High School Debut/Koukou Debut Trailer

This is the trailer for the High School Debut/Koukou Debut live action. It hits theaters in Japan on April 1, 2011. I don't know when it will be released on DVD/BluRay so that it can be fansubbed for our viewing pleasure. I will be sure to check and keep you posted when I find out that information though. In the meantime, watch this trailer and try to wait patiently. 

Detroit Metal City

Negishi Soichi (Matsuyama Ken'ichi, Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac , Death Note) has been accepted to Tokyo University. Negishi leaves his small hometown to pursue Tokyo University and hopes to start a career as a pop musician.

However, after pursuing his dream throughout college, the band he ended up in wasn't a pop music band. Far from it, actually.

First Kiss

Fukunaga Mio (Inoue Mao - Hana Yori Dango) has been in living in the United States for 10 years due to a heart condition that is constantly needing treatment. In those years, she has been living apart from her older brother Kano Kazuki (Ito Hideaki - Buzzer Beat).

Halfway

Halfway starring Kitano Kie, Okada Masaki, Mizobata Junpei, Narimiya Hiroki, Shiraishi Miho, Naka Riisa, Osawa Takao.



During a basketball game, Hiro suddenly feels faint after coming in contact with her crush, Shu. Hiro's friend, Meme, helps her to the infirmary to seek assistants from the school nurse. While recovering from her dizzy spell, Hiro confesses to her friend that she has feelings for Shu.

Yellow Gold Tour - Akanashi Jin

Akanashi Jin, member of JPop group KAT-TUN, set out as a solo artist this year, leaving his KAT-TUN members to carry on without him. This does not in anyway mean that Akanashi will permanently quit KAT-TUN. He just wishes to fulfill his dream of becoming a solo artist.

Koukou Debut Live-action Update

I discussed Koukou Debut being made into a live-action in a post here.

I have recently found out that as of October 2010 they have started filming the movie based on the popular manga. It will be released Spring of 2011, which means those of us who are waiting for it to be released on DVD/Blu-ray so we can have subs will have a longer wait.

Buzzer Beat

Buzzer Beat starring Yamashita Tomohisa, Mizobata Junpei, Kitagawa Keiko, Kanjiya Shihori, Ito Hideaki, Aibu Saki, Kaneko Nobuaki, Nagai Masaru, Aoki Munetaka.

Buzzer Beat is a term in basketball when there are seconds left on the clock in the game or during a quarter and a player shoots the ball and it makes it into the hoop before the buzzer sounds to end the game or quarter.

BANDAGE

BANDAGE starring Akanishi Jin, Kitano Kii, Kora Kengo, Shibamoto Yuki, Kasahara Hideyuki, Kaneko Nobuaki, Watanabe Anne, Ito Ayumi.

Indie rock bands were a rising thing in Japan during the 1990s. This is the story of such a band. Their ups, downs and in-betweens.

D no Arashi

D no Arashi. The D stands for document. Arashi are a JPop group consisting of 5 members.

The members are:

Ohno Satoshi

Sakurai Sho

Ninomiya Kazunari

Aiba Masaki

Matsumoto Jun

D no Arashi is a variety show that presents to the public a selection of things people don't normally get a chance to see. They list a number of topics on their homepage and viewers vote on the topic that interestes them most. The members of Arashi will then take the topic with the highest votes and conduct full reports on those topics. The people who assist and allow the members to do a report on their story will recieve a "prize" of up to 2 million yen (which is roughly 22,087.10 in USD according to Chacha.com).

Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu

Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu starring Inoue Mao, Okada Masaki, Sugimoto Tetta, Moriguchi Yoko, Harada Natsuki, Nakamura Toru, Hosoda Yoshihiko.

Most people don't meet their first loves until they are much older. Then again, most people don't find out they are dying and how much longer they have left to live at such a young age.

Tumbling

Tumbling starring Yamamoto Yusuke, Seto Koji, Miura Shohei, Daito Shunsuke, Nishijima Takahiro, Tomiura Satoshi, Yanagishita Tomo, Kaku Kento, Tamoto Soran, AKIRA, Kuninaka Ryoko, Otsuka Nene.

Azuma Wataru is a 3rd year high schooler. A delinquent, who is undefeated and is considered to be the leader of the school. He'll take on any fight with his gang, even if they're out numbered, and come out victorious. The other delinquents in his school praise him for being so powerful but deep down Wataru feels like something is missing.

Tokyo Boy

Tokyo Boy starring Horikita Maki, Ishida Takuya, Kusamura Reiko, Hirata Mitsuru.

