ONE OK ROCK to Sing for Rurouni Kenshin

Japanese rock band ONE OK ROCK announced that their latest song, “The Beginning” will be used as the theme song for the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin live action film that will premier this August 25th.

Taka, the band's vocalist, said that the film's lead actor Takeru Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O) is one of his close friends. He also added that specifically writing the song for the film filled him with both excitement and anxiety. Sato even said that listening to ONE OK ROCK's music while filming Kenshin lifted his spirits.

ONE OK ROCK's “The Beginning” will be released on August 22nd. Check out ONE OK ROCK's complete listings on CDJapan to get pre-orders and exciting bonuses!

via Anime News Network

Ryosuke Miura's First Single Announced

Ryosuke Miura, better known by fans as Ankh from Kamen Rider OOO will have his major music debut this summer. His debut single entitled, “Natsu dayo HONEY!!” will be released on July 11th.

The single will have three versions: CD+DVD+Photobook Limited Edition A, CD+DVD Limited Edition B, and CD Only Regular Edition for 2381 yen, 1800 yen and 1000 yen respectively. Pre-order your copies now at CDJapan and get exciting bonuses!

The regular edition will be a CD only edition and have the song "Ashita e no Speed", which is not available on the limited editions. Each version will have different jacket photos. To those who are wondering, here are the contents of the three versions:

Limited Edition A
CD
1. Natsu dayo HONEY!!
2. MissTerious

DVD
1. Natsu dayo HONEY!! -music video-
2. Natsu dayo HONEY!! -music video Dance ver.-
3. Offshoot movie (Type A)
4. Comment movie (Type A)

Plus 32-page photo book

Limited Edition B
CD
1. Natsu dayo HONEY!!
2. MissTerious

DVD
1. Natsu dayo HONEY!! -music video-
2. Natsu dayo HONEY!! -music video Dance Edit-
3. Offshoot movie (Type B)
4. Comment movie (Type B)
5. LIVE DANCE Lecture Video

Regular Edition
1. Natsu dayo HONEY!!
2. MissTerious
3. Ashita e no Speed

Aside from the new single, Ryosuke will also have a summer tour called, "Ryosuke Miura Summer Live 2012". He will perform in six cities and tickets start at ¥6,300. He will perform in the following places along with its respective date.

07.19 – Zepp Diver City, Tokyo
07.21 – Zepp Nagoya
07.22 – Sendai darwin
07.28 – Zepp Namba, Osaka
07.29 – Zepp Fukuoka

Source: Vision Factory via tokyohive

Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger EP 09 Preview

After last Friday's episode, here's the preview of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger's 9th episode, “The Pain Sentai Breaks Up.” Why is Nobuo wearing a improvised AkibaRed suit? Can't they enter the Grand Delusion?

Having no chance in beating Malshina, Hakase took back the MMZ-001. But somehow Malshina managed to acquire the Asakusa Alpaca attack the Akibarangers. As the team have no match for it, something happens to Hakase!?


With Akibarangers ending coming near, will they ever gain official recognition? Will TOEI finally produce a Niyojime Z-Cune Aoi anime? Let's just wait to find out.

Latest BeetBuster, StagBuster Information [Updated]

Earlier, we got new information on the two upcoming members of Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. And now, here are additional details on BeetBuster and StagBuster's armaments!

BeetBuster is Jin Masato, a genius engineer who just "got back," along with his BuddyRoid Beet J Stag, who have no interests other than himself, that transforms to StagBuster.


Both of them owns the Morphin' Blaster, a mobile phone that doubles as a gun, and the duo's transformation device. They also got gold and silver Transpods, which functions exactly the same as regular Transpods.

BeetBuster and StagBuster wields the DriBlades. It can be used as a weapon and a steering wheel for BC-04 Go-BusterBeet and SJ-05 Stag Beetle. The image above shows them taking out the VacuumRoid (left) and ParabolaRoid (center).


The above scans shows more images for the three modes of BC-04 Go-BusterBeet. Also seen is SJ-05 Stag Beetle launching on the megazord's crane arm to launch an attack, and the finishing move, the Super Piston Punch!


Here is an image featuring a brief look on Jin Masato and Beet J Stag's transformations to BeetBuster and StagBuster. From the looks of it, Beet J Stag won't be "casting off" its armor, rather, a new humanoid suit will engulf its body.


Lastly, here's some quick shots featuring Beet and StagBuster against the VacuumRoid, and RedBuster against the ParabolaRoid. Moreover, a Go-Busters group shot with the addition of the two new warriors!

And here's a bonus image featuring BeetBuster, StagBuster and Go-BusterBeet.


via RRROtoku, Gold Samurai of HJU

Berserk Golden Age Arc II Film Special Preview Posted

Yahoo! Japan began streaming a special preview video for the second film of the Berserk movie trilogy, “Berserk Golden Age Arc II: The Battle for Doldrey.” Similar to the first film, the movie is led by Hiroaki Iwanaga as Guts.

The “The Battle for Doldrey” will focus on the epic battle by the Kingdom of Midland to retake Doldrey Castle from the Chuder Empire. It will premier in theaters on June 23rd and is scheduled to run for about 100 minutes.


The trilogy has been licensed for release in North America, Canada [sic], Russia, UK, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden, Australia, and South Korea.

Inspired by medieval Europe, it centers around the life of Guts, an orphaned mercenary warrior, and Griffith, the leader of a mercenary band called the Band of the Hawk. As he ages, Guts changes from a solitary boy into a man who realizes the value of camaraderie.

Kekko Kamen Reborn Trailer Streamed

Cinema Today began streaming the first 95-second trailer for the latest live action adaptation of Go Nagai's Kekko Kamen manga, “Kekko Kamen Shinsei -Reborn-,” starring AV actress Aino Kishi.


Kekko Kamen is a heroine who wears nothing but a red mask, boots, gloves, and a scarf. The manga's story revolves around Mayumi Takahashi, a student who transfers to a high school that is known for its perverted teachers who sexually harass the female students.

Kekko Kamen Reborn film will premiere at the Ginza Cine Pathos theater in Tokyo's Ginza district on June 2nd.

AKB48 Breaks Records with “Manatsu no Sounds good!”

With over 2 million copies shipped, idol group AKB48's 26th single, “Manatsu no Sounds good!” manages to top the Oricon Weekly Single Ranking Chart for the week of June 4th!

AKB48's “Manatsu no Sounds good!” have 1,617,000 copies sold in its first week! This created a new record as the highest sales on Oricon’s single sales chart for a first week. The idol group currently topped the chart for 13 consecutive singles, and also sold over a million copies for 7 consecutive singles.

Furthermore, the single's first day sales of 1,171,000 copies also marked a new record on Oricon daily chart.

[Top5 of AKB48's first week of sales]
1. “Manatsu no Sounds good!” - 1,617,000 copies (5-23-2012 released)
2. “Flying Get” -1,354,000 copies （8-24-2011 released)
3. “Everyday, Kachuusha” - 1,334,000 copies（5-25-2011 released)
4. “Kaze ha Fuiteiru” - 1,300,000 copies （10-26-2011 released)
5. “GIVE ME FIVE!” - 1,287,000 copies （2-15-2012 released)

AKB48's “Manatsu no Sounds good!” will be available in four versions, CD+DVD Limited Type A and B (w/ Handshake Event Ticket), and CD+DVD Regular Type A and B, for 1680 yen each. It will be released on May 23rd. Order now at Play-Asia.com and CD-Japan to get exciting bonuses!

via tokyohive