The series is based on the 1975 novel "Shogun" by James Clavell. Ironically, Clavell survived WW2 in Japanese POW camp after being shot in the face. It's a phenomenal book. It's one of six books in his Asian Saga. Shogun is inspired by the crazy true life of first Englishman to Japan the navigator William Adams.

This is one of the shows that you can tell the producers *really* cared, which feels rare in this day and age. Honestly think this show might be my favourite in years so far

Great reaction and glad you’re doing this show. One of the best I’ve seen on TV. I understand that the producers and director did an incredible amount of research and attention in making this as historically accurate as they could - costumes, culture, language, behavior. All pretty accurate to feudal Japan.

I remember subscribing to you like almost 10 years ago. Still subscribed. One of the most genuine reactions!

Hey Imon, found your channel 7 years ago with the episode Glen death’s in The Walking Dead! Rediscovered your channel again a couple months ago and been watching since. Im glad you’ve kept going and you seem to still enjoy uploading! Shogun is FIRE btw 😮‍💨 have always loved Japanese culture and anime

Glad you're watching this Imon. This show is awesome as it explores an under-covered part of history and fairly well follows real historical events. Thing is though, already at the close of the 1500's there had been Japanese embassies, Christian ones who made pilgrimages to Europe to see the cities and pay homage to the Pope, like the Tensho Embassy of the 1580's. There are detailed diaries of those who traveled, talking about the long sailing trip there, being awestruck by the architecture and technology of European cities, inquiring about how parlimentary democracy works in England etc. It's fascinating. During this period, Spain is the most powerful force on earth with the largest empire, and Portugal has the greatest fleet (the English are sort of on the rise but haven't yet developed their royal navy fully) and Japan is very behind technologically and culturally speaking, still residing in feudal times. It was the portugese who first introduced firearms to the Japanese who quickly took to mass producing it for their militia. European fashion and armor was also popular due to steel plated armor not being a thing in Japan yet. And European shipbuilding of course was the best in the world, so trade was lucractive for both parties, but you're right, there is a huge shift to isolation and condemning of foreign influence in Japan, but it does not occur yet in this period.

Show is so good , cast and crew did an amazing job

I am so happy you are reacting to thus amazing series so far!! I really loved all 3 episodes and am looking forward to the next one. Lovely reaction as always Hun. Much love always!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

You're the first reactor I've seen pick up on the Kiri/Yabushige scene. It shows why she is an excellent Courtesan. From the small conversation she figured out he would rather watch than participate. Something Yabushige didn't even realize until she asked if she should stop. This story holds a prominent place in the heart of many people because the book and the 80's miniseries introduced Western audiences to Japanese culture for the first time. Now that the West is far more familiar with Japanese culture, they are able to tell the story from a more Japanese Centric Lens. It does a good job of showing how in many ways the cultures are mirror images of each other. A lesson I think many of this current generation need to learn. Due to our Eurocentrism, many fall into a self loathing pattern seeing Europeans as the singular "Evil Colonizers" when in reality that's how every culture acted. The Japanese had recently attempted to invade and colonize Korea and failed. This is why China cut off Trade, which gave the Portuguese a monopoly; trading Japanese silver for Chinese silk. You can tell from the start this was made with passion for all the right things and I'm convinced we're witnessing yet another great retelling of this story.

soooo happy to see you doing this show

It's absolutely amazing just how good this show is. The writing and production alone put everything else to shame. They did an amazing job, and it is so good to see a show take such care about historical accuracy and culture. It gets so good. I can't wait for more!

Yeeees thank you for watching this so early! It incredibly good so far.

Amazing first episode love the video imon Nation stay motivated Dream big 1 mill on the way

aaaaah i’m so happy you’re watching this!!! already one of the best shows EVER, and it’s only been 3eps! i haven’t been here in a while because i don’t really watch the shows you’re watching, but i’m SO happy to be back here on your channel ❤️

Finally a show I would like seeing ur reaction😮‍💨😭

Love your hair!

Great show thus far. The sets and costumes and acting has all been top notch. The Blackthorne character has a very Tom Hardy in "Taboo" feel.

This show is off to an excellent start.

I’ve been waiting for someone to do this show

Had the exact same feelings when I watched this episode - excitement and appreciation for all the quality and detail included here! Look forward to hearing your thoughts as the show progresses!

Another amazing reaction Imon ❤❤😀😀.

