A preview party for “Karigurashi no Arrietty×Taneda Yohei” exhibition was held at the Museum of Contemporary art, Tokyo on the 16th before the release of the movie on the 17th.
The exhibition is a faithful recreation of the house of Arrietty by art director, Taneda Yohei.
Shida Mirai and Kamiki Ryunosuke visited the preview party and enjoyed the world of “Arrietty.”
The exhibition …
Popular anime “ONE PIECE“, will start a new chapter “Marineford” on the 18th, and new band “THE ROOTLESS“, will sing the new theme song called “One day“.
“THE ROOTLESS” was formed in 2009 under the agency of EXILE, “LDH” and have released two albums as well as two national tours as an indie band.
The theme song for “ONE PIECE” has been …
Popular manga and anime series Crayon Shin-chan, will be resuming after 6 months on the September issue of “Monthly Manga town”(August 5th).
The author of Crayon Shin-chan, Usui Yoshito, passed away in September 2009 due to an accidental fall during mountain climbing. The serial manga on “Monthly Manga town” continued until its March issue (released in Feburary), because Usui had already created these …
A life-sized Evangelion EVA-01 TEST TYPE was released to the press at Fujikyu highland (amusement park) on the 15th. It is 9 meters high, 16 meters in width and includes effects, such as the EVA’s starting sound, glitter eyes and smoke from the mouth.
It is set in the pavilion “EVANGELION:WORLD”, and there will be many corners in the future which …
A private showing of new anime film, “Colorful“, was held at Todoroki Junior High school (in affiliation with Tokyo City University), where 300 students from Todoroki Junior high school enjoyed the film.
One of the voice actors from the anime film, Miyazaki Aoi said, she was a big fan of the original manga and when she has a child, wants him/her …
Hobby Japan will publish a new series of “Pixel☆Maritan“, “Maritan English drill – F*CK volume“, which is a comic for English lessons. You might be thinking something is a little off with the title right now. Well, that’s because this “Pixel☆Maritan” series was created to teach you “super vulgar” and “excessive” English, apparently used by soldiers in the army.
You will …
Popular anime, “Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)” will be coming back on Blu-Ray on October 22nd. It will be a complete Blu-Ray BOX, titled “Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Blu-Ray complete BOX.”
The Blu-Ray Box will include all 28 episodes which broadcasted during April until October 2009, as well as a privilege video. The details about the Blu-Ray …
Fashion designer extraordinaire Naoto Hirooka of h.NAOTO was at Anime Expo last weekend. He had a fashion show on 7/1 in which he did collaboration with X Japan leader YOSHIKI called “NY”. He kept his fans updated by posting pictures of his weekend excursion in his facebook and twitter page.
Today he sends a message of thanks to everyone …
J-rock band, Rayflower’s new songs, “Inishie” and “Kizuna” will be released on August 4th. These songs will be used for the new OP and ED theme of popular anime “Uragiri ha Bokuno namae wo shitteiru“, starting on the 14th episode.
Rayflower’s first singles were also used for the same anime’s current episodes, check them out below.
Opening Theme (current) – Uragiri no …
There is a rumor that popular manga, “Rurouni Kenshin” (Shonen Jump in 1994~1999) will come back as a live action movie.
Although Rurouni Kenshin came out as an anime, it was too difficult to make a live action version due to the lack of CG skills at that time.
Actor, Sato Takeru is said to be playing Himura Kenshin who is a …
Upcoming movie “GANTZ“, starring Ninomiya Kazunari and Matsuyama Kenichi, held an event at JAPAN EXPO, and many fans of “GANTZ” rushed to the event. At the event, they showed a special trailer of the movie, Natsuna held a special talk event, and Ninomiya Kazunari and Matsuyama Kenichi appeared through a video message.
“GANTZ” is originally a manga on “Weekly Young Jump” …
J-rock band The Gazette released their new PV to their upcoming single, Shiver. The single is set to release July 21, 2010. This is the band’s 17th single as well as their first single of 2010 since they switched to Sony Music. Shiver is the opening theme to anime Kuroshitsuji II.
If you’re in Japan in August don’t …
AKB48 members made an appearance in “Dennou yugi club” on the Weekly Shonen Sunday’s July 7th issue. It included the 40 members who placed within the top 40 on the AKB48 general election, some of the research members as well as SKE48.
If their inclusion receives good response from fans, there will be a continuation of AKB48 members in future issues.
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It’s been 30 years since sales began on plastic models from the popular anime, “Mobile Suit GUNDAM.” To celebrate the 30th year anniversary, a life-sized Gundam was commissioned to appear in Shizuoka.
This life-sized Gundam first made it’s appearance during construction phases on the artificial island of Odaiba in Tokyo but has since moved to Shizuoka.
The Gundam itself has finished construction, but …
Russian anime “Cheburashka” is coming back as a movie in Japan on December 18th, and Kitano Kii will be playing the voice of heroine “Marsha“, who has a dream to be in a circus.
Kii is a big fan of cheburashka. She said, “I was happy to hear that I would be in the movie. Cheburashka is a very cute character, …
