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Deep River Melody / 風流深川唄 / Furyu Fukagawa uta (‘Elegant Fukagawa Song’, 1960)
Obscure Japanese Film #176 Hibari Misora Fukagawa, Tokyo, c.1925. Daughter (Hibari Misora) wants to marry childhood sweetheart (Koji Tsu...
Golden Demon / 金色夜叉 / Konjiki yasha (1954)
Obscure Japanese Film #175 Jun Negami and Fujiko Yamamoto 1890. Miya (Fujiko Yamamoto) is a young woman in love with her adopted broth...
The Flesh is Weak / 美徳のよろめき / Bitoku no yoromeki (‘Faltering Virtue’, 1957)
Obscure Japanese Film #174 Yumeji Tsukioka 28-year-old Setsuko (Yumeji Tsukioka), a former member of the aristocracy, has come down in t...
Life, love and loss
Experience the emotional highs and lows of life, love, and human connection in these heartfelt stories. Colorful A soul gets a second chance at life, inhabiting the body…
Tales of the Inner Chambers / 大奥絵巻 / Ooku emaki (1968)
Obscure Japanese Film #173 Yoshiko Sakuma Edo Castle, c.1790. When virginal chambermaid Aki (Yoshiko Sakuma) catches the eye of the shog...
Mr. Mega Man Manga Review
I grew up on the classic Mega Man games. They were bright and colorful, and they were just simple platformers where you would run around as a little…
Kokosu sezu / 告訴せず / (‘No Charges Filed’, aka ‘Without Complaint’, 1975)
Obscure Japanese Film #172 Kyoko Enami and Yukio Aoshima Kitani (Fumio Watanabe) is a conservative politician running for re-election wi...
Candy Trap, Puvithel, & Devilish Angel Fashion Show @ Okashicon 2023
Okashicon anime convention fashion show featuring colorful kawaii brands CANDY☆TRAP, Puvithel, and Devilish Angel in Austin, TX.
Cards Are My Life / 花札渡世 / Hana fuda tosei (‘The Flower Card Business’, aka ‘Flower Cards Chivalry’, 1967)
Obscure Japanese Film #171 L-R: Chitose Kobayashi, Tatsuo Endo, Toru Abe, Tatsuo Umemiya The early Showa period (1930s). Ryuichi Kitagaw...
Make Believe Bonus: Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing
Featuring A Review Of The Hatsune Miku Churro
Clouds at Sunset / あかね雲 / Akane-gumo (1967)
Obscure Japanese Film #169 Shima Iwashita 1937. After a prologue in which we see two soldiers deserting – one of whom is quickly capture...
Oyafuko dori / 親不孝通り (1958)
Obscure Japanese Film #168 Hiroshi Kawaguchi and Yoko Katsuragi Katsuya ( Hiroshi Kawaguchi) is a cynical student who studies as little ...
Hyakkano – 18 – Jurassic Ballpark
Team Rentarou’s opponents from Jurassic High are a colorful and serious bunch (and judging from their ears they might be 100% human?), while the three Kaykay sisters who…
Four Sisters / 山麓 / Sanroku (‘The Foot of the Mountain’, 1962)
Obscure Japanese Film #167 Isuzu Yamada Yoshiko Mita Sonny Chiba Modern-day Tokyo. Masako (Yoshiko Mita) is a young woman who wants to...
Ai sureba koso / 愛すればこそ / (‘Only If You Love’, 1955)
Obscure Japanese Film #166 Isuzu Yamada This omnibus film comprised of three stories was an independent venture co-produced by two compani...
Solo Leveling Episodes 17 and 18 – Simply Stunning
These two installments were both great, but the second one (episode 18) blew me away with its stunning visuals. There was so much dynamic, cool, and colorful animation.
The Gate of Youth / 青春の門 / Seishun no mon (1975)
Obscure Japanese Film #165 Tomohiro Tanabe and Sayuri Yoshinaga Based on the first part of a bestselling doorstop novel by Hiroyuki Itsu...
