Live Action Version of Moyasimon: Tales of Agriculture in the Works

I don’t know how popular Moyasimon is in the West, but it is another highly regarded manga/anime that Japan is planning to make into a live action movie. It’s starting to seem like Japanese filmmakers are trying to beat American film makers to the punch. Astro Boy came out in 2009, and there was also…

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Japanese Media Shocked By Maki Goto’s Dyed Hair at Funeral

The Japanese media tried to make a big story bigger this weekend by complaining about the way Maki Goto wore her hair to her mother’s funeral. Her mother died this week in a fall from her apartment balcony in a suspected suicide. Maki Goto showed up with her hair brown. The media responded with outrage….

Japanese Live Action Star Blazers (Space Battleship Yamato) Trailer

I previously wrote about the cast of the new Space Battleship Yamato (Star Blazers) movie. Well, the trailer is now available and you can judge for yourself whether to see this one or wait for the inevitable Hollywood remake. This trailer doesn’t show how the story will change with Reiko Takashima as the ship’s doctor,…

This Year’s Non-Japanese Red and White Song Battle Performers

This year there are only two non-Japanese performances scheduled. One is by the Korean five-man group called TVXQ, known in Japan as Tohoshinki, and American enka performer Jerome White, known in Japan as Jero. I wrote about foreigners on the Red and White Song Battle in the past. People are always vocal about the “selected”…