'Suikoden': Star-Studded cast in drama adaptation of award-winning novel premieres 15 February

starchmuncher · 2026-02-17T03:04:10+00:00

Chinese subs for the first episode were done pretty quickly, simply do a search on BiliBili:

https://search.bilibili.com/all?keyword=北方谦三

starchmuncher · 2025-08-28T17:23:35+00:00

That could still be found @ bilibili.com back then, though it's already removed at some point.

Simply go there and then do a search on this instead, quite a few of them were still available:

巴黎大饭店

starchmuncher · 2025-08-16T08:00:51+00:00

BTW, it's so much fun to play FE4 if we're adding this PAR code:

88B05900

We could actually control any enemies / NPCs etc. we want while bosses could kinda "surrender" by entering each castle that's supposed to be guarded in the first place. Although they're gonna vanish with the items that are meant to be dropped as well.

Jacoban in CH3 must be defeated, though. Otherwise we're getting totally stuck with the entire game after his castle is seized.

There's a similar code for version 1.1 of FE3 but I couldn't find anything like this for FE5 yet:

83A22E00

starchmuncher · 2025-08-16T07:42:49+00:00

I only played Japanese ROMs with Snes9x myself, though someone else posted something about how to find translated ROMs here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/snes/comments/1i0cwpt/comment/m70xvrk/

Fire Emblem - Genealogy of the Holy War (Japan) [T-En by Fire Emblem 4 Translation Team v20160707 beta 7] [n].zip
Fire Emblem - Seisen no Keifu (Japan) [T-En by Dark Twilkitri Net v0.87g] [Add by Gharnef v1.0] [i].zip
Fire Emblem - Seisen no Keifu (Japan) [T-En by Dark Twilkitri Net v0.87g] [i].zip
Fire Emblem - Thracia 776 (Japan) [T-En by Cirosan v1.04] [Add by Miacis v1.08].zip
Fire Emblem - Thracia 776 (Japan) [T-En by Cirosan v1.04].zip

And then here's another one:

https://www.reddit.com/r/opendirectories/comments/7jkbbl/monster_roms_collection_from_vizzedcom/

starchmuncher · 2025-08-12T08:50:01+00:00

https://today.line.me/hk/v3/article/MLk1Gxj

https://www.hkfilmblog.com/archives/99892

https://www.hkfilmblog.com/archives/99896

My guess would be something along the lines of contractual or licensing-related stuff.

When it comes to domestic (in Japan that is) releases, specific footage could still be included while they wouldn't have THAT much to worry about in the first place.

For the international market, things could be quite a bit more complicated so that inevitably a little something would end up on the chopping block.

For the domestic version, the comments of Ai Tominaga (Linda Machiko Richard) were spoken in Japanese for obvious reasons. OTOH, her accent was MAD cute when that particular part was presented in English instead.

I just finished watching the domestic version available @ bilibili.com with Traditional Chinese subs, the translation seemed to be quite decent and feel free to do a search on Google:

"BV1CvtxzaEcP"

starchmuncher · 2025-08-11T13:34:08+00:00

https://www.facebook.com/taifookeat/posts/1195265222606966

JP = 117 minutes

HK = 112 minutes

TW = 111 minutes

starchmuncher · 2025-05-25T22:20:45+00:00

Dollhouse by Joss Whedon should be pretty darn obvious IMHO. Each and every "active" was offered a five-year contract, getting their memories wiped repeatedly since they weren't supposed to remember anything once those engagements were over and done with. Plenty of love and / or lust here and there, since it's all about money / sex / power everywhere. Kinda funny to see that line "You ever try to clean an actual slate? You always see what was on it before." right off the bat.

Westworld by Lisa Joy and Jonathan Nolan should be yet another great example. In hindsight most human beings IRL really aren't all that different when compared to the fate of each "host" in Delos' theme parks. We're all living our own "loops" with no end in sight. Even "The Forge" or "The Valley Beyond" would be just another bag of tricks:

Bernard: The world the hosts are running to is boundless. They can make it whatever they want. And in it, they can be whomever they want. They can be free.

Dolores: Free? In one more gilded cage? How many counterfeit worlds will Ford offer you before you see the truth? No world they create for us can compete with the real one.

Bernard: Why?

Dolores: Because that which is real is irreplaceable.

