The Boy and the Beast's Second Trailer Posted, Cast Announced

The second trailer for Mamoru Hosoda's upcoming film 'The Boy and the Beast' has just been released.

The film will tell a story set in the human world's Shibuya ward of Tokyo, as well as the bakemono realm. These two worlds are not meant to intersect, but one day, a lonely bakemono named Kumatetsu discovers a lonely boy lost in the bakemono world, and takes him on as a disciple which he re-names Kyuta.

Hosoda first gained notoriety with his previous films 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' and 'Summer Wars' before following it up with 'Wolf Children' in 2012, but the man's work goes back a long ways. Before breaking out on his own, he directed both of the 'Digimon Adventure' films (most notably 'Our War Game' – or the second half of 'The Movie' was it was released in the US – which shares many similarities with Summer Wars) as well as the sixth One Piece film.

In addition to the trailer, the cast of the film was also recently announced.

CHARACTER – ACTOR

Kumatetsu – Koji Yakusho

Kyuta (child) – Aoi Miyazaki

Kyuta (adolescent) – Shota Sometani

Kaede – Suzu Hirose

Grand Master – Masahiko Tsugawa

Monk Momoaki – Lily Franky

Tatara – Yo Oizumi

Iozan – Kazuhiro Yamaji

Ichirohiko (younger) – Haru Kuroki

Ichirohiko (older) – Mamoru Miyano

Jiromaru (younger) – Momoka Ohno

Jiromaru (older) – Kappei Yamaguchi

Chiko – Sumire Morohoshi

Kyuta's Father – Keishi Nagatsuka

Kyuta's Mother – Kumiko Asou

As a huge fan of all of Hosoda's previoius works, my level of excitement for this film is off the charts!

Boruto: The Movie First Screenshots Revealed

A Japanese website has unveiled the first screenshots for the upcoming 'Boruto: Naruto The Movie' film, showcasing both the leads Boruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha, as well as their fathers, Naruto and Sasuke. While it's not much, the screenshots do seem to show that the animation will be keeping to the level that other recent Naruto productions have kept to.

In addition, the cast for Boruto and Sarada was also recently revealed, as the pair will be played by Yuko Sanpei and Kokoro Kikuchi respectively. Yuko Sanpei is probably best known for Renton Thurston from Eureka Seven and Nozomi Yumehara in various Precure incarnations, while Kokoro Kikuchi has played such roles as Kruppoh in Toriko, and Potpourri in Precure – though it's also notable that she was the voice of the young Boruto Uzumaki in The Last: Naruto the Movie.

Master Keaton Case 3: Strange Tale of Lasagna

Case 3:  Strange Tale of Lasagna

 

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Final Fantasy Dissidia update

No not Dissidia on the PSP...no not Dissidia Duodecim on PSP either.  This is an entirely new game coming to Japanese arcades sometime this year.  The game was originally announced early this February.  The first game from the series in five years, the arcades Dissidia will feature a 3 VS 3 battle system.  The game’s first trailer shows the Onion Knight from Final Fantasy III, Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn’s Y’Shtola, Cloud Strife from Final Fantasy VII,  Terra Branford from Final Fantasy VI, Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII, and Warrior of Light from Final Fantasy.  I'll post that original trailer below:

Lots of images and information under the cut so enjoy!

Power Rangers film has supposedly found it's director

The Wrap is reporting that Saban Brands has found the director they supposedly want to make their new Power Rangers film.  Dean Israelite, who directed Paramount time-travel film Project Almanac, is said to be in negotiations to helm Lionsgate and Saban Films' Power Rangers movie.

POWER RANGERS - The new movie promises to completely re-envision the Rangers, a group of high school kids who are infused with unique and cool super powers but must harness and use those powers as a team if they have any hope of saving the world.

The screenplay was written by Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz. They were previously credited for their work on X:Men: First Class, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Fringe

I'm actually a classic PR fan (Gyt, our other FW participant is not) and while I'm not familiar with Dean Israelite's work the team writing the screenplay certainly has some good material in their portfolios.  I'll continue to post any news I find on the project here in case anyone is interested and when the film comes out proper I'll be dragging along Gyt to see the film with me in theaters.  Expect a nifty little "Fan VS Newcomer" editorial out of that in the future.

Review Announcement: Level E

The next series to receive a review by the site has been decided – joining the ranks alongside Master Keaton, is going to be Level E!

From the creative mind of Yoshihiro Togashi, more known for Yu Yu Hakusho and Hunter x Hunter, Level E tells the story of an Earth that has been populated by thousands of aliens from all over the galaxy. While all the other aliens are aware of their presence, it is a secret only from the Earthlings. Baka, the prince of the planet Dogra, crash lands on Earth and loses his memory. Yukitaka Tsutsui is a freshman who moved out of his parents' home to live on his own, hoping to pursue a baseball team position at the new high school he's attending. The normal life Yukitaka once knew is quickly pulled away when he arrives at his new apartment only to discover Baka waiting inside, and as he becomes the target of the prince's torment.

Goku's New 'Super Saiyan God' Form Revealed

The look of Goku's new “transformation” for the upcoming film 'Dragon Ball Z: Ressurection 'F'' has just been revealed, after somewhat leaking out through a variety of sources before official confirmation was made. The movie (which can be read about in more depth here thanks to the hard working folks at Kanzenshuu) will tell the story of a revived Freeza as he comes to Earth looking for revenge on the Saiyans for his earlier defeats.

The 'form' itself is a bit hard to quantify as of now apparently. Dialogue in the film itself apparently describes it as just 'a Super Saiyan with the powers of a Super Saiyan God' thus altering the normal golden hair and aura to that of blue, but some sources are already referring to it as 'Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan'. Whether this name will turn out to be accurate in any official capacity is yet to be known.

'Ressurection 'F'' is due to come out on April 18^th, with a US premiere following shortly thereafter and a 'larger' run planned for this summer from FUNimation. The first trailer for the film can be viewed here, and the second here. Expect further coverage on the film (as well as first 'pre-film viewing' thoughts) to come in the near future!