Shunsetsu / 春雪 / (‘Spring Snow’, 1950)
Obscure Japanese Film #164 Yasuko Fujita Takako (Yasuko Fujita) is a young woman who works on the ticket desk at her local train station...
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing Anime Film Review
COLORFUL STAGE! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing is a movie made for one group of people and one group only: Players of the smartphone game Hatsune…
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To is Now Live
Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To blends two major sources of inspiration: the joyful, colorful puzzle mechanics of Panel de Pon and the heartfelt and playful storytelling…
Why Did These Women Become Like This? / 何故彼女等はそうなったか / Naze kanojora wa so natta ka (aka Girls’ Reform School, 1956)
Obscure Japanese Film #163 Kyoko Kagawa and Masako Nakamura This social conscience picture from Shintoho studios stars Kyoko Kagawa as Mis...
Kodomo no me / 子供の眼 / (‘Eyes of a Child’, 1955)
Obscure Japanese Film #162 Hideko Takamine Kiyoko (Hideko Takamine) is a young woman living in Tokyo with her older brother, Shunji (Hiros...
Junpaku no yoru / 純白の夜/ (‘Pure White Nights’, 1951)
Obscure Japanese Film #161 Michiyo Kogure Ikuko (Michiyo Kogure) is a young woman happily married to Tsunehiko (Seizaburo Kawazu), a banke...
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan vol. 2 cover
The cover of volume 2 of the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition of CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan has been announced! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / 角川書店 Again, very colorful! Previous CPCs …
When Women Lie / 嘘 / Uso (‘Lies’, 1963)
Obscure Japanese Film #160 L-R: Eiko Takashiro, Junko Kano, Nobuko Otowa Following the template of their earlier picture A Woman’s Testame...
The Crab Cannery Ship / 蟹工船 / Kanikosen (1953)
Obscure Japanese Film #159 So Yamamura Based on the 1929 novel of the same name by communist writer Takiji Kobayashi (tortured to death by...
Seijin No Hi: Celebrating Japanese Youth’s Rite of Passage
Look out for colorful kimono! Learn about Seijin no Hi, a public holiday in Japan for Japanese youth to officially become adults.
The Wild Goose / 雁 / Gan (1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #158 Ayako Wakao Tokyo, 1880. Otama (Ayako Wakao) is a young woman back living with her widowed father (Tomosaburo...
The Perennial Weed / 昭和枯れすすき / Showa kare susuki (1975)
Obscure Japanese Film #157 Kumiko Akiyoshi and Hideki Takahashi Harada (Hideki Takahashi) is a young police detective assigned to the Nish...
Asakusa no yoru / 浅草の夜 (‘Asakusa at Night’, 1954)
Obscure Japanese Film #156 Ayako Wakao and Machiko Kyo Setsuko (Machiko Kyo) is a dancer at a theatre in Asakusa, where she’s been havin...
A Portrait of Shunkin / 春琴抄 / Shunkinsho (1976)
Obscure Japanese Film #154 Momoe Yamaguchi Doshomachi, Osaka, early Meiji era (c.1870s). Okoto (Momoe Yamaguchi), the youngest daughter ...
CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION: CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan vol. 1 cover
The cover of volume 1 of the CLAMP PREMIUM COLLECTION edition of CLAMP Gakuen Tanteidan has been announced! © CLAMP・Shigatsu Tsuitachi CO.,LTD. / 角川書店 Colorful how it should be! It…
The Twilight Years / 恍惚の人 / Kokotsu no hito (‘Senile Person’, 1973)
Obscure Japanese Film #153 Hideko Takamine and Takahiro Tamura Akiko (Hideko Takamine) is a middle-aged woman with an office job who lives...
The Kii River / 紀ノ川 / Kinokawa (1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #152 Yoko Tsukasa Wakayama, 1899. Hana (Yoko Tsukasa) is a young woman from a highly-respected family who marries ...
