{"rewrite":{"id":"r_3cb32c979e30d68880415701","clusterId":"c_199925f1036912352645e726","slug":"bayside-shakedown-n-e-w-adds-megumi-hayashibara-and-takahiro-yamamoto","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. Adds Megumi Hayashibara and Takahiro Yamamoto","summary":"The official X account for Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.: Race Through the Metropolis! announced two more cast members on September 18, the film's opening day. Megumi Hayashibara narrates the in-film footage Seven Bear: The Movie. Takahiro Yamamoto, known for impressions of star Yuji Oda and a longtime fan of the series, has a scene with Oda, with his role kept under wraps.","whyItMatters":"The two additions attach a veteran voice actress and a fan-turned-performer to a revival that already brings back producer Chihiro Kameyama, screenwriter Ryoichi Kimizuka, and director Katsuyuki Motohiro behind Yuji Oda.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe film opened the same day the two names were posted. Hayashibara recorded narration for the fictional movie-within-the-movie Seven Bear: The Movie, and said in a comment that a movie within a movie may be a first for her, describing sessions that ran through a standard narration version plus Shirokuma-kun and Seven Bear takes. Yamamoto, whose impressions of Oda are well known, wrote that he never gave up and that he now shares the screen with Oda, thanking Oda and the returning staff. His role is withheld.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Megumi Hayashibara narrates Seven Bear: The Movie inside Bayside Shakedown N.E.W., a film-within-the-film credit that keeps her off-screen for the cast reveal.","twitterPost":"Hayashibara's Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. role is a narrator credit, not an on-screen part. The two additions split into voice and cameo.","threadsPost":"Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. splits its two new additions: Megumi Hayashibara voices the in-film Seven Bear: The Movie, while Takahiro Yamamoto's scene with Yuji Oda stays uncredited in the announcement. One role is public, the other is deliberately withheld.","newsletterBlurb":"On opening day, Bayside Shakedown N.E.W. added Megumi Hayashibara and impressionist Takahiro Yamamoto to its cast. Hayashibara narrates the in-film Seven Bear: The Movie; Yamamoto, a longtime fan known for Oda impressions, has a scene with Oda, with his role kept under wraps.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156985\",\"title\":\"Two New Cast Members Announced for 'Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.' - Takahiro Yamamoto Fulfills Long-Held Wish to Co-Star with Yuji Oda: 'So Glad I Was Born on This Earth!'\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4612,"outputTokens":618,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789720166,"createdAt":"2026-09-18T08:24:05.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-18T08:28:22.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:28:22.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_199925f1036912352645e726","canonicalTitle":"『踊る大捜査線 N.E.W.』新キャスト2名発表　山本高広、織田裕二と念願の共演「地球に生まれてよかったー！」","representativeArticleId":"a_425d85dc87d1f75663b88bab","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Bayside Shakedown N.E.W.\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Yuji Oda\",\"Megumi Hayashibara\",\"Takahiro Yamamoto\"],\"type\":\"announcement\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-18T07:25:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-18T07:25:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-18T08:28:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0156985","title":"『踊る大捜査線 N.E.W.』新キャスト2名発表　山本高広、織田裕二と念願の共演「地球に生まれてよかったー！」"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Bayside Shakedown N.E.W."],"studios":[],"people":["Yuji Oda","Megumi Hayashibara","Takahiro Yamamoto"],"type":"announcement","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}