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The casts of Cells at Work (2024) looks good! Can't wait to watch it!

Mei Nagano

Takeru Satoh

Riisa Naka

Koji Yamamoto

Kyoko Fukada

Sadawo Abe

Mana Ashida

There are 37 trillion cells in the human body. Red blood cells that carry oxygen, white blood cells that fight bacteria, and other cells work tirelessly day and night to protect your health and life.

Story takes a look at the cells in the bodies of a father and daughter, and the ongoing battle as pathogens start to sneak up on their bodies, and how different lifestyles and age affects them differently.

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All I did was make her angry and cry.

NISHIJIMA HIDETOSHI & ASHIDA MANA as Natsume Shunpei & Natsume Hibiki SAYONARA MAESTRO: CHICHI TO WATASHI NO APPASSIONATO (2024)

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Mana Ashida × Miss Dior

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I went a little off my usual path last night to take in a movie I got curious about while following one of my favorite subbers on Twitter -- BL Metamorphosis, or The Edge of Metamorphosis. This won’t be the longest review as the movie was pretty straightforward, but it was WHOLESOME and LOVELY, and if you like stories with older folks making friends with younger folks, this is right up your alley!

And I’m a touch of a sucker for these kinds of stories -- I happened to not grow up with grandparents (immigrant life, grandparents were in the home countries, we rarely visited the home countries, etc.), so stories about younger people befriending older folks just really touch my heart and make me feel a tad envious. But anyway --

An older woman, a widow, goes to a bookstore to look for cookbooks. The cookbook section has been redesigned into a BL section (HELL YEAH). She takes a look at an interesting cover, and away she goes. The 17-year-old bookstore employee who helps her becomes curious, and after a couple quick chats, she (the employee -- her name is Urara) stops by the obasan’s (Yuki’s) house to drop off more BL recommendations.

It is a super warm story, in part about Yuki supporting Urara as Urara preps for her college exams and tries to figure out what she wants to do with her life. It ties together a couple of themes -- quiet awakenings on the part of three protagonists (Yuki, Urara, and the manga artist that Yuki and Urara both love); rectifying or preventing regrets from a young age; being a supportive and loving friend, and most importantly for me, recognizing that even if you find a calling in life, that that calling can be difficult, at times not fun, but fulfilling in the end. I loved seeing Urara find her calling, finding what she wants to do with her life (which is to draw manga), giving it her best shot, and while she struggled, realizing that she had fun with it. All while being supported by the excited and invested Yuki.

Like I said, it was lovely to watch something off my usual beaten path, as I contemplate the use of suki in BL (lol). It also has Takahashi Kyohei of Naniwa Danshi, the same idol group that features Michieda Shunsuke, if you’re into that sort of thing. If you want a wholesome break from any heartthrob action that you’re watching, I totally recommend this movie!

@furritsubs​ -- THANK YOU THANK YOU!

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Pacific Rim only had a handful of location shoots, and I finally visited one. This is Elizabeth Street, near Toronto City Hall, which was disguised as Tokyo for Mako Mori's flashback scenes. There is an alley here, but the one in the film was a much larger studio set. Director Guillermo del Toro has a residence in Toronto, and he's shot many of his other films there (Mimic, Crimson Peak, The Shape of Water, Nightmare Alley, the upcoming Frankenstein).

Bonus: I saw this very fitting sign nearby as @tohocompanylimited-blog and I were waiting for a street car.

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Official Trailer for Live-Action 'Cells at Work!' Body Movie from Japan News Buzz

Official Trailer for Live-Action ‘Cells at Work!’ Body Movie from Japan by Alex Billington October 6, 2024Source: YouTube “I’ll always protect you.” Warner Bros Japan has revealed their full official trailer for a live-action manga adaptation called Cells at Work!, arriving in Japanese theaters in December. This is a big screen version of a manga series written & illustrated by Akane Shimizu…

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Guillermo del Toro, Rinko Kikuchi and Mana Ashida from Pacific Rim visits the Tokyo Gundam Base by kiyosu jo

Guillermo del Toro treating Rinko Kikuchi and Mana Ashida ice cream.

Guillermo del Toro shows his sketchbook where he drew the inspiration for the character of Mako Mori.

Guillermo del Toro explains the Jaeger are heavily influenced by Gundam, such as Cherno Alpha.

