'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)
'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)
More than a handful of spring dramas have premiered last week.
Fuji TV unveiled both of their Tuesday prime time dramas on the same date and both of them began with a mediocre start. Neither ‘Kamo, Kyoto e Iku.‘ – starring Matsushita Nao – nor ‘Kasuka na Kanojo‘ – starring Katori Shingo, were able to impress …
It was announced that Nagasawa Masami (25), Okada Masaki (23), and Sakashita Chiriko (36) have been chosen as the new CM characters for U-CAN’s correspondence education, and will be starring in new CMs.
In the CMs, Nagasawa will play a female office worker, Okada will play a businessman, and Sakashita will play a house wife. It will depict each of their …
On November 30th, TBS finally announced the exact broadcast date and more details for the upcoming special episode of the popular drama ‘ATARU‘, which aired during the spring season of 2012.
Aside from the fact that it won’t be just one special episode but two with a total run time of four hours, they also revealed that three new key roles …
It was reported that Ikuemi Ryo’s popular manga “Kiyoku Yawaku” would be getting a movie adaptation starring Nagasawa Masami and Okada Masaki. This will mark the first time that Nagasawa and Okada will co-star alongside each other.
The original manga was serialized in “Cookie” from 2004 ~ 2010, and it received a Kodansha Manga Award in the Shojo category back in …
(02) 'Marvel's The Avengers' / (01) 'Rurouni Kenshin' / (03) 'Anata e'
(02) 'Marvel's The Avengers' / (01) 'Rurouni Kenshin' / (03) 'Anata e'
‘Rurouni Kenshin’ remains on top, ‘Himitsu no Akko-chan’ opens in at fifth and ‘Intouchables’ at eighth place.
‘Rurouni Kenshin‘ also recorded a strong second weekend, already mobilizing more than 1,000,000 people since its opening day. Its goal of 3 billion Yen (38,247,000 USD) should be well within range.
‘Anata e‘ …
On September 1st, the opening day stage greeting for the movie ‘Himitsu no Akko-chan‘ was held at the Shinjuku Piccadilly in Tokyo. The greeting was attended by Ayase Haruka, Okada Masaki, Fukiishi Kazue, Osugi Ren, Kagawa Teruyuki, Yoshida Riko, and director Kawamura Yasuhiro.
Especially Ayase gained most of the attention and not just because of her typical silliness that people love …
Drama Prime Time Report – 08/17~08/19
Drama Prime Time Report – 08/17~08/19
All the networks finally recovered from the Olympics by the end of the last week and many of the regular and popular shows are now back in full swing. The same can be said for most of the dramas, although they weren’t nearly as strong as the variety shows.
The Friday golden prime time slot …
On July 24th, actress Ayase Haruka attended a completion ceremony for the upcoming movie “Himitsu no Akko-chan“.
The main character Akko-chan, played by Ayase herself, transforms during the movie as a result of a spell cast on her. When asked what she would like to change into, the actress cheerfully answered, “I’d want to be a dinosaur. You can …
The official website of the upcoming live-action adaptation of Akatsuka Fujio’s manga and anime classic ‘Himitsu no Akko-chan‘ was finally updated with a full-length trailer.
‘Himitsu no Akko-chan’ revolves around the the 10-year-old elementary school girl Kagami ‘Akko-chan’ Atsuko who transforms into a 22-year-old college student (Ayase Haruka) thanks to a magical compact mirror in order to watch over her first …
On May 15th, actors Okada Masaki and Oguri Shun attended the final stage greeting for their hit film, ‘Uchuu Kyodai‘.
During the event, Okada was moved to tears by Oguri’s surprise letter. As a matter of fact, Okada had first planned to give Oguri a surprise letter on this day. However, upon hearing about the surprise, Oguri also wrote …
"Uchuu Kyodai" / "Thermae Romae" / "Meitantei Conan"
"Uchuu Kyodai" / "Thermae Romae" / "Meitantei Conan"
If you are wondering what people were doing during the Golden Week with the mediocre weather, it seems they went to see “Thermae Romae” in the cinemas. It was a huge hit throughout Golden Week and didn’t even give the very successful start of “Uchuu Kyodai” a chance to take over the …
On May 5th, actor Oguri Shun appeared at a screening event in the Yurakucho area of Tokyo on the opening day of his new film ‘Uchuu Kyodai‘ (directed by Mori Yoshitaka).
Oguri excitedly shared, “I am a bit excited. As I have heard news reports that mostly say that the movie will be a big hit, …
Drama Prime Time Report – April 20th~April 22nd
Drama Prime Time Report – April 20th~April 22nd
It was a typical second week for most of the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday dramas. The ratings dropped for every single prime time drama with some dropping as far as 3.8%. Some of the dramas had a decent enough first episode to absorb the shock, but one drama in particular really had …
On March 28th, actor Oguri Shun attended a premiere event for his latest film, “Uchuu Kyodai“.
This marked Oguri’s first public appearance since getting married to Yamada Yu earlier this month. As fans called out, “Congratulations!“, he blushed and said, “Thank you“.
Although a wedding ring wasn’t seen on his ring finger, Oguri stated, “If I talk about it too …
Actress/singer Shibasaki Kou’s new song, “ANOTHER: WORLD“, has been chosen as the theme song for Okada Masaki’s upcoming drama, “Mirai Nikki -Another: World-“!
“Mirai Nikki -Another: World-” is based on a popular manga series of the same name that has sold a total of over 4 million copies. It’s a suspense story that portrays a group of …
