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Leading Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow has greenlit a live-action TV series spin-off of the legendary anime series Yatterman.
Titled Doronjo, the new series will tell the prequel story of the influential female villain of the same name from the original Yatterman series. A pop cultural icon in Japan, Doronjo is arguably the anime world’s equivalent to Harley Quinn or Catwoman. Originally broadcast in Japan on Saturday evenings from 1977 to 1979, Yatterman became a phenomenon in the country, influencing a generation of anime fans and creators. The series later broadcast in Spain, Italy, Poland and several other Asian countries, becoming a global hit.
Popular Japanese actress Elaiza Ikeda (The Virgin Psychics, Maw) has been cast to star as Doronjo and the series will be co-directed by Eisuke Naito and Hatsuki Yokoo. Producers are Masaki Yamada, Yusuke Kobayashi and Megumi Hoshino. Series writers are Kohei Kiyasu,...
Leading Japanese pay TV broadcaster Wowow has greenlit a live-action TV series spin-off of the legendary anime series Yatterman.
Titled Doronjo, the new series will tell the prequel story of the influential female villain of the same name from the original Yatterman series. A pop cultural icon in Japan, Doronjo is arguably the anime world’s equivalent to Harley Quinn or Catwoman. Originally broadcast in Japan on Saturday evenings from 1977 to 1979, Yatterman became a phenomenon in the country, influencing a generation of anime fans and creators. The series later broadcast in Spain, Italy, Poland and several other Asian countries, becoming a global hit.
Popular Japanese actress Elaiza Ikeda (The Virgin Psychics, Maw) has been cast to star as Doronjo and the series will be co-directed by Eisuke Naito and Hatsuki Yokoo. Producers are Masaki Yamada, Yusuke Kobayashi and Megumi Hoshino. Series writers are Kohei Kiyasu,...
- 6/30/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
As I have mentioned many times before, the family drama is the predominant genre in the (indie) Japanese movie industry, with tons of films of the category being produced every year. Hatsuki Yokoo makes his own effort with a multi-leveled drama filled with social commentary that also functions as a road movie. Let us see how he fared.
Amber Light is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
The main character of the story is Ryota Hironaga. As a child, Ryota and his older brother had to watch their parents’ divorce and their father disappearing forever from their lives, leaving a struggling glass factory in Nagasaki behind. Now, at his 35, Ryota manages the factory successfully, but has already a divorce on him, where he actually acted just like his father, completely disappearing from the lives of his ex-wife and his two kids. His present wife, Yurie, is pregnant, and Ryota is...
Amber Light is screening at Japan Film Fest Hamburg
The main character of the story is Ryota Hironaga. As a child, Ryota and his older brother had to watch their parents’ divorce and their father disappearing forever from their lives, leaving a struggling glass factory in Nagasaki behind. Now, at his 35, Ryota manages the factory successfully, but has already a divorce on him, where he actually acted just like his father, completely disappearing from the lives of his ex-wife and his two kids. His present wife, Yurie, is pregnant, and Ryota is...
- 5/25/2019
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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