Tuesday, August 28, 2018

Preview of "Yaretakamo Iinkai" - Spring 2018

Title: Yaretakamo Iinkai やれたかも委員会 (Could Have Done It Committee)
Official website: here
Official Instagram: here
Official LINE: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 22 April 2018 (MBS) / 24 April 2018 (TBS)
Timeslot: Sundays 12.50am (MBS) / Tuesdays 1.28am (TBS)
Broadcast by: MBS, TBS, dTV and Netflix
Original Manga by: Yoshida Takashi
Theme Song: "Kimi no hitomi wa 10000 bolt" by shiori
Cast: Sato Jiro, Shirashi Mai (Nogizaka46), Yamada Takayuki, Tateno Saki
Guest Lineup: Mamiya Shotaro, Kanshuji Tamotsu, Ogura Yuka, Hamano Kenta, Kuramochi Yuka, Hannya, Morinaga Yuki, Takeda Rena, Nagano Munenori, Enatsu Shiori, Tezuka Toru, Sugino Yosuke, Yamamoto Maika, Nakao Akiyoshi, Morikawa Aoi, Yano Masato, Yamachi Mari, MEGUMI, Fukuda Mayuko and Koseki Yuta

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 25th & 26th August 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Kensatsugawa no Zainin (334)

2) Gintama 2 Okite wa yaburu tame ni koso aru (345)

3) Gekijouban Code Blue Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyuumei (345)

4) Incredibles 2 (364)

5) Mission: Impossible Fallout (366)

6) Camera wo tomeruna! (2)

7) Mamma Mia! Here we go again (336)

8) Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (371)

9) Ocean's Eight (326)

10) Gekijouban Nanatsu no Taizai Tenkuu no Torawarebito (272)

Source: Eiga.com

Preview of "Ranhansha" (Drama SP)

Title: Ranhansha 乱反射 (Diffused Reflection)
Official website: here
O.A. Date: 22 September 2018 at 10.15pm
Broadcast by: Nagoya TV & TV Asahi
Original novel by: Nukui Tokuro
Cast: Tsumabuki Satoshi, Inoue Mao, Hagiwara Masato, Kitamura Yukiya, Mitsuishi Ken, Miura Takahiro, Serizawa Tateto, Sagara Itsuki, Hara Hideko, Otaka Akira, Horiuchi Keiko, Maeda Aki, Tajima Reiko, Oishi Goro, Moro Morooka, Takeuchi Miyako, Otsuka Hirota, Yoshitani Ayako, Tsutsui Mariko, Umezawa Masayo, Tayama Ryousei & Tsurumi Shingo

Monday, August 27, 2018

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 18th & 19th August 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Gintama 2 Okite wa yaburu tame ni koso aru (345)

2) Gekijouban Code Blue Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyuumei (345)

3) Incredibles 2 (364)

4) Mission: Impossible Fallout (366)

5) Gekijouban Nanatsu no Taizai Tenkuu no Torawarebito (272)

6) Ocean's Eight (326)

7) Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (371)

8) Camera wo tomeruna! (2)

9) Mirai no Mirai (367)

10) Penguin Highway (192)

Source: Eiga.com

Preview of "Bungaku Shojo" - Summer 2018

Title: Bungaku Shojo 文学処女 (Literature Virgin)
Official website: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 9 Sep 2018 (MBS) / 11 Sep 2018 (TBS)
Timeslot: Sundays 12.50am (MBS) / Tuesdays 1.29am (TBS)
Broadcast by: MBS / TBS
Original novel by: Nakano Mayaka
Theme Song: "Kimi no namae" by Sonar Pocket
Opening Theme: "Long Hello Goodbye" by Special Favorite Music
Cast: Morikawa Aoi, Shirota Yu, Nakao Masaki, Katono Taiko, Koga Yako, Tanabe Momoko, Tsuna Keito, Ikegami Sarii, Izumi Rika & Kawahara Masahiko

Saturday, August 25, 2018

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 11th & 12th August 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Gekijouban Code Blue Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyuumei (345)

2) Mission: Impossible Fallout (366)

3) Incredibles 2 (364)

4) Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (371)

5) Ocean's Eight (326)

6) Mirai no Mirai (367)

7) Boku no Hero Academy THE MOVIE Futari no Hero (298)

8) Gekijouban Kamen Rider Build Be The One (322)

9) Gekijouban Pocket Monster Minna no Monogatari (364)

