Doku (Poison) [2012]

Doku (Poison)

Title:赤川次郎原作　毒<ポイズン>
Title (Romanji): Akagawa Jiro Gensaku Doku
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction
Episodes: TBA/YTV
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast : 4 October 2012
Air Time : Thursdays, 23:58 – 00:38
Theme song: Yasashii Kao de Chikazukanaide by YU-A


Synopsis

“A completely undetectable poison that kills 24 hours after consumed.” It is the rumour that has spread on the internet of a lethal drug that makes the perfect crime possible. It has even become a topic at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Crimes Unit which Sasamoto Naomi has been transferred to. The background of Professor Matsui Toichi who invented this poison at an East European university is obscure. What is known of him is a fuzzy picture on the internet and the digits inscribed on the back of his hand. Matsui has disappeared but starts to appear before people who are trapped by their problems and hands them the poison. “You are free to use it as you will,” he would

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Title: Piece
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2012-Oct-06 starts
Air time: Saturday 24:55
Theme song: Missing Piece by Nakayama Yuma 

Three years ago, Narumi Hikaru and Suga Mizuho were in love and would meet in secret for several months in the second year of high school. It started casually and ended casually. Hikaru and Mizuho were alike in

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Going My Home (2012)

Director: Koreeda Hirokazu
Script: Koreeda Hirokazu
Title (English): Going My Home
Genre: Family
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 9 October 2012
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme Song: “Yotsuba no Clover” by Makihara Noriyuki 

Tsuboi Ryota (Abe Hiroshi) is a timid salaryman at a commercial production company. He plays the coordinator role at work, bringing clients and creative together. Even at home, he always finds himself caught between his strong-minded food stylist wife Sae (Yamaguchi Tomoko) and their daughter Moe (Makita Aju), his mother Toshiko (Yoshiyuki Kazuko) and his elder sister Takiko (YOU). One day, Ryota’s father Eisuke (Natsuyagi Isao) collapses on a golf trip. And then, a mysterious woman called Naho (Miyazaki Aoi) appears at his hospital ward, raising suspicion that she might be his mistress. While various adjustments take place among the family members, Ryota learns of the legendary creature called ‘Kuna’ which his father has been in pursuit of. Carrying on his father’s dream, he begins the search of ‘Kuna’. As he comes in touch with various people, Ryota’s exclusive devotion to his work is gradually shaken, and he starts to re-examine his relationship with his family and the important things in life.

Tokyo Airport : Air Traffic Controller / ＴＯＫＹＯエアポート : 東京空港管制保安部 [2012]

DETAILS
TV Show: Tokyo Airport : Air Traffic Controller
Romaji: Tokyo Eapoto : Tokyo Kuko Kansei Hoan Bu
Japanese: ＴＯＫＹＯエアポート : 東京空港管制保安部
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: ???
Release Date: October 14, 2012 -- ???
Runtime: Sundays 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan 



Kaori Shinoda (Kyoko Fukada) is a new air traffic controller. She visits Haneda airport one day before her actual work begins to say hello. On the way to the control tower she sees a young boy named Kenta Watanabe (Ryunosuke Hashino), who has a smile support badge. From her past experience as a ground staff, she takes Kenta to the boarding gate.

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Love & Farm (2007)

* Title: ????? Love & Farm
* Title (romaji): Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm
* Also known as: Wish Upon a Cow: Love & Farm
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Agriculture, education, comedy
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 08.7(Kanto)
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV, KTV
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-03 to 2007-Sep-11
* Air time: Tuesday 22:00
* Theme song: Green Days by Makihara Noriyuki

Synopsis

Six agriculture students travel north to Hokkaido for first-hand training and experience in a farm setting. The story focuses not only on their daily life and their growth as young men and women, but also on the economic situation in the region, which received national attention earlier this year when the national government cut off aid to the struggling city of Yubari.

