Casting News + Scoop! [Sept 1-11] Hongo Kanata on spotlight! + Yamazaki Kento’s Hyouka LA new trailer! + Yokohama Ryusei and Yamada Yuki new projects + More ‘Hibana’ analysis + Overprotected Kahoko buzz with Takahata Mitsuki!
![Casting News + Scoop! [Sept 1-11] Hongo Kanata on spotlight! + Yamazaki Kento’s Hyouka LA new trailer! + Yokohama Ryusei and Yamada Yuki new projects + More ‘Hibana’ analysis + Overprotected Kahoko buzz with Takahata Mitsuki!](https://psycho-drama.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/hyouka-new-poster-212x300.jpg)
September is an exciting month for Japanese drama and live-action adaptations! The current drama season is filled with gems – aside from Eita’s Hello Harinezumi, Takahata Mitsuki’s Overprotected Kahoko deserves read more
Casting News + Scoop! [July 27-Aug 3] The latest on Kamiki, Hongo, Nomura, Fukushi + Spotlight on Sugino Yosuke!
![Casting News + Scoop! [July 27-Aug 3] The latest on Kamiki, Hongo, Nomura, Fukushi + Spotlight on Sugino Yosuke!](https://psycho-drama.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/chigasaki-cover-229x300.jpg)
Kamiki Ryunosuke teams up with Nomura Shuhei for the first time in a docudrama, Fukushi Sota’s Laughing Under the Clouds has a first teaser trailer, while Hongo Kanata’s Akagi gets a read more
Fullmetal Alchemist – 鋼の錬金術師 [Live Action Coverage]
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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?
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
On Live Action Adaptations: Spotlight on “Ajin: Demi-Human”, “Blade of the Immortal”, “Fullmetal Alchemist”, “Gintama”, “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” & “Tokyo Ghoul” [Vol 3, Part 2]
![On Live Action Adaptations: Spotlight on “Ajin: Demi-Human”, “Blade of the Immortal”, “Fullmetal Alchemist”, “Gintama”, “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” & “Tokyo Ghoul” [Vol 3, Part 2]](https://psycho-drama.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/cover-live-action-2017-244x300.jpg)
The major cast in the LA films featured here represent the current and future stars in the Japanese movie firmament – Kimura Takuya, Oguri Shun, Yamada Takayuki, and the new read more
25 years of Hongo Kanata: Personal Limits, University, and “Where the hell is that showdown?” (Part 3/3)
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)
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)
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