18-year-old Idoling!!! member Erika Yazawa will be turning heads in an unapologetically bizarre new show called Kodai Shoujo Doguchan (The Ancient Dogoo Girl) this fall. She stars as an ancient girl who’s revived after 10,000 years to fight evil in modern-day society while capturing the heart of a socially withdrawn teenager named Makoto (Masataka Kubota).
Noboru Iguchi wrote and directed the premiere episode and even makes a cameo in the show. Other directors include Takashi Shimizu (Ju-on) and Ryuta Miyake (Ju-on: Shiroi Rojo), among others. Special models (including Dogoo’s clay bikini!) were provided by Yoshihiro Nishimura and visual effects were handled by Tsuyoshi Kazuno (The Machine Girl, RoboGeisha, et al.)
MBS (Mainichi Broadcasting System) will begin airing “The Ancient Dogoo Girl” on October 7, 2009.
Source: Nipponcinema
Here's the movie trailer of the upcoming Kamen Rider Decade and Double team-up movie, which started from Kamen Rider Den-O and Kiva: Climax Deka, that will be out in theaters on December 21, 2009. They will be introducing a brand new female Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Kivara.
Kamen Rider Double will start next week, September 6, 2009, after Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. Here's the new promo that was seen after the last episode of Kamen Rider Decade:
Master Chief is here!
Based on the action packed Microsoft XBox best selling game, Halo, a new seven part anime series, Halo Legends, will eventually rock the gamers' world.
Microsoft will team up with five anime production houses namely: Bones, Casio Entertainment, Production I.G., Studio4 C, and Toei Animation to release this anime. The director will be Shinji Aramaki, who became famous as a director of the Appleseed series.
Warner Bros. will also help in the release of the Halo Legends DVD, Blu-Ray and other digital media platforms online in early 2010.
Here is the trailer that was first shown in Comic-Con 2009:
For more info, visit the following site:
Los Angeles Times | Entertainment
SH FiguArts Kamen Rider DiEnd will be out this August, along with SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Decade and Hana 19 Year Old version, will be worth Y2800 or about $29. It stands 14cm tall, and comes with the Diend Driver with Kamen and Attack Ride cards. Here's a review if it's worth the buy or not.
Here are some new images of the upcoming Kodai Shoujo Doguchan.
According to our previous blog post:
Fanboys get ready to drool on this upcoming toku....
Coming this October is Kodai Shoujo Doguchan or Ancient Girl Doguchan. It stars Erika Yazawa as the heroine. She wears a Dogu bikini. That's all I really can tell about the show. It's going to be a comedy and it's from the same production company as Lionmaru G.
More pictures can be found on Fans Tokusatsu Indonesia.
Demon Screw Attack!!!
Here's a more clearer view of S.H. FiguArts Piccolo from the anime, Dragonball Kai, from BanDai. It's one of the few anime personalities that get a FiguArts treatment along with Apocalypse Zero and Domon Kasshu (G Gundam).
According to HLJ.com:
Fan-favorite Namekian Piccolo marks the start of Bandai's S.H.Figuarts "Dragon Ball Kai" toy line! Not only is this 15cm action figure incredibly poseable, it's also accurately sculpted in sharp detail to its anime counterpart! Accessories include an interchangeable head, mantle, a fixed-pose crossed-arms part, and optional hands.
It will be up for November release and will cost toy collectors' JP¥3500, or more or less US$36. You can pay for your preorders starting September 1 here.
Here are other future S.H. FiguArts releases:
One of the most awaited anime series this year has finally came. The anime version of the famous South Korean drama, Winter Sonata, starring Bae Yong Joon and Cho Ji Woo as Kang Joon Sang and Jung Yu-jin respectively. It was the second part of the Endless Love series that was shown in KBS in 2002.
It's a big part of the Korean Fever that spread throughout Asia including the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, China and even Japan.
The Plot:
The story begins when Joon-sang, who is the son of an eminent musician, moves to Chuncheon, a rural city in South Korea. As an extraordinarily talented student, Joon-sang is welcomed by his fellow students as well as teachers, but remains a quiet, introverted young man. As a result of his belief that his father is dead and serious conflicts with his mother, Joon-sang believes that no one truly loves him.
