Bokutachi ga Yarimashita

Drama: Fugitive Boys (English title) / We Did It (literal title)
Romaji: Boku-tachi ga Yarimashita
Japanese: 僕たちがやりました
Director: Takehiko Shinjo, Toichiro Ruto
Writer: Muneyuki Kaneshiro (manga), Akeji Fujimura (manga), Yuichi Tokunaga
Network: Fuji TV, KTV
Episodes:
Release Date: July 18, 2017 (KTV) -- / July, 2017 (Fuji TV) --
Runtime: Tuesdays 21:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Tobio Masubuchi (Masataka Kubota) and his friends are ordinary high school students. Due to an incident, their peaceful days are about to change. Tobio’s friends are beaten by students from another high school in their neighborhood. Tobio and his friends scheme to get back the students from the other school. The day they are to carry out their plan, they see the other high school engulfed in flames. Tobio and his friends become suspects.

Cast
Masataka Kubota
Mei Nagano
Mackenyu
Shotaro Mamiya
Shono Hayama
Hiroki Konno
Rina Kawaei
Sae Okazaki
Itsuji Itao
Ikue Sakakibara
Asami Mizukawa
Shohei Miura
Arata Furuta

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Kimi wa Petto 2017

Drama: You're My Pet
Romaji: Kimi wa Petto
Japanese: きみはペット
Director: Izuru Kumasaka, Osamu Minorikawa
Writer: Yayoi Ogawa (manga), Fumie Koga, Yuuka Arai
Network: Fuji TV
Episodes: 16
Release Date: February 6, 2017 --
Runtime: Mondays
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Sumire Iwaya (Noriko Iriyama) works as an editor for a well known newspaper. She is attractive and graduated from a prestigious university.

She goes through a difficult period after being dumped by her boyfriend and getting demoted at work. One day, she picks up a beautiful young man, Takeshi Goda (Jun Shison), out of a box. Takeshi looks like her former pet Momo and Sumire offers to let Takeshi live in her home as her pet.

Cast
Noriko Iriyama
Jun Shison
Terunosuke Takezai
Yurina Yanagi
Kayo Noro
Sonomi
Yuumi Shida
Takashi Okabe
Oolong ta
Yoshida
Reiya Masaki

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BORDER2 Shokuzai SP

TV Movie: Border 2
Romaji: BORDER2 Shokuzai
Japanese: BORDER2 贖罪
Writer: Kazuki Kaneshiro
Network: TV Asahi
Release Date: Fall, 2017
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Story of Detective Ango Ishikawa who can see and talk with the dead continues.

Cast
Shun Oguri - Ango Ishikawa
Munetaka Aoki - Yuma Tachibana
Haru - Mika Higa
Arata Furuta - Akai
Kenichi Takito - Suzuki
Toru Nomaguchi - Hacker Garfunkel
Kenta Hamano - Hacker Simon
Kenichi Endo - Takuji Ichikura
Nao Omori - Chikao Ando

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Hanzai Shokogun Season 1

Drama: Criminal Syndrome Season 1 (English title)
Romaji: Hanzai Shokogun Season 1
Japanese: 犯罪症候群 Season 1
Director: Shosuke Murakami, Junichi Tsuzuki
Writer: Tokuro Nukui (novel), Eriko Shinozaki, Junichiro Taniguchi
Network: Tokai TV
Episodes: 8
Release Date: April 8 - May 27, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 23:40
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
"Hanzai Shokogun" Season 1 and Season 2 follows Takashi Muto (Tetsuji Tamayama) and Mamoru Kabugari (Shosuke Tanihara) who lost the same person. She is the younger sister of Takashi Muto and the girlfriend of Mamoru Kabugari. "Season 1" focuses on Takashi Muto's story and "Season 2" focuses on Mamoru Kabugari.

Takashi Muto is a detective full of justice. When he was young, he lost his parents. He still has his younger sister whom he cares for a lot, but she is murdered. The killer is a minor and he is able to avoid punishment. Takashi decides to take revenge on him, but the murderer kills himself. Takashi quits his job as a detective. One year later, he takes on a special mission which the investigation division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department can not perform.

