“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]
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
“Tomodachi Game” (2017) – Are friends really worth getting in debt over? [Drama + Movies]
Yamaguchi Mikoto’s Tomodachi Game might not be one of the most known manga series – despite first launching in December 2013 and still continuing now – but it managed to receive not read more
“Kingdom” (2019) – China’s Warring States period in a seinen LA jacket
Back in 2016 Hara Yasuhisa’s Kingdom sent a shockwave through the live action adaptation scene with the release of a 3 minute LA short to commemorate the further release of the read more
“12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
What happens when you put 12 suicidal teens in a building together, when all they hope for is never coming back? 12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi (12nin), or literally Twelve Children Who read more