On one fortuitous day on the ride to school, Joon-sang's classmate Yu-jin interrupts him on the bus. Joon-sang soon falls in love with Yu-jin, who opens herself to him with an innocent heart. Their love, however, is cut short after Joon-sang is involved in a serious auto-accident and, due to brain damage, is unable to recall his past life.
It will be aired on October 2009 with 23 original actors and actresses voice acting their respective roles, this includes Bae Yong Joon and Cho Ji Woo.
Ryo Kurashina's manga series "Jyouou Virgin ~Roppongi Night GP Part II~" (illustrated by Nao Kurebayashi) is getting a TV drama adaptation, it has been learned. Popular idol Mikie Hara (22) will take on the starring role.
Currently serialized in Shueisha's Business Jump, "Jyouou Virgin" revolves around young kyabakura hostesses competing for a big prize. It is the sequel to Kurashina's earlier "Jyouou," which was also turned into a drama series in 2005. The new show will air in the same late night Drama 24 (12:12am) time slot on TV Tokyo, allowing for some nudity. Like the previous series, the supporting cast features idols from the gravure and AV industries, including Natsuko Tatsumi, Reon Kadena, Saori Hara, and Yuma Asami.
The series will premiere on October 2.
Source: Tokyograph
The Plot:
Mai Ando (Mikie Hara) is an 18 year old with glamorous looks and a voluptuous figure more advanced than her age. She has gotten the attention of male students since middle school, but has also been bullied by jealous female students. To overcome the trauma of being bullied, Mai decides to enter the Jyouou Grand Prix Second Event. The contestants in the Jyouou Grand Prix compete for a large sum of money as they vie to become the #1 hostess.
Mikie Hara is previously seen in the tokusatsu series Cutie Honey The Live where she plays as Honey Kisaragi, a cyborg who protects the world from evil doers. Get your subbed Cutey Honey the Live dose from TV-Nihon.
Japanese manga, (simply comic books in Japan) are wildly popular, both in Japan and in the West and the movies derived from these mangas have also gone on to be extremely popular. The three movies listed below are three of the most popular movies based on popular mangas. Watching any of the following should help ease you nicely into the word of wonderful creative world of Japanese Manga.
20th Century Boys
20th Century Boys is a manga series turned recently turned into a live action movie trilogy. 20th Century boys tells the story of a group of friends who, in the 1970s formed a club and wrote ‘The Book of Prophecies" in which to them was nothing more than a fantasy story about their adult exploits and their ability to save the world from a secret organization.
Years later, their fantasy becomes reality as an organization known as ‘Friend’ begins to mirror their book, threatening to bring about apocalypse on December 31, 2000. The books and the movies follow the characters as they try to prevent the apocalypse and find out who ‘Friend’ is.
Trailer
Death Note
Death Note features a student who, sick and tired of being surrounded by corruption and crime, wishes for a way to get rid of it all. His wish comes true in the form of a notebook which allows him to kill anyone he wants, simply by putting the name of the person he wants dead into the notebook.
The character ‘L’-Light-starts to take a downward turn however as he goes from a hero, to a villain as he goes mad with power and begins murdering anyone standing in his way. The movie is causing some controversy as parents worry that such violence in the movie will lead to their kids doing violent things or even carrying ‘death notebooks’ of their own. However, this movie is more for the mature audience, and so should be up to the discretion of the parent.
Trailer
NaNa
NaNa is a manga aimed at the girls which follows the lives of two girls with identical names. They are opposites in every way with one of them a shy, sickly girl who has trouble with boys and the other one is an independent, hard headed woman who dreams of being in a rock band.
The manga is immensely popular and the live action movie that followed did well with critics since it follows the manga faithfully in terms of events and characterizations. The movie is a romantic, musical drama which any fan of the manga series should enjoy.
There are plenty of other manga-turned-movies to check out; these are just three more recent ones.
Trailer
Source: Asian Movie Pulse
20th Century Boys
20th Century Boys is a manga series turned recently turned into a live action movie trilogy. 20th Century boys tells the story of a group of friends who, in the 1970s formed a club and wrote ‘The Book of Prophecies" in which to them was nothing more than a fantasy story about their adult exploits and their ability to save the world from a secret organization.
Years later, their fantasy becomes reality as an organization known as ‘Friend’ begins to mirror their book, threatening to bring about apocalypse on December 31, 2000. The books and the movies follow the characters as they try to prevent the apocalypse and find out who ‘Friend’ is.
