Sean Akizuki's East Asian Drama and Movie Blog

Credits to actor Kohei Murakami for this photo I was running out of ideas until I realized that it'd be Halloween tomorrow. Yes, it's time for a good scare and I decided to revisit Toshiki Inoue's previous works. Inoue was an important secondary writer during the Hirohisa Soda era of Super Sentai . Later, Inoue was tasked as the head writer of Chojin Sentai Jetman - the series that saved Super Sentai  from cancellation. Oh yeah, I could remember the statement he was called the Frank Miller of Tokusatsu - for the good he did he also got so bad. Though, I confess I'm enjoying Avatar Sentai Donbrothers and was wondering why didn't Toei Ltd. assign him as a secondary writer for Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters after he wrote one episode for Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger . Before Kamen Rider was revived - there was the cult hit Changerion . Yes, that same show where Takeshi Hagino played a hero before the role the Kamen Rider Ryuki villain, Takeshi Asakura/Kamen Rider Ouja, populariz...

  Certain shows with the same title and not the same as the Glitch Australian TV series - also available on Netflix . The two shows don't share the same plot so the comparison isn't going to work. Instead, maybe one should instead compare it to Close Encounters or the famed X-Files TV series from the West. We know how East meets West and West meets East happens, right? The show has both action girls, Jeon Yeo Bin (Hong Ji Hyo) and Jin A Nana (Heo Bo Ra) in one show. Though, Nana doesn't show up until the second episode and she's RIGHTFULLY a secondary character. I never had much admiration for Nana as a main character (such as in Oh My Ladylord ) but she does well as a secondary character. I've seen some shows with clear references to Western media. A good example is how Partners for Justice is clearly inspired by the documentary series Forensic Files . It seems part of the concept takes with X-Files except the latter had 200+ seasons. I'd really not bother to w...