Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Nobuta Wo Produce







Subtitle: English Softsubs
Format:
Renzoku
Genre:
School drama
Episodes:
10


Cast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Kamenashi Kazuya, Horikita Maki, Toda Erika

Kiritani Shuji (Kamenashi Kazuya) is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. The one person Shuji cannot stand is Kusano Akira (Yamashita Tomohisa). To Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. He laughs, talks and acts funny. Things heat up when a new student comes to school. Her name is Kotani Nobuko (Horikita Maki), a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school. Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their “youth” they will “produce” Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions, however, is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible. Unveiled here is the story of true friendship between three unlikely candidates who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances.

Yankeekun To Megane Chan






 Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10


Shinagawa Daichi used to be a good student who has now become a delinquent, while class president Adachi Hana was a delinquent who is now trying to move on. Her secret is discovered by Shinagawa, but she involves herself trying to correct his ways.

Proposal Daskusen




Alternative Title: Operation Love / プロポーズ大作戦
Genre: Romance

Casts: Eikura Nana, Naohito Fujiki, Hiraoka Yuta, Nagasawa Masami, Yamashita Tomohisa
Iwase Ken and Yoshida Rei have been friends since elementary school. Ken, is obstinate and unskilled in love, but he fell long ago for the lively and cheerful, Rei. But Rei is about to get married to another man. While Ken and other friends from high-school attend the wedding ceremony, a fairy appears and sends Ken back in time, giving him a second chance to win the girl he loves.

Monday, 3 October 2011

Buzzer Beat





Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: Romance, Sports
Year: 2009
Episodes: 11


Cast

Yamashita Tomohisa as Kamiya Naoki
Kitagawa Keiko as Shirakawa Riko
Aibu Saki as Nanami Natsuki


Kamiya Naoki is a young player from a professional basketball team. But due to his relatively smaller size and his tendency to crack under pressure, he is unable to show his true skills on the court. Meanwhile, Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist. One day, Riko finds Naoki’s lost cell phone on a bus, and their meeting begins a friendship that eventually turns into love. However, Naoki was already considering marriage with his current girlfriend. And it doesn’t help matters that Naoki’s coach has fallen in love at first sight with Riko! –Tokyograph

Nodame Contabile Complete with SP






Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-Subbed)
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Year: 2006
Episodes: 11

Cast
Ueno Juri as Noda Megumi aka Nodame (Piano)
Morisako Ei as young Nodame
Tamaki Hiroshi as Chiaki Shinichi (Piano/Violin/Conducting)
Fujita Reo (藤田玲央) as young Chiaki
Nagayama Eita as Mine Ryutaro (Violin)
Koide Keisuke as Okuyama Masumi (Timpani)
Mizukawa Asami as Miki Kiyora (Violin)
Saeko as Saku Sakura (Contrabass)
Uehara Misa as Tagaya Saiko (Vocal)
Takenaka Naoto as Franz Strezemann (Milch Holstein by Nodame)
Akiyoshi Kumiko as Momodaira Minako


Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, this is a fun-filled quirky romantic story of two very opposite people.
Megumi Noda, or “Nodame” is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend’s lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.
Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka’s top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.
They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame’s unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki got the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people’s musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.

Summer X Summer





Also Known As: Re Qing Zhong Xia/热情仲夏
Directed by: Mingtai Wang 王明台
Country: Taiwan
Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Subtitle: English soft subs by Intangible FS
Year: 2007
Genre: Romance, Comedy

Cast 
Joe Cheng as Ouyang Lei 歐陽累
Cai Yi Zhen as Xia Ya 夏芽
Ruan Jing Tian as Zhou Qiao Shan 周喬杉
Zhang Yu Chen as Ouyang Yu Yan 歐陽語嫣
Zhang Rong Rong (張榕容) as DiNa 蒂娜
Scott as Kali 凱力
Deng Jiu Yun (鄧九雲) as Mao Xiang Ling 毛翔齡
Tang Yu Zhe as Tian Guang Zhen 田光楨