Trailer
Death Note
Death Note features a student who, sick and tired of being surrounded by corruption and crime, wishes for a way to get rid of it all. His wish comes true in the form of a notebook which allows him to kill anyone he wants, simply by putting the name of the person he wants dead into the notebook.
The character ‘L’-Light-starts to take a downward turn however as he goes from a hero, to a villain as he goes mad with power and begins murdering anyone standing in his way. The movie is causing some controversy as parents worry that such violence in the movie will lead to their kids doing violent things or even carrying ‘death notebooks’ of their own. However, this movie is more for the mature audience, and so should be up to the discretion of the parent.
Trailer
NaNa
NaNa is a manga aimed at the girls which follows the lives of two girls with identical names. They are opposites in every way with one of them a shy, sickly girl who has trouble with boys and the other one is an independent, hard headed woman who dreams of being in a rock band.
The manga is immensely popular and the live action movie that followed did well with critics since it follows the manga faithfully in terms of events and characterizations. The movie is a romantic, musical drama which any fan of the manga series should enjoy.
There are plenty of other manga-turned-movies to check out; these are just three more recent ones.
Trailer
Source: Asian Movie Pulse
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger theme sung by two cute girls on a lolita maid like outfit. Kawaii!~!!!
Darna is one of the Philippines' original superheroine. Created by Mars Ravelo, she first flew through comics and movies, and now, on Philippine television. I think you would ask why I dubbed Darna as a Philippine toku? It's because tokusatsu have lots of computer generated images (CGI) and of course, a transformation from a normal human to a superhero or to us, a henshin. Unlike most toku (in Japan) that we all saw, her henshin device is not a belt nor a cellphone, but a stone. She swallows it and shouts the word "DARNA!" She then transform to a sexy superhero in a red two piece bikini. She is endowed with super strength and flight.
Last week was the debut of Marian Rivera as Darna. Alhough it already ran for two weeks, with a broad back story starting from her birth to adulthood, last week was Narda (MarianRivera) transformation to Darna. Unlike other Darna movies, who used just a beam of light and a smoke, now, they have incorporated a transformation sequence that we occasionally saw on Super Sentai and Kamen Riders. But the my demise, it is just used once, on the first time Narda became Darna.
The recent villain that she fought is Roma the "Babaeng Impakta" (She-Demon), one of Darna's orginal enemies, who have a demonic vampire on her back named Impy. Impy is the one who urges Roma to do evil things. They suck human heart to lengthen their lives.
The fight scenes are quite good but what I really don't like about it is the action poses Darna makes after a strong kick and punch. The same sequence is also visible on the Shaider spin-off, Zaido. And the incorporation of soap opera with action scenes. Honestly, it kinda pisses me off seeing them that but what else can I do? It's what the directors said. Luckily, the story and plot is good and I'm surely watch this one 'til the end.
To read more about Darna, kindly visit the following links:
Darna's origination and history
Darna (2009 tv series) wiki page
The 2nd promo for Kamen Rider Double:
It will be less than two weeks before we can see this one.
It will be less than two weeks before we can see this one.
Fanboys get ready to drool on this upcoming toku....
Coming this October is Kodai Shoujo Doguchan (古代少女ドグちゃん) or Ancient Girl Doguchan. It stars Erika Yazawa as the heroine. She wears a Dogu bikini. That's all I really can tell about the show. It's going to be a comedy and it's from the same production company as Lionmaru G.
Expect to see some fanservice like what happened on Cutie Honey.
Let's wait for the first episode to see if it's worth the watch.
Interesting note: Erika Yazawa is the No. 7 member of the idol group, Idoling. Suzuka Morita (ShinkenYellow) is also a member of that group and is on No. 11.
Coming this October is Kodai Shoujo Doguchan (古代少女ドグちゃん) or Ancient Girl Doguchan. It stars Erika Yazawa as the heroine. She wears a Dogu bikini. That's all I really can tell about the show. It's going to be a comedy and it's from the same production company as Lionmaru G.
Expect to see some fanservice like what happened on Cutie Honey.
Let's wait for the first episode to see if it's worth the watch.
Interesting note: Erika Yazawa is the No. 7 member of the idol group, Idoling. Suzuka Morita (ShinkenYellow) is also a member of that group and is on No. 11.
