A coming-of-age drama about artists, Blue Period has become one of the most popular seinen titles of the modern era. Written and illustrated by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, the manga has been published since 2017 and there are 15 collected volumes as of the time of writing. A 12-episode anime adaptation premiered in 2021 and was also a hit, although no official confirmation of a second season has been made since then. But, we do have other great news, as Warner Bros. Japan has just announced that a live-action Blue Period movie is premiering this year in Japanese cinemas.
The movie was announced just today in Japan, and Warner Bros. has confirmed that the movie will be released on August 9, 2024 in Japanese theaters. It is unknown whether the movie will have an international distribution or not.
On top of that, an official teaser trailer highlighting some of the scenes, as well as the actors was released.
The movie was announced just today in Japan, and Warner Bros. has confirmed that the movie will be released on August 9, 2024 in Japanese theaters. It is unknown whether the movie will have an international distribution or not.
On top of that, an official teaser trailer highlighting some of the scenes, as well as the actors was released.
- 4/2/2024
- by Arthur S. Poe
- Fiction Horizon
Warner Bros. Japan announced on April 2, 2024, that Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s Blue Period manga will be getting a live-action film adaptation, with Gordon Maeda taking on the lead role. The film is scheduled to release on Aug 9, 2024.
A teaser trailer and visual were revealed to commemorate the announcement.
Cast includes:
Gordon Maeda as Yatora Yaguchi Fumiya Takahashi as Ryuji Ayukawa Rihito Itagaki as Yotasuke Takahashi Hiyori Sakurada as Maru Mori
Blue Period live-action film will be directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, who is known for his work on the Tokyo Ghoul film. Reiko Yoshida, who penned the screenplay for the Blue Period anime, will handle the screenplay for the film.
Mangaka Tsubasa Yamaguchi expressed her excitement on the film, stating, “After watching the film, I was deeply impressed by the things that couldn’t be expressed in the manga, such as the scenery I couldn’t see when I was drawing, the...
A teaser trailer and visual were revealed to commemorate the announcement.
Cast includes:
Gordon Maeda as Yatora Yaguchi Fumiya Takahashi as Ryuji Ayukawa Rihito Itagaki as Yotasuke Takahashi Hiyori Sakurada as Maru Mori
Blue Period live-action film will be directed by Kentaro Hagiwara, who is known for his work on the Tokyo Ghoul film. Reiko Yoshida, who penned the screenplay for the Blue Period anime, will handle the screenplay for the film.
Mangaka Tsubasa Yamaguchi expressed her excitement on the film, stating, “After watching the film, I was deeply impressed by the things that couldn’t be expressed in the manga, such as the scenery I couldn’t see when I was drawing, the...
- 4/2/2024
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
Blue Period , an art-themed drama manga by Tsubasa Yamaguchi, is being adapted into a live-action film that will hit Japanese theaters on August 9, 2024. Kentaro Hagiwara directs the movie adaptation, Reiko Yoshida provides the script, Yuuki “Yaffle” Kojima provides the music, and Warner Bros. Pictures distributes the film. The cast includes: Gordon Maeda as Yatora Yaguchi Fumiya Takahashi as Ryuji Ayukawa Rihito Itagaki as Yotasuke Takahashi Hiyori Sakurada as Maru Mori Related: Blue Period Teams Up with Fashion Brand Burberry for a Chic Collab The original Blue Period manga has been serialized since 2017 in Kodansha's Monthly Afternoon seinen manga magazine, and a total of 15 collected volumes for the series have been published in Japan. The series has previously been adapted into a TV anime in 2021 and a stage-play in 2022. An English language version of the manga is also available from Kodansha USA, who describe the story as follows: Winner of the 2020 Manga Taisho Grand Prize!
- 4/2/2024
- by Paul Chapman
- Crunchyroll
The highly anticipated live-action adaptation of Satoru Noda’s Golden Kamuy had its opening day stage greeting on Jan 19, 2024, at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.
The cast, including Hiroshi Tamaki, Asuka Kudo, Shuntaro Yanagi, and Ryohei Otani shared their behind-the-scenes experiences and shed light on the challenges encountered during filming.
