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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

“Gintama” (2017)

Posted on September 20, 2017December 29, 2020 by the50person
“Gintama” (2017)
Posted In Generation NEXT, LA, Movie, Reviews, YoungbloodsTagged In Amuse, Discovery Next, Hashimoto Kanna, Horipro, Oguri Shun, Okada Masaki, Stardust, Suda Masaki, TOP COAT, Yagira Yuya, Yoshizawa Ryo

Gintama is a popular shounen manga that features the adventures of Sakata Gintoki and his makeshift family (Shimura Shinpachi and Kagura). The story is set in a parallel universe, in 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

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

Yamazaki Kento’s movie Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures targets Swiss and Canadian Film Festivals + World Premiere is set July 2!

Posted on July 1, 2017October 2, 2019 by Jed
Yamazaki Kento’s movie Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures targets Swiss and Canadian Film Festivals + World Premiere is set July 2!
Posted In News RoundupTagged In Stardust, Yamazaki Kento

Yamazaki Kento’s much-anticipated LA Jojo’s Bizarre Adventures: Diamond Is Unbreakable: Chapter 1 is set to premiere tomorrow, July 2 at 17th Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival. The Asahi Shimbun reported that despite 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

Is Yamazaki Kento trying to claim the title of Prince of Romance?

Posted on November 1, 2016March 28, 2021 by Kaye
Is Yamazaki Kento trying to claim the title of Prince of Romance?
Posted In Generation NEXT, Thoughts and ThingsTagged In Stardust, Yamazaki Kento

About two or three years ago, when he’d done a few dramas, and a few lesser-known movies, Yamazaki Kento was mainly known to me as a kid with potential. Someone 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

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