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Toei Animation's official YouTube channel is now streaming a main trailer for GeGeGe no Kitaro 2025 , the upcoming new show of the stage play adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's horror manga series GeGeGe no Kitaro . The clip introduces the play's main cast members one by one — Yoshihiko Aramaki as Kitaro, Akio Otsuka as Nezumi Otoko, Sumire Uesakas as Neko Musume, Keisuke Ueda as the vampire Elite, Ryota Hirono as the popular influencer Musashi P, Rurika Miya as a mysterious beauty who holds the key to the story, and Yuko Asano as the vampire Camilla. GeGeGe no Kitaro 2025 Main Trailer As part of the project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mizuki, the first show of the stage play series performed in the summer of 2022. Yasuyuki Tsustumi (Rock Musical Bleach) newly serves as writer and director of GeGeGe no Kitaro 2025 , which is scheduled to perform at the Meijiza...

Released in Japan in June 2020 and having its international premiere at Fantasia Film Fest, “Monster Seafood Wars” is Minoru Kawasaki‘s first film in four years. The film is loosely based on one of the earliest ideas by the SFX legend Eiji Tsuburaya about a giant octopus attacking Tokyo, getting killed with vinegar, and eaten by Tokyoites.

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Yuta Tanuma (Keisuke Ueda) is a disgraced scientist-turned-sushi-assistant. One day, while on delivery to the nearby Shinto shrine, Yuta gets into a small bicycle accident and loses his mixed seafood box. Its contents soon turn up in the form of a monster squid and octopus who start wreaking havoc over Tokyo. The two are soon joined by a mutated crab. Realizing the Self-Defence Forces are powerless against the three seafood monsters, nicknamed Ikara, Takora, and Kanira, the government creates a Seafood Monster Attack Team which Yuta...

The official website for GeGeGe no Kitaro 2025 , the upcoming new show of the stage play adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's horror manga series GeGeGe no Kitaro , has released a main visual featuring its all main cast members, including Yoshihiko Aramaki as Kitaro, Sumire Uesakas as Neko Kusume, and Akio Otsuka as Nezumi Otoko. Additionally, the newly-announced cast members in the visual include Keisuke Ueda as the vampire Elite, Ryota Hirono as the popular influencer Musashi P, Rurika Miya as the mysterious beauty who holds the key to the story, and Yuko Asano as the vampire Camilla, Kitaro's most powerful enemy in the play. In this new stage play, Kitaro and his friends confront a vampire army of Western monsters who plan to take over the world. Main Visual As part of the project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mizuki, the first show of the stage play...

Toei Animation's official YouTube channel has started streaming a teaser trailer for GeGeGe no Kitaro 2025 , the upcoming new show of the stage play adaptation of Shigeru Mizuki's horror manga series GeGeGe no Kitaro . The clip features Yoshihiko Aramaki (Yamanbagiri Kunihiro in the Touken Ranbu stage plays), who reprises his role as the protagonist Kitaro from the first show. GeGeGe no Kitaro 2025 Teaser Trailer As part of the project to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mizuki, the first show of the stage play series performed in the summer of 2022. In addition to Yoshihiko Aramaki , voice actor Sumire Uesaka is also confirmed to reprise her role as Neko Kusume. Meanwhile, voice actor Akio Otsuka (Batou in Ghost in the Shell ) is newly cast as Nezumi Otoko in place of the first show's Takashi Fujii. Other cast members include Keisuke Ueda , Ryota Hirono , Rurika Miya And Yukjo Asano...

2025 marks 10 years since the passing GeGeGe no Kitaro creator Shigeru Mizuki. And in honor to celebrate Mizuki's continued influence, a series of new projects will kick off this year. Fans in Japan can enjoy rebroadcasts of classic Kitaro episodes, followed by the return of the stage show this summer. Fuji TV and other stations will first broadcast GeGeGe no Kitaro: My Favorite GeGeGe Generation starting April 6. The weekly feature will welcome the many voice actors who have played Kitaro over the decades, each choosing their own favorite episodes to discuss: GeGeGe no Kitaro voice actresses The lineup includes: Masako Nozawa (Series 1-2) Keiko Toda (Series 3) Yoko Matsuoka (Series 4) Minami Takayama (Series 5) Miyuki Sawashiro (Series 6) Toko Yatabe, the character designer for the film The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe has drawn a new illustration for the upcoming feature, showing Mizuki's studio and Kitaro as he has appeared across the many seasons.

Demon Slayer's live-action stage adaptation, titled Demon Slayer - Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Stage, has now finally become available to streamers internationally following its release on Crunchyroll. The musical initially ran in Japan from January-February 2020.

Per a press release, the live-action stage performance has become available for streaming with English subtitles in the U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand as of June 21, 2024. The stage adaptation sits at just under 2 hours and 40 minutes, starring Ryota Kobayashi as Tanjiro Kamado, Akari Takaishi as Nezuko Kamado, Keisuke Ueda as Zenitsu Agatsuma and Yugo Sato as Inosuke Hashibira.