As expected and seen in various trailers, we will see a massive all Rider's Rider Kick, from Kamen Rider Ichigo to Kamen Rider Decade in the Kamen Rider Decade: AllRiders vs DaiShocker movie. And look! Kamen Rider Kuuga will henshin and fight longer than it used to be in the series, since he only fights for at least a minute or rarely fights.
Check out the video below:
Check out the video below:
Here's a preview on how awesome is S.H. FiguArts Kamen Rider Decade Complete is. Many fans said that thisone is alot better than the FiguArts version of the default form of Kamen Rider Decade.
According to HLJ.com, it will costs us ¥2,800 (roughly US$29). So pre-order now, using the HLJ link, so you won't be left behind!
It comes with RideBooker, Kamen Ride cards and the K-Touch.
More pictures here:
According to HLJ.com, it will costs us ¥2,800 (roughly US$29). So pre-order now, using the HLJ link, so you won't be left behind!
It comes with RideBooker, Kamen Ride cards and the K-Touch.
More pictures here:
From the creators of Machine Girl, comes another gore movie, Robo Geisha. The movie stars gravure idol Aya Kiguchi. The movie is directed by Noboru Iguchi. It is intended for release on Japan in October 3, 2009.
Here's the trailer:
"Earlier than expected!"
That's what fans said after hearing the good news about the release date of the English version of the new Pokemon game, Heart Gold and Soul Silver versions. Both are remakes of the second generation Pokemon games, Gold, Silver and Crystal, led by Cyndaquil, Chikorita and Totodile. The Japanese version will be released Autumn/Fall this year.
According to Pokemon's Official Website:
Attention Pokemon fans! The newest game in the Pokemon RPG series have been announced in front of the world's best video game and Trading Card Game players at the Pokemon World Championships. It was revealed that Pokemon Heart Gold Version and Pokemon Soul Silver Version will be available in the Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi systems in Spring 2010 in the United States and Europe.
Who is your favorite idol?
A recent poll by Oricon, they listed the Top 10 Gravure Idols. They asked 600 men who their favorite models were. Of course all idols who were voted are sexy and hot Japanese models. Going on the top spot is Aki Hoshino (32). She's one of the Henshin Hotties whom we last saw on Kamen Rider Den-O: Ore Tanjou Movie two years ago.
Other Henshin Hotties who are included on the list are: Akina Minami (#4), Yukie Kawamura (#5), Sayaka Isoyama (#6), Mikie Hara (#9) and Yuko Ogura (#10). Unluckily, none of my personal favorites, Yuka Hirata and Yuriko Shiratori, got into top 10.
Here's the full list:
1. Aki Hoshino
2. Azusa Yamamoto
3. Maomi Yuuki
4. Akina Minami
5. Yukie Kawamura
6. Sayaka Isoyama
7. Yoko Kumada
8. Misako Yasuda
9. Mikie Hara
10. Yuko Ogura
What do you think? Do they deserve to be on the top 10?
A recent poll by Oricon, they listed the Top 10 Gravure Idols. They asked 600 men who their favorite models were. Of course all idols who were voted are sexy and hot Japanese models. Going on the top spot is Aki Hoshino (32). She's one of the Henshin Hotties whom we last saw on Kamen Rider Den-O: Ore Tanjou Movie two years ago.
Other Henshin Hotties who are included on the list are: Akina Minami (#4), Yukie Kawamura (#5), Sayaka Isoyama (#6), Mikie Hara (#9) and Yuko Ogura (#10). Unluckily, none of my personal favorites, Yuka Hirata and Yuriko Shiratori, got into top 10.
Here's the full list:
1. Aki Hoshino
2. Azusa Yamamoto
3. Maomi Yuuki
4. Akina Minami
5. Yukie Kawamura
6. Sayaka Isoyama
7. Yoko Kumada
8. Misako Yasuda
9. Mikie Hara
10. Yuko Ogura
What do you think? Do they deserve to be on the top 10?
The second teaser for Kamen Rider Double (W) is out. From the looks of it, it's much more better than the first time we saw it. Remember these pics?
To know more about the story/plot and characters of this series, you could check out this blog post:
Kamen Rider Double's Story and Characters
The "Nodame Cantabile" movie is going to come out in December this year and now there has been a flood of new details concerning the locations, cast and other stuff.
