Sensei Sensibility

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility!  You  are the hungry mind yearning to devour weird Asian horror;  I  am the (questionably) knowledgeable  Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. As someone who spends an awful lot of time writing words, with many of my peers also primarily engaging in the act of also writing words, the rapid growth of AI engines being able to mock up reviews and articles at the click of a button is of course, terrifying to us all.  However, can the robots actually  help  us bloggers, journalists, and content creators galore? For absolute shits and giggles (and as the curator of a spooky Asian themed blog) I decided to ask the Notorious G.P.T the burning question that has been dividing fans of Japanese horror since the noughties: Once and for all, WHO IS SCARIER: Sadako or Kayako?! While I copy/pasted the core factual text, I  did  edit Chat's findings to give it the good old  Sensei Sensibilty  "Voice".  Without further ado, let the rob

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility!  You  are the hungry mind yearning to devour quality Asian cinema;  I  am the (questionably) knowledgeable  Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet." - Juliet Capulet If cinema is the great zeitgeist reflector it claims to be, what does that say about turn-of-the-millennium Japan? While Isao Yukisada 's adaptation of Kazuki Kaneshiro 's novel GO isn't as dystopian as Battle Royale (2000) , it's still as grim a portrayal of disillusioned, angry youths as Blue Spring   (2001) or Bright Future (2003).  Not exactly a bunch of happy campers, are they? Sugihara, (played with seething perfection by Yosuke Kubozuka) however, has even more cause for displeasure. Part Korean, part Japanese, all " Zainichi ", Sugihara is too Japanese for the Koreans (he wears jeans and listens to Mariah Carey! "Traitor!") and

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility!  You  are the hungry mind yearning to devour quality Asian cinema;  I  am the (questionably) knowledgeable  Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. Who doesn't love an overly long anime title that refuses to trip elegantly off the tongue, but awkwardly stumbles out in the wrong order, complete with loo roll stuck to its shoe. Such is the fate of light-novel-now-anime The Tunnel To Summer, The Exit of Goodbyes. Gloomy but handsome Kaoru Tono (Oji Suzuki) is just one in a long line of awkward anime teens who decide to tamper with the very fabric of existence in order to escape their grim reality. Kaoru has begun fleeing his troubled homelife and traversing ever further into the secluded Urashima Tunnel. Local legend has it that the further you go into this mysterious, ethereal tunnel, the closer you are to regaining a lost heart's desire. As Kaoru is harbouring a dark secret pertaining to his tragic past, he has every reason to

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility!  You  are the hungry mind yearning to devour weird Asian horror;  I  am the (questionably) knowledgeable  Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. As someone who spends an awful lot of time writing words, with many of my peers also primarily engaging in the act of also writing words, the rapid growth of AI engines being able to mock up reviews and articles at the click of a button is of course, terrifying to us all.  However, can the robots actually help us bloggers, journalists, and content creators galore? For absolute shits and giggles (and as the curator of a spooky Asian themed blog) I decided to ask the Notorious G.P.T to generate for me a list of the top fifteen most haunted places in Japan. While I copy/pasted the core factual text, I did edit Chat's findings to give it the good old  Sensei Sensibilty "Voice".  (1) Baddest of Them All: Aokigahara Forest (Yamanashi): Known as the "Sea of Trees" or &quo

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility!  You  are the hungry mind yearning to devour quality Asian cinema;  I  am the (questionably) knowledgeable  Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. This is your captain speaking, buckle your seatbelts as we land in bumbling college newbie Tamaki Tsuru's world.  Fresh from a less-than-ideal high school experience, Tamaki is determined that college will be the new start she desperately longs for.  Our defiantly optimistic and somewhat klutzy heroine has it all mapped out. She's going to join an extra-curricular society, be Belle of the Ball, meet the love of her life at said society group and live happily ever after. Aw.  And by " aw " I mean, "Aw shit! Watch what you're doing, you fool! You're about to send a tennis ball soaring straight through an expensive piece of aviation equipment belonging to the Aviation Society, thus landing yourself in crippling repairs related debt that you'll spend the res

Welcome to Sensei Sensibility!  You  are the hungry mind yearning to devour quality Asian cinema;  I  am the (questionably) knowledgeable  Sensei , more than happy to satiate your cinematic appetite. Anime Supremacy! is the live action adaptation of the same-name light novel written by Mizuki Tsujimura and illustrated by CLAMP.   Though it may be by women, and about women, this is a story for everyone who's ever wanted to peek behind the curtain into the chaotic Oz that is the anime industry. Just be warned, what has been seen - can't be unseen.  A pox! A pox on both your anime! Hitmoi Saito (played by the understated Riho Yoshioka) is an ambitious young woman on the cusp of her anime directorial debut. Soundback: Playing Stone is a passion project years in the making, and not only must it be a roaring success to prove Saito's prowess as a director, it must surpass the ratings of all other anime so that it's creator may achieve the titular "Anime Supremacy!&quo