Cast
Tetsuji Tamayama
Shosuke Tanihara
Atsuro Watabe
Masahiro Komoto
Mimura
Mayu Tsuruta
Hiyori Sakurada
Jun Kaname
Sho Ikushima

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Hokuto

Drama: Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion (literal title)
Romaji: Hokuto Aru Satsujinsha no Kaishin
Japanese: 北斗 ある殺人者の回心
Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto
Writer: Ira Ishida (novel), Tomoyuki Takimoto
Network: WOWOW
Episodes: 5
Release Date: March 25 - April 22, 2017
Runtime: Saturdays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
As a child, Hokuto Hashizume (Yuma Nakayama) was abused severely by his own parents. He never experienced being loved. He stayed at a children's home and then as a teen he met his foster parent Ayako Kondo. For the first time, Hokuto learns what love is and feels happiness, but he becomes a murderer.

20-years-old Hokuto tells his lawyer “Please execute me.”

Cast
Yuma Nakayama
Suzuki Matsuo
Jun Murakami
Yuko Nakamura
Sairi Itoh
Satoshi Nikaido
Toshie Negishi
Go Riju
Kenichi Yajima
Fusako Urabe
Kensuke Owada
Anna Yamada
Yumiko Fujita
Ruki Ohnishi
Kyusaku Shimada

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Border Shoudou ~Kenshikan Higa Mika~

Date: From 9.00 p.m., 6 & 13 October 2017
Scriptwriter: Kaneshiro Kazuki (Okusama wa Toriatsukai Chuui, Crisis, Border)
Cast: Haru, Kudo Asuka, Ishimaru Kanji
Synopsis: 
Higa Mika (Haru) is an assistant at Eisho University’s school of forensic medicine. She works under Professor Asakawa Toru (Ishimaru Kanji) who has helped to solve a number of difficult cases through a combination of forensic medicine and criminal psychology, and even appeared on TV programmes as a commentator. However, he got to this position owing to hints from Mika to solve cases. Mika originally wanted to be a physician but became aware of the appeal of forensic medicine when she was in university. She has been feeling gloomy that she cannot be given independence in this male-dominated world. This is despite the experience she has gained in postmortem and autopsy, and Asakawa’s recognition of her exceptional observation skills and intuition. At that moment, the body of a female junior high school student who was strangled to death is found in the jurisdiction of Nishihara Police Precinct in Tokyo. In addition, the body is in a brutalised state that repulses people. As Ogura Akane (Kiyohara Kaya) and other students receive word of the sudden, violent death of their classmate, sorrow and fear show on their faces. Meanwhile, Mika is brought by Asakawa to the scene where the dead body was discovered. However, Asakawa’s perfunctory profiling and high-handed attitude puts off Detective Nakazawa Fumiaki (Kudo Asuka) of Nishihara Police Precinct’s First Investigative. Then a second murder occurs … …

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Rental no Koi

Drama: Rental Lover (English title)
Romaji: Rentaru no Koi
Japanese: レンタルの恋
Director: Akihiko Watase, Yusuke Ito
Writer: Shigenori Tanabe
Network: TBS
Episodes: 10
Release Date: January 18 - March, 23 2017
Runtime: Wednesdays 00:10-00:40 (30 min.)
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Remi Takasugi (Ayame Gouriki) works for "Rental Lovers" which offers women for dates. She is the most popular woman at the company. Remi Takasugi carries out requests from her customers, but she does not provide sexual service. She figures out her customer's tastes and becomes the ideal date for her them. When she finishes her work, she never smiles and she wears bandage around her neck.

Cast
Ayame Gouriki
Taiga
Yukino Kishii
Kentaro
Mikie Hara
Yu Nobue
Ayana Kaneda
Sho Kiyohara
Yoichi Nukumizu

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Demo, Kekkon Shitai! SP

Date: 4 April 2017, 10 p.m., on Fuji TV / Kansai TV
Cast: Kuriyama Chiaki, Kaname Jun, Sano Hinako, Fujimori Shingo (Oriental Radio), Saito Shinji (Jungle Pocket), Ito Shuko
Original work: BL Mangaka Desukedo Kekkon Shitemo Iidesuka? (autobiographical manga) by Fujimoto Haruki
Scriptwriter: Nagata Yuko
Genre: Romance, comedy

Synopsis: 
Fujita Haruko (Kuriyama Chiaki) is a manga artist who draws BL (Boys’ Love) manga under the pen name of Fujimoto Haruki. Soon to be 34 years old, she realises that she has lived a life engrossed in her work without any thought of the future. Encouraged by her assistant, Tachibana Kiriko (Sano Hinako), she begins going to marriage parties in hopes of finding someone. However, her past of being rejected by previous boyfriends due to her career choice and interest leaves her shy and unable to speak out. Will she find love and marry?