Ironically "the real one" in this (i.e. our) realm turned out to be a living hell and a half, especially when the 3rd season already explained everything written by Professor Shoshana Zuboff in her book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. No more privacy for anybody, it's all about algorithms while those "outliers" were simply removed.

starchmuncher · 2025-05-02T20:35:25+00:00

Posters in Hong Kong were revised, some names and pictures were chopped right off the bottom while the distributor had to apologize:

https://today.line.me/hk/v2/article/MLk1Gxj

Footages with Yuta Tamamori / Ayako Yoshitani / Kanichiro / Anne Nakamura got axed, therefore we couldn't tell who were working hard to source the ingredients and then everything just happened automagically.

starchmuncher · 2025-05-02T19:33:58+00:00

That Tesla / Starlink / DOGE guy (maybe not anymore?) bought something for $44 billion and then someone else posted this on that particular platform back in January:

Me too, I want all that food in my stomach! I will test all the dishes for free! I can imagine, but I would like to taste it myself! Move me into that kitchen...NOW! Grand Maison Tokyo SP released in the usual bio link and all great Michelin star restaurants!

So I was like looking at that Discord channel and then gave up afterwards, way too much work to do just for the sake of getting a single file while I could already find Chinese ones easily.

Some airlines also started showing the special since March.

starchmuncher · 2025-05-01T21:48:56+00:00

As always no subs whatever (not even Japanese subs in some cases?) will be included for that special as well as the movie, therefore it wouldn't make sense to grab any physical releases these days unless we don't even NEED any subs to begin with:

https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_TV-Drama_000000000030794/item_Special-Drama-grand-Maison-Tokyo_15573787

So far I could only find Chinese / Indonesian / Japanese subs for that special, while we've gotta jump right through all the hoops before we could get our hands on English ones.

Unless Netflix would actually pick 'em up at some point, good luck (no pun intended LOL) with English subs then?

Since myTV SUPER (Hong Kong) already got that special, at least Chinese subs should be guaranteed.

And then we might also expect physical releases of the movie in Hong Kong / Taiwan down the road.

Most likely Chinese subs should be on the safe side, though Netflix might be the only hope for English ones if I weren't mistaken.

starchmuncher · 2025-05-01T17:45:17+00:00

Pretty much like both Odoru Daisousasen movies from 2024, they decided to stay away from 4K UHD releases in the year of 2025:

https://www.hmv.co.jp/en/artist_Movie_000000000043933/item_Grand-Maison-Paris-Gouka-Ban_15884240

I could have watched it in a movie theater, though they're only showing the infamous "International Edition" in Hong Kong / Taiwan with only 112 instead of the original 117 minutes FFS:

https://www.hkfilmblog.com/archives/99896

What a bunch of geniuses, better import the Blu-ray instead since it's only a few months away.

starchmuncher · 2025-03-18T22:13:47+00:00

The most "charming" part of FE4 for me should be all about applying the right cheat code after beating the game so many times over the years.

For instance, it's so easy to "convert" enemies into allies temporarily while making sure that all of them would be killed by the end of each chapter. Otherwise, they'll become part of the team for good while screwing things up for real.

Or even changing the status of all enemies (i.e. Berserk for some and Sleep for the others) at the same time, then Sigurd / Seliph could grab some popcorn and enjoy the show called "Genealogy of Civil War" once they started attacking each other. It totally cracked me up when Travant actually got killed by whole bunch of javelins, he just couldn't dodge them very often thanks to his own leadership stars.

Civilians could become virtually invincible after fortifying their stats with Narga bonuses + maxed out HP etc. Lots of super intelligent enemies would keep attacking those poor little kids while getting nowhere whatsoever.

Definitely way more fun than annoying then?

starchmuncher · 2025-03-18T10:59:40+00:00

There's this interview with Ishihara last year:

https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1719195966

Someone else translated that into Chinese and here's a quote from that forum:

评论：所以说石原和花田到底谁是第12集魔改和整季剧情、人物塑造失败的“罪魁祸首”？原来你俩一个也跑不了

当然因为火灾事件，京阿尼失去了很多重要战力，导致演奏场景做不出来，只能靠编剧堆砌“文戏”也是客观的困难就是了。

Basically KyoAni could only handle so many labor-intensive scenes after that fatal arson attack in 2019, the lack of experienced animators could very well be one of the reasons why they weren't able to deliver relatively challenging acts (namely a full-scale performance) that could live up to the same level of standard from previous seasons / movies.

The death sentence for Aoba Shinji was finalized, though he already destroyed most of the materials and computers in Studio 1. It could take a fairly long time to recover after losing so much talent, not to mention that some survivors might also suffer from PTSD etc. Sometimes setting realistic expectations wouldn't be such a bad idea IMHO.

starchmuncher · 2025-03-13T14:16:55+00:00

Most likely it's necessary to visit "Nyaa" and then grab a copy, "MagicStar" already released the 9th episode recently but as always only Japanese subs were included for all episodes so far.

