This show is created for a certain audience meaning for rpg gamer only, you wont get the jokes unless you play rpg games specially dragon quest. Show for the geeks not for the chicks.
I watch many old classics samurai movies and toshiro mifune and tatsuya nakadai were gods of japanese cinema back then. Years and years have past I was looking for a modern japanese actor that can atleast match 1/2 of what mifune and nakadai gives, I found tadanobou asano and odagiri joe but I was looking for a younger one so that I can follow his career. BUT it's difficult since japanese cinema now is conquered by fangirl actors who can't act.
Lucky that japan cinema is not dead since I find this actor who I think will be the next nakadai or mifune (I HOPE). After seeing 13 assassins and byakuyakou i believe he has a chance to get the intensity that toshiro mifune gives, and his acting range is somewhat same with nakadai with movies densha otoko, crowzero, epic show yuusha yoshihiko, sekai no chusin(ironically yamada best role to date "matsumoto sakutaro" is the grandson of "Matsumoto Kentaro" PLAYED by nakadai) and recently milocrorze where he played 3 different roles.
He's also chosen by newyork festival as young rising star of 2011 and hollywood reporters top 10 young actor to look out for. His fanbase abroad is bigger than more famous actors in japan becuase of his films with takeshi miike and for his character Serizawa.
I have a feeling that he will go in the same path like actors toshiro mifune and tatsuya nakadai.
sakura ando stole the show for me. In my opinion her screen presence surpasses chiaki kuriyama in kill bill and her character is the best villian I seen in japanese cinema.
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The anime the I think the should be made into drama is
"WELCOME TO NHK"
Lucky that japan cinema is not dead since I find this actor who I think will be the next nakadai or mifune (I HOPE). After seeing 13 assassins and byakuyakou i believe he has a chance to get the intensity that toshiro mifune gives, and his acting range is somewhat same with nakadai with movies densha otoko, crowzero, epic show yuusha yoshihiko, sekai no chusin(ironically yamada best role to date "matsumoto sakutaro" is the grandson of "Matsumoto Kentaro" PLAYED by nakadai) and recently milocrorze where he played 3 different roles.
He's also chosen by newyork festival as young rising star of 2011 and hollywood reporters top 10 young actor to look out for. His fanbase abroad is bigger than more famous actors in japan becuase of his films with takeshi miike and for his character Serizawa.
I have a feeling that he will go in the same path like actors toshiro mifune and tatsuya nakadai.
sakura ando stole the show for me. In my opinion her screen presence surpasses chiaki kuriyama in kill bill and her character is the best villian I seen in japanese cinema.