Summer x Summer is a Taiwanese drama series, based on the Japanese manga “Nice Summer” by Yachi Emiko. The drama is about Xia Ya, a plain clumsy girl who falls in love with her bestfriend’s (Ouyang Yu Yan’s) brother, Ouyang Lei.
Being the youngest of the family as well as a famous model, Lei is very spoiled. When Xia Ya yelled at him once for not looking at any of the hundreds of love letters he had, he begins to develop an interest in her.
But how could a plain girl like Xia Ya attract the attention of Ouyang Lei, a cool model who has a difficult personality? Will their relationship blossom or will Lei’s personality be too much for Xia Ya to handle

Bull Fighting





Genre: Romance / Comedy / Basketball
Episodes:
17

Cast: Mike He, Hebe Tian, Lee Wei
  

t started as a 3-on-3 basketball competition between two rival schools; an annual event in which the winner would control the 13th Street basketball court for the following year. To everybody’s surprise, the 9-year reigning champion lost this year… and it was all because of one girl. Now, this game has a new purpose.
Yi Sheng Xue (Hebe Tian), a hot-headed young girl, is an avid Bull Fighting fan. At her side is her loyal childhood friend and personal bodyguard, Jin Zi Cong (Lee Wei). Their lives take a drastic turn when they meet Shen Ruo He (Mike He), whom Sheng Xue falls deeply in love with. However, they encounter many obstacles that stand in the way of them being together.
Will love triumph over evil? And will Zi Cong be able to live with seeing the woman he loves, love another man?

They Kiss Again







English title: They Kiss Again
Episodes: 20

The sequel of It Started With A Kiss begins with Xiang Qin and Zhi Shu’s wedding and honeymoon. Even after marriage, they experience problems and interferences within their marriage such as mistaken pregnancy, misunderstandings, and a run-in with a girl from Zhi Shu’s past. Xiang Qin and Zhi Shu switch to medical school to become nurse and doctor. During that time, Zhi Shu meets new rivals who wish to outdo him and Xiang Qin makes four new friends, and one of them likes her and wishes to replace Zhi Shu. How will their lives turn out to be?

It Started With A Kiss






Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: TV: 20, DVD: 30
Broadcast period: 2005 Sep 25 – 2006 Feb 12
Air time: Sunday 22:00 to 23:30
Opening theme song: Say U Love Me by Jason and Lara
Ending theme song: E Zuo Ju by Wang Lan Yin
Insert songs: See It Started with a Kiss OST
Related Shows: Itazura na Kiss, Playful Kiss
Cast:


After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin’s house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father’s college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate Jiang Zhi Shu, a genius with an IQ of 200 whom not too long ago rejected her endless crush on him. Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu’s heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart?

Devil Beside you





Main Cast
Rainie Yang
Mike He
Kingone
Year Aired: 2005
Genre : Romance, Human drama
Episodes: 20
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)


Qi Yue (Rainie Yang) has a crush on Yuan Yi (Kingone) and with the encouragement of her friends, she decides to confess her love for him. She writes him a love letter and is going to give it to him in person. However she got so nervous when she sees him that she accidentally hands it to Jiang Meng (Mike He), the school director’s son who has a devilish reputation and a penchant to bully girls. In the midst of total panic, Yue drops the letter before Meng, and scoots away.
After realizing her letter is with Meng, she tries to get it back from him. True to his name, Meng orders Yue to be his personal servant, and threatens to print copies of her letter and throw them down from the school roof so that everyone can read them. Embarrassed and very very angry, Yue has no choice but to follow in the devil’s shadow.
Finally, unable to stand Meng’s devil-may-care attitude, Yue decides to break Meng’s hold over her and finally tells Yuan Yi that she likes him, and is surprised to find that the feelings are mutual. A bizarre twist later, Yue discovers she harbours feelings for Meng. She realizes that beneath the cool exterior lies a soft heart and a loyal soul who will always stand up for his friends. Meng returns her affections as well, and at last the dreamy Qi Yue whose head is made up almost all of romance fluff, thinks she has found love.
One thing stands in the way, however… How can they be together, when they’re about to become brother and sister?

