Kimi wa Petto always seemed a little off, but thanks to the fact that the manga somehow was able to walk a very fine emotional line the premise which sounds very creepy comes off as mostly normal. Essentially, an older emotionally unavailable woman allows a younger seemingly homeless man to live in her home as her pet. It’s a supposedly entirely platonic situation but feelings get involved, naturally. The manga is ok, but I think in this case the live action series that I saw (one in 2003andone in 2017) both tell the story more dynamically.
Sumire and Takeshi compliment one another. This is one of those series where what seems to build over time overwhelms both parties despite themselves. They aren’t that similar and neither are their lives, but they both have pieces of themselves that are incomplete and it’s nice to see how they patch the other’s weak points. The running joke about Takeshi being renamed “Momo” and how everyone thinks he is literally a dog because of the way Sumire talks about him stays funny far longer than it should considering how demeaning the whole situation shouldbe.
This is another one of those series that keeps coming back around because the characters are strong and very much themselves. Beware the beginning, however (this is mainly for the manga). It has a questionable starting section about how “Momo” got hurt and homeless in the first place. It’s honestly weird and off putting and if I hadn’t read this long before I got a little more woke about that shiz I probably wouldn’t have continued reading it. Given common prevailing ideas in Japan, it isn’t surprising, but it’s always deeply disappointing to see. You’ll know what I mean when you get there.
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (or Hana-Kimi) in both manga and live action form is a story I have consumed in media time and time again and every time I love it. The base plot is ridiculous: girl (Ashiya Mizuki) ends up at an all boys high school because of the fact that she wishes to encourage her sports hero, (Sano Izumi) a high jumper her own age. Hijinks ensue when she ends up roommates with said sports hero and he discovers her real sex/gender immediately and decides to help her preserve her secret while not giving away the fact that he knows she’s a girl.
The manga has quite nice art, and every time the live action version is cast they always find lots of lovely looking guys to fill the school, but in my heart my favorite version is the Taiwanese one starring Ella Chen of S.H.E and Wu Chun of Fahrenheit. Mizuki in that version had the energy and the perkiness that I love, and Izumi was sufficiently serious and yet good humored. I also think the Taiwanese version had the best Nakatsu Shuichi in Jiro Wang. Nakatsu coming to terms with crushing on a “boy” when he thought he liked girls always strikes me as a more interesting situation than the Mizuki/Izumi angle, but that wasn’t the story being told here.
In stories like these I always end up thinking back to Twelfth Night, and wonder if maybe the author read it and was inspired by it. Clearly, there’s something to this story that brings people back time and again for it to have been remade so much, and other than pretty men I think it’s because the relationships are all weirdly pure. The friendships are strong, and the comedy and drama doesn’t diminish them. Because the friendships are strong the romance is more touching, which is probably easier to see in the manga because it had longer to tell the story, but the best casts in the live action series also convey.
Final product pictures of Hot Toy’s action figure of the “Clown Prince of Crime” in his boxer style outfit with purple coat, batman leggings, and tattoos as seen in Suicide Squad.
Featuring the Joker with a maniacal grin, numerous tattoos over his upper body, and a variety of weapons and accessories (cane, straight razor, gun, hammer, gold chains, cell phone, etc), this 1/6th scale The Joker (Purple Coat Version) collectible figure is available by Hot Toys.
Gong Jun at Sisley’s event reminded me of Sniper Mask in Tenkuu Shinpan. So I made these posters to see if he really match with Yuka Makoto (Sniper Mask), and I think he looks good (★‿★) JunJun is soooo cool!!!
Steven Universe Live Action CW Reboot (circa 2036)
Steven is now a depressed 27 year old who’s addicted to drugs to cope with his traumatic childhood.
Lots of offensive and harmful portrayals of Steven’s mental illnesses.
He’s in a turbulent, on and off relationship with Connie who is demanding and bitchy towards him for some reason and is played by someone with light skin.
Pearl is a womanizer who has one night stands with random human women and then ghosts them afterwards. Garnet is portrayed as cold and careless while Amethyst gets into fights with people all the time and is overall aggressive and rude. She also sells cocaine apparently, which is how Steven gets it.
Greg is now a lazy, deadbeat dad who was never there for Steven and resents him for being the reason Rose is gone.
Speaking of Rose, it’s revealed at the end of season 1 that she was still alive this whole time.
When Steven finds out he goes on a rant filled with lines you’d find on Riverdale. “You know what? I’ve got demons. Demons all inside my mind, and you put them there!”
Peridot speaks exclusively in outdated memes and is one of those nerdy fangirl type characters who was written by someone who hates teenage girls and women.
The Diamonds are really sexy(I mean, they already are hot. But I mean the live action adult TV show kind of sexy where they’re always wearing bikinis)
Unnessessary sex scene with Steven and Connie to show the viewers look!!! They’re adults!!! See!!!!! They have sexy sex!!!!!!
Jasper is predatory butch wlw stereotype.
Ruby and Sapphire sex scene written by a straight man.
Lots of on screen shatterings because edgy.
Connie is pregnant but it turns out Steven’s not the father because she was cheating on him after they had a big fight.
Little Homeworld has become a red light district because??? Idk???
That’s all I can come up with, I can’t continue this any longer it hurts too much.
Alan Wake – Anniversary Update with Sam Lake, Ilkka Villi and Matthew Porretta
Epic Games Publishing and developer Remedy Entertainment will release Alan Wake Remastered for the Nintendo Switch via Nintendo eShop in Fall 2022. The Nintendo Switch version will be digital-only and run natively on the hardware More information will be announced in the coming months.
Additionally, Remedy Entertainment has given an update to the live-action Alan Wake TV series that was announced back in late 2018. AMC has picked up the rights to develop it alongside Remedy Entertainment.
Lastly, Remedy Entertainment shared new concept artwork and information for Alan Wake II. The studio had originally intended to talk more about Alan Wake II over the summer period, but that won’t be happening anymore.
“Everything with Alan Wake II development is going really well,” said creative director Sam Lake. “We are deep in production, have a lot of material, and a great deal of the game is playable. But we’ve been talking for the past couple of months and have come to the decision here at Remedy, along with our wonderful publisher Epic Games, that we will not be showing anything big this summer.”
Lake continued, “To create a proper, polished demo or a trailer takes a lot of effort, and it’s several months of work that could take away from development. We feel that we have momentum going, and we want to make sure we are creating the best, and first, survival horror game for Remedy. We don’t want to take the team away from that focus, so we’re going to keep going and making a great game experience, and unfortunately, you’ll have to wait a bit longer for a demo and trailer.”
Alan Wake II will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC in 2023.
