Get yourself ready for an interesting  joint production that is set to premiere in Japan soon. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac (誰かが私にキスをした / Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita) is a US-Japan co-produced movie based on an original teen novel by writer Gabrielle Zevin. This film will be spearheaded by Jdorama darling, Maki Horikita (more recently of Atashinchi no Danshi, but more known for her roles in Hana Kimi and Nobuta wo Produce)... 

The animation company behind impressive works such as Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away are coming out with a new traditionally animated film, tentatively titled Karigurashi no Arrietty. The original, Carnegie Medal-winning 1952 novel by Mary Norton revolves around the “little people” — 10 centimeters (about 4 inches) tall — who live underneath the floorboards of an English country house.The main character, 14-year-old Arrietty...