A romantic comedy film adaptation of the hit romance manga “Loving Yamada at Lv999,” which was serialized on the manga app GANMA! and was also adapted into a TV anime in 2023. Akane Kinoshita, a college student who has just been dumped by her boyfriend, meets Akito Yamada, a coolly curt high school pro gamer, through the online game Forest Of Savior. Though he is usually unfriendly, Akane gradually finds herself drawn to Yamada, who occasionally shows an unconscious kindness. However, despite having no interest in romance, Yamada is wildly popular with everyone around him, making him a formidable “boss” of the highest difficulty to攻略 as a love interest. Ryuto Sakuma of “Sorry About My Younger Brothers” stars as Yamada, while Mizuki Yamashita of “The Lies of the Eleven Students” plays Akane. They are joined by singer-songwriter NOA, Rui Tsukishima from the TV drama “When Takagi-san Teases,” the comedy duo Kuukikai-Dan’s Mogra Suzuki, and Mahiru Koda from “Riding in a Summer Film.” Directed by Yuka Yasukawa of “My Broken Mariko,” with the screenplay written by Anna Kawahara of “Character.”

A live-action romantic comedy adaptation of the popular comic by Hatsuharu, which has been serialized in Kodansha’s Bessatsu Friend since 2018 and was turned into a TV anime in 2023, starring Riko Fukumoto from My Love That Won’t Reach and the SixTONES member Jesse. Isaku Senagaki lost both her parents at a young age and was raised by her grandfather, the head of the Senagaki family, a yakuza clan. Traumatized by never having been able to make friends because she is the granddaughter of a gangster family, she decides to hide her background in high school and live an ordinary life of love and youth. However, Keiya Utou, the young heir of the Senagaki family and Isaku’s caretaker, is so overprotective that he falsifies his age to enroll secretly at the same high school, declaring that he will act as her “guard dog” and bodyguard. Though Isaku is bewildered by him, she struggles to protect the school life she has longed for... Mikio Tananuki, the grandson of the head of the Tananuki family, a sibling clan allied with the Senagaki family, and who transfers to the same high school as Isaku and Keiya, is played by Kaito Sakurai from the live-action adaptation of Oshi no Ko. Keiichi Kobayashi, director of We Made a Beautiful Bouquet, helms the film, with Yosuke Masaike of Anime Supremacy! writing the screenplay.

A human suspense drama set in a single location, depicting how the truth behind a woman’s death is uncovered during a memorial gathering held on the 49th day after her suicide. Madoka Takahashi gathers people who were close to her late best friend Yuko Kawai at the share house where Yuko had lived, and holds a memorial service for her on the 49th day after her suicide. Visitors to the share house include Yuko’s coworkers Akiko Matsui and Kaori Niioka, her roommates Sunny and Yuri, and her ex-boyfriend Yasushi Yokoyama, among other eccentric characters. The memorial begins in a solemn mood, but Madoka has a hidden purpose. Along with stories about Yuko, she gradually steers the conversation toward why Yuko was driven to take her own life. Before long, Pancho, who comes to deliver pizza, and Hikoto Shinozuka, Akiko’s ex-boyfriend, are also drawn into the gathering, and astonishing connections and facts slowly come to light. Nana Asakawa from the “Kaguya-sama: Love Is War” series plays the lead role of Madoka, alongside Momoko Tanabe, Nao Hoshino, Ami Tomite, Gaku Sano, Riho Takada, and Ryuuji Harada. Yuuji Nakamae, who directed Tida: I Want to Walk Under the Sun Someday, served as both director and screenwriter.

An original work directed, based on, and written by Jyoji Iida of “NIGHT HEAD,” this is a theatrical preview version of the TV drama “Kamisama no Saikoro,” which began airing on October 9, 2024. It depicts five video streamers who are caught up in a life-or-death escape game. Akagi, a music streamer, is growing impatient as his number of channel subscribers fails to increase. At that moment, he hears from Shiraishi, a former colleague who is now a hugely popular cooking streamer, about a “doll that grants wishes.” It is a magical doll handed down among a small ethnic group in Africa, and if a ritual is performed using the doll, any wish can be granted, though an equivalent price is demanded in return. In order to perform the ritual, Akagi reaches out to Shiraishi as well as Kurotani, Aoyama, and Midorikawa, with whom he once worked as the streamer group “Five Colors,” and the group reunites...。 Masanari Wada, who is active across film, stage, musicals, and more, plays the protagonist Akagi. Shunta Sono of the dance-vocal unit “M!LK” plays Shiraishi; Yo Maejima of “Kamen Rider Amazons Season 2” plays Kurotani; Keito Sakurai, known for stage productions such as “Touken Ranbu” and “World Trigger,” plays Aoyama; and Raiga Terasaka of “Ultraman Trigger” plays Midorikawa. In addition, Yuka Hyoudo, Tetsu Watanabe, and others appear, and the popular three-member idol group “Task have fun” makes an appearance as themselves.