Japan has been dealing with a low birth rate problem for two decades and a greying population but it looks like married J-stars Oguri Shun and Yamada Yu are doing their best to get the baby count up. The couple were revealed to be expecting their third child together, with Yu spotted in LA last week noticeably pregnant. Friends say she’s in LA awaiting birth and moved their early in the year when the coronavirus was spreading faster around Asia. Not sure she’s any safer in the US now but overall just practice social distancing, hand washing, and staying home to decrease the odds. Glad to see this couple expanding their family! Continue reading
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J-ent has had very high profile celeb marriages in 2018 alone but it’s always been getting married quietly and announcing the news to the public. It’s nice to see a flown blown celebrity wedding ceremony and this one befits an … Continue reading
For those who want a throwback good time then check out recently completed J-dorama Hana Nochi Hare, the sequel to hit manga franchise Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers). I legit adore this story in both the manga (which I … Continue reading
I realize Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers) has been in the news a lot recently, thanks to the high profile Taiwan and China collaboration remake Meteor Garden 2018 and also J-dorama adapting the sequel Hana Nochi Hare (Hanadan Next … Continue reading
Oguri Shun is hands down one of my most favorite J-actors and it’s only fitting that my favorite cop procedural in recent years has him headlining in a performance that really sticks with me long after. It’s been three years … Continue reading
There’s nothing that a person in a Elizabeth ducky costume doesn’t make a billion times better just by being in the same frame. The press conference for the upcoming highly anticipated live-action Japanese movien adaptation of super popular shonen fantasy … Continue reading
Being a manga fan since the dawn of my consciousness means that I will never get too old to not be excited with a live action adaptation, especially when Japan does it and goes all in. Recent years have seen … Continue reading
More character posters are out for the highly anticipated summer Japanese movie live-action adaptation of popular shonen manga Gintama (Silver Soul). The first set of movie posters released last month were of the three main characters – Oguri Shun as … Continue reading
Not every adaptation is equal but it hurts even more for a beloved story to get stuck with a terrible live-action version. Japan did an amazing job with the Rurouni Kenshin live-action movie series and now there’s another similar work … Continue reading
Some good news to report from Japanese entertainment after the recent tabloid mess that led to the early retirement of a very popular actor. Taiwanese entertainment is entering the final leg of baby bump watch on quite a few actresses … Continue reading
There are myriad reasons to be interested or disappointed with any upcoming entertainment product due to it’s previews, but the most substantive has got to be the simple reason that it looks awesome or totally stupid. Gotta give famed Japanese … Continue reading
This bit of J-ent news is like filler on a slow news day, except it just makes me happy since it harkens back to the good ole days when every other J-dorama had me interested to check it out. The … Continue reading
By all that is holy I need this movie NOW. The epic cast of upcoming J-movie Terraformars has been filming since May but the movie is headed to Iceland next month for a full scale location shoot, and finally revealing … Continue reading