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In a recent interview with Mantan Web, producer Ryoya Arisawa revealed that the anime and live-action adaptations of Kowloon Generic Romance were planned as companion pieces from the very beginning.

According to him, both versions are designed to be watched together, offering two sides of the same story and forming a complete viewing experience.

The anime and film are being produced by Bandai Namco Filmworks and mark the company’s first attempt at an intentionally interconnected anime and live-action project.

“Our company has long been involved in Japanese live-action films. While I primarily work in anime, I’ve also handled tokusatsu projects, and through that connection, I’ve worked with director Koichi Sakamoto on late-night dramas. In recent years, we’ve seen more successes that span both live-action and anime, but projects that are truly linked are still rare. As a viewer, that always left me feeling unsatisfied. I wondered...

The official website for the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of Kowloon Generic Romance , a mystery romance manga series by Jun Mayuzuki ( After the Rain ), released a teaser trailer and visual today. The site also confirmed that the movie is set to open in Japan in August 2025. Kowloon Generic Romance Live-Action Movie Teaser Trailer The teaser visual shows the movie's two main characters, Reiko Kujirai played by Riho Yoshioka (Hitomi Saito in Anime Supremacy! ) and Hajime Kudou by Koshi Mizukami (Akira Sakuma in Till We Meet Again on the Lily Hill ), standing on a rooftop. The taglines read: "Love reveals the secrets—." and "A mystery love romance where the past and present intersect." Teaser visual Related: Kowloon Generic Romance Manga Gets TV Anime, Live-Action Movie in 2025 Chihiro Ikeda, who recently worked on a live-action film adaptation of Makoto Ojiro's Insomniacs after school manga in 2023, serves as director on a screenplay...

Jun Mayuzuki’s Kowloon Generic Romance manga is getting an anime and live action adaptation, both of which will release in 2025.

The announced was accompanied by a combined teaser trailer, new key visuals and cast details.

In the anime adaptation, Haruka Shiraishi will voice Reiko Kujirai and Tomokazu Sugita will voice Hajime Kudo.

Reiko Kujirai

(c) Jun Mayuzuki/Shueisha, “Kowloon Generic Romance” Production Committee Haijime Kudo

(c) Jun Mayuzuki/Shueisha, “Kowloon Generic Romance” Production Committee

Meanwhile, the live-action film will feature Riho Yoshioka and Koshi Mizukami in the same roles.

Riho Yoshioka as Reiko Kujirai

(c) Jun Mayuzuki/Shueisha, “Kowloon Generic Romance” film Production Committee Koshi Mizukami as Hajime Kudo

(c) Jun Mayuzuki/Shueisha, “Kowloon Generic Romance” film Production Committee

Check out the teaser of the anime and live-action below.

Author Mayuzuki expressed her happiness at the double adaptation of her work, noting that she was happy with the people...

Kowloon Generic Romance , a mystery romance manga series by Jun Mayuzuki ( After the Rain ), will be adapted into a TV anime and live-action movie in 2025. The official website for the adaptation project is also open today, with a trailer introducing the main cast members of both the anime and live-action. The manga has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump since November 2019, releasing nine tankoboon volumes to date. Yen Press, which has published the manga's English edition since August 2022, describes the synopsis: Struck by a reality they didn’t wish for, some ask, “Do I not exist in this world?” They can confirm their own presence, and Kowloon’s, and they can even smell and taste...In this town filled with secrets, Kujirai doubts her own existence. Each day is painful, but will it be different if Kudou is by her side? In the TV anime, Haruka Shiraishi (Asirpa...

The Japan Academy Film Prize Association held the 47th edition of its awards ceremony on March 8, 2024. The nominees are selected by the Nippon Academy-Sho Association of industry professionals from the pool of film releases between January 1 and December 31, 2023 which must have screened in Tokyo cinemas.