Since Golden Kamuy is set in the late Meiji era in Hokkaido, revolving around a battle for a substantial Ainu treasure, the filmmakers took on the challenge of capturing the authentic winter atmosphere of Hokkaido, leading to extreme conditions during the shoot.
Yanagi revealed the harsh conditions, stating, “It was a tough shoot; we even had icicles forming in our ears. We used to check with each other, wondering, ‘Are our ears frozen?‘”. Asuka Kudo too added to this, highlighting the persistence of the icy challenge, especially during extended takes.
“With scenes that couldn’t be wrapped up in a single take,...
The cast, including Hiroshi Tamaki, Asuka Kudo, Shuntaro Yanagi, and Ryohei Otani shared their behind-the-scenes experiences and shed light on the challenges encountered during filming.
Since Golden Kamuy is set in the late Meiji era in Hokkaido, revolving around a battle for a substantial Ainu treasure, the filmmakers took on the challenge of capturing the authentic winter atmosphere of Hokkaido, leading to extreme conditions during the shoot.
Yanagi revealed the harsh conditions, stating, “It was a tough shoot; we even had icicles forming in our ears. We used to check with each other, wondering, ‘Are our ears frozen?‘”. Asuka Kudo too added to this, highlighting the persistence of the icy challenge, especially during extended takes.
“With scenes that couldn’t be wrapped up in a single take,...
- 1/19/2024
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
A recent press conference held to commemorate the completion of the Golden Kamuy live-action film unveiled a heartfelt message from the manga creator, Satoru Noda, who shared his thoughts on the film after attending its premiere.
In the message Noda revealed the initial worry he harboured deep down on how his vision for Golden Kamuy would translate onto the big screen. However, after attending the preview, he shared a sense of relief, indicating that the movie had surpassed his expectations.
According to the author, the movie featured many aspects he hadn’t even envisioned.
He then went on to praise the actors for their portrayal of characters, describing them as ‘cool, mature, cute, and well-suited’ to their respective roles. He noted that their appeal brought a unique liveliness to the characters, distinct from the manga.
Noda ended the message by encouraging the fans to watch Golden Kamuy live action film.
In the message Noda revealed the initial worry he harboured deep down on how his vision for Golden Kamuy would translate onto the big screen. However, after attending the preview, he shared a sense of relief, indicating that the movie had surpassed his expectations.
According to the author, the movie featured many aspects he hadn’t even envisioned.
He then went on to praise the actors for their portrayal of characters, describing them as ‘cool, mature, cute, and well-suited’ to their respective roles. He noted that their appeal brought a unique liveliness to the characters, distinct from the manga.
Noda ended the message by encouraging the fans to watch Golden Kamuy live action film.
- 12/23/2023
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
Over the course of his career, Eichiro Hasumi has been making quite a name for himself directing entertaining genre features, even though the majority of them is somewhat forgettable. Apart from “Assassination Classroom: Graduation” he is perhaps best known for this entries into the “Resident Evil”-franchise, “Infinite Darkness” and the upcoming “Death Island”, which cemented the reputation of the animated entries of the franchise being in many ways superior to the lukewarm features by the likes of Paul W.S. Anderson. In between these last two projects, he directed “re:member” (also known as “Re/Member”), which was released on Netflix, and which is his take on the horror genre, blending ideas from J-horror, the slasher genre and time travel movies.
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The story centres around six high-school students, with Asuka (Kanna Hashimoto) essentially being the main protagonist. One day, which begins seemingly normal,...
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The story centres around six high-school students, with Asuka (Kanna Hashimoto) essentially being the main protagonist. One day, which begins seemingly normal,...
- 5/7/2023
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The world of Asian cinema has seen a vast share of their most recent fare emanating from manga adaptations, with titles ranging from Rurouni Kenshin, “Death Note,” Blade of the Immortal, and Gantz finding their inspiration coming from its pages. Such is the origins of the latest Netflix release in Eiichiro Hasumi's adaptation of “Re/Member,” which started out as a multi-year run in the early 2010s and was followed by an anime adaptation several years later before this current live-action feature.
After what seems to be a normal day, high-school student Asuka (Kanna Hashimoto) sees the ghost of the dead student Haruka at school, asking her to find the girl's dead body. When she and Takahiro (Gordon Maeda), Atsushi, (Fuju Kamio), Rumiko (Maika Yamamoto), Rie (Mayu Yokota), and Shota (Kotaro Daigo), a group of students, set out to find the various scattered pieces of Haruka's corpse buried in the school,...