10) Sensei Kunshu (296)

Source: Eiga.com

Friday, August 17, 2018

Top 10 female celebrities who look good in a yukata - 2018 (Oricon)

Oricon conducted a survey between 1 August and 7 August where 1,000 men and women in their teens to 50s chose the female celebrity who they felt look good in a yukata. Ishihara Satomi and Aragaki Yui were clear favourites across all age groups as they dominated the top two positions respectively:

1) Ishihara Satomi

2) Aragaki Yui

3) Ishida Yuriko

4) Kitagawa Keiko

5) Ayase Haruka

6) Fukada Kyoko

7) Sawajiri Erika

8) Nagasawa Masami

9) Arimura Kasumi

10) Nakama Yukie

Source: Oricon

Monday, August 13, 2018

Preview of "Toumei na Yurikago" - Summer 2018

Title: Toumei na Yurikago 透明なゆりかご (The Transparent Cradle)
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 20 July 2018
Timeslot: Fridays 10pm
Broadcast by: NHK
Total number of episodes: 10
Original manga by: Okita Bakka
Theme Song: "Setsunaimono" by Chara
Cast: Kiyohara Kaya, Seto Koji, Sakai Wakana, Maiko, Hayama Shono, Mizukawa Asami & Harada Mieko

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 4th & 5th August 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Gekijouban Code Blue Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyuumei (345)

2) Mission: Impossible Fallout (366)

3) Incredibles 2 (364)

4) Boku no Hero Academy THE MOVIE Futari no Hero (298)

5) Gekijouban Kamen Rider Build Be The One (322)

6) Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (371)

7) Mirai no Mirai (367)

8) Gekijouban Pocket Monster Minna no Monogatari (364)

9) Sensei Kunshu (296)

10) Kamera wo tomeruna! (2)

Source: Eiga.com

Friday, August 10, 2018

Top 10 Summer 2018 dramas with the highest satisfaction rating for its first episode (Oricon)

Oricon conducted a survey on 690 of its members comprising of men and women from their teens to 50s living in 18 prefectures where they gave points according to the amount of satisfaction they felt about the first episodes of Summer 2018 dramas in 5 aspects i.e. the amount of minutes they had watched, the leading actor/actress, the supporting cast, content and how much the drama is being talked about. The full score is 100 points i.e. 20 points for each aspect.

Here are the top 10 dramas with the highest scores displayed in the brackets:

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Drama

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
2) Black Pean (TBS)
3) Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru (TBS)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Black Pean (TBS)
2) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
3) Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ (TBS)
4) Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu - (FujiTV)
5) Confidence Man JP (FujiTV)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
2) Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru (TBS)
3) Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ (TBS)
4) Black Pean (TBS)
5) Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan (KTV/FujiTV)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Ossans Love (TV Asahi)
2) Black Pean (TBS)
3) Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan (KTV/FujiTV)
4) Confidence Man JP (FujiTV)
5)  Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru (TBS)

Source: The Television

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
2) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
3) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
4) Iwata Takanori - Gakebuchi Hotel!
5) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan
4) Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
5) Ikematsu Sousuke - Miyamoto kara kimi e

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love
2) Ninomiya Kazunari - Black Pean
3) Sakaguchi Kentaro - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan / Dean Fujioka - Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -
5) Matsushige Yutaka - Kodoku no Gurume Season 7

Source: The Televison

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Leading Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Nakatani Miki - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
3) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Yoshitaka Yuriko - Seigi no Se
3) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
4) Haru - Mikaiketsu no Onna Keishicho Bunsho Sousakan
5) Sasaki Nozomi - Daisy Luck

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Nakatani Miki - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
3) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
4) Nanao - Miss Devil Jinji no Akuma Tsubaki Mako
5) Yoshitaka Yuriko - Seigi no Se

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Nagasawa Masami - Confidence Man JP
2) Nanao - Miss Devil Jinji no Akuma Tsubaki Mako
3) Nakatani Miki - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
4) Sugisaki Hana - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ / Yoshitaka Yuriko - Seigi no Se / Haru - Mikaiketsu no Onna Keishicho Bunsho Sousakan

Source: The Television

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Supporting Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Yoshida Kotaro - Ossans Love
2) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love
3) Takeuchi Ryoma - Black Pean

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love
2) Takeuchi Ryoma - Black Pean
3) Hirano Sho - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
4) Uchino Seiyo - Black Pean
5) Koizumi Kotaro - Black Pean

