AKB48′s Yuko Oshima announces her graduation; Kouhaku Uta Gassen 2013 her last AKB performance

Moments ago, on NHK’s Kouhaku Uta Gassen 2013 (Red White Song Contest), Japan’s highest rated year-end music extravaganza show, AKB48′s Yuko Oshima announced that she is graduating from the group, and that the Kouhaku performance will be her last as a member of the popular Japanese idol group.

The announcement came as a shocker even to most members of the AKB48 group — numerous members on-stage expressed their disbelief visibly on their face, although a few of the front-line members, such as AKB48 general manager Minami Takahashi and HKT48′s Rino Sashihara, appeared to have been in the loop on Oshima’s decision, as they began to tear up moments before Oshima dropped the bomb.

More details to come soon; breaking story.

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Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie sequels’ 30-sec teaser trailer [Video]

You’ve already seen what Japanese actor Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note’s Light Yagami) looks like as Shishio Makoto in the new Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie, through the super-blur, ultra-fuzzy camera phone pictures of a 30-second long teaser trailer that we shared a couple of days ago.

Now see the actual trailer itself.

The pair of Rurouni Kenshin live-action sequel movies — Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen (The Great Kyoto Fire arc) and Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen (The End of a Legend arc) — hits cinemas in Japan in summer 2014.

No word on when the movies would be screened in Singapore, but they will likely be screened here.

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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd — opening movie (feat. Decorator by livetune) streamed

It’s almost Christmas, and today Sega has got a special treat for Miku fans: the full opening intro movie to Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd (PS3, PS Vita)!

And in it you get to listen to a bit more of livetune’s upcoming new track, Decorator, as well. Like we reported last week, Decorator is the opening theme song to Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd, and will also be featured as the lead single in livetune’s new album, Decorator EP, which is slated to come out on March 5, 2014.

Hatsune Miku: Project Diva F 2nd hit stores in Japan and Asia March 6, 2014.

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Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie sequels’ 30-sec teaser trailer [Video]

You’ve already seen what Japanese actor Tatsuya Fujiwara (Death Note’s Light Yagami) looks like as Shishio Makoto in the new Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie, through the super-blur, ultra-fuzzy camera phone pictures of a 30-second long teaser trailer that we shared a couple of days ago.

Now see the actual trailer itself.

The pair of Rurouni Kenshin live-action sequel movies — Rurouni Kenshin: Kyoto Taika-hen (The Great Kyoto Fire arc) and Rurouni Kenshin: Densetsu no Saigo-hen (The End of a Legend arc) — hits cinemas in Japan in summer 2014.

No word on when the movies would be screened in Singapore, but they will likely be screened here.

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Sword Art Online: Extra Edition 15-sec TV-CM offers a sneak peek at the main characters — in beachwear

Just two more weeks to go before Sword Art Online: Extra Edition hits the TV airwaves in Japan — and on the Interwebs internationally through same-day simulcasts on Crunchyroll and Daisuki.net – on December 31!

Time to start up the hype engine!

The good folks over at Dengeki Online have just shared today a new 15-second TV commercial spot for the year-end special, which offers fans a sneak peak at the SAO cast in beachwear.

Here are some screencaps from the 15-second trailer, just in case you need to scrutinise the art to make sure that the SAO: Extra Edition animators aren’t cutting any slack!

To see the full 15-second TV-CM, you’ll have to head over to Dengeki Online’s story here. The TV-CM itself is worth checking out — you’ll be able to hear a snippet from the new theme song for Sword Art Online: Extra Edition, Niji no Oto (Sound of the Rainbow) performed by Eir Aoi, as well.

Sword Art Online: Extra Edition is an abridged edition of the hit 2012 anime series, with new scenes added.

The new scenes depict an extra story scenario that was never covered in the original run of the 2012 anime series: After the events of the Aincrad and Fairy Dance story arcs, Kirito and friends get back into playing Alfheim Online.

While in the virtual-reality game, Yui asks Kirito to take her to go see a whale, now made possible due to a new underwater quest in Alfheim Online.

As the entire party accompanies Kirito and Yui to the underwater quest, however, it’s revealed that Leafa is afraid of water.

Thus, back in the real world, Asuna and the other female characters decide to teach Suguha how to swim so that she, too, can accompany everyone on the underwater quest.

While all of that is going on, Kirito goes out to meet a certain someone alone, unbeknownst to his friends.

Anime fans in Southeast Asia can catch Sword Art Online: Extra Edition streamed online on December 31 at Daisuki.net.

Source: Dengeki Online

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