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Lunch Queen (2002)

Details

* Title: ??????
* Title (romaji): Lunch no Joou
* Also known as: The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine / Lunch Queen
* Genre: Food, romance, comedy
* Episodes: 12 Episodes
* Viewership ratings: 18.91
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2002-Jul-01 to 2002-Sept-16
* Air time: Mondays 21:00
* Theme song: Joy to the World by Three Dog Night


Synopsis

Natsumi loves lunch. By chance she starts working for "Kitchen Macaroni", posing as the fiance of the

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Ataru (2012)

Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: TBA
Viewership rating: TBA
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2012-Apr-15 start
Air time: Sunday 21:00


Ataru, who suffers from "savant syndrome," has the power to discover, observe, see through, and deduct microscopic evidence of unsolved cases. Why does he always go to the criminal sites? What explains his strange behavior? His sad past will be revealed as the story unfolds.
An explosion occurs at a chemical factory, leaving one person dead. The investigation team concludes that it

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Rich Man, Poor Woman (2012)

Oguri Shun plays Hinata Tetsushi, an affluent man whose personality is on the contrary, speckled with flaws. A CEO of an IT firm who is published on Forbes as a billionaire, Tetsushi attained his fortune through chance and pure luck. A woman who meets Tetsushi and eventually becomes attracted to him is Sawaki Chihiro, played by Ishihara Satomi. Chihiro is a hardworking college student at Tokyo University who has prepared for her future as much as she possibly could through studies and obtaining licenses. Despite her efforts, she has yet to land a job. Upon meeting Tetsushi, she begins to unravel a genuine pureness inside him and solitude resulting from such pureness, which eventually draws her closer to him. The two repeatedly conflict each other, but little by little learn about one another to grow and develop together.

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Gakkou no Kaidan X SKE48 (2012)

Genre : Horror
Episodes: 15 Episodes
Broadcast network: Bee TV
Broadcast period: Starts 20 July 2012
Air time: 5.00 p.m

Gakkou no Kaidan (Ghosts at School) berkolaborasi dengan member idol group ternamaan Jepang, SKE48. Diangkat dari anime dan film berjudul sama, drama ini akan menceritakan legenda-legenda hantu setempat dari tahun 1990an. Dalam drama ini dua member SKE48 yang terpilih dalam AKB48 General Election 2012 akan berperan sebagai story teller.

Official Website : http://pre.beetv.jp/pages/kowai_natsu

Story Tellers: Matsui Jurina, Matsui Rena

First Episode “Hyouite kuru” : Oya Masana
Second Episode “Odoriba no E” : Ogiso Shiori, Hara Minami, Umemoto Madoka
Third Episode “Ichimatsu Ningyou” : Takayanagi Akane
Fourth Episode “Hannin no Senaka” : Kizaki Yuria, Yagami Kumi, Hiramatsu Kanako
Fifth Episode “Jintai Mokei” : Suda Akari, Furukawa Airi, Matsumoto Rina

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Kagi no Kakatta Heya (2012)

Kagi no Kakatta Heya
鍵のかかった部屋




Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2012-April-16 start
Air time: Monday 21:00
Enomoto Kei (Ohno Satoshi), an employee with a big security firm, is an oddity within the company. A crime prevention enthusiast, he spends each day in the supply store of the company building, absorbed in security research, particularly in the areas of keys and locks. He naturally has knowledge of security items including keys and locks and is very familiar with various theories relating to physics, chemistry and architecture. An aloof, calm and collected character with a confidence that there is no lock in this world that he cannot break.

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Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou (2012)

 Title: Shiritsu Bakaleya Koukou
    Genre: Drama
    Episodes: 12 (Completed) + Movie (Oktober 2012)
    Broadcast network: NTV
    Broadcast period: 2012-Apr-14 start to 2012-Jun-30
    Air time: Saturday 12.50 AM
    Theme song:
    - Opening Song (Kis-My-Ft2 - Shake It Up)
    - Ending Song (Maeda Atsuko - Migikata)

One day, Bakada High School, a school with dumb, delinquent boys, and Daiichi Catteleya Academy, a school with beautiful, well-off girls, are merged to form Bakareya High School. However, Sakuragi Tatsuya (Morimoto Shintaro) who loves Bakada High School in every respect, reacts sharply against Shingyoji Eri (Shimazaki Haruka) who is equally proud of her alma mater, and an uproar ensues??

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Omoni Naitemasu / 主に泣いてます

TV Show: Omoni Naitemasu
Romaji: Omoni Naitemasu
Japanese: 主に泣いてます
Producer: Oki Ayako
Director: Hiroki Hayama, Shogo Miyaki
Writer: Akiko Higashimura (manga), Akiko Nogi, Keisuke Wuyama
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: TBA
Airing date: July 7, 2012 --
Runtime: Saturdays 23:10-23:55
Theme song : Naitetatte by Naoto Inti Raymi
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Sinopsis
A woman of unequaled beauty, Konno Izumi's (Nanao) looks cannot be described by words. With a perfectly balanced body and a lovable face, she turns the heads of all men that she passes by, and not only do the men turn around, but they are struck by a cupid and his arrow, who will most definitely come chasing after Izumi to ask her out. No is not an answer for these men, and they will risk anything to obtain the chance to be Izumi's significant other. For this reason, Izumi is unable to live an ordinary life, having to hide away from society, spending her days in solitude.

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Boys On The Run (2012)

Profile...
TV Show: Boys on the Run
Romaji: Boizu On Za Ran
Japanese: ボーイズ・オン・ザ・ラン
Director: Jhota Tsunehiro
Writer: Kengo Hanazawa (manga), Yuya Takahashi
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: TBA
Air Date: July 6, 2012 --
Runtime: Fridays 23:15
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan


Plot...
Toshiyuki Tanishi (Ryuhei Maruyama) is 27-year-old single guy, who has never had a girlfriend in his whole life. He works for small toy company, Saida Company. People view Toshiyuki Tanishi as stupid and the last person who will achieve success. Meanwhile, Toshiyuki has feelings for co-worker Chiharu (Akina Minami),

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Legal High (2012)

 

Legal High
リーガル・ハイ



Format: Renzoku
Genre: Law, comedy
Episodes: TBA
Viewership rating: TBD
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2012-Apr-17 to 2012-Jun
Air time: Tuesday 21:00

Komikado Kensuke (Sakai Masato) passed the bar exam while studying in the law faculty of a third-rate university and opened a law firm. A person with character defects, he is cranky, caustic, temperamental, cynical, proud and spendthrift; loves money, prestige and women. Because of that, he has the worst reputation within the legal profession. But he has never once lost a case and will do whatever it takes because of his conviction that “winners are right”. The people around him are skeptical of his way of doing things. However, Komikado gradually realises that his vision of

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Toshi Densetsu no Onna (2012)

* TV Show: Toshi Densetsu no Onna
* Romaji: Toshi Densetsu no Onna
* Japanese: 都市伝説の女
* Network: TV Asahi
* Release Date: April, 2012
* Runtime: 11.15 p.m., Fridays, April 2012
* Language: Japanese
* Country: Japan


Plot

Detective Tsukiko Otonashi (Masami Nagasawa) works for the First Investigation Division team led by Ichio Tannai (Naoto Takenaka). She is also obsessed with the "Toshi Densetsu" manga. Detective Tsukiko Otonashi even claims she became a detective because of "Toshi Densetsu." Whenever a case happens, Tsukiko Otonashi contemplates whether it may have any relations to "Toshi Densetsu". Meanwhile, forensic investigator Hiroto Katsuura (Junpei Mizobata) falls in love with Detective Tsukiko Otonashi on first sight.

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Summer Rescue

Details

• Title: サマーレスキュー
• Title (English): Summer Rescue
• Tagline: 天空の診療所 / Tenkuu no Shinryosho
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Medical/human drama
• Episodes: TBA
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2012-July-08 start
• Air time: Sunday 21:00

Synopsis

Hayami Keigo is a promising young heart surgeon at a university hospital, but is made to examine patients at a clinic in the mountains during summer on the orders of his superior. At a harsh environment 2,000 m above sea level, there is a very small quantity of testing equipment and medicine. It is a culture shock and setback for Keigo who is active in advanced medical care and the use of cutting-edge equipment. This is a place

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Beginners!