Following its success at the recent Blue Ribbon Awards and leading with 12 nominations, Toho Studios' and Takashi Yamazaki's kaiju cinema masterpiece “Godzilla Minus One” takes top honours winning Picture of the Year and a slew of technical awards. Sakura Ando cements her place as one of Japan's top actresses securing both awards for Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role (for “Monster”) as well as Supporting Role (for “Godzilla Minus One”).

The full list of winners is described below.

Picture of the Year

Monster

Godzilla Minus One

Mom, Is That You?!

September 1923

Perfect Days

Animation of the Year

Kitaro Tanjo – GeGeGe no...

In terms of crime movies, the biggest name of the last decade in Japan is no other than Kazuya Shiraishi, with films like “The Devil’s Path”, and the “Wolves” duology highlighting the fact in the most eloquent fashion. As such, it is always a pleasure to watch another title of his in the category, even more so, since this time, it seems to have included elements from “The Silence of the Lambs” and particularly the concept of “When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn’t change. The devil changes you.”

“Lesson in Murder“ is screening at San Diego Asian Film Festival

Based on a novel by Riu Kushiki, the story revolves around the timid college student Masaya Kakei, who receives an invitation from a convicted serial killer, Yamato Haimura, whose bakery he used to frequent as a child. Through a series of flashbacks, we watch Haimura’s torturous killings,...

In terms of crime movies, the biggest name of the last decade in Japan is no other than Kazuya Shiraishi, with films like “The Devil’s Path”, and the “Wolves” duology highlighting the fact in the most eloquent fashion. As such, it is always a pleasure to watch another title of his in the category, even more so, since this time, it seems to have included elements from “The Silence of the Lambs” and particularly the concept of “When you dance with the devil, the devil doesn’t change. The devil changes you.”

Lesson in Murder is screening on New York Asian Film Festival

Based on a novel by Riu Kushiki, the story revolves around the timid college student Masaya Kakei, who receives an invitation from a convicted serial killer, Yamato Haimura, whose bakery he used to frequent as a child. Through a series of flashbacks, we watch Haimura’s torturous killings,...

Masaya Kakei (Kenshi Okada) is a university student who is dissatisfied with his life and gloomy about his future. He had failed to be accepted into his university of choice. One day, out of the blue, he receives a letter from convicted serial killer Yamato Haimura (Sadao Abe) who is on death row. Yamato once ran a bakery at Masaya’s hometown where the latter, then a middle school student, was a frequent customer. According to the letter, Yamato admits to his actions but insists he did not commit the last murder. Masaya begins to investigate and uncovers the devastating truth.

Directed by Kazuya Shiraishi (The Blood of Wolves and its sequel Last of the Wolves) with a screenplay by Ryo Takada, this psychological suspense thriller is adapted from the 2017 novel “Shikei ni Itaru Yamai” by Riu Kushiki. The film was released in Japan on May 6, 2022.

One day university student Masaya Kakei (Kenshi Okada) receives a letter from a man he does not know. The man, Yamato Haimura (Sadao Abe), is a serial killer facing the death penalty that asks to meet Masaya. Yamato tells Masaya that he committed all but the last murder that he was found guilty of committing, and urges Yamato to discover the identity of the other murderer.

Japanese cinema likes making feature film versions of anything remotely popular, be it novels, mangas, anime or TV shows. So it was only a matter of time before the Haruka Ayase starring “Caution, Hazardous Wife” was adapted for the big screen. Sure enough, three years since the telecast of the popular tv show, the feature film adaption came along, helmed by Toya Sato, every single of whose feature films before this have been manga or anime adaptations.

“Caution, Hazardous Wife: The Movie” is Screening at Fantasia International Film Festival

The quiet seaside town of Tamami is reeling from the news that a methane hydrate R&d plant is to come up off their shores. The people involved in the plant project have the government’s support and see the chemical reserve there as a cash-cow, whereas the people of the town have always held the sea as something sacred and...