Archive for September, 2008
Kaze no Garden
Official Website
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/garden/
Broadcast
Thursdays, 10.00 – 10.54 p.m. from 9 October 2008
Station
Fuji TV
Story
Associate Professor Shiratori Sadami is an anesthesiologist at a famous Tokyo hospital. He is also an expert in palliative medicine, which gives comfort to patients nearing death, but no one knows that Shiratori himself is suffering from end stage cancer. Aware of his impending death, [...]
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Room of King
Official Website
http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/ROK/index.html
Broadcast
Saturdays, 11.00 – 11.55 p.m. from 4 October 2008
Station
Fuji TV
Story
Mori Jiro, who goes by the name of Moriji, is a freeter working part-time at a florist in Aoyama. One day, a mysterious real estate office calls him up all of a sudden. They say that they’re renting the exclusive Aoyama apartment building, King, at [...]
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Yume o Kanaeru Zo
Official Website
http://www.ytv.co.jp/yumezou/special02/index.html
Broadcast
Thursdays, 11.58 p.m. – 12.38 a.m. from 2 October 2008
Station
NTV
Story
On her 25th birthday, Asuka, a temp at a major advertising agency, is dumped by her boyfriend and suffers from a fire. Overwhelmed, she breaks down in tears as she wishes for happiness in the apartment that she has moved into for the time [...]
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Oh! My Girl!
Official Website
http://www.ntv.co.jp/ohmygirl/
Broadcast
Tuesdays, 10.00 – 10.54 p.m. from 14 October 2008
Station
NTV
Story
Yamashita Kotaro, a 24-year-old bachelor, is a self-professed mobile phone novelist who likes being alone and cannot afford much financially. One day, Kotaro takes Ann, a 6-year-old girl, under his care. Ann, who had turned up on Kotaro’s doorstep, is an impertinent little liar. She’s the [...]
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Innocent Love
Official Website
http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/innocentlove/index.html
Broadcast
Mondays, 9.00 – 9.54 p.m. from 20 October 2008
Station
Fuji TV
Story
7 years ago, her parents were murdered when their house was deliberately set on fire. Her brother was arrested as a suspect in the case, and Kanon was left all alone. Kanon is now 20 years old. However, it is difficult to take on part-time [...]
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Yougisha X no Kenshin
Broadcast
In theatres on 4 October 2008
Official Website
http://www.yougisha-x.com/
Story
The face of the male corpse that was discovered has been destroyed, his fingers burnt. The cause of death: strangulation. His identity is determined to be Togashi Shinji (unemployed). Detective Utsumi Kaoru from Kaizuka Precinct sets out to investigate the case. On the day Kaoru goes to confirm the [...]
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Rookies SP
Date: From 6.30 p.m., 4 October 2008
Station: TBS
Cast: Sato Ryuta, Ichihara Hayato, Koide Keisuke, Shirota Yu, Nakao Akiyoshi, Takaoka Sousuke
Synopsis: -
Website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/rookies08/
In celebration of singer Takeuchi Mariya’s 30th year in show business, TBS will air dramas based on her songs on 3 consecutive nights – Camouflage, Genki o Dashite and Junai Rhapsody.
Camouflage
Date: From [...]
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Galileo Episode 0
Broadcast
Date: From 9.00 p.m., 4 October 2008
Official Website
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/galileozero/
Story
A murder in a locked room occurs on an island. A man has been stabbed to death with a blade like that of a samurai sword. After that, the small house which is the scene of the crime, bursts into flames. Many people watch the blaze but none [...]
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Galileo – Episode 10 Synopsis
Episode 10 Synopsis: Burst
Yukawa waits for his former teacher, Kijima, to return from his overseas business trip and visits his residence. Yukawa, who knows from Kusanagi’s call that the body found shot to death at the nature park and the bomb victim at Ryuujin lake, were both Kijima’s company employees, broaches the two cases. He [...]
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Galileo – Episode 9 Synopsis
Episode 9 Synopsis: Burst
On the night of 13 October, an explosion occurred at Ryuujin lake in Tochigi prefecture. A boat floating on the lake suddenly burst into flames and blew up.
About one and the half months following the incident, Yukawa hears about a bizarre case involving a graduate of Teito University from Kaoru.
Kaoru and Yuge [...]
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