Prince Who Turns Into Frog






Genre: Romance / Comedy
Episodes: 20
Broadcast network: TTV / SETTV
Broadcast period: 2005-Jun-05 to 2005-Oct-16
Air time: 21:30-23:00

Synopsis
Shan Jun Hao, the CEO to a large hotel chain, is the stereotypical heir – spoiled, coldhearted, and ruthless. He meets Ye Tian Yu, a schemer and somewhat of a gold-digger and after a series of events, Tian Yu “accidentally” runs Jun Hao over. Turns out, Jun Hao has lost all of his memories and became a kindhearted and loving person. Just when love is in the air, Jun Hao’s family came looking for him and he has a fiancée who loves and misses him. Some more “accidents” occurred, and Jun Hao lost all of his memories of Tian Yu and went back to being a spoiled heir. However, Tian Yu fights for their love even though Jun Hao thinks of her as a lying schemer. Will Jun Hao remember his love for Tian Yu? Who will Jun Hao choose? And who is the person causing all the “accidents”?


Cast
Ming Dao as Shan Jun Hao 單均昊
Chen Qiao En as Ye Tian Yu 葉天瑜
Sam Wang as Xu Zi Qian 徐子騫
Joyce Zhao as Fan Yun Xi 范芸熙
Gino as Zhang Ming Han 張明寒

Why Why Love








Genre: Romance
Film Date: June, 2007
Total Episodes: 15
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle : English (Hard-subbed)
Taiwan Casts: Kingone, Mike He, Rainie Yang

Tong Jia Di needs a life besides work, paying down family debt, and more work. So her best friend Jiang Xiao Nan sneaks in a “Love” coupon in Jia Di’s raffle box praying that the lucky guy who draws it will sweep Jia Di off her feet. As it so happens, Huo Yan, the compassionate manager Jia Di has secret crush on, is the lucky guy. But, tho’ the prince can exchange the coupon for Cinderella’s love, it doesn’t mean he will, especially when his devilish younger brother is determined to exchange his “Master/Angel” coupon for her servitude.

Coffee House + OST







Previously known as: 페이지 원 / Page One
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16 ? (not yet confirmed)
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-May-17 to 2010-July-06
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 20:55

Cast
Kang Ji Hwan as Lee Jin Soo
Park Si Yeon as Seo Eun Young
Ham Eun Jung as Kang Seung Yeon
Jung Woong In as Han Ji Won



Lee Jin Soo is a talented novelist who shot to stardom at a young age after writing a series of bestsellers. He finds two potential love interests in Seo Eun Young, a publishing executive, and Kang Seung Yeon, the daughter of the Page One Coffee Shop who is studying for the civil service examination and later becomes Jin Soo’s secretary.

Hanazakari No Kimitachi e ( Hana Kimi ) ( For You In Blossom )







Also Known As: Hana Kimi
Directed by: Matsuda Hidetomo, Tsuzuki Junichi, Sato Genta
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English
Genre: High School, Romance, Comedy
Year: 2007
Episodes: 11


Cast 

Horikita Maki as Ashiya Mizuki
Oguri Shun as Sano Izumi
Ikuta Toma as Nakatsu Shuichi
Konno Mahiru as Hara Akiha
Kamikawa Takaya as Umeda Hokuto
Matsuda Seiko as Tsubaki, the School Principal
Ukaji Takashi as Sawatari
Kobayashi Susumu as Yoshioka



Based on a popular comic, this hilarious comedy follows the chaos, troubles and friendship at a boys’ boarding school after a girl-disguising-a-boy joins. Ashiya Mizuki has just come back to Japan from California where she was raised. She fell in love with Sano Izumi, a hopeful high jump hero, who has quit after an accident. As she wants him to go back to the sport once again, she enters the same high school as a boy! With a short hair, flattened chest and lowered voice, she starts sharing the same room with Sano.

