A thread for discussion and recommendation of Japanese TV and movies.FAQ: https://pastebin.com/BARFCHgFPrevious Thread: >>48243110
I don't care about anyone in the finale
>>48393281>AV porno?I'm surprised Miike never made AV. Even Sono Sion and Iguchi Noboru made AVs. >>48396905Why not try one episode? You might enjoy it.>>48397176Absolutely. Easily among Miike's most impressive efforts, along with all of his collaborators. And you could tell Miike’s influence all over. 2D animation probably would’ve looked better but the 3D fight scenes go hard as fuck (webm related).
>>48398124You will when Oswald make it in.
>>48403947Mei Nagano <3
The result of Nakayama Miho's autopsy confirms her death was due to an accident while taking a bathhttps://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20241208/k10014661841000.html
>>48410983After this and Oshi no Ko, I'm done with bad live-action adaptations for a while.
btw is yu yu hakusho liveacshin watchable or more slop (are literally any of them good?)Loved the anime back in the day
>>48414971It's offensively bad. They butchered the story and the characters so badly.
>>48415225Do you know of any good ones? I thought the Pancreas anime movie was painfully mid and overrated but I liked the live action movie a fair bit. Probably a lot because of Minami Hamabe who was insanely likable and cute in it.
>>48415395Nope. I seriously have never seen a good live-action adaptation of anime, ever.
>>48415395Himizu (2011) by Sono SionIchi the Killer (2001) by Miike TakashiBlue Spring (2001) by Toyoda ToshiakiThe Flowers of Evil (2019) by Iguchi NoboruOur Little Sister (2015) by Koreeda HirokazuVampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) by Nishimura Yoshihiro Mushishi: The Movie (2006) by Otomo KatsuhiroCutie Honey (2004) by Anno HideakiCat Ramen Taishou (2008) by Kawasaki Minoru
>>48415410TsumaSho
>>48415723>>48415395Meant to reply to this
>>48414971The fighting scenes are great
>>48415492>Himizu (2011) by Sono SionKino.>SUMIDA GANBARE!>YUME WO MOTTE!Absolute kino.
>>48414971The show is like a fight scene reel.>>48415395There are many good shows, but it might just be you have no interest in Japanese television at all.
>>48415492I forgot about The Flowers of Evil movie adaptation. I knew I planned to watch it years ago but it slipped my mind until I read your post.
>watching tokyo swindlers>characters keep trying to make the temple lady out to be some gross hag>would bang the fuck out of like Takumi was "forced" to
>>48416374She was really gross. That one scene traumatized me.
>>48398014Every winner after Toro Salmon are unfunny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u758P8G5NQsHoly cringe
>>48416706この人のどこが面白いかわからない
>>48416706Making an old gaikokujin actor laugh like that is impressive.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuUz6tV58l8
>>48416706Feel bad for good ol’ Christopher. At least he’s getting paid.
>>48398014>Japanese Movie and TVThe country that makes movies and tv you literally can't find anywhere on the internet yeah what a great general.
>>48418903Based time traveler from the 90s.
>>48419175I wanted to watch Keizoku 1 and Keizoku 2 as well as the movie Ikari and I can't find a single copy of any of them anywhere.
>>48419482https://nyaa.si/?f=0&c=4_0&q=Keizoku
https://youtu.be/LMtglFgr-4I
based
finished watching radiation house season one, currently watching season 2 and I really like it. it's a bit underrated. any other dramas like it?
>>48424583Unmet
The W highlighthttps://x.com/_Shifttrr/status/1866478842057199810
Does Ametalk still air?
>>48426237Holy kek
>>48426237Based feetchad.
>>48426237People are seething about all the dirty jokes they used in their netas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNTOe8ghS3U
>>48427140https://9tsu.cc/ametalk
>Surprise Meitantei Tsuda setsuMy sides.
>>48432644What website is that?
>>48434034Give the man a long-sleeved piece of clothing, dammit>>48434085TVer
>>48434034I still can't believe Tanaka is dead...
