Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku [04/--]

Plot:
Okitegami Kyoko is a beautiful detective who has a deep love for money. She is also known as the Forgetful Detective. Her memory is reset when she sleeps at night, which means she can strictly adhere to confidentiality requirements. She solves all her cases within a day, whatever they may be. She is the world's fastest detective! There is something really important that Kyoko must never forget, and it is written on her body with a marker.

“I am Okitegami Kyoko, detective. My memory is reset after one day.”

Title: 掟上今日子の備忘録
Title (romaji): Okitegami Kyoko no Biboroku
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Mystery
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-10 start
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: No.1 by Nishino Kana
Opening theme: Afureru Mono by Goodbye holiday

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5-ji Kara 9-ji Made [03/--]

Plot:
Sakuraba Junko is a part-time teacher at an English conversation school who dreams of one day working in New York. Junko strives hard to achieve her dreams, but New York seems a far distant reality. And she hasn't had much luck with romance for a while either. But things suddenly start to change when one day, Junko encounters a handsome Tokyo University graduate monk Hoshikawa Takane at a funeral service. Due to numbness of her legs after sitting for a long time, Junko accidentally knocks over the bowl of ashes, which falls right onto the head of Takene—probably the worst impression anyone could make. After such embarrassing mishap, Junko figures she would never see him again. However, the two end up meeting again in a matchmaking session that was set up by Junko's mother.

Title: 5時から9時まで
Title (romaji): 5-ji Kara 9-ji Made
Also known as: 5→9 From Five to Nine
Tagline: 私に恋したイケメンすぎるお坊さん / Watashi ni Koi Shita Ikemen Sugiru Obousan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Love comedy
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-12 start
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Christmas Song by back number

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Mutsu [03/--]

Plot:
Dr. Tameyori Eisuke has a gift. He is able to tell from one look at the patient, what is the underlying cause of their illness. Since the death of his wife, he finds it inhumane to try selling cures to the terminally ill for it is just a waste of their money. He left the major hospitals to open his own little clinic in a cozy little corner of a residential area. His gift does not only allow him to see through the patients' illnesses, it also allows him to tell when someone is about to commit a crime (he can read their aura). It is for this that Detective Hayase Junichiro always approaches him to help him solve his cases. Although Eisuke is not keen to do it, he still helps out as he is a kind person who cannot turn down a plea for help.

Title: 無痛
Title (romaji): Mutsu
Tagline: 診える眼 / Mieru Me
Also known as: Painless
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Medical, mystery
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-07 start
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Kuroi Shizuku by Superfly

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Gisou no Fuufu [02/--]

Plot:
Everyone who chances upon Kamon Hiro will think her the ideal woman, with her aloof looks and beautiful and gentle smile. They are all dead wrong, as Kamon Hiro, 45 year old single, actually hates everyone else. Deep within her heart, seethes endless poisonous thoughts of other people. On those numerous times she unleashes her true self, many have been hurt in the process. Ever since the only man she had ever loved left her during her university days, she had closed up her heart, and became who she is today. Determined to live her life out alone, one day, she suddenly meets up with the love of her life again, and finds herself in a marriage... a fake one, that is!

Title: 偽装の夫婦
Title (romaji): Gisou no Fuufu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-07 start
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: What You Want by JUJU

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Toshokan Sensou

Plot:
Kasahara Iku had joined the Library Taskforce, following in the footsteps of her mysterious "prince", an officer of the said taskforce who had rescued her from the Media Betterment Act's (MBA) defence force. Back then, when she was just a teenager, Iku was at the bookshop buying a much-awaited last volume to the serialised novel that she loved, when the MBA defence force had swooped in and declared the book to be in violation of the censorship law, and thus were to be all seized and destroyed. Although she cannot remember the face of her prince, she can clearly remember the touch of his hand tousling her hair.

Upon joining the Library Defence Force, Iku gave her best to everything in her daily training, and was singled out together with Tezuka Hikaru, to join the elite Taskforce where she is picked on constantly by her drill instructor, Dojo Atsushi. As the days go by, between her impudence towards Dojo, and the strict punishment meted out by him to her, Iku finds herself slowly falling for him. In the meantime, Tezuka finds himself strangely attracted to Iku's roommate, Shibasaki Asako, who works as a staff at the library counter. He feels very disturbed when he sees Asahina Shuji, a self-declared museum curator, calling on Shibasaki frequently. Elsewhere, Taskforce senior officer Komaki Mikihisa, bumps into his childhood friend, Nakazawa Marie at the library. Unbeknownst to him, Marie harbors a secret tendre for him, and tries to get near him by approaching him to recommend a book from the library.

One day, the MBA arrests Komaki, for recommending the book to Marie, a book deemed immoral and censored by them. The Library taskforce are up in arms over this unnecessary and nonsensical excuse the MBA are using to get at them...

