A dedicated fan, Shen, spent $400,000 to recreate Shin-chan's house, taking over his family’s sheep farm and securing official rights after five trips to Shanghai. The nearly completed house ...

Michael Olise does not like shin pads. So much so that when the France winger was being brought on for Leroy Sane during Bayern Munich’s 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League ...

In the period Japanese series Asura, Palme d’Or-winning Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda (Shoplifters, 2018) has gathered a highly talented cast to highlight the complicated bonds between ...

Set in 1979 Tokyo, with Kore-eda writing and directing each of the seven episodes, Asura is centred on the touchstone of his storytelling: the ever-changing family unit. The most subtle of auteurs ...

His ultimate dream is to build the entire Kasukabe Town from Shin-chan and create a real-world space where fans can experience the world of Shin-chan like never before. The Crayon Shin-chan series ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The quiet way Netflix has chosen to release Japanese-language mini-series Asura is both fitting and ...

Zelda, Mario, Xenoblade Chronicles, Splatoon, Fire Emblem, Shin Megami Tensei, and more than a few other surprises lay in wait for them. All of it, of course, culminated in a true trailer for Breath ...

In his latest Netflix show, Asura, Kore-eda balances this trademark patient storytelling, with ambitious and melodramatic turns. Framing childhood: Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda’s ...

Acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, the mastermind behind the Oscar-nominated and Palme d'Or-winning Shoplifters, brings us Asura, a gripping drama that follows four sisters in 1979 ...

Netflix aficionados are in for a treat with the platform's latest addition, which has been met with critical acclaim despite its limited coverage. It may not be topping the charts this week, but ...

Written and directed by the internationally acclaimed Hirokazu Kore-eda, Japanese web series Asura season 1 premiered on Netflix on 9 January 2025 and has already garnered an 8.2 IMDb rating. A ...

However, in the first episode, Shin Asakura comes knocking at his door after being forced by a few hitmen who are targeting Taro. The story reveals that Shin has psychic abilities. Taro ...