Archive for December, 2009

Prime Time Report #Week52-02/03

Posted by HPriest on December - 30 - 2009

Prime Time Report – Dorama Time Slots – #Week 52 Just ratings alone don’t say a lot. Here you can actually find out what shows your favorite dorama is competing with in its time slot. Some titles are shortened!   #Wednesday – December 23   — 10pm  Ratings Rank  Channel  Program  [ Read More ]

Japanese Box Office Rankings (Dec.26/27)

Posted by HPriest on December - 29 - 2009

 Every Monday/Tuesday I’m going to bring you the newest box office charts from the past weekend. [Weekend of December 26 ~ December 27]   Rank Last Week   Movie Week new 01 –  Avatar 1 02 02  Nodame Cantabile: The Final Score – Part I  - Ueno Juri, Mizukawa Asami, Becky…  [ Read More ]

Ueto Aya on the verge of tears

Posted by HPriest on December - 28 - 2009

Today actress/singer Ueto Aya (24) celebrated the release of her "Happy Magic" concert DVD in Shibuya and it became quite a touching event.   The DVD contains footage from her performances in Tokyo and Osaka back in August. "It was a year full of enjoyable moments, especially because I was able to  [ Read More ]

goo: Best doramas of 2nd half year 2009

Posted by HPriest on December - 27 - 2009

There are only a few days left in 2009. What doramas did you watch this year? goo wanted to know the same and did their usual "Best doramas of 2nd half year 2009" survey. Which of the summer and fall doramas was the most popular this year? (note: evening doramas only)  [ Read More ]

Top 10 Dorama Ratings 2009

Posted by HPriest on December - 26 - 2009

Oricon looked at all the ratings of doramas this year and listed the Top10 on their site today. This ranking is about the ratings of single episodes and not about the average rating of a dorama.   The taiga-dorama "Tenchijin" on NHK was the most successful this year and with "JIN" on  [ Read More ]

Riko Narumi stars in “performance calligraphy” film

Posted by HPriest on December - 26 - 2009

Teen actress Riko Narumi (17) will star in a movie about "performance calligraphy," directed by Ryuichi Inomata ("Mari to Koinu no Monogatari"). Its focus is the Shodo Girls Koshien event, which was started last year by the NTV show "Zoom In!! SUPER."   About ten years ago, "Zoom In!! SUPER"  [ Read More ]

Prime Time Report #Week52-01

Posted by HPriest on December - 25 - 2009

Prime Time Report – Dorama Time Slots – #Week 52 Just ratings alone don’t say a lot. Here you can actually find out what shows your favorite dorama is competing with in its time slot. Some titles are shortened!   #Monday – December 21   — 08pm  Ratings Rank  Channel  Program  [ Read More ]

Best Dorama Couples of 2009

Posted by HPriest on December - 24 - 2009

goo’s newest ranking results to find out who was the best couple on TV this year.   Rank Couple Dorama 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20  Yamashita Tomohisa & Kitagawa Keiko  Mizushima Hiro & Eikura Nana  Tamaki Hiroshi & Karina  [ Read More ]