One of the biggest new locations in the movie is going to be the "capital of music", Vienna. Actor Tamaki Hiroshi (29) about the location, "I can feel the weight of all the history this city holds and I’m becomming really tense." Actress Ueno Juri (23) too, "There’s no better place to concentrate than here." Celebrated musicians like Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms have been active in Vienna and you can find statues of them in the local park.
It’s the first time ever that a Japanese movie is going to be filmed in the historic "Wiener Musikverein" and its golden hall, the same hall where even famous Japanese conductor Ozawa Seiji (73) once made an amazing performance. Now it’s Tamaki who gets the honor to conduct "Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony" for the filming of Nodame. Ueno admired his performance, "He looked so cool. You can feel the power of Chiaki’s (Tamaki) personal growth up he went through up until now."
Last month on the 16th, they already started filming in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. They continued in Brno, the Czech Republic and after that they arrived in Vienna, Austria. After Vienna, they went back to Brno also filmed a few scenes Prague. Right now they are in France and about to start filming in Paris. In September they are going to start filming the 2nd part (movie comes in 2 parts). In Vienna they had a team consisting of 60 Japanese, plus a mix of 64 Austrians and Czechs working on the movie. A total of 110 extras came from Japan to appear in several (big) scenes like in the hall.
New cast members are going to be actor Tanihara Shosuke (36), comedian and actor Nadagi Takeshi (38) and comedian Chad Mullane (29).
Source: Kawaii-Joyuu
Good news to Kamen Riders and Super Sentai fans out there!
As expected by many fans, the back-to-back movie of Kamen Rider Decade and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger leads the box office, according to the Japanese movie site, Movie Walker. Do you know which movies it beat? It''s Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (#2) and Pokemon: Arceus - To the Conquering of Space-Time (#3). I think the Showa Kamen Riders was the key to this success. Who would not have became nostalgic seeing their favorite Kamen Riders again in a once in a lifetime gathering, that might not happen again in the future.
For international fans like me, we need to patiently wait until and DVD and a subbed version comes out to watch this awesome movie.
Yet more web-exclusive figures are on the way from the Tamashii Web Bandai Collector's Shop. Who's up this time:
S.H. FiguArts Sieg, from Kamen Rider Den-O. Yeah yeah yeah, I think we all knew this was coming. With Momotaros, Urataros and Deneb being regular releases, Sieg joins Kintaros and Ryuutaros (also up for preorder until 8/17) as webshop exclusives. More details here.
The figure ships in December 2009.
S.H. FiguArts Kamen Rider Kuuga Rising Ultimate Form (Black-eyed Version) from some movie that just came out. This one came out of nowhere so fast that at first I didn't even believe it was real! But it is indeed, though not up for preorder just yet. This is the black-eyed version, and if you know anything about how Ultimate Form works (or read my Spoiler review of the movie) you know what this guy means. A Red-eyed version will be on sale at Toei Hero Net, essentially making it another web exclusive. More details on the Black-eyed one here.
The figure ships in February 2010.
Lastly, S.I.C. Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor Form from... guess where. Normal old Kiva comes out at the end of this month, and his super-duper upgrade is also up for preorder now. I've got a few pictures of him from the Tokyo Toy Show back in July which I'll be putting up soon. More details here.
The figure ships in December 2009.
Source: Igadevil's Kamen Rider Blog
Here's my point of view:
Honestly, I really don't like S.I.Cs (Super Imaginative Chogokin) which are not as poseable as Souchaku Henshins and FiguArts. So The SIC Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor is a no no for me. I can resists on getting those Imagins but not that FiguArts Kuuga Ultimate Rising Form. I will do anything to get that one as soon as the hobby shop near our place will sell that one, but not until, more or less, May 2010 (haven't got SH FiguArts Kamen Rider New Den-O that I ordered months ago from that hobby shop
).
I wonder if the succeeding FiguArts will be all exclusives..... I hope they will not.
Well, this just reminds me to get SH FiguArts Decade, Diend, and Hana (19 y/o version) soon.
S.H. FiguArts Sieg, from Kamen Rider Den-O. Yeah yeah yeah, I think we all knew this was coming. With Momotaros, Urataros and Deneb being regular releases, Sieg joins Kintaros and Ryuutaros (also up for preorder until 8/17) as webshop exclusives. More details here.
