30 April 2011

[J Drama] Futatsu no Spica

  • Title: ふたつのスピカ
  • Title (romaji): Futatsu no Spica
  • Also known as: Twin Spica
  • Format: Renzoku
  • Genre: Sci-fi
  • Episodes: 7
  • Viewership rating: 3.2 (Kanto)
  • Broadcast network: NHK
  • Broadcast period: 2009-June-18 to 2009-Aug-06
  • Air time: Thursday 20:00
  • Theme song: Hitomi no Sakini by ORANGE RANGE 
A story about five teenagers who train to becoming astronauts. Asumi whose father was a space rocket designer, becomes interested in space and joins astronaut training school after finishing junior high school. Asumi works hard under an intense competition and support from her schoolmates to become an astronaut. --NHK

[J-Dorama 24] Jyouou Virgin

  • Title: 嬢王Virgin
  • Title (romaji): Jyouou Virgin
  • Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-02 to 2009-Dec-18
  • TV Show: Jyouou Virgin / Jyouou Virgin ~Roppongi Night GP Part II~
  • Japanese: 嬢王Virgin ~六本木nightGP partII~
  • Director: Kazuyuki Iwata
  • Writer: Ryo Kurashina
  • Producer: Kazuyuki Iwata
  • Network: TV Tokyo
  • Episodes: 12
  • Release Date: October 2 - December 18, 2009
  • Runtime: Fridays Midnight
  • TV Ratings: 4.9%
  • Language: Japanese
  • Country: Japan
  • Theme songs:
18 year-old Ando Mai has always received attention from the guys in her school, which also made her a target of bullying from her jealous female classmates. Looking to overcome the trauma Mai decides to compete in the "Hostess Grand Prix" to be named the No. 1 kyabakura hostess and win the 300,000,000 yen prize.

Dorama - Yume wo Kanaeru Zo (夢をかなえるゾウ)

  • TV Show: Yume wo Kanaeru Zo
  • Romaji: Yume wo Kanaeru Zo
  • Japanese: 夢をかなえるゾウ
  • Director: Koichi Okamoto, Masahiro Kunimoto
  • Writer: Keiya Mizuno (novel), Yuiko Miura
  • Network: YTV, NTV
  • Episodes: 13
  • Release Date: October 2 - December 25, 2008
  • Runtime: 23:58-24:38
  • Language: Japanese
  • Country: Japan
Hoshino Asuka is dumped by her boyfriend, who is a colleague at the same workplace, on her 25th birthday. To make matters worse, her apartment catches fire and she can’t return to live in it. Asuka finds herself wishing for happiness and the elephant god Ganesha suddenly appears. He had lived with Nogami Kohei in that apartment several years ago. With the appearance of Ganesha, Asuka learns what true happiness is.

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29 April 2011

Sekai no chushin de, ai o sakebu / Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World (2004)

Ritsuko discovers an old cassette tape, while packing her things to move into a new apartment. She listens to the tape and hears the voice of a frail girl saying “I’m so afraid of tomorrow that I can’t fall asleep. I think I’m going to die soon.” Soon after, Ritsuko leaves a sparse note for her fiance Saku, “I’m going away for a while. Don’t worry about me. – Ritsuko.” During this time a Typhoon is approaching Japan and Saku watches the news at his friends bar. He spots his fiance walking in the background of a news report at the airport. He knows Ritsuko is going to her home town of Shikoku and Saku decides to go back there as well, the place where he grew up and first met Ritsuko and the girl on the tape. 

Koizora / Sky of Love (2007)

  • Movie: Sky of Love
  • Romaji: Koizora
  • Japanese: 恋空
  • Director: Natsuki Imai
  • Writer: Teruyo Nogami, Mika
  • Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
  • Release Date: November 30, 2007
  • Runtime: 129 min.
  • Production Company: TBS, Toho
  • Distributor: Toho
  • Language: Japanese
  • Country: Japan 
"Koizora" is a love story that was originally published on the popular cell phone site Mahou no iRando. It was authored by new writer Mika, and is based on her own experiences. The story was released in book form last October, selling more than a million copies in its first month.
The story revolves around Mika (named after the author), who falls in love with her classmate, Hiroki, upon entering high school. But over the course of the novel, she ends up suffering through many trials, such as rape, abortion, and betrayal.