Yutaka Ito, Technical Manager at Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio and lead programmer for the Like a Dragon series, shared how the studio has reduced overworking in recent years. Ito recognized the existence of demanding work schedules in the past but pointed out changes in the industry and at the studio that have improved the work-life balance for developers.
According to Ito, one important factor is the move towards releasing games worldwide simultaneously on different platforms. This means that developers need to carefully plan and test the game throughout its creation to make sure it works well on all platforms and in different languages. As a result, last-minute changes are less likely to be made, which in the past have led to excessive work hours for the development team.
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Ito explains that the requirement for detailed task management because...
According to Ito, one important factor is the move towards releasing games worldwide simultaneously on different platforms. This means that developers need to carefully plan and test the game throughout its creation to make sure it works well on all platforms and in different languages. As a result, last-minute changes are less likely to be made, which in the past have led to excessive work hours for the development team.
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Ito explains that the requirement for detailed task management because...
- 5/29/2024
- by Chirag Kapadia
- GamesHorizon
The Japanese media industry was surprised recently when Koichiro Ito, the producer of the fantasy adventure anime movie Suzume, was arrested in Japan for allegedly compelling a teenage girl to send him pictures that were inappropriate on social media. At the time, the girl was fifteen years old and in her first year of high school.
Suzume
He is charged with forcing a high school student who was to send him photos of herself wearing only her underwear after they met on an online social networking site (Sns). It appears that his purported involvement in the affair has surfaced in the course of the police inquiry into a related crime. The rest of the details about the case will be revealed in the future.
He worked on and contributed to a number of notable anime productions, but his most well-known works include Suzume, Your Name, and The Garden of Words.
Suzume
He is charged with forcing a high school student who was to send him photos of herself wearing only her underwear after they met on an online social networking site (Sns). It appears that his purported involvement in the affair has surfaced in the course of the police inquiry into a related crime. The rest of the details about the case will be revealed in the future.
He worked on and contributed to a number of notable anime productions, but his most well-known works include Suzume, Your Name, and The Garden of Words.
- 2/26/2024
- by Tarun Kohli
- FandomWire
A Netflix Japanese thriller, House of Ninjas revolves around the last of the Ninjas or Shinobi clan, the Tawaras, who live an ordinary life, hiding their real identity as ninjas. But, despite trying to stay away from any trouble, they had to take up their role as Shinobis once again in order to fight their evil rival clan the Fumas. Let’s see if the Tawaras would be able to protect the nation from the Fumas and emerge victorious in the fight against them.
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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Series?
The Fumas, the rival clan of the Tawaras had orchestrated an attack on a Governor Candidate, Mukai Toko six years ago. In order to protect Mukai from the attack, the Tawaras got into a fierce fight with the Fumas, but tragically, one of the Fuma members, killed the eldest son of the Tawara family, Gaku. Gaku fell off the ship,...
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Plot Synopsis: What Happens In The Series?
The Fumas, the rival clan of the Tawaras had orchestrated an attack on a Governor Candidate, Mukai Toko six years ago. In order to protect Mukai from the attack, the Tawaras got into a fierce fight with the Fumas, but tragically, one of the Fuma members, killed the eldest son of the Tawara family, Gaku. Gaku fell off the ship,...
- 2/16/2024
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
A TV anime adaptation of Ko Nigatsu's voice actor-themed light novel series Seiyu Radio no Ura Omote is set to premiere in Japan in April 2024, following an announcement on the anime's official website on February 14. Additionally, voice actor Miku Ito will perform the anime's opening theme song, "Now On Air." Along with Moe Toyota as Yuhi Yugure, Ito is cast as the other protagonist, Yasumi Utatane. The two members of the voice actor unit Pyxis played the two girl protagonists in the novel's Pv, audiobooks and radio shows, and reprising their roles in the anime as well. Miku Ito "Now On Air" will release as Ito's 12th solo single on May 1, 2024. "I was very happy because I am involved with this series in various ways," Ito said. "I never thought that the day would come when I would sing as an artist in a series where I play the lead role.
- 2/15/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
The March issue of Asahi Shimbun’s Nemuki+ magazine, which was published on Feb 13, 2024, revealed exciting news for fans of Junji Ito, as it announced that the horror manga series Tomie is getting a new one-shot.
