Kaz Is Back

It can be argued that Kazuya Kiriya's filmmaking style is not unlike that of a certain Zack Snyder; eyeballs deep in green screen and visual artifice. But there was indeed something in his live-action CASSHERN that affected me far more than even Snyder's take on WATCHMEN,and that was likely a sense of not only adventure in what the films set out to do, but a sense deeper, and far more emotionally grey than Hollywood tends to offer. It takes the best of anime-like exaggeration of action, and combines it with a surprisingly visceral emotional gut punch. And despite the mas negativity surrounding Kiriya's last project, I still found plenty to enjoy from repeat viewings. And so when it was announced that he would next take on Goemon, I instantly set to keep close tabs, and now..here we are.

At a huge budget, and an even more impressive cast including Eguchi Yoske, Hirosue Ryoko, Terajima Susumu and others, this looks to be this year's answer to 20th Century Boys..




ほんとうすげえ。

いっさしぶりい！

Ah yes..Finally, and after much toil, the files resume. There's been so much activity over the last few months that it's hard to begin listing many events that led to such a long moratorium. So stay tuned, so much studying to share, as well as so much cool stuff!