One of those shows that when you watch it in the beginning. you KNOW it's gonna be something big

finally something i can watch from you

19:05 totally relate. shows this level of good are few and infrequent, its def special when you're left energized and thinking.

Imom, what a change. Nice new hair style. Glad you’re jumping into Shogun which has been even better than I had hoped & imagined. Just starting your reaction but I already know you’re going to love it. A lot of recent tv has been underwhelming but not Shogun. They had big shoes to fill with this one. It is a beloved book but also culturally important as it was one piece of artistic literary work that helped introduce more Japanese culture & Japanese history to Western audiences. Japan had historically been an insular country & until modern times it remains a somewhat enigmatic country & culture. The TV show was a groundbreaking hit that also influenced UA audiences with Japanese culture. Now household brands & Japanese culture are widespread but it really wasn’t the case until a few decades back. Now we see Sony, Honda, karate, karaoke, sushi, etc everywhere. Shogun was one of the first big budget big named actor huge tv miniseries that had an influence on these tv mini series shows that had the scope of a movie &!breadth of a large novel. So this remake had to at least meet the bar of the influential classic 1980 Shogun miniseries while also being faithful to historical accuracy. And it’s even better than I expected or could have imagined. It’s beautiful & the actors are really killing it. The cinematography to the sets to the costumes to the faithful historical accuracy are all top notch. Now the aesthetics & stuff are all well & good but matter not unless it’s entertaining & intriguing, which it is. It’s so good. Now I am a born & bred New Yorker to the bone but has a lot of Japanese culture in my household due to my Japanese mother. I learned a lot about Japanese history from Shogun & it piqued my interest into more Japanese culture too which was one of the profound effects of the book & old miniseries. So it has actual cultural & societal importance & impact. They had a high bar to at least meet in remaking this & they didn’t disappoint. For many US audience members they are figure Blackthorns getting immersed heading into this unknown foreign & different world. This is part of the intrigue & mystery of it. Anyway, looking forward to your reaction. Yeah you mentioned how watching a live show kist getting released is not your norm. It’s nice to have an older show where all the episodes are out which you can kust binge. The bummer here is having to wait a week for the next one.☹️ Luckily they spoiled us with an initial double episode release. But man, it’s so good that waiting is rough. 🫤 Again, I already know you’re going to dig it. Post reaction watching edit: Damn Imom you picked up & extrapolated a lot of the dynamics of this very complex plot that is laden with a lot of politics, intruige & mystery.🙂👍

So it is practically a remake of the 80s-mini-series which stared Richard Chamberlain, Toshiro Mifune and John Rhys-Davies who later on became Gimli in the Lord Of The Rings - trilogy? Got to check that out as well.

Bert Kreischer! Lol, love it, nice reaction!

love the rainy scene where the midlevel leader is witness to protestant and catholic religous war

This show and Severance are the two best shows to come out in the past 20 years.

Just a slight correction, Ishido & the other regents aren't just finding random reasons. They know Toranaga is a calculated man, he doesn't just do anything for any reason. So they noticed that he took wives (he has 6 now) & that massively expanded his fief & his powers/influence...why do you need more wives? Land? People (for an army, perhaps)? They think he's making a power move...& are they wrong?

Japan doesn't close itself off until a few decades after the timeframe of this show.

YES LETS GOOOOOOO

"Shogun" (1980) with Richard Chambarlain

By the time the show takes place (1600), the Portuguese have been in Japan for almost 60 years. In that time, there has been enough for both sides to not only learn the languages, but also for conversion to Catholicism. The two faction leaders that are Catholic are followers for their own reasons, one for greed and power, the other for possible salvation from being a leper.

I'm really curious how this version turns out. The original miniseries with Richard Chamberlain is very solid for its time.

From what we've seen this is going to be a great show.

Love the original miniseries from 1980.

i miss your reactions since the last kingdom

Nice hair red suits you and Abby

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one important thing i think, what we hear as english is actually portuguese

Don't you know?sengoku jidai era

The guy from Outlander, you mean his character Lionel Brown?

The story is based on the truth the author changed the names and moved events around a bit but it still happened more or less the same

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Any plans for.... Sardar udham.... Movie????

You need to watch last samurai

you got to watch it and marry me

You've turned ginger hun.

Dang what happened to ol girl...she use to be cute ... is this her gma? 😢