Thursday, April 30, 2020

Preview of "Pipuru ~ AI to kekkon seikatsu hajimemashita ~" - Spring 2020

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Title: Pipuru ~ AI to kekkon seikatsu hajimemashita ~ / ぴぷる～AIと結婚生活はじめました～ (Piple ~ I began my married life with AI ~) Official website:...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Preview of "Isekai izakaya Nobu" - Spring 2020

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Title: Isekai izakaya Nobu 異世界居酒屋「のぶ」(Parallel universe Japanese-style bar Nobu) Official website: here O.A. Start Date: 15 May 2020 T...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Top 10 dramas which viewers wish to see a rerun on TV (Oricon)

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Oricon conducted a survey on 1,000 people from teenagers to those in their 50s between 7 and 13 April 2020 where they chose the drama whi...

Preview of "Arimura Kasumi no satsukyu" - Winter 2020

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Title: Arimura Kasumi no satsukyu 有村架純の撮休 (Arimura Kasumi's filming break) Official website: here O.A. Start Date: 21 March 2020 T...
Monday, April 27, 2020

Dramas which are unlikely to get a rerun on TV

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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation, many TV stations have halted filming which in turn makes it impossible for most of their Spring 20...
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Preview of "Taiyo wa ugokanai - The Eclipse -" - Spring 2020

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Title: Taiyo wa ugokanai - The Eclipse - / 太陽は動かない - The Eclipse - (The sun does not move - The Eclipse -) Official website: here Offic...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Preview of "Tetsu no Hone" - Spring 2020

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Title: Tetsu no Hone 鉄の骨 (The Bone of Metal) Official website: here O.A. Start Date: 18 April 2020 Timeslot: Saturdays 10pm Broadcast...
Monday, April 20, 2020

Preview of "Kaseifu no Mitazono 4" - Spring 2020

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Title: Kaseifu no Mitazono 4 家政夫のミタゾノ 4 (Male Housekeeper Mitazono 4) Official website: here Official Twitter: here O.A. Start Date: 2...
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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Preview of "M Aisubeki hito ga ite" - Spring 2020

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Title: M Aisubeki hito ga ite / M 愛すべき人がいて (M There is a person I should love) Official website: here Official Twitter: here O.A. Star...
Saturday, April 18, 2020

Preview of "SUITS Season 2" - Spring 2020

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Title: SUITS Season 2 Official website: here Official Instagram: here Official Twitter: here O.A. Start Date: 13 April 2020 Timeslot...

Preview of "Tokusou 9 Season 3" - Spring 2020

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Title: Tokusou 9 Season 3 / 特捜9 Season 3 (Special Investigation 9 Season 3) Official website: here Official Twitter: here O.A. Start D...
Monday, April 13, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 11 & 12 April 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley ...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Winners of Nikkansports Dorama Grand Prix (Winter 2020)

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There were 975 valid votes for this round of voting between 9 March and 16 March where the top 5 for each category in each season would t...
Friday, April 10, 2020

The COVID-19 impact on the Japanese film industry by far - Sankei Shimbun

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As we are already aware, the COVID-19 virus situation has affected all of us in many countries in various ways. You would also have notic...
Monday, April 06, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 4 & 5 April 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley ...
Monday, March 30, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 28 & 29 Mar 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Ichido shindemita (330) 2) Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulou...
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Sunday, March 29, 2020

Preview of "Yell" - NHK Morning Drama (2020)

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Title: Yell エール Official website: here Official Instagram: here Official Twitter: here O.A. Start Date: 30 March 2020 Timeslot: Mond...

Winners of the 28th Hashida Award (2019)

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Hashida Award Winners - NHK morning drama "Natsuzora" - NHK travel programme "Bura Tamori" - FujiTV anime "...
Wednesday, March 25, 2020

Preview of "Operation Z ~ Nihon Hametsu, Mattanashi ~" - Winter 2020

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Title: Operation Z ~ Nihon Hametsu, Mattanashi ~ オペレーションZ 〜日本破滅、待ったなし〜 (Operation Z ~ The destruction of Japan, now or never ~) Official...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Preview of "Pareto no Gosan ~ Caseworker satsujin jiken" - Winter 2020

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Title: Pareto no Gosan ~ Caseworker satsujin jiken パレートの誤算 ~ ケースワーカー殺人事件 (The Miscalculation of Pareto ~ The Caseworker Murder Case) Off...
Monday, March 23, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 21 & 22 Mar 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley ...
Tuesday, March 17, 2020

The 103rd Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2019) - Best Drama

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Grand Maison Tokyo 2) Ore no hanashi wa nagai 3) Ossans Love - in the sky - Voters Ranking Top 5 1) Grand ...
Monday, March 16, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 14 & 15 Mar 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Fukushima 50 (350) 2) Kamen Byoutou (328) 3) Parasite (128...
Sunday, March 15, 2020

The 103rd Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2019) - Best Leading Actor

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Kimura Takuya - Grand Maison Tokyo 2) Ikuta Toma - Ore no hanashi wa nagai 3) Tanaka Kei - Ossans Love - in t...
Saturday, March 14, 2020

The 103rd Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2019) - Best Leading Actress

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Takahata Mitsuki - Douki no Sakura 2) Haru - G Senjou no Anata to Watashi 3) Yonekura Ryoko - Doctor X 6 ~ Ge...
Friday, March 13, 2020

Winners of the 43rd Nippon Academy Awards (2019)

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Best Movie: Shinbun Kisha Best Animation Movie: Tenki no Ko Best Director: Takeuchi Hideki - Tonde Saitama Best Scriptwriter: Tokun...