Titled Tomie: Control, it will be published in the upcoming issue of the magazine on April 12, 2024.
To commemorate the release of the new one-shot, Junji Ito will be drawing a new Tomie cover illustration for the magazine.
Tomie is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. It was Ito’s first published work he originally submitted to Monthly Halloween, a shojo magazine from 1987 to 2000, which led to him winning the Kazuo Umezu award.
The manga has been adapted into a series of Japanese horror films released between 1999 and 2011. A streaming television series was in development for Quibi before the service was shut down.
Mal describes the plot of Tomie as:
In a high school classroom,...
Titled Tomie: Control, it will be published in the upcoming issue of the magazine on April 12, 2024.
To commemorate the release of the new one-shot, Junji Ito will be drawing a new Tomie cover illustration for the magazine.
Tomie is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Junji Ito. It was Ito’s first published work he originally submitted to Monthly Halloween, a shojo magazine from 1987 to 2000, which led to him winning the Kazuo Umezu award.
The manga has been adapted into a series of Japanese horror films released between 1999 and 2011. A streaming television series was in development for Quibi before the service was shut down.
Mal describes the plot of Tomie as:
In a high school classroom,...
- 2/14/2024
- by Ami Nazru
- AnimeHunch
While it is far from easy to broach topics relating to sexual assault in a still-conservative Japan, actor-turned-director Urara Matsubayashi felt it was vital to channel the pain and frustrations of her own experience as a survivor into her craft. Such a process led to “Blue Imagine,” Matsubayashi’s directorial debut about a young actor who finds refuge in a safe house in the wake of a violent assault.
The safe house, in this case, is the titular Blue Imagine, a group that meets at a local restaurant to support each other as they go through the traumatizing aftermath of sexual violence. “The starting point was my own experience,” Matsubayashi tells Variety ahead of the film’s world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. “But I also wanted to portray camaraderie between women, and show how #MeToo is not restricted to one country, but the entire world.”
The director...
The safe house, in this case, is the titular Blue Imagine, a group that meets at a local restaurant to support each other as they go through the traumatizing aftermath of sexual violence. “The starting point was my own experience,” Matsubayashi tells Variety ahead of the film’s world premiere at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. “But I also wanted to portray camaraderie between women, and show how #MeToo is not restricted to one country, but the entire world.”
The director...
- 1/30/2024
- by Rafa Sales Ross
- Variety Film + TV
In the middle of Black Box Diaries, journalist Shiori Ito’s debut documentary, Ito grins at the camera as she strolls through downtown Tokyo on the day of her book launch. It’s October 18, 2017. The New York Times broke the Harvey Weinstein news two weeks ago. Alyssa Milano popularized the hashtag #MeToo two days ago. Ito, fresh-faced and 28, happily recounts these events to the camera. The world may finally be ready to listen to her.
It’s hard to imagine a time before the #MeToo genie was let out of its bottle, but that’s what Ito asks of viewers as they journey back with her to 2015, when she says she was raped by a senior journalist with connections to then-president Shinzo Abe. Through an incredible amount of personal documentation––primarily videos, audio recordings, and journal entries––she grants viewers unprecedented access into her experience as a woman seeking justice for sex crimes in Japan.
It’s hard to imagine a time before the #MeToo genie was let out of its bottle, but that’s what Ito asks of viewers as they journey back with her to 2015, when she says she was raped by a senior journalist with connections to then-president Shinzo Abe. Through an incredible amount of personal documentation––primarily videos, audio recordings, and journal entries––she grants viewers unprecedented access into her experience as a woman seeking justice for sex crimes in Japan.
- 1/29/2024
- by Lena Wilson
- The Film Stage
The Sundance Film Festival has wrapped in snowy Park City, and Deadline was on the ground to watch all of the key films. Here is a compilation of our reviews from the fest, which include festival award winners like Daughters, the documentary that took the Festival Favorite Award, and A Real Pain, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriter Award for its writer-director-star Jesse Eisenberg.
Other pics include several that were scooped up by distributors, led by Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story Presence selling to Neon, A Real Pain going to Searchlight, Ghostlight to IFC Films, and Netflix’s smash $17 million deal for It’s What’s Inside.
