Chonmage Purin / ちょんまげぷりん

#4 FIVE-STAR reviewSummer, 2010, Japanese movie that stars Ryo Nishikido-kun as Kijima Yasube, a samurai from the Edo period 180 years ago who ends up in modern-day Tokyo after praying for a better job before a Buddha statue in his country hamlet.Yes, its based on another Manga turned anime, but that's entirely beside the point as this happened to be one of them that I appreciated being turned into live-action stuff ~ what's more, I super...

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My Girlfriend is a Gumiho / 내 여자친구는 구미호

My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox #3 in the FIVE-STAR categoryAugust to September of 2010 Korean drama that starred Lee Seung gi as Cha Dae woong, a hapless college student determined to become the next Bruce Lee action star (he's even got Bruce Lee posters on his wall).His Harabeoji owns a string of beauty salons (which means they're rich), and because Dae woong lost his parents when he was little, Harabeoji raised him along with...

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Hotaru no Hikari: Season 2 / ホタルノヒカリ 2

Glow of Fireflies 2 #2 IN THE 5-STAR CATEGORY2010 JDorama that stars the same lead cast as the first drama ~ HURRAY!Three years have gone by since Amemiya Hotaru (Ayase Haruka) and Takano Seiichi (Fujiki Naohito) last saw each other (or since we last saw them for that matter).She is returned from Hong Kong when the story picks up where it left off in Season 1, only Seiichi is upset about the fact that during those three years, Hotaru never...

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Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge / ヤマトナデシコ七変化

Perfect Girl Evolution This is the start of a slew of 5-star reviews. It was difficult for me to decide which of them I should even showcase first, so don't let that have any affect on your judgment since it wasn't that way for me, either ~ I simply decided it was best to just highlight them in the order that I watched them. And, you can blame it on aznv.tv for taking this long to upload these shows, too, not me. Now, with...

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