Tuesday, January 8, 2013

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
:
Writer
:
Tadashi Agi, Yozaburo Kanari (manga), Seimaru Amagi (manga)
Network
:
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).
 

Monday, October 15, 2012

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