Nana Mizuki to Provide Theme Song for Blood-C Movie

Popular seiyuu-singer Nana Mizuki will provide the theme song to the anime movie Blood-C: The Last Dark.

This will be her 2nd musical work involving in the anime, with the previous one being her 25th single "Junketsu Paradox", which is being used as the ending theme to the Blood-C TV series. However, any CD release of the new theme song is still not known at the moment.

Like with the TV series, Nana Mizuki will also again return to voice Saya Kisaragi in the movie. The movie will premiere in Japan on 2nd June.

Check Out a Preview for Maiko Fujita's New Single "Nee"

Japanese singer Maiko Fujita will be releasing her new single ねぇ(Nee) on April 18th. You can listen to a preview of it in the Hiiro No Kakera anime trailer.

Maiko Fujita was born on January 16, 1984 in Nagoya, Japan and made her musical debut with her single Koi ni Ochite in 2006. Since then, she has released six singles, four studio albums, one mini-album and a compilation album.

Meanwhile, Hiiro no Kakera is a otome video game set to air its anime adaption in April of this year. The story centers around a teenage girl named Tamaki Kasuga who moves to a mountain village where her grandmother resides. While there she encounters terrible creatures, but is saved by a boy named Takuma Onizaki.

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Hiiro no Kakera Anime PV

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Rorouni Kenshin Official Movie Poster and New Promo Trailer

The official poster for the upcoming live action adaptation of Rorouni Kenshin or Samurai X is out. Aside from the official poster, a new promo trailer was shown in NTV's show ZIP!

The movie will be released on Aug 25th with Sato Takeru playing the role of Kenshin Himura. Other casts includes: Takei Emi ,Aoki Munetaka, Taketo Tanaka, Aoi Yuu, Eguchi Yosuke, Kikkawa Kouji, and Kagawa Teruyuki.

Enjoy the movie's new promo trailer!

[HD] Rurouni Kenshin Action Movie - NEW Promo Footage!

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Yu Yamada And Oguri Shun Announce Marriage

Yu Yamada and Oguri Shun have announced that they are getting married. The marriage will be registered on March 14th.

The two released a statement to the media together. The two told the media that they will register their marriage on March 14, thanked everyone for their support and stated that they would like to build a family together.

Congratulations to the happy couple!

Ikimonogakari's NEWTRAL Tops Oricon Album Charts 2 Weeks in a Row

Popular trio pop/rock band Ikimonogakari's 5th album "NEWTRAL" continues to sell very well on its 2nd week of sales, claiming the number 1 spot on the Oricon weekly charts once again, selling 83,000 copies. Together with their 1st week sales, this totals up to 276,000 copies.

With just 83,000 copies sold, they already outsold the 1st week sales of other popular artists' work like Jin Akanishi's "JAPONICANA" and SCANDAL's compilation album "SCANDAL SHOW".

However, this is nothing new to Ikimonogakari. Their 4th album "Hajimari no Uta" and their compilation album "Ikimonobakari ~Members Best Selection~" managed to top the Oricon weekly album charts 2 weeks in a row as well.

That's not all! The success of this album further raised the sales of their compilation album "Ikimonobakari ~Members Best Selection~", which is released way back in November 2010. Though it's still charting well last week at #51, it managed to rise to #38 this week, bringing the total sales to 1,338,000 copies and back in the Oricon's weekly top 50. With this, the album has charted for 71 weeks, and won't be dropping off anytime soon.

Nogizaka46 Announces 2nd Single

AKB48's official rival Nogizaka46 have announced their 2nd single, scheduled to be released on the 2nd May. This is the same release date as AKB48 Sashihara Rino's debut single "Soredemo Sukidayo", and 1 week before NMB48's 4th single.

As with their debut single, it'll be released in 4 editions: Limited Edition Type A, B, C and Regular Edition. The title and track-list of the single is still not known at the moment.

Nogizaka46's debut single "Guruguru Curtain" peaked at #2 on the Oricon charts, selling 133,000 copies in its first week, and have sold over 160,000 copies till date. Do you think they can do better and get #1 on the Oricon weekly charts with the next single?

Chef Tatsuya Kawagoe Debuts as Artist

Popular chef Tatsuya Kawagoe has announced the release of his single "O America no Ohanashi/Curry Rice Gakkou" which will be released as on his debut CD on April 25th.

Tokui Yoshimi who is in charge of the tutorials is writing the lyrics. Kawagoe wants children to not dislike or like food but just be able to eat some delicious meals. Intertwined within the two songs are feelings of food through dreams.

　
Besides opening his official artist site and twitter account (@chef_kawagoe) today (13th), there will be a photo session and meeting with Kawagoe for the release of his CD. With his sweet CD meaning both meanings, it will sure attract lots of people including the women.