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  • 11 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?

Pumpkin and Mayonnaise – 南瓜とマヨネーズ [Live Action Coverage]

Posted on July 24, 2017 by Jed
Posted In News RoundupTagged In LA, Nakano Taiga, Odagiri Joe, Usuda Asami

Stardust Pictures collaborates with Dias Police director Tominaga Masanori for the live-action adaptation of Nananan Kiriko’s manga ‘Pumpkin and Mayonnaise‘ –  南瓜とマヨネーズ, about an unemployed and aspiring musician whose girlfriend works as read more

Awesome Japanese Acting Showdowns [Part 1 of 3 Parts]

Posted on July 22, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Awesome Japanese Acting Showdowns [Part 1 of 3 Parts]
Posted In Actors' Bias

[Editor’s Note: This article was published early 2012. Many acting showdowns follow, and in Part 2 and 3, we’re launching more samples of such showdowns. Please stay tuned!] I just read more

And the verdict is… What reviewers have to say about Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures and Tokyo Ghoul; It’s Kubota Masataka versus Yamazaki Kento once again!

Posted on July 21, 2017October 2, 2019 by Jed
And the verdict is… What reviewers have to say about Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures and Tokyo Ghoul; It’s Kubota Masataka versus Yamazaki Kento once again!
Posted In News RoundupTagged In Kubota Masataka, LA, Stardust, Yamazaki Kento

Imagine having two of Japan’s most sought-after actors under one agency – Stardust! In the case of Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures and Tokyo Ghoul, that’s Kubota Masataka and Yamazaki Kento. A read more

Kitamura Takumi: A Guide on How to Maximize an Actor’s dramatic potentials!

Posted on July 17, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Kitamura Takumi: A Guide on How to Maximize an Actor’s dramatic potentials!
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Kitamura Takumi

What would compel Japanese entertainment site The TV to publish an 18-episode (and counting) Kitamura Takumi (北村匠海) special coverage other than to promote the popular DISH// boy band leader? With read more

Her Love Boils Bathwater – ‘Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai’ [Movie Review]

Posted on July 16, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Her Love Boils Bathwater – ‘Yu o Wakasu Hodo no Atsui Ai’ [Movie Review]
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Miyazawa Rie, Odagiri Joe, Sugisaki Hana

Notwithstanding the unusual title, Her Love Boils Bathwater, is an intensely dramatic film, yet subtle in revealing the secrets of the Kono family. Bathwater is as much a family drama read more

A Primer on Generation NEXT series: Who are Japan’s rising stars and why you need to know them!

Posted on July 16, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
A Primer on Generation NEXT series: Who are Japan’s rising stars and why you need to know them!
Posted In Actors' BiasTagged In Arata Mackenyu, Hayama Shono, Murakami Nijiro, Nakagawa Taishi, Okayama Amane, Sakaguchi Kentaro, Shimizu Hiroya, Spice Power, Takasugi Mahiro, Takeuchi Ryoma

We’re coming up with the 2017 edition of the hottest Japanese actors and actresses list, but how about those who are yet to be celebrated by fans and the public? 

Tori Girl – トリガール! [Live Action Coverage]

Posted on July 13, 2017October 2, 2019 by Jed
Posted In News RoundupTagged In LA, Mamiya Shotaro, Spice Power, Takasugi Mahiro, Tsuchiya Tao

Showgate and Heroine Shikkaku director Hanabusa Tsutomu collaborate for the live-action feature Tori Girl – トリガール!, based on the novel of Nakamura Kou. The comedy is about Yukina who enters a read more

I Want to Eat Your Pancreas – 君の膵臓をたべたい [Live Action Coverage]

Posted on July 11, 2017 by Jed
Posted In News RoundupTagged In Hamabe Minami, Kitamura Takumi

Based on the novel “Kimi no Suizo wo Tabetai” by Yoru Sumino, I Want to Eat Your Pancreas is one of the latest Japanese Toho drama that tackles the issues read more

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