The figure ships in December 2009.
S.H. FiguArts Kamen Rider Kuuga Rising Ultimate Form (Black-eyed Version) from some movie that just came out. This one came out of nowhere so fast that at first I didn't even believe it was real! But it is indeed, though not up for preorder just yet. This is the black-eyed version, and if you know anything about how Ultimate Form works (or read my Spoiler review of the movie) you know what this guy means. A Red-eyed version will be on sale at Toei Hero Net, essentially making it another web exclusive. More details on the Black-eyed one here.
The figure ships in February 2010.
Lastly, S.I.C. Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor Form from... guess where. Normal old Kiva comes out at the end of this month, and his super-duper upgrade is also up for preorder now. I've got a few pictures of him from the Tokyo Toy Show back in July which I'll be putting up soon. More details here.
The figure ships in December 2009.
Source: Igadevil's Kamen Rider Blog
Here's my point of view:
Honestly, I really don't like S.I.Cs (Super Imaginative Chogokin) which are not as poseable as Souchaku Henshins and FiguArts. So The SIC Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor is a no no for me. I can resists on getting those Imagins but not that FiguArts Kuuga Ultimate Rising Form. I will do anything to get that one as soon as the hobby shop near our place will sell that one, but not until, more or less, May 2010 (haven't got SH FiguArts Kamen Rider New Den-O that I ordered months ago from that hobby shop
).I wonder if the succeeding FiguArts will be all exclusives..... I hope they will not.
Well, this just reminds me to get SH FiguArts Decade, Diend, and Hana (19 y/o version) soon.
Sanpei Shirato’s ninja manga, Kamui, is about to be given life on the big screen to the delight of millions of awaiting manga fanatics all over the world. Followers of Kamui have to wait a little bit more for its grand cinema opening but should be contended to view the teaser trailer on its website to while away the time. Shooting ran through November 2008 to February this year, and finally the Japan release is already slated on the 19th of September. No Western release date is still in view. Korean-Japanese Yoichi Sai (who also did Blood and Bones, Japan’s official entry as the Best Foreign Language Film for the 2006 Academy Awards) fills the director seat. In Kankuro Kudos able hands, the ludicrously lengthy and dragging plot potentially becomes a worthy screenplay.
The Trailer:
Manga enthusiasts can expect the live adaptation of The Legend of Kamui to have a different treatment from the other ninja movies churned by Hollywood. As in the original manuscript, ninjas are portrayed unlike the constantly black-garbed ninjas that we usually imagine and see in western films. The official trailer is only less than 60 seconds long, and if it is anything like the whole movie, it promises to deliver an intense portrayal of life in feudal Japan.
The Legend
The movie is based on The Legends of Kamui, a part of the three-part series Kamui, a Japanese graphic novel that came out first in 1964 in GARO, a Japanese anthology magazine, and found its way to the US through Viz Comics in 1987. The legendary story set in Japan chronicles the life of Kamui. Drawn to becoming a ninja mainly because of poverty, Kamui realizes that he shunned the ninja’s way of life. In those days, ninjas were considered warriors skilled in assassination and espionage. Wanting to put a stop to a violent life, Kamui flees from the kinship and becomes a hunted outlaw. He is considered a traitor to their clan and the other ninjas are out to get him before their secrets are bared to the outside world. In his journey to leave behind the past and his relentless pursuers, he travels around Japan and sees the stark reality during the Edo period. In the novel, the Edo period is portrayed as a time of peace but also of social oppression, censorship and isolation. In order to gain his freedom, he still needs to resort to his ninja skills and intelligence to kill his enemies. Closely guarding his emotions, he loses faith in trust and love for other people, fearing they will lead to his death. He gets shipwrecked on a small island and meets a fisherman’s family where he eventually learns to open up. But danger still lurks around the corner and he must overcome his paranoia and his adversaries.
The Stars
Producers invested more than $18 million for this film which make it one of the highest-budgeted Japanese movies of all time. It features Kenichi Matsuyama (best remembered for his performance as Detective L in Death Note), Koyuki (Tom Cruise’s love interest in the Last Samurai), there is also Suzuka Ohgo (as the young Chiyo in Memoirs of a Geisha), another actor is Hideaki Ito (Sukiyaki Western Django), renowned actress Anna Tsuchiya (Kamikazi Girls), and Hong Kong popular star Ekin Cheng (The Storm Warriors).
