<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks, Alex. But Netflix has made this series available only to online streaming subscribers in the US, not to BluRay/DVD subscribers thus far. In the past I found that Netflix had more older titles available through their BluRay/DVD services.<br><br><br></div><div>Bill Thompson<br></div><div><a href="mailto:wct1@columbia.edu">wct1@columbia.edu</a><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 10, 2016 at 7:32 AM, Japanese Cinema Discussion Forum via KineJapan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kinejapan@lists.osu.edu" target="_blank">kinejapan@lists.osu.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div style="font-family:Verdana;font-size:12.0px"><div>Hello All,</div>
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<div>just in case some don't know about this, Hibana, the first TV series produced by Netflix Japan is now available for viewing in all Netflix territories.</div>
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<div>The series is based on the bestseller by Matayoshi Naoki, and was supervised by Hiroki Ryuichi – who also directed three of the ten episodes. </div>
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<div>At Nippon Connection (where Hibana also screened) I moderated a talk event with the two main actors and director Kuma Shinji, and they talked a bit about how the series was designed around Hiroki's vision- and indeed it has a strong "Hiroki" feel to it. The series is pretty incomparable to conventional Japanese TV dorama on many levels, and feels a lot more cinematic than most film from Japan does at the moment. I found it a very promising start for Netflix Japan's production activities, and the distribution route creates all kind of possibilities. It can be a bit slow at times but it's definitely worth watching to the end (some very unexpected things happen). </div>
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<div>Googling one of the other directors I just notices that the Japan Times had an artice on it yesterday:</div>
<div><a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/09/tv/can-netflixs-hibana-spark-revolution-japanese-tv/#.V1qjbceHpEc" target="_blank">http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2016/06/09/tv/can-netflixs-hibana-spark-revolution-japanese-tv/#.V1qjbceHpEc</a></div>
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<div>Best!</div>
<div>Alex</div></div></div>
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