After what seems to be a normal day, high-school student Asuka (Kanna Hashimoto) sees the ghost of the dead student Haruka at school, asking her to find the girl's dead body. When she and Takahiro (Gordon Maeda), Atsushi, (Fuju Kamio), Rumiko (Maika Yamamoto), Rie (Mayu Yokota), and Shota (Kotaro Daigo), a group of students, set out to find the various scattered pieces of Haruka's corpse buried in the school,...
- 3/27/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Re/Member (Karada Sagashi) is a horror movie directed by Eiichirô Hasumi starring Kanna Hashimoto, Gordon Maeda and Maika Yamamoto among. It is based on the manga by Katsutoshi Murase and Welzard.
Re/Member is a Japanese scary movie… Japanese fashion with all the elements of recent “scary” movie successes and some extra ones extracted from the most classic Hollywood ones.
Ringu was a success because it was a novelty, Re/Member does not have much chances in standing out, precisely because of its “originality” or lack of it.
It does offer horror movie fans a little more of what they expect in this guilty sin.
Storyline
In order to break a curse, six students in a strange space/time will need to restore the balance in Sofia, a child that was murdered years ago and whom they wish to avenge.
Movie Review
A movie about ghosts and apparitions that is well made...
Re/Member is a Japanese scary movie… Japanese fashion with all the elements of recent “scary” movie successes and some extra ones extracted from the most classic Hollywood ones.
Ringu was a success because it was a novelty, Re/Member does not have much chances in standing out, precisely because of its “originality” or lack of it.
It does offer horror movie fans a little more of what they expect in this guilty sin.
Storyline
In order to break a curse, six students in a strange space/time will need to restore the balance in Sofia, a child that was murdered years ago and whom they wish to avenge.
Movie Review
A movie about ghosts and apparitions that is well made...
- 2/14/2023
- by Martin Cid
- Martin Cid Magazine - Movies
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After two years of Covid-enforced virtual events, leading international television confab MIPCOM is looking to reestablish its claim to the title as “the mother of all entertainment content markets” with its 2022 event, running Oct. 17-20 in Cannes. Organizer Rx France is expecting more than 10,000 attendees from some 96 countries and a who’s who of small-screen power players, including all the studios (Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, Paramount, MGM and Fox Entertainment) plus Netflix, indie production giants Fremantle, Banijay, ITV Studios, BBC Studios, Red Arrow and All3Media, and such national champions as France’s StudioCanal and Gaumont, Italy’s Rai Com, Scandinavian platform Viaplay and Japan’s Fuji Television. All will be looking to feed an ever-growing global appetite for content. Among the hundreds of new shows and formats debuting at MIPCOM this year, The Hollywood Reporter has picked a dozen scripted dramas — from...
After two years of Covid-enforced virtual events, leading international television confab MIPCOM is looking to reestablish its claim to the title as “the mother of all entertainment content markets” with its 2022 event, running Oct. 17-20 in Cannes. Organizer Rx France is expecting more than 10,000 attendees from some 96 countries and a who’s who of small-screen power players, including all the studios (Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, NBCUniversal, Paramount, MGM and Fox Entertainment) plus Netflix, indie production giants Fremantle, Banijay, ITV Studios, BBC Studios, Red Arrow and All3Media, and such national champions as France’s StudioCanal and Gaumont, Italy’s Rai Com, Scandinavian platform Viaplay and Japan’s Fuji Television. All will be looking to feed an ever-growing global appetite for content. Among the hundreds of new shows and formats debuting at MIPCOM this year, The Hollywood Reporter has picked a dozen scripted dramas — from...
- 10/11/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Toko Miura, the breakout star of Oscar winner Drive My Car, will attend next month’s MIPCOM television conference in Cannes to present the world premiere of her new event series Elpis.
Miura and Elpis producer Ayumi Sano (My Dear Exes, Quartet) will introduce the premiere at the Cannes Grand Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 18, and take part in a post-screening Q&a.