Check out the reviews below, click on the titles to read them in full, and keep checking back as we add more.
The American Society of Magical Negroes (L-r) Justice Smith and David Alan Grier in ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’
Section: Premieres
Director-screenwriter: Kobi Libii
Cast: Justice Smith,...
Other pics include several that were scooped up by distributors, led by Steven Soderbergh’s ghost story Presence selling to Neon, A Real Pain going to Searchlight, Ghostlight to IFC Films, and Netflix’s smash $17 million deal for It’s What’s Inside.
Check out the reviews below, click on the titles to read them in full, and keep checking back as we add more.
The American Society of Magical Negroes (L-r) Justice Smith and David Alan Grier in ‘The American Society of Magical Negroes’
Section: Premieres
Director-screenwriter: Kobi Libii
Cast: Justice Smith,...
- 1/29/2024
- by Damon Wise, Valerie Complex and Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
In Black Box Diaries, director Shiori Ito confronts abuse but also a deeply flawed legal system. Her quest for justice begins in spring 2015. Then a young intern at Thomson Reuters, Ito found herself in a nightmarish situation with Noriyuki Yamaguchi, a prominent media figure with political connections in Japan. At the time, he worked at the Tokyo Broadcasting System Television and was the personal biographer for Shinzo Abe, the former prime minister of Japan.
After she reported a sexual assault incident against Yamaguchi she was met with formidable challenges, as she navigated a legal system steeped in outdated laws that placed burden of proof on the victims. Ito’s struggle was not just against her assailant but also against a societal framework that silences survivors. Facing public slander, character assassination and the daunting reality of confronting Yamaguchi, she had no idea that acting as an investigative journalist for her own...
After she reported a sexual assault incident against Yamaguchi she was met with formidable challenges, as she navigated a legal system steeped in outdated laws that placed burden of proof on the victims. Ito’s struggle was not just against her assailant but also against a societal framework that silences survivors. Facing public slander, character assassination and the daunting reality of confronting Yamaguchi, she had no idea that acting as an investigative journalist for her own...
- 1/28/2024
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
By Nubia Jade Brice
“University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. There’s the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toe—but if she’s so odd, why does it seem like there are many others like her? Then, whose eyes track Mimi’s movements from the cemetery next door? And why does a bizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day?” (Viz Media)
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For many people, autumn and all things scary just seem to go hand in hand, so it’s no surprise that horror legend Junji Ito would drop a new manga just in time for the height of Fall. Combining his iconic art with stories by authors Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama, “Mimi’s Tales of Terror” is the perfect collection of...
“University student Mimi and her boyfriend Naoto encounter one chilling mystery after another. There’s the enigmatic neighbor woman dressed in black from head to toe—but if she’s so odd, why does it seem like there are many others like her? Then, whose eyes track Mimi’s movements from the cemetery next door? And why does a bizarre red circle drawn on a basement wall change with each passing day?” (Viz Media)
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For many people, autumn and all things scary just seem to go hand in hand, so it’s no surprise that horror legend Junji Ito would drop a new manga just in time for the height of Fall. Combining his iconic art with stories by authors Hirokatsu Kihara and Ichiro Nakayama, “Mimi’s Tales of Terror” is the perfect collection of...
- 10/23/2023
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Mexico’s El Relicario, whose “El rostro cubierto de besos” screened at Cannes Critics’ Week in its 2023 Morelia showcase, has boarded Ximena Valdivia’s Malaga Festival winner “4Eber,” a movie melding the modern teen dance scene in Cusco and ancient and contemporary fantasy and mythology.
Written by Valdivia and Costa Rica’s Luisa Mora Fernández, a co-scribe on Mexican Kim Torres’ Cannes Festival-selected short “Luz Nocturna,” “4Eber” is now produced by Valdivia’s and El Relicario’s Mariano Rentería and Jorge Diez, in the first international feature co-production outing for the Morelia-based outfit.
To be presented at next week’s Sanfic Industria Lab-Fiction, which runs Aug. 23-26, “4Eber” captures a swelling movement in Latin America to abandon social realism for other mixed genre styles offering an alternative take on Latin America, its past and present, which is far more sensitive to the region and the director’s own roots.
