BokuKimi Live-Action Movie, With Mao Inoue

Nevermind what BokuKimi stands for... or, if you really must know, it's Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu (I'll Give You My First Love) - some lovu-lovu manga by Kotomi Aoki. The real eye-catcher of this story is Mao Inoue, a very cute Japanese actress (and former U-15 idol) who has been chosen to play the main loli character in an upcoming live-action movie adaptation of said lovu-lovu manga, that's coming out in autumn 2009.

"Inoue will play a girl named Mayu Taneda who experiences first love with a boy named Takuma Kakinouchi. However, Takuma tries to hide from Mayu the possibility that his heart will stop functioning at any moment after he turns 20."

The only reason I bored you with this generic romance / drama plot is that the BokuKimi manga won the best shoujo category in the 53rd annual Shogakukan Manga Awards, so surely it's not that generic after all. Not to mention that the manga is actually a spinoff of Aoki's earlier incest manga, Boku wa Imouto ni Koi wo Suru (animated as an OVA in 2005). Speaking of incest manga / anime, I'd sure love to see a Koi Kaze live-action movie...