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  • 11 months ago “OCTO: Kanjo Sosakan Shinno Akari” (2022/2024) – a whimsical attempt at psychoevolutionary investigation
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  • 6 years ago “12nin no Shinitai Kodomotachi” (2019) – a murder mystery gone a different route
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  • 8 years ago “Ajin: Demi-Human” (2017) – What would you do if you’d become immortal overnight?

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Fall 2017 Drama Season: Top 10 Most-Anticipated Japanese Drama

Posted on October 16, 2017March 13, 2024 by Jed
Fall 2017 Drama Season: Top 10 Most-Anticipated Japanese Drama
Posted In Actors' Bias, News RoundupTagged In Hongo Kanata, Spice Power, Stardust, Takasugi Mahiro

Drama viewing becomes an enriching experience if you find the right drama for you. The problem is, once you pick a drama or two, you have to make sure someone read more

Fullmetal Alchemist – 鋼の錬金術師 [Live Action Coverage]

Posted on July 25, 2017October 2, 2019 by Jed
Fullmetal Alchemist – 鋼の錬金術師 [Live Action Coverage]
Posted In News RoundupTagged In Hongo Kanata, LA, Stardust, Yamada Ryosuke

Warner Bros. Japan together with filmmaker and visual effects expert Sori Fumihiko will bring the live action adaptation of Arakawa Hiromu’s popular manga Fullmetal Alchemist. Yamada Ryosuke headlines the film as read more

So… what’s up with Live Action land and its often weird casts?

Posted on May 18, 2017June 23, 2020 by Kaye
So… what’s up with Live Action land and its often weird casts?
Posted In Generation NEXTTagged In Hongo Kanata, Stardust, Yamazaki Kento

Live action adaptations have always been a thing Japan has been known for. That’s just a fact. Whether or not people would complain about a “sudden” surge in adaptations, in-between read more

25 years of Hongo Kanata: Personal Limits, University, and “Where the hell is that showdown?” (Part 3/3)

Posted on November 14, 2015October 5, 2020 by Kaye
25 years of Hongo Kanata: Personal Limits, University, and “Where the hell is that showdown?” (Part 3/3)
Posted In Beyond the FrameTagged In Hongo Kanata, Stardust

Kisses and flirts… wait, what? Romance. I don’t think anyone would really put Kanata and romance in the same sentence. More often than not the guy either avoids directly answering read more

25 years of Hongo Kanata: Friends, Cameos, and Adaptations (Part 2/3)

Posted on November 14, 2015March 13, 2024 by Kaye
25 years of Hongo Kanata: Friends, Cameos, and Adaptations (Part 2/3)
Posted In Beyond the FrameTagged In Hongo Kanata, Stardust

Friends & Cameos Even after all these years, Kanata still ends up surprising me. If it isn’t with random statements, then it’s with people who end up being his friends read more

25 years of Hongo Kanata: The Beginning (Part 1/3)

Posted on November 14, 2015March 13, 2024 by Kaye
25 years of Hongo Kanata: The Beginning (Part 1/3)
Posted In Beyond the FrameTagged In Hongo Kanata, Stardust

Congratulations! I guess at a time like this that’s the first thing I should mention. Hongo Kanata is 25, and it should be celebrated. In one way or another. While read more

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