As far as I know, the term "oshi" actually came from fans of AKB48 and their sister groups, and then it gained traction with other female idols groups, before it hit the mainstream.
As for the last name thing, this is common throughout East and Southeast Asia. Because they are primarily a collectivist culture, not individualist, so family matters more than the individual person.
I mean, Kento has been casted in plenty of other manga adaptations, not surprised he was cast in this one 🤷🏻♀️.
I don't think you understood my comment. I wasn't referencing Golden Kamuy specifically in terms of his acting credits, but anime adaptations in general. This is going to be the first live action adaptation for the series, and he has acted in the live action adaptation for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (and was even the lead), which is extremely eccentric.
Indeed. I don't think people realize the severity of the Japanese crimes toward Korean comfort women during that…
I know this comment is years old, but I just wanted to say: Japan, at least the Japanese government, owes apologies to a lot of other countries regarding the comfort women issue. Unfortunately, South Korea was not the only country whose women suffered a cruel fate during the war. As far as I'm aware, Japanese also took women from the Philippines, Taiwan, and Indonesia. Unfortunately, a lot of Japanese people are not told about the atrocities in the war in schools so the fault doesn't lie with their people, but the government, who continues to lie to not only the world, but their own people about what they did during the war.
For anyone who isn't in the know, Budokan (Nippon Budokan) is an indoor arena. Every artist in Japan dreams of performing there. It's located in Kitanomaru Park in Chiyoda, Tokyo. It was originally built for the Olympics for martial arts, but it's since been used as a concert hall (according to several sources, the first act to perform there was the Beatles) as well. For musical acts, getting to perform their marks your success as an artist, as the list of who's performed their only includes top acts.
The versions of the songs used in the drama (as opposed to the anime) are available to stream: https://open.spotify.com/album/4obwwGDBCgQt9pxStQ8YCyYou…
The only issue is though, because it's under the same artist, it doesn't make the distinction on Spotify whether it's the anime version or the drama version. The only way I can tell is the release date and the album art, but that's about it.
If you just want to listen on streaming, they have them on Spotify and YouTube, but they're mostly from the anime. If you want physical CDs, I would try CD Japan.
As for the last name thing, this is common throughout East and Southeast Asia. Because they are primarily a collectivist culture, not individualist, so family matters more than the individual person.
Theme song has also been announced as being performed by NiziU. Song title: "Sweet Nonfiction".
Title: OCTAVE
https://youtu.be/8c2GTgrautM
https://youtu.be/k8YRcE6BPNY?si=93i7cZ8Tq7oz3Isf
https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/tokyo-dog-lovestory/index.html
https://www.fujitv-view.jp/article/post-835603/
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2023-03-22/tomokazu-sugita-nana-mizuki-star-as-dogs-in-love-in-live-action-show/.196237
Trailer (From Fuji TV Twitter):
https://twitter.com/i/status/1638309510237282304