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  • 1 year ago “Sasaki in My Mind” (2020) – One day, the final goodbye will come. It’ll be a goodbye to your own self.
  • 2 years ago “Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood
  • 2 years ago “Alice in Borderland” (2020) – Life or Death. Which one are you choosing? [Ep1]
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  • 3 years ago “Tomodachi Game” (2017) – Are friends really worth getting in debt over? [Drama + Movies]
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  • 3 years ago “12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
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  • 5 years ago “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2017) – What would you do if you’d become immortal overnight?
  • 5 years ago “Hana Nochi Hare” – First Impressions [Ep1]

Cat is Neko and Dog is Inu: Japanese Movies with cats and dogs + History and Trivia [Part 1/3]

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Jed
Cat is Neko and Dog is Inu: Japanese Movies with cats and dogs + History and Trivia [Part 1/3]
Posted In Hitlist

Cats appear – more often in Japanese movies – as constant, loveable companions or a symbol of luck and good harmony or both. While dogs [we’ll talk about them in read more

The Year in Review – 2016: Who Made the Biggest Headlines Among Leading Japanese Actors?

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Jed
The Year in Review – 2016: Who Made the Biggest Headlines Among Leading Japanese Actors?
Posted In HitlistTagged In Kamiki Ryunosuke, Nakano Taiga, Sato Takeru, Suda Masaki, Yagira Yuya

A precursor to our upcoming Top 30 Hottest Japanese actors list, the 2016 newsmakers reflect the current state of ‘acting’ in Japan and the names of those who are given opportunities read more

The Year in Review – 2016: Who Made the Biggest Headlines Among Young Japanese Actresses?

Posted on December 19, 2016November 26, 2017 by Jed
The Year in Review – 2016: Who Made the Biggest Headlines Among Young Japanese Actresses?
Posted In HitlistTagged In Kadowaki Mugi, Komatsu Nana, Matsuoka Mayu, Sugisaki Hana, Takahata Mitsuki

While the likes of Sayuri Yoshinaga, Kirin Kiki, and Rie Miyazawa vie for more acting awards and Takako Matsu, Sakura Ando, Hikari Mitsushima, Chizuru Ikewaki, Mao Inoue, and Yu Aoi read more

The Year in Review: Breakout Actors of 2016

Posted on December 18, 2016November 26, 2017 by Jed
The Year in Review: Breakout Actors of 2016
Posted In HitlistTagged In Hamabe Minami, Iitoyo Marie, Ito Kentaro, Nagano Mei, Okayama Amane, Taira Yuna, Takeuchi Ryoma

Breakout, as differentiated from a breakthrough, sounds more appropriate to describe talents on the verge: suddenly and extremely popular or successful; an instance of surpassing any previous achievement Last year, we feature a lot of ‘new’ faces read more

The Year in Review: 10 Best Japanese Movies of 2016

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Jed
The Year in Review: 10 Best Japanese Movies of 2016
Posted In Hitlist

Loneliness and human connection – two ‘slice of life’ features that Japanese movies are known for – make up most of our ten favorite Japanese productions for the year. Just read more

“Destruction Babies” (2016)

Posted on December 11, 2016January 1, 2021 by Jed
“Destruction Babies” (2016)
Posted In Generation NEXT, Movie, ReviewsTagged In Decade inc., Kitamura Takumi, Murakami Nijiro, Stardust, Suda Masaki, TOP COAT, Yagira Yuya

Destruction Babies is an intense tale of two brothers, Taira Ashihara (Yuya Yagira) and Shota (Nijiro Murakami) who live by themselves in a small port town. Both young men are prone read more

The Year in Review – 2016: Kimi No Na Wa’s message of loneliness and connection still resonates! Is there a ‘golden age’ in anime?

Posted on December 10, 2016November 26, 2017 by Jed
The Year in Review – 2016: Kimi No Na Wa’s message of loneliness and connection still resonates! Is there a ‘golden age’ in anime?
Posted In HitlistTagged In Shinkai Makoto

Forty-six million dollars (more or less) separate Miyazaki’s ‘Spirited Away’ from Makoto Shinkai’s ‘Your Name’ in terms of box office receipts, and it’s just a matter of time the position read more

2017 Most Anticipated Japanese Movies – Will Sakoku continues? Can we expect anything different from Japan aside from Live-action adaptations?

Posted on December 3, 2016November 26, 2017 by Jed
2017 Most Anticipated Japanese Movies – Will Sakoku continues? Can we expect anything different from Japan aside from Live-action adaptations?
Posted In Hitlist

Genki Kawamura, the producer of such acclaimed movies as Villain (Akunin), Confessions, and Detroit Metal City, said years ago that the Japanese film industry is in a state of “sakoku” (the read more

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