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Kaho Nakamura’s new song, “The Scuffing Song,” is featured in Pocari Sweat’s web movie

Gen Hoshino and Audrey Wakabayashi to MC Netflix talk variety show LIGHTHOUSE

Kouji Seto and Kento Hayashi Announced as Additional Voice Actors for Director Mari Okada’s Latest Film, “Alice and Telles’ Maboroshi Factory”

Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” turns into a live-action movie by a former Disney cast director

Hayao Miyazaki’s Ghibli film “The Boy and the Heron” to be released simultaneously in IMAX

Isao Takahata Exhibition”His Legacy in Japanese Animation” Focusing on the Art of Direction, to be Held in Mie

“Nizi Project Season 2” will be available on Hulu on Friday, July 21, creating a global boy group.

Exhibition of Nizo Yamamoto, art director of “Laputa: Castle in the Sky”

The 31st Rainbow Reel Tokyo will screen 21 films, including 9 Japanese premieres.

“JAPAN CUTS” film festival to be held in New York, screening 29 films including “THE FIRST SLAM DUNK” and “Under the Turquoise Sky”

Kyo Machiko’s “cocoon” to be animated by NHK, scheduled to air in summer 2025

Yuji Sakamoto Signs Five-Year Deal with Netflix to Deliver New Movie Starring Ryo Yoshizawa and Aoi Miyazaki in 2023

Netflix’s “THE DAYS,” entered the Top 10 in 77 countries and regions

Additional cast announced for “SAND LAND,” a film based on Akira Toriyama’s original story. Akio Otsuka, Tomokazu Sugita, and others join the cast.

JU!iE and others to appear in Netflix’s “Wolf Girl Can’t Fool You,” for which BTS will sing the theme song.

Dean Fujioka to Star in Season 2 of Netflix’s Drama Series “The Victims’ Game” Performed Entirely in Chinese

Yukiko Mishima’s first documentary film “Alone Together” Released
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