Drama Primetime Report (11/8~11/14)

Posted by HPriest on November - 17 - 2010

18.4% – Aibou 9
17.4% – Freeter
15.7% – Ryomaden
15.2% – Ougon no Buta
15.1% – Nasake no Onna
15.0% – Nagareboshi
14.5% – Jyuui Dolittle
14.0% – Strawberry Night (DramaSP)
…and many more ratings in the full post!

Preview screening for Takeuchi Yuuko’s “Strawberry Night”

Posted by HPriest on November - 2 - 2010

Actress Takeuchi Yuuko (30) has finally unveiled her first role as a female detective in the 2-hour drama special “Strawberry Night” at a preview screening at Fuji TV’s headquarters in Daiba, Tokyo. Her co-stars Nishijima Hidetoshi (39), Takeda Tetsuya (61), Kiritani Kenta (30) and Hayashi Kento (19) appeared at the event as well.

The drama special already was announced back in May. As a detective she will have to deal with a mysterious serial murder case and the odd key word, “Strawberry Night” that seems to be connected to it. [...]

Prime Time Report (8/16~8/22)

Posted by HPriest on August - 24 - 2010

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!"  

Mina no Polling & Ranking (May-Aug)

Posted by HPriest on August - 23 - 2010

You might have already noticed a few rankings here that were taken from NTT DoCoMo's mobile voting service "NTT DoCoMo Mina no Polling & Ranking". That service already started a long time ago, but I didn't become aware of it until recently. There are obviously several rankings that I've missed  [ Read More ]

Recent Rankings

Posted by HPriest on August - 8 - 2010

Here are some recent rankings from Internet portals like goo or research groups like "Video Research Ltd". Those rankings should not be confused with the random web polls from (mostly unmoderated) Japanese boards/communities I post here from time to time!   Who had the most exposure in commercials? Who has  [ Read More ]

Oricon’s summer drama and movie ranking

Posted by HPriest on July - 9 - 2010

Oricon made two survey to find out the most anticipated summer drama as well as the most anticipated movie people want to watch during their summer holidays. Here are the results:   Most Anticipated Summer Drama 01 – Hotaru no Hikari 2 02 – GOLD 03 – Unubore Deka 04  [ Read More ]

It has been confirmed that Arashi's Jun Matsumoto (26) will star in Fuji TV's Monday night drama series next season. He will be the first member of the group to appear in a drama during that time slot, and this will be his first lead role in a full-length Fuji  [ Read More ]

Fuji TV dorama rumors and more

Posted by HPriest on May - 16 - 2010

The "Shukan Bunshun" has some reports about two upcoming Fuji TV doramas. Fuji TV didn't say anything about them yet, but most summer doramas usually start their production around May and can't avoid to get some facts like the cast get leaked to magazines like this.   Their most anticipated  [ Read More ]