shari wrote:They'll be showing Watashitachi no Kyokasho at 9:30 starting on the 20th. Looks like a good show, with Kanno Miho, Itoh Atsushi and Shida Mirai (little Natsu in Haru to Natsu).
It is indeed a good dorama! I just watched the first episode over on AZN last Sunday. TTV/KTSF has been showing at least one of the two doramas offered by Fujisankei, while AZN shows them both, but starting about two weeks earlier. For example, while TTV/KTSF showed "Tokyo Tower," AZN also showed "This Week My Wife Is Having An Affair," which was quite the forgettable dorama; TTV/KTSF definitely made the better choice between the two. And the same is true for "Watashitachi No Kyokasho": AZN also started showing a rather silly one entitled "Liar's Game." "What is Happiness" may actually be a better choice to fill out the evening's programming. OK, well at least I am able to simply change the channel when that show comes on! :usuck:
Does anyone know if that Sushi special is the same as the old Sushi special or if it's fresh sakana?
I just happened to be going through some old downloads, and came across last Memorial Day's Spring Sushi Special. This new one looks different than that two-parter, focusing more on the chef's take on sushi-making than the actual ingredients themselves. But knowing KTSF, I could be proven horribly wrong. :doh:
Aw, I love the sushi shows. Yeah, it's all-new as far as I can tell. I'm just glad we had something good to eat during this one, because last time we just kind of sat there and drooled and starved. :p
Am I on total crack or is this episode of IQ Supli "Mushishi"-themed? I guess the live-action film came out in March, so it's not totally improbable. Pretty funny with all the monsters running around, the ghostly special effects, and Eiji in a Mushishi-style wig.
So, it looks like someone over at KTSF tripped over the power cord or something during the midpoint commercial break of Haruka. I have cable but I switched over to the regular antenna on my TV and channel 26 is definitely NOT on the air! Or at least the analog signal is definitely out. I don't have a TV with a digital tuner yet. I tried calling KTSF and they have their usual automated menu running.
Well, it's been nearly a half hour and I'm afraid no one in the KTSF control room has noticed. Maybe they all went out for coffee.
Oh! It's back on now! But the taiga drama is on, as scheduled. So far no mention of the outage.
What!!!! Now they just switched to where Haruka left off!!! Well, at least we will have not missed an episode, like we had to endure with Wakaba!! Thank God!
Yeah, I was really surprised they went back and showed the rest of "Haruka." (Can't wait for the soap opera romance to end...I enjoy other parts of the show, but I hate the back-and-forth wishywashiness, I can't stand Masami, and the photographer kid is just weird-looking. Is he related to Hamasaki Ayumi, maybe? :p)
wintersweet wrote:....the photographer kid is just weird-looking. Is he related to Hamasaki Ayumi, maybe? :p)
Yeah, I know what you mean. But what IS it about him that bothers you? His face? That well-worn straw cowboy hat? The cape? I guess he's pretty cool, in an eccentric sort of way. And I guess that should fit his character, being an artistic type of person - photog and harp player - as well as being adventurous - traveling all over the world and motorcycling all the way to Tokyo at the spur of the moment. On the other hand, Haruka is so "straight" that I think they would make a terrible match in real life!
Yeah, I know what you mean. But what IS it about him that bothers you? His face? That well-worn straw cowboy hat? The cape? I guess he's pretty cool, in an eccentric sort of way. And I guess that should fit his character, being an artistic type of person - photog and harp player - as well as being adventurous - traveling all over the world and motorcycling all the way to Tokyo at the spur of the moment. On the other hand, Haruka is so "straight" that I think they would make a terrible match in real life!
For me, it's just that it's far too predictable. These are not spoilers, although they very well may be: Haruka & the photo boy get hitched. Her Dad's restaurant finally takes off, and the mother comes back to live with the brood. Mark my words.
Yeah, I know what you mean. But what IS it about him that bothers you? His face?
I actually kind of like the character, but he looks funny. Mostly his face. I can live with the weird fashion. He just looks like he's had plastic surgery, or is wearing toooo much makeup, or ... something.
I know a few couples like that, where one is more mundane than the other and it kind of balances things, so it might work out. Hard to say.
The photo kid's name is Matsuoka Mitsuru and he's in Jpop group called Sophia.....He's actually not a kid as he's all of 36 years old verus Haruka who is 20 or so....What's funny to me is that I saw him in the 2003 Jdrama "Koi Wa Takakai" (Love & Fight) starring Honjou Manami and he played the exact same character...cowboy hat, cape...etc...He was also a photographer...So to me what is funny and weird about him is that he can only play one character... if you get a chance check it out... :nut:
"Koi Wa Takakai" (Love & Fight) starring Honjou Manami is certainly worth seeing.
I agree. "Koi Wa Takakai" is worth seeing. But not for Matsuoka Mitsuru's performance.
In both shows I keep thinking he's really a rather homely middle aged woman in drag.
By the way.. KTSF is hilarious. I came home last night just in time to discover that something had gotten balled up in last night's programming. Fortunately for me, they started Furin Kazan, stopped, then went back to show Kaze no Haruka from where they'd left off, then started "Furin" again. Because of that hitch and restart I was able to get everything I wanted.
Not many other TV stations would be willing to back and start over.
oldasianguy wrote:The photo kid's name is Matsuoka Mitsuru and he's in Jpop group called Sophia.....He's actually not a kid as he's all of 36 years old verus Haruka who is 20 or so....
Ah! That's probably part of why he looks weird. They probably are doing extra makeup to try to make him look younger. Why didn't they just get a younger actor?
I guess in some segment of the Japanese entertainment industry his cowboy hat/cape image represents a "free spirit"....and maybe in some parts of conservative Japan it does work....I don't know...I find it somewhat humorous and i guess a bit fake...that he portrayed the exact same character in 2 completely different dramas..... loses something....BUT he does portray a nice guy in the show..!! and in the long run a much better fit for Haruka then the skinny guy....LOL!!!
Hey, did they show anything about what's going to be in the 8:30 slot next? I was working on (okay, freaking out over) my thesis, which is due in a few days, and I didn't notice.
Hi, can anyone fill me in on what happened in the rest of last Saturday's "Kaze No Haruka" after the blackout? My Tivo stopped recording while it was off the air.
wulad wrote:Hi, can anyone fill me in on what happened in the rest of last Saturday's "Kaze No Haruka" after the blackout? My Tivo stopped recording while it was off the air. Many thanks...
I still have it on the harddrive of my DVD recorder (I periodically burn several eps of Haruka onto disk). I can burn the one episode onto a disk now and give/send it to you. Interested? Or do you just want a written summary?
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