Tokyo Vice - Season 2 (HBO MAX/2.8.24)

[jwinfield]

Showrunner: What if we have a show set in Tokyo 1999, exploring the Yakuza. Characters would include a veteran Japanese cop, a young guy in the Yakuza dealing with the brutality and struggles with loyalty, a young American woman that's involved with multiple people in the dark side of Tokyo as a club owner, a Japanese female reporter dealing with sexism, and a bunch of Yakuza bosses in a gang war.

Execs: Who will the main focus be on?

Showrunner: Oh, a white reporter, the most boring character on the show.

Execs:

 

[re'up]

The thing is the execs were probably like

yes to all that but, where's the white hero? Did I miss something? I had to step out for a minute.

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

I only caught the first couple of eps on CTV and that show is

 

[Smokee Robinson]

Show was dope but it took me months to finish.. I tried to watch but Jake was boring at first so I stopped it when it first came out but I went back now and got through it no problem… The Japanese cast carried this show something serious too .. I need a season 2 I gotta see what happens next

 

[RennisDeynolds]

I want to watch but I don't want to support proven pedo Ansel Egort. Why the fukk is this pasty pervert getting that industry push?

 

[Remote]

I want to watch but I don't want to support proven pedo Ansel Egort. Why the fukk is this pasty pervert getting that industry push?

Why is he a pedo?

 

[RennisDeynolds]

Why is he a pedo?

He likes them high school girls

 

[Smokee Robinson]

Damn didn’t know about those charges.. shows better if he wasn’t in it either way tho.

 

[OnFleekTing]

I liked this show but this is a prime example of a main character being carried by the premise and supporting cast.
The plot of this show would go on fine and not skip a beat without the jake character or samantha

prime example of studios thinking american audiences need white leads to care about/ sell these dramas

Hopefully season 2 slaps

 

[King Static X]

I liked this show but this is a prime example of a main character being carried by the premise and supporting cast.
The plot of this show would go on fine and not skip a beat without the jake character or samantha

prime example of studios thinking american audiences need white leads to care about/ sell these dramas

Hopefully season 2 slaps

I mean, the show is based on a book by a White guy (Jake Adelstein), and that book is based on his "experience" in Japan in the '90s and early '00s.

Though the accuracy of Adelstein's "experiences" in Japan are sus.

 

[MidniteJay]

I liked this show but this is a prime example of a main character being carried by the premise and supporting cast.
The plot of this show would go on fine and not skip a beat without the jake character or samantha

prime example of studios thinking american audiences need white leads to care about/ sell these dramas

Hopefully season 2 slaps

How I felt about Netflix's Marco Polo, I like it but it to got the point where everyone around Polo was way more interesting and even though he's the titular character it felt like it was really Kublai Khan's show.

 

[dtownreppin214]

When is Season 2??

 

[MidniteJay]

When is Season 2??

In production now so probably not until next year.

 

[GoldenGlove]

Show was dope but it took me months to finish.. I tried to watch but Jake was boring at first so I stopped it when it first came out but I went back now and got through it no problem… The Japanese cast carried this show something serious too .. I need a season 2 I gotta see what happens next

Haha, exact experience for me too. Show was quality, but I think it took me like 6 months to finish it

 

[GoldenGlove]

When is Season 2??

In production now so probably not until next year.

We sure this still a thing? With the direction changes for the platform, are we certain this drops one day?