Title: 図書館戦争
Title (romaji): Toshokan Sensou
Tagline: Book of Memories
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Action/Romance
Episodes: 1
Viewership rating: TBD
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-05
Air time: Monday 21:00

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Ultraman X [14/22]

Plot:
A solar flare has awakened Spark Dolls from the depths of the earth and the ocean! Fifteen years later, Daichi Ozora transforms into Ultraman X to battle threats from both aliens and monsters. He is also a member of Xio, a team created to battle the monstrous threats.

Title: ウルトラマンＸ
Title (romanji): Urutoraman Ekkusu
Format: Tokusatsu
Episodes: 22
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-14 start
Opening theme: Ultraman X (song)
Ending theme: Unite ~-kun to tsunagaru tame ni ~

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Asleep

Plot:
Terako (Sakura Ando) is a young woman without a job. She has an affair with Iwanaga (Arata Iura) who is married. His wife is in a coma. One day, Terako's friend kills herself. After that, Terako sleeps all day long and wakes up only when Iwanaga calls her.

Based on a story in novel "Shirakawayofune" by Banana Yoshimoto (published 1989 by Benesse Holdings, Inc.).

Movie: Asleep
Romaji: Shirakawayofune
Japanese: 白河夜船
Director: Shingo Wakagi
Writer: Banana Yoshimoto (novel)
World Premiere: March 6, 2015 (Osaka Asian Film Festival)
Release Date: April 25, 2015
Runtime: 90 min.
Distributor: Copiapoa Film
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Itsuka Tiffany de Choushoku wo [01/--]

Plot:
Supplements, sweets, and canned coffee. Such is the breakfast of Sato Mariko, who has been living with her boyfriend for seven years. They started living together thinking that they could enjoy breakfast every morning with lots of love and smiles. Mariko rarely sees her high school friends, but one morning, they get together to talk about her boyfriend issues. Over breakfast, she decides to break up with him so she can find a new “Mariko.” And so her days of having ideal breakfasts begin. Noriko, Risa, and Shiori discover that they too can do something about their problems. Follow these four ladies as they face their various problems and grow, all the while enjoying delicious breakfasts.

Title: いつかティファニーで朝食を
Title (romaji): Itsuka Tiffany de Choushoku wo
Also known as: A Girl's Breakfast
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, food
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-10 start
Air time: Saturday 1:25 (Friday 25:25)
Theme song: alarm by Silent Siren

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Wild City

Plot:
A cop-turned-bar owner befriends a drunken woman at closing hours and finds himself pursued by her former lover and the thugs he employs. The chase turns deadly when the bar owner's deadbeat brother and a suitcase full of cash enter the picture.

Movie: Wild City
Chinese: 迷城
Director: Ringo Lam
Release Date: 20 August 2015
Runtime: 105 min.
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Language: Cantonese, Mandarin, Taiwanese
Country: Hong Kong, China

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Shingari [04/06]

Plot:
Yamaichi Securities was once one of the big four major stockbrokerage firms in Japan. In November 1997, the company had self-declared that it will cease operations. This is due to the uncovering of the fraudulent schemes the company was running, in order to hide the fact that they had lost more than 200 billion yen of 10 of their major clients' monies. This drama showcases how the company's own internal compliance/audit team tried to uncover the truths behind all the window dressing of the accounts.

Kajii Tatsuhiko was the Managing Director of Yamaichi Securities when he was suddenly transferred to the Headquarter's Operations Administration department. As the role of the department is to perform an independant audit on the company's operations, the office is actually located in a different building from the main office. Nicknamed as the boondocks where demoted people are sent off to, on his first at work in his new office, Kajii is told they are to be audited by the SESC (Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission). During those times, within the financial industry, many are resorting to profit racketeering schemes. Kajii then announces that he will be carrying out investigations together with the Sales Audit Department's Hanase, his staff Nakanishi and the secretary Gamo. In the midst of the investigation, they discover material proof of the Internal Audit department's Takimoto and Yoshioka being involved in such racketeering schemes.

The chairman, Arihara seems to be not too worried over the SESC probe, but the Vice President seems to be all jittery over it. Suspecting that something is afoot within the top brass, Kajii and his colleague Hayashi, try to get to the bottom of what they are hiding.

Title: しんがり
Title (romaji): Shingari
Tagline: 山一證券 最後の聖戦 / Yamaichi Shoken Saigo no Seisen
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Corporate, drama
Episodes: 6
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2015-Sep-20 to 2015-Oct-25
Air time: Sunday 22:00

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Designer Baby [03/08]

Plot:
Hayamizu Yuri is a police detective and she is into her 8th month of pregnancy. One day, she is called to the Jonan University Hospital, where a newborn baby had been kidnapped from the infant's room at the hospital maternity ward. Baby Nozomi is the child of Nobel Prize winner Chikamori Hiroshi, and his ex-athlete wife, Yuko. Why did the kidnapper take the baby? What does the kidnapper want? Ransom? Yuri, in her final days into maternity leave, has to resolve this case fast!

