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Non-Korean Review: Death Notice – Ikigami (Tomoyuki Takimoto, 2008)
Posted on March 28, 2011 | No CommentsIn the near future, the government of Japan enforces an injection in preschoolers that randomly causes death in the minority of them upon reaching adult hood (anytime between the ages of 18-25) in an effort to boost good citizenship and force a meaningful life. Messengers appointed by the government deliver... -
Non-Korean Review: 252: Sign of Life (Nobuo Mizuta, 2008)
Posted on January 4, 2011 | No CommentsA biblical tidal wave strikes Tokyo. In the aftermath, Shizuma leads a rescue squad from the city Fire Department to Shimbashi Station, now an area of devastated wasteland. Shocked to learn that his younger brother, Yuji, and seven year-old niece are trapped underground, Shizuma mobilises a specialist rescue squad to... -
Non-Korean Review: Confucius (Mei Hu, 2010)
Posted on October 4, 2010 | No CommentsConfucius is appointed to the position of Mayor of Zhongdu in the Kingdom of Lu (one of the three main kingdoms of the period) where his reputation catches the attention of the King. Impressed by his ideas, the King elevates Confucius to the Royal Court where his policies have more... -
Non-Korean Review: Sinking of Japan (Shinji Higuchi, 2006)
Posted on March 1, 2010 | No CommentsFollowing an earthquake it is revealed that Japan is literally sinking into the ocean. What is initially predicted to take forty years is revealed, by a lone scientist, to actually take less than a year. Suffice to say, Japan finds itself facing its biggest potential disaster since the last time...