Wow, I though it was gonna be a funny story but based on the trailer, it seems it will be very touching. I love how they're describing it as a "love" story between the two, but what kind of love, we'll see…
My favorite character is Taichi , because he is the most complex of all, in the manga at least. The characterization is a lot more interesting in the manga, of course, and everything is very simplified in the movies, but I liked it a lot.
Even if the story isn't the same, the movies are a great adaptation ! The atmosphere, the characters, the visuals are very respectful of the manga.
This movie is the best, in my opinion, because of the relationship between Taichi and Suo, with is the best thing the manga has done. I love them, the dialogues, the way the developed SO MUCH thanks to each others. I love this friendship, especially in the events "after" this movie (even though the movie doesn't follow the manga's storyline).
Definitely isn't the perfect drama but very enjoyable. I don't know if it's because I'm a woman myself but I loved this main character. She's incredibly messed up, and made the life of a lot of men miserable bit I loved her.
China has like 4x the population of all the other countries on the list combined.
And? You're talking like what you're saying isn't obvious.
It's a basic knowledge that China has a lot of people, and that their cinema industry is massive. Especially on an Asian site like kisskh, where people (just a little) interested in Asian cinema.
As a non-chinese person, who's living in a not-so-big country, who's not used to such massive amount of money for movies, I'm saying that those numbers are crazy high, and I'm impressed.
I know that you didn't understand what I was saying, and you though I was saying that China is a better country than others or something like that but no : I knew that those numbers are here because of the population, not because they make better movies, or people go to the theatre more. Doesn't change that those numbers are impressive, like China's population is impressive, or the numbers of votes on Idol producer was impressive...
I liked this article, don't watch the show but heard about it. :)
But the "fun fact" don't seems really fun to me. ^^' Your sister seems to be a difficult person to deal with… I can't even imagine my big brothers talking to me like that, even if they're extremely angry at me, they'll still let me talk…
Anyway, really nice article. Made me want to watch it. Maybe I'll binge-watch it, because like your mother and sister, I can understand japanese ;)
Its slow... I really want to like it because the visuals are AMAZING, but I'm getting really bored in front of my screen. I know a lot of Chinese period drama are like that, but this one is just... too much. The episodes are 45 minutes but it feels like 1H30...
Well, it's not like Mandopop needs international popularity to do very well. ^^'
They're so many, that they don't do any work to be popular outside of China. It's like for the MMORPGs, even if a game is a huge success in China, they won't try to sell the rights, or translate it, because they don't need it.
Same for movies & dramas, they don't try to do some promotions internationally. It's a nightmare for all the international fans that can't speak chinese T^T (because there's not as much fansub as K-pop or K-dramas).
Chinese productions just don't care about the outside world, they make enough money just with China T^T
(this is not a message to the author of this post, just a rant XD)
I always find it so sad that people discovered YamaKen through shojo adaptations. He began his career with small roles, mainly in thriller/police/mystery drama, and one of his first movie role is a murderer (I won't say which one because spoil ;)... His best film is also one of his first : Control Tower. And people are always saying he never did anything except shojo... Without even trying to search his filmography...
The first time I saw him was in Yowakutemo Katemasu (2014) as an extremely shy baseball club captain, then I watched his works from the beginning (2010) and was so surprised when his first drama role was a kid with serious anger management issues (I was used to the shy one, not the weird one) XD
But after the success of LDK they were making him film shojo after shojo, and his fans (the ones that follows him since his pre-shojo-era) are worried it's really ruining his skills. Even if you can give a performance with a shojo adaptation (Your Lie In April, Orange) or you can play very different characters (Black Prince & Wolf Girl =/= One Week Friend =/= Your Lie In April) it's still very "safe zone", and a lot don't really require a lot of acting chops.
I really hope he can escapes from all that and return to his career roots T^T And he really began having more "not shojo" freedom : Rikuou, Jojo's Bizarre Adventures, The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K, and now A Forest Of Wood And Steel !!
PLEASE, let him continue like that, don't let him fall into the shojo world again. He's a really gifted actor, but shojo don't permit him to grow as an actor T^T
Arata Mackenyu is good, too (and SO handsome). He doesn't have a lot of experience, but he never disappointed me. Mugi is already a very good actress, she's more onto the "serious" world of Japanese cinema. That not a lot of international fans know. And she mainly do movies. When she's in a drama, it's only as a quick guest character, so I was really surprised to see her as a main character in this show (and excited). Araki Yuko is growing on me, she really has a presence on screen. Her character isn't that interesting, but my eyes are really drown to her (not just because she's drop dead gorgeous XD)
Its all rom-com... XD. It's not that I don't like those, but sometimes I'm sad that the only j-drama that international drama fans watch are rom-com. Usually adapted from a cheesy shojo manga x) The funny thing is that even if the drama is badly acted, poorly scripted, and cheesy as hell, international fans will alway watch this over a more interesting non-rom-com drama. And it's not linked to Japanese ratings because a lot of very popular j-dramas aren't really known from international fans. Today, I feel the only thing people watch are: rom-com, or dramas with Yamapi.
