Drama Season - Summer 2011
I'm writing this post while listening the new Arashi album... oh, the love *__*
But I won't talk about this, not today, at least.
I won't talk about the current Aiba-chan situation either, because... well, I only hope he'll recover soon and that he'll REST. He needs it u_u And he's our Miracle Boy, so he will be ok :)
Oh, I've changed my layout! I loved the previous one, but I wanted to change it, and I like this one a lot too *_* (I've also changed the title of the journal... Arashi fans, do you know from where I've taken that sentence? Well, I think it's quite easy XD)
To the main topic! New season: new dramas!
I wanna watch a lot of them, as always! And I won't have the time!! Yay!! T_T
Ouran High School Host Club
Date: From 12.20 a.m., Fridays, July 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Kawaguchi Haruna, Yamamoto Yusuke, Nakamura Masaya, Ryusei Ryo, Daito Shunsuke, Chiba Yudai, Takagi Shinpei, Takagi Manpei
Synopsis: First is lineage and second is money for the host club at Ouran High School, one of the private and most prestigious schools in Japan which boys and girls from a privileged segment of society attend. The host club is a magnificent play group where well-off girls with too much time on their hands, are entertained by six good looking guys (Yamamoto Yusuke, Daito Shunsuke, Ryusei Ryo, Chiba Yudai, Takagi Shinpei, Takagi Manpei) who are equally free. Fujioka Haruhi (Kawaguchi Haruna) is the only commoner to enter Ouran High School on a scholarship because of her high scholastic standing. One day, Haruhi breaks the host club’s 8 million yen flower vase. Stuck with a debt, she is assigned by Suou Tamaki (Yamamoto Yusuke) to make her host debut in order to pay off her debt. However, it turns out that Haruhi is a girl. Tamaki’s heart thumps hard in reaction to her lovely smile …
Reasons: I've said this many times, but I love the manga and the anime, they're really great! So I think that the drama will be hilarious too XD I'm really thrilled because of the cast, I think that each one of them is perfect for the role: I had some doubts for Yusuke as Tamaki, but I've seen him doing a 'Tamaki-pose' and he was GREAT! This is the drama I'm more looking foward to!
Ikemen desu ne
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 15 July 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Takimoto Miori, Tamamori Yuta, Fujigaya Taisuke, Yaotome Hikaru, Kojima Haruna, Rokaku Seiji, Yamazaki Shigenori, Shimizu Yutaka, Nose Anna, Katase Nana, Imori Miyuki, Yanagisawa Shingo, Takashima Masanobu, Manda Hisako
Synopsis: (Remake of the Korean hit drama You’re Beautiful which is about the fictitious top idol band A.N.JELL)
Reasons: the Korean version was the only Korean drama I really liked XD I don't know these actors, the boys are all... kids, for me (though we are of the same age... or some of they are even older then me XD). So I'm not sure... but I think that it will better than the Korean one, because it will be shorter! (Korean dramas are too long and slow, for me!!!)
Hanazakari Kimitachi e ~ Ikemen Paradise Season 2
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 10 July 2011
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Maeda Atsuko, Miura Shohei, Nakamura Aoi, Kiriyama Ren, Yamada Shintaro, Yanagishita Tomo, Tokuyama Hide, Nishii Yukito, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Mitsushima Shinnosuke, Sato Yuki, Yamamoto Ryosuke, Ando Ryu, Miyajima Kusuto, Matsushima Shota, Mamiya Shotaro, Okayama Tomoki, Kanai Sonde, Katono Taiko, Kotani Shotaro, Okazaki Kazuhiro, Kawahara Kazuma, Kurihara Goro, Takami Oozora, Kasai Shige, Asaka Kodai, Horii Arata, Maeda Gouki
Synopsis: Based on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles and friendship at a boys’ boarding school after a girl-disguising-a-boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She fell in love with Sano Izumi, a hopeful high jump hero, who has quit after an accident. As she wants him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school as a boy! With a short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she starts sharing the same room with Sano.
Reasons: I've already talked a lot about it: I love the manga and I love the first version; I still don't know about this one... I fear it wiil be the same of the first one. But I'm curious about the cast and about how will they do a remake, so I'll try it!
Zenkai Girl
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, July 2011
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Aragaki Yui, Nishikido Ryo, Hirayama Hiroki, Renbutsu Misako, Sato Jiro, Aoyama Noriko, Arakawa Yoshiyoshi, Takeuchi Riki, Yakushimaru Hiroko
Synopsis: Ayukawa Wakaba (Aragaki Yui) is an ambitious new lawyer at a foreign law firm who aims to become a globe-trotting international lawyer. However, the work she has been assigned by her boss, Sakuragawa Shoko (Yakushimaru Hiroko), is to play babysitter to her 5-year-old daughter, Hinata. Wakaba grudgingly takes care of the girl for the sake of her career advancement even though it is an uphill struggle for her as she dislikes and is unaccustomed to both children and childcare. On the other hand, Yamada Sota (Nishikido Ryo) is a good-natured, sympathetic and gullible chef at a shop which specialises in set menus. He has been raising his son single-handedly after his divorce and lives next door to Wakaba.These two people who are polar opposites encounter each other at nursery school, and repeatedly wage battles even though they are gradually able to relate to each other.