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Kanna-san!

Title: カンナさーん!
Title (romaji): Kanna-san!
Also known as: Ms. Kanna!
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, family
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 10.12%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-18 to 2017-Sep-19
Air time: Tuesday 22:00
Theme song: Kirakira by AI feat. Kanna (Watanabe Naomi)

Synopsis
Suzuki Kanna is a powerhouse woman with single-minded devotion once she puts her mind to something. Working for a fashion designer, her dream is to someday design clothes that will make women everywhere "amazingly attractive." But her world begins to spin out of control when she discovers that her "loving" hunk of a husband, Rei, is having an affair! Meanwhile, her unreasonable boss dumps loads of work, her husband is a mama's boy and her mother-in-law drops in unannounced to dote on her son and grandson, and all while Kanna is trying to raise a needy 4-year-old son, Reon. Pushed to a breaking point and battling the world alone, Kanna, however, isn't one to run, bend or break. Instead, she girds herself for battle, stokes her inner fire and confronts adversity head on, chasing her dream in pursuit of happiness and fulfillment for herself and her son. -- TBS

Cast
Watanabe Naomi as Suzuki Kanna
Kaname Jun as Suzuki Rei
Saito Yuki as Suzuki Ryuko
Yamaguchi Sayaka as Kataoka Mika
Kudo Asuka as Aota Sosuke
Triendl Reina as Sakaigawa Shoko
Jiro (じろう) as Katagiri Yuta
Kawahara Eito (川原瑛都) as Suzuki Reon
Toyama Toshiya as Suzuki Tetsuzo
Asaka Mayumi as Morikawa Yoshie

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Aishitetatte, Himitsu wa Aru

Title: 愛してたって、秘密はある。
Title (romaji): Aishitetatte, Himitsu wa Aru.
Also known as: My Lover's Secret
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, romance
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 8.60%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2017-July-16 to 2017-Sep-17
Air time: Sunday 22:30
Theme song: Zutto, Futari de by Ieiri Leo

Synopsis
When Okumori Rei was in middle school, in order to protect his mother, Shoko, from DV, he killed his father. His father's death was treated as a missing person case and became a secret between him and his mother. Although, Okumori Rei spent most of his life thinking, 'I don't need friends or a lover', he meets and falls in love with Tachibana Sawa. He then decides to marry her. However, soon after his proposal, someone that knows about his "secret" starts sending him eerie messages...!? -- NTV

Cast
Fukushi Sota as Okumori Rei
Kawaguchi Haruna as Tachibana Sawa
Suzuki Honami as Okumori Shoko (Rei's mother)
Horibe Keisuke as Okumori Kousuke (Rei's father)
Endo Kenichi as Tachibana Hiroaki (Sawa's father)
Okae Kumiko as Tachibana Akane (Sawa's mother)
Kaku Kento as Tachibana Akito (Sawa's older brother)
Suzuki Kosuke as Kazami Tadayuki
Shirasu Jin as Adachi Kotaro
Yoshikawa Ai as Uranishi Karin
Yamamoto Mirai as Kosaka Izumi
Emoto Tokio as Yamada Takaya
Yashiba Toshihiro as Ichinose Yoshio
Saeki Daichi as Inoue Daigo

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Cecile no Mokuromi

Title: セシルのもくろみ
Title (romaji): Cecile no Mokuromi
Also known as: Cecile's Plot
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 9
Viewership ratings: 4.48%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-13 to 2017-Sep-07
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: TAKE MY HAND by Yoru no Honki Dance

