2.4 Million Netizens Worldwide Vote for "2011 SBS MTV Best of Best"

Fans all over the world are busily casting their votes for the "2011 SBS MTV Best of Best" poll, which will determine the most-loved artists of the year. As of December 7, 2.4 million netizens are reported to have participated in the various categories the polls offer.

Voting began on November 28 and the competition still remains fierce amongst fans. In the "Artist of the Year" category, SM Entertainment labelmates DBSK and Super Junior are going head to head, while in the "Best Female" category, SNSD and 2NE1 are neck to neck. In the "Best Male" category are U-Kiss and GD&TOP.

The "Best New Artist" award is seeing a three-way competition among B1A4, Block B, and Boyfriend, while the "Top Rival" category has Super Junior and Big Bang with the hottest votes.

In the "Global Star" category are SHINee, Big Bang, and DBSK, while the "Girl Group" category has 2NE1 and SNSD. Super Junior and Big Bang are also matched up against each other in the "Boy Group" category.

Some other fun votes that can be cast in the "Idol" part of the poll are questions like "Idol Most Likely to Succeed With a Solo," "The Most Intelligent Idol," "Best Atmosphere Maker," and "Idol You Want to Invite to a Christmas Party."

The final results of the "2011 Best of Best" will be revealed on the December 19 broadcast of SBS MTV.

Which star are you voting for?

Super Junior and SHINee put their names on the Oricon top ten single/album chart

The Oricon Chart, the most renowned Japanese music chart, showed on December 8 that Super Junior’s second Japanese single, “Mr. Simple,” released on December 7, vaulted to the first place on the Daily Single Chart on the same day of its release. Considering that the leading group of the Korean Wave has yet settled down to the advancement into Japan, it can be viewed satisfactory. Super Junior’s first Japanese single, “Bonamana,” released in June this year, climbed to the second position on the Daily Oricon Chart.

The power of K-pop singers was also reflected in the Oricon Album Chart.

SHINee released its first Japanese regular album, The First, on December 7, vaulting to the third position on the Oricon Daily Album Chart without any hesitation. SHINee’s second single “Juliet,” released at the end of August this year, also ranked top on the Oricon Daily Album Chart. These records well reflect how popular they are in Japan these days.

Kara, a representative Korean girl group which carries out passionate activities in Japan, is still remaining on higher positions of the Oricon Daily Album Chart with its new Japanese regular album, Super Girl. When the album was released on November 23, the album immediately took the first position of the same chart.

On the December 8 chart, six Korean singer groups were included among top ten best singles and albums

Source: Starnews
Translation by: minongzi | Korea.com
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“Ranma 1/2″ get live-action drama

It’s just been revealed that popular manga series “Ranma 1/2” will get live-action drama adaptation starring actress Aragaki Yui!

“Ranma 1/2″ was created by Takahashi Rumiko and ran from 1987 to 1996 through ‘Weekly Shonen Sunday’. It tells the story about a young boy named ‘Saotome Ranma’ who transforms into a girl when he gets splashed with cold water.

Aragaki will play ‘Tendo Akane’, a strong-minded high school girl with fierce martial arts abilities, which she occasionally uses on her fiancee, Ranma. She will be playing opposite to Kaku Kento andNatsuna, who will both portray ‘Saotome Ranma’. As for the characters, Hasegawa Kyoko will play Akane’s older sister, ‘Tendo Kasumi’, and Namase Katsuhisa will appear as Akane’s father, ‘Tendo Soun’. Meanwhile, Akane’s first love ‘Ono Tofu’ will be portrayed by Tanihara Shosuke, and Furuta Arata will play the role of Ranma’s father, ‘Saotome Genma’.

Aragaki commented, “I’ve dreamed about jumping into the ‘Ranma 1/2′ world when I was small, that’s how much I loved the manga. I’m surprised that I’m able to do so after all these years. Although I’m truly happy about it, I’m truthfully scared at the same time because it seems very difficult to make it into a live-action show. I will aim to make this drama satisfying for the fans of the manga, including myself. I also hope that I will be able to enjoy acting. I will do my best.”

In this special drama, the plot will exhibit elements from the original storyline, such as Akane’s discord with her father when he suddenly determines Ranma to be her fiancee, as well as Ranma’s various scuffles with enemies during his mission to find the hot spring that will cure his condition.

This live-action adaptation of “Ranma 1/2″ will be aired on NTV in December as a 2-hour special drama.

Stay tuned for more info on this exciting drama!

Source & Image: Cinema Today

‘Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu’ to be released as live-action movie

In the latest issue of Sho-Comi (manga magazine published by Shogakukan), it was announced thatMinami Kanan’s manga ‘Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu‘ will get a live-action movie adaptation,

‘Kyou, Koi wo Hajimemasu’ is a love story between a high school girl Hibino Tsubaki who is a serious-minded and not confident about dressing fashionably, and her classmate Tsubaki Kyouta. Tsubaki is a huge playboy and the top student in the class.

The serialization of the manga in Sho-Comi started in 2007 and its final episode was published in the latest issue, released on November 20th.

No other details including cast member names, the director, or a release date, have yet been revealed.

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DBSK/TVXQ is the Most Searched Male Group on the Internet in Japan

This year, DBSK was the most searched male group on the Internet in Japan.

MSN Japan released charts listing the rankings of search keywords in 2011. On the "Male Celebrity Top 50" chart, DBSK trumped other famous Japanese artists and took the number one spot.

Additionally, Yahoo Japan released the rankings of top search keywords of 2011. DBSK came in as a close second , behind the popular Japanese group, Arashi.

