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If there’s one clear trend we’ve seen over the last few years in Japan, it’s a rise in the number of live-action adaptations of anime and manga. It’s to the point where over half of the films we review here at Japan HQ aren’t even …Read more »
Live-action adaptations of anime and manga are an inevitably contentious topic, as more often than not fans are worked into a furor over a film project that may not ever enter production. Case in point: the recent announcement that Scarlet Johannson has been cast as …Read more »
Popular Japanese lifestyle site MyNavi Woman held a poll recently to determine the 10 most popular manga series involving music among working women aged 22-34. Oddly specific, but the results are fascinating and might just give you a few ideas about what manga series to …Read more »
There's a scene in the none-more-otaku gag anime Lucky Star where the anime-obsessed American exchange student Patricia Martin is being asked about her taste in music. She stuns her friends by rattling off a surprisingly diverse list of Japanese pop artists, before it's revealed that …Read more »
I decided to wait until at least episode three to gather my thoughts on the Flowers of Evil anime adaptation for a few reasons. The primary factor is pacing. While I've read all five volumes of Shuzo Oshimi's manga (you can read the latest review …Read more »
It's finally here. It's the week so many of us have been waiting for—for weeks, for months, for years! It's the newly translated, uncensored, right-to-left oriented edition of Sailor Moon ! Not to mention the first time ever that its predecessor, Codename: Sailor V , …Read more »
Regardless of one's familiarity with Sanpei Shirato's Legend of Kamui manga, the upcoming film adaptation from director Yoichi Sai ( Blood and Bones ) looks like it could be shaping up nicely. It helps if you're a sucker for historical fiction peppered with swords and …Read more »
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