>>48434034It wouldn't be a Detective Tsuda episode without a beautiful female assistant having a ridiculous and overdramatic dialogue with him.https://streamable.com/eqgciw
>>48434034Incredibly fast Hamada.
>>48434034https://x.com/Friskies17/status/1866884523532882095Lots of hints in the first half.
>>48435159In awe at the sheer insight (or autism) of these people.
>>48435535good
>>48435159>・異常に嫌がる野呂>・野呂の同級生の喫茶店の>JAZZのチラシと白鳥の絵画>・酒井の点数が低いのは訳ありwtf
For me, it's 150 episodes of 岩合光昭の世界ネコ歩き playing on loop.
>>48434105>>48434404>長袖をくださいThe highlight of this episode
>>48435159Wait, so the first setsu was yarase? I thought Noro Kayo was overreacting about the graduation album, but thought that was just her trying to enliven the episode.
>>48435899Where to download/watch it?
>>48434404Who is she? She was cute and good at acting
>>48436554https://www.instagram.com/maminishino/https://x.com/maminishino1124
>>48407692RIP
>>48436814She's like a copy of Arai Erina.
Kakuzuke Check 2025's lineuphttps://x.com/kakuzukecheck/status/1866679298850963774
>niziuand in to the trash it goes
>>48437862>Niziu instead of Sakamichi groups>Ugly janiizu rape victims instead of funny owarai geininsWorst lineup since they turned it into a New Year's SP 16 years ago.
>>48437884>>48437942what's wrong with niziu?
>>48437862GACKT's mysterious partner could save it or sink it further depending on who he is.
>>48437997We don't like kpop here.
>>48432644I'm sad there was no Takeshi konto VTR kicking off THE MANZAI this year, but this was still funny.
>>48441836>テレビのコンプライアンス>変な週刊誌lmfaoso fucking based
>>48441836Kitano looking good. His new movie Kubi was hilarious, love it to death. Hope he makes a new movie soon.
>>48441974He wouldn't be Beat Takeshi if he didn't take shots at the BPO and FRIDAY.>>48442521He made a new film this year called 'Broken Rage'. It premiered at Venice International Film Festival three months ago and will be released on Prime Video in 2025.
>>48442592>new film >It premiered at Venice International Film Festival three months agoWhat the Hell? Had no idea. Thanks for the heads up.
>>48434034https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmgAeR0otMg
NTV's New Year's Eve SP is a Gurunai game on roidshttps://www.oricon.co.jp/news/2358904/full/
>>48446980I think I'll just binge movies this new year's eve.
>'Wide na Show' and 'Dareka to Nakai (formerly Matsumo to Nakai) will end in March 2025It's absolutely fucking over.
no wonder, they can't get viewers without Macchan
>>48447164Plummeting tv ratings aside, even if a miracle happened and Matsumoto returned, there's no way he can do Wide na Show where he has to comment on recent news (including scandals) when he ran away from his scandal.
>>48447164I stopped watching them when Macchan stopped showing up. As far as I'm concerned, TV without Macchan can crash and burn for all I care.
>>48446980TV on New Years' Eves have been unwatchable since they stopped doing Gaki no Tsukai Batsu Games.
>>48436113source is in the name -.-
>>48447238>the whole concept of the show is celebrities talking about news and scandals>he has his own scandal>says he'll appear on the show and explain everything>he pussies out last minute>never returnslmfao>>48447527Simp>>48449578Hasn't been interesting in years since they got old and it became 100% scripted with fake punishments
For those who watched Umi no Hajimari, what did you think of it? I definitely enjoyed some aspects (mostly the relationship between Umi and ML) and got quite emotional here and there, but the way certain characters were written in how they treated ML was pretty annoying which ruined the show a bit for me. Also Umi a cute.
>>48451713It is a very good show. The father was really passive, and the mother was a narcissist.Lots of scenes had great acting like the phone call about the death of the mother to her librarian friend.
>>48452127>and the mother was a narcissist.That may be the case. She's actually my biggest gripe with the show. It felt like she was written in a way where she had to do dumb shit for the sake of putting the plot in action, while at the same time the show tried to portray her in a very sympathetic light. It was hard to like her, but I still felt bad for her. I suppose mostly due to her stellar acting.