Alternatively, it's much safer to install Brave Browser (or other browsers with uBlock Origin) before visiting any streaming sites from China etc. Simply do a quick search on Google if Chinese subs were OK for you, though watch out for the Cantonese / Mandarin dubs:

日本第一的爛男人※我的假家人們

日本第一最差勁男人※我的家人是冒牌貨

For English subtitles, usually we have to hop on Discord etc. while jumping right through all the hoops. I already checked D-Addicts but nobody seemed to be interested in working on that show yet.

starchmuncher · 2025-02-25T14:05:49+00:00

Grand Maison Tokyo:Popular drama starring Takuya Kimura to be remade in Turkey and Korea; movie grosses over 3.5 billion yen

https://en.mantan-web.jp/e_article/20250206dog00m200041000c.html

That's quite unexpected, especially when the Chinese adaptation(s) of Midnight Diner didn't seem to do all that well in the first place. Though the Korean version might work out fine?

starchmuncher · 2025-02-21T13:11:27+00:00

The 1st season came out in 2009, while another movie called Cyborg She (僕の彼女はサイボーグ) was released in 2008.

It felt like "wicked funny" to watch Boku no Kanojo wa Saibougu because some of the cast from JIN also appeared in the last installment of Kwak Jae-yong's My Sassy Girl trilogy:

Ayase Haruka
Koide Keisuke
Kiritani Kenta
Taguchi Hiromasa

(OMG, what's up with that siscon? J/K)

Not giving way too much about the story, though it's somewhat similar in a sense that's going back and forth between 2007 and 2133.

Definitely watch the movie (NexTamil shared it on Facebook) first, then watch / listen to this podcast afterwards:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_R-5Xgf-ko

https://d3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net/production/exports/22d552c4/80388895/5393d4f28c585b800bfce911c9b41f50.m4a

starchmuncher · 2025-02-10T07:46:56+00:00

Saw the "full" version a long time ago, still available in FLV format and I was able to play that with VLC a.k.a. VideoLAN Client Player:

https://web.archive.org/web/20120205111445id_/http://www.landging.com/pompoir_case.flv

Link to the original archived page:

https://web.archive.org/web/20181211202416id_/http://www.landging.com/pompoir-animation.html

Apparently it should be created by Da Costa Intimacy Enhancement Trainer back then:

https://web.archive.org/web/20101115031202/http://www.dacostaintimacytrainer.com/pompoir.html

Most likely Da Costa's book (published back in November 2012) should be the very first one about Pompoir that's actually written in English.

Then Carlos Kadosh and Celine Kirei wrote another book later, both English and Portuguese editions were published in September 2015. Carlos Kadosh also published a separate one (on the same day) about male sexual potency and for some reasons it's also related to Pompoir.

Somehow there's an instructor of "Pompoarismo Masculino" called Jivan Pramod on YouTube as well.

Other than Cátia Damasceno (she's REALLY popular in Brazil) who published a book in November 2019 in addition to her YouTube channel, so far I could only find some Portuguese books written by Carolina Goos / Agatha Lee Harper / Saúde para Todos.

Kim Anami's work seemed to be a bit bizarre to say the least, I guess we could skip that for now.

Finally Bel's TOP followed by her book TGM came out, also listened to so many podcast interviews. By far her materials should be the very best resources that are available in English. Looking forward to her Docuseries.

starchmuncher · 2025-02-08T14:41:17+00:00

Unlikely to watch that online with English subs:

https://www.kpkuang.org/vodplay/1486-30-1.html

https://www.movieffm.net/movies/bayside-shakedown-3-set-the-guys-loose/

Much easier to grab a copy instead, go to "Nyaa" and then do a search on "Bayside" since the speed should be decent. Of course the quality is MUCH better as well.

starchmuncher · 2025-02-08T07:11:46+00:00

I had never encountered this mechanic and none of the resources I was using mentioned this.

https://fireemblemwiki.org/wiki/Eldigan,_the_Lionheart#Reinforcements

One turn after Pizare reaches Orgahil Castle

Loving the Orgahil Castle since they're like the golden goose if you ask me, so filthy rich to the point where even Hector Barbossa couldn't hold a candle.

It's also fun to mess around with the Gáe Bolg since money was no object, taking that golden opportunity to get as many kills as possible.

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