Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji 2
- Anime distributor and licensor Sentai Filmworks has quietly announced that it has licensed the 2007 TV anime adaptation of Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Gambling Apocalypse KAIJI manga in Kaiji -Ultimate.
- Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji 2, Paperback by Fukumoto, Nobuyuki, ISBN, ISBN-429269, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Aboard the illegal gambling ship, the Espoir, Kaiji has now amassed an additional ten-million yen in debt. Taking his total debt before interest to over thirteen-million yen.
- Aka Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji 2 Story: Kaiji Ito (Tatsuya Fujiwara) has drowned in debt and in life-threatening gambling games managed to free himself of this predicament only to end up right at the bottom once again. He is working off his debt as a slave, but with the help of his friends he buys himself two weeks in freedom.
- “Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji” is a super popular work that has been made into a TV program following the animation and the movie.However, even though it is a very popular work, the recognition of the anime theme song is not good. So this time I will summarize the past theme song of “Ga mbling Apocalypse Kaiji”.
カイジ; 賭博堕天録カイジ; Gambling Apocalypse; Tobaku Mokushiroku; كايجي (arabic) Japan, 1995. After graduating from high school, It? Kaiji moves to Tokyo to get a job, but he fails to find steady employment because the country is mired in its first recession since World War II. Depressed, he festers in his apartment, biding the time with cheap pranks, gambles, liquor.
Kodansha announced on Thursday that Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji manga is inspiring a new live-action film titled Kaiji Final Game that will open in Japan on January 10, 2020. The film is billed as the 'last chapter' of the series, with a completely original story by Fukumoto.
The cast includes:
(Note: some character names are not confirmed.)
(Top row, left to right in image above):
- Nagisa Sekimizu as Kanako Kirino
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji
- Mackenyu as Minato Hirose
- Sōta Fukushi as Kōsuke Takakura
- Kōtarō Yoshida as Yohishiro Kurosaki
Fujiwara is reprising his role as the titular character from the 2009 Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler film and 2011 Kaiji 2 - Jinsei Dakkai Game film. Tōya Satō is also returning to direct the new film.
Denpalicensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Ne'er-do-well Kaiji Itou's shiftless existence is suddenly rattled by a visit from the yakuza. Burdened by debt and resentment, Kaiji is coerced into gambling for his worthless life. As the stakes grow higher and the rules become increasingly more bizarre, Kaiji must finally take the future into his own hands! Legendary mangaka Nobuyuki Fukumoto finally makes his English-language debut. The inspiration for the infamous anime by the same name and the Netflix live-action film Animal World takes readers into the dark side of Japan's post-bubble economic society by thrusting them into a world of debt, debauchery, and delusion.
Fukumoto serialized the original manga in Kodansha's Young Magazine from 1996 to 1999. The manga has inspired multiple sequels and spinoffs, two television anime series, two previous Japanese live-action films, a Chinese live-action film, and a reality game show. Denpa will release the first volume of the original manga on September 24.
The Mr. Tonegawa anime, based on a Kaiji spinoff manga, premiered last July.
Source: Comic Natalie
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| Kaiji | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Tōya Satō |
| Produced by |
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| Written by | Mika Ōmori |
| Based on | Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji by Nobuyuki Fukumoto |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Yugo Kanno |
| Cinematography | Katsumi Yanagijima |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Toho |
Release date | |
Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $25.5 million |
Kaiji (カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム, Kaiji Jinsei Gyakuten Gēmu, lit. 'Kaiji: Life Turn-Around Game'), also known as Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler, is a 2009 Japanese live-action film based on Gambling Apocalypse: Kaiji, the first part of the manga series Kaiji, written and illustrated by Nobuyuki Fukumoto. It is the first film of a trilogy directed by Tōya Satō and premiered in Japan on October 10, 2009. It was followed by Kaiji 2, released in 2011.
