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A second live-action movie inspired by the Mr. Osomatsu anime series is set to release in Japan in early 2026. The official website for the live-action film project revealed today that the five members of Ae! Group and Takuya Nishimura from Kansai Junior will newly play the sextuplet Matsuno brothers. Both groups belong to Starto Entertainment, the successor company to Johnny & Associates. The cast members to play the sextuplets are as follows: Osomatsu played by Seiya Suezawa (Ae! Group） Karamatsu played by Yoshinori Masakado (Ae! Group） Choromatsu played by Masaya Sano (Ae! Group） Ichimatsu played by Ken Kojima (Ae! Group） Jushimatsu played by Keita Richard Kusama (Ae! Group） Todomatsu played by Takuaya Nishimura (Kansai Junior) The first live-action film starring the nine members of Johnny & Associates' male idol group Snow Man released in March 2022, earning 1.67 billion yen (11.53 million Usd) form its total domestic run. In place of the first film's Tsutomu Hanabusa,...

A brand-new trailer released for Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 today highlights the two extremes of the sextuplets' lifestyles to the tune of the opening song "Osomatsu-san no Bom-Ba-Sheeh!" by Da Pump, while also confirming a July 8 at 24:00 Jst (effectively July 9 at 0:00) broadcast start. "Buddy" by Hitomi from Atarayo & the Matsuno Brothers will serve as the series' ending song. The below main visual, illustrated by character designer and chief animation director Eiji Abiko, was also shared. Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Main Trailer Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Main Visual Related: Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Anime Unveils New Teaser Trailer, Visual Yoshinori Odaka takes over as director for Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 at studio Pierrot Films, with Shu Matsubara and Eiji Abiko alongside as series composer and character designer, respectively. Additional staff members include: Chief Animation Directors: Eiji Abiko, Kasumi Wada, Haru Watanabe Assistant Director: Nene Futamura Art Director: Seiki Tamura Color Designer: Yukiko Kakita Director...

The official X (formerly Twitter) for the Mr. Osomatsu anime franchise announced today that the six-member Japanese boy band Da Pump will perform the opening theme song for the upcoming fourth season of the TV anime series, titled "Osomatsu-san no Bom-Ba-Sheeh!" "Osomatsu-san no Bom-Ba-Sheeh!" is a cover of a foreign song with Japanese lyrics written by m.c.A.T. , who was the producer of Da Pump in their early career from 1997 to 2003. Part of the song will be revealed on June 6. In a visual posted on X, the six members of Da Pump cosplay as Iyami and are striking his iconic "Sheeh!" pose together. Related: Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Anime Unveils New Teaser Trailer, Visual Da Pump leader Issa said, "Master m.c.A.T. put his skillful Japanese into the lyrics of a foreign song, and the sextuplets joined in to make it a very lively and enjoyable song!

Ahead of a July 2025 broadcast, the official accounts for Mr. Osomatsu today unveiled a brand-new teaser trailer and visual for the anime's upcoming fourth season. The latter depicts the sextuplets out and about, but their trademark laziness is on full display in the former. Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Teaser Trailer Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Teaser Visual Related: Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Anime Begins Broadcasting in July 2025 Yoshinori Odaka takes over as director for Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 at studio Pierrot Films, with Shu Matsubara and Eiji Abiko alongside as series composer and character designer, respectively. Additional staff members include: Chief Animation Directors: Eiji Abiko, Kasumi Wada, Haru Watanabe Assistant Director: Nene Futamura Art Director: Seiki Tamura Color Designer: Yukiko Kakita Director of Photography: Toru Fukushi Editor: Kumiko Sakamoto Music Composer: Yukari Hashimoto Sound Director: Hiromi Kikuta Related: Mr. Osomatsu TV Anime Gets 4th Season Crunchyroll streams the first three seasons of Mr. Osomatsu and...

The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco announced on Jan 27, 2025, its plans to launch Art of Manga, the largest comprehensive exhibition of manga art ever held in the Americas, at the de Young Museum.

The showcase, running Sep 27, 2025, to Jan 25, 2026 will display over 700 original drawings by iconic Japanese artists, including One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure author Hirohiko Araki, and Inuyasha artist Rumiko Takahashi.

Organized in collaboration with major publishers Kadokawa, Kodansha, Shueisha, and others, the exhibition aims to position manga as a globally influential art form.

It marks the first U.S. museum effort to curate manga beyond pop culture conventions, spanning decades of artistic innovation.

“Captivating millions around the world with dynamic graphic narratives, manga is one of the most significant visual mediums of our time,” said Thomas P. Campbell, Director and CEO of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. “San Francisco has long been...