Now in advanced development,...
Written by Valdivia and Costa Rica’s Luisa Mora Fernández, a co-scribe on Mexican Kim Torres’ Cannes Festival-selected short “Luz Nocturna,” “4Eber” is now produced by Valdivia’s and El Relicario’s Mariano Rentería and Jorge Diez, in the first international feature co-production outing for the Morelia-based outfit.
To be presented at next week’s Sanfic Industria Lab-Fiction, which runs Aug. 23-26, “4Eber” captures a swelling movement in Latin America to abandon social realism for other mixed genre styles offering an alternative take on Latin America, its past and present, which is far more sensitive to the region and the director’s own roots.
Now in advanced development,...
- 8/18/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
“From the mind of Kazuo Umezz, undisputed master of Japanese horror manga and creator of The Drifting Classroom and Orochi, comes Cat-Eyed Boy! This deluxe edition contains five classic horror stories featuring a mysterious and dangerous cat-eyed boy who lives among humans, comes from the world of demons, and is despised by both. In four morbid tales, he interacts with humans and monsters to often-devastating ends. Then, in a final story, Cat-Eyed Boy must decide where his true loyalties lie—or if he has any loyalties at all.” (Viz Media)
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Continuing to bring the work of horror pioneer Kazuo Umezz to print, Viz Media presents the ‘perfect edition' of “Cat-Eyed Boy,” a series of tales where the feline featured monster acts as a sort of narrator for the macabre stories within. While this structure may not be as engaging...
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Continuing to bring the work of horror pioneer Kazuo Umezz to print, Viz Media presents the ‘perfect edition' of “Cat-Eyed Boy,” a series of tales where the feline featured monster acts as a sort of narrator for the macabre stories within. While this structure may not be as engaging...
- 8/15/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Next time someone wistfully insists, “They don’t make ’em like they used to,” why not point that nostalgic cinephile to the work of Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon? The Belgium-based creative couple are almost single-handedly keeping the classic burlesque tradition alive on-screen — if the word “single-handedly” can fairly be used to describe a near-silent comic duo with four hands between them, plus a growing company of collaborators (including dancer Kaori Ito) and a prosthetic arm with a mind of its own.
In “The Falling Star,” Abel and Gordon bring their old-school comedic sensibility to what could loosely be described as a detective story, told in a film noir style punctuated with flashes of color: a red dress, a tiny green car, a bright yellow scooter. Centered on a tiny Brussels bar, the pair’s relatively minor new project features a missing persons investigation, a sorta-kinda kidnapping, a fugitive couple...
In “The Falling Star,” Abel and Gordon bring their old-school comedic sensibility to what could loosely be described as a detective story, told in a film noir style punctuated with flashes of color: a red dress, a tiny green car, a bright yellow scooter. Centered on a tiny Brussels bar, the pair’s relatively minor new project features a missing persons investigation, a sorta-kinda kidnapping, a fugitive couple...
- 8/3/2023
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
Although Netflix is still working its way around the Asian movies in its catalog, in terms of series the quality is quite high, with a quality in terms of production values of many of them being comparable, if not better with feature films. “Sanctuary”, which takes a look at the world of sumo, is definitely one of those films.
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The protagonist of the series is Kiyoshi Oze, a young delinquent from a broken family, which was destroyed when his father's debts forced him to close the shop, sending him into a being a traffic light attendant, and his wife, who obviously underwent some sort of shock, into prostituting. Kiyoshi was a judo champion at a teenager, but now finds himself bullying his way around life, until a proposition from Ensho, the owner of a sumo stable and the promise for...
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The protagonist of the series is Kiyoshi Oze, a young delinquent from a broken family, which was destroyed when his father's debts forced him to close the shop, sending him into a being a traffic light attendant, and his wife, who obviously underwent some sort of shock, into prostituting. Kiyoshi was a judo champion at a teenager, but now finds himself bullying his way around life, until a proposition from Ensho, the owner of a sumo stable and the promise for...
- 5/20/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Everyone wants to be rid of painful memories from the past, but no matter how hard we try to conceal them, the memories won’t just disappear. Shizuuchi, an unstoppable wrestler in the Japanese sports drama Sanctuary, dwelt on such horrific memories for a long period of time. The memories of Shizuuchi and the root cause of his introverted, depressed appearance have been effectively shown in the series.
