Top Caster

[minerva]

With my superbly limited Japanese language, I have to say that
I LOVE THE FIRST EPISODE ^_____^

Yada Akiko tried to fit with her new job as Amami Yuki's assistant. It's quite funny when she tried to understand int'l affairs from newspaper. She even didn't know what ASEAN is, and if I'm not mistaken, she tried to recognize US president's name XP

Amami Yuki (Tsubaki) really fits her role. Not too cold as Matsushima in Bijyo, but still very strict and has "professional" aura within her.

Tanihara shosuke. Until now I cannot understand what's his relationship with Tsubaki. But I love Matsushima Nao and Matsuda Shota in here. For Nao, her role in here is quite different from Koi ni Ochitara. Her character is little bit "spoilt" and "sassy", but I still love to see her ^^ And Matsuda, ahh, chooo kakkoi.

The story itself is wuite same with before, how Amami Yuki tried to investigate high rate news.

But overall, avery worth dorama to watch.... at least for the 2nd episode ^^

[tabana]

Cool. Thanks.
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[8thSin]

tabana wrote:

Any feedback would be nice. Even though I might wait for subs to come out. My Japanese suck.

Well, I was gonna sub this, but I didn't know it was going to be pure comedy... So going to be doing BusuKoi instead. Hopefully someone else will pick this up soon.

The first episode was very funny, but I can tell it's going to have shallow storylines. I don't think the writer for this show, which also did Saiyuuki, is very good. I mean, why was there 2 huge TVs turned on news at the wedding?

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Tanihara shosuke. Until now I cannot understand what's his relationship with Tsubaki.

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In the dorama, Tanihara Shousuke is Tsubaki's co-worker when she was still working there. Apparently, he did something (we don't know exactly what yet) that caused Tsubaki to lose her job, or at least her story. It looks like they hate eachother, but according to the character chart in the website, they might still have feelings for eachother.

[minerva]

8thSin-san, thanks a lot!!

Ahh, it seems that I did lots of mistake nee. It's not slight comedy but pure comedy! Are? You really gonna dod BusuKoi? ARIGATOU!!!!! i can enjoyed my Niban's acting without too "blank" XP

[8thSin]

Yep, I've already started.

It's not confirmed yet, but it looks like Top Caster is gonna be 1�b�����`���@"Conclusion-per-episode format". Just like some anime, where the story doesn't connect except the first and the last episode like Gokusen, My Little Chef, Saiyuuki, and Yaoh. So you can't expect too much story from that.

I prefer 'connected' format, and I subbed Saiyuuki last season, so I really don't want to do this kind 2 in row. Top Caster is a lot of fun, so I'm gonna keep watching though

[tabana]

8thSin wrote:

Well, I was gonna sub this, but I didn't know it was going to be pure comedy... So going to be doing BusuKoi instead....

Wow. That's great.
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[jade_frost]

Top Caster probably has the inevitable and unfortunate honour of being compared to Bijo ka Yaju since the main female character in the show shares a similar personality and also because it adopts the usual formula of a 'scoop' per episode.

I thought the first episode was ok. It wasn't terrific, rather run-of-the-mill actually. It didn't strike me as a totally comedic one. Nevertheless it was still entertaining.

Like minerva said, Yuki Amami fits her role. She really cuts an authoritative and professional figure at work although she's a total klutz at home (Yada Akiko's character is just the opposite as she's only working until the day she finds her Mr Right). Tsubaki is widely disliked and it seems she left CNB under a cloud of controversy which Tanihara Shosuke's character had a hand in (I just love his voice!). She's still nursing that grude and it looks like she and Tanihara will have a love-hate relationship since their priorities will clash and they will be forced to confront what happened in the past? But, typically, Tsubaki's colleagues will learn that she isn't some cold, callous person blinded by the need for sensational scoops so they'll probably warm to her.

Yada Akiko and Hiroshi Tamaki paired together brings Last Christmas to mind except this time round its Hiroshi stuck in the throes of unrequited affection.

[jade_frost]

Did anyone notice there's some mention of Shiroi Kyoto and Dr Zaizen in the trailer for Ep2?

[K.T.Tran]

I happened to enjoy the first ep a lot, though I saw it raw, it was very entertaining and i didn't care

I somehow thought Akiko's character is somewhat bit similar to her character in Last Christmas, personality wise.....
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[qilver]

K.T.Tran wrote:

I happened to enjoy the first ep a lot, though I saw it raw, it was very entertaining and i didn't care I somehow thought Akiko's character is somewhat bit similar to her character in Last Christmas, personality wise.....

