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    The momentum is still going strong. Makoto Shinkai's lates tfeature  Suzume earned 843 million yen (6.08 million USD) on 612,000 admissions in its third weekend, staying on No.1 in Japan's weekend box office ranking three consecutive weeks. The third weekend gross was 16.5 percent down from its second weekend, which was equivalent to the level of decline from week one to week two.   The film's cumulative total domestic gross has reached 6.269 billion yen (45.17 million USD) on 4.6 million admissions, which is 100.1 percent of the first three-week gross of Shinkai's 2016 film Your Name. , and 104.5 percent of that of his 2019 film Weathering With You . Based on the numbers so far, it continues on pace to be the biggest hit of his career.   Crunchyroll is teaming up with Sony Pictures and Wild Bunch International to bring Suzume to global audiences outside of Asia in early 2023.   RELATED: Suzume Anime Film Passes 6 Billion Yen, Reveals N...

    According to Oricon's latest sales report, Japanese singer-songwriter Kenshi Yonezu 's 13th CD single "KICK BACK,"  released on November 23, made its No.1 debut on the weekly CD single charts by selling 301,000 copies in its first week.   This is his third No.1 single on the charts, following his ninth single "Flamingo/TEENAGE RIOT" in 2018 and 11th single "Pale Blue" in 2021. He has also become the first solo artist who has reached No. 1 with first-week sales exceeding 300,000 copies in the Reiwa era in Japan.   "KICK BAK," written/composed by Yonezu, was first released digitally from SME Records on October 12 and topped two digital charts, the weekly digital single ranking and the weekly streaming ranking. The music video was posted on his official YouTube channel on October 25 and has been viewed over 36.2 million times in one month.   RELATED: Chainsaw Man Opening Theme Music Video Has Kenshi Yonezu Training His Musc...

  A soundtrack can make or break an anime. A good soundtrack can emphasize the emotional beats of the animation you're watching on screen, deepening the experience. A series with as much style as  Bleach  demands a good soundtrack and Shiro Sagisu's iconic music more than rises to the occasion.    Our friends at Sony Music Masterworks and Milan Records recently released eight volumes of  Bleach  music, and they were kind enough to help us host an interview with series composer Shiro Sagisu! Check out the series music available on all major streaming sites below, and after that check out our interview where we cover Sagisu's long history with music and the special connection he had with the director of the first  Bleach  anime series!   Listen to the Bleach soundtracks here !       Could you please introduce yourself and describe your career?   Shiro Sagisu : My name is Shiro Sagisu and I am a composer. I...

  A new key visual and three new cast members have been revealed for The Legendary Hero is Dead! (known in Japan as Yuusha ga Shinda! ), an upcoming TV anime based on the comic fantasy manga by Subaruichi about a simple farmhand how gets wrapped up in the adventure of a lifetime after he accidentally kills the brave hero destined to save the world from the forces of darkness.   The new cast members include:   Anri Hazewards voiced by Ayana Taketatsu. Yuna Yunis voiced by Hibiku Yamamura. And Marguerite Farom voiced by Yurika Kubo.     The original The Legendary Hero is Dead! manga is serialized in Japan by Shogakukan in their Ura Sunday shonen manga magazine and on their Manga One digital manga app, and an English language version is also available from Shogakukan Asia, who describe the story of the series as follows:   Touka is just your average (slightly perverted) farmer in the village of Cheza. While he daydreams about being a her...

  World Dai Star , a mixed media project about young ladies striving to become world famous theater actors, is being adapted into a TV anime that will hit Japanese airwaves during the spring season of 2023, and now a new key visual, a new teaser trailer, the main staff, and the main cast have all been revealed for the series. The main staff for World Dai Star includes:   Original work: Sirius Original story draft: Takahiro Original character draft: Mika Pikazo Director: Yuu Kinome Series composition: Yasuhiro Nakanishi Character design: Majiro Animation production: Lerche   The cast for World Dai Star includes:     Kokono Otori voiced by Manaka Iwami.     Shizuka voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa.     Kathrina Griebel voiced by Sally Amaki.     Yae Niizuma voiced by Maria Naganawa.     Panda Yanagiba voiced by Naomi Ohzora.     Chisa Sasuga voiced by Rico Sasaki.   ...

  The Twitter account is live along with some fresh details for THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149 anime, which is officially set to premiere in April 2023. Along with that news comes a brand new promo and a bunch of the main staff and cast members, so let's take a look at who's powering the latest spin on the series.   RELATED: CygamesPictures' THE iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls: U149 Anime Debuts 1st Teaser Visual   First up, the promo:   TVアニメ「アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ U149」2023年4月から放送予定✨ 今日のライブで最新PVを公開しました！ぜひチェックしてくださいね???? #U149 #cgコンステ_day2 pic.twitter.com/bv4przE5Y2 — TVアニメ「アイドルマスター シンデレラガールズ U149」公式 (@u149_anime) November 27, 2022   Cast:   Arisu Tachibana voiced by Amina Sato (Yuka Ichijo in AKB0048 ) Momoko Sakurai voiced by Haruka Terui (Yuki Yuna in YUKI YUNA IS A HERO ) Miria Akagi voiced by Tomoyo Kurosawa (Misaki Okusawa in BanG Dream! ) Risa Matoba voiced by Hana Tamegai Haru Yuuki voiced by Makoto Koichi (Yu...

  Led by the esteemed Shaddiq Zenelli (pictured above), the Grassley House is the latest faction at the Asticassia School of Technology to enter the picture in the Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury anime, with a particular focus on their second-year members.   Their newly announced cast members are as follows:   Asami Seto (Fena in Fena: Pirate Princess ) as Sabina Fardin   Sayumi Suzushiro (Nijika in BOCCHI THE ROCK! ) as Renee Costa   Ryouko Maekawa (Hanabi in Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki ) as Ireesha Plano   Yuka Nukui (Mandara in Shinobi no Ittoki ) as Maisie May   Shion Wakayama (Takina in Lycoris Recoil ) as Henao Jazz     RELATED: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury Anime Enrolls 6 Additional Cast Members     Hiroshi Kobayashi, who directed TRIGGER's original anime KIZNAIVER , is helming Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch from Mercury at studio Sunrise alongside Code Geass c...