Shizuuchi was a small boy when his father abandoned him. Their mother had raised him and his younger brother all by herself. His mother wasn’t an ideal parent since she was a heavy drinker who frequently took out her frustrations on her boys. Shizuuchi’s entire youth had been spent in anguish without an ideal environment in the house where he could feel secure and comfortable. Shizuuchi’s mother was ostracized by the community, maybe because she was a single mother,...
Shizuuchi was a small boy when his father abandoned him. Their mother had raised him and his younger brother all by herself. His mother wasn’t an ideal parent since she was a heavy drinker who frequently took out her frustrations on her boys. Shizuuchi’s entire youth had been spent in anguish without an ideal environment in the house where he could feel secure and comfortable. Shizuuchi’s mother was ostracized by the community, maybe because she was a single mother,...
- 5/7/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
There is a lot to be said about consuming a long-run manga series, spending years following the exploits of your favorite characters, and seeing your collection grow. Many of the titles with the most accolades manage to weave these long expansive stories that make them fan favorites and generate a lot of conversation within the fandom.
However, single-volume manga offers its benefits and the often under-touted format forces its creators to make a strong impact within the confines of a short narrative story. Personally, these shorter series make up some of my all-time favorite reads as well as act as perfect starting points to recommend to others who are interested in the medium but are unwilling to commit to dozens of volumes. Furthermore, these titles are ideal for revisits, casual re-reads on a nice day outside, or lounging at home.
In no particular order, here are 12 outstanding single-volume manga releases...
However, single-volume manga offers its benefits and the often under-touted format forces its creators to make a strong impact within the confines of a short narrative story. Personally, these shorter series make up some of my all-time favorite reads as well as act as perfect starting points to recommend to others who are interested in the medium but are unwilling to commit to dozens of volumes. Furthermore, these titles are ideal for revisits, casual re-reads on a nice day outside, or lounging at home.
In no particular order, here are 12 outstanding single-volume manga releases...
- 4/12/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Jeff Howard to write and Executive Produce Fangoria Studios’ live-action feature film adaptation of “Junji Ito’S Bloodsucking Darkness”: "Legendary Japanese horror mangaka/manga author and artist Junji Ito and Fangoria Studios are set to produce Bloodsucking Darkness; a vampire tale from the beloved master of horror’s hit manga Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection. Executive Producer and screenwriter Jeff Howard has been tapped to develop the screen adaptation on behalf of Fangoria Studios. Bloodsucking Darkness, a live action feature film of Ito’s acclaimed works, is set to be the first of three stories that Fangoria Studios plans to adapt from Smashed.
“Fangoria Studios is going to adapt my manga! I'm so excited to see how it will turn out,” said Ito. “I hope I get to see the trailer in my dreams tonight!,”said Junji Ito.
Junji Ito began his career as a manga horror writer while working as a dental technician.
“Fangoria Studios is going to adapt my manga! I'm so excited to see how it will turn out,” said Ito. “I hope I get to see the trailer in my dreams tonight!,”said Junji Ito.
Junji Ito began his career as a manga horror writer while working as a dental technician.
- 4/3/2023
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
A gentle stillness revives itself at the end and beginning of every breath, its vibrancy tangible when tuned into its frequency at each precise moment. It is a calmness, a small measure of peace, seldom found under the neon buzz of a megacity such as Tokyo or any given metropolis around the globe wherever the urban frenzy is ceaseless. Life far removed from time's boorish grasp – its frantic march toward the inevitable, its relentless demand for toil and progress – finds a gentler purpose: an opportunity for spiritual detoxification, a glimmer of strength to face the past head-on. For lurking in the periphery, obscured by shadow, are the ghosts and demons in constant pursuit, and no amount of running can keep them at bay forever. In “Side by Side”, Chihiro Ito painstakingly curates this serene tapestry in which Kentaro Sakaguchi's Miyama eschews his trauma and makes his escape.
Side by Side...
Side by Side...
- 3/21/2023
- by JC Cansdale-Cook
- AsianMoviePulse
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