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This summer, the horror manga Mieruko-chan makes the jump to the big screen. But you can get a preview of Miko's ghostly adventures right now, thanks to a lyric video for the film's theme song! K-pop group BabyMonster performs the song, titled (appropriately) "Ghost." Check it out: Mieruko-chan "Ghost" Lyric Video Related: Mieruko-chan Live-Action Movie Releases "Can't See" Version Trailer Mieruko-chan Movie Poster The live-action film Mieruko-chan is set to release in Japan on June 6, 2025. Yoshihiro Nakamura ( Shinobi no Kuni ) serves as director and writes the screenplay, and Nanoka Hara (Suzume Iwato in Suzume ) is cast as the protagonist, Miko Yotsuya. The other main cast members include Rinka Kumada as Hana Yurikawa, Naenao as Yuria Niguredo, Koki Yamashita as Akio Gondo and Taiga Kyomoto as Zen Tohno. The original Mieruko-chan manga is serialized in the ComicWalker (now KadoComi) website since 2018. It has been viewed more than 85 million times on the site,...

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Tomoki Izumi's horror manga series Mieruko-chan released a new "Can't See" version trailer today. The original Japanese title can be translated to "The Girl Who Can See Them," which refers to the protagonist Miko Yotsuya, who can see ghosts. For those who do not like scary images, the "scary things" that were shown in the original trailer are hidden from viewers in this "Can't See" version trailer. Mieruko-chan Live-Action Movie "Can't See" Version Trailer Additionally, the site shows off photos from the shoot. In one of them, Nanoha Hara (who plays Miko) and Rinka Kumada (who plays Hana) are standing side by side against a blackboard with a cute illustration by the original manga author, Tomoki Izumi. Related: Mieruko-chan Live-Action Movie Shares Main Trailer, Visual The live-action film Mieruko-chan is set to release in Japan on June 6, 2025. Yoshihiro Nakamura ( Shinobi...

The official website of the upcoming live-action film of Mieruko-chan released a main trailer and poster visual on March 28, 2025.

The newly unveiled footage also highlights the film’s theme song, “Ghost,” performed by the seven-member Korean idol group Babymonster.

The tagline on the poster warns: “Whatever you can see, please ignore it until the end.”

In addition to the trailer, a behind-the-scenes video featuring lead actress Nanoka Hara and other cast members was also revealed.

Nanoka Hara was cast to play the role of Miko Yotsuya. Other cast includes:

Rinka Kumada as Hana Yurikawa naenano as Yuria Niguredo Coki-Yamashita as Akio Gondo (a character created exclusively for the film) Saki Takaoka as Toko Yotsuya Kenichi Takito as Mamoru Yotsuya Akane Hotta as Ms. Arai Taiga Kyomoto (SixTONES) as Zen Tohno

Yoshihiro Nakamura is serving as the director as well as the scriptwriter for the film.

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The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Tomoki Izumi's horror manga series Mieruko-chan released a main trailer and poster visual today . The clip also features the film's theme song "Ghost" performed by the seven-member Korean idol group Babymonster. In the trailer, the protagonist Miko — who continues to “ignore” the spirits that only she can see — is confronted when something supernatural is affecting her new teacher named Tohno and her best friend Hana. Ghosts start appearing in one after as she pursues the mysteries with a self-proclaimed psychic and the student council president. Mieruko-chan Live-Action Movie Main Trailer The tagline on the main poster visual reads: "Whatever you can see, please ignore it until the end." Main poster visual In an additional special making-of video, the lead actor Nanoka Hara and other cast members face the film while interacting with director Yoshihiro Nakamura. The real atmosphere of the shooting site is conveyed,...

The official website for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Tomoki Izumi's horror manga series Mieruko-chan released a teaser trailer and visual today . The clip officially announced that the film is set to release in Japan on June 6, 2025. In the teaser trailer, the protagonist Miko Yotsuya played by Nanoka Hara (Suzume Iwato in Suzume ) encounters spirits everywhere and tries to pass them off by “pretending not to see them” in her daily life. Sora Amamiya , who voiced Miko in the TV anime series , serves as the narrator. Mieruko-chan Live-Action Movie Teaser Trailer Teaser visual Yoshihiro Nakamura ( Shinobi no Kuni ) serves as director and writes the screenplay. The main cast members include: Miko Yotsuya played by Nanoka Hara Hana Yurikawa played by Rinka Kumada Yuria Niguredo played by Naenano Akio Gondo played by Koki Yamashita Related: Mieruko-chan Horror Manga Gets Live-Action Movie in Early Summer 2025 The original Mieruko-chan manga is serialized...

The official accounts for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Karin Anzai's romantic comedy shojo manga series It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love (known as Kao Dake ja Suki ni Narimasen in Japan) released a main trailer today. Th clip introduces the film's theme song "Almond Chocolate" performed by the five-member South Korean girl idol group Illit for the first time. Illit is a multinational group including two Japanese members, formed by Yunah, Minju, Moka, Wonhee, and Iroha through the audition program “R U Next?” broadcast in Korea from June to September 2023. "Almond Chocolate" is their first original song in Japan and theme song work for a feature film. Nakajin (Sekai No Owari) and Pdogg, a music producer who has created numerous hits with BTS and others, teamed up to produce the song, which will be released digitally on February 14. The five members have posted a message video below.

The official accounts for the upcoming live-action film adaptation of Karin Anzai's romantic comedy shojo manga series It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love (known as Kao Dake ja Suki ni Narimasen in Japan) released a teaser trailer and poster visual today introducing the four main cast members. Actor and singer-songwriter Ryubi Miyase (Akira Ohmi in the Lovesick Ellie live-action film) is cast as the male protagonist, Kanato Ugo. Fashion model and actor Rinka Kumada (KAede Kagaya in the Otona Najimi live-action film) plays the main heroine, Sana Chiken. It Takes More Than a Pretty Face to Fall in Love Teaser Trailer Poster visual The main cast also include Sota Nakajima (Fantastics) as Ryo Doigaki, an important character involved in their romance, and Reia Yonekura as Yuzuri Nohara, who loves her best friend, Sana. The manga author Anzai has posted an illustration inspired by the four...

From Me to You: Kimi ni Todoke (君に届け) is a series directed by Takehiko Shinjo and Takeo Kikuchi. It is based on the manga by Karuho Shiina.

Today, we get to enjoy this Japanese series about teenage love, which is – curiously enough – about a girl called Sadako, like the girl from Ringu, and who is believed to be cursed. But not everything in life has to be a horror movie, and she meets the most popular boy in high school.

About the Series

It is a series that would be equivalent to Dawson’s Creek or something along those lines (just to give you an idea), it’s one of those initiation series that little by little show us what life is about and that, gradually – and at the protagonists’ sides – we grow up at the same time as we watch the characters grow up. It knows how to take its time,...