Upcoming JDramas

Upcoming Summer Dorama (starting in July in Japan)

FujiTV

Slow Dance

- Tsumabuki Satoshi, Fukatsu Eri

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200505/gt2005051801.html



Umizaru

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- Ito Hideaki, Kato Ai, Nakamura Toru

official website: http://wwwc.fujitv.co.jp/umizaru/index2.html

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050412-00000018-spn-ent


Ganbatte Ikimassyoi (‚ª‚ñ‚΂Á‚Ä‚¢‚«‚Ü‚Á‚µ‚å‚¢)

- Suzuki Ann, Uchi Hiroki (from NewS)

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050510-00000032-sanspo-ent
http://www.hazukan.com/HzNews/Index_News.Asp?News=4919


Densha Otoko

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- Ito Misaki, Ito Atsushi

official website: http://wwwc.fujitv.co.jp/denshaotoko/index2.html

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050511-00000031-sanspo-ent
http://www.hazukan.com/HzNews/Index_News.Asp?News=4930


TBS

Dragonzakura

- Abe Hiroshi, Hasegawa Kyoko, Yamashita Tomohisa, Nagasawa Masami, Koike Teppei, Nakao Akiyoshi

official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/dragonzakura/

http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2005/05/18/02.html


Jokei Kazouku

- Yonekura Ryoko, Takashima Reiko, Seto Asaka

http://www.nikkansports.com/ns/entertainment/p-et-tp0-050513-0006.html
http://www.hazukan.com/HzNews/Index_News.Asp?News=4948


Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu

- Mimura, Narimiya Hiroki

official website: http://www.tbs.co.jp/ima-ai/pretop.html

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050516-00000030-nks-ent
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050516-00000030-sph-ent
http://www.hazukan.com/HzNews/Index_News.Asp?News=4957

NTV

Otona no Natsu Yasumi

- Terajima Shinobu

Jou no Kyoushitsu

- Amami Yuki

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050518-00000006-sph-ent


TV Asahi

Untitled

- Shibata Kyouhei, Terao Satoshi and Ikuta Toma

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200505/gt2005051212.html

nikyy wrote:Upcoming Summer Dorama (starting in July in Japan)

FujiTV

Slow Dance

- Tsumabuki Satoshi, Fukatsu Eri

Eri Fukatsu! Tanoshimi ni suru. According to the report, Slow Dance will be a "happy, enjoyable drama" as opposed to the likes of weepies like Winter Sonata and Sekai no chuushin.

Eri Fukatsu plays Makino Isaki an apparel store manager who abhors evasiveness, is a capable career woman but hopeless when it comes to love. Tsumabuki Satoshi stars as Serizawa Riichi who aims to be a movie director (?) but is now a youth in normal employment; unwilling to give up his dream, Riichi is in a quandry.

They first meet at a coffee shop Riichi patronises regularly when Riichi discovers that the drink he ordered didn't taste right and headed to the cashier to make a complaint.

it's taken from several japanese blogs more cast for the "dragon sakura" should be yamashita tomohisa *heart* , nagasawa masami and others (no sure if I can get right the other names in romanji *_*;;)

the blogs -> http://gudaguda.no-blog.jp/part2/2005/05/post_ce1f.html
http://kitty.velvet.jp/murmur/log/eid384.html
http://doramashicho.hp.infoseek.co.jp/new.html

and more...

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http://www.tbs.co.jp/dragonzakura/ -> official web

the full cast is there... yamashita is there.. *jumps up and down* new yamapi dorama*_*!!!

Thanks for the update on summer dramas! I can't wait..spring would be over and I'll have time to make space for summer :mrgreen:

Wow! These series look great. I'm looking forward to "Slow Dance", "Uzimaru", and "Ganbatte Ikkimassyou"

nikyy wrote:Upcoming Summer Dorama (starting in July in Japan)

FujiTV

Slow Dance

- Tsumabuki Satoshi, Fukatsu Eri

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200505/gt2005051801.html

Fujiki Naohito & Hirosue Ryoko will join the cast of Slow Dance
Hirosue will play Eri's subordinate & Fujiki will be Satoshi's elder brother

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200505/gt2005052402.html

nikyy wrote:

Fujiki Naohito & Hirosue Ryoko will join the cast of Slow Dance
Hirosue will play Eri's subordinate & Fujiki will be Satoshi's elder brother

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt200505/gt2005052402.html

yes, yes, the most attractive series in the forthcoming season! :applaud: can't wait!

Hinano wrote:Is it me or a lot of thse dramas seem to be based off mangas?
:crazy:

Well, the large majority of them are based off novels moreso than ever.