The Journey
The manga The Legend of Kamui had its first taste of exposure in the anime series “Kamui the Ninja: Stories Other Than the Legend” in 1969 and as a full-length animated film in 1971. Kamui is being co-produced and distributed by Shochiku Co., Ltd. It will be one of eight international program films that will be featured in the Toronto International Film Festival in Ontario from September 10-19, 2009.
Source: Asian Movie Pulse
International fans who will not have a chance to see this movie will only get to watch this when a DVD version comes out. The time of waiting can be more or less five months after the movie stopped showing in Japan. So if this movie runs for two months, we can see the DVD version by May 2010 or earlier than that. Fans like me, expect to see a subbed version by August 2010.
Actress Keiko Kitagawa (22) will be acting in her first jidaigeki role for Kenji Nakanishi's "Hana no Ato." The movie is based on a short story by the late Shuhei Fujisawa, a prolific author who also penned such works as "Love and Honor" and "The Hidden Blade."
Kitagawa plays Ito, a skilled swordswoman who is the daughter of a warrior. Ito falls in love with another member of her clan (Shuntaro Miyao), but after he commits suicide due to a plot by the clan's leader (Kamejiro Ichikawa), she takes up her sword to exact revenge.
To properly play the part, Kitagawa underwent sword training at a dojo for half a year, starting last September. Following her training, the movie was filmed between the end of March and the end of April.
"Hana no Ato" is slated for a spring 2010 release.
Source: Tokyograph
Keiko Kitagawa one of our resident Henshin Hotties. Last 2003, she played as Rei Hino/Sailor Mars on Pretty Guardian Sailormoon. Her recent acting is on the Jdrama Buzzer Beat as Shirakawa Riko.
Legend of Kamui is based on the Japanese Manga Series, Kamui Gaiden. It is a story of a fugitive Ninja hoping to put his violent past behind him. He condemns the violent ways of Ninjas but he must use the skills he had learn to kill the others and then search for his freedom.
The movie stars the actor from “Death Note Films” Ken’ichi Matsuyama as Kamui, the Ninja on the run from other Ninjas who wants to eliminate him for his betrayal. Kamui does not trust or love because showing a weakness could lead him to his death. He eventually met a fisherman’s family where he started to open up to other people. But his enemies are just behind him wanting him dead.
The movie is directed by Yoichi Sai and will be released by September in Japan. No schedule for release in other territories yet.
Source: Asian Movie Pulse
For those who didn't know, Ken'ichi Matsuyama recently played as Soichi Negishi/Johannes Krauser II in the film adaptation of Detroit Metal City
It will take us to wait for at least four to five months to see the latest Kamen Rider movie, Kamen Rider Decade Movie: All Riders vs Daishocker, that was shown in Japan last Friday, August 8. But our friend Igadevil hooks us up a review, for all Kamen Rider fans all over the world, on what we will expect to see after the DVD came out.
Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Daishocker
by Igadevil
Here it is. Possibly the biggest Rider movie to date, and easily one of the most anticipated.
The hype for this thing has been incredible, with one of the most aggressive ad campaigns I've seen in a while. Ads up the wazoo. Kamen Rider taking over 7-11 and the Tokyo Metropolitan Subway. Net movies which I still gotta watch. Mock Shocker political rallies. More TV specials and bits than ever before (why must most of them be on early in the morning or on the version of TV-Asahi we don't get up here?) And much, much more.
And now, it's finally out. Does it live up to expectations? I'll get to that in a sec!
Obviously, this movie had a lot riding on it, if you'll forgive the terrible pun. It's the movie of the show celebrating 10 years of Kamen Rider back on TV, it's the first movie to unite all the Riders, new and old, in one film. For many of them, this is their first time back in on-screen Kamen Rider in years. It also has to be about the titular Kamen Rider Decade, since it is his movie.
And make no mistake, it is his movie. It's a Kamen Rider Decade movie featuring all the Riders, rather than a movie about all the Riders that happens to have Decade in it. He's the star attraction, even given how significant his co-stars are to selling the film to viewers. It's his story, but they all play a part in it.
