film reviews/Gantz: Perfect Answer
posted Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
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Gantz: Perfect Answer is the second live action installment of the Gantz series, set just a few months after what just happened on Gantz. There isn’t much of an explanation of what’s going on — except for a brief recap of the first movie — so I strongly suggest you don’t watch this on your first go.

film reviews/Gantz (2010)
posted Tuesday, October 9th, 2012
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A group of strangers meet an enigmatic black sphere only known as Gantz.

blog/20 Actors Between 20-25 to Watch until They’re 30 – The Graduating Class
posted Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
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About… three years ago, I made a list of actors from around the globe. 16 out of my 20 picks are already NOT eligible for this list any longer. Shocking how time flies.

film features/The Banana Guide to Asian Entertainment: It’s All About Japan: Part III
posted Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
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Greetings, YAMMies! We are on the third part of my Japanese entertainment journey of a series on the Banana views on Asian entertainment.

film reviews/Usagi Drop
posted Friday, February 10th, 2012
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Based on the josei manga by Yumi Unita, Usagi Drop tells the story of 27-year-old Daikichi, who ends up living with his grandfather’s 6-year-old illegitimate child, Rin, after his passing.

film features/AM: Your Favorite Actors and Why?
posted Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
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Our friends at Anomalous Material are asking who our favorite Actors are and why, so we got the YAM Magazine team together to talk about theirs~

trailers/Bunny Drop Trailer
posted Saturday, April 30th, 2011
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Trailer for the adaptation of the josei manga by Yumi Unita, directed by SABU. Usagi Drop stars Kenichi Matsuyama and Mana Ashida.

yam pdf/YAM – Issue 012
posted Friday, October 15th, 2010
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Our latest and last issue as a PDF. This marks a new beginning for us, and marks the actual 2-month countdown for the opening of yam-mag.com. In this issue, McNeil from The Dark of the Matinee gives us a look at what was the Toronto Film Festival this year, and gives his thoughts on Let Me In, Black Swan, and Norwegian Wood.

film reviews/Norwegian Wood
posted Friday, October 15th, 2010
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Based on the much beloved novel by Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood is the story of Watanabe and Naoko. The common bond between them is Kizuki, Watanabe’s best friend and Naoko’s first boyfriend.

film reviews/Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
posted Monday, September 27th, 2010
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Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac, adaptation of the Japanese novel by Gabrielle Zevin of the same name, stars popular Japanese actor/idol Horikita Maki as Naomi, who loses the memory of her boyfriend and her male best friend.