Here are some popular ones that are from fictional novels & manga (comics):

- Sekai no Chuushin de Ai wo Sakebu [novel --> movie]
- Minami-kun no Koibito [manga --> tv drama --> mini novel]
- Densha no Otoko [novel --> tv drama]
- Anego [novel --> tv drama]
- H2 [manga --> tv drama]
- Ace wo Nerae [manga --> tv drama]
- Attack No. 1 [manga --> tv drama]
- Fugoh Keiji [novel --> tv drama]
- Suna no Utsuwa [novel --> tv drama]
- Shiroi Kyoto [novel --> tv drama]
- Hikaru to Tomo ni [manga --> tv drama]
- Sky High [manga --> tv drama]
- Dr. Kotoh [manga --> tv drama]

2005 hasn't really impressed me drama-wise, I am hoping that this summer's lineup is refreshing. Fukatsu Eri is a staple among famous drama female leads who acts extremely well, I'm interested in her drama with Tsumabuki, but don't wish to see another "Suekko" in which she dates then marries a younger man. :sweat:

yume wrote:

- Densha Otoko [novel --> tv drama]

is actual true sotry --> novel --> movie --tv drama :hehe:

yt wrote:

is actual true sotry --> novel --> movie --tv drama :hehe:

Hahaha, I didn't know that! I only saw it on the bookshelves at the store with other fictional novels last year~ hehehe. Neat. :victory:

doinkies is looking forward to Slow Dance (because it'll be Hirosue Ryoko's first J-drama since Moto Kare), Dragonzakura (YAMA-PI!!!!) and Ganbatte Ikimasshoi...but Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu looks a LOT like a ripoff of SekaChuu. I hope doinkies will be mistaken, though.

doink-chan wrote:doinkies is looking forward to Slow Dance (because it'll be Hirosue Ryoko's first J-drama since Moto Kare), Dragonzakura (YAMA-PI!!!!) and Ganbatte Ikimasshoi...but Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu looks a LOT like a ripoff of SekaChuu. I hope doinkies will be mistaken, though.

"Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu" is based on the hit novel/movie starring Takeuchi Naoko.

It's a story about woman who has died but goes back to see her family and life of her husband and son. Mimura is playing the main female role. I am not sure how it'll turn out that--Sekachuu turned out very well for such a depressing movie/novel where everyone already knew the ending but watched anyway. :sweat: :sweat: Since these dramas are riding mostly off the fame of the films/novels they represent, I think that plenty of people know the story, so they must do a good job.

Perhaps Mimura will amaze us? :applaud:

Upcoming Dorama Specials

Waterboys Summer 2005 Special

Fuji TV will air the special on two consecutive nights, 19-20 August.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050601-00000008-ykf-ent


Kurokawa no Techou

The special (literally translated as "White Darkness") will be shown on 2 July 9.00pm and pit Ryoko Yonekura against Majyu Ozawa. Also stars Shaku Yumiko.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050530-00000032-sanspo-ent

*pokes*

new summer dorama for tbs... remake of "kid wars" or something like that...

I don't understand japanese at all.. so I let link to the news... http://www.mainichi-msn.co.jp/geinou/tv/news/20050604spn00m200004000c.html
++++

and


http://www.tbs.co.jp/shiawaseninaritai/

with kyoko fukada, yuki matsuhita, oshinari shugo...

jade_frost wrote:Kurokawa no Techou

The special (literally translated as "White Darkness") will be shown on 2 July 9.00pm and pit Ryoko Yonekura against Majyu Ozawa. Also stars Shaku Yumiko.
http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050530-00000032-sanspo-ent

I thought it translated to more like "Little Black Leather Book"... :headscratch:

Tokyo Friends

Starring: Ai Otsuka

http://tokyofriends.jp/index.html



2005.06.08 release: Original DVD Drama, STARRING AI Directed by Kouzou Nagayama. "Tokyo Friends" A 5 episode drama about a simple rural town girl (Ai) traveling to Tokyo. There she gets to meet a few people who she ends up befriending. It's a story of their trials together.

bmwracer wrote:
I thought it translated to more like "Little Black Leather Book"... :headscratch:

Oops! Clarification: the Japanese title is actually "Matsumoto Seicho Kurokawa no Techou Special - Shiroi Yami," so figured the special is called "Black Notebook Special - White Darkness". :mrgreen: Don't know about the Matsumoto Seicho bit though.

Hi guys...Tsuyoshi Dohmoto(Kinki Kids) make a new drama called Last Present..this drama is remake from a korean movie "Last Present' also.
This time Tsuyoshi will couple with Kanno Miho.The story is quite sad,but good.
The drama will be aired on 11th June 2005,9.00 pm,TV Asahi..

For details,please refer to

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/lastpresent/

Yeah..another Tsuyoshi drama..can't wait for it :applaud: :applaud:

New Yonekura Ryoko-san drama coming in July: :woot:

http://www.tbs.co.jp/nyokeikazoku/


Translation kudasai? :puppydog:

joyfulgirl wrote:Hi guys...Tsuyoshi Dohmoto(Kinki Kids) make a new drama called Last Present..this drama is remake from a korean movie "Last Present' also.
This time Tsuyoshi will couple with Kanno Miho.The story is quite sad,but good.
The drama will be aired on 11th June 2005,9.00 pm,TV Asahi..

For details,please refer to

http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/lastpresent/

Yeah..another Tsuyoshi drama..can't wait for it :applaud: :applaud:

Wow, another Tsuyoshi drama? I'm so excited. :dancing: