In 'Mysterious Sweets Shop Jeoncheondang,' the wishes are magical — the movie less so

Japanese manga and anime have spent the last decade quietly winning over the normies, and the live-action gold rush is now in full swing. Hollywood's got Taika Waititi's long-gestating "Akira," Jim Mickle's Netflix-backed "Gundam," and Lee Isaac Chung's adaptation of Makoto Shinkai's "Your Name" cued up. Major studios are betting big that Japanese storytelling can carry tentpoles. Korea, despite a troubled history with its former colonizer and a long stretch of state-led restrictions on Japanese

By The Korea Herald