“OCTO: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” (2022/2024) – a whimsical attempt at psychoevolutionary investigation
A female detective picks a particular crayon and scribbles a couple of waves on her sketchbook. Her hand moves twice as fast as her racing mind, eyes glued to the read more
Japan: the true King of Death Games
The title already makes it clear: Japan is the true King of Death Games. Now, don’t get me wrong, this isn’t to say that Japan’s the only country that sees 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
“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
“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
“Alice in Borderland” (2020) – Life or Death. Which one are you choosing? [Ep1]
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It’s been a long time coming, but it’s here. News of the Sato Shinsuke directed adaptation was already revealed back in July 2019, but while the names of its lead read more
Food for Thought: “Gekijo” (2020)
Every now and then a movie appears I just can’t write a review on. The reason? Generally it just means that there’s way too much to talk about, and that read more