Keitai Sousakan 7 ( ケータイ捜査官７-2008)

Starring:
Kubota Masataka
Ito Yuko
Tsuda Kanji
Okamoto Natsuki
Matsuda Satoshi
Mitsuya Yoko
Watanabe Noriko
Taguchi Hiromasa
Katsuno Hiroshi
Igarashi Reiko (五十嵐令子)
Katsuno Yosuke (勝野洋輔)
Mickey Curtis (ミッキー・カーチス)
Nagasawa Nao (長澤奈央)

Masaka Kubota plays high-school student Keita, who leads a secret life as a "network investigator" for a secret organization. In the introductory episode, Keita has moved to a new school in Tokyo but doesn't like it. His best friend from his previous school comes to Tokyo and they run away together. Passing through a construction site the pair are attacked by a robot, but are then saved by a man named Takimoto and his strange sidekick — a cell phone with arms and legs.
Notes
"Ketai Sosakan 7" is overseen by film director Takashi Miike.

I'm a freak when it comes to Japanese hi-tech dramas. I was a little let down in the first episode. I don't know why. I thought this show would be soooooooooooo stupid. A cellphone buddy? What-ev-ah.

Okay, I busted through it. Again, after watching it, the Japanese have set the standard on morals and family values. Who would have thought that THIS show would pull that off? The last few episodes...well, yeah, makes you think about robotics and man.

I won't lie. The story lost momentum in the middle. Some of the episodes weren't really necessary or just plain stupid. But once they got back to the storyline and really rallied the value of humanity and friendship, it was bliss.

Again, I won't lie....there just wasn't enough Matsuda Satoshi. The man is a freakin' hottie! Watch Vampire Host. Holy Enchilada!!! Every episode just about wet my panties. LOL! Anyway....where was I? Oh yeah. LOL! I thought he was going to be a main character but was more or less, here and there. His stories were about lost. Only a hand full of him in the episodes and there are 46 of them. Errrrgh!

In all, this drama was a great boredom buster. Very thought provoking but yet again it's not like we haven't seen movies and dramas that depict the inevitability of human nature verse robots. Need I say more. We can't live without our handy cellphone but then aren't we just a tad bit too dependant on anything that requires to live at the push of a button.......

Masatak Kubota


Matsuda Satoshi

Aquarian Age: Juvenile Orion The Movie (アクエリアンエイジ 劇場版 -2008)

Starring:
Dori Sakurada
Rakuto Tochihara
Takuya Uehara
Keita Kimura
Akio Fukuhara
Nao Nagasawa
Gou Ayano
Masami Horiuchi

The story of Aquarian Age revolves around the war between secret organizations who have been fighting each other since the beginning of human society.


Alice Nine-Mirror Ball~~Theme song to the movie..........


Ummm.....this movie was alright. But it wasn't all that either. Too many cuts to different still shots. Slowed the pace of the movie which left some moments left unanswered or it could have had more dialogue. Something just wasn't right and it left a bitter taste in my mouth.

The guys were cute but they couldn't save this movie. The story could have been better written. It's based of a Japanese manga which they could have followed but didn't. The jumping of the movie really ruined the theme. This could have been a really good movie..even great. The idea was there. The guys were cute and ready to act. Somebody in the editing, writing or directing department f***ed this movie up.

The only really good part out of the whole movie was watching Alice Nine perform Mirror Ball. They are an awesome Visual Kei Japanese rock band. So I got atleast something out of this decrepit movie. Oh....and they screwed up the ending or they did it on purpose to leave us to believe there is a second movie. I hope so....or they screwed that up too.