Nakuna, Hara-chan [2013]

Title: 泣くな、はらちゃん
Title (romaji): Nakuna, Hara-chan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romantic comedy
Episodes: TBA
Viewership rating: TBD
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2013-Jan-19
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: TBA
Screenwriter: Okada Yoshikazu
Chief Producer: Ohira Futoshi
Producers: Kono Hidehiro, Koizumi Mamoru, Hagiwara Maki (萩原真紀)
Directors: Sugawara Shintaro (菅原伸太郎), Kariyama Shunsuke (狩山俊輔)
Manga: Bibuo (ビブオ)
Music: TBA

Hara-chan is drunk at a cheap pub and blabbering. It is a daily occurrence. He is always vexed, but has neither the wisdom nor the courage to break it up. This is Hara-chan, the main character of the manga ‘Nakuna, Hara-chan’ (Don’t Cry, Hara-chan). The illustrator of this manga is Echizen-san, a plain-looking lady who works at a fish paste factory. In place of a diary, she draws this comic strip in a notebook with all the pent-up resentment within her. This is the only outlet for Echizen-san who seems to have lost her passion for life. Then one day, a miracle happens. Hara-chan comes to the sudden realisation that he is looking at the world for the first time. The sun’s warmth, the rustle of wind, the twinkle of the stars… He has sprung out of the manga world and into the “real” world. In the “real” world, Hara-chan is in love with Echizen-san. Even if he is not a human in this “reality”… 

Correlation Chart

Cast:
Nagase Tomoya as Hara-chan
Aso Kumiko
Maruyama Ryuhei
Kutsuna Shiori
Kaku Kento
Suda Masaki
Shimizu Yutaka
Inagawa Miyoko (稲川実代子)
Komatsu Kazushige
Komoto Masahiro
Mitsuishi Ken
Okunuki Kaoru
Shiraishi Kayoko (白石加代子)
Yakushimaru Hiroko

Last Hope / ラストホープ [2013]

Profile TV Show: Last Hope Romaji: Rasuto Hopu Japanese: ラストホープ Director: Writer: Hideya Hamada Network: Fuji TV Episodes: Release Date: January 15, 2013 -- Runtime: Tuesdays 21:00 Language: Japanese Country: Japan Plot "Last Hope" depicts a medical center with the doctors implementing the latest cutting edge medical treatments. The doctors come from a diverse background to work together as a team and to give hope to their patients. Meanwhile, the past of the doctors are revealed. Cast Mikako Tabe - Ayumi Tachibana Masaki Aiba - Takumi Hatano Seiichi Tanabe - Junji Takagi Yukiya Kitamura - Masaomi Sojima Nanami Sakuraba - nurse Mitsuru Hirata - Takumi Hatano's father Masahiro Takashima - head of the medical center Fumiyo Kohinata - Toshiaki Komaki

Mieriino Kashiwagi [2013]

Title: Mieriino Kashiwagi
Start Date: 1/11
Time: 24:52 - 25:23
Station: TV-Tokyo
Episodes: 12
Cast: Kashiwagi Yuki, Sano Shiro, Konno Hiroki
Director: Takahata Hideta https://twitter.com/takahata_h
Official webiste: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/kashiwagi/

Kashiwagi Yuki will star in the lead role in the drama [Mieriino Kashiwagi], named after herself. This will air on TV Tokyo from the 11th January 2013 at 24:52. The show will be directed by Takahata Hideta. Kashiwagi works at a cafe and has a special ability to foretell the love life of anyone who touches her. The theme song will be her solo debut single which will be released on the 6th February 2013.


Drama Sypnosis:
Kashiwagi is someone with a special ability to see the outcomes of couples. However, for someone who is hopeless in love, she doesn’t understand the meaning of happiness in love nor the meaning when love ends in sadness. Sano is the owner of the café and Konno is someone who works at the Café, but in reality they are “Professional Relationship Destroyer”s. Kashiwagi also works at that café and witnesses the relationships of other couples. Through various endings in relationships, some unreasonable, some questionable, Kashiwagi learns “What is love” and “What it means to be in love” and learn about the essence of love which will help her mature.