Synopsis
Miyaji Nao, a down-to-earth, contented housewife and mother of teenage boy, has no interest in dressing up. However, her life completely changes one day after she happens to get scouted by Kurosawa Junko, the chief editor of popular female magazine Vanity, to be a model. Nao steps into the world of a fashion magazine that she has never even read before despite her prejudice against its superficiality that absolutely does not agree with her and her own reluctance to "look beautiful". She gradually begins to discover a new set of values in the process of coming in contact with Okita Eri, a writer who is at a critical stage in her career, and Hamaguchi Yukako, a stunningly beautiful and professional top model. That is the female desire to be beautiful and to be loved at all times... -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast
Maki Yoko as Miyaji Nao
Kichise Michiko as Hamaguchi Yukako
Ito Ayumi as Okita Eri
Itaya Yuka as Kurosawa Junko
Hasegawa Kyoko as Yasunaga Maiko
Kaneko Nobuaki as Yamagami Kohei
Tokui Yoshimi as Yasuhara Tomo
Lily Franky as Nanjo Akira
Ono Yuriko
Mashima Hidekazu
Ishibashi Kei
Ito Shuko (伊藤修子) as stylist
Sato Eriko as Sakashita Aoi
Fujisawa Ema as reader model
Uno Shohei (宇野祥平) as Miyaji Nobuyuki
Sato Ruiki as Miyaji Hiroki
Kato Masato (加藤雅人) as Nao's hometown friend

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Kahogo no Kahoko

Title: 過保護のカホコ
Title (romaji): Kahogo no Kahoko
Also known as: Overprotected Kahoko
Genre: Drama, family
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 11.47%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-12 to 2017-Sep-13
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Family Song by Hoshino Gen

Synopsis
College student Kahoko is the quintessential overprotected child born out of today's Japanese society. Shielded by her parents, Kahoko grew up completely pampered and became somewhat of a miraculously naive "test tube human." She is 21 years old and about to start working for a company, but she has never slept away from home, had a part time job, chosen her own clothes, or even ridden a train alone. Kahoko has had her picture taken, but she has never taken a picture herself.

Now, Kahoko is about to step out of her germ-free isolation pod and into the germ-infested world. It won't be long until she realizes, "I'm different from everybody else!"

She has been her mother's best friend all her life and her father can't live without her. As they become emotionally unstable from the changes that Kahoko goes through, their family begins to fall apart. That's when Kahoko herself and the people around her begin to see the strength that hides deep within. -- NTV

Cast
Takahata Mitsuki as Nemoto Kahoko
Kuroki Hitomi as Nemoto Izumi
Tokito Saburo as Nemoto Masataka
Takeuchi Ryoma as Mugino Hajime
Mita Yoshiko as Namiki Hatsuyo
Nishioka Tokuma as Namiki Fukushi
Nishio Mari as Tomita Setsu
Shukugawa Atom as Tomita Atsushi
Kubota Sayu as Tomita Ito
Nakajima Hiroko as Kunimura Tamaki
Sato Jiro as Kunimura Mamoru
Hiraizumi Sei as Nemoto Masaoki
Umezawa Masayo as Nemoto Tae
Hamada Mari as Nemoto Noriko
Yokoyama Ayumu as Tamotsu (ep7-10)
Takahashi Hitomi as Hajime's mother (ep8)

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Gomen, Aishiteru

Title: ごめん、愛してる

Title (romaji): Gomen, Aishiteru

Also known as: I'm Sorry, I Love You

Format: Renzoku

Genre: Romance

Episodes: 10

Viewership ratings: 9.72%

Broadcast network: TBS

Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-09 to 2017-Sep-17

Air time: Sunday 21:00

Theme song: Forevermore by Utada Hikaru

Related TV show: Sorry I Love You (KBS2, 2004)

Synopsis

When Ritsu was little, he was abandoned by his mother Reiko. He happens to help Rinka. One day, Ritsu gets involved in a case and gets severely injured in the head. He can die at anytime. He attempts to find his mother and be good to her before his death, and finally finds his mother, but learns that she is leading a happy life with her son Satoru. Ritsu decides to take revenge on his mother, then meets Rinka again, who is Satoru's childhood friend... -- TV Japan

Cast

Nagase Tomoya as Okazaki Ritsu

Yoshioka Riho as Mita Rinka

Sakaguchi Kentaro as Hyuga Satoru

Otake Shinobu as Hyuga Reiko

Ikewaki Chizuru as Kawai Wakana

Daichi as Kawai Sakana

Onishi Ayaka as Furusawa Touko

Yamaji Kazuhiro as Kurokawa Tatsuomi

Kusamura Reiko as Tachibana Satoko

Rokkaku Seiji as Kagami Shuhei

Nakamura Baijaku as Mita Tsuneo

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Nou ni Sumaho ga Umerareta!

