cast members include (top row, left to right):
Shota Sometani as Helper T Cell
Rihito Itagaki as Red Blood Cell
Ryo Kato as Senior Red Blood Cell
Seis...
'Anyway I'm Falling in Love With You' Manga Gets Stage Play
Play opens in February 2025 in Tokyo, Osaka
― Haruka Mitsui's Anyway, I'm Falling in Love with You. (Dōse, Koishite Shimaunda. or KoiShima) manga is inspiring a stage play adaptation in Tokyo and Osaka in February 2025. Manami Igashira will star as the main character Mizuho Nishino. Members of the AmBitious group Rion Ouchi, Leo Nagaoka, Rikuto Ura, and Yoshitaka Taro are playing the four main boys. ...
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