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僕だけがいない街 ("Erased") Live Action
僕だけがいない街 (lit. The Town Where Only I Am Not), titled “Erased” in English, is the story of the 29 year old Satoru Fujinuma who posses a strange ability to travel back in time, a phenomenon he refers to as a リバイバル (lit. revival). It was made into a live-action drama that was made available on Netflix on December 17th of 2017.

Plot
The story revolves around 29 year old Satoru Fujinuma and the peculiar life he experiences due to being sent into the past via his "revivals". Though he does not possess the ability to control when a revival will occur, he is always sent back to the minutes before a life-threatening event occurs and he attempts to create minimal changes which prevent the disaster from ever occurring. Having failed at his dream to become a 漫画家 (manga-ka), or manga artist, and only continuing to pursuing it as a hobby, Satoru works unhappily as a full-time pizza delivery man when his mother is murdered by an unknown attacker during a visit to Satoru's home while he is absent. Upon finding his mother, Satoru is considered a suspect and while frantically fleeing the scene and the police he is sent back in time through a revival. Though he typically only ends up in the recent past, with this revival Satoru finds he has gone 18 years into the past, landing himself back in elementary school where he comes to the conclusion it is up to him to find the assailant responsible. Retaining the consciousness of his 29 year old self, now back in the body of his elementary school self, Satoru becomes involved in unraveling the mysterious murders of several children in his neighbourhood including his classmate Kayo Hinazuki, and how the murder of his mother in the present day may be intertwined.

Netflix Live Action Adaptation
The Netflix live action adaption was made available on Netflix on December 17, 2017, making it viewable by audiences in a total of 190 countries. In the Netflix live action adaptation of Erased the adult version of the main character, Satoru, is played by Yuki Furukawa (古川 雄輝 Furukawa Yūki). Yuki Furukawa was born in Tokyo on December 18th, 1987, and is a 31 year old Japanese actor, model, and dancer. The childhood version of Satoru is played by Reo Uchikawa (内川蓮生, Uchikawa Reo), who was born June 22nd, 2004. Alongside Satoru, the female character Kayo Hinazuki is played by the Japanese actress Mio Yūki (優希 美青 Yūki Mio) who was born in Fukushima, Japan, on April 5th, 1999. The live action adaption of the filming was done in the Hokkaido Prefecture of Japan in the city of Tomakomai, where the story unfolded in the original manga series. Whilst the movie adaption strayed from the original story line, the Netflix adaptation aimed to stay true to the original.

Netflix In Japan
The availability of content on Netflix varies depending on the geographical region in which you are accessing it from. Despite being founded in the United States, As of July, 2018, it was found that Japan has the largest number of titles on Netflix worldwide at 5963. Netflix has been releasing a variety of Japanese originals such as Terrace House: Boys & Girls in the City, and Good Morning Call.

In the future there is a possibility of more Netflix original content as this does not require licensing agreements which Netflix has been attempting to cut back on. In terms of Japan specifically, Netflix has relatively low competition compared to other developed countries due to Japanese broadcasters mindset that streaming competes with their business, so Japanese broadcasters have not welcomed streaming and thus are lagging behind in licensing.

Manga
The original story line comes from the manga by Kei Sanbe, (三部敬 Sanbe Kei), who is a Japanese manga author born in the year 1950 in Hokkaido, Japan, the same place he set the story for Erased. Japanese manga refers to Japanese comics or cartoons, which hold a large share of the publishing market in Japan. The Erased manga was published by the company Kadokawa Shoten in Japanese, and its release ran from June 4th, 2012, until its final in 2014 on November 4th. Over the 4 years it was serialized in Japan, it was just shy of reaching 3 million copies at 2.95 million. Japan has a culture that is quite open and welcoming to manga, having a history where pictures and words are commonly utilized in one piece together, rather than viewed as separate entities which should not be mixed. Japanese manga is viewed as a medium which can tackle more mature and psychological themes, rather than merely a form of entertainment. Erased includes more adult themes such as emotional and physical abuse, as well as love and death. The manga placed 2nd in the annual マンガ大賞 (Manga Taisho) Awards of 2014, and was also featured in the annually released この漫画がすごい！(lit. This Manga Is Amazing!) magazine, holding a rank of 9th in 2015.

Anime
Erased also has an アニメ (anime), or animation adapation which was done by A-1 Pictures in Japan which included a total of 12 episodes that originally aired from January to March of 2014. The anime was aired on Fuji TV in Japan and is available on the websites Crunchyroll, Hulu, and Daisuki. The opening theme song used for the anime is “Re:Re:” by the Japanese band Asian Kung-Fu Generation, which peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 charts in 2016.

Like manga, anime can be considered “mass art”, a term coined by Noel Carroll, which refers to art forms which are viewed or heard by millions. While it can be considered a popular art form, it has roots which stem from historical art forms of high culture, and continues to incorporate other forms of media and art on a global scale.

Movie
Before its live action adaptation on Netflix, Erased was also made into into a movie starring Tatsuya Fujiwara (藤原 竜也 Fujiwara Tatsuya) who was born on May 15th, 1982, as 29 year old Satoru and Tsubasa Nakagawa (中川翼 Nakagawa Tsubasa) who was born December 6th, 2005, as him in elementary school. The adult Kayo was played by Kanna Mori (森 カンナ Mori Kanna) who was born on June 22, 1988, and the elementary school Kayo was played by Rio Suzuki (鈴木 梨央 Suzuki Rio) who was born February 10th of 2005. The movie was and directed by Yuichiro Hirakawa (平川雄一朗, Hirakawa Yuichiro) who was born in Japan’s Oita Prefecture on January 23rd, 1972.