Title: 脳にスマホが埋められた!
Title (romaji): Nou ni Sumaho ga Umerareta!
Also known as: The Smartphone Guy
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sci-fi, human drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 3.45%
Broadcast network: NTV / YTV
Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-06 to 2017-Sep-14
Air time: Thursday 23:59
Theme song: U by Miura Daichi

Synopsis
"Where did my life go wrong?"

Divorced, in need to pay child-support, and now a layoff candidate at his company; Orimo Keita, 34 years old was in the pits of despair. However, it all changes when his brain suddenly became a smartphone! Now his vision can see messages people send on their phones, which also means that he can learn their secrets. This new ability gets him intertwined with problems in and out of the office! A Sci-fi human drama about a simple man becoming a "Smartphone" hero. -- YTV

Cast
Ito Atsushi as Orimo Keita
Shinkawa Yua as Ishino Ryuko
Ando Natsu (安藤なつ) as Yasuda Bubuka
Okada Ryutaro (岡田龍太郎) as Tanishi Joji
Nomura Masumi as Hachiya Kaoru
Bokumoto Sakiko (ぼくもとさきこ) as Usuda Sadako
Yuki Moe (結城モエ) as Kanie Sayo
Nakagawa Chika as Kaede
Nitta Yuriko (新田祐里子) as Shiori
Takashima Kotoha (高嶋琴羽) as Aika
Shinoda Mariko as Kuriyama Satsuki
Ikeda Tetsuhiro as Takenotsuka Shiro
Hayashiya Pee (林家ペー) as himself
Hayashiya Parko (林家パー子) as herself
Nishimaru Yuko (西丸優子) as Fujiki Yuri
Toda Masahiro as Kobori Mamoru
Kishitani Goro as Kurobe Jin
Charlotte Kate Fox as Flora Campbell (ep7)

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Yutori Desu ga Nani ka SP

TV Movie: We're Millennials Got a Problem? SP
Romaji: Yutori Desu ga Nani ka Junmai Ginjo Junjo hen
Japanese: ゆとりですがなにか 純米吟醸純情編
Director: Nobuo Mizuta
Writer: Kankuro Kudo
Network: NTV
Episodes: 2
Release Date: July 2 - July 9, 2017
Runtime: Sundays 22:30
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Story is set one year later after drama series “We're Millennials Got a Problem?”

Cast
Masaki Okada
Tori Matsuzaka
Yuya Yagira
Sakura Ando
Yu Aoi
Taiga
Kotaro Yoshida
Toru Tezuka
Haruka Shimazaki
Yoshiko Nakada

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Kurokawa no Techo

Drama: Black Leather Notebook (literal title)
Romaji: Kurokawa no Techo
Japanese: 黒革の手帖
Director: Keita Motohashi, Osamu Katayama
Writer: Seicho Matsumoto (novel), Daisuke Habara
Network: TV Asahi
Episodes: 8
Release Date: July 20 - September 14, 2017
Runtime: Thursdays 21:00-21:54
TV Ratings: 8.4%
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Synopsis
Motoko Haraguchi (Emi Takei) works as a temp at a bank. To pay off debt that she inherited from her parents, she also works as a hostess at a club in Ginza. Motoko Haraguchi is finally able to repay the debt.

At this time, there's chatter that the temp employees will be laid off at the bank. Motoko Haraguchi decides to carry out a scheme she has prepared secretly. She transfers money from accounts opened illegally to her bank account. Altogether, Motoko Haraguchi embezzles 180 million yen. Using her “Kurokawa no Techo” (Black Leather Notebook) which has a list of the illegally opened accounts, she fights against bank branch managers and opens a club in Ginza.

Cast
Takei Emi as Haraguchi Motoko
Eguchi Yosuke as Yasujima Tomio
Naka Riisa as Yamada Namiko
Takito Kenichi as Murai Tooru
Wada Masato as Makino
Naito Risa as Shimazaki Sumie
Takashima Masanobu as Hashida Tsuneo
Maya Miki as Iwamura Eiko
Takahata Atsuko as Nakaoka Ichiko
Okuda Eiji as Narabayashi Kenji
Ito Shiro as Hasegawa Shoji
Nagano Satomi (ep1,3,5)

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Hello Harinezumi

Title: ハロー張りネズミ
Title (romaji): Hello Harinezumi
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Detective
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 7.25%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-14 to 2017-Sep-15
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Yume Makase by Soil & "Pimp" Sessions feat. Noda Yojiro

