Maybe I’m immature, but there’s just something about an unexpected punch in the face or kick to the head that’s undeniably amusing. The brand new Love Fight trailer has both, as you can see for yourself after the break.

The movie is based on a novel by Eri Makino called “Seibo Shojo”. Izuru Narushima (Midnight Eagle) directed and Takao Osawa (also Midnight Eagle) served the dual role of supporting actor and producer. The story involves a boy named Minoru (Kento Hayashi) who’s always been a bit of a weakling. Throughout his childhood his spunky female friend Aki (Kie Kitano) watched out for him and protected him from bullies. One day he meets Osawa’s character who trains him how to box. Then when he finally gets stronger than Aki she decides to take up boxing herself, which obviously drives him crazy. Predictably, the mutual boxing obsession brings up all sorts of strong new emotions between them.

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Minoru (Kento Hayashi) has spent most of his life being protected by his spunky female best friend Aki (Kie Kitano). Fed up. he decides to take up boxing. However, just as he manages to get stronger than Aki she becomes obsessed with boxing herself.

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The final movie to wrap up the “Den-O” era of the Kamen Rider franchise, Farewell, Kamen Rider Den-O: Final Countdown is slated for release in Japan on October 4th the trailer is now available on the film’s official website.

I’m not exactly versed on Kamen Rider lore, so forgive me if this sounds like the incoherent rambling of a madman, but from what I can gather the story begins with Momotaros getting ganked by Ryotaro’s evil form, “Kamen Rider Yuki” as he attempts to investigate rumors of a “ghost train”. Yuto is seriously wounded by Yuki before the Ryotaro’s grandson, calling himself “New Den-O” arrives from the future on the Den-Liner. The setting later shifts to 1729 as Ryotaro must challenge a new, mysterious enemy with the help of his friends.

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Trailer for the third and final feature-length movie in the “Den-O” series. Due out in Japan on October 4, 2008.

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Kazumi Nakamura (Mimura) has been fascinated by rakugo (comic, usually dirty story-telling) since her uncle took her to a performance as a young girl. When Kazumi graduates from university she joins that master’s rakugo school, but being a girl she is stuck in the job of curtain-raiser and has no hope of ever being taken seriously by her peers. However, another master of rakugo (Masahiko Tsugawa) takes her under his wing.

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