Showing posts with label Spring 2023. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spring 2023. Show all posts
Monday, December 09, 2024

The criteria for success - Comparing the top 10 Japanese drama titles in terms of real-time ratings and TVer viewership from Winter 2023 to Summer 2024

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In the past decade or so, much has been discussed about how TV real-time ratings alone no longer reflect the true extent of a Japanese drama...
Friday, October 18, 2024

Quick Review #76: Angel Flight Kokusai reikyuu soukanshi - Spring 2023

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Title: Angel Flight Kokusai reikyuu soukanshi / エンジェルフライト 国際霊柩送還士 Rating : 8 / 10 Recommended for :  Those who want to watch moving stories ...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Quick Review #47: Tsukuyomi-kun no kindan oyashoku - Spring 2023

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Title: Tsukuyomi-kun no kindan oyashoku / 月読くんの禁断お夜食 Rating : 7 /10  Recommended for :  For those who like food-themed dramas with a romance...
Saturday, June 15, 2024

Quick Review #46: Nami yo kiitekure - Spring 2023

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Title:  Nami yo kiitekure / 波よ聞いてくれ Rating : 6 /10  Recommended for :  For those who like a strong and unconventional female lead character ...
Sunday, September 03, 2023

The 116th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2023) - Best Drama

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Daga, jounetsu wa aru 2) Last Man - Zenmou no sousakan - 3) Kazama Kimichika - Kyoujou 0 - Voters Ranking Top 5 1) ...
Thursday, August 31, 2023

The 116th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2023) - Best Leading Actor

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Takahashi Kaito - Daga, jounetsu wa aru 2) Fukuyama Masaharu - Last Man - Zenmou no sousakan - 3) Kimura Takuya - K...
Tuesday, August 29, 2023

The 116th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2023) - Best Leading Actress

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Nao - Anata ga shitekure nakutemo 2) Hashimoto Kanna - Ousama ni sasagu kusuriyubi 3) Koshiba Fuuka - Nami yo kiite...
Sunday, August 27, 2023

The 116th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2023) - Best Supporting Actor

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Ooizumi Yo - Last Man - Zenmou no sousakan - 2) Nagayama Eita - Anata ga shitekure nakutemo 3) Tozuka Junki - Daga,...
Saturday, August 26, 2023

The 116th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2023) - Best Supporting Actress

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Tomita Miu - Daga, jounetsu wa aru 2) Tanaka Minami - Anata ga shitekure nakutemo 3) Shiroyama Noa - Dr. Chocolate ...
Thursday, August 24, 2023

The 116th Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2023) - Best Theme Song

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Kokkara by SixTONES (Daga, jounetsu ga aru) 2) TATTOO by Official Hige Dandism (Pending Train) 3) Kokoroe by Uru (K...
Thursday, July 06, 2023

Winners of the 26th Nikkansports Dorama Grand Prix (Spring 2023)

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of votes received. Best Drama 1) Daga, jounetsu wa aru (19,899) 2) Hosuto souzoku shichaimashita (12...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Preview of "Keiji Shichinin Season 9" - Spring 2023

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Title: Keiji Shichinin Season 9 / 刑事７人 Season 9 Official website: here Official Instagram: here Official Twitter: here O.A. Start Date: 7 Ju...
Monday, June 26, 2023

When the end is not really the end - a new trend of having SPs shown one week after the finale?

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Is this the start of yet another new trend in the Japanese drama industry? After the conclusion of FujiTV Spring 2023 drama "Kazama Kim...
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Saturday, May 06, 2023

Thoughts about "Tsukuyomi-kun no kindan no oyashoku" Ep 1 (spoiler alert!)

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The first word that came to my mind after watching this episode was "sensual". Not that there was anything sexual or explicit abou...
Friday, May 05, 2023

Thoughts about "Nichiyou no yoru gurai wa..." Ep 1 (spoiler alert!)

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This turned out to hit closer to home than expected. I was already prepared for this to be an emotional ride considering that the three lead...
Thursday, May 04, 2023

Thoughts about "Nami yo kiitekure" Ep 1 (spoiler alert!)

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Koshiba Fuuka literally carried the show on her own in this first episode with an impressive performance. In the few times I had watched Kos...
Tuesday, May 02, 2023

Thoughts about "Dr. Chocolate" Ep 1 (spoiler alert!)

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I wasn't expecting much from this drama but surprisingly, it turned out to be decent despite some loopholes in the story. First of all, ...
Sunday, April 30, 2023

Thoughts about "Shouri no houteishiki" Ep 1 (spoiler alert!)

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This is probably yet another example of how the viewers have to sit through not-so-interesting filler cases before getting to the best parts...
Saturday, April 29, 2023

Thoughts about "Last Man - Zenmou no sousakan -" Ep 1 (spoiler alert!)

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This turned out to be slightly better than expected despite my initial reservations. First and foremost, the direction of the story seemed l...
Friday, April 28, 2023

Thoughts about "Gouritekini arienai ~ Tantei Kamizuru Ryoko no kaimei ~" Ep 1 (spoiler alert!)

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To be honest, my first thought after finishing this episode was, "that's all?". Perhaps I was expecting too much from this dra...