Takashi Miike's popular film "Crows ZERO" is being redone as a manga. The comic will be serialized in Weekly Champion, starting with this year's 50th issue, on sale November 13.

"Crows ZERO" starred Shun Oguri and was originally based on Hiroshi Takahashi's manga "CROWS" from the 1990s. However, the movie's story actually takes place before the timeline of Takahashi's manga, which means it has never appeared in comic form until now. The manga is being drawn by Kenichiro Naito, based on the movie script written by Shogo Muto.

Fuji TV is producing a drama special that has been tentatively titled "San Oku En Jiken: 40 Nenme no Nazo," based on a famous robbery that took place in 1968. Also known as the "300 million yen robbery," the incident was never solved, despite being one of the biggest national investigations in Japanese history.

Baijaku Nakamura will play the famous detective Hachibe Hiratsuka. Koji Yamamoto will co-star as another real-life detective. The show is scheduled to air on December 13.

Kou Shibasaki will be singing the theme song for "Sora e -Sukui no Tsubasa- Rescue Wings," an upcoming film directed by Masaaki Tezuka. Her song, a ballad titled "Kimi no Koe," will be her first digital-only single. It goes on sale next Wednesday.

The film is an adaptation of the anime series "Yomigaeru Sora - Rescue Wings," which aired in 2006. 16-year-old actress Yuko Takayama is playing the lead as a helicopter pilot in the search and rescue division of the JASDF. The movie opens on December 13.