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REVIEW: Thermae Romae DVD


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ValkyrieZeroZeroOne



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:16 am Reply with quote
CrowLia wrote:
vashfanatic wrote:
ValkyrieZeroZeroOne wrote:
Not sure about the anime, but I can certainly vouch for the live-action movie. Hardly stopped laughing the whole time.

Agreed. I haven't read the manga* or seen the flash-anime, but I saw the movie on opening night and it was hilarious. I think it stumbled at times when it was trying to be more serious, mostly because the Japanese actors in Roman clothing sort of only works when you're being silly. Nonetheless, I'd really like to see the live action version get an English release.


Third on this. Haven't watched the anime or read the manga, but the Japanese teacher played the live-action movie in our class and no one could stop laughing. It was a lot more fun than I ever expected, and I've actually wanted to watch the anime ever since.


It must have been pretty popular in the Japanese Film Festival held here in Australia, because this year's inclusion on the program was an encore, it first showed (unbeknownst to me) in last year's program. I went and saw the live-action Gatchaman the next night (which I had seen in Tokyo in its opening week, sans subtitles) and overall found Thermae Romae vastly the better entertainment.
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yuna49



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 16, 2013 11:03 am Reply with quote
CrowLia wrote:
mostly because the Japanese actors in Roman clothing sort of only works when you're being silly.


I had a similar reaction watching Takenaka Naoto portray German conductor Franz von Stresemann in the live-action versions of Nodame Cantabile. He's hilarious in the role, but a little hard to take seriously as a German, especially with that wig (at least I think it's a wig).

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