Title: デザイナーベイビー
Title (English): Designer Baby
Tagline: 速水刑事、産休前の難事件 / Hayami Keiji, Sankyuumae no Nanjiken
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2015-Sep-22 to 2015-Nov-10
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Hanataba no Kawari ni Melody wo by Shimizu Shota

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Meitantei Catherine

Plot:
Catherine Turner is the daughter of the Vice President of the United States, and she had come with her father on his official visit to Japan. Since she runs a flower arrangement business back in the US, Catherine decides to stay on in Japan to learn Ikebana, after her father had returned home at the end of the official visit. Japan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Hamaguchi Yukio, asks his nephew, Ichiro, to escort Catherine during her extended stay in Japan with the strict instructions that he is not to fall in love with her.

Catherine actually started her flower arrangement business after a chance meeting with a Japanese woman, Ogawa Maiko, who had held an exhibition in the United States. She befriended Maiko, and is now hoping to reunite with her old friend in Japan. Unable to reach Maiko, Catherine is shocked to learn that Maiko is a victim of a homicide. Thus, with the help of Ichiro, Catherine begins to look into her friend's death.

Title: 名探偵キャサリン
Title (romaji): Meitantei Catherine
Also known as: Detective Katherine
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Mystery
Viewership ratings: 11.6%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast date: 2015-Sep-05
Air time: 21:00 - 23:06

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Ishi no Mayu [05/05]

Plot:
The body of a person who died an unnatural death is discovered encased in mortar like concrete in the basement of an abandoned building. Why was the person murdered this way? The next day, the investigation task force receives a phone call from the criminal who calls himself Tremi during a meeting to discuss the investigation of the case. Then, in a short time after her transfer to the First Investigative Division, Kisaragi Toko becomes the negotiator. Tremi mocks and provokes the police while offering hints regarding the murder. A second murder soon occurs just as Tremi had warned. The victim's head has been covered with concrete as they had expected. What is the criminal's motive and why is the criminal fixated with concrete? The criminal's surprising actual target soon emerges...

Title: 石の繭
Title (romaji): Ishi no Mayu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, mystery, crime
Episodes: 5
Broadcast network: WOWOW
Broadcast period: 2015-Aug-16 to 2015-Sep-13
Air time: Sunday 22:00

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Rugged! [02/04]

Plot:
Fukami Noa is a 10-year old girl who loves all things cars. This is probably the influence of her father, Shiro, who runs an auto workshop. One day, Shiro commits suicide, after misappropriating his employees' pension fund based on the advice of Kuwata Renji, an unscrupulous man who uses his management consultancy firm to swindle the unwitting of their lifesavings. Noa finds out about this from Katsuragi Ippei, the man her father had appointed as her guardian upon his death. Ippei is an ex-policeman who had just been released from jail recently.

Due to the death of Shiro, the auto workshop employees have no choice but to file for bankruptcy. Hungry for revenge against Kuwata, Noa takes over as the President of the company, and pledges to repay the 300 million yen debt. She is a child prodigy and after applying herself at studying management and company law, she begins to strategise on how to outsmart Kuwata with the help of Ippei and his group of old cronies; ex-trading company employee Eisaku, locksmith Tokichi, electric engineer Daimaru and ex-actress Nagisa.

Title: ラギッド！
Title (romaji): Rugged!
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 4
Broadcast network: NHK BS Premium
Broadcast period: 2015-Sep-06 to 2015-Sep-27
Air time: Sunday 22:00
Theme song: EDGE by Do As Infinity

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Shinjuku Swan

Plot:
Set in Kabukicho, which is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.

Tatsuhiko Shiratori (Gou Ayano) doesn't have money or a job. One day, he meets a scout named Matora (Yusuke Iseya) who recruits girls on the streets to work in the adult entertainment business. Matora likes Tatsuhiko and introduces Tatsuhiko to the world where he works. Tatsuhiko soon works as a scout too.

Based on the manga series "Shinjuku Swan Kabukicho Skauto Sabaibaru" by Ken Wakui (first published 2005 in Weekly Young Magazine).

Movie: Shinjuku Swan
Romaji: Shinjuku Swan
Japanese: 新宿スワン
Director: Sion Sono
Writer: Ken Wakui (manga)
Producer: Mataichirô Yamamoto
Cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Runtime: 139 min.
Distributor: Sony Pictures
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Assassination Classroom

Plot:
A mysterious creature destroys 70% of the moon. The creature then warns that if he is not destroyed by March of next year, Earth will be next. The creature also demands that he becomes the homeroom teacher for 3rd grade E class at Kunugigaoka Junior High School. The government is powerless to say no.

