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JFF 2012: Thermae Romae
The raw came out a couple of weeks ago but I have already bought my ticket for Thermae Romae and its more fun watching movies in cinemas with fans. The Festival Director made a very interesting point...
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JFF 2012: Key of Life
Key of life is an interesting character study comedy with its premise being an accidental prince and pauper type scenario; hitman and NEET end up switching lives when the hitman slips and gets knocked...
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JFF 2012: Dreams for Sale
Where do I even begin. I've been thinking about this movie the past hour since I watched it. If you've been reading my blog, I absolutely love dark comedies and Dreams for Sale is a pretty good one....
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JFF 2012: Rurouni Kenshin
THE GOOD- I love that it is equal parts dark and funny. A good balance between the anime and classic OVA Trust and Betrayal. If you've never seen Kenshin, just watch that OVA.- The actor playing...
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Hitori Shizuka eps 2-4
EPISODE 2We get another interesting main character with Hirofumi Arai, Abe's subordinate from Going My Home playing a public safety cop who seems a bit detached, maybe a bit autistic. He is given...
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Tsugunai Ep 3
I was high on the first two episodes but sadly, some flaws were pretty apparent in the third and final episode. Firstly, I must say the story is pretty good but I have three problems with ep 3....
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Jmovie review: Ai to Makoto
I was intrigued by this Miike Takashi musical despite the fact Takei Emi is in it. I don't even think I've seen a Japanese musical before. The first thing I think of when I thinking of music and...
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Tokumei Tantei 4-9
Great news, the first four episodes of Tokumei Tantei have been subbed. I gave the first three eps a must watch so what about the rest of the series. For me, I think it got a bit boring in the middle,...
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Who is the best jdorama writer?
Our candidates are.....1) OZAKI MASAYA / 尾崎将也- KDO - Shiroi Haru- Tokumei Kakarichou Tadano Hitoshi series- Satorare- Love Generation- At Home DadHe wrote two of the greatest jdoramas ever in KDO and...
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Hitori Shizuka ep 5
OMFG. I had a tear in my eye after watching this episode. A tear of fucking joy at having seen such a beautiful, kick-ass episode. If you are not watching Hitori Shizuka, what are you watching jdoramas...
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Who is the best jdorama writer? Part 2
Continued for Part 1. I had fun looking stuff up for that post and I knew there would be writers that I would forget so here's the rest of the writers that were suggested in the comments section.11....
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Hitori Shizuka ep 6
It has been a long while since a WOWOW dorama that did not end as well as it started. Well, not counting double face. Actually Shokuzai had a good last episode. Let me rephrase that, its been a while...
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Shinozaki Ai 2003 Calender
I got this months ago along with the Mano Erina calender but never got around to posting about it. Now that 2013 is nearly here, I better get this over with. I'm not really familiar with Shinozaki Ai,...
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Yuusha Yoshihiko to Akuryou no Kagi 4-6
Wanted to write a short review of this spoof series basically saying that there are funny parts it felt a bit repetitive especially with no main story this time around. While taking screencaps I...
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Going My Home
Going my Home turned out the way I was expecting it to; basically 10 episodes of Still Walking instead of a 2 hour movie. Everything about Going My Home is great except its the usual Koreeda nothing...
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Yuusha Yoshihiko to Akuryou no Kagi 7-11
EPISODE 7 Yoshihiko joins the dark side.Yoshihiko and gang meet their doppelgangers who are actually better than them. Very funny episode with Yoshihiko joining the look alikes. Most important of all,...
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Nemureru Mori Jukujo eps 1-5
Nemureru Mori Jukujo is a surprisingly fun dorama about a jukujo going through a divorce and the young and rich hotel manager, nicknamed the prince who comes from one of those shojou manga aristocratic...
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Winter 2013 jdoramas that should be subbed.
1. Shotenin Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi Toda Erika and Kora Kengo in a dorama set in a small town about what happens when someone has the winning 200 million yen lottery ticket. If this were not made...
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Nemureru Mori no Jukujo eps 6-9
I kept waiting for this dorama to descend into mediocrity and every episode was a pleasant surprise at transplanting oujisama shoujo manga conventions into a housewife dorama can make things so fun to...
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Shotenin no Michiru no Mi no Uebanashi ep 1
Toda Erika plays Michiru, a bookstore employee in a small town. Her boyfriend is the son of a watch shop who gives her fishing rods for her birthday but Michuru is having an affair with a married...
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