Details

• Title: ビギナーズ!
• Title (romaji): Beginners!
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Police
• Episodes: TBA
• Viewership rating: TBA
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2012-Jul-12 start
• Air time: Thursday 21:00
• Theme song: TBA by Kis-My-Ft2

Synopsis

The story takes place in a police academy boarding school. Under 24 hour surveillance for 10 months, and having to follow the rules of the school: “absolute obedience,” “no cell phones,” and “no romance.” Enduring the grueling instructions from their strict instructors, their one escape from this hell was each other, or so they thought... However, the class that Shimura, Tachibana, and Momoe are put into was the “S Class,” where the misfits were grouped together. Teppei’s dream since he was a child was becoming a “marathon runner,” however, with his father’s unemployment and disappearance, his life starts to fall apart, leaving him with a

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Ghost Mama Sousasen / ゴーストママ捜査線～僕とママの不思議な100日～ (2012)

Title:Ghost Mama Sousasen / Ghost Mama Investigation (literal title)
Romaji: Gosto Mama Sousasen ~Boku To Mama No Fushigina 100 Nichi~
Japanese: ゴーストママ捜査線～僕とママの不思議な100日～
Director: Toya Sato, Taro Otani, Maki Nishino
Writer: Tomokazu Sato (manga), Kumiko Aso, Mika Umeda
Producer: Masatoshi Kato, Masahiro Mori
Network: NTV
Episodes: TBA
Air date: July, 2012 -- ?
Runtime: Saturdays 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Naniwa Shonen Tanteidan (2012)

Naniwa Shonen Tanteidan
"Based on the Keigo Higashino novel "Naniwa Shonen Tanteida" (published December, 1988) and its sequel "Shinobu Senseni Sayonara" (published December 12, 1996)"



Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery, School
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2012-Jul-02
Air time: Monday 20:00 - 20:54
Writer: Keigo Higashino (novel)

Takeuchi Shinobu (Tabe Mikako), who has elementary school teaching qualifications, is assigned to be a temporary teacher of Class 6/2 at Ooji Elementary School in Osaka 

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Sprout (2012)

Title: スプラウト
Title (romaji): Sprout
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast start: 7 July 2012
Air time: Saturday 12.50 a.m

http://www.ntv.co.jp/sprout/index.html

Originally Posted by jdrama weblog

One day, the father of Ikenouchi Miku (Morikawa Aoi) starts a boarding house and her high school classmate, Narahashi Sohei (Chinen Yuri), moves in to live under the same roof. Miku is initially opposed to it, but gradually falls for Sohei who does not have a care in the world. However, he already has a girlfriend … …

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Beautiful Rain (2012)

 

Details

Title: ビューティフルレイン
Title (romaji): Beautiful Rain
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Family
Episodes: TBA
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2012 July 1st start
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Ame ni Negai wo by Ashida Mana  

Plot

One day a father with a young daughter is diagnosed as a sufferer of early-onset Alzheimer's disease.
The father, Kinoshita Keisuke has been separated from his wife by death and has worked at the factory's dorm with his daughter ever since.
A skilled craftsman at the metalworking factory, Keisuke is a man with a sunny disposition who is also the team coach for a boys' baseball team.
Surrounded by his friends of the neighborhood, he has lived happily with his daughter up until today.

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37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku ~Kenshui Junjo Monogatari~ (2012)

37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku ~Kenshui Junjo Monogatari~
Details

• Title: 37歳で医者になった僕〜研修医純情物語〜
• Title (romaji): 37-sai de Isha ni Natta Boku ~Kenshui Junjo Monogatari~
• Tagline: 新しい“僕”始めます。
• Tagline (romaji): Atarashii "boku" hajimemasu.
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama
• Episodes: TBA
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV
• Broadcast period: 2012-April-10 start
• Air time: Tuesday 22:00
• Theme song: Boku to Hana by Sakanaction

Synopsis

The model for the story is a doctor named Kawafuchi Keiichi (52). After graduating from Tokyo University, he spent some time making a living off of pachinko and worked various jobs before becoming a hikikomori (shut-in) for a year. At the age of 30, he decided to enter the medical school at Kyoto University, and he finally became an intern at a university hospital at the age of 37. Kawafuchi wrote an essay-like novel about his experiences in 2002 that sold roughly 100,000 copies. His follow-up book, “Furikaeru na Doctor,” was released in 2011 and is being used as the basis for the drama.