The creature then becomes the homeroom teacher of 3rd grade E class which consists of failed students including Nagisa Shiota (Ryosuke Yamada). The creature is called Teacher Koro.

Meanwhile, the government requests that the students try to kill Teacher Koro even though he possesses super powers. The government offers a 10 billion yen reward for whomever successfully kills him. The students are confused by the situation, but decide to kill Teacher Koro.

When their class begins with Teacher Koro, the students finds themselves having a good time with their new teacher.

Based on the manga series "Ansatsu Kyoshitsu" by Yusei Matsui (first published July, 2012 in Weekly Shōnen Jump).

Movie: Assassination Classroom
Romaji: Ansatsu Kyoshitsu
Japanese: 映画 暗殺教室
Director: Eiichiro Hasumi
Writer: Yusei Matsui (manga), Tatsuya Kanazawa
Release Date: March 21, 2015
Runtime: 110 min.
Distributor: School / Action-Comedy
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Sweet Poolside

Plot:
Toshihiko Ota (Kenta Suga) is a first year high school student. He is a member of the school's swimming club. He also suffers from not having enough body hair.

Meanwhile, Ayako Goto (Yuiko Kariya) is also a fellow first year high school student and member of the same swimming club. She suffers from having too much hair. She confides to Toshihiko Ota about her "hairy" problem. A relationship soon develops as Toshihiko begins to shave her arm and leg hair.

Based on the manga series "Sweet Poolside" by Shuzo Oshimi (published 2004 by Young Magazine).

Movie: Sweet Poolside
Romaji: Suiito puurusaido
Japanese: スイートプールサイド
Director: Daigo Matsui
Writer: Shuzo Oshimi (manga), Daigo Matsui
Producer: Toshihiro Takahashi
Cinematographer: Daiki Shiotani
Release Date: June 14, 2014
Runtime: 103 min.
Distributor: Teen
Distributor: Shochiku
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Hotel Concierge [10/10]

Plot:
Nishiuchi Mariya stars as a novice concierge in a luxury hotel who strives to see her customers smile. The heroine with never-give-up attitude who doesn't say "no" to customers tries her very best to solve problems with support from her seniors. The drama brings heart-warming one-off episodes every week to viewers.

Toko has finally got her dream job as concierge at "Hotel Vollmond". One day, fashion designer and customer, Sachi, requests Toko to change the flowers at her party venue, which Toko promises to do without due consideration. With the help of her senior, Honjo, she manages to keep her rash promise, but Honjo starts to question why on earth Washio chose Toko as concierge in the first place. Toko, then, gets enthusiastic about supporting a customer who plans to propose to his girlfriend...

Title: ホテルコンシェルジュ
Title (English): Hotel Concierge
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-07 to 2015-Sep-??
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Desperado by Honey L Days
Ending theme: Stars by ERIHIRO

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Hatsumori Bemars [12/12]

Plot:
Hatsumori Bemars (初森ベマーズ?) is a Japanese television drama series starring Japanese idol girl group Nogizaka46.
Nanase Nishino played the lead role. It premiered on TV Tokyo on 11 July 2015

Title: 初森ベマーズ
Title (romanji): Hatsumori Bemars
Genre: Drama, youth, sports
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-10 to 2015-Sep-25
Air time: Friday 24:12
Opening theme: Taiyou Knock by Nogizaka46
Ending theme: Mou Sukoshi no Yume by Nogizaka46

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37.5°C no Namida [10/10]

Plot:
Sugisaki Momoko used to be a nursery school teacher. Her difficulty smiling leads to communication problems with parents and her contract is terminated in one year. Momoko is picked up by ‘Little Snow’, a home care service for sick children, and makes a fresh start as a caregiver for sick children. When a child has a fever, the caregiver would visit the home and care for the child in place of the parents who simply cannot take time off from work. Momoko encounters all sorts of families at the places she is sent to. With the support of her colleagues and the occasional help of her best friend, Yumika, she starts to face work, romance, family and friendship.

Title: 37.5℃の涙
Title (romanji): 37.5°C no Namida
Genre: Medical, human drama
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-09 start
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Opening theme: Daijoubu by wacci
Ending theme: EGG by Kimura Kaela

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Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu! [10/10]

Plot:
Set in a high school chorus club that faces dissolution, this school drama tells the story of an unconventional high-school girl and how her determination to save the club changes the chorus members and the teacher.

Makoto who has moved from Kagawa prefecture to Omotesando high school in Tokyo is looking forward to joining the once-famous chorus club she had always admired. As she arrives, however, things are not as she had expected. The club hardly has any members, and its instructor - Ariake - who first taught Makoto the joy of singing is a mere shadow of his former self living in misery. Despite the unexpected reality, Makoto is determined to achieve her "goal" in the chorus club where her parents enjoyed their students life. However, her classmates react to her efforts to recruit new members with only hostility, with some even telling her to stop being engaged in the club.

Title: 表参道高校合唱部！
Title (romaji): Omotesando Koukou Gasshoubu!
Also known as: High School Chorus
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Youth, music, school
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-17 start
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Sukida. by Little Glee Monster

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Risk no Kamisama [10/10]

Plot:
“The God of Risk” is a sensational social entertainment drama that revolves around Saigyoji Satoshi, a legendary expert in the field of crisis management who is known as "The God of Risk.” Satoshi worked in crisis management for General Electric in the U.S. and for the Japanese government. Trusting in Satoshi's exceptional skills and professional talent, Sunrise, one of the largest general trading company in Japan, hires Satoshi to deal with the company's numerous problems and scandals. Meanwhile, the heroine Kagari Kaori is an intelligent, career-oriented woman who fluently speaks several foreign languages. After graduating from Tokyo University, Kaori has been working for Sunrise for 10 years. Despite her young age, Kaori earns an executive position of the new product development department. However, she soon faces a crisis: a recall on a next generation battery product. Now Satoshi and Kaori must work together to deal with the company’s recall nightmare.

Title: リスクの神様
Title (romaji): Risk no Kamisama
Also known as: The God of Risk
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama, corporate
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-08 start
Air time: Wednesday 22:00

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Tamiou [08/08]

Plot:
One day, the current prime minister of Japan, Muto Taizan, and his useless son, Sho, suddenly discover that they have switched bodies. With no known cause or solution at hand, Sho reluctantly ends up appearing in the Diet on his father’s behalf. But he completely cannot follow the deliberations as well as the questions and answers because it has been his routine to skip his studies. He is also repeatedly caught making childish responses or misreading kanji in documents. However, untainted by the adult world, Sho's straightforward opinions and genuine feelings start to mobilise the Diet and the public. On the other hand, Taizan has to lead the life of a university student and search for a job on behalf of his son, but with the brains of a prime minister. He refutes arrogant interviewers with his overwhelming knowledge and debating skills. Although Taizan wins the war of words, he is an absolute failure in the interviews itself. Furthermore, several peculiar girls whom Sho has had relationships with appear and makes Taizan more bewildered.

Title: 民王
Title (romaji): Tamiou
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, drama, political
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-24 start
Air time: Friday 23:15
Theme song: Stress Free by miwa

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Napoleon no Mura [07/07]

Plot:
Based on the book by Takano Josen who himself experienced reviving a depopulated village, this human drama tells the success story of a soon-to-be-deserted village and a great change in people there.

As per his own request, an elite officer at Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Asai is transferred to the division in charge of the village of Kagura - the Division of Agriculture, Forestry, Commerce and Industry in the Hoshikawa city government. However, Its city mayor, Fukumoto is in favor of village's dissolution on the ground of financial difficulties.

Asai, on the other hand, has other plans. First, He wants to revive the village by making Kagura festival into a success. With as little as 10,000 yen for its budget, Asai produces some innovative ideas that surprise the city government and village people. His positive attitude to revive the village gradually changes the people around.

Title: ナポレオンの村
Title (romaji): Napoleon no Mura
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 7
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-19 start
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Kimi no Kodou wa Kimi ni Shika Narasenai by Hirai Ken

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Tantei no Tantei [11/11]

Plot:
Sasaki Rena's younger sister was murdered by a stalker. Rena soon finds out that a private detective had been hired by the stalker in order to find her sister before murdering her. Now, after a fruitless search for that detective on her own, Rena decides to learn all she can about private detectives by joining a school for private investigators. When she graduates, Rena is put in sole charge of the Versus Detectives Section with the firm that hired her. This Section is devoted to tracking down those private detectives who go beyond the boundaries of the law and putting a stop to them. Still, when a rookie is assigned to her Section who reminds Rena of her dead sister, Rena may be pushed closer to the brink herself...

Title: 探偵の探偵
Title (romanji): Tantei no Tantei
Also known as: Detective versus Detectives
Genre: Mystery, Action
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-09 start
Air time: Thursday 22:00

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Dokonjo Gaeru [10/10]

Plot:
It was 16 years ago. Hiroshi, a clumsy middle schooler, tripped at the park and fell on top of a frog. Splat! The frog was flattened. But wait. The flat frog got stuck on his shirt and, even stranger, started to speak! It even developed emotions that were way more powerful than the average person. That’s how this one-of-a-kind gutsy frog named Pyonkichi came to be. At times they help each other, at times they fight like crazy, but Hiroshi and Pyonkichi are a unit and together they will live a gutsy life.

Hiroshi was 14 then. Now, he’s a full-grown man. Thirty years old. Everyone around has also gotten much older.

