A month ago, Warner Bros Japan dropped a 30 second teaser trailer for the live action adaptation of “Fullmetal Alchemist”. The teaser gives us picturesque shots of the European backdrop, a taste of the CG effects, as well as a few seconds glimpse of Edward Elric and Alphonse.
This new year, the film released its first official poster giving us a whole body shot (though from afar) of Yamada Ryosuke as Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse in his suit of armor. The released image with the train station as the setting alludes to the beginning of the Elric brothers’ journey.
No other images released so far but Roy Mustang’s costume worn in the film by Fujioka Dean was displayed at Tokyo Comic Con last December. Get a peek of his costume below.
In addition, they also announced they will be holding a large scale exhibition by Fall, in commemoration of the release of the film. Details of this will be available around spring. An english version of the trailer was also released. The film will be released December 2017.
The first image of Yamazaki Kento as Higashikata Josuke in the live action adaptation of “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” is out! See Yamazaki in full Josuke costume with his signature pompadour below!
Directed by Takashi Miike, the film will open in Japan on August 4. The film has finished its overseas shooting in Sitges, Spain, and is now shooting in Japan. A teaser trailer introducing the cast was previously released. Check out the images below.
Nikkan Sports was telling the truth! Today, Space Shower Music announced that they have severed ties with Gesu no Kiwami Otome. as well as Kawatani Enon’s other band, indigo la End. Space Shower Music and the members of both bands decided not to renew the bands’ contracts when they expired on December 31.
On December 31, NHK aired this year’s edition of its annual year end music show, Kohaku Uta Gassen. The Red Team (the women’s team) won for the second year in a row. Several popular acts performed, including Utada Hikaru, Arashi, Keyakizaka46, and Shiina Ringo. Check out the full show after the jump!
Some of our staff members have put together a list of their personal top 10 releases of the year! A mixture of pop culture, many lists have music, anime, dramas and videogames. Check them out below.
Last month we reported that pop-rock band Mr.Children would be releasing a new single titled “Hikari no Atelier” on January 11th. Now the band have chosen to publish a short version of the lead song’s music video to their Youtube channel, giving us a larger taste of just what we can expect from it.
This video tells the story of the boy who appears in the single’s promotional artwork, conveying this tale of courage and adventure through the medium of cloth puppetry. The PV was directed by Atsushi Makino, who had previously designed the cover and opening video for the group’s “Mikan” stadium tour, and supervised by Chie Morimoto, who designed the cover art for “Hikari no Atelier”.
You’ll find the short version of this creative and expressive music video just beneath the cut.
Newly formed alternative rock / new wave band INDEEA have made their first single, “UREI / DOKUSHO” available for purchase on Japan’s many digital download services this week. INDEEA is composed of several talented musicians and composers, including singer/songwriter Ko Nakashima, creative collective Hi-Fi City (best known as the producers/backing band for idol group Especia), and drummer Tomomi Kase.
The band takes inspiration from the sounds of the 80s and the emotionally-charged lyrics of the 90s, naming AOR Fusion, City Pop, New Music, and Vaporwave as some of their primary influences. For example, “UREI” is inspired by the funkiness in the material of Western bands like The Talking Heads and DEVO, while “DOKUSHO” is meant to be their take on the synthesizer-oriented electropop pioneered by Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Read on below to take a listen to both of these rather intriguing tracks.
At 11:45 PM JST on December 31, CDTV will air its New Year’s Eve special, CDTV Special! New Year’s Eve Premier Live 2016→2017. The show will be about 5 hours long. There will be many acts performing on the show, including AKB48, Sandaime J Soul Brothers, Perfume, back number, Piko-Taro, Hoshino Gen, JUJU, Kis-My-Ft2, [Alexandros], aiko, and Nishino Kana.
Arama! Japan will be live streaming the show and hosting a chat as well so that readers can chat with each other during the show! Links to the show and the chat are after the jump!
