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Studio ASCII Media Works has recently announced in their Dengeki Bunko press that writer Hitoma Iruma will launch a new project called Arata-naru Sekai (A New World), a multimedia franchise topped with an animation version. Iruma will be heading various roles for this release, including the writing of the novel version, creating the plot for the manga version, scripting the animation and writing the lyrics for the music to be used for the whole franchise.Kadokawa Keep Reading

Anime studio Madhouse has recently announced that the popular illustrated novel BTOOOM will have its own animation adaptation. On June 8, the studio has stated that the production for this project has been green-lit. The manga is written by Inoue Junya and was originally serialized in the Weekly Comic Bunch since July 2009.

The story trails after the lead character Ryouta Sakamoto, a member of NEET and a skilled player in the online combat game BTOOOM! Keep Reading

Emi Takei (武井 咲), who was cast as Kaoru Kamiya (神谷 薫) for the live action take on Rurouni Kenshin, also appears in the latest Lotte bubblegum commercial!

Takei, 18, has revealed her unique, grape-inspired hairstyle which she will be appearing in in the latest Lotte Fruitio Gum.

According to reports, the wig took nine (9) days to be styled and prepared. Adding to that the hour and a half time it took to be worn by the actress. Keep Reading

Another Johnny’s is about to hit the live action stage—this time it’s KAT-TUN’s resident crooner Nakamaru Yuichi set forth to reveal his charm in Higashimura Akiko’s Omoni Naitemasu. He leads this drama alongside the Jellyfish model Nanao.

Nakamaru will play the role of Akamatsu Keisuku, who falls in love with Konno Izumi, to be played by Nanao. Konno Izumi is a beautiful model who felt that her excessive beauty is rather a curse, more than a blessing. Keep Reading

Starring in a role that is quite different from his known, flashy celebrity status, Kanjani8 Member Ryuhei Maruyama is announced to be the lead actor in the live action adaptation of Boys on the Run. He ditches his famous persona into a loser who is nearing his thirties, without any sense of having a good future. Maruyama will play the protagonist Toshiyuki Tanishi, a capsule toy vendor who has no love life; no life at all! Keep Reading

Japanese local channel Nippon Television Network (NTV) has announced details about their upcoming series, Sprout. Taken from a manga with the same title, this live action series will featured Chinen Yuri from Johnny’s Hey! Say! Jump! Chinen will be playing the role of Souhei, a boy in his high school year who is set to be entangled with a complicated love story along with the heroine.

Aoi Morikawa will play Miku Ikenouchi, the female lead of this upcoming drama. Keep Reading