Any recommendation for movies or tv series focusing on the life of housewives or something similar like family dynamics etc?
>>48454147A Snake of June by Tsukamoto ShinyaHanging Garden by Toyoda ToshiakiGuilty of Romance by Sono SionMaboroshi by Koreeda HirokazuA Bride for Rip Van Winkle by Iwai Shunji
>>48454147Mother GameFishbowl Wives
>>48454252>>48454436Awesome, thanks anons
>>48454147Shall We Dance? (1996)Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers (2005)
>>48454623Thank you too anon, these 2 seem interesting as well
>>48454147Shufu Katsu
>>48451406> >he pussies out last minuteHe didn’t. He was actually gonna appear there and explain himself but that caused a backlash on SNS where people said he’s using his own show where no one can question him instead of holding a press conference. That led them to pulling him out.
>>48455119At this rate I will have enough to watch for weeks, thanks anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq6fWshxKTchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldq8AtovVno
It would be good to be able to rip stuff from amazon prime, they have old m1 gps in decent quality with japanese subs.
>>48452127meme's acting has improved a lot
>>48456010Documentary about the average 4chan anon.
>>48457079It should be a crime to be this beautiful.
>>48457079I thought she was really cute in Girl Gun Lady
https://x.com/M1GRANDPRIX/status/1868157820782379322
>>48460781That's a lot of judges.
>>484608022024 is the new 2015. They did this when they renewed the show, but it was only previous winners then.
>>48460781Couldn't they have chosen geinins from Macchan's and Emichan's eras?
>>48460781>No TomizawaWhy remove the most competent judge?
>>48435899>male voiceoverYeah nah
wow Gaki no Tsukai is on TVer
>>48463688Only the Hamada's music project episodes.
>>48463116They killed the original work with this piece of shit of a drama. Clearly none of the writers and the directors read the manga which explains all the important settings altering, important scenes cuttings, and adding unnecessary shit that isn't in the manga. And don't get me started with the cheap cosplay. The actors and actresses were miscast, and their shitty acting skills made it worse.
>>48464261However, I loved the show. It was a good romcom drama for its time slot. And it does not bother me if it was a loose adaptation. The story was very entertaining.
>>48464261>t.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ie2KO-zK4_g
>>48464261When is Japan going to finally admit defeat and start hiring white actors for their manga adaptations?
>>48460781Should have been Bakarhythm and Kawashima Akira.
>>48465049literally never
>>48465668Bakarhythm's not exactly known for his manzai.
>>48465910they had some judges in the past like that
>>48465910Neither was Shiraku.
>>48465049I don’t think an explosion of white male/japanese female relationships on tv and film would go down too well even if it was balanced by an inverse proportion of japanese male/white female
>>48407692https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/6638bab68be9d5213484504041afb84b6d959c1f>Nakayama Miho's agency announced on 16 Dec 2024 that she had finished filming the following dramas for the Winter 2025 season and that her scenes will be shown as planned:FujiTV's "Nipponichi no saitei otoko"TV Asahi's "Kaseifu no Mitazono Season 7"
>>48461074He said he wanted to quit as a judge last year.
>>48468194>FujiTV's "Nipponichi no saitei otoko"Does that mean the script will be changed now that she's dead?
https://x.com/sindyeye/status/1864991986396336375
>>48468834Damn
>watch randomly this damn thing yesterday >it shook me upWtf Japan, I was feeling sick.
>>48469421Even Komizu Kazuo, the director, said in an interview that he hated it.
>>48456929https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=db2F3heJAbo
is Tantei Monogatari worth watching?
>>48415492>>48415803The Himizu movie is a butchering of the manga and even if you haven't read it, it's still merely middle of the road in terms of Sono's catalogue.
Anyone watch this? Any good?
>>48454252Kek, treacherous bastard. They're all great though.