Cast

• Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
• Mizukawa Asami
• Mimura
• Yaotome Hikaru
• Kiriyama Renn
• Suzuki Kosuke
• Saito Takumi
• Tanabe Seiichi
• Matsudaira Ken

Great Teacher Onizuka *REMAKE* (2012)

Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji (Shirota Yu), Onizuka Eikichi (AKIRA), the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru (Nakagawa Taishi), a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s (Takimoto Miori) class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko (Shinkawa Yua) and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s director and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko (Kuroki Hitomi), overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi (Tayama Ryosei) and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2/4.

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Saba Doll / Saba Doru (2012)

Synopsis

The story revolves around the 38-year-old Usa Shijimi (Watanabe), who is a high school classical literature teacher. Her students are mean to her, but they don’t realize that she has another identity. Outside school, she
lies about her age to be active as the super popular 17-year-old idol Watanabe Mayu, whom the students adore
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Highschool of the Dead

Synopsis
* Based on the manga by Satou Daisuke with illustrations by Satou Shouji.

The world is over taken with a very deadly disease that turns humans into zombies. In Japan, several students of Fujimi High School, and the school nurse, band together to survive the present apocalypse. The story follows Komuro Takashi, one of the students who survived in the initial outbreak.

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Mobile Suit Gundam 00 The Movie: A Wakening of Trailblazer

Two years have passed since the defeat of the Innovators and the exposure of the A-Laws' crimes against humanity. The A-Laws have been abolished and their infrastructure integrated into the ESF Army, which has become the mainstay force of world peacekeeping and humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, their goal accomplished and Veda recovered, Celestial Being has returned to the shadows to rebuild and quietly observe the infantile peace that has taken hold; however, the world's exposure to GN Particles has resulted in many people awakening as True Innovators. Realizing the military benefits of such individuals, the Earth 

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Gundam 00 Season 2

 

Season 2

Four years have passed since the final battle between Celestial Being and the UN Forces. Humanity, having established the Earth Sphere Federation, forms an autonomous peace-keeping force, A-Laws, separate from and above the formal Federation army. Given unfettered discretion, A-Laws is charged with the duty to further unify nations, enforce the will of mankind, and dispose of terrorist cells. Unknown to the general public, however, is that the A-Laws misuse their power and employ inhumane tactics to oppress freedoms, doctrines, and ideologies, all in the name of 'unity'.
Saji Crossroad has followed the path to becoming a space engineer, to keep his promise to Louise Halevy. But he ends up being mistaken for a member of the dissident organization Katharon and is unjustly imprisoned. Louise herself is compelled to become involved in Federation government reform and joined A-Laws as a mobile suit pilot during the four-year gap, using her family inheritance to fund A-Laws research.

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Gundam 00 Season 1

 

Season 1

The main tagline for the first season is Rebirth Begins Through Destruction.
The series is set in 2307 AD.^[9] As a result of the depletion of fossil fuels, humanity had to search for a new source of power. The power was found in the form of massive arrays of solar power collectors orbiting the Earth, and supported by three orbital elevators, each one serving one of the three "power blocs" on the planet, namely Union, controlling the region surrounding North America; Human Reform League (Sino-Japanese: 人類革新連盟; Romaji: jinrui kakushin renmei; Pinyin: rénlèi géxīn liánméng), consisting of China, Russia and India; and AEU, which controls mainland Europe.^[10]

