Nana
Man, i don’t want to write about this. Anyway, Nana is, in a way, a gentler version of Kamikaze Girl i was talking about two weeks ago.
Basically two very different girls meet on a train and happens to share the same name. They become friend eventually and start fightning over the same guy, while trying to stay friends. It’s adapted from a shojo manga of the worst kind. The girl who was doing the manga is actually working on another manga written by Courtney Love. So yeah some rock n’roll is involved since one of the girl is part of a band.
The thing is that japanese rock musicians have most of the time some weird outfit that make you think their music must be violent and edgy. In reality most of them are spineless j-pop singers. The infamous Gackt being a good exemple. He dresses like Marylin Manson on crystal meth but his songs are the cheesiest stuf you’ve heard since, i don’t know, Michael Bolton. On the other hand, musicians that dresses like geeks are actually the one playing the sickest noisiest shit you could find.
The spineless but cute j-pop singer Nakashima Mika is playing the rocking Nana. Another cute but spineless girl play the cute and spineless Nana. The trailer made me sick. The official site is in flash. You’ll be the judge.
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July 28th, 2005 at 12:46 am
Totally Agree, Shimotsuma stuff it’s weird enough to keep your eyes open… NANA seems the boring version…
I’m waiting for a new Japanese Psychobilly Rock Scene film!!
September 10th, 2005 at 3:40 am
so far in the manga i’ve read about the manga, they are not fighting over the same guy and ai yazawa did not participate in the manga that involves courtney love! so next time, try and get your facts straight before you go bashing on something you don’t even know.
September 13th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
Here’s what Tokyopop has to say about Princess Ai, the manga written by Courtney Love they are publishing:
“Princess Ai features stunning character designs by famed manga-ka Yazawa Ai”
http://www.tokyopop.com/dbpage.php?propertycode=AIH&categorycode=BMG&page=creatorprofile
November 17th, 2005 at 1:47 pm
what the fuck r u sayin..next time get the facts right before opening your mouth. all that bashing is only your opinion
February 17th, 2006 at 11:12 pm
“Princess Ai features stunning character designs by famed manga-ka Yazawa Ai ” design by…not draw the manga….gets ur facts right!
April 19th, 2006 at 4:27 pm
Did u not even watch the movie? whoever reviewed this is an idiot they dont fight over the same guy… and the movie was the best movie i’ve seen in a LONGGGG time and im not even familiar with the manga this movie was based on
July 15th, 2008 at 10:23 pm
aaah I so got to agree with Justin.. this review trashed this completely, but in reality it was one of the best asian movies I have seen in a long time.
It really sounds like the person who wrote this had not seen it.