Cast[edit]
- Tatsuya Fujiwara as Kaiji Itō
- Yūki Amami as Rinko Endō
- Teruyuki Kagawa as Yukio Tonegawa
- Ken Mitsuishi as Kōji Ishida
- Kenichi Matsuyama as Makoto Sahara
- Tarō Yamamoto as Jōji Funai
- Suzuki Matsuo as Tarō Ōtsuki
- Kei Satō as Kazutaka Hyōdō
Production[edit]
In October 2008, it was announced that the film would be directed by Tōya Satō and Tatsuya Fujiwara would star as Kaiji Itō. The Watarase Film Commission, a non-governmental organization that supports film production, posted a casting call for 70 men between the ages of 20 and 40 to be extras to play contestants of the 'restricted rock-paper-scissors' game.[1]
Soundtrack[edit]
Yugo Kanno composed the music for the film. The original score was released on October 7, 2009.[2] Two songs by Japanese pop singer-songwriter Yui were featured in the film, 'It's All Too Much' and 'Never Say Die', used as theme song and insert song respectively.[3]
Release[edit]
Kaiji was theatrically released on October 10, 2009 in Japan.[4][5] It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on April 9, 2010.[6][7]
In the UK, the film was released on DVD by 4Digital Media under the title Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler on July 26, 2010.[8]
Reception[edit]
In September 2011, Goo Ranking conducted a web poll of 'Live-Action Manga/Anime Adaptations That Worked' and Kaiji ranked #6 out of 38 live-action adaptations.[9][10]
Box office[edit]
The film became Japan's sixteenth highest-grossing film of 2009, earning ¥2.25 billion ($25 million) at the Japanese box office that year.[11][12] Overseas, the film grossed $460,073,[13] bringing the film's worldwide total to $25,460,073.
Critical reception[edit]
Carlo Santos of Anime News Network ranked Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler as a C. Santos wrote that the greatest strengths of the film are the psychological gamesmanship and the theory of gambling games, preserving the spirit of the original work. He criticized the characters' one-dimensional characterization, the 'artificial' closed-room scenarios and the 'contrived' staging of 'scrappy working-class hero versus evil old rich guy', stating that Kaiji could be labeled as a 'fantasy'. Santos also mentioned the changes from the original work and the 'awkward plot manuevers' to make the events fit in the film's two-hour time frame.[14] Chris MaGee of Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow described the film as a 'very uncomfortable mix' between the social commentary of the 2009 film Kani Kōsen, Tatsuya Fujiwara's first starring role in the 2000 film Battle Royale, and televised poker shows. He criticized the 'over-the-top' acting of Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama and Teruyuki Kagawa, stating that 'William Shatner would end up telling Kagawa that it might be a good idea to dial things down a little bit. It seems that in the world of Kaiji more always equals better.' He concluded 'I could only see director Toya Sato and the producers of Kaiji the film being entertained by its game show strategies and hyper-dramatics. For those of us unfortunate enough to be sitting in the audience the whole experience is just painful. Not to give away any spoilers, but the fact that the film's ending leaves things wide open for a sequel or sequels makes me shudder.'[15]
References[edit]
- ^Loo, Egan (October 15, 2008). 'Live-Action Film of Kaiji Manga to Open Next Summer'. Anime News Network. Retrieved June 18, 2018.
- ^カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム オリジナル・サウンドトラック (in Japanese). VAP. Retrieved September 15, 2019.
- ^カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム - 金曜ロードショー (in Japanese). Nippon Television. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^'Gambling Manga 'Kaiji' adapted to Live-Action Film starring Tatsuya Fujiwara - GIGAZINE'. en.gigazine.net. June 19, 2009. Retrieved October 23, 2017.
- ^'KAIJI'. Nippon Television. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
- ^カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム (in Japanese). VAP. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^カイジ 人生逆転ゲーム （通常版） (in Japanese). VAP. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
- ^Loo, Egan (June 13, 2010). 'Live-Action Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler on U.K. DVD'. Anime News Network. Retrieved November 28, 2019.
- ^Sherman, Jennifer (September 14, 2011). 'Goo Poll: Live-Action Manga/Anime Adaptations That Worked'. Anime News Network. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^'アニメ・コミックの実写化でよかった映画ランキング'. Goo Ranking (in Japanese). Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- ^'2009'. Eiren. Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^'Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler'. Toho Kingdom. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^'Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009)'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^Santos, Carlo (June 24, 2010). 'Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (live-action)'. Anime News Network. Retrieved November 18, 2018.
- ^MaGee, Chris (April 15, 2010). 'Nippon Connection 2010: KAIJI Review'. Screenarchy. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
External links[edit]
- Official website(in Japanese)
- VAP official website(in Japanese)
- Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler on IMDb
- Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (film) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia