Showing posts with label Analysis / Special Report. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Analysis / Special Report. Show all posts
Sunday, July 05, 2026

About the Sato Jirou & Hashimoto Ai harassment controversy and my thoughts on this

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In case you are wondering why Sato Jirou and Hashimoto Ai are in the news this week, it all came about because of an article by Bunshun Onli...
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Thursday, January 01, 2026

Dorama World - New Year Greetings, Recap of 2025 and Projection for 2026

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Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! 明けましておめでとうございます! A very happy new year to everyone, no matter where you are and regardless of how long you ha...
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Saturday, June 28, 2025

Ex-TOKIO member Matsuoka Masahiro meets the press for the first time following the band's sudden disbandment

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After TOKIO’s sudden disbandment on 25 June 2025 following Kokubun Taichi’s indefinite hiatus from 20 June due to reported compliance violat...
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Friday, June 20, 2025

TOKIO's Kokubun Taichi goes on an indefinite hiatus due to supposed "compliance violations"

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This piece of news saddens me because it has to do with TOKIO, one of my favourite Japanese artists who I have been supporting for a long ti...
Monday, June 09, 2025

Understanding "Kasumigaseki Bungaku" through TBS Winter 2025 drama "Mikami-sensei"

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If you have watched "Mikami-sensei", you would have heard this term "Kasumigaseki Bungaku" being mentioned multiple time...
Thursday, June 05, 2025

When holding your horses may be better than trying to outsmart the competition - The strategic game of setting drama broadcast timeslots

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Much has been said about how viewing habits have changed in recent years due to the increasing popularity of OTT platforms and on-demand vie...
Friday, May 23, 2025

A case of mis-directed anger? - Reading between the lines of Higashimura Akiko's criticism towards Bunshun for Nagano Mei's scandal

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Amid the controversy surrounding the alleged affair scandal of Nagano Mei and Tanaka Kei over the past month or so, the comments made by man...
Wednesday, May 21, 2025

Too detached from reality? - The conflicting settings and unrealistic things in TBS Spring 2025 drama "Caster"

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While "Caster" has been getting the wrong kind of attention of late due to Nagano Mei's ongoing controversy about an alleged a...
Monday, May 19, 2025

The more the merrier vs. too many cooks spoiling the broth? - Looking into the trend of multiple scriptwriters in TBS' Sundays 9pm dramas

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Is it a case of the more the merrier or will too many cooks spoil the broth?  This article from Real Sound raises the above question by loo...