2nd ep is out, just finished d/l'ing it....looks good, with Akiko in it, too bad no subs yo...

[jade_frost]

Ep2 was very enjoyable. What in the world was that can of stuff called Oskars Strooming (I think)?

We learn of the relationship between Haruka and Masato through a series of professional disagreements between the two.

Yada Akiko's character seems similar to that in Last Christmas, but I like her in Top Caster much better.

And I think Kodama Kiyoshi is turning out to be my favourite gentleman of the drama.

[K.T.Tran]

jade_frost wrote:

Ep2 was very enjoyable. What in the world was that can of stuff called Oskars Strooming (I think)?

Oh yes, this ep was more enjoyable and a lot funnier then the first.

I don't know what that stuff if.......you mean the one that really stinks right?
That scene was funny
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[TakayukiD]

Hmm...I wonder who is subbing, becuase I'm dying to see the first episode (and second for that). I wish I knew japanese...

[qilver]

TakayukiD wrote:

Hmm...I wonder who is subbing, becuase I'm dying to see the first episode (and second for that). I wish I knew japanese...

not sure if they are subbing Topcaster, thought they decided on the Busu no Hitomi ni j-drama series instead...

anyhow, don't we all wish we understood japanese fluenty.

[Shindou]

qilver wrote:

not sure if they are subbing Topcaster, thought they decided on the Busu no Hitomi ni j-drama series instead... anyhow, don't we all wish we understood japanese fluenty.

TVBT has chinese subs if that helps anyone out
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[qilver]

Shindou wrote:

TVBT has chinese subs if that helps anyone out

english english english.....

don't know chinese language.

[Shindou]

qilver wrote:

don't know chinese language.

yeah, i'd sub it if my chinese skills were slightly better and if the timing for the rmvb is the same as the raw

if it were out with french subs i wouldn't mind subbing, since dragon sakura seems to have turned out all right
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[tenshi01]

I am currently getting the first and second episdoes now since heard a lot of good reviews for it ^^
I initially wanted to get it b/c of Tamaki Hiroshi ^^ I saw him on Waratte Iitomo and thought, "wah, who is this cute guy" But since there were no english subs I didn't know if I should get it, but hearing so many ppl raving over it I decided to snag it, I'll patiently wait for subs (if they ever come out )
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[jade_frost]

K.T.Tran wrote:

Oh yes, this ep was more enjoyable and a lot funnier then the first. I don't know what that stuff if.......you mean the one that really stinks right? That scene was funny

Yeah priceless scene. It's supposed to contain the 'smelliest food in the world and must never be opened'. Wonder what that is?

tenshi01 wrote:

I am currently getting the first and second episdoes now since heard a lot of good reviews for it ^^ I initially wanted to get it b/c of Tamaki Hiroshi ^^ I saw him on Waratte Iitomo and thought, "wah, who is this cute guy"

Tamaki Hiroshi's totally cute and happy go lucky here unlike his rather melancholic character in Last Christmas. He's also speaking in a queer nasal voice in Top Caster.

[jade_frost]

From Yomiuri this week:

Yuki Amami turned to TV after a successful career and years of hard training with the Takarazuka Revue Company. That experience and discipline have allowed her to develop into one of the most capable actors on the small screen.

She says her hobby is watching television news programs. So perhaps it is only natural she is giving a strong performance in the new Fuji TV drama Topcaster (Mondays, 9 p.m.). She plays Haruka Tsubaki, a top newscaster who for some mysterious reason was banished from the news desk at the mythical CNB network several years ago. Now she has been brought back by news director Shibata (Kiyoshi Kodama) to anchor a revitalized news program.

Kodama and Amami lend some gravity to what is otherwise your usual "behind-the-scenes-in-the-broadcasting-studio" drama. The major difference here is that Tsubaki, a cool, tough, hard-hitting newshound, has selected Asuka (Akiko Yada), the "weather girl," to be her new assistant. She chooses her because she looks like a cool but rather blank slate, someone she can train in the business. She will have her work cut out for her. Asuka admits she doesn't know what ASEAN means and can't remember the name of the U.S. president: "It's Clin...Bu...Bulinton!" Well, whatever.

The dialogue is noisy, quick-paced and none too deep, but as this quarter goes, it is one of the better bets. One star for Amami, who is a top star. The rest of newsroom staff at Topcaster are the usual stereotypes--several capable guys content to be mediocre and a programming director who wants to call the show News De Gogo. Typically, he is having an affair with a roving reporter. Only, in this new age of reality dramas, we have to listen to him complain about his hemorrhoids too.