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Under Ninja , an upcoming live-action film based on the seinen manga by Kengo Hanazawa, has published the official movie poster for the film (below). The film hits theaters in Japan on January 24, 2025. Yuichi Fukuda writes and directs the live-action film, which also stars Kento Yamazaki, Minami Hamabe, Shotaro Mamiya, Mai Shiraishi, Amane Okayama, Chihiro Yamamoto, Ryubi Miyase, Ryotaro Sakaguchi and Mitsuru Hirata. Hanazawa has serialized the Under Ninja manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine since 2018, with 13 collected volumes released in Japan to date. Denpa also publishes an English language version of the series. Related: Under Ninja Live-Action Film Reveals New Trailer, Creepy Nuts Theme Song Satoshi Kuwabara directed the TV anime adaptation of Under Ninja at Tezuka Productions, and the series aired for 12 episodes from October to December 2023. Crunchyroll streams the anime and describes it: Within the shadows of Japan, a covert battle wages on. Around 200,000 ninjas still exist carrying...

Under Ninja , an upcoming live-action film based on the seinen manga by Kengo Hanazawa, has published a new trailer (below) featuring the official theme song for the film, entitled “doppelganger”, which is performed by Creepy Nuts. The film hits theaters in Japan on January 24, 2025. Under Ninja Live-Action Film Trailer 2 Yuichi Fukuda writes and directs the live-action film, which also stars Kento Yamazaki, Minami Hamabe, Shotaro Mamiya, Mai Shiraishi, Amane Okayama, Chihiro Yamamoto, Ryubi Miyase, Ryotaro Sakaguchi and Mitsuru Hirata. Hanazawa has serialized the Under Ninja manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine since 2018, with 13 collected volumes released in Japan to date. Denpa also publishes an English language version of the series. Under Ninja promotional image Related: Under Ninja Live-Action Film Adds Four New Cast Members Satoshi Kuwabara directed the TV anime adaptation of Under Ninja at Tezuka Productions, and the series aired for 12 episodes from October to December 2023. Crunchyroll streams the...

Under Ninja is coming soon!

The live-action film adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa‘s manga series, which has been serialized in Kodansha’s Weekly Young Magazine since 2018, released a character trailer featuring four additional cast members.

Here’s a plot summary: “Within the shadows of Japan, a covert battle wages on. Around 200,000 ninjas still exist carrying out deadly missions as a secret organization, National Intelligence of Ninja, or Nin. But a challenger arises: Under Ninja. Known as Un, these ninjas oppose Nin at every turn. One such Un is Kuro, a high school loner sent to the front lines. What will be his fate and which faction will prevail?”

The live-action film was written and directed by Yuichi Fukuda, and stars Kento Yamazaki, Minami Hamabe, Shotaro Mamiya, Mai Shiraishi, Amane Okayama, Chihiro Yamamoto, Ryubi Miyase, Ryotaro Sakaguchi and Mitsuru Hirata.

A TV anime adaptation of the manga aired from October to...

The official website for the upcoming Under Ninja live-action film adaptation of Kengo Hanazawa's manga released a character trailer and a new visual for four additional cast members. The film will release in Japan theaters on January 24, 2025. Under Ninja Live-Action Film Character Trailer The new cast members for the film include: Ono (played by Murotsuyoshi) Ai Kawado (played by Haruka Kinami) Homeroom Teacher (played by Shinobu Hasegawa) Akikazu Yoshida (played by Jiro Sato) Yuichi Fukuda writes and directs the live-action film, which also stars Kento Yamazaki, Minami Hamabe, Shotaro Mamiya, Mai Shiraishi, Amane Okayama, Chihiro Yamamoto, Ryubi Miyase, Ryotaro Sakaguchi and Mitsuru Hirata. Hanazawa has serialized the Under Ninja manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine since 2018, with 13 collected volumes released in Japan to date. Denpa also publishes an English language version of the series. Ono , Ai Kawado , Homeroom Teacher , and Akikazu Yoshida Related: Under Ninja Live-Action Film Reveals First...

The upcoming live-action adaptation of Under Ninja , based on the manga by Kengo Hanazawa, has published a dramatic (and comedic) new main trailer for the film, which hits theaters in Japan on January 24, 2025. Under Ninja Live-Action Film Trailer Yuichi Fukuda writes and directs the live-action film, which stars Kento Yamazaki, Minami Hamabe, Shotaro Mamiya, Mai Shiraishi, Amane Okayama, Chihiro Yamamoto, Ryubi Miyase, Ryotaro Sakaguchi and Mitsuru Hirata. Hanazawa serializes the Under Ninja manga in Kodansha's Weekly Young Magazine since 2018, with 13 volumes released in Japan to date. Denpa also publishes an English-language version of the series. Related: Under Ninja Live-Action Film Announces Two Cast Additions Satoshi Kuwabara directed the TV anime adaptation of Under Ninja , at Tezuka Productions, and aired for 12 episodes from October to December 2023. Crunchyroll streams the anime and describes the series: Within the shadows of Japan, a covert battle wages on. Around 200,000 ninjas still exist carrying out deadly missions as a secret organization,...

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Masamitsu Nigatsu's romantic comedy action manga Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards released a main trailer and a main visual today. The trailer features the film's theme song "Breakout" performed by the Japanese male idol group Snow Man . The group's 20-year-old member Raul is also cast as the film's protagonist, Arakuni Ibuki. "I am very happy that the group's song will be added to the film I am participating in," said Raul. "It is a great honor for me and for the group, so I thought carefully about the meaning of singing this song as a group. I was able to share the screenplay and the atmosphere of the work site with the members while working on it, so the team and I were satisfied with the finished song. I hope you enjoy the chemical reaction with the movie." Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards...

The rather successful debut of Taiwanese musician Jay Chou in 2007, “Secret”, sent ripples to the film industry of the whole of Asia, with a Korean remake coming up in 2021, and this year, a Japanese one titled “Secret: A Hidden Score”. This review will deal with the latter.

Secret: A Hidden Score is screening at Nippon Connection

Minato was studying music in the US, but he came back to Japan after experiencing trauma and is currently studying piano at a prestigious music academy. One day, he hears a beautiful song played on the piano and becomes fascinated by the music. The song leads him to meet Yukino, who is the source of the music. Minato falls head over hills for the beautiful, cheerful, intriguing but also secretive and mysterious girl, and the two soon start hanging out as much as they can. Or better, as much as Yukino will allow, to the disgruntlement of another girl,...