The 103rd Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2019) - Best Supporting Actor

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Tamamori Yuuta - Grand Maison Tokyo 2) Nakagawa Taishi - G Senjou no Anata to Watashi 3) Yasuda Ken - Ore no ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 8 & 9 Mar 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Fukushima 50 (350) 2) Kamen Byoutou (328) 3) Parasite (128...
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Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 29 Feb & 1 Mar 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Parasite (128) 2) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni Toraware no ...
Friday, February 28, 2020

The 103rd Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2019) - Best Supporting Actress

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) Koike Eiko - Ore no hanashi wa nagai 2) Suzuki Kyoka - Grand Maison Tokyo 3) Matsushita Yuki - G Senjou no An...
Wednesday, February 26, 2020

The 103rd Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2019) - Best Theme Song

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Overall Ranking Top 3 1) RECIPE by Yamashita Tatsuro (Grand Maison Tokyo) 2) Negai by sumika (Ossans Love - in the sky -) 3) Tomoyo by...
Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 22 & 23 Feb 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Parasite (128) 2) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni Toraware no ...
Monday, February 17, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 15 & 16 Feb 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Parasite (128) 2) 1917 (316) 3) Inunakimura (210) 4) Ota...
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Top 10 actresses who made a breakthrough in 2019 (Oricon)

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The following survey was done by Oricon Monitor Research on 1,000 respondents from their teens to 50s between 15 November and 25 November...
Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Top 10 actors who made a breakthrough in 2019 (Oricon)

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The following survey was done by Oricon Monitor Research on 1,000 respondents from their teens to 50s between 15 November and 25 November...
Monday, February 10, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 8 & 9 Feb 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Otaku ni koi wa muzukashii (303) 2) Inunakimura (210) 3) A...
Tuesday, February 04, 2020

Winners of the 93rd Kinema Junpo Best Ten Awards (2019)

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Best Japanese Movie: Kakou no Futari Best Foreign Movie: Joker Best Japanese Movie - Readers' Choice: Hansekai Best Foreign Mov...
Monday, February 03, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 1 & 2 Feb 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) AI Houkai (345) 2) Cats (378) 3) Parasite (2) 4) Kaiji F...
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Sunday, February 02, 2020

Preview of "Wakeatte kasei ni sumimashita ~ Erabareshi 4nin ~" - Winter 2020

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Title: Wakeatte kasei ni sumimashita ~ Erabareshi 4nin ~ ワケあって火星に住みました エラバレシ４ニン (I lived on Mars for a reason - The 4 chosen ones) Offic...

Winners of the 41st Yokohama Film Festival (2019)

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Best Movie: Kakou no Futari Best Director: Ishikawa Kei (Mitsubachi to Enrai) / Imaizumi Rikiya (Ai ga nanda / Eine kleine Nachtmusik) ...

The undesirable ripple effect on the Japanese drama production industry due to the upcoming Tokyo Olympics

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The upcoming Tokyo Olympics this summer is undoubtedly a major event and a source of great national pride to Japan as no effort is spared t...
Thursday, January 30, 2020

Top 20 bestselling Japanese movies in 2019

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Numbers in brackets indicate the amount of box office takings while those with a star indicate that it is still showing in cinemas. For t...
Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Winners of the 62nd Blue Ribbon Awards (2019)

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Best Japanese Movie: Tonde Saitama Best Foreign Movie: Joker Best Director: Mariko Tetsuya (Miyamoto kara kimi e) Best Leading Acto...
Monday, January 27, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 25th & 26th Jan 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Cats (378) 2) Kaiji Final Game (332) 3) Frozen 2 (382) 4...
Thursday, January 23, 2020

An & Higashide Masahiro currently living apart following the exposure of his alleged 3-year affair with Karata Erika

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This has got to be the shocker on Wednesday as more details of what happened started coming out during the day. And it's especially i...
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Wednesday, January 22, 2020

Winners of the 74th Mainichi Movie Awards (2019)

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Grand Prix Award - Japanese Movie:  Mitsubachi to Enrai Excellence Award - Japanese Movie: Shinbun Kisha Best Foreign Movie: Joker ...
Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 18th & 19th Jan 2020

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Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie: 1) Frozen 2 (382) 2) Kaiji Final Game (332) 3) Star Wars: The...
Sunday, January 19, 2020

Preview of "Joshi kousei no mudazukai" - Winter 2020

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Title: Joshi kousei no mudazukai 女子高生の無駄づかい (The wastage of senior high school girls) Official website: here Official Instagram: here ...
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Preview of "Toudori Nozaki Shuuhei" - Winter 2020

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Title: Toudori Nozaki Shuuhei 頭取野崎修平 (Bank President Nozaki Shuuhei) Official website: here O.A. Start Date: 19 Jan 2020 Timeslot: Sun...
Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Preview of "Karera wo mireba wakaru koto" - Winter 2020

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Title: Karera wo mireba wakaru koto 彼らを見ればわかること (Things you would know by looking at them) Official website: here O.A. Start Date: 11 J...