Koizora ( Love Sky – A Sad Love Story )








Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Episodes: 06
Release Date: 2008
Genre: Drama / Melodrama / Romance
Language: Japanese

Starring:
Mizusawa Elena as Tahara Mika
Seto Koji as Sakurai Hiroki (Hiro)
Aoi as Aya
Miura Shohei as Nozomu
Haru as Saki


Tahara Mika is an ordinary high school girl. One day, out of the blue, one of her classmates kisses her. His name is Sakurai Hiroki also known as Hiro. Hiro stands out because of his bleached hair and piercing. Apparently he is also dating someone.
Mika is shocked and hurt that her first kiss had to happen this way. She desperately tries to forget about it. Then, her friend tells her that she should find somebody else and suggests Tatsuya, another boy in their class. However, before she even realizes it, Mika is already in love…

Code Blue Season 2







Tagline (English): Doctor Heli – Emergency Lifesaving
Genre: Medical drama
Broadcast network: Fuji TV


Cast: Tomohisa Yamashita, Yui Aragaki, Erika Toda, Yosuke Asari, Manami Higa, Kiyoshi Kodama, Kippei Shiina, Ryo, Masanobu Katsumura, Susumu Terajima, Tetta Sugimoto


It has been one and a half years since Aizawa Kosaku, Shiraishi Megumi, Hiyama Mihoko and Fujikawa Kazuo were assigned to Shoyo University’s North Hospital. They have only three months left of their fellowship programme (specialised training programme) to be flight doctors and each of them have come to the crossroads where they have to think of their lives after graduation. Aizawa, who has only one relative – a grandmother currently in a nursing home, starts having doubts about his duties and cannot find a clear direction for his future. Meanwhile, Shiraishi Megumi is unable to forget the past. She had caused their former teacher, Kuroda Shuji, to have his right arm amputated. Then Tachibana Keisuke, a veteran flight doctor, takes up a new post. He has been put in charge of certifying the fellowship programme which will decide their future.

Code Blue Season 1






Genre: Medical drama
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11
Cast:
* Tomohisa Yamashita – Kousaku Aizawa
* Yui Aragaki – Megumi Shiraishi
* Erika Toda – Mihoko Hiyama
* Yosuke Asari – Kazuo Fuikawa
* Manami Higa – Haruka Saejima
* Toshiro Yanagiba – Shuji Kuroda
* Kiyoshi Kodama – Yoshiaki Tadokoro
* Masanobu Katsumura – Tadashi Morimoto
* Susumu Terajima – Toshi Kaji
* Tetta Sugimoto – Susumu Saejou


If it can be treated one second earlier, the heart might start beating again. If there is one extra helicopter, another life in danger may be saved. If one more life can be saved, the Japanese medical community may regain trust. There are more lives in this country that can be saved.
The “Doctor Helicopter” system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally.

Meintantei No Okite





Genre: Detective, comedy
Episodes: 10
Cast
Matsuda Shota as Tenkaichi Daigoro
Kashii Yu as Fujii Mana

Synopsis
The original writing is a short mystery collection that takes a humorous approach to many of the genre’s cliches. Matsuda stars as the “famous detective” Tenkaichi Daigoro, while Kashii Yu plays the female lead as a rookie cop. –Tokyograph

MAOU




Genre: Suspense drama, Romance
Episodes: 11

Cast
Ohno Satoshi as Naruse Ryo/Manaka Tomoo
Kouno Hiroki as young Tomoo (11 years ago)
Ikuta Toma as Serizawa Naoto
Kimura Haruki as young Naoto (11 years ago)
Kobayashi Ryoko as Sakita Shiori


Synopsis
This drama is a remake of the popular suspense drama The Devil that was aired in Korea last year. Ohno Satoshi will be playing the role of a two-faced lawyer, one of which is a kind hearted soul and the other who is plotting revenge, using his brilliant mind, on the person who killed his relative. On the other hand, Ikuta Toma will play the double lead role of the man, who has become a detective due to his dark past, who is pursuing the mysterious series of murders and fighting against the devil (maou).

Men Idol – Ikeman Idol - ( Good Looking Idol )




Tagline (English): Good-looking Idol
Format: Renzoku
Episodes: 12

Cast 
Kojima Haruna as Wakamatsu Asahi / Riku
Takahashi Minami as Kawachi Nami / Kai
Minegishi Minami as Otawa Hinata / Kuu


The story revolves around three ordinary girls named Asahi, Nami, and Hinata who are aiming to become idols, but they repeatedly fail in their auditions. One day, they witness a serious crime, and they are forced to flee from the culprits. Fortunately, they are saved by a producer who is willing to let them debut, but they have to hide their true identities and dress up as boys instead

Binbo Danshi ( Bombee Man )






Language: Japanese
Subtitle:
English Harsubbed
Genre:
Comedy
Episodes:
9

Cast: Oguri Shun, Miura Haruma, Yamada Yu, Naka Riisa


Koyama Kazumi is a poor but optimistic college student who firmly believes that there are more important things than money. Despite his own poverty he ends up taking on other people’s debts and faces various challenges to pay them off.

