Anime Nippon~Jin

The Official Website of the new anime series, "Koi a Yobu ni wa Kimochi Warui" (It's Disgusting to Call This Love), Mogusu's manga, began to air a new promotional video for the series.

It will premiere in April 2021, on the Official Website it was also announced what will be its promotional poster.

The cast includes:

Yurie Kozakai as Ichika Arima

Toshiyuki Toyonaga as Ryo Amakusa

Rena Hasegawa as Amakusa River

Junya Enoki as Kai Tamaru

Kana Hanazawa as Arie Matsushima

Ryohei Kimura as Masuda

Synopsis:

The story follows the relationship between Ryō Amakusa, a perverted bachelor but heavily besieged by women, and Ichika Arima, a common otaku high school student who is close friends with Ryō's younger sister.

Main technical team:

Studio: Nomad

Director: Naomi Nakayama (Orange)

Assistant Director: Taku Yamada (Rent-A-Girlfriend episode director)

Screenwriter: Yuuko Kakihara (Orange, Chihayafuru 2, Digimon Adventure tri.)

Character Design: Mariko Fujita (Galaxy Angel, Rosario + Vampire, Urahara)

Chief Animation Director: Mariko Fujita

Music: Hiroaki Tsutsumi (Orange, Children of the Whales)

The series reached 1 million copies in circulation (including the digital edition).

"Call" (콜) is a suspense film in which the plot involves a woman who lives in the present and befriends a woman in the past. The feature film with a release date for the beginning of the year in Korean theaters was postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The movie Call is directed by Lee Chung Hyun and involves the story of two women who live at different times. However, both are connected by a phone call. Seo Yeon (Park Shin Hye) lives in the year 2019, while Young Sook (Jung Song Seo) lives in the year 1999. In the story, the characters realize that they are in the same residence, but in different years.

Seo Yeon tries to change the past after connecting with someone who lived in the same house 20 years ago. With a smile on her face, Seo Yeon asks Young Sook, "Is there anything else you're curious about?" Young Sook responds, "Myself in 20 years."

In addition to the leads, the film features actress Kim Sung Ryung, who will play Seo Yeon's mother. Lee El, who will play Young Sook's mother, a woman of intense maternal love, but with a cold appearance. Also, Lee Chung Hyun is the same director of the short film "Bargain" and the movie Call will be his first feature film.

The film opened on Friday, November 27. Watch the official Netflix trailer:

The webtoons are stories with relatively new illustrations and bring narratives covered in fantasy, technology and freedom of expression, being a source of inspiration for Korean dramas.

Woons or 만화 - manhwa is a term used to describe the famous South Korean webcomics or "comics", which are published weekly online. They are famous mainly in Asia, where websites and reading platforms for webtoons have gained presence; thus giving visibility to graphic artists, story creators and of course, providing a new entertainment space for Korean dramas.

The big television stations realized how good and interesting it would be to bring this new audience to the big screen. Therefore, many webtoon works have been adapted for new Korean drama series, eventually appealing to fans who are eager to know which actors and actresses will be playing their favorite characters.

Let's take a look at some of these dramas inspired by Korea's most popular webtoons.

Itaewon class

Itaewon Class is one of the best television premieres of recent times and was inspired by the Webtoon of the same name, signed by Jo Gwang Jin. In the series, Park Sae Ro Yi is a young man determined to regain the family honor by going through numerous troubles, making friends and allies along the way and of course enemies as well.

Strangers From Hell

The police thriller, starring actors Lee Dong Wook and Im Si wan, is about young Jong Woo and his terrifying neighbors in a sinister pension in Seoul. If you like suspense and psychopaths, Strangers From Hell is for you!

Mystic Pop-up Bar

Based on Bae Hye-soo's webtoon, Mystic Pop-up Bar entered the Netflix catalog this year and has already become a classic. Customers blow off steam and look for a way to heal their wounds through a bar attendant beyond magic.

Why Secretary Kim?

The drama is based on Jung Kyung Yoon's novel of the same name, which was first published in 2013. A young narcissistic vice president, who cares about nothing but himself, nevertheless begins to worry after his absence. secretary, EM. Kim Mi So (Park Min Young), who after nine years in this arduous role decides to quit his job.