Usotoki Rhetoric Live Action Review
Usotoki Rhetoric ReviewDrama: Usotoki RhetoricJapanese: 嘘解きレトリックNetwork: Fuji TVActors: Suzuka Ouji, Honoka MatsumotoSet in the early Showa era, the story is about Urabe Kanoko, a girl who can hear…
The Naked Executive / 裸の重役 / Hadaka no juyaku (1964)
Obscure Japanese Film #151 Hisaya Morishige Hidaka (Hisaya Morishige) is a widowed office manager with a grown-up daughter, Keiko (Yuriko ...
First Impression: Mononoke. The Phantom in the Rain
Welcome to the Ooku, the harem of the Tenno, the Emperor of Japan. In this colorful, luxurious space, forbidden to men under the penalty of immediate beheading, an…
On This Earth / 地上 / Chijo (1957)
Obscure Japanese Film #150 Hitomi Nozoe and Hiroshi Kawaguchi Kanazawa, central Japan, c.1920. Heiichiro (Hiroshi Kawaguchi) is a student ...
Tokyo Onigiri Girl / 東京おにぎり娘 / Tokyo onigiri musume / (aka ‘Triangle Moods’, 1961)
Obscure Japanese Film #149 Ayako Wakao and Ganjiro Nakamura Ganjiro Nakamura and Murasaki Fujima Mariko (Ayako Wakao) is the daughte...
The Makioka Sisters / 細雪 / Sasameyuki (‘Light Snowfall’, 1959)
Obscure Japanese Film #148 Junko Kano and Fujiko Yamamoto Junichiro Tanizaki’s novel Sasameyuki is widely recognised as a classic of Japa...
Best Japanese dramas 2023-2024
So it is that time again where I share what I think the best Japanese dramas for these past two years. I only have 6 on my list…
The Pit of Death / 怪談おとし穴 / Kaidan otoshiana (aka ‘The Ghostly Trap’, 1968)
Obscure Japanese Film #147 Mikio Narita Kuramoto (Mikio Narita) is an ambitious salaryman working at a company based in a tower block sa...
Shojo yutai / 処女受胎 (‘Immaculate Conception’, 1966)
Obscure Japanese Film #146 Ayako Wakao This Daiei production stars Ayako Wakao as Aiko, a modernist oil painter who has hit a creative w...
Love in the Mountains / わかれ / Wakare (‘Parting’, 1959)
Obscure Japanese Film #145 Haruko Wanibuchi and Isuzu Yamada Teenager Kimiko (Haruko Wanibuchi) helps out at a ryokan (traditional inn) i...
A Beautiful Blend – The Apothecary Diaries Anime Review
Some anime series are beautiful to experience despite dealing with surprisingly mature subject matter. The Apothecary Diaries is one such show. It looks colorful and flowery, but deals…
Love Live! Superstar!! S3 - Episode 4 - Rainy Yuigaoka Colorful Stage
Liella put on a concert just for Tomari to prove that Natsumi's dream of becoming a school idol is worth it. Love Live! Superstar!! S3 - Episode 4
The Tycoon / 傷だらけの山河 / Kizudarake no sanga (1964)
Obscure Japanese Film #144 Ayako Wakao and So Yamamura Having delivered a mega-hit for Daiei studios with Shinobi no mono (1962) and also...
Hot Spring Doctress / 温泉女医 / Onsen joi (1964)
Obscure Japanese Film #143 When a new doctor arrives to replace the old drunk Dr Yabuuchi (Ichiro Sugai) at a hot spring resort in…
Halloween for Anime!
Yay, once again the air has become crisp, the leaves have become more colorful and vibrant, and the smell of pumpkin spice can be found everywhere. Now that…
NOT TILL TOO 🫠| VIVINOS - "FINAL | Alien Stage" - REACTION
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dr7HljrsoQ Reaction & Analysis of "FINAL | Alien Stage" by VIVINOS, the 7th mainline episode in the Alien Stage series. This episode stars Luca vs Till (the…