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Suugaku♥Joshi Gakuen

Synopsis

The story, developed with the cooperation of the International Mathematical Olympiad in Japan, is set at a specialized math school, where Michishige and Tanaka both take on the roles of “suugaku joshi” (“math girls”). Naturally, the show will incorporate various mathematical functions and formulas into the story and dialogue

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Koukousei Restaurant

Details :

Title: Koukousei Restaurant / Kokosei Restaurant / High School Restaurant / 高校生レストラン
Genre: Drama cooking School
Episodes: 9
Broadcast Network: NTV
Release Date: 07-Mei-2011
Broadcast Period: 07-Mei-2011 to 02-Jul-2011
Air time: Saturday 21:00-21:54
Director: Hiroshi Yoshino, Ryuichi Inomata, Norika Sakuma
Writer: Masahiro Yoshimoto
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan


Synopsis :

Muraki Shingo of Itamae, a top Ginza restaurant, becomes a substitute teacher at Aikawa High School in his hometown of Mie Prefecture at the request of his childhood friend, Kishino Hiroshi, a town hall employee. Kishino intends to open a “High School Restaurant” to revitalise the town, and has asked Shingo to teach cooking. There are about 30 people in the culinary club. Among them are Sakamoto Yosuke, a third-year student who is respected by the club’s members and whose family runs a restaurant that sells set menus, and Yonemoto Mai, second-year student who adores him. When Shingo visits the kitchen, the members are making hamburgers and crepes as they please. However, the floor is dirty and ingredients are being used

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Change

* Title (English): CHANGE
* Format: Renzoku
* Genre: Human drama, politics
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2008-May-12 to
* Air time: Monday 21:00
* Theme song: Miles Away by Madonna

Synopsis :
The story begins with the deaths of ruling party's Fukuoka legislator and his eldest son, his heir apparent,
in an accident. It is decided that a by-election will be held, and Kanbayashi Masaichi, the leader of the ruling
party, and secretary Miyama Rika conceive the idea of fielding the second son, Asakura Keita, who had been renounced by his father.
After Keita graduated from senior high school, he went on to a university in Nagano because he wanted to live

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Hungry! (2012)

Synopsis

Mukai is taking on the role of Eisuke, a former bassist of a rock band who gave up his music dreams to carry on the tradition of his family’s French restaurant. The show will involve a love triangle as Kuninaka and Takimoto play rivals for Eisuke’s heart.
Kuninaka has been cast as Eisuke’s older girlfriend Maria, who works at a bank. She is shocked to learn that Mukai has abandoned his music to devote himself to the restaurant, leading her to uncertainty about their relationship. Takimoto’s character is a 20-year-old college student named Chie who comes from a farming family. Although she initially had a bad impression of Eisuke, she begins to develop feelings for him after tasting his cooking.

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Ranma 1/2

Synopsis

Tendo Akane is a boyish girl of martial arts who is fervently determined to inherit her father’s dojo. However, her father makes a unilateral decision that his successor should be a man. Moreover, he has already chosen Saotome Ranma as Akane’s husband-to-be, unaware of Ranma’s one strange habitude...he changes into a girl when splashed with water!
Meanwhile, Ranma puts up a fierce fight against a dubious enemy as he tries to find the “hidden hot spring” which will help him transform into a normal man!! Akane’s necklace which was passed down from her lost mother seems to be the item that holds the key. Full of tussles, laughter, romance and maybe some tears...! This unique “action + love” comedy with all sorts of unique characters is definitely a must-see drama for all ages. --NTV

Suzuki Sensei

Akira Suzuki (Hiroki Hasegawa) is the home room teacher for 2-A. After graduating from college Akira Suzuki did not work for 3 years. Instead, he spent his time thinking about ways to solve problems once he works as a teacher. Because of this, Akira Suzuki has a knack to solve problems and the principle trusts him. Mr. Suzuki always listens to his students' problems and gives them creative solutions. Due to this, Mr. Suzuki is popular among the students.
Meanwhile, Akira Suzuki dates Asami (Asami Usuda) who works at a travel agency. They met through a blind date. Akira Suzuki often talks to Asami about troubles that occur at school.