“Be gutsy and everything will be ok!” Well, life doesn’t really work that way, and they realize this as the years pile on. Together with Pyonkichi, Hiroshi got through everything in life simply by being gutsy. Now, he's a loser. Things are about to change, however. A sudden transformation in Pyonkichi spurs Hiroshi to redo his life.

Title: ど根性ガエル
Title (romaji): Dokonjo Gaeru
Also known as: The Gutsy Frog
Genre: Comedy
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-11 start
Air time: Saturday 21:00

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Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10

Ghostwriter [10/10]

Plot:
Tono Risa is a bestselling author in her thirties who is regarded as extremely gifted in her creativity and ability to write. Although she has already achieved the fame and status in her career, the overwhelming feeling of being stuck resides deep down inside her and she feels surrounded by fear. On the other hand, Kawahara Yuki, a girl in her twenties, has left her hometown and moved to Tokyo to pursue her dream of becoming a writer someday. Although Yuki has amazing talent with limitless potential, she hasn't been able to make her writing debut just yet. She was about to finally give up on her dream and get married to her boyfriend back home. By chance, one day Yuki gets offered a position as an assistant to Risa. After wavering, Yuki accepts the job offer. This decision brings about a major turning point in the lives of these two female writers.

Title: ゴーストライター
Title (English): Ghost Writer
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 8.63%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jan-13 to 2015-Mar-17
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Theme song: Ghost by androp
Opening song: Unlock by Miura Daichi

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Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10

Akagi [10/10]

Plot:
Tokyo, 1958. A man seriously gambles at a mahjong parlor. He's playing against members of the Ryuzaki yakuza clan. If he loses, he must pay his debt through his own life insurance – truly a game of life and death. With his own existence at stake, he can only play passively, and the game comes to a head. Suddenly, a mysterious boy appears. His name is Akagi. The man senses a strong aura around the youth and decides to have Akagi substitute for him in the next round.

Title: アカギ
Title (romaji): Akagi
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Action, Gambling
Episodes: 10
Broadcast network: BS Sky Perfect
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-17 start
Air time: Friday 21:00
Theme song: Shonan no Kaze - Don't Be Afraid

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Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10

Aru Hi, Ahiru Bus [08/08]

Plot:
40-year-old Asakura Hazuki works for a big publishing company and is the editor of the female magazine ‘Us’. However, the magazine is discontinued. Hazuki's contract with the publishing company is not renewed and she ends up losing her job. To make matters worse, she breaks up with Kosuke, her boyfriend of seven years, and is pressed for the loan on designer goods which she bought on a spree. At 40, Hazuki is on the verge of losing everything. At that moment, she happens to get scouted to be a bus guide on Ahiru Bus, a city sightseeing tour which she has boarded. She is plunged into the completely foreign world of female bus guides. Hazuki aims to turn her life around as she journeys around a rapidly changing Tokyo.

Title: ある日、アヒルバス
Title (romaji): Aru Hi, Ahiru Bus
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: NHK BS Premium
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-05 to 2015-Aug-23
Air time: Sunday 22:00
Theme song: IROIRO by moumoon

Stream:
Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08

Saikyou no Futari [08/08]

Plot:
Shinonome Jinpachi has returned to the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s First Investigative Division as a specially commissioned detective. Meanwhile, Natsuki Asako, a team leader, has just been assigned to the division. Shinonome and Asako solve the same cases with completely different investigation methods. Shinonome has many information sources that he cultivated through his years of investigation. He would hit the streets and gather information that is not considered to have a direct relationship with a case. Asako has many fans within the police because she has moved from post to post. She is adapt at mobilising these allies and makes use of her inexperience in investigations to carry out daring ones. When these two investigation methods overlap, there will never be a typical investigation and unknown facts a step ahead of the solution will emerge.

Title: 最強のふたり
Title (romaji): Saikyou no Futari
Tagline: 京都府警 特別捜査班
Tagline (romaji): Kyotofukei Tokubetsu Sousahan
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police drama
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-16 to 2015-Sep-10
Air time: Thursday 20:00
Theme song: Anata e by Chris Hart

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Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08

Keiji 7-nin [09/09]

Plot:
Yu (Noriyuki Higashiyama) worked at the lost and found center of The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. He is then assigned to the #12 section of the 1st investigation division. The team is known as a grave for detectives and they are filled with expelled detectives. The actual members though are excellent detectives. They have conflicts with each other, but cooperate and solve difficult cases.

Title: 刑事7人
Title (romanji): Keiji 7-nin
Also known as: 7 Detectives (literal title)
Genre: Drama, Police
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-15 start
Air time: Wed 21:00-21:54

Stream:
Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09

Age Harassment [09/09]

Plot:
Yoshii Emiri is a new employee of a top trading company. In addition to her motivation, skills and ambition, she possesses both youth and beauty. This would appear to be her passport to happiness. But because she is assigned to the General Affairs Department, the old guard which only pays lip service to “female employment”, everything she possesses becomes a target of harassment. The company only requires Emiri's youth and beauty. Her dream of doing a good job and eventually becoming an executive officer is quickly crushed. On the other hand, Emiri just has to flash a smile and the male staff would fuss over her even though she did not ask for anything. She becomes the target of jealousy of the older female staff. Emiri is given a hard time simply because of her youth and beauty. Although she endures this every day, she soon reaches the limit of her patience. When Emiri rebels against the old-fashioned company, what awaits her is...