This past January, DBSK released their single, "Why? (Keep Your Head Down)" and took the number one spot on the Oricon Daily Single Chart as well as the weekly and monthly charts. Their official album, "Tone," which was released in September, sold 200,000 copies in the first week, breaking a record for the first time in 11 years as foreign male artists.

Due to their immense popularity, DBSK was able to hold a performance stage at the "2011 FNS Music Festival," which was hosted by Fuji TV on December 7. Also, on December 30, DBSK will take home an award of excellence at the "53rd Japan Record Awards." DBSK will be attending year-end music award shows and festivals for their third year.

A first look at Sato Takeru as ‘Rurouni Kenshin’ in Live action film

The live action film for “Rurouni Kenshin“ finished filming on November 21st, and fans of the popular manga series got a first look at ‘Kenshin’ himself, played by actor Sato Takeru.

Filming for the movie began back in August, and the shoot was held in Kyoto, Shiga, Tottori, Okayama, Hyogo, and Osaka with a total of 1,200 extras.

Reportedly, William Ireton (who presided over the production of the movie) has already begun preparations to distribute it overseas. He stated, “We believe that ‘Kenshin’ will be loved by audiences all over the world.” Sato also commented, “I screamed ‘It’s over~!’ because I was relieved that we were able to finish filming it safely, and I felt a sense of freedom. I want many people to watch the movie, especially the fans of the original manga.”

“Rurouni Kenshin” is one of Japan’s more famous manga, originally serialized through “Weekly Shonen Jump” during 1994 ~ 1999. Its comics (totaling to 28 volumes) have published over 50 million copies.

The manga follows the story of ‘Himura Kenshin’ who was known and feared as the assassin “Hitokiri Battousai”; after experiencing a personal trauma, he starts a personal journey as a wanderer after the Meiji Restoration, pledging that he would do “no more killing.”

Sato plays ‘Kenshin’, and his female co-star is Takei Emi, who plays the heroine “Kamiya Kaoru“; Aoi Yu, Aoki Munetaka, Tanaka Taketo, and Eguchi Yosuke are also the part of the main cast.

The movie will be released on August 25th, 2012.

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Jung Woo Sung and Kim Bum flex for “Padam Padam”

Female fans are about to receive much eye candy when JTBC‘s new drama, “Padam Padam” begins airing with an “ab-fest” by male leads Jung Woo Sung and Kim Bum.

Stills of Jung Woo Sung and Kim Bum were revealed on December 5th ahead of the drama’s premiere where they showed off their beastly-like abs.

Although age has caught up with Jung Woo Sung, he showed that he still had it with his sculpted body and led to fans saying “Undoubtedly Jung Woo Sung“. Meanwhile, Kim Bum shows off his new masculine charm, which came as a result of him losing 11kgs after a strict weight loss regime.

‘Padam Padam’ is a story of a love line between cold and calculated ‘Ji Na‘ (played by Han Ji Min) who meets ‘Yang Kang Chul‘ (Jung Woo Sung), who had a rough life, and learns to give all of herself for her first love. Kim Bum will play a guardian angel type character, who has always been by Kang Chul’s side and whom Kang Chul trusts as an angel born in human form.

“Padam Padam” will begin airing from December 5th through JTBC cable channel.

It’s raining Hallyu in Malaysia!

One of the leading newspapers in Malaysia, The Star, has featured a story of the last Saturday’s concert in their Entertainment section, which was the Most Amazing (MO.A) 2011 Live in Malaysia. It is reported that despite the gloomy weather at the beginning of the show, the 7000-strong audience had came prepared by slipping into their ponchos – majority in sapphire blue (you know what that means!). Of course, their devotion were totally rewarded!

Miss A came first to take the stage – and thank God the drizzle stopped, – in their all-black attire and flaunted their saccharine vocals through their popular songs like Goodbye Baby, Breathe, Bad Girl, Good Girl and also Lady Gaga’s Pokerface. The girls also greeted the crowd in Korean, Mandarin, English and Bahasa Melayu in between the songs.

Then B1A4 were welcomed by the crowd by delivering five songs that won over the hearts of many fans with their youthful appeal and Sandeul’s strong vocals.

The third act then took off the stage, it’s none other than f(x)! These girls came off girlish and playful with their cute stage costume. Even without Krystal, the other girl mesmerized the audience with their doll-like faces and playful antics as they performed their debut single La chA TA. Amber was the crowd’s favourite as they turned into a frnzy whenever the camera zoomed in on her. The girls even exclaimed, “(It’s) so hot!” before singing into the next tune, Hot Summer.

Right after f(x)’s Pinnochio, it was at last the “highlight” of the night – Super Junior! Making their grand entrance with Superman, they also came up with their cool and awesome dance moves throughout their popular number such as Mr Simple. Lee Teuk, as the “special” leader of the handsome-looking group, even greeting the crowd with, “Assalamualaikum! (Peace be upon you)“. Yesung, one of the lead vocals with soothing sweet voice then went solo with It Has to be You, an OST of Cinderella’s Stepsister. Apart from that, those SuJu guys even made the crowd extra happy by handing out their autographed T-shirts when singing Marry U. “There’re so many beautiful girls in Malaysia,” teased Lee Teuk, before ended their performance with their famous hits Bonamanaand Sorry Sorry.

After Super Junior ended their performance, all the four acts came out for their last time to thank the impressive fans.Lee Teuk was especially appreciative, rushing to the front stage, bowing and thanking the crowd in different languages including Japanese. Lee Teuk will officially enlist and begin his two-year mandatory military next year.

Source: The Star, korea.com
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