The Taiwanese drama It Started with a Kiss premiered on the CTA network, airing between September 25th, 2005 – February 12th, 2006. It is also based on a popular Japanese manga that received an anime adaptation in 2008, Itazura na Kiss. We take a brief look at the drama and what we’re in for in this 20 episode live-action adaptation.
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If you’ve never seen a Japanese drama, then let me say there are often 3 key elements to each series: brevity, “trendiness”, and melodrama. 1) Each series is usually 10 or 12 episodes max, unless incredibly popular in which case a follow-up movie will be made, or special as it’s called. Only rarely does a show, even a popular show, get a second full season. This means most series are essentially like American/British mini-series, and are more serial than episodic. 2) The brevity of these shows plays into component 2, which is J-Drama’s “trendiness” or perhaps a better word would be relevance to their audience.
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Dragon Ball Daima is a new and upcoming entry in the Dragon Ball anime universe that tells us the story of Goku and the gang from a different point of view. It is the last Dragon Ball anime to be directly supervised by Akira Toriyama who passed away this past March, and gives fans all the more reason to be excited for more Dragon Ball to honor the late creator this fall.
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It’s not every day you are granted an interview with a celebrity. Especially when one of those celebrities does not exist, but only within the media we consume: be it anime or gaming content. This is one of those interviews I’m lucky to be a part of with the world-famous Chief Prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth from Ace Attorney.
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The most recent Nintendo Direct revealed what the console is offering for the remainder of 2024, and fans of Capcom’s Ace Attorney series were excited to hear that two games in the Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth series were getting a re-release on modern platforms!
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The organizers of the JapanFest event held annually recently announced their dates for the 2024 show. The JapanFest event will be held at the Gas South Convention Center on September 21 & 22 in Duluth, GA.
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The first film from the 2022 hit anime SPY x FAMILY is getting a worldwide release, which includes a release in North America in 2024!
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