Liar Game Season 2






Episodes: 9
Viewership rating: 11.0 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2009-Nov-10 to 2010-Jan-19
Air time: Tuesday 21:00

Synopsis
The naïve Kanzaki Nao and expert swindler Akiyama Shinichi have not heard anything from the LIAR GAME organization since the end of the previous game, so it seems they may have actually escaped. But Nao suddenly gets another invitation and is once again caught up in the game. This time, she has to team up with Shinichi and one of their previous rivals named Fukunaga, facing off against three more opponents in new games of deception, such as “24 Rensou Russian Roulette” and “17 Poker.” –Tokyograph
Cast

The Players
Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao
Matsuda Shota as Akiyama Shinichi
Kikuchi Rinko as Katsuragi Ryo
Suzuki Kosuke as Fukunaga Yuji
Arakawa Yoshiyoshi as Nishida Yuichi
Mashima Hidekazu (眞島秀和) as Kikuchi Sho

Heartstrings







Also Known as: Falling in Love / Heartstrings
Previously known as: 페스티벌 / Festival
Genre: Romance, music
Episodes: 16


Cast
Jung Yong Hwa as Lee Shin
Park Shin Hye as Lee Kyu Won
Song Chang Ui as Kim Suk Hyun
So Yi Hyun as Jung Yoon Soo
Kang Min Hyuk as Yeo Joon
Woo Ri as Han Hee Joo
Lee Hyun Jin as Hyun Ki Young
Jang Seo Won as Yoon Soo Myung


Lee Shin is a university student majoring in modern music. He is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band “The Stupid.” Shin is known for his good looks and strong passion for music, but in reality he is cold, lacks interest in anything unrelated to music and has neither dreams nor plans for the future. He initially likes Jung Yoon Soo, a dance professor at university, but this all changes when he meets Lee Kyu Won.
Lee Kyu Won is a bright and outgoing student who was born into a prestigious family and is majoring in traditional Korean instruments, especially the gayageum. Kyu Won’s grandfather, Lee Dong Gun, is one of the top 3 traditional musicians of his age and his biggest wish is to see his granddaughter become a traditional music prodigy. Trying to live up to her grandfather’s expectations, Kyu Won immerses herself in training and becomes a university student who knows nothing outside of her studies. As her friends are fans of “The Stupid”, she was forced to go to the band’s concert with them. There she saw Lee Shin performing live, and is immediately captivated by him.

Prosecutor Princess






Previously known as: 검사 마타하리 / Prosecutor Mata Hari
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2010-Mar-31 to 2010-May-20
Air time: Wednesdays & Thursdays 21:55

Cast:
Kim So Yeon as Ma Hye Ri
Park Shi Hoo as Seo In Woo
Han Jung Soo as Yoon Se Joon
Choi Song Hyun as Jin Jung Sun
Yoo Gun as Lee Min Suk


Ma Hye Ri is a woman with an excellent memory and ability to focus, which allowed her to pass the bar exam with ease. Despite her talents, she is more interested in being fashionable and dislikes hard work, so she is far from being an ideal prosecutor and has doubts about her suitability for her job. Through her conflicts with senior colleages and struggles with difficult cases, however, Hye Ri gradually matures into a brilliant prosecutor with a sense of duty and justice.

Liar Gama Season 1






Genre: Psychological thriller
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 11

Cast
Toda Erika as Kanzaki Nao
Matsuda Shota as Akiyama Shinichi
Kitamura Soichiro as Fujisawa Kazuo
Wada Soko as Eto Koichi
Iwasa Mayuko as Ishida Rie
Sakamoto Makoto as Ono Wataru
Morishita Yoshiyuki as Tsuchida Yasufumi
Synopsis
Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the “Liar Game”. The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million dollars. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help. — Rikayla (Updated by Backalley)