Synopsis
The "Akatsuka Detective Agency" sits nestled in a quiet residential district of Tokyo, Shimo-Akatsuka in Itabashi Ward. Goro and Gure are laid-back employees who are more often found kicking back in a snack bar downstairs called "Kirara", fraternizing with its part-time barmaid, Moemi. One day, they hear a loud rapping on the ceiling above. By the third knock, they realize it's the signal from agency chief, Kaze Kahoru, that there's a new client! They rush upstairs to be cussed out by their boss who has been drinking since noon, but then turn their attention to the stranger in the room: a man named Kawada who is looking for his daughter whom he "lost" a month ago. -- TBS

Cast
Eita as Nanase Goro
Fukada Kyoko as Shidawara Ranko
Morita Go as Kogure Kyusaku (Gure)
Yamaguchi Tomoko as Kaze Kahoru (Chief)
Aoi Yu as Kawai Setsuko
Lily Franky as Minami
Nakaoka Soichi (中岡創一) as master
Katayama Moemi (片山萌美) as Moemi
Yajima Kenichi as Katagiri

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Keishicho Ikimono Gakari

Title: 警視庁いきもの係
Title (romaji): Keishicho Ikimono Gakari
Also known as: MPD: Animal Unit
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Comedy, detective, mystery
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 6.47%
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2017-Jul-09 to 2017-Sep-10
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: My Buddy by Choutokkyu

Synopsis
A detective Sudo Tomozo gets taken off the investigation section team after injuring himself in an incident. He gets sent to the window seat for the general affairs division of the police department. Also known as ‘MPD: Animal Unit,’ a police department which looks after animals and plants. There, he meets Usuki Keiko, a female animal geek who has veterinary qualifications. She loves animals more than people, and Tomozo is not happy about the way in which Keiko is going about her own way. However, Keiko uses the assistance of pets left at different crime scenes, to solve criminal mysteries one after another, through her vast knowledge and sharp observation skills. Keiko, who never fails to show affection for any kinds of creatures, somehow helps her lead on to solving criminal mysteries. While being in directly controlled by Keiko, Tomozo gradually gains respect for her and their combination eventually becomes effective. -- Fuji TV

Cast
Watabe Atsuro as Sudo Tomozo
Hashimoto Kanna as Usuki Keiko
Miura Shohei as Ishimatsu Kazuo
Hasegawa Tomoharu as Nitto Hajime
Ishikawa Ren (石川恋) as Mikasa Yayoi
Kiyohara Sho (清原翔) as Sakurai Kaoru
Yokoyama Daisuke (横山だいすけ) as Shijima Takuro
Denden as Nidegawa Shokichi
Terajima Susumu as Kito Tsutomu
Asano Atsuko as Tamaru Hiroko

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Akira to Akira

Drama: Akira and Akira (literal title)
Romaji: Akira to Akira
Japanese: アキラとあきら
Director: Toshiyuki Mizutani, Kosuke Suzuki
Writer: Jun Ikeido (novel), Youichi Maekawa
Network: WOWOW
Episodes:
Release Date: July 9, 2017 --
Runtime: Sundays 22:00
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Akira Kaido (Osamu Mukai) comes from a wealthy background. His father ran a large company. Akira Yamazaki (Takumi Saito) comes from a difficult background. His father went bankrupt and their family runaway during the middle of the night. Akira Kaido and Akira Yamazaki are hired at the same bank.

April, 1986, training for new bank employees takes place. Two teams are made to carry out a mission. Akira Kaido and Akira Yamazaki lead the opposing teams.

Cast
Osamu Mukai
Takumi Saito
Kotaro Koizumi
Rena Tanaka
Kento Kaku
Houka Kinoshita
Keisuke Horibe
Yutaka Matsushige
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Toshinori Omi
Kanji Ishimaru

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Final Fantasy XIV: Hikari no Otousan (2017)

Title: Final Fantasy XIV: Hikari no Otousan (2017)
Country: Japan
Type: Drama
Episodes: 7
Aired: Apr 17, 2017 to May 29, 2017
Aired On: Monday
Network: MBS
Duration: 30 min.

Plot
The original material for this drama comes from a blog titled "Gekikakusatsu SS Nikki" by a person named Mighty. In the drama, Inaba Hirotaro, who has only been devoted to working so far, is hooked on online games now that he is over 60. His son Mitsuo, a salaryman, is trying to reach out to his father