"REDLINE" voice cast features Kimutaku
Fri, June 11, 2010 (10:01pm EDT)
The voice cast for the Madhouse-animated film "REDLINE" was revealed on Friday. SMAP's Takuya Kimura (37) is the biggest name on the list, but the cast also includes Yu Aoi (24) and Tadanobu Asano (36).
Directed by Takeshi Koike, "REDLINE" is a car racing story set in the near future. JP (voiced by Kimura) is a daredevil racer chasing after his first love (Aoi). Along with his partner (Asano), JP competes in the greatest race of all.
This is Kimura's second movie voice acting role, after the 2004 Studio Ghibli film "Howl's Moving Castle." For Asano, this will be his first time as a voice actor.
"REDLINE" has reportedly been in development for the past seven years. The film is scheduled for theatrical release in Japan this October.
Mizushima Hiro borrowed guitar from Kimura Takuya for “BECK”
Another private showing of the upcoming movie “BECK” was held at Zepp Osaka on August 19th, and Mizushima Hiro, Mukai Osamu, and many other cast members showed up.
Since Osaka is the hometown of Hiro’s wife, he said that he was happy to come back to Osaka. He also told a previously unknown story about how the guitar he used to practice with was actually borrowed from Kimura Takuya (SMAP).
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Takuya Kimura takes family out to celebrate Shizuka’s win
Takuya Kimura’s (37) wife Shizuka Kudo (40) talked about how she celebrated her art prize win with her family at a press conference for blue ribbon winners at the National Art Center in Tokyo yesterday, reports Daily Sports.
It is the first time Kudo has won a blue ribbon prize for her art, which is being shown in the 95th Nika Exhibition.
The singer said she was overwhelmed she had been awarded a prize that had only been given to 25 art pieces out of the total 3007 which had been sent in for the exhibition.
“It is a prize that has come after 15 years of working slowly so I’m very happy,” she said.
Kudo said her husband and their daughter were equally excited about the win.
“They both said ‘that’s amazing’.  They said it was a big occasion so we went out to eat yakiniku,” she said.
Kudo’s piece, titled “瞳の奥 (Hitomi no Oku)” portrays a girl and butterflies intertwined together in color.  She said it had taken one year to finish.
“I wanted to make the face more exotic, but as I went into doing the finishing touches she turned into a younger girl.
“She looks like (my) daughter I guess,” she said.
It is the 15th time Kudo has had her art accepted into the exhibition since her first in 1990.
The 95th Nika Exhibition runs from September 1 – 13 at the National Art Center in Roppongi, Tokyo.
Aerosmith's Steven Tyler sings "Space Battleship Yamato" theme
Thu, September 16, 2010 (7:20pm EDT)
The theme song for the live-action "Space Battleship Yamato" movie will be handled by Aerosmith vocalist Steven Tyler. The song is titled "LOVE LIVES" and is being labeled as Tyler's first solo project.
Tyler wrote the song for "Yamato" after studying a translated script and the video materials for the movie's final scene. The ballad expresses the concept of wanting to protect a loved one.
"Yamato," which stars Takuya Kimura (37) and Meisa Kuroki (22), opens in Japan on December 1.
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