"Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. knows LOVE? ~" starts the season with a rating of 19.2%

The first episode of TBS autumn drama "Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. knows LOVE? ~" starring Kimura Takuya started the season with a rating of 19,2% for the broadcast on 13 October. This places it at No.2 in terms of the autumn dramas shown so far, behind "Legal High 2" which got 21.2% for its first episode. When compared to its predecessor i.e. mega hit "Hanzawa Naoki" which got 19.4%, "Ando Lloyd" performed more or less on par.

Source: Sanspo

Limited edition confectionery launched in conjunction with "Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. knows LOVE? ~"

TBS and Yamazaki Bread are working to release two limited edition confectionery items in conjunction with the launch of the autumn 2013 drama "Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. knows LOVE? ~" which stars Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou. The drama is due to begin its run from 13 October at 9pm on Sundays. On the first O.A. day, the items Kinako Agepan (Roasted soy bean flour fried bread) and Kinako Cream & Tsubuan will be available for sale at all supermarkets and convenience stores nationwide.

In the drama, the Kinako Agepan is featured as a favourite food of Matsushima Reiji (Kimura) and is an item which links him to his fiancee Asahi (Shibasaki). As for the Kinako Cream & Tsuban, it is featured as a staple lunch pack item for Reiji's research centre.

In the past, TBS had also released a Curry Bread (Karee Pan) in 2007 when Kimura starred in the drama "Karei Naru Ichizoku" and it sold 1.05 million pieces on the launch day alone. Total sales broke the 30 million units mark.

Source: Yomiuri Hochi

Preview of "Ando Lloyd ~ AI knows LOVE?" - Autumn 2013

Title: Ando Lloyd ~ AI knows LOVE?
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 13 October 2013
Timeslot: Sundays 9pm
Broadcast by: TBS
Cast: Kimura Takuya, Shibasaki Kou, Oshima Yuko, Kiritani Kenta, Honda Tsubasa, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Jessie (Johnny's Jrs), Yamamoto Mizuki, Hino Youjin, Ikeda Dai, Kiritani Mirei, Hiraoka Yuta, Natori Yuko, Endo Kenichi

Announcement of supporting cast members in TBS autumn 2013 drama "Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. knows LOVE? ~"

AKB48's Oshima Yuko will be working with SMAP's Kimura Takuya for the first time as she will be playing his younger sister in the upcoming TBS autumn 2013 drama "Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. knows LOVE? ~" which will be shown in the Sundays 9pm timeslot from October. Oshima's character will be an assistant physics professor who works in the same university as him and adores her future sister-in-law (Shibasaki Kou) as her own sister. Other co-stars in this drama include Kiritani Kenta, Endo Kenichi, Honda Tsubasa, Johnny's Jrs' Jessie, Hiraoka Yuta and Natori Yuko.

Source: Sponichi

Kimura Takuya & Shibasaki Kou reunite in the TBS autumn 2013 drama "Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. know LOVE? ~"

Kimura Takuya and Shibasaki Kou will be working together again in the TBS autumn 2013 drama "Ando Lloyd ~ A.I. know LOVE? ~" since their last collaboration "GOOD LUCK!" in 2003. The drama which will begin its run from October, will take over from current ratings winner "Hanzawa Naoki" in the same timeslot i.e. Sundays 9pm.

Kimura will play two roles in this drama where one is that of a genius physicist Matsushima Reiji who gets murdered by an unknown person and another is that of an android named Ando Lloyd who gets sent from the future in 100 years later to the present in order to protect Reiji's fiancee Ando Asahi (Shibasaki) who works in a IT company and somehow is targeted by the killer too. Asahi has a strong dislike for Ando Lloyd while the latter is supposed to be emotionless but the two slowly develop feelings for each other.

Source: Sanspo