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Atom no Ko episodes 2+3
I know I gave the first episode of Atom no Ko a promising review. Unfortunately, the series has come crashing down to TBS earth for me. Atom no Ko just feels a bit too much soap opera formula for me,...
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Ryojin no Ono episodes 1+2
I could not contain my excitement when I saw there was this WOWOW dorama starring Arata, Shibata Kyohei and Takaoka Saki. When these people have acted in WOWOW shows, they have done excellent shows...
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Subete Wasurete Shimau Kara episodes 1~3 jdorama review
Now I have access to drama-otaku, I decided to check what other shows they had and Subete Wasurete Shimau Kara caught my eye since it had Abe Hiroshi! Abe Hiroshi has been hit and miss recently. The...
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Where to download jdoramas and subs in 2022
Once upon a time, there was a d-addicts tracker and all the shows were uploaded onto the tracker and life was good. You just needed one site to keep track of everything. Nowadays, everything is...
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Akunin/ Villain 2010 jmovie review
I came across a poster of this movie on yahoo auctions and I thought I am pretty sure I watched this movie. Searched on my blog a few times to make sure. I vaguely remember watching it but for some...
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JFF 2022: Dreaming of the Meridian Arc review
The Japanese Film Festival is back! Actually it never left and went online after the pandemic started but I never bothered with online. The opening night movie is Nakai Kiichi's Dreaming of the...
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JFF 2022 Intolerance / Kuuhaku movie review
Intolerance is out at dramahd and avistaz but I wanted to watch it at a cinema to support this Furuta Arata movie.WHAT IS IT ABOUT?Furuta Arata is a stubborn fisherman who is divorced and has care of...
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JFF 2022: Anime Supremacy movie review
I chose this movie because Yoshioka Riho and Ono Machiko were in it and it is a movie about anime.WHAT IS IT ABOUT?Yoshioka Riho plays Saito Hitomi who is a newbie director directing her first anime...
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JFF 2022: Lesson in Murder
Lesson in Murder is my last movie for the Japanese film festival. This Japanese version of Silence of the Lambs has Abe Sadao as a serial killer on trial for committing many high school students. Fair...
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Yamikin Saihara-san Episodes 1~4
Yamikin Saihara-san is a spin off of the popular Yamiking Ushijima series about loan sharking and collecting money from all sorts of people. I loved the first series with Katase Nana but I lost...
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Keishicho Kosatsu Ichika Episodes 1+2
Keishicho Kosatsu Ichika is what happens when TV Tokyo needs a 40 minute dorama, has a bunch of veteran actors and has no budget so the whole series or the main actors need to be shot in the same set....
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Elpis: Kibou, Aruiwa Wazawai Episodes 3~7
Elpis is my favourite show of the season. The audience knows the truth and can see the twists coming and it does not matter because it is so well written and what is so well written are the characters...
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Shinso wa Mimi no Naka Episodes 1~4
Shinso wa Mimi no Naka is yet another Alibi Kuzushi. The producers want to put a young idoru/tarento in a mystery show but she is too young so the best way is to pair her with a veteran actor playing a...
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Ryojin no Ono Episodes 3~6
WOWOW's Ryojin no Ono is my other watch must show from this season besides Elpis. Luwang has finished subbing the show so I can finally talk about it. The raws can be gotten from drama-otaku and the...
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Alice in Borderland S2 review
The first season of Alice in Borderland was one of the best jdoramas of 2020. Sato Shinsuke showed what could happen when Japan's best action director was given Netflix money. As someone who has...
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And, the Baton was Passed jmovie review
And, the Baton was Passed was one of the movies on show during the Japanese Film Festival and I am bloody glad I did not go watch it. Why? If you look at the poster the top line says that the movie is...
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Oshi ga Budokan Ittekuretara Shinu jdorama review
In 2019 there was a beautiful jdorama about a female idoru otaku and an idoru called Dakara Watashi wa Oshimashita and it was one of the best shows that year. When I saw that Oshi ga Budokan...
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Home & Away Episodes 1~6
As someone who has spent too much time watching jdoramas, I have often wondered whether my tastes have changed or time and whether watching too many jdoramas has changed my perception of what is good....
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Mitsumei Kangetsu Kasumigiri and the 5 rules of jidaigeki
RULE NO 1: The hero is usually a humble samurai who is banished from clan or on some secret mission so he can hang with the peasants, do some actual work and get into fights. RULE NO 2: The hero goes...
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Hatsukoi / First Love jdorama review
I remember when Utada Hikaru's First Love came out and a lot of western media made a big deal about her. I thing I first came across her in Asiaweek or something. It was my introduction to Japanese...
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