Yukito Ayatsuji ’s The Decagon House Murders was published in 1987, and is credited with kick-starting the shin-honkaku (new orthodox) mov...
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A Great Detective Never Lies is slightly convoluted, so bear with me for a moment.
Seven Samurai (七人の侍, Akira Kurosawa, 1954)
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The Mannequin House Murders / 人形館の殺人
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Movie Review: You Name (君の名は)
Your Name (Kimi no Na wa / 君の名は) is honestly one of the best Japanese movies I’ve seen – ever. It is engaging, funny, clever, interesting and brilliantly…
Life of Mariko in Kabukicho (探偵マリコの生涯で一番悲惨な日, Eiji Uchida & Shinzo Katayama, 2022)
A kabukicho detective has her work cut out for her when hired to track down a missing alien in Eiji Uchida & Shinzo Katayama’s zany comedy.
Death Within the Evil Eye / 魔眼の匣の殺人
It’s difficult to succeed genius. Chrono Cross isn’t as good as Chrono Trigger , Bioshock 2 isn’t as good as Bioshock , and National Treas...
Detective Chinatown 3 (唐人街探案3, Chen Sicheng, 2021)
Qin and Tang Ren are back on the case investigating a locked room mystery in Japan while contending with the mysterious Q in the third instalment of the…
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The Black Umbrella Mystery / 体育館の殺人
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Return of the Detectives
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Tokyo Private Eye (東京探偵) the sequel to Tokyo Vice coming in Spring of 2023, with Marchialy (France)
Clients say they want to know, but they don't They want you to tell them what they want to hear But that's not the job My job is…
The Town of Headcounts (人数の町, Shinji Araki, 2020)
A disaffected young man gets a fresh start in a utopian community but quickly becomes disillusioned in Shinji Araki’s slick dystopian thriller
Otona no Yuricon 2020 (大人のユリコン2020)
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Three Women of the North (北の三人, Kiyoshi Saeki, 1945)
Three female radio operators become the backbone of a moribund war effort in the last propaganda film produced before the war’s end.
Reign of the Seven Spellblades, Vol. 7
By Bokuto Uno and Miyuki Ruria. Released in Japan as “Nanatsu no Maken ga Shihai suru” by Dengeki Bunko. Released in North America by Yen On. Translated by…
House on Fire (火宅の人, Kinji Fukasaku, 1986)
An anxious writer fears collapse under the weight of fatherhood in Kinji Fuksaku’s adaptation of the autobiographical novel of Kazuo Dan.
Hametsu no Koibito, Volume 1 (破滅の恋人)
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Seven Weeks (野のなななのか, Nobuhiko Obayashi, 2014)
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The Hidden Fortress (隠し砦の三悪人, Akira Kurosawa, 1958)
A fugitive princess offers a new hope for a peaceful and prosperous socitey in Akira Kurosawa’s Sengoku-era epic.
Rainbow Over the Pacific (夜明けの二人, Yoshitaro Nomura, 1968)
An unserious man begins to grow up while chasing love in Hawaii in a cheerful if ultimately downbeat musical celebration of the centenary of Japanese migration to Hawaii.
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Top 5 Anime Detectives
Since I love mysteries, I have gotten to know a lot of anime detectives. Some are better than others. These are my current 5 favouries.
Bad Detectives (USA, 2021)
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Samurai Kids (水の旅人－侍KIDS－, Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1993)
A small boy grows closer to the natural world while guiding a tiny samurai on his journey to the sea in Nobuhiko Obayashi’s charming family adventure.
THE GREAT BAXINGAR REWATCH 7 – Attacking Storm
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OPReadthrough #7, "Water Seven" (Part One)
On the seventh volume of “The Great One Piece Readthrough” we go through the next five volumes of One Piece in three segments with hosts Zach and Ed! It’s time to go through…
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7 Great Horror Manga Anthologies
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Murder in the Hall of the Eye: The Book / 眼球堂の殺人 ~The Book~
Eye see you, heheheh… The best way I can describe Murder in the Hall of the Eye is “discount Hiroshi Mori .” Which on one hand…
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Princess Elizabeth escapes imprisonment to search for the Seven Deadly Sins, a group of knights who once served the kingdom but were banished for their betrayal. She seeks…
SQ Kimi no Namae kara Hajimaru (SQ 君の名前から始まる)
SQ: Begin With Your Name by Tanjiu is an absolutely delightful webcomic that runs on Chinese social platform Weibo. I’d heard about it some some time ago but,…
THE GREAT SRUNGLE (RE)WATCH 7 – The Labyrinth Fortress
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A blocked writer is dragged into intrigue while searching for “adventure in the night” in Toru Kawashima zeitgeisty drama.
How the Film Influenced Anime: The Seven Samurai vs. Samurai 7
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