Title: エイジハラスメント
Title (English): Age Harassment
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Office, work
Episodes: TBD
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-09 start
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: Natsu no Tsumi by Hanaoka Natsumi

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Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09

Shimeshi [04/04]

Plot:
Le Bon Vivre is an intriguing restaurant. The owner and waitress, Ikeyama Juri, accepts only one group of customers a day. The food that Bon Vivre serves is very special. It is “lost food” that no longer exists in this world. The talented chef, Terayashiki Renichi, is Le Bon Vivre’s pride. He will fully reproduce “lost food” such as the food of a shop that is no longer around or the food of a person who is now deceased in response to all sorts of customer requests. It is the role of second chef, Oze Kiyoi, to support Terayashiki and do research on the “lost food”. He will gather information which covers a wide variety of such food. Many people who have heard the rumours about this restaurant try to make a reservation one way or another. However, very few people are able to get a table. They have one thing in common. The customers that get invited to Le Bon Vivre all have struggles, worries or stand at the crossroads in life. Many of them will look ahead and start a brand new life again after eating the reproduced food here. This is the origin of “Shimeshi”, the name of the cuisine served at this restaurant. People who have eaten this food will be given an indication of the path to take.

Title: 始飯
Title (romaji): Shimeshi
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Food
Episodes: 4
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2015-June-24 start
Air time: Wednesday 1:11
Theme song: Ms.OOJA - Hana

Stream:
Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04

Bokura Playboys Jukunen Tanteisha [08/08]

Plot:
At the Playboys Private Detective Agency, all the members are men older than 55. The director of the private detective agency is an ex-detective. The members of the agency have varied backgrounds like a former taxi driver, physician and ex-Olympic athlete.

Koichiro Iwase (Katsumi Takahashi) worked in the sales department of a consumer electronics company, but he now works as a private detective. He tries to solve clients' request, while sometimes cooperating and sometimes opposing the other members of the Playboys Private Detective Agency.

Title: 僕らプレイボーイズ 熟年探偵社
Title (romaji): Bokura Playboys Jyukuren Tanteisha
Also known as:: We are playboys The Middle Age Detectives Agency
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Detective
Episodes: 8
Broadcast network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-17 start
Air time: Friday 19:58

Stream:
Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08

Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai

Plot:
High school student Jinta (Nijiro Murakami) is a hikikomori and lives in Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture, Japan. One summer day, when Jinta is absorbed in a video game, a girl suddenly appears in front of him. The girl is Jinta's childhood friend Meiko (Minami Hamabe), but it seems impossible because Meiko died on a summer day. Meiko wears the same white dress when she died, but she looks a little taller. She tells Jinta that she has a wish and that's why she came back as a ghost, but Meiko can't remember what her wish was.

To grant Meiko's wish, Jinta along with his friends Atsumu (Jun Shison), Naruko (Airi Matsui), Chiriko (Marie Iitoyo), Tetsudo (Yuta Takahata) and Meiko gather together for the first time in 7 years. Jinta soon realizes that he is the only one able to see Meiko.

Drama is based on anime series "Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day” which aired from April-June, 2011 on Fuji TV.

Title: あの日見た花の名前を僕達はまだ知らない。
Title (romaji): Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai.
Also known as: Ano Hana / The Flower We Saw That Day
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Fantasy, romance, drama
Viewership ratings: 9.1%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast date: 2015-Sep-21
Air time: 21:00 - 23:18
Opening song: Aoi Shiori by Galileo Galilei
Ending song: secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ by Silent Siren

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A Stitch of Life

Plot:
Ichie (Miki Nakatani) is the owner of a dressmaking shop. Her grandmother started the shop and now Ichie runs the business. Her clothes are made with an old sewing machine and are very popular. Following her grandmother’s will, Ichie only makes clothes for individuals and turns down offers to turn her clothing into a brand.

Based on the manga "Tsukuroi Tatsu Hito" by Aoi Ikebe (first published March 11, 2011 by Kodansha Ltd.).