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The official website for World Trigger the Stage , a stage play adaptation project based on Daisuke Ashihara's sci-fi action manga series, World Trigger , has unveiled a teaser visual for its upcoming fourth show based on the manga's Galopoula Invasion arc. Teaser visual The four main cast members are confirmed to return: Keisuke Ueda as Yuuma Kuga Takuya Mizoguchi as Osamu Mikumo Arisa Sonohara as Chika Amatori Kensuke Takahashi as Yuichi Jin New cast visuals Following the well-received first show World Trigger the Stage in 2021, second show World Trigger the Stage - The Invasion - in 2022, third show World Trigger the Stage - The B-Rank Wars Begin - in 2023, the fourth show World Trigger the Stage - Galopoula Invasion - is scheduled to perform at Theater H in Tokyo from October 25 to November 4, 2024, at the Canal City theater in Fukuoka on November 9 and 10, ay Cool Japan Park Osaka WW Hall in...

A first look at some of the characters' new outfits in the latest iteration of the Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba stage play have now been revealed.

Since 2020, a year after the anime’s release, each arc of the series has been adapted into a stage play, and anticipation of the premiere of the latest one covering the story's Entertainment District Arc is high. As reported by Mantanweb, images of the main cast's fresh outfits have all been released. The Entertainment District Arc was adapted from the manga into animated episodes in 2021. The new images reveal Tanjiro, Inosuke and Zenitsu’s kamuro outfits, as well as Nesuko’s demon form and Tengen’s casual outfit.

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The Entertainment District Arc follows protagonist Tanjiro Kamado -- who is joined once again by his friends Inosuke and Zenitsu and his sister Nesuko --...

Demon Slayer's beloved cast of characters will come to life in the upcoming stage version of Entertainment District Arc.

Entertainment District Arc is one of the more famous storylines from Koyoharu Gotouge's iconic series. As detailed on Crunchyroll, the production team recently unveiled a new series of character posters featuring the main cast. A newly released visual also teases the exciting showdown between Tanjiro, Daki and Gyutaro. The first round of performances will be held from Nov. 11-19 at Mielparque Hall in Osaka, Japan. The production will then switch venues, running at Tokyo's Dome City Hall from Dec. 1-10.

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The role of Tanjiro Kamado will be played by Japanese actor and singer-songwriter Shogo Sakamoto, who previously starred in Studio Gonzo's Try Knights anime as Riku Haruma. The cast includes Karen Takahashi, Keisuke Ueda...

"Let them... eat!" Get ready for the giant "Monster Seafood Wars" fight to begin!! A new trailer has debuted for this goofy, low-budget Japanese body-suit-kaiju creation from filmmaker Minoru Kawasaki. It recently premiered at last year's Fantasia Film Festival and already opened in Japan last summer, but there's still no US release set yet. Monster Seafood Wars (also stylized Monster SeaFood Wars) is a goofy comedy film about a "gigantic mutated squid monster" that attacks Tokyo. So they create the "Seafood Monster Attack Team (Smat)" to fight the monster, but then even more giant seafood monsters show up, "plunging the world into culinary chaos." Sounds fun, doesn't it? Starring Keisuke Ueda and Ayano Christie Yoshida. This looks as crazy ridiculous as it sounds, which is part of the fun. Fantasia describes it as "a love letter to classic kaiju cinema, and a delicious homage to Japanese seafood cuisine on top of that!

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From us: Yoshihiro Nishimura directs another preposterous combination, this time mixing yakuza, food, musical and exploitation in the most insane matter, and through a rather low budget approach that did not allow him to present his trademark special effects. The characters, however, are as absurdly hilarious as they can come, with the whole concept of the hardcore yakuza trying to be kind to their customers and hiring influencers to help them, being both extremely funny and a kind of social comment regarding social media and the fate of failed/retired yakuza. (Panos Kotzathanasis)

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From us: Overall, this is an entertaining action movie featuring two strong and likeable leads, although the predictable set-ups are sloppy and the story offers nothing new. In fact it’s similar to Wilson Yip’s “Paradox,...

Released in Japan in June 2020 and getting its international premiere at Fantasia Film Fest, “Monster Seafood Wars” is Minoru Kawasaki’s first film in four years. The film is loosely based on one of the earliest ideas by the SFX legend Eiji Tsuburaya about a giant octopus attacking Tokyo, getting killed with vinegar, and eaten by Tokyoites.

Monster Seafood Wars is Screening at Fantasia Festival

Yuta Tanuma (Keisuke Ueda) is a disgraced scientist-turned-sushi-assistant. One day, while on delivery to the nearby Shinto shrine, Yuta gets into a small bicycle accident and loses his mixed seafood box. Its contents soon turn up in the form of a monster squid and octopus who start wreaking havoc over Tokyo. The two are soon joined by a mutated crab. Realizing the Self-Defence Forces are powerless against the three seafood monsters, nicknamed Ikara, Takora, and Kanira, the government creates a Seafood Monster Attack Team which...

Yuta (Keisuke Ueda) is just you average low budget Japanese movie teenager. In between gaming, ogling girls and making scientific breakthroughs with his best friend, he works in his dad's seafood business. It not's very prosperous and he doesn't make a good wage but he's proud of what they do. one day, however, he falls off his bike when delivering sushi and three pieces - squid, octopus and crab - get catapulted into Tokyo Bay. It just so happens that in this same water, top secret chemical Setap Z - which Yuta himself worked on - has recently been spilled. Before you know it, a giant squid is stomping Tokyo, with its octopus and crab companions soon joining the fray.

This isn't the sort of kaiju film that most Western viewers are likely to be familiar with, though films of this sort have existed alongside the more polished genre works for.