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  • 10 months ago “OCTO: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” (2022/2024) – a whimsical attempt at psychoevolutionary investigation
  • 4 years ago “Sasaki in My Mind” (2020) – One day, the final goodbye will come. It’ll be a goodbye to your own self.
  • 5 years ago “Hot Gimmick: Boy Meets Girl” (2019) – An exaggerated trip through the mess of teenagehood
  • 5 years ago “Alice in Borderland” (2020) – Life or Death. Which one are you choosing? [Ep1]
  • 5 years ago Food for Thought: “Gekijo” (2020)
  • 6 years ago “Tomodachi Game” (2017) – Are friends really worth getting in debt over? [Drama + Movies]
  • 6 years ago “Kingdom” (2019) – China’s Warring States period in a seinen LA jacket
  • 6 years ago “12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
  • 7 years ago 2018 Miscellaneous Japanese Dramas
  • 8 years ago “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2017) – What would you do if you’d become immortal overnight?

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Yamazaki Kento’s 5th film for 2017 awaiting for critical and box office results! Hyouka – 氷菓 [Live Action Coverage]

Posted on November 6, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Yamazaki Kento’s 5th film for 2017 awaiting for critical and box office results! Hyouka – 氷菓 [Live Action Coverage]
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Hirose Alice, LA, Stardust, Yamazaki Kento

Kadokawa Pictures spearheads the live-action adaptation of Yonezawa Honobu’s novel Hyouka – 氷菓 – about four freshmen who discovered a certain ‘anthology’ published 33 years ago by the Classics Lit club, where they read more

Tremble All You Want – ‘Katte ni Furuetero’

Posted on November 6, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Tremble All You Want – ‘Katte ni Furuetero’
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Kitamura Takumi, Matsuoka Mayu, Watanabe Daichi

In Tremble All You Want, Matsuoka Mayu plays Yoshika, an imprudent, quirky character who at 24 is still stuck up in the past. Based on the novel “Katte ni Furuetero” read more

Nakajo Ayami takes the spotlight in Anonymous Noise [Live Action Coverage]

Posted on November 3, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Nakajo Ayami takes the spotlight in Anonymous Noise [Live Action Coverage]
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Koseki Yuta, LA, Nakajo Ayami, Shison Jun

Anonymous Noise(Fukumenkei Noizu) is a teen romance with a musical twist. A girl struggles to realize her dream to sing and reconnect with her two young friends. Under Shochiku, this young read more

Modern Japanese Film Noir: In the age of Live-action adaptation, are there such films? [Hitlist]

Posted on November 3, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Modern Japanese Film Noir: In the age of Live-action adaptation, are there such films? [Hitlist]
Posted In Actors' Bias, News Roundup

The classic definition of film noir still applies today, but in a broader (less strict) sense, at least to contemporary Japanese films. FilmSite posted a comprehensive article about noir and read more

March Goes Out Like A Lamb – ‘Sangatsu no Lion Kohen’

Posted on November 2, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
March Goes Out Like A Lamb – ‘Sangatsu no Lion Kohen’
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Kamiki Ryunosuke

March Goes Out Like A Lamb is the final installment in the 2-part “San gatsu no Lion” live-action based on Umino Chica’s manga, directed by Ohtomo Keishi. The movie centers on read more

First Impressions on Japanese Drama Fall Season 2017 – ‘Ashi Girl’, ‘Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku’, ‘Okusama wa, Tori Atsukai Chui’ & ‘Kuonodori – S2’ [Issue #1]

Posted on November 1, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
First Impressions on Japanese Drama Fall Season 2017 – ‘Ashi Girl’, ‘Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku’, ‘Okusama wa, Tori Atsukai Chui’ & ‘Kuonodori – S2’ [Issue #1]
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Ayase Haruka, Sakurai Sho

I think it’s about time to make a recap post on Fall 2017 Japanese drama season. Let’s cut to the chase and go straight to the reviews, shall we? This is read more

Furukawa Yuki’s Fujinuma Satoru lead role in ‘Erased – Boku dake ga Inai Machi’ ought to be anticipated!

Posted on October 30, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Furukawa Yuki’s Fujinuma Satoru lead role in ‘Erased – Boku dake ga Inai Machi’ ought to be anticipated!
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Furukawa Yuki, LA, Netflix

It was back in March 2017 when Netflix announced the TV series LA adaptation of Erased, starring Furukawa Yuki. The anime version also referred to as Boku dake ga Inai Machi read more

First Impressions + Ep1 Recap: The Guidance Counselor/Tomorrow’s Promise – 明日の約束 [Japanese Drama]

Posted on October 29, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
First Impressions + Ep1 Recap: The Guidance Counselor/Tomorrow’s Promise – 明日の約束 [Japanese Drama]
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Inoue Mao, Nakama Yukie

According to NoBully.Org, 30% of students around the world are bullied each year. In other words, that’s a third of the student population. In Japan, the figure is much higher read more

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