Reasons: at first I wanted to watch it only because there was Ryo XD Then I watched the trailer/preview of the first episode... I think it will be really, really a nice drama! I'm really curious about it!
Arakawa Under The Bridge
Date: From 12.55 a.m., Tuesdays, 26 July 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Hayashi Kento, Kiritani Mirei, Shirota Yu, Katase Nana, Abe Natsumi, Tezuka Toru, Hiranuma Norihisa, Arisaka Kurume, Tokunaga Eri, Suruga Taro, Sueoka Takuto, Mashiko Raito, Kamikawa Takaya, Takashima Masahiro, Asano Kazuyuki, Inoue Waka
Synopsis: ???
Reasons: even Dramawiki isn't able to tell me anything about this... thing XD From the trailer, it seems one of the strangest drama I've ever seen. I'll watch it only because of some members of the cast (and because I try to follow Mirei-chan everywhere XD), but really... it seems STRANGE
Meitantei Conan Kudo Shinichi e no Chousenjo
Date: From 11.58 p.m., Thursdays, 7 July 2011
Station: NTV
Cast: Mizobata Junpei, Kutsuna Shiori, Otsuka Nene, Akimoto Sayaka, Ibu Masato, Jinnai Takanori
Synopsis: Three months before high school sleuth Kudo Shinichi (Mizobata Junpei) is made to drink poison by a mysterious organisation and becomes Edogawa Conan, he receives a succession of written challenges giving him notice of murders. Using his brilliant deductive ability, he untangles affairs and loves to solve the riddle of the impossible murders.
Reasons: because I'm a Detective Conan's fan XD I also watched the first two live actions and I liked them a lot... but there Shinichi was played by Oguri Shun, so I don't know about Mizobata Junpei... the whole cast is different, so I don't know. But... well, it's Conan, so it won't be bad... I think O_O
Sources: JDrama Weblog& Dramawiki
But I won't talk about this, not today, at least.
I won't talk about the current Aiba-chan situation either, because... well, I only hope he'll recover soon and that he'll REST. He needs it u_u And he's our Miracle Boy, so he will be ok :)
Oh, I've changed my layout! I loved the previous one, but I wanted to change it, and I like this one a lot too *_* (I've also changed the title of the journal... Arashi fans, do you know from where I've taken that sentence? Well, I think it's quite easy XD)
To the main topic! New season: new dramas!
I wanna watch a lot of them, as always! And I won't have the time!! Yay!! T_T
Ouran High School Host Club
Date: From 12.20 a.m., Fridays, July 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Kawaguchi Haruna, Yamamoto Yusuke, Nakamura Masaya, Ryusei Ryo, Daito Shunsuke, Chiba Yudai, Takagi Shinpei, Takagi Manpei
Synopsis: First is lineage and second is money for the host club at Ouran High School, one of the private and most prestigious schools in Japan which boys and girls from a privileged segment of society attend. The host club is a magnificent play group where well-off girls with too much time on their hands, are entertained by six good looking guys (Yamamoto Yusuke, Daito Shunsuke, Ryusei Ryo, Chiba Yudai, Takagi Shinpei, Takagi Manpei) who are equally free. Fujioka Haruhi (Kawaguchi Haruna) is the only commoner to enter Ouran High School on a scholarship because of her high scholastic standing. One day, Haruhi breaks the host club’s 8 million yen flower vase. Stuck with a debt, she is assigned by Suou Tamaki (Yamamoto Yusuke) to make her host debut in order to pay off her debt. However, it turns out that Haruhi is a girl. Tamaki’s heart thumps hard in reaction to her lovely smile …
Reasons: I've said this many times, but I love the manga and the anime, they're really great! So I think that the drama will be hilarious too XD I'm really thrilled because of the cast, I think that each one of them is perfect for the role: I had some doubts for Yusuke as Tamaki, but I've seen him doing a 'Tamaki-pose' and he was GREAT! This is the drama I'm more looking foward to!