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Yoshida Kotaro - Ossans Love
2) Hirano Sho - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
3) Yusuke Santa Maria - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
4) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love
5) Nakagawa Taishi - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Yoshida Kotaro - Ossans Love
2) Kitamura Kazuki - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan
3) Hayashi Kento - Ossans Love / Yasuda Ken - Seigi no Se
4) Takeuchi Ryoma - Black Pean / Sato Ryuta - Yake ni ben no tatsu bengoshi ga gakkou de hoeru

Source: The Televison

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Supporting Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Kimura Tae - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
2) Aoi Wakana - Black Pean
3) Uchida Rio - Ossans Love

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Aoi Wakana - Black Pean
2) Uchida Rio - Ossans Love
3) Ootsuka Nene - Ossans Love / Imada Mio - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
5) Kato Ayako - Black Pean

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Kimura Tae - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
2) Imada Mio - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
3) Uchida Rio - Ossans Love / Iitoyo Marie - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~
5) Aoi Wakana - Black Pean

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Kimura Tae - Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru
2) Kichise Michiko - Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan
3) Imada Mio - Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~ / Suzuki Kyoka - Mikaiketsu no Onna Keishicho Bunsho Sousakan / Toda Erika - Gakebuchi Hotel!

Source: The Televison

The 97th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2018) - Best Theme Song

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)
2) Revival - Sukima Switch (Ossans Love)
3) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)
2) Revival - Sukima Switch (Ossans Love)
3) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
4) Echo - Dean Fujioka (Monte Cristo Haku - Karei naru Fukushuu -)
5) Hatsukoi - Utada Hikaru (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
2) Hatsukoi - Utada Hikaru (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
3) Fall - Superfly (Anata niwa kaeru ie ga aru)
4) Don't Leave Me - BTS (Signal Chouki Mikaiketsu Jiken Sousahan)
5) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Cinderella Girl - King & Prince (Hana nochi hare ~ Hanadan Next Season ~)
2) Kono michi wo - Oda Kazumasa (Black Pean)
3) Revival - Sukima Switch (Ossans Love)
4) Body Feels EXIT (from AL [Finally]) - Amuro Namie (Miss Devil Jinji no Akuma Tsubaki Mako) / Crazy Rays - V6 (Tokusou 9) / Kakumei - MOROHA (Miyamoto kara kimi e)

Source: The Televison

Preview of "Shinhannin" - Summer 2018

Title: Shinhannin 真犯人 (Real Criminal)
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 23 September 2018
Timeslot: Sundays 10pm
Total number of episodes: 5
Broadcast by: WOWOW
Original novel by: Shoda Kan
Cast: Kamikawa Takaya, Koizumi Kotaro, Uchida Yuki, Komoto Masahiro, Tanaka Yoji, Hamada Gaku, Morioka Ryu, Shimizu Shin, Nagano Satomi, Moro Morooka, Kondo Yoshimasa, Omi Toshinori, Kitami Toshiyuki, Denden & Takashima Masanobu

Monday, August 06, 2018

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 28th & 29th July 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Gekijouban Code Blue Doctor Heli Kinkyuu Kyuumei (345)

2) Jurassic World - Fallen Kingdom (371)

3) Mirai no Mirai (367)

4) Gekijouban Pocket Monster Minna no Monogatari (364)

5) BLEACH (328)

6) Solo: A Star Wars Story (363)

7) Manbiki Kazoku (328)

8) Sore ike! Anpanman Kagayake! Kurun to inochi no hoshi (208)

9) Nijiiro Days (317)

10) Soratobu Taiya (330)

Source: Eiga.com

Top 10 male celebrities with the most ideal body as chosen by men (Oricon)

Oricon conducted a survey on 500 men from their teens to 50s between 13 July and 19 July 2018 where they were asked to choose which male celebrity they felt was most ideal. Those in their teens, 20s and 50s chose Takeuchi Ryoma while those in their 30s and 40s chose GACKT. This is the overall ranking but if you are keen to check out the individual rankings for the different age groups, check out Oricon's article from the link below:

1) Takeuchi Ryoma

2) GACKT

3) Arata Mackenyu / Inaba Koshi (B'z)

5) Ayano Go

6) Nishijima Hidetoshi

7) Okada Junichi (V6)

8) Dean Fujioka

9) Yamashita Tomohisa

10) Nakata Hidetoshi

Source: Oricon