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No Season 3 for the streaming drama.
June 8, 2024
Word is out that Tokyo Vice has been cancelled by Max after two seasons. Coming two months after the conclusion of its sophomore run, the news was confirmed by producers today during a panel at the Produced By conference in LA.
"Over the last five years, Max has made sure we got to tell our story. They have supported us through thick and thin. Not only did they give us these two seasons, they said yes when we asked to end season one with a series of cliffhangers, and they said yes when we asked for two extra episodes so we could land the plane in the way J.T. had always envisioned," said creator J.T. Rogers and director Alan Poul in a joint statement. "We're grateful not only to Max but to our partners Fifth Season, who sold the show around the world and made it a global success story. They were in the trenches with us always, guaranteeing that we could make the show we wanted to make. The response from both the press and from fans, in particular to season two, has been overwhelming. It's been thrilling to find out how deeply viewers have engaged with our characters and to hear how they are clamoring for more. We know there is more story to tell. Of course, we'll see what the future holds, but we are indeed grateful to have been able to share this story on Max until now."
Loosely inspired by the 2009 book of the same name by Jake Adelstein, the series follows an American journalist who relocates from Missouri to Tokyo in the late 1990s to join the staff of a major Japanese newspaper on the Metropolitan Police beat as their first foreign-born reporter. He is taken under the wing of a veteran detective in the vice squad and begins exploring the dark and dangerous world of the Japanese yakuza in the underbelly of Tokyo.
Comments (17)
06/09/24 at 03:16am
Haven't seen the show but i hear nothing but good things from so many people. Personally i'm still very upset that HBO cancelled Warrior.. Especially with Euphoria being most likely done, why are they cancelling the other good shows on their roster..
06/09/24 at 03:08am
What a great show this was. Am a little sad to see it end - it's never good when a quality show get cancelled while we keep getting inundated by endless junk - but in a way I am glad they ended it when they did, on a high note, instead of a slow decline into mediocricity like some other once-promising shows.
It was very enjoyable spending those two seasons with intriguing characters playing out a compelling story in a fascinatingly different culture and location. Kudos to all the talented actors who portrayed them so vividly.
Also refreshing to see season 2 close with most major plot threads resolved, instead of the usual cliffhangers, thus making it easy to recommend these 2 seasons to anyone looking for an interesting crime drama with a decidedly different take/setting.
(Also, like Lucius pointed out: absolutely nothing "woke" or "pandering" about this show. At all. Comments like that probably indicate the commenter didn't watch the show at all).
It was very enjoyable spending those two seasons with intriguing characters playing out a compelling story in a fascinatingly different culture and location. Kudos to all the talented actors who portrayed them so vividly.
Also refreshing to see season 2 close with most major plot threads resolved, instead of the usual cliffhangers, thus making it easy to recommend these 2 seasons to anyone looking for an interesting crime drama with a decidedly different take/setting.
(Also, like Lucius pointed out: absolutely nothing "woke" or "pandering" about this show. At all. Comments like that probably indicate the commenter didn't watch the show at all).
06/08/24 at 11:03pm
P.S. Thank you, Lucius for an intelligent comment. Paul Chan and Earl probably did not watch this show, but they still need to comment.
06/08/24 at 10:48pm
This show, like Warrior also canceled by Max, was brilliant. Anyone who thinks differently is an idiot. It has everything to do with saving money for the network. Just because there is an Asian on the screen, does not mean it is a political or racial statement. Enjoy Big Bang and Friends reruns for $15.00 dollars a month.
06/08/24 at 05:58pm
What're you even talking about, this show had nothing to do whatsoever with "minority pandering". It's loosely based on the real life adventures of an actual white American journalist in Tokyo in the 90s.
It has very interesting characters played by talented actors and I, a very white Eastern European man enjoyed it a lot.
This was cancelled because it costs money to make it (season 1 cost 80M or about 10M/episode) and Warner Brothers is close to being broke.
It has very interesting characters played by talented actors and I, a very white Eastern European man enjoyed it a lot.
This was cancelled because it costs money to make it (season 1 cost 80M or about 10M/episode) and Warner Brothers is close to being broke.
06/08/24 at 05:55pm
Another Woke gone Broke show, funded by Covid funds no longer.
What gets me is the producers and writers tell us how difficult the news is, what?
They write things that have zero reality to society..
Bye bye
What gets me is the producers and writers tell us how difficult the news is, what?
They write things that have zero reality to society..
Bye bye
06/08/24 at 02:59pm
One by one the minority pandering shows created during Covid are getting killed off at Max. During Covid these groups actually had money because the government was handing out to those who do not work. Now that money is gone and so is the viewership. Time to start making content for those who pay for premium services again.
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