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BLEACH Teases A Bloody Supernatural Battle Ahead In The Final Trailer

Sato Shinsuke is gearing up for a hefty summer round at the festivals with the concurrent Japan release of the live-action adaptation, BLEACH. Warner Bros. Japan is rolling out a final trailer this week ahead of a July 20 open and with screenings setting up at Fantasia in Montreal, and at Japan Cuts in New York City where Sato will be in attendance for fans. The following info beneath the new Japanese poster art comes from Japan Cuts where the film will have its U.S. premiere on July 27. The highly anticipated live-action adaptation of the mega popular Tite Kubo manga and anime series about the adventures of supernaturally gifted, orange-haired teenager Ichigo Kurosaki (Sota Fukushi). Capable of seeing spirits, Ichigo meets a “Soul Reaper” (shinigami) by the name of Rukia Kuchiki (Hana Sugisaki), who transfers her powers to him after being injured by an evil spirit known as a […]

Watch The First Thirteen Minutes Of Tsutsumi Yukihiko's New Thriller, THE BIG BEE!

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Author Higashina Keigo’s 1995 Kodansha publication makes for ample source material for an intense hostage thriller in lieu of Twentieth Century Boys and Eight Ranger helmer Tsutsumi Yukihiko‘s latest effort. Alas, the new film, The Big Bee, is just over a month away from its September 12 release and Shochiku has unveiled the first thirteen minutes of the film to introduce the intense moments that aim to build up the harrowing story in the first act. SYNOPSIS: August 8th, 1995. At Kaneshige Industries’ Komaki Plant in Aichi Prefecture, a ceremony is held to mark the delivery of “Big B,” Japan’s largest and most advanced helicopter, to the Japan Defense Agency. Suddenly, Big B is activated remotely by some unknown agent. The aircraft’s designer, Yubara (Yosuke Eguchi), is doubly shocked: his elementary school-age son Takahiko has accidentally become trapped on board… Check out all thirteen minutes below as well as the […]

Feel The Sting In The New Teaser For TENKU NO HACHI (BEES IN THE SKY)

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Call it “Die Hard In A Nuclear Facility”, if you will, but 20th Century Boys trilogy and Eight Ranger 1 & 2 helmer Tsutsumi Yukihiko‘s latest high-tech hostage thriller, Tenku no Hachi (Bee Of The Sky) looks sure to impress upon its release. Based on Higashina Keigo’s 1995 novel with a script by Kusuno Ichiro, the film centers on an aeronautics designer and a nuclear engineer who are taken to task when a mysterious fax is sent citywide from a hidden villain threatening to crash a remote helicopter and its passenger, a young girl held hostage, into the nuclear power plant it hovers over unless it is shut off in eight hours. Actors Motoki Masahiro and Rurouni Kenshin trilogy co-star Eiguchi Yosuke lead the cast of the film which is releasing in Japan on September 12 courtesy of Shochiku. Watch the teaser below!