Yasuhisa Hara‘s historical war manga Kingdom started its serialization in Shueisha’s Weekly Young Jump 10 years ago. For its 10th anniversary celebration, Shueisha filmed a 3-minute long live-action short in Hengdian World Studios in China featuring Kento Yamazaki (Your Lie in April, Orange) as the lead protagonist, Xin. The short is set to premiere on  the manga’s anniversary website in April 18, and on FujiTV’s Ariyoshi Hiroiki no Daretoku!?  in April 19. The production revealed four stills from the short which you can see after the jump!

Today, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry released its annual report, detailing what happened in the music industry worldwide in 2015.

The report is subtitled “Music Consumption Exploding Worldwide.” Global music revenue grew 3.2% last year. Digital overtook physical for the first time ever, now making up 45% of global revenue. Global digital revenue was up 10.2% in 2015. Streaming revenue is up 45.2%, with streaming now accounting for 43% of digital sales. On the other hand, physical revenue was down 4.5% in 2015, while download revenue shrank 10.5%. The growth of the worldwide music industry, the first in nearly 20 years, is contributed to the industry adapting to the changing world and embracing the digital market.

Japan is still the #2 market in the world (behind the US), and it accounts for 76% of the Asian market’s entire value. The Japanese market grew by 3% in 2015, after 2 years of significant decline (16.7% in 2013 and 5.5% in 2014).

This week’s guests were Sukima Switch, Seiko Oomori, and PrizmaX.

Sukima Switch – Travelers High

Seiko Oomori – Magic Mirror

PrizmaX – UP<UPBEAT

The live-action adaptation of popular seinen manga Terraformars is going to hit Japanese theaters on May 29. However, fans who are eager to see director Takashi Miike’s interpretation of the cockroach apocalypse story won’t have to wait that long for a sneak peek; Docomo’s dTV streaming service announced on February that a drama prequel for the live-action movie is in the works, called Terraformars:Aratanaru Kibou (lit. Terraformars: A New Hope). Last week, a preview video was revealed.

On April 6, singer/songwriter T.M.Revolution released his 29th single, the double A-sided Committed RED/Inherit The Force. The PV for Committed RED dropped three days after, with a bit of a pleasant twist: it’s a 2D animated PV, produced by Production I.G (Guilty Crown, Psycho Pass). The PV depicts the life of two men in different eras that somehow connect with each other.

It has been reported that 22 years old Hey! Say! JUMP’s Nakajima Yuto has been sighted with actress Yo Yoshida, who turned 42 past February. They were spotted leaving Yoshida’s residence and calling a taxi, covering their faces with a white mask and a cap. They went to a nearby restaurant where they spent one hour having a couple of beers and having a salad. The couple then left and headed back to Yoshida’s residence, where they spent the night together. Yoshida left for work at 9AM, while Nakajima stayed in until afternoon. They have spent 7 days like this.

Actress Juri Ueno (29) and Sho Wada (40) from rock-band TRICERATOPS are reported to be dating. Agencies of both neither denied nor admitted the fact and commented that “they leave the private matters to their clients“.

SID‘s lead vocalist, Mao, announces his new solo project. The first single from the visual kei artist will be a double A-side, titled “Tsuki / Hoshi“. The single will hit stores on June 22nd. In addition, Mao will be promoting his single by visiting stores all over Japan starting in May.

Find out more about the single and the meet-up details!