FINAL FANTASY 7: ADVENT CHILDREN Limited Edition is coming! It will include a “ Cloud + Fenrir” figure set, a script book (replica), a cap, a T-shirt, a key chain (serial-numbered). An extra features on 2nd disc are not yet announced. Also includes a PlayStation 2 game “Final Fantasy VII INTERNATIONAL” (compatible only with PlayStation 2 console sold in Japan). If you have seen the trailer, you know you must buy it even thugh it doesn’t look like it contains English subtitles. If you haven’t see the trailer, hurry up and check it out! Some of the voice cast are amazing. Voice for Tifa is Ayumi Ito (ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU CHOU), and Aerith is Maaya Sakamoto (voice talent and singer of RAHXEPHON and WOLF’S RAIN). This is the anime that can’t be missed. and This is what STAR WARS TV series need to be like! Release date for this is 9-14-2005 in Japan. No date has yet to be announced for the US release. 

Here it is. Theatrical trailer for the latest Miike film, YOUKAI DAISENSOU (BIG SPOOK WAR). It looks freaky. Possibly the best monster film ever. Chiaki Kuriyama of KILL BILL and Naoto Takenaka of WATERBOYS and SWING GIRLS are some of big names who plays monsters in the film. The film will hit big screen on 8-6-2005 in Japan. It looks fantastic but I am waiting for ZEBRAMAN 2. (URL above is for official Japanese site and if you can’t read it, don’t worry. You will see Mindows Media Player logo for trailers. Top two is for teaser and bottm two is for theatrical trailer.)

According to The Beijing News, one of the summer’s ambitious film, Tsui Hark’s SEVEN SWORDS was originally cut to run about 4 hours. Of course it is too long for theatrical release and Hark was force to cut it down. He and his editor Angie Lam made two additional cuts, one is 150 minute long and the other one is 120 minute long. In the end the 150 minute version was chosen as the theatrical release version. But don’t be disappointed because the 4 hour version will be released on DVD. Tsui Hark’s films have been disapointment after he did some films with Van Damme. Even the all star cast, fantasy film, LEGEND OF ZU was let down. But by the look of the film, there is a high hope for it and hopefully his career will be back on track. SEVEN SWORDS official site.

She is hitting the J-Pop world by the storm, labeled as next BoA, Korean singer Younha will be covering the popular song “TOUCH” for upcoming Japanese film of the same title. The original song was released in 1985 when the anime TOUCH aired and generaeted the huge popularity among viewers.Tthis sure will take her popularity to the top when the film comes out. Not to mention she is 17 years old and she is cute. Check her out!

Peter Jackson now busy post production on KONG is setting his foot on Asian film world. According to Monkeypeaches, Beijing’s Forbidden City Film Company and Weta Digital run by Peter Jackson will jointly produce a haunting story about wolves THE WOLF TOTEM, based on the famous Chinese novel by Jiang Rong.

Mixing history and legend, it tells the story of people on the harsh Mongolian prairies and their contradictory feelings towards wolves.  Zhang Qiang, managing director of Forbidden City Films, said they would use both real wolves and Weta Digital’s CG wolves on screen. Zhang said Peter Jackson read an outline of the book and asked to join the project. Jackson had even considered raising wolves in New Zealand. Forbidden City estimates the movie will cost 48 million US dollars and the pre-production will take three years to complete.