Mr. Osomatsu , the ongoing TV anime spin-off that re-imagines the six brothers from Osomatsu-kun as fully grown failsons, is returning to Japanese TV for a fourth season on TV Tokyo and other stations beginning in July 2025, and now a new teaser image (above) and teaser trailer (below) have been revealed for the series. Crunchyroll currently streams the three previous seasons as well as the Mr. Osomatsu movie. Mr. Osomatsu Season 4 Teaser Trailer Related: Mr. Osomatsu TV Anime Gets 4th Season Based on the original work by Fujio Akatsuka, Yoshinori Odaka directs the fourth season of the TV anime at animation studio Pierrot Films. Shu Matsubara provides the series composition and Eiji Abiko provides the characters designs. Crunchyroll describes Mr. Osomatsu : Mr. Osomatsu is based off of the gag manga series Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka, and ran from 1962 to 1969. The series features a set of sextuplets, the Matsuno brothers, with...

The rambunctious family of sextuplets are back with the series announcing tonight that a fourth season of the Mr. Osomatsu TV anime is in production. Based on the manga of the same name by Fujio Akatsuka, all the voice actors for the Osomatsu brother will be returning for their iconic roles. To celebrate the announcement, a teaser visual by season three and film’s character designer and chief animation direction Eiji Abiko was released (above) featuring the boy’s sweaters all neatly piled up together. Related: It's a Dog's Life in Matsuinu TV Anime Trailer Other details, such as more returning staff, broadcast and more, are yet to be announced as of writing. The first three seasons of Mr. Osomatsu , as well as the movie, are available to stream on Crunchyroll, who describes the series as such: Mr. Osomatsu is based off of the gag manga series Osomatsu-kun by Fujio Akatsuka,...

Japanese electronics accessories maker caseplay is going retro in its latest collab, bringing vintage magical girl series Himitsu no Akko-chan back into the public eye for a line of smartphone goods! Hailing from Osomatsu-kun artist Fujio Akatsuka, Himitsu no Akko-chan stars Atsuko Kagami, a grade-schooler gifted with a magical hand mirror that allows her to transform into anything she chooses. The original manga ran from 1962-1965, making it the first-ever magical girl manga. Its anime adaptation is the second-ever magical girl anime, predated by Sally the Witch (which debuted as both a manga and an anime in 1966). The new line of goods from caseplay features Akatsuka's vintage manga art on smartphone cases, mag-safe wallets, art prints and more: Related: Precure Anime Franchise Streams 1000 Episode Celebratory Video AirPod cases, Apple Watch bands, speakers and more will also be available. You can view the entire catalogue of items and designs on the...

In the world of anime, there are childhood classics like Pokémon, Dragon Ball, and Naruto, and then there’s Death Note. Ever since the anime premiered in 2006, it solidified its status as a cultural icon, earning itself the honorable Animation of the Year award in 2007. The series stands apart from the other series in the Shonen genre because it does not rely on fast-paced action sequences to keep its audience hooked. Instead, it features a tug-of-war psychological warfare between Light Yagami and L.

Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba

Death Note is probably the most renowned work by Tsugumi Ohba, as the manga series was always a step ahead, forcing its reader to give their complete attention, or else they’ll lose the thread that weaves the story together. However, the manga would have never existed if Ohba hadn’t decided to alter their career, purely to survive.

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Another Stories: Unmei no Bunkiten (“Another Stories: The Crossroads of Destiny”), a Japanese documentary series that broadcasts on the Nhk network, is publishing an episode dedicated to the life of manga author Fujio Akatsuka entitled “Kore de ii no da! Tensai Bakabon Tanjou” (“This is Great! The Birth of Genius Bakabon”). The episode will broadcast on the Nhk network on Friday, February 2, 2024 at 10:00pm Jst. Manga author Fujio Akatsuka Related: It's a Dog's Life in Matsuinu TV Anime Trailer The documentary looks back at the creation of The Genius Bakabon , a popular gag manga by Akatsuka which began serialization in Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine in 1967. The program includes interviews with: Takao Igarashi, the former editor-in-chief of Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine and Akatsuka's editor on The Genius Bakabon ; Rieko Akatsuka, Akatsuka's daughter; Ashita no Joe author Tetsuya Chiba, who like Akatsuka grew up in Manchuria and who also published his...

Mr. Osomatsu fans are getting a dog-themed anime inspired by the iconic comedy series.

According to Anime News Network, Matsuinu's official website recently announced a TV anime series featuring the canine counterparts of the six Matsuno brothers. This will be the first animated work featuring the Inu tribe, which got its start as a merchandise line with toys, books and even café collaborations. It will premiere as a segment of TV Tokyo's Iniminimanimo (or Eeeny Meeny Mini Mo), a television block that features programming for young children. The site announced the series release date with a key visual featuring the furry main cast. Mr. Matsuinu will premiere on TV Tokyo on Oct. 7. At-x will begin broadcasting the series on Oct. 12. No international release dates have yet been announced.