Anyway, Tokyo Bandwagon is such amazing feel good drama, the background is amazing, from the streets to the old library. <3 And Buzzer Beat is such a good memory <3
I think to enjoy the live-action Gintama, you need to be a fan of the manga. It's easy to see where comes the success of the live -action in Japan because it's already an extremely famous and popular manga, and the people who saw it already knows the manga. The humor is always over-the-top, and the movie is very loyal to the original source, while being a good adaptation. It's like the anime : it's loyal to the manga, but is an adaptation and makes others jokes that the manga can't really do (making fun of the animation studio, and its staff for example). The movie did the same. And, of course, to enjoy a live-action, you usually need to already be used to japanese comedic acting (usually exaggerated and over-the-top).
Some people are shocked at the acting of japanese comedy and/or high-school drama/movie, and keep thinking that every single japan dramas/movies are like that. That japanese can't act and/or all their dramas/movies are like mangas. It's like watching some american sit-com and keep thinking that all american shows are like that.
A lot of actors in Gintama are amazing, heck, they got someone who won Best Lead Actor at Cannes Festival to play Hijikata. But it doesn't change that you will see over-the-top thing everywhere in this movie. It's a style of acting, and a lot of actors in Gintama can do both subtle & delicate, and exaggerated & over-the-top acting.
The lead of Gintama and I Want To Eat Your Pancreas is the same : Oguri Shun, and his style is very different in those 2 movies.
No one said bad things about japanese actors/actresses on this page as I write this comment, but I see those comments too often so I just wanted to say this ^^
Oho ! I love it when international j-dramas fans are talking about asadora !! The first one I watched was Umechan-sensei, and I fell in love with the concept. It's so rare to watch the whole life of a character. <3 After that I saw Amachan, Mare, Asa Ga Kita, Gochisousan, Toto Nee-chan, Beppin-san, and I'm trying to keep watching Hiyokko. I never finished Amachan though, it was SO popular, and I was so excited to binge-watch it, but then I saw the first 50 episodes or so, and really wasn't into it. I didn't felt the heroine at all. I can't seem to get into Hiyokko too, and when I'm thinking, maybe it's because I want "my" asadora to begin with "my" heroine's childhood? Idk, I don't know why I have a problem with Amachan and Hiyokko when I loved the others.
I love how they're describing it as a "love" story between the two, but what kind of love, we'll see…
My favorite character is Taichi , because he is the most complex of all, in the manga at least. The characterization is a lot more interesting in the manga, of course, and everything is very simplified in the movies, but I liked it a lot.
Even if the story isn't the same, the movies are a great adaptation ! The atmosphere, the characters, the visuals are very respectful of the manga.
This movie is the best, in my opinion, because of the relationship between Taichi and Suo, with is the best thing the manga has done. I love them, the dialogues, the way the developed SO MUCH thanks to each others. I love this friendship, especially in the events "after" this movie (even though the movie doesn't follow the manga's storyline).
I love it X'D
This post is gold <3
You're talking like what you're saying isn't obvious.
It's a basic knowledge that China has a lot of people, and that their cinema industry is massive. Especially on an Asian site like kisskh, where people (just a little) interested in Asian cinema.
As a non-chinese person, who's living in a not-so-big country, who's not used to such massive amount of money for movies, I'm saying that those numbers are crazy high, and I'm impressed.
I know that you didn't understand what I was saying, and you though I was saying that China is a better country than others or something like that but no : I knew that those numbers are here because of the population, not because they make better movies, or people go to the theatre more. Doesn't change that those numbers are impressive, like China's population is impressive, or the numbers of votes on Idol producer was impressive...
But the "fun fact" don't seems really fun to me. ^^'
Your sister seems to be a difficult person to deal with… I can't even imagine my big brothers talking to me like that, even if they're extremely angry at me, they'll still let me talk…
Anyway, really nice article. Made me want to watch it. Maybe I'll binge-watch it, because like your mother and sister, I can understand japanese ;)
I really want to enjoy it... T^T
They're so many, that they don't do any work to be popular outside of China.
