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Solo Leveling - (2022 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21209876/
https://sololeveling.com/
https://sololeveling-anime.net/

Mysterious gates bring monsters into the world, but people develop superpowers and one previously-worthless combatant becomes incredible.

Pretty good so far.

  • Original title: Ore dake Level Up na Ken
  • The origin is Korean, but this is a Japanese endeavour.



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Iseleve - (2022 show) image

Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27417996/
https://www.iseleve.com/

An ugly, unaccomplished, student discovers a hidden world within which he becomes a hero and transforms himself in that and the real world.

It might be quite good, but because the main character is superpowered it's a pretty shitty story angle; not recommended.

  • aka / properly titled: I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too
  • Note that every episode has an end-credit scene.
  • A second season has been confirmed



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John Wick꞉ Chapter 4 - (2023 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10366206/
https://johnwick.movie/film/john-wick-4

John Wick returns to alternately ruin and end his friends lives in the hopes of leveraging an obscure rule to free himself from .. whatever their assassins society is called.

It's adequate, but has nowhere near equality: I think one unimportant woman dies on-screen and then the body vanishes, another gets hurt, and this has to be the most brutally misandrist movie I've ever seen. Feminist approved!



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Ichi - (2008 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060256/
https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=2569/ (.jap)

A blind woman travels to find a blind man, and becomes embroiled in an inn-town's troubles.

Straightforward and wholesome; highly recommended.



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Princess Mononoke - (1997 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119698/
https://www.ghibli.jp/works/mononoke/
was movies.disney.com/princess-mononoke (purged)

Servants of the emperor wage war with ancient gods to dominate the land for iron, forcing innocents into the crossfire, but a prince of a lost tribe adventures to save himself and the land from the resulting curse.

Throughout the movie, there are men used as comedic relief and women as brave and smart.



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I Am a Hero - (2015 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3775202/
https://avex.jp/iamahero/
was toho.co.jp/movie/lineup/iamahero-movie.html/

A zombie apocalypse fells Japan and it's up to an almost-NEET everyman to mostly save a couple of people.

A straightforward and largely unsurprising movie; fine for wasting some time.



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Unforgiven - (2013 movie) poster .jap

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2347134/
https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=3946/

A whore gets her face cut up, and a bounty is put on the heads of the two responsible.

Boring as hell; I couldn't get into it.



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Inuyashiki - (2018 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20180717220426/http://inuyashiki-movie.com/sp/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6340500/

Two people are struck in an intergalactic car accident, then stitched back together using a war machine template.

Inspired by Inuyashiki

See also:



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47 Ronin - (2013 movie) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1335975/
(home page archive)

47 samurai are exiled when their master is framed, and vow revenge against those responsible.

A decent enough movie; watchable and forgettable.



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Ghost in the Shell 2 - Innocence - (2004 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347246/
http://www.production-ig.com/contents/works_sp/01_/index.html

coming later

  • Original title: Innocence
  • Trailer



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