In the series, Miura plays Cherry, a television market-up artist who gets involved in an investigation into false death row convictions that exposes a state-wide conspiracy and cover-up. Inspired by real events, the series also stars Masami Nagasawa, Gordon Maeda and Ryohei Suzuki.
Masami Nagasawa in ‘Elpis’
Commercial network Kansai TV produced Elpis and will present the series at MIPCOM together with organizers MIPCOM Rx France. The series will be the first Asian World Premiere at MIPCOM since the coronavirus pandemic.
Toko Miura, the breakout star of Oscar winner Drive My Car, will attend next month’s MIPCOM television conference in Cannes to present the world premiere of her new event series Elpis.
Miura and Elpis producer Ayumi Sano (My Dear Exes, Quartet) will introduce the premiere at the Cannes Grand Auditorium on Tuesday, Oct. 18, and take part in a post-screening Q&a.
In the series, Miura plays Cherry, a television market-up artist who gets involved in an investigation into false death row convictions that exposes a state-wide conspiracy and cover-up. Inspired by real events, the series also stars Masami Nagasawa, Gordon Maeda and Ryohei Suzuki.
Masami Nagasawa in ‘Elpis’
Commercial network Kansai TV produced Elpis and will present the series at MIPCOM together with organizers MIPCOM Rx France. The series will be the first Asian World Premiere at MIPCOM since the coronavirus pandemic.
- 9/16/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Okinawa-born actor Shogen used to be told that he didn’t look Japanese enough for the Japanese film industry. Now he is not only one of the most in-demand rising stars, he is also the instigator, co-producer and star of triumph over-adversity movie “Gensan Punch” which has just premiered at the Busan and Tokyo film festivals and has been picked up for HBO.
Directed by Brillante Mendoza the fact-based tale sees Tsuchiyama Naozumi, a Okinawan man with a prosthetic leg, relocate to The Philippines to become a professional boxer, after being repeatedly blocked in his home country.
Shogen’s recent work has taken him all over Asia, giving him credits on Eric Khoo’s “Ramen Shop,” the “Death Note” TV series and Chinese blockbuster “Detective Chinatown 3.”
Training for the film landed Shogen in the Gensan Quarter gyms of General Santos City used by Philippines boxing superstar and presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao.
Directed by Brillante Mendoza the fact-based tale sees Tsuchiyama Naozumi, a Okinawan man with a prosthetic leg, relocate to The Philippines to become a professional boxer, after being repeatedly blocked in his home country.
Shogen’s recent work has taken him all over Asia, giving him credits on Eric Khoo’s “Ramen Shop,” the “Death Note” TV series and Chinese blockbuster “Detective Chinatown 3.”
Training for the film landed Shogen in the Gensan Quarter gyms of General Santos City used by Philippines boxing superstar and presidential candidate Manny Pacquiao.
- 11/6/2021
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
One of Japan’s five major broadcast networks, Fuji TV has also been a pioneer and leader among the networks in feature film production. This year at Tiffcom long-time partner Pony Canyon is representing Fuji TV films that have recently hit number one at the Japanese box office.
Among the hottest, with three straight weeks atop the rankings, is “Hit Me Anyone One More Time,” the latest comedy by veteran hitmaker Koki Mitani. As of Oct. 20, the film had earned a rousing $29 million on 2.45 million admissions. Starring Kiichi Nakai as an unpopular prime minister who suddenly loses his memory of his political misdeeds but decides to reboot his career, the film references real-life political figures, though its story is mostly for laughs and, at the end, tears.
Also on the line-up is “Come Kiss Me at 0:00 Am,” a teen romance, based on Rin Mikimoto’s best-selling comic, about an...
Among the hottest, with three straight weeks atop the rankings, is “Hit Me Anyone One More Time,” the latest comedy by veteran hitmaker Koki Mitani. As of Oct. 20, the film had earned a rousing $29 million on 2.45 million admissions. Starring Kiichi Nakai as an unpopular prime minister who suddenly loses his memory of his political misdeeds but decides to reboot his career, the film references real-life political figures, though its story is mostly for laughs and, at the end, tears.
Also on the line-up is “Come Kiss Me at 0:00 Am,” a teen romance, based on Rin Mikimoto’s best-selling comic, about an...
- 10/23/2019
- by Mark Schilling
- Variety Film + TV
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