>>48470475Yes
>>48470505>butcheringAs a longtime Furuya Minoru fan who read and reread his works, especially Himizu (and Ping Pong Club), for nearly 20 years, what Sono did in his adaptation is nothing short of a masterpiece. The earthquake tragedy as a background to the story and the new twists to the shit Sumida went through actually gave it a different feeling from the manga that is just as good, and there's no better man than Sono to make something original out of the original material. Sono is more than capable of making a 1:1 adaptation, but Sono doesn't do that, he loves to add his own personal prints over his works, and besides that, it's impossible to re-create a perfect copy of Furuya's world into a live-action version, which applies to almost all manga imho, so it's better to have a genius creative auteur like Sono making a film out of it. The result was a masterpiece. Only a great auteur like Sono could make a masterpiece like Himizu a different experience that is as impactful as the original. It reaches the level of apocalyptic bleakness and puts you through an array of emotions you never expected to go through.
>>48470520It was fantastic. It's written by Bakarhythm so you know you're gonna watch something fun. He even won best screenplay award for it last year.
Hello, please see an important post for those interested in Yukio Mishima, here >>48472324
>>48454252>>48471015Which one is the best? I feel like watching a movie tonight and surprisingly I’ve never heard about these movies before despite knowing the names of their directors
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_o4HzyqHcA
>>48472340>Mishima: A Life In Four ChaptersIf only you showed up last year when I watched it.
Gyaru is a never-dying trend.
>>48474415She looks like Amane Okayama
>>48474415because it looks good
>>48474415But she isn't wearing gyaru makeup/clothes
>>48474568Read the subtitles.
>>48474585I can't read Japanese
>>48474507Gyaru Kanna mogs her.
>>48474415Aren't young Japanese girls supposed to be into K-Pop? Why are these two into an ancient fashion style from the 90s and the 2000s?
>>48474507>>48475357my cute and loving wives
>>48471777>actually gave it a different feeling from the mangaCorrect. It's completely different>that is just as goodNot at all.>1:1 adaptationWouldn't have worked because the story is a serialization and the way it was told was dependent on the format>It reaches the level of apocalyptic bleaknessNot at all. It doesn't have the bleakness nor the humor of the manga. It also completely changes the point since Furuya is basically saying "some people are just born scum, you can never escape your destiny to be scum" and yes, it's bleak but it's also true, there are certain people in this world that never stood a chance.
>>48477432>Wouldn't have worked because the story is a serialization and the way it was told was dependent on the formatSono already made a tv series of another manga, Minna ESPer Dayo, and some of the manga sensibilities were retained, but like I said in my other point you seem to miss, "it's impossible to re-create a perfect copy of Furuya's world into a live-action version". Much of the manga's distinctive and absorbing atmosphere was created by Furuya's unique art style, that's impossible to replicate when you're making a live-action adaptation.>It doesn't have the bleakness nor the humor of the mangaSono never intended it to be the same as the manga, that was obvious the moment the film started when they mentioned the March 11 disaster. Like I said, he's an auteur who loves to add his own personal prints, he doesn't do 1:1 adaptations. What comes next is if you're a fan of his style or not, and that's subjective from one person to another. This is Sono's Himizu, it's different from Furuya's Himizu.
>>48472393They're all great but they're... violent. Except Maboroshi. It's all about what you're more interested in watching.
>>48471893I've only ever watched one other thing by him, the office lady delinquent thing which was fun but started losing its steam towards the end.
>>48480474>>48480477GACKT will be in Miike Takashi's Shin Abarenbo Shogun SP dramahttps://x.com/abarenbo2025/status/1869110321551483197
>>48481366Based. He's also starring in Miike's film BLUE FIGHT releasing next month.
>>48481393GACKT said Miike offered him the role on Shin Abarenbo Shogun himself.https://natalie.mu/music/news/604140
>>48480474>>48480477>>48481366>>48481393I see GACKT, I watch.
Fuck, I didn't know Suiyo was a 2 hour SP tonight, so I missed an hour.
>>48470475Yes. The boomers are right, the show is fun and Yusaku Matsuda was cool.
>>48472393Like the other guy said, they're all great. I personally like Tsukamoto's 'A Snake of June' the best.
>>48484650Tsuda is golden. https://streamable.com/jvxoc8
>>48487294For me, the only miss was Minamikawa. I love the guy too, and he had some great moments, but he's just so obviously on a different level mentally compared to Tsuda that he spoils a bit of the "mystery" by pulling the audience back into world 2.
>>48487294This part genuinely made me crack up
>>48487294Erm...isn't that racist?
>>48488293yes it plays into the stereotype japanese people have about smelly foreignersbut also who cares desu
>>48487425
>>48484650>>48487294They should make both of Meitantei Tsuda and Denki Isu Game a 6-hours Year End SP, three hours each. It's too much of a waste to have such fun popular games and not capitalizing on them.
>>48487425>by pulling the audience back into world 2.But that's the funniest part. Tsuda is brainstorming or wanting to kiss his crush, and Minamikawa is just there tsukkomiing him.
>>48488349Whatever happened to Junior vs Fujimon and Imada vs Higashino? It's been a month since Gekidan Hitori vs Okano and they just stopped there.
>>48487449>Directed by Shinobu YaguchiHis last movie Dance with Me (2019) was such a stinker, I thought he stopped making movies after it. But I wonder why he's making a horror movie when all of his movies are comedy. Wish he'd just make something as good as Waterboys (2001) and Sing Girls (2004).
This deepfake resembles a Japanese actress, I can't remember who. I was thinking Masami Nagasawa, but I kinda remember someone else I saw before.
Tantei Monogatari 'Detective Story' (Detective TV series)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantei_Monogatarihttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQfeSTVn9q8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIfcISneSwUhttps://archive.org/details/tantei-monogatari-01-to-04https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms8Yl7rFTBwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5zY-4wJ2yo&list=PLzVMUjl0WLlA-6FAv9DveJAmz8G7_4hQUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8O3l5QxYWYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQQujC97PVUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpwnEynpepc&list=PLH3y6WAEv45YB5QVLWGVcaQIVAdANk7mm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHxImPuAKSUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUTsnmskmaA
>>48488293It's literally genetics, it's like complaining about ear wax being wet.>>48488369It is funny, but in the context of the show it's just a little too meta, the premise starts to crumble when you have two world 2 participants, because it starts to overpower the world 1 story. I get why he's there, but it does feel like a bit of a cop out because they know Tsuda would otherwise need tedious prompting for an hour or two to draw the right conclusions.
https://x.com/kentomanten/status/1869632632717521138
>>48489639>It's literally geneticsthey're talking about perfume dumbass
>>48489642Azumi is a workaholic.
https://www.nikkansports.com/general/news/202412190001043.htmlpathetic gayboys
>>48490937apparently nevada passed a law recently that allows child victims of sex crimes to sue after any amount of time has passed, so it makes sense why the victims filed therelike their comment suggests, this case will be decided by whether johnny's can successfully get it thrown out by arguing lack of jurisdictionif this doesn't work, they'll very likely lose the case
>>48489942On the other hand, Matsuda Rina is a fucking busu.
>>48490937Suing from outside Japan has literally never worked before. Suing for that obscene amount is the cherry on top of their eventual failure.
Nightmare fuel
>>48493766Cute Ano.
>>48493766>整形
>>48493766We love Anochan here.
>>48493766Dr Kim's experiment
>>48493766>>48493793>>48494812Wish I could smell her ano
>>48493766cute boy
>>48478726>>48486068Since you guys took long before answering me, I went ahead and downloaded them all and watched them by that order. The first three movies genuinely had me shook. Gonna watch Maborosi tonight.
In Unmet's finale, did Sugisaki Hana's character recover her memories?
>>48494812no we don't, shut up
>>48496036Is Unmet actually good or is it>Heckin yummy cuterino lead actress I rate it 10/10 lmfao?
>>48493766She used to be cuter before fucking up her face.
>>48498270it has romance, so you won't like it
>cabaret club/soapland stories>story about Matsumoto being nice compared to HamadaI imagine there were complaints kek
>>48493766Tamio R (2024)English subs are done by lonelysubber and are only available on dramaotaku.can someone help?
Any place where I can stream Japanese TV such as WOWOW?
>>48499139Who's that between Shiba and Takumi?
>>48500230The one who's there again and no one knows why? 堤太輝（どりあんず）
>>48500285They are Hamada's favorite kouhai if I'm not mistaken?
>>48500593yeah, part of Hamada Gundan
>>48499945Some WOWOW TV’s seasonal dramas get uploaded to 9tsu tv, you can stream them there. If you mean livestream, then there’s no free way to do it because WOWOW is a subscription tv. AQstream has all commercial Japanese tv channels you can livestream for free.
>>48499651>dramaotakuThe kinda person who has access to that place would never browse this website.
>>48499651This show was so trash, it said clearly it was inspired by Ikeido Jun's novel but I tried anyway because the first season was so good. Ano was the absolute worst as well, bitch cannot act at all.
>>48501647can you give me the files since i dont have a dramaotaku account and i wanna watch it?
>>48501999I watched it raw, most of us do. Why do you think we talk about modern jp tv and other 芸人 news?
>>48501647Anochan a cute so we forgive her bad acting.
>>48499945The WOWOW catalogue is slowly being added to Netflix.
>>48484957just watched the first episode and it was really fun
>>48447164>Wide na Show will be replaced with a Sandwichman trip showhttps://news.goo.ne.jp/article/hochi/entertainment/hochi-20241220-OHT1T51255.html
>Nakai Masahiro paid 90 million yen as a settlement for a "serious trouble" he had with a woman behind closed doors.https://nordot.app/1242961227706991169?c=1125362274260583087
>>48503805Affair with abortions etc maybe DV.
>>48503805Karma for being friends with Matsumoto Hitoshi.
>>48503805how is he so rich
>>48503843He's one of the main faces of the Japanese showbiz. A former SMAP member. A former senior member of Janiizu. Hosts many tv shows on every single commercial tv channel in Japan. On many CMs. Have radio shows. He's also an actor. Wrote books on the side. You could keep going on and on, he simply shits money out of his ass.
>>48503805>Settles a trouble with a woman and pays her a fuckload amount of yens to keep it under wraps>It still gets leaked to the tabloids Kek.
>>48503955No refunds, lol
>>48487294>>48488349What other geinin could the meitantei setsu apply to?
>>48504358Panther’s Ogata.
>>48398014Any other 2025 releases I should look out for?
>>48502068how did you learn japanese did you live in japan?
>>48507815>Kitano TakeshiBroken Rage>Miike TakashiBLUE FIGHTNyaight of the Living CatShin Abarenbo Shogun>Koreeda HirokazuAsura>Watanabe ShinchiroLazarus>Nakamura KenjiMononoke Movie: Dai Ni Shou - Hinezumi
>>48507815https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgWntWNEBUw&ab_channel=TBS%E5%85%AC%E5%BC%8FYouTuboo
>>48507815Kagawa Teruyuki's comeback dramahttps://www.wowow.co.jp/drama/original/sai/
>>48501474Wrong. I'm everywhere
>>48509449can you give me?
Any ways to watch the M1 live?
>>48510844aqstream
>loud femoid dropped>sakurazakafag droppedbasado
Oswald safe
>>48511361Not anymore ;_;
Based Reiji and Daikichi telling how it isit is looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooong
>Ootsuru Himan is only 33 years oldlooks like he's in his 50s wtf
Man, I really thought Evers would make it.
Rigged shit.
Very good final three netas.Was rooting for Shinkuu Jessica but I can't complain.
sry for being esl but Is there any anon remember extremely violent early 00s japanese noir tv-show? all I remember is gangs brutally beat retard in wheelchair, ty in advance
I'm still not sure about letting past winners participate but I suppose Reiwa Roman is talented although I didn't manage to watch their first neta to form a proper opinion. There were some good first-timers like Batteries, Evers and Jockrock but I feel that Tom Brown could really feel hard done this time. Personally I don't agree with the criticism of their 'style' of manzai. There has always been a lot of argument about traditional 'talking' manzai and conte manzai, if the latter qualifies as manzai then I don't see why theirs shouldn't. On another side of the argument you have some of the judges criticizing Daitaku's manzai for being too 'proper'. Frankly I'm quite ambivalent about some of this year's new judges like Ishida and Shibata but I suppose it goes to show the difference in the various judges' character and preferences.
>>48514701I thought Tom Brown were very weak, there wasn't enough there to justify the repetition. When your manzai devolves into funny sounds, you've taken it too far, and you belong in the reject bin with retards like Hollywood Zakoshisho. Daitaku were missing a turn, it was too formulaic and I agree with the judges.Evers and Batteries were robbed, though. I like the idea of having more judges, but the more sensible judges tend to be very tight with their voting and the more retarded judges tend to be a lot more variable, which means 1-2 retards can fuck up the ranking considerably because they can easily cause a 7-10 point swing. I don't mind winners being able to compete again, but I feel like they won a little bit because of "we've never had a 2 time winner before, it'll make a good news article". Ultimately, this year doesn't count because Matsumoto wasn't a judge.
>>48515184I'll just agree to disagree with regards to Tom Brown but I'm leaning towards the scoring of Daikichi and Hanawa for them. In my opinion one aspect of Manzai the judges take crucial note of is rhythm and timing and that's an aspect a lot of people gloss over. I'll just add that their neta could arguably fall in the range of 歌ネタ and we have previously had konbis like Oideyasukoga who falls in this category. This also encroaches into the argument against conte manzai and the limits of it, previously Magical Lovely was questioned by some if their neta qualifies as manzai. Ultimately the boundaries are difficult to define and those who sticks to traditional manzai are always unfortunately handicapped like Wagyu and Knights.Unfortunately I think Batteries' second neta was weaker than their first and their entry in the tournament mirrored Milk Boy's a lot but in the end Reiwa Roman's felt more polished overall. I do agree with your notion about having a 2 times winner however. I was rooting for Shinkuu Jessica initially but I think that they could've done better and that Evers could've easily taken their place.>can fuck up the ranking considerably because they can easily cause a 7-10 point swingAnd that's precisely the problem I had with Ishida and Shibata. Tetsuo clearly fucked up his initial scoring for Reiwa Roman being the top batter but he still tried to maintain the scoring without too much fluctuation.
I liked Tom Brown's neta but it was a slightly weaker version of the one they did at last year's loser's bracket.
>>48515720That was what both Hanawa and Daikichi said iirc, carefully strategizing the use of one's neta is part of the competition I guess. Not like they'd ever win the M1 in all honesty, hopefully they(and Nanamagari) have a better chance in the Second.
I hope a lot of people made themselves comfortable to watch M1 without Macchan and then got traumatized by him being shown right at the beginning.
I think the three finalists were all good, but Reiwa Roman were clearly above the others. While Batteries' and Shinkuu Jessica's second netas were good, they were not just weaker than their first netas, but also had similar patterns. Meanwhile, Reiwa Roman actually dared to use a different style and theme and it was even funnier than their first neta imho. And this is quite impressive since most owarai geinins when they win the first time and get showered by tv offers, CM deals and whatnot tend to slow down, lose their edge or start phoning it in, but these two still made funny materials. A well-deserved win.
I definitely missed Macchan's interactions with the competitors this year. There were barely any bokes from the judges in general.
>>48516769Had the same thought. The judging part was boring without someone joking with the competitors. Kumichan and Macchan were carrying the show.
Why so many judges?
>>48517234Matsumoto's absence made it that dire so they hired as many judges as possible to fill up the void he left.
Reiwa Roman are having a very busy morninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5TByMGbtFA&ab_channel=%E6%A3%AE%E4%B8%8E%E5%B9%95%E7%99%BDhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-EXWvWw_Uo&ab_channel=rimshotbizhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=veMuWMkrWLM&ab_channel=%E6%A3%AE%E4%B8%8E%E5%B9%95%E7%99%BD
>>48516644>tfw robbed again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LIm9S_xVGQ
