Top 10 most anticipated movies during the 2014 spring break (Oricon)

1) Frozen

2) Gin no Saji Silver Spoon

3) Kamisama no Karte 2

4) Majo no Takkyubin

5) Team Batista Final - Kerberos no Shouzou

6) Shirayuki Hime Satsujin Jiken

7) Idai Naru, Shurarabon

8) 12 Years A Slave

9) Saving Mr. Banks

10) Robocop

Source: Oricon

Open filming of movie "Majo no Takkyubin" in Shodoshima

The open filming of movie "Majo no Takkyubin" was held at Shodoshima where cast members such as Koshida Fuuka and Ono Machiko gathered to met the press. The movie is due to be shown in cinemas in 2014. Koshiba plays the role of Kiki in the movie while Ono plays Osono, the lady boss of a bakery who is pregnant. Having to wear maternity clothes with a fake tummy, Ono remarked that it was extremely hot and she thought she might be able to slim down due to the heat but it has not happened as what she had hoped for.

Source: Sponichi

Koshiba Fuuka to play the lead role Kiki in the movie "Majo no Takkyubin"

Koshiba Fuuka will take on the lead role of Kiki in the movie "Majo no Takkyubin" after winning the audition involving 500 people. The movie which is due to be shown next spring, is based on the children's classic by Kadono Eiko and will be the first real-life adaptation movie as well as the first movie where Koshiba takes on a leading role.

"Majo no Takkyubin" consists of 6 volumes and has sold about 1.8m copies since it was published from 1985. It has been translated into various languages such as English, Italian, Chinese, Swedish and Korean. The movie will focus on the first two volumes which describe how Kiki who is the child of a witch mother and an ordinary man, grows up to be a witch at a seaside town named Koriko and opens this shop named "Majo no Takkyubin". Filming will begin at an island in Seto Inland Sea from late May.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi