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New details about Nodame movie

The "Nodame Cantabile" movie is going to come out in December this year and now there has been a flood of new details concerning the locations, cast and other stuff.

One of the biggest new locations in the movie is going to be the "capital of music", Vienna. Actor Tamaki Hiroshi (29) about the location, "I can feel the weight of all the history this city holds and I’m becomming really tense." Actress Ueno Juri (23) too, "There’s no better place to concentrate than here." Celebrated musicians like Mozart, Beethoven or Brahms have been active in Vienna and you can find statues of them in the local park.

It’s the first time ever that a Japanese movie is going to be filmed in the historic "Wiener Musikverein" and its golden hall, the same hall where even famous Japanese conductor Ozawa Seiji (73) once made an amazing performance. Now it’s Tamaki who gets the honor to conduct "Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony" for the filming of Nodame. Ueno admired his performance, "He looked so cool. You can feel the power of Chiaki’s (Tamaki) personal growth up he went through up until now."

Last month on the 16th, they already started filming in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. They continued in Brno, the Czech Republic and after that they arrived in Vienna, Austria. After Vienna, they went back to Brno also filmed a few scenes Prague. Right now they are in France and about to start filming in Paris. In September they are going to start filming the 2nd part (movie comes in 2 parts). In Vienna they had a team consisting of 60 Japanese, plus a mix of 64 Austrians and Czechs working on the movie. A total of 110 extras came from Japan to appear in several (big) scenes like in the hall.

New cast members are going to be actor Tanihara Shosuke (36), comedian and actor Nadagi Takeshi (38) and comedian Chad Mullane (29).

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Shingo's "Kochikame" Character Promotes Police Campaign
Thu, June 18, 2009 (3:52am EDT)

SMAP's Shingo Katori will be appearing on police posters starting next month. The work is in connection with his starring role in TBS's upcoming drama series "Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo," also known as "Kochikame."

Based on a long-running comedy manga by Osamu Akimoto, "Kochikame" stars Katori as a police officer named Kankichi Ryotsu.

Katori appears in uniform as Kankichi on the police poster, which promotes the prevention of traffic accidents involving children during summer vacation. Posters will be put up at various police stations throughout Tokyo starting on July 1. Katori is also scheduled to make public appearances as Kankichi at police-sponsored events.

Incidentally, TBS also announced some of the cast members for "Kochikame," which premieres in August. Karina and Mocomichi Hayami will both be playing police officers working with Kankichi. Karina will be the talented beauty Reiko Catherine Akimoto, while Mocomichi has been cast as the wealthy Keiichi Nakagawa. LaSalle Ishii, who voiced Kankichi in the anime series and played him in the stage version, will appear on the show as Kankichi's father.

source: tokyograph

Top-Selling Animation/Manga DVDs in Japan, 1st Half of 2009

The following chart covers sales from November 8, 2008 to June 7, 2009:

RANK-TITLE-ESTIMATED COPIES-RELEASE DATE-MAKER
2 - Hana Yori Dango Final - 346,721 - 12/19/08 - TBS


14 - Biohazard: Degeneration - 121,373 - 12/26/08 - Sony Pictures
22 - 20th Century Boys Part I: Owari no Hajimari - 95,971 - 01/30/09 - VAP
29 - Wall-E - 79,855 - 04/22/09 - Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
35 - Wall-E Limited Initial 2-Disc Special Edition - 64,129 - 04/22/09 - Walt Disney Studio Home Entertainment
38 - Pocket Monsters Diamond & Pearl: Giratina to Sora no Hanataba Shaymin - 61,271 - 12/19/08 - Shogakukan
39 - Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of sinners Garan no Dou (Complete Limited Pressing) - 61,138 - 12/17/08 - Aniplex
40 - Kara no Kyoukai - the Garden of sinners Mujun Rasen (Complete Limited Pressing) - 60,719 - 01/28/09 - Aniplex
47 - Kung Fu Panda Special Edition - 53,766 - 12/05/08 - Kadokawa Entertainment
49 - pieces of love Vol. 1 "Tsumiki no Ie" ( "La Maison en Petits Cubes") - 52,331 - 10/24/08 - Toshiba Video

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