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My Girlfriend is a Gumiho [Season 1] – Review

My Girlfriend is a Gumiho [Season 1] – Review

On one day after Cha Dae Woong ran away from his grandfather, he accidently freed a nine-tailed fox who was closed in a painting for about 500 years. He didn't realize what he has done, until the Gumiho (nine-tailed fox),who took the form of a beautiful woman, appeared in front of him. As time goes by, their mutual relationship grew deeper as they start to fall for each other. Click for the full season 1 review...

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Samurai High School [Season 1] – Review

Samurai High School [Season 1] – Review

Mochizuki Kotaro is a mild-mannered, unmanly high school student. One day, he visits a library and meets the mysterious librarian Himiko, who recommends to him an ancient book about a heroic general from the Sengoku period 400 years ago. Kotaro notices that he has the same name and age as the general described in the book, and he experiences a flashback... Kotaro later mentions the book to his father, who tells him that he may be the descendent of a powerful samurai. Click for the full season review...

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Liar Game [Season 2] – Review

Liar Game [Season 2] – Review

The naive Kanzaki Nao and expert swindler Akiyama Shinichi have not heard anything from the LIAR GAME organization since the end of the previous game, so it seems they may have actually escaped. But Nao suddenly gets another invitation and is once again caught up in the game. Our editor Nick breaks down Season 2 in this full review...

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Joker: Yurusarezaru Sousakan [Season 1] – Review

Joker: Yurusarezaru Sousakan [Season 1] – Review

Date Kazuyoshi (Sakai) is a detective on the Kanagawa prefectural police force. During the day, he is known as a "Buddha" for his gentle personality, pouring all of his energy into resolving each case. At night, however, he transforms into a cruel punisher as his gentleness gives way to his anger towards the criminals. The series poses questions about what justice and evil truly are. Click for the full season 1 review...

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Mop Girl [Season 1] – Review

Mop Girl [Season 1] – Review

Mop Girl is a television drama series based on the novel of the same title that recounts the adventures of Momoko Hasegawa, who possesses the ability to travel back in time upon contact with belongings of a deceased person with unfinished business in life. She then has the chance to prevent the death of the would-be deceased. Click for the full season one review...

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Hotaru no Hikari [Season 1] – Review

Hotaru no Hikari [Season 1] – Review

Hotaru no Hikari is mostly a romantic comedy in the Eliza Doolittle vein, where an unsophisticated girl gets schooled in the ways of womanhood by a man. For some viewers it may be hard to understand just what is so objectionable about Hotaru. Click for the full season 1 review...

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Bloody Monday [Season 2] – Review

Bloody Monday [Season 2] – Review

Set two years after the first season of "Bloody Monday," an aircraft carrying a nuclear weapon threatens Tokyo & genius hacker Fujimaru Takgi (Haruma Miura). After the chilling fast paced conclusion of season one I wasn’t sure the second season would live up to the first in terms of tension. I was wrong! Click for the full TV series review...

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Bloody Monday [Season 1] – Review

Bloody Monday [Season 1] – Review

24 episodes in length, Bloody Monday follows a brilliant high school hacker, Fujimaru Takagi (Haruma Miura), gets drafted by the Japanese equivalent of the FBI(Third-I), to help them stop a group of terrorists intending to attack Tokyo with a biological weapon. Click to read the Season 1 review...

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Liar Game [Season 1] – Review

Liar Game [Season 1] – Review

Liar Game is a 2007 Japanese TV show based off a manga of the same name while the first season had eleven episodes. The story is quick to introduce Nao Kanzaki played by Erika Toda who always believes the best in everyone, this has led many people in her life to take advantage of her gullibility. Click for the Season 1 TV review...