Movie: A Stitch of Life
Romaji: Tsukuroi Tatsu Hito
Japanese: 繕い裁つ人
Director: Yukiko Mishima
Writer: Aoi Ikebe (manga), Tamio Hayashi
Producer: Itaru Kurosawa, Yasushi Udagawa
Cinematographer: Kazutaka Abe
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Runtime: 104 min.
Distributor: Drama
Distributor: Gaga Communications
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Koinaka [09/09]

Plot:
Miura Aoi is an indecisive guy with a timid personality who dislikes summer. He once aspired to become an architect, but his dream has faded as he lets the days go by working as an assistant in a small architectural firm in Tokyo. Then one day, Aoi has a fateful reunion with Serizawa Akari, his first love and a childhood friend. Back in their school days, the two were always together. However, Akari suddenly disappeared in the summer of their third year in high school. Aoi forced himself to bury his feelings for her deep within him, but it could never truly be forgotten. Aoi's heart is once again moved by their unexpected reunion. However, there is another guy who is also named Aoi standing next to her...

Title: 恋仲
Title (romaji): Koinaka
Also known as: Best Friends in Love
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 9
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-20 start
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Kimi ga Kureta Natsu by Ieiri Leo

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Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09

Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon

Plot:
Set in the near future in a lawless world. Kurisu Saotome (Kirara Asuka) is a beautiful woman, but she is also a deadly bounty hunter. She wears an armored suit, possessing great power, and she is known as Iron Girl. Kurisu Saotome doesn't remember who she really is or where she comes from. To regain her memory, she continues her lonely battle.

Movie: Iron Girl: Ultimate Weapon
Romaji: Aiangaru Ultimate Weapon
Japanese: アイアンガール Ultimate Weapon
Director: Kenichi Fujiwara
Writer: Yasutoshi Murakawa (screenplay)
Producer: Masaaki Saito
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Runtime: 83 min.
Distributor: Female-Action / Sci-Fi
Production Company: Shibuya Productions
Distributor: Shibuya Productions
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Konkatsu Deka [12/12]

Plot:
35-year-old Hanada Yoneko is a detective of Ryogoku Police Precinct who is looking for a marriage partner. She swings between love and justice as she pursues cases with her partner, Fujioka Tsutsuji. Yoneko will not turn a blind eye to crime. In addition, she wants to be happy. But for some reason, all the handsome men she likes turn out to be criminals.

Title: 婚活刑事
Title (romaji): Konkatsu Deka
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, mystery
Episodes: 12
Broadcast network: NTV / YTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-02 start
Air time: Thursday 23:59
Theme song: Kizuguchi by Saito Kazuyoshi

Stream:
Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11 - 12

Strobe Edge

Plot:
Ninako is a female high school student. She has a pure and honest personality. Her classmate Daiki likes her and she knows how he feels about her, but she isn't sure how she feels about him. Ninako does feel something unusual when she is around him.

One day, on the way home on the train, Ninako meets Ren. He attends the same high school as Ninako. Ren is popular with the female students. They spend more time together and Ninako begins to have feelings for Ren.

Based on the manga series "Strobe Edge" by Io Sakisaka (published from July, 2007 to September, 2010 in monthly shōjo manga Bessatsu Margaret).

Movie: Strobe Edge
Romaji: Sutorobo Ejji
Japanese: ストロボ・エッジ
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Writer: Io Sakisaka (manga), Sayaka Kuwamura
Producer: Hisashi Usui
Release Date: March 14, 2015
Runtime: 115 min.
Distributor: Teen-Romance / Based on a Comic
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

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Death Note [11/11]

Plot:
Yagami Light, an ordinary university student who aspires to be a civil servant, lives with his detective father, Soichiro, and younger sister, Sayu. Besides going for live performances by Ichigo Berry, which Amane Misa belongs to, he works hard at his studies and part-time job. One day, he sees Sakoda, a classmate from high school days who was sent to a juvenile corrective institution, show up and extort his good friend, Kamoda. Light tries to stop Sakoda, but ends up having his mobile phone taken away. On the way home, Light picks up a mysterious notebook with the words “Death Note” written on it by chance. “The person whose name is written in this notebook will die,” is written inside.

Light laughs this off and jots Sakoda’s name down as a joke. But the next morning, Sakoda death is reported. Many people are delighted with Sakoda’s death. Light even succeeds in killing the vicious criminal who snatched a police officer’s gun and took his father hostage while out on parole. Once Light realises the power of the weapon he has in his hands, he decides to reduce the number of criminals and create a peaceful world. He starts to pass judgement on bad people who threaten peaceful daily life with the Death Note and is gradually worshiped on the internet as the hero called “Killer” by the public. However, the world famous detective, L, appears before Light.

The mysterious L had noticed the time that a rash of mysterious deaths occurred in the world was skewed towards Japan. He says Killer is bad and declares that he will catch him. Which is justice and which is evil? Who will die and who will survive? A battle of wits are waged by the two geniuses and N watches this with a defiant smile. A new battle finally begins ..

Title: デスノート
Title (English): Death Note
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Crime, sci-fi, suspense
Episodes: 11
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2015-Jul-05 start
Air time: Sunday 22:30

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Episode 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06 - 07 - 08 - 09 - 10 - 11