19.1% – JAPANESE AMERICANS ~ Ep05
17.7% – Freeter
15.5% – JAPANESE AMERICANS ~ Ep02
15.3% – Ryomaden
14.7% – JAPANESE AMERICANS ~ Ep03
…and many more ratings in the full post!
This time with plenty of screencaps again!!
17.7% – Aibou Season 9
17.6% – Nasake no Onna
17.6% – Freeter
15.4% – Ougon no Buta
…and many more ratings in the full post!
Oricon once again ordered a survey to find out about the most anticipated drama of the upcoming season. This fall we will see the return of the highly popular “Aibou” series as well as the third season of the suspense medical drama “Iryu”, but there will be tough competition with several new and original stories lead by big names. Shinohara Ryoko will make her return as a drama starring actress in “Ogon no Buta”. Kanno Miho and Tamaki Hiroshi will team up for “Guilty” and Oguri Shun will turn into a veterinarian for “Jyuui Dolittle” co-starring Inoue Mao.
There is still more to look forward to. Fuji TV’s Monday dramas always aimed for the drama crown, but recently their stories failed to deliver that certain unique element. This season they will put their hope on Takenouchi Yutaka and Ueto Aya. The drama “Freeter” starring Ninomiya Kazunari, Karina and veteran actress Asano Atsuko seems to have all the ingredients to become a hit as well. Other interesting dramas such as “SPEC” (Kase Ryo, Toda Erika), “Himitsu” (Shida Mirai, Sasaki Kuranosuke) and “Reinoryokusha” (Ishihara Satomi, Tanihara Shosuke) might have it more difficult with the average drama viewers in Japan, but they all still have the potential of becoming a hit. The young cast of “Q10″ (Sato Takeru, Maeda Atsuko) will probably get a lot of fans as well and a lot of women are going to be interested in the story of “Second Virgin” starring Suzuki Kyoka and Fukada Kyoko. [...]
A combination of NTT DoCoMo's mobile "Mina no Polling & Ranking", recent goo rankings and the spamtastic random web polls from last week. The previous batch can be seen here. Some of this week's topics: – Who should become like a younger sister to you? – Who is the [ Read More ]
The Keigo Higashino novel "Himitsu" ("The Secret") is being turned into a live-action drama series this fall, starring Mirai Shida (17) and Kuranosuke Sasaki (42). The show will air in TV Asahi's Friday 11:15pm time slot, starting in October. Published in 1998, "Himitsu" was nominated for the Naoki Prize [ Read More ]
Highlight of the week: Takanishi Rin in comedy sci-fi drama "Uchu Inu Sakusen" Followed by Sasaki Nozomi acting as a moody maid, doing sumo poses and playing Wii in "Dohyo Girl!"
Highlight of the week: The lovely Kamei Eri on "Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo" as maid/kitten~ ♥♥♥ Closely followed by Shida Mirai's disguise on "Hammer Session"
Last Saturday Shida Mirai (17) was a guest on the NTV talk show "Meringue no Kimochi". She was really adorable and talked a lot about her marriage wishes, pocket money and more. On the show she revealed the "jibun nenpyo" (my chronology) she wrote to herself when she was [ Read More ]
