A full trailer for live-action adaption of “Ikechan to Boku” with Aoi Yuu who voices that mysterious little blob has finally been released. It’s an adaption of Saibara Rieko’s metaphorical 2006 picture book about a boy’s relationship with his mother. Except for the little trailer introduction, you won’t be able  [ Read More ]

Actress Aoi Yuu (23) now had to try herself at surfing for the first time. In the new commercial for Kirin’s “Kirin Afternoon Black Tea” we will be able to see how she can ride the waves, or not. The commercial shows an Aoi Yuu who tries very hard to  [ Read More ]

Actress Fujitani Ayako will attend the public opening of the movie “Tokyo!” at Landmark’s Nuart Theater in West Los Angeles on Friday, March 20th. Three directors, Michel Gondry, Leos Carax and Bong Joon-ho, come together in this omnibus movie which examines the nature of the Japanese metropolis of Tokyo and  [ Read More ]

Here some movies to look out for in cinemas in March.There are no interesting Japanese DVD releases in March as far as I know. March 7, 2009The Glorious Team Batista 2:The Triumphal Return of General Rouge In this sequel to 2008 hit, “The Glorious Team Batista”, Taguchi (Takeuchi Yuko) and  [ Read More ]

The 32nd Japan Academy Awards have just been held in Japan today and a few days before Oricon took the opportunity to make a survey about what movies people would like to see again and which actors/actresses are favored on the big screen. The popularity of Japanese movies really reached  [ Read More ]

Here now all the pictures from the “Pretty Style” magazine.The main set is by actress and model Aoi Yuu. Also on the pictures are (in order of the pages)- Ueto Aya (actress, singer, idol, personality),- Yoshitaka Yuriko (actress),- Kobayashi Ryoko (model, actress),- Minami Akina (personality, model, gravure idol, actress),- Ifu  [ Read More ]