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Sho Sakurai, a Jpop star from the band Arashi [you won’t find this on my iPod] has just been announced to the star in Takashi Miike’s adaptation of the 1970s anime series, Yatterman. He will play the hero Gan Takada, one half of the Yatterman team.
The actress playing Ai Kaminari (Gan’s girlfriend and the other half of Yatterman) is yet to be decided but will be announced next month. The cast of villains will be decided in January. And then we get to wait a whole year, until the Spring of 2009, to get it. Fansubbers take note, in the meantime a new anime series will air starting in January with the voices of the villains from the original returning to reprise their roles - Doronjo, Boyacky, Tonzler and their boss Skullduggerstein.
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Reader Comments
omgliketotallywtf 11/25/2007 @ 11:57pm
He looks like the kid from Super Junior.
JMaruyama 11/26/2007 @ 9:34am
Thanks for interesting news Mack! Thank goodness it wasn’t Wentz Eiji as “GeGeGe No Kitaro” was a real disappointment. I’m curious to see who gets the part of Ai. Hopefully it won’t be a Hello! Project idol. There was a ridiculous fanboy rumor about Miike trying to get Angelina Jolie to play Doronjo. For me I’d think Anna Tsuchiya, Kuriyama Chiaki or Nakashima Mika would be perfect. Speaking about Tatsunoko Pro projects, what ever became of the “Gatchaman” movies? Are they still on track for 2009/2010 as well?