Someday at a Place in the Sun - Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de

Profile

• TV Show: Someday at a Place in the Sun (English title)
• Romaji: Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de
• Japanese: いつか陽のあたる場所で
• Director:
• Writer: Maki Takahashi
• Network: NHK
• Episodes: 10
• Release Date: January 8, 2013 --
• Runtime: Tuesdays 22:00
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Two women meet in prison. Hanako (Aya Ueto) committed a crime for her lover and Ayaka (Naoko Iijima) committed a crime to save her son's life. These two women become close. After their release from prison, they start their new lives together in a small town.

Notes

1. Based on the novel "Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de" by Asa Nonami (published August, 2007 by Shinchosha Publishing Co, Ltd).

source :http://asianwiki.com/Itsuka_Hi_no_Ataru_Basho_de

Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo Hong Kong Kowloon Zaiho Satsujin Jiken [2013]

The Files of Young Kindaichi: Hong Kong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case (literal title) Romaji : Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo Hong Kong Kowloon Zaiho Satsujin Jiken Japanese : 金田一少年の事件簿 香港九龍財宝殺人事件 Director : Hisashi Kimura Writer : Tadashi Agi, Yozaburo Kanari (manga), Seimaru Amagi (manga) Network : NTV Release Date : January 12, 2013 -- Runtime : Saturday 21:00 Language : Japanese Country : Japan

Notes The filming already took place in Hong Kong on September 2012

Plot Korean foreign exchange student Kim Yong-Dong (Seung-Ri) studies in Hong Kong and works part-time at a hotel. A murder then takes place in the hotel and Kim Yong-Dong is the prime suspect. Hajime Kindaichi (Ryosuke Yamada) works to uncover the truth.

Switch Girl!! 2 / スイッチガール！！２ [2012]

DETAILS

Title: スイッチガール！！２
Title (romaji): Switch Girl!! 2
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Broadcast network: Fuji TV Two
Broadcast period: 2012-Dec-7 start
Air time: Friday

SYNOPSIS

“Switch Girl!!” is a manga series by Aida Natsumi that currently runs in Shueisha’s magazine Margaret and has sold close to 5 million copies total. The story revolves around a high school student named Nika (Nishiuchi) who appears to be a stylish and fashionable girl at school, but that’s really a fake persona that she uses when she’s in public. At home, she “switches off” the facade and her returns to her true slovenly nature. Kiriyama Renn (26) plays the good-looking transfer student Arata, who is Nika’s love interest in the story. --Tokyograph

CAST

Nishiuchi Mariya as Tamiya Nika
Kiriyama Renn as Kamiyama Arata
Sakata Rikako as Ninohara
Jinnai Sho as Hirota Masamune
Okamoto Anri as Jogasaki Reika

 

Saikou no Rikon / 最高の離婚 [2013]

• TV Show: Best Divorce (literal title)
• Romaji: Saikou no Rikon
• Japanese: 最高の離婚
• Director: Rieko Miyamoto, Michiko Namiki
• Writer: Yuji Sakamoto
• Network: Fuji TV
• Episodes:
• Release Date: January 10, 2013 --
• Runtime: Thursday 22:00-22:54
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot:
Drama series depicts the love and marriage of two 30 something couples.
Ordinary salaryman Kousei (Eita]) works for a company which installs vending machines. He complains about his marriage life while at the dentist office. Kousei doesn't do his job well and he is also sick. He isn't happy at all. His biggest problem is his wife Yuna (Machiko Ono), who has the complete opposite personality from Kousei .They have been married 2 years.
Yuna is bright and easy-going. Kousei doesn't know if he loves Yuna or not, but he thinks her personality meshi with his. At this time, Kousei meets Akari (Yoko Maki), his ex-girlfriend from his university days. Akari works as an assistant at the College of Fine Arts and married Ryo (Gou Ayano).