It's like for the MMORPGs, even if a game is a huge success in China, they won't try to sell the rights, or translate it, because they don't need it.
Same for movies & dramas, they don't try to do some promotions internationally.
It's a nightmare for all the international fans that can't speak chinese T^T (because there's not as much fansub as K-pop or K-dramas).
Chinese productions just don't care about the outside world, they make enough money just with China T^T
I always find it so sad that people discovered YamaKen through shojo adaptations. He began his career with small roles, mainly in thriller/police/mystery drama, and one of his first movie role is a murderer (I won't say which one because spoil ;)...
His best film is also one of his first : Control Tower.
And people are always saying he never did anything except shojo... Without even trying to search his filmography...
The first time I saw him was in Yowakutemo Katemasu (2014) as an extremely shy baseball club captain, then I watched his works from the beginning (2010) and was so surprised when his first drama role was a kid with serious anger management issues (I was used to the shy one, not the weird one) XD
But after the success of LDK they were making him film shojo after shojo, and his fans (the ones that follows him since his pre-shojo-era) are worried it's really ruining his skills. Even if you can give a performance with a shojo adaptation (Your Lie In April, Orange) or you can play very different characters (Black Prince & Wolf Girl =/= One Week Friend =/= Your Lie In April) it's still very "safe zone", and a lot don't really require a lot of acting chops.
I really hope he can escapes from all that and return to his career roots T^T
And he really began having more "not shojo" freedom : Rikuou, Jojo's Bizarre Adventures, The Disastrous Life Of Saiki K, and now A Forest Of Wood And Steel !!
PLEASE, let him continue like that, don't let him fall into the shojo world again. He's a really gifted actor, but shojo don't permit him to grow as an actor T^T
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Arata Mackenyu is good, too (and SO handsome). He doesn't have a lot of experience, but he never disappointed me.
Mugi is already a very good actress, she's more onto the "serious" world of Japanese cinema. That not a lot of international fans know. And she mainly do movies.
When she's in a drama, it's only as a quick guest character, so I was really surprised to see her as a main character in this show (and excited).
Araki Yuko is growing on me, she really has a presence on screen. Her character isn't that interesting, but my eyes are really drown to her (not just because she's drop dead gorgeous XD)
The funny thing is that even if the drama is badly acted, poorly scripted, and cheesy as hell, international fans will alway watch this over a more interesting non-rom-com drama.
And it's not linked to Japanese ratings because a lot of very popular j-dramas aren't really known from international fans.
Today, I feel the only thing people watch are: rom-com, or dramas with Yamapi.
Anyway, Tokyo Bandwagon is such amazing feel good drama, the background is amazing, from the streets to the old library. <3
And Buzzer Beat is such a good memory <3
The humor is always over-the-top, and the movie is very loyal to the original source, while being a good adaptation.
It's like the anime : it's loyal to the manga, but is an adaptation and makes others jokes that the manga can't really do (making fun of the animation studio, and its staff for example). The movie did the same.
And, of course, to enjoy a live-action, you usually need to already be used to japanese comedic acting (usually exaggerated and over-the-top).
Some people are shocked at the acting of japanese comedy and/or high-school drama/movie, and keep thinking that every single japan dramas/movies are like that. That japanese can't act and/or all their dramas/movies are like mangas. It's like watching some american sit-com and keep thinking that all american shows are like that.
A lot of actors in Gintama are amazing, heck, they got someone who won Best Lead Actor at Cannes Festival to play Hijikata. But it doesn't change that you will see over-the-top thing everywhere in this movie. It's a style of acting, and a lot of actors in Gintama can do both subtle & delicate, and exaggerated & over-the-top acting.
The lead of Gintama and I Want To Eat Your Pancreas is the same : Oguri Shun, and his style is very different in those 2 movies.
No one said bad things about japanese actors/actresses on this page as I write this comment, but I see those comments too often so I just wanted to say this ^^
The first one I watched was Umechan-sensei, and I fell in love with the concept. It's so rare to watch the whole life of a character. <3
After that I saw Amachan, Mare, Asa Ga Kita, Gochisousan, Toto Nee-chan, Beppin-san, and I'm trying to keep watching Hiyokko.
I never finished Amachan though, it was SO popular, and I was so excited to binge-watch it, but then I saw the first 50 episodes or so, and really wasn't into it. I didn't felt the heroine at all.
I can't seem to get into Hiyokko too, and when I'm thinking, maybe it's because I want "my" asadora to begin with "my" heroine's childhood? Idk, I don't know why I have a problem with Amachan and Hiyokko when I loved the others.