Minato's parents died when she was young leaving her to be raised by her grandmother. To fight the loneliness, Minato used to send letters to her parents attached to a balloon. One day a boy named Night replied to her letter with encouraging words.

Ghost Friends

Ghost Friends starring Fukuda Saki, Nishijima Takahiro, Okada Yoshinori, Iriyama Noriko, Misaki Ayame, Kawakubo Takuji, Shibuya Asuka, Irie Jingi.

It's been six months since that accident. Six months since Kamiya Asuka lived and her two best friends died. Ever since the day of the bus wrecked, Asuka has been able to see ghosts.

Linda Linda Linda - Movie

Linda Linda Linda starring Kashii Yu, Maeda Aki, Sekine Shiori, Bae Doona, Kobayashi Katsuya, Takayo Mimura, Matsuyama Kenichi.

The school festivial as fastly approaching but with their bandmembers bickering over an incident and another member with a hand injury, will their band be able to go on?

Horikita Maki - Actress Profile

Horikita Maki



* Name: 堀北真希 (ほりきた まき)
* Name (romaji): Horikita Maki
* Nicknames: Maki-maki, Homaki, Makinpo, Horikitty, Pori chan
* Profession: Actress
* Birthdate: 1988-Oct-06
* Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
* Height: 160cm
* Star sign: Libra
* Blood type: B
* Talent agency: Sweet Power

MM! - Anime

MM! starring the voice talents of Taketatsu Ayana, Fukuyama Jun, Asumi Kana, Tanaka Rie, Satou Rina, Hayami Saori, Ohara Sayaka, Yahagi Sayuri. Directed by Nagasawa Tsuyoshi.

Sado Taro is a first year high school student with a problem. He's a major masochist. He likes it when girls are abusive towards him, both physically and verbally. Taro wants to keep his masochist nature a secret from his crush, in hopes of being able to find a way to cure himself of this personality and be able to properly confess to her. Taro is encouraged by his classmate to seek help from the school's "Second Volunteer Club". 

Seito Shokun!

Seito Shokun! starring Uchiyama Rina, Shiina Kippei, Horikita Maki, Hongo Kanata, Okada Masaki, Shirota Yu.

Kitashiro Naoko is a newly graduate who becomes a teacher. Her first teacher assignment is to be the homeroom teacher for a class of students that would give Gokusen's 3-D a run for their money.

The students don't trust the teachers. The teachers don't have faith in the education system. Parents who blaim the school for their childrens' behavioral problems.

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac

Based on the novel by Gabrielle Zevin.

Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac starring Horikita Maki, Matsuyama Kenichi, Tegoshi Yuya, Anton Yelchin, Emma Roberts, Kylee.



Sukuse Naomi decided to pick heads in a coin toss which caused her to lose. It was her job to go back to the classroom to get the camera from the yearbook club. On her way back, Naomi slips and loses her grip on the camera. Instead of letting it fall she dives to try to save it causing her to hit her head at the bottom of the steps and suddenly waking up in an ambulance with no memory of the accident. She doesn't remember the boy who is holding her hand in the ambulance or the boy that comes to visit her while she's in the hospital. What other parts of her life has she forgotten?
Will she be able to get her memories back? Does she even want to remember the things that she has forgotten?

Japanese Variety Shows

The Japanese sure do know how to entertain you in random ways.

This is a clip from a game show or variety show. The host is dressed up as Yankumi from Gokusen. The idea is for the "class" to not laugh at the videos they are being shown on the television. If they laugh, they are punished. Their punishment is a kendo stick swat to the behind.

It doesn't look like the kendo stick wielders are being gentle or holding back at all. I would imagine that wouldn't feel too good but sometimes you just can't help but laugh regardless of what punishment happens.

Death Note Movie (2006)

Death Note starring Fujiwara Tatsuya, Matsuyama Kenichi, Seto Asaka, Hosokawa Shigeki, Toda Erika, Fujimura Shunji, Kaga Takeshi, Kashii Yu, Nakamura Shido.

Kira is considered an Angel of Justice. Kira passes his own judgment on criminals of all kinds that the justice system has not done anything about. These criminals suddenly die from a heart attack and it is unknown how it happens.

Some think of Kira as a savior. Stepping in where the police fail at keeping the peace. Others consider Kira a criminal because he "murders" other criminals.

Who is the mastermind behind Kira? How is he able to kill off these serial criminals without being caught? Should he be praised as a savior or be condemned as a criminal. Does Kira really have the right to pass judgment on these criminals when he, himself, is murdering people.