PD-RADAR: Our followers’ “NEXT BREAK” stars for 2024 have been decided
A new year means an updated list of “NEXT BREAK” stars. Just as we did before, we asked our readers/followers for their opinion and expectations for 2024. And now – read more
Boys Love (BL) continues to go strong through summer 2022 and beyond
In the past few years alone we’ve seen series such as Pornographer/The Novelist, ever-loved Given, popular manga adaptation Kieta Hatsukoi/My Love Mix-Up!, Utsukushii Kare/My Beautiful Man, and “hit of the read more
PD-RADAR: Our readers’ “NEXT BREAK” stars for 2022 have been decided
“Which young Japanese movie/drama stars do you think will get their ‘break’ in the next year?” That was the question we’ve been asking our readers since early November 2021, and read more
From fashion to film and the occasional series, Komatsu Nana conquers all
It’s been a while since we’ve posted a spotlight on anyone from the acting industry – pretty sure the last one’s already a few years old and the one on read more
“Sasaki in My Mind” (2020) – One day, the final goodbye will come. It’ll be a goodbye to your own self.
Bored. Boring. It’s something that comes back in a variety of ways and places during the movie’s near two hour run. Whether it’s main lead Ishii Yuji’s (Fujiwara Kisetsu) existence read more
A new generation is coming, so keeping only a single few favorites will be hard if not impossible (Part4)
It’s been a while since we’ve added to our long and clearly never-ending list – I mean, we have four (1/2/3/4) articles filled with them by now + one actress read more
“Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood
Dubbed as a coming-of-age, teen romance drama, Hot Gimmick is a film funneled down to a single character’s journey on discovering herself. From a shoujo manga written by Aihara Miki read more
