Japan Box Office Report – March 3rd/4th

"Liar Game Saisei (Reborn)" / "Doraemon" / "Hugo"

"Liar Game Saisei (Reborn)" / "Doraemon" / "Hugo"

The Japanese box office chart has a completely new top three with “Doraemon“, “Liar Game“, and “Hugo“.

The spring holidays will be embracing Japan soon, which of course means that there is a new “Doraemon” movie for the whole family to enjoy. “Doraemon: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~” opened on …


Oguri Shun to become ‘Amaguri Shun’ again for new “Doraemon” movie

Actor Oguri Shun will be making his return to the ‘Doraemon‘ animated series through both its TV episodes and upcoming movie!

Oguri Shun will retake his role as popular idol ‘Amaguri Shun’ for the February 24th and March 2nd episodes of “Doraemon“. He will also make an appearance in the upcoming film, “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Island …


Maeda Atsuko becomes “Jaiko” for Toyota’s ‘Doraemon’ CM

AKB48’s Maeda Atsuko has been chosen to portray the ”Doraemon‘ character “Jaiko” for Toyota’s upcoming CM!

As previously reported, this CM series leaps 20 years into the future, with the Doraemon characters being played by a crew of talented actors. Frenchman Jean Reno will play as “Doraemon”; other cast members include Tsumabuki Satoshi (as “Nobita”), Mizukawa Asami (as “Shizuka-chan”), …


Suzuki Fuku to appear in Fukuyama Masaharu’s PV for ‘Doraemon’ OST

Popular child actor Suzuki Fuku (7) will be making a cameo in Fukuyama Masaharu (42)’s music video for “Ikiteru Ikiteku”, the theme song for the film, ‘Doraemon: Nobita to Kiseki no Shima ~Animal Adventure~‘. Suzuki will also be appearing in the movie itself.

The music video begins with an anime segment from the upcoming movie featuring the character “Fukuyama …


Suzuki Fuku to make guest appearance in new “Doraemon” movie

It’s been revealed that popular child actor Suzuki Fuku will be making a guest appearance in the new ‘Doraemon’ movie, “Doraemon the Movie: Nobita and the Island of Miracles ~Animal Adventure~“.

Suzuki, who’ll play a young boy named ‘Fuuku’, commented, “I was surprised to hear I was going to be in a movie, but I was happy.” Regarding his character, Suzuki …


Fukuyama Masaharu to sing the theme song for new Doraemon movie

On November 20th, singer/actor Fukuyama Masaharu (42) held the final stage for his huge nationwide tour at the Saitama Super Arena, concluding a series of concerts that visited 19 cities, played 56 stages, and pulled a total audience number of 600,000.

During the encore, popular cartoon character Doraemon came out on stage, prompting Fukuyama to announce that he’ll be singing the …


French actor Jean Reno becomes Doraemon for new Toyota CM

French actor Jean Reno has picked up the role to play  ‘Doraemon’ for Toyota’s new CM!

Last week, Toyota released the first-ever live action adaptation of the popular anime, “Doraemon“, through their CM, which also stars Tsumabuki Satoshi as ‘Nobita’ and Ogawa Naoya as ‘Gian’. Joining Jean Reno, Yamashita Tomohisa will play ‘Suneo’ and Mizukawa Asami will play ‘Shizuka-chan’.

The …


Tsumabuki Satoshi becomes Nobita from “Doraemon” for Toyota’s new CM

11/11 (Friday) marks the release of Toyota’s new CM, featuring the first-ever live action adaptation of the quintessentially Japanese manga “Doraemon“.  The commercial is highlighted by actor Tsumabuki Satoshi, who brings comedy and laughter to his role as a 30-year old Nobita, fainthearted and timid as ever despite adulthood.

To convey their hope of creating “dream cars,” Toyota has fittingly embarked …


‘Doraemon’ 3-D wax figures exhibited at the Madame Tussauds in Bangkok

On September 27th, a new Madame Tussauds museum opened in Bangkok, featuring the world’s first wax figures of Japan’s popular animated character, “Doraemon“.

The Bangkok museum opened on the 27th as Southeast Asia’s first wax museum. It hosts a special exhibition of 3-D wax figures of Doraemon and Nobita, who look as if they’ve just stepped out of …


Japan opens a special “Doraemon” train service!

Animation fans got a huge kick out of the special ‘Odakyu F-Train‘, which features mangaka Fujiko F. Fujio’s beloved characters (especially “Doraemon“!). This train began its service on August 3rd, running all the way down the Odakyu line. It was specially made to build anticipation for the September 3rd opening of the Fujiko F. Fujio Museum in Kawasaki.

An …


Trailer revealed for new Doraemon movie!

Recently, a trailer for the new Doraemon movie , a popular Japanese animation series, was revealed through their official site. Titled, “Doraemon Nobita to Kiseki no Shima: Animal Adventure“, the movie will hit theaters on March 2012, and will celebrate the 100th year before Doraemon’s birth (September 3, 2112).

Check out the movie trailer below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9NCpR4a5Ug

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Oguri Shun to voice act for “Doraemon”

It’s been revealed that actor Oguri Shun will be making a special appearance on the anime series, “Doraemon“, as popular idol “Amaguri Shun“!

In this episode, Suneo shows off an autograph from Amaguri Shun, and as a result, Nobita takes out Doraemon’s spare pocket to intrude Amaguri Shun’s house.

When Doraemon’s staff created this character in Oguri’s image, they immediately got in …


Japan Box Office Report – April 9th/10th

It’s the second weekend to be on the top for the new “Kamen Rider” movie,” while SP” continued to secure it’s spot near the top and “Tangled” actually managed to reenter the top 3 thanks to the word-of-mouth recommendations of those that already went to see this charming Disney animation.

“Doraemon” dropped down to the fourth place, but since it’s still …


Japan Box Office Report – April 2nd/3rd

“OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let’s Go Kamen Riders“, the movie that is to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Kamen Rider franchise immediately took over first place with a opening weekend box office revenue of 3.6 million USD.

Therefore Okada Junichi and his “SP” team had to take a step down to second place, but that isn’t too bad. After all, …


Japan Box Office Report – March 26th/27th

“SP: The Motion Picture The Final Episode” managed to stay in first place and many other movies were able to secure their place in the box office as well. Furthermore, there were no new entries in the top 10 this week.

After 16 days since it opened, the “SP” movie has now broken through 100,000 viewers which equals to a box …


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