Guillermo del Toro's reaction to seeing the Gundam is priceless that they joke about him forgetting Rinko Kikuchi and Mana Ashida.

I really love seeing everyone's reactions being so happy like their inner child finally reveal itself, not caring about what others say.

Thank you Japan, Gundam, Guillermo del Toro, Pacific Rim, for making our childhood and adulthood an awesome one!

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芦田愛菜主演のパシフィックリムはまだか We hope the next Pacific Rim will starring Mana Ashida!

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Title: Children of the Sea

Rating: NR

Director: Ayumu Watanabe

Cast: Mana Ashida, Hiiro Ishibashi, Seishu Uragami, Win Morisaki, Goro Inagaki, Yu Aoi, Tohru Watanabe, Min Tanaka, Sumiko Fuji

Release year: 2019

Genres: mystery, adventure, fantasy

Blurb: Ruka is a young girl whose parents are separated and whose father works in an aquarium. When two boys - Umi and Sora, who were raised in the sea by dugongs - are brought to the aquarium, Ruka feels drawn to them and begins to realise that she has the same sort of supernatural connection to the ocean that they do. Umi and Sora’s special power seems to be connected to strange events that have been occurring more and more frequently, such as the appearance of sea creatures far from their home territory and the disappearance of aquarium animals around the world. However, the exact nature of the boys’ power and of the abnormal events is unknown, and Ruka gets drawn into investigating the mystery that surrounds her new friends.

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Theory: 【Oshi No Ko】 will be the title of Shima's movie for Kana

The reason why 【Oshi No Ko】's title never drops the lenticular brackets 【】 is because it will likely be the title for the movie that Arima Kana will star in, the "masterpiece" promised to her by Director Shima.

Most of us know by now that Arima Kana's character was based off of Ashida Mana, a famed child actor in Japan that international fans may know from Pacific Rim.

Anyone think Kana's berets are a parallel to Mana's red shoe?

After getting famous from the TV Drama "Mother" in 2010 at age 6, they tried capitalizing on her fame by getting her into music, to little success. Mana-chan says in an interview that she, "sings the songs my mother wants me to sing". In the years that followed, her acting gigs started drying up.

Until year 2020, when award-winning Director Tatsushi Omori cast her at 16yo in the lead role of the film 【Hoshi No Ko】. Literally translated, Child of the Stars or Star Child, but with the Western release title Under the Stars.

A Child Star in a film called Star Child, hmmm.

This move in her career was paramount as a springboard for her comeback, until she had recently been awarded as Newcomer of the Year in the 47th Elan d'Or Awards.

Note: This image is not taken during the awards

I just feel like I wanna see Kana in this dress too

Coming back to its parallels in the show, Akasaka-sensei and Yokoyari-sensei had an interview with Tsutaya, where they were asked this very question: Why does the title keep the double quotations 【 】 and what does it mean?

Many thanks to twitter @aldeberu for pointing this out

Just like how people have pointed out that Tokyo Blade had some parallelisms with the characters in Oshi no Ko, 【Oshi No Ko】 may actually become the title of the film that revives her career and regains her renown and respect in the industry.

I believe that this may be a hallmark event in the plot of the story. Or, at the very least, the reward in its resolution.

Either:

Kana's performance in 【Oshi no Ko】 causes Kamiki to pay attention to her, attempt to harm her, and Kana works together with Aqua and everyone else to thwart him. (In this case, instrumental to the plot's resolution.)

Or, 【Oshi no Ko】 will be the film where Arima Kana's acting is so honest and impactful that Aqua is so moved that he realizes he is allowed to enjoy acting and filmmaking in this life, that he is allowed to love Kana honestly, and that he has the right to move on and heal from his trauma. (That is to say, the emotional resolution of Aqua's arc as our main character.)

Option #1 continues to support the theory that Oshi No Ko the manga/anime is meant to be a story about Arima Kana.

But Option #2 supports Aka Akasaka's tweet "Kurokawa Akane is the child who will take me away. Arima Kana is the child who will bring me back."

A reminder that Oshi in the title is spelled as 推し, which literally means Favorite. Oshi No Ko's literal translation is Favorite Child. It is "Hoshi" that means Star, just like in Ashida's movie "Hoshi No Ko".

So why would a Japanese manga title literally named 【Favorite Child】 be given a Western release title as 【My Star】 if it wasn't about her?