Ikemen desu ne
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, 15 July 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Takimoto Miori, Tamamori Yuta, Fujigaya Taisuke, Yaotome Hikaru, Kojima Haruna, Rokaku Seiji, Yamazaki Shigenori, Shimizu Yutaka, Nose Anna, Katase Nana, Imori Miyuki, Yanagisawa Shingo, Takashima Masanobu, Manda Hisako
Synopsis: (Remake of the Korean hit drama You’re Beautiful which is about the fictitious top idol band A.N.JELL)
Reasons: the Korean version was the only Korean drama I really liked XD I don't know these actors, the boys are all... kids, for me (though we are of the same age... or some of they are even older then me XD). So I'm not sure... but I think that it will better than the Korean one, because it will be shorter! (Korean dramas are too long and slow, for me!!!)
Hanazakari Kimitachi e ~ Ikemen Paradise Season 2
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, 10 July 2011
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Maeda Atsuko, Miura Shohei, Nakamura Aoi, Kiriyama Ren, Yamada Shintaro, Yanagishita Tomo, Tokuyama Hide, Nishii Yukito, Suzuki Katsuhiro, Mitsushima Shinnosuke, Sato Yuki, Yamamoto Ryosuke, Ando Ryu, Miyajima Kusuto, Matsushima Shota, Mamiya Shotaro, Okayama Tomoki, Kanai Sonde, Katono Taiko, Kotani Shotaro, Okazaki Kazuhiro, Kawahara Kazuma, Kurihara Goro, Takami Oozora, Kasai Shige, Asaka Kodai, Horii Arata, Maeda Gouki
Synopsis: Based on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles and friendship at a boys’ boarding school after a girl-disguising-a-boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She fell in love with Sano Izumi, a hopeful high jump hero, who has quit after an accident. As she wants him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school as a boy! With a short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she starts sharing the same room with Sano.
Reasons: I've already talked a lot about it: I love the manga and I love the first version; I still don't know about this one... I fear it wiil be the same of the first one. But I'm curious about the cast and about how will they do a remake, so I'll try it!
Zenkai Girl
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Mondays, July 2011
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Aragaki Yui, Nishikido Ryo, Hirayama Hiroki, Renbutsu Misako, Sato Jiro, Aoyama Noriko, Arakawa Yoshiyoshi, Takeuchi Riki, Yakushimaru Hiroko
Synopsis: Ayukawa Wakaba (Aragaki Yui) is an ambitious new lawyer at a foreign law firm who aims to become a globe-trotting international lawyer. However, the work she has been assigned by her boss, Sakuragawa Shoko (Yakushimaru Hiroko), is to play babysitter to her 5-year-old daughter, Hinata. Wakaba grudgingly takes care of the girl for the sake of her career advancement even though it is an uphill struggle for her as she dislikes and is unaccustomed to both children and childcare. On the other hand, Yamada Sota (Nishikido Ryo) is a good-natured, sympathetic and gullible chef at a shop which specialises in set menus. He has been raising his son single-handedly after his divorce and lives next door to Wakaba.These two people who are polar opposites encounter each other at nursery school, and repeatedly wage battles even though they are gradually able to relate to each other.
Reasons: at first I wanted to watch it only because there was Ryo XD Then I watched the trailer/preview of the first episode... I think it will be really, really a nice drama! I'm really curious about it!
Arakawa Under The Bridge
Date: From 12.55 a.m., Tuesdays, 26 July 2011
Station: TBS
Cast: Hayashi Kento, Kiritani Mirei, Shirota Yu, Katase Nana, Abe Natsumi, Tezuka Toru, Hiranuma Norihisa, Arisaka Kurume, Tokunaga Eri, Suruga Taro, Sueoka Takuto, Mashiko Raito, Kamikawa Takaya, Takashima Masahiro, Asano Kazuyuki, Inoue Waka
Synopsis: ???
Reasons: even Dramawiki isn't able to tell me anything about this... thing XD From the trailer, it seems one of the strangest drama I've ever seen. I'll watch it only because of some members of the cast (and because I try to follow Mirei-chan everywhere XD), but really... it seems STRANGE
Meitantei Conan Kudo Shinichi e no Chousenjo
Date: From 11.58 p.m., Thursdays, 7 July 2011
Station: NTV
Cast: Mizobata Junpei, Kutsuna Shiori, Otsuka Nene, Akimoto Sayaka, Ibu Masato, Jinnai Takanori
Synopsis: Three months before high school sleuth Kudo Shinichi (Mizobata Junpei) is made to drink poison by a mysterious organisation and becomes Edogawa Conan, he receives a succession of written challenges giving him notice of murders. Using his brilliant deductive ability, he untangles affairs and loves to solve the riddle of the impossible murders.
Reasons: because I'm a Detective Conan's fan XD I also watched the first two live actions and I liked them a lot... but there Shinichi was played by Oguri Shun, so I don't know about Mizobata Junpei... the whole cast is different, so I don't know. But... well, it's Conan, so it won't be bad... I think O_O
Sources: JDrama Weblog& Dramawiki