Renewal in June! Akio Otsuka appointed as “Star Channel” image character – Overseas Drama NAVI

Star Channel (Star Channel Co., Ltd.: Minato-ku, Tokyo), which has been providing broadcasting services as a premium movie specialty channel since 1998, will consolidate and integrate “Star Channel” from 3 channels to 1 channel from June this year. It will be renewed in this form. To commemorate this renewal, the “BS10 Star Channel His Renewal Campaign 2024” will be launched from April 26th (Friday), and legendary voice actor Akio Otsuka will be appointed as the image character.

“Have an intense movie experience today.”

The reason why Mr. Otsuka was appointed is that he is well known in the voice acting world, having worked in the Japanese dubbing versions of actors such as Steven Seagal, Denzel Washington, and Antonio Banderas, as well as appearing in NHK Taiga dramas. Be one of the best. Furthermore, after Nagaharu Yodogawa’s death, he was in charge of the opening and next week’s previews for TV Asahi’s “Sunday Western Movie Theater” for a long time, and the image of “Akio Otsuka when it comes to Western movies” has become firmly established in the public. In addition, his father is the late legendary voice actor Chikao Otsuka, and he took over the role of Jigen Daisuke in “Lupin the Third” from the late Kiyoshi Kobayashi. Mr. Otsuka’s life story and this renewal of Star Channel are “history”. There are many similarities in the sense of “inheriting the past and creating something new,” so Otsuka realized this in response to a passionate love call from Star Channel.

The catchphrase of this campaign is “Enjoy an intense movie experience today.” The branding movie and key visuals released this time will be broadcast on Star Channel, videos on YouTube, a special page will be opened, and the official SNS will be posted. Through posts and other means, they will strongly promote the “reborn” new star channel to movie fans.

Akio Otsuka comment & branding movie

Comments from Mr. Otsuka, who has been appointed as the image character, and the branding movie for the renewal campaign are below.

“My name is Akio Otsuka, and I have been asked to be the image character for the channel, and I am very excited to play such a big role.I have been familiar with Western movie theaters on TV since I was a child, and over time I made a living by dubbing foreign movies. I can’t express in words how much fun I had watching it. We, the voice actors, will do our best to deliver a high quality dubbed version.”

“You should be able to enjoy a wide range of lineups from the renewed Star Channel, from popular and controversial movies to Japanese dubbed versions! If you have forgotten the joy of watching movies, why not try reliving them for a moment? Of course, you can’t live without movies. If you can’t go, come join us!”

Campaign special site: https://limited.star-ch.jp/renewal2024

Star Channel Recommended works for June

“Tomorrow War”

[Subtitled version]Exclusive first broadcast in Japan from 21:00 on Saturday, June 29th

Amazon MGM Studios Original’s sci-fi action blockbuster starring Chris Pratt of the “Jurassic World” series and serving as executive producer. Time travelers come to deliver an urgent message from a future where humanity is in danger of extinction due to an alien invasion. Humanity’s only hope for survival is to send soldiers and civilians from here now into the future to join the fight. Determined to save the world for his daughter, Dan Forrester unites with his allies in a battle to rewrite the fate of Earth.

Commemorating the first broadcast of “RRR”!Special feature on Indian blockbuster maker S.S. Rajamouli

[Subtitled version]Broadcast all at once from 10:45 on Saturday, June 8th (6 works in total)

S.S. Rajamouli, one of India’s leading film directors and screenwriters, is an indispensable figure when discussing the recent Indian film boom. In addition to the first broadcast of “RRR,” the special broadcast will feature the biggest epic in film history, which depicts the strange fate of a young man born as the son of a king, who set numerous box office records and created a “Baahubali whirlwind” around the world. In addition to the legendary two-part series “Baahubali: The Birth of a Legend” and “Baahubali: The Triumphant Return of the King,” six works from the director’s early works, “Chhatrapati,” “Magadheera: Reincarnation of the Brave,” and “It’s All About You” will be broadcast.

“Space Battleship Yamato” long-term thorough project broadcast for 3 consecutive months

・“Space Battleship Yamato: A New Journey[HD Remastered Version]”
[Subtitled version]June 2nd (Sunday) 19:15~ and more
・“Yamato Forever[HD Remastered Version]”
[Subtitled version]June 9th (Sunday) 18:20~ and more

Space Battleship Yamato, the monumental science fiction anime that revolutionized Japanese anime, will celebrate its 50th anniversary on TV in October 2024. Star Channel is currently broadcasting a long-term thorough project for the 50th anniversary. Following the first and second movie versions that were broadcast in 4K remaster, the subsequent feature-length episodes will be broadcast for three months from June!

“Detective Marlowe”

[Dubbed version]June 1st (Sat) 12:30~ and others *First broadcast of the dubbed version

“Private Detective Philip Marlowe” is a hard-boiled hero created by Raymond Chandler, the master of mystery novels, and is still loved by generations. This is Liam Neeson’s 100th appearance in the role of Marlowe, who has been played by great actors such as Humphrey Bogart, with Akio Otsuka providing the Japanese dubbing. The dubbed version of this work will be broadcast for the first time on Star Channel.

(Foreign Drama NAVI)