There is a helluva lot of plot going on here, though unfortunately given the current near-finished of the show, we have yet to know how it will all figure in. With an epic showdown and a story that pushes the heroes to their very limit, it has the feel of being "Decade's greatest adventure". It certainly does things with the characters, and the whole premise of the show, which are pretty gutsy.
But before I get into that, let's get back to the question: Does it live up to expectations? That'll depend on what your expectations are, and how you feel about the Decade TV series. The movie's certainly got enough hype and excitement around it that I think it'll be impossible to satisfy everyone. Nothing new there though.
To continue reading the rest of the review, click on one of the links:
Another badass video from Kamen Rider Climax Heroes game on the Playstation 2. A battle between Kamen Rider Dark Decade and Kamen Rider Faiz. Look on who will win:
A bonus video of the battele between the title Kamen Rider and the second Rider.
Kamen Rider IXA vs Kamen Rider Kiva:
And Kamen Rider Zeronos vs Kamen Rider Den-O:
A bonus video of the battele between the title Kamen Rider and the second Rider.
Kamen Rider IXA vs Kamen Rider Kiva:
And Kamen Rider Zeronos vs Kamen Rider Den-O:
You have read it right. I have found a picture of Rin Takanashi a.k.a. Shiraishi Mako (ShinkenPink) of Samurai Sentai Shinkenger in bikini.
Here it is:
And a bonus picture in swimsuit:
Here it is:
And a bonus picture in swimsuit:
Here's the music video of the theme song of Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs Daishocker movie. The song is The Next Decade by Gackt.
Enjoy watching!!!
Enjoy watching!!!
We have more Kamen Rider Climax Heroes action here after we read a very disappointing review yesterday. If you haven't read it, you can read it here.
As you can see, the first scene is a battle between Kamen Rider Decade and Kamen Rider Kabuto. In the second half of the video, you can see a battle between Kamen Rider Decade and Dark Decade. If you are successful in defeating this guy, you will be able to play as him in any modes you like.
As you can see, the first scene is a battle between Kamen Rider Decade and Kamen Rider Kabuto. In the second half of the video, you can see a battle between Kamen Rider Decade and Dark Decade. If you are successful in defeating this guy, you will be able to play as him in any modes you like.
Here is a review of the Kamen Rider Climax Heroes game for the Playstation 2 that was released by Bandai Games courtesy of our friend, SeraphisCain over at HJU Forums.
SeraphisCain says:
The full roster is: Kuuga, Agito, Ryuki, Faiz, Blade, Hibiki, Kabuto, Den-O, Kiva, Decade, Diend, Zeronos, IXA, and Dark Decade.
Gatack, Autovaijin, and G3-X are also in.
Kinda.
They're only playable in one or two stages in Decade mode. And even then they only have one special move each, no super moves, and no form changes.
It's pretty evident now that Climax Heroes was rushed to come out around the same time as All Riders vs DaiShocker. We know from that one scan that Gatack was originally meant to be on the main roster. He was probably left unfinished due to time. I just wish they'd have cut the unfinished characters out of the game completely instead of teasing us with half finished versions only playable in one or two stages in one mode.
Ryuga, Nega Den-O, and Dark Kabuto are in the game as well, but they're completely unplayable.
My biggest complaint, as far as gameplay goes, is the combo system. You've got your weak attacks done with [], your strong attacks done with /\, your combo-breaking attacks done with X, and your special moves done with O.
Now, you can do combos like [] [] [] [] or /\ /\ /\ /\, or say -> + [] [] [] [] or Down + /\ /\ /\ /\. But the big problem I have is that you can't mix say, weak and strong moves, or special moves with normal moves. You're restricted to the basic canned combos. So you'll be doing a lot of mashing one button. You CAN form change in the middle of a combo, though, so that's a plus.
In general, I'd probably say that this game falls just under the Kabuto game, as far as quality of gameplay goes. It's fun for what it is, but the limited combo system and the fact that some characters are VERY over or underpowered (Blade is extremely strong compared to someone like Hibiki, Den-O Gun Form borders on cheap, etc), combined with the fact that the game is obviously unfinished, drops this game just below Kabuto.
It's still excellent for Rider fans though, make no mistake. But only as a fanservice game. If you're looking for a fighter with even a small amount of depth, you won't find it here.
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It will just be up to you if you want to purchase this game or not. :)
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