252 Seizonsha Ari Episode Zero
Time: From 9.00 p.m., 5 December 2008
Station: NTV
Cast: Ichihara Hayato, Abe Tsuyoshi, Uehara Takako, Mitsushima Hikari, Fukui Hiroaki, Warabino Tomoya, Koyanagi Yu, Ito Hideaki (guest star), Uchino Masaaki (guest star), Kashii Yu (guest star), Yamamoto Taro (guest star), Konno Mahiru (guest star)
Synopsis: 13 years before the Great Hanshin Earthquake occurred, Japan had no hyper rescue teams. In 2009, 2 years before Tokyo is directly hit by an unprecedented typhoon, Hayakawa Yusaku (Ichihara Hayato) sets his sights on hyper rescue. 252 is the communication code used by the hyper rescue team (otherwise known as the Fire and Rescue Task Force of Tokyo’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency) to signal that there are survivors.
Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/252zero/
Detective Conan SP II
Time: From 9.00 p.m., 17 December 2008
Station: NTV
Cast: Oguri Shun, Takanori Jinnai, Iwasa Mayuko, Kurokawa Tomoka, Ibu Masato, Sasaki Kuranosuke, Kashii Yu
Synopsis: At the Miss Japanesque celebration party, Miss Japanesque receives a threatening letter, and a murder occurs as predicted at the event which is being broadcast live. Conan (Oguri Shun), who is attending the party together with his childhood friend Mori Ran(Kurokawa Tomoka), temporarily transforms into high school student Kudo Shinichi when he accidentally eats a cake, and sets out to solve the case.
Website: http://www.ytv.co.jp/conan-drama/index_set.html
Tokyo Daikushu
Time: From 9.00 p.m., 26 December 2008 (repeat)
Station: NTV
Cast: Fujiwara Tatsuya, Horikita Maki, Eita, Shibamoto Yuki
Synopsis: In the early dawn of 10 March 1945, fire bombs rained down on downtown Tokyo and the lives of more than ten thousand people were lost in one night … This is what the world called the Great Tokyo Air Raid.
Website: http://www.ntv.co.jp/kusyu/
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