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Point Pictures (Phantasy Star Online 2 Comic) is producing Matsuinu. Tetsuya Endo, who previously served as an...

Yesterday, the supporting cast of Yasuhiro Kawamura’s Akko’s Secret was revealed to Japanese media via press release.

The film is a live-action adaptation of Fujio Akatsuka’s classic “Himitsu no Akko-chan” manga series (1962-1965) about a 10-year-old girl who receives a magical mirror which lets her transform into whatever she wishes. In this live-action version, Haruka Ayase stars as Akko-chan after using the mirror to transform herself into a 22-year-old woman.

It was previously known that Masaki Okada would play Naoto Hayase, an elite employee of a cosmetics company Akko-chan begins working for.

The newly-announced additions include Teruyuki Kagawa as the spirit of the magical mirror, Shosuke Tanihara and Kazue Fukiishi as fellow company employees, Muga Tsukaji as a security guard who befriends Akko-chan, and Ren Osugi as the company’s former president.

Smaller supporting roles include Riko Yoshida as 10-year-old Akko-chan, Keiko Horiuchi as her mother, Shungiku Uchida...

Based on Fujio Akatsuka’s manga, director Yasuhiro Kawamura’s upcoming fantasy “Akko-chan: The Movie” follows the adventures of a girl named Atsuko Kagami and her magical compact. What’s so special about this mysterious mirror, you ask? Apparently it grants wishes, which Atsuko uses to solve cases. Don’t ask me what sort of cases she solves, because I have absolutely no idea. Regardless, the embedded trailer is strangely alluring. And it’s not because I secretly want a magical compact. Which, of course, I do. Check out the manga’s plot synopsis, courtesy of Wikipedia: Atsuko “Akko-chan” Kagami (known variously as “Stilly,” “Caroline,” or “Julie” in Western versions of the anime) is an energetic elementary school girl who has an affinity for mirrors. One day, her favorite mirror which was given to Akko by her mother (or in some versions, by her father, as a present from India) is broken,...

A 30-second teaser has been released for Yasuhiro Kawamura’s Akko’s Secret, a live-action adaptation of Fujio Akatsuka’s classic “Himitsu no Akko-chan” manga series (1962-1965).

Haruka Ayase stars as Atsuko “Akko-chan” Kagami, a 10-year-old elementary school student who’s transformed into a 22-year-old college student by a compact mirror which was enchanted by a magical spirit. Excited by her new-found access to as much make-up and fashion as she can handle, Akko-chan thinks, “Adulthood’s the best!”

Soon, Akko-chan meets a potential love interest in an elite cosmetics executive (Masaki Okada) whose company is at risk of a hostile takeover. In order to fight against this, he’s been working hard on a new product line, and Akko-chan begins formulating a wild idea that might help.

“Akko’s Secret” will be released by Shochiku in Japan on September 1, 2012.

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A trailer for Hideaki Sato’s Kore de Ii no da!! Eiga: Akatsuka Fujio has been posted on Yahoo! Japan.

The film is based on a book by Toshiki Takei, longtime editor for “gag manga king” Fujio Akatsuka (Tensai Bakabon). The story covers several years of their time working together, but Takei’s character has been changed to a female for the movie.

Description: In 1967, Shogakukan is holding their employee initiation ceremony when Fujio Akatsuka (Tadanobu Asano), a well-known manga artist for Shonen Sunday, begins addressing the unsuspecting crowd while dressed up as the character Iyami from his popular gag manga “Osomatsu-kun”. He then tries to get the new recruits to strike Iyami’s trademark “Sheeeh!” pose, but new employee Hatsumi (Maki Horikita) is taken by surprise and can do nothing but stare in disbelief. When Akatsuka tries to force her to do the pose, she reflexively punches him in the face.

Watarase Film Commission has posted a casting call for extras for an upcoming film tentatively titled Korede Iinoda! Eiga: Akatsuka Fujio. The film is described as a biographical movie of gag manga pioneer Fujio Akatsuka, who died in August of 2008.

Inspired by the works of Osamu Tezuka, Akatsuka began creating comics in the early 50s and first gained popularity with “Nama-chan” in 1959. This success made him decide to specialize in comic manga, and he went on to create dozens of them over his career, including “Osomatsu-kun” and “Tensai Bakabon”.

The film, which is being produced and distributed by Toei, is written by Ryoichi Kimizuka (Bayside Shakedown, Nobody to Watch Over Me) and directed by former A.D. Hideaki Sato (The Suspect: Muroi Shinji, The Unbroken).

The casting call is looking for about 60 people of various ages to play extras in Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture on July 7th. It specifies a 1967 setting,...