Hiroya Oku’s sci-fi action manga “GANTZ” is being adapted into two live-action films planned to be released in 2011. The movies will star Arashi boyband’s member Kazunari Ninomiya (26) and actor Kenichi Matsuyama (24, L from Death Note). Filming starts next month and is slated to end next year, April.

Shinsuke Sato is directing the films, which have reportedly been given a budget of 4 billion yen, with lots of CG involved. It is said that producers are aiming to make the film suitable for general audiences, which means that …

It has been almost 2 months since I last posted about the single being available for preorder. Out officially on 7 October 2009, this single is brilliant. And YUI has a new hairstyle! (Shocked me a lot)
Track-listing of the single:

It’s all too much
Never say die
again ~YUI Acoustic Version~
It’s all too much ~Instrumental~

It’s all too much is the theme song of the movie Kaiji which is out today in Japan, while Never say die is the insert song for the movie. Personally I prefer Never say die. Guess it was the …

For those of you who have already watched the final episode of the latest Suzumiya Haruhi season should have seen the announcement: Haruhi will getting a movie =).

The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi Movie Announcement Teaser
The movie will be adapting the Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi light novel. This is Nagaru Tanigawa’s 4th light novel out of the current 9. There is a 10th one in the works called “The Surprise of Suzumiya Haruhi” and it is still listed as TBA. Here is a list of Suzumiya Haruhi light novels:

Suzumiya Haruhi no …

Well, how many of you have heard of Hetalia – Axis Powers? It’s a series of short anime episodes screened on the web, that re-imagines World War I and II. The show’s characters consists of different characters, each portraying a different country. e.g. Italia(Italy), Doiitsu(Germany) and Nihon (Japan).

The show’s first season had 26 episodes, and with the announcement of a second season, made earlier in April this year, it’ll bring the show’s episode count to 52. But if 52 episodes of Hetalia isn’t enough for you, fret not, cause there’s …

King of Thorn is an apocalyptic movie being made by sunrise and several big name producers was originally supposed to be released in 2010 in Japan. A recent announcement claims that this movie is now going to premier in at a Spanish Film Festival this October.

King of Thorn has been selected at 42nd STIGES International Film Festival!
King of Thorn has been officially selected for the Anima’t section of
42nd SITGES International Film Festival of Catalonia (Oct.1st-12th)!!
SITGES screens the world premier of film.

Here is a brief summary and trailer.

The Japanese film …

Fancy catching a movie? The most recent news of watching a movie in Sendai, Japan is that a PS3 console was being used to project the movie, Kara no Kyoukai – the Garden of sinners.
Folks have claimed that they saw messages to charge the USB controller. LOL!

According to one site, the Blu-ray version of the film is being screened, but Wired Vision confirmed this with the film’s distributor and Sony subsidiary Aniplex that a data file of the movie is running off of a PS3. The film is in full …

So apparently, during a Negima Event that happened in February of this year, Yoichi Ishimoto who produced Negima’s Ala Alba’s OVA, had mentioned that a Negima movie might become reality should the sales for the Mahou Sensei Negima! ~Mō Hitotsu no Sekai~’s OVA be good.

According to ANN,
The 41st issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine will confirm on Wednesday that an anime feature based on the Negima! Magister Negi Magi manga has been green-lit for 2011. The manga creator Ken Akamatsu had already indicated in his online diary last month that …

Over at C76, folks can get to view the new Nanoha PSP Game Trailer. The game will be out this January 2010.

You can view the PV of the Game Trailer, plus the Movie 1st below. Lol watching the trailer definitely made my fangirling level went up XD. [...]

I couldn’t stop fangirling after reading the news at Japan Today. Liar Game is one of the first few Jdrama shows I caught. Until today, most of my drama shows include Erika Toda – I love her! =D.

In case you aren’t familiar of this fantastic psycological drama, Liar Game – Let me tell you more.
Nao Kanzaki(played by Erika Toda), an honest college student, receives 100 million yen (about $1,000,000) and an invitation to participate in something called the “Liar Game Tournament”. When Nao is easily tricked by her opponent, she …