PR event of new movie "Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai"

The PR event for new movie "Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai" was at Harajuku on 15 Dec which was attended by the leads Seto Koji and Kitano Kii. The movie is due to be shown in cinemas from 1 February 2014 and features Seto and Kitano as Year 2 senior high students who form a club to make friends. When asked if they have many friends in real life compared to their characters, Seto said that his social life is close to non-existent while Kitano says that she only has two friends. As this is the first time that they are working together, Seto revealed that his first impression of Kitano wasn't that good because she wouldn't look at him in the eye and was so quiet that he thought she disliked him. At the same time, Kitano also thought that although Seto was friendly towards people he knew well, he was quiet in front of most people and didn't want to show his true self to others. However, the similarities in their characters made it easy for them to work together and they became much closer as the filming progressed.

Source: Eiga.com

Real-life adaptation movie of novel "Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai" starring Seto Koji & Kitano Kii

Seto Koji and Kitano Kii will be starring in the real-life adaptation movie of popular novel "Boku wa tomodachi ga sukunai" (I have few friends) which has accumulated shipment figures of 5.55 million copies and was made into an anime showing on TBS. The movie will feature Seto as the lead character Hasegawa Kodaka while Kitano will play his friend Mikazuki Yozora. Filming was completed in June this year and the film is scheduled to be shown during New Year 2014.

Kodaka, a student who had just transferred to Saint Kuronika three months ago, finds himself still without a friend because of his exotic looks as a half-Japanese, his blond hair and fierce face which makes him look like a bad guy. One day, he meets Yozora who is talking to her imaginary friends in the classroom and she later makes him form the "Neighbours Club" with the aim of helping people like them who don't have friends to make new friends. As more people join the club, they are able to live the lives they want to in the virtual game world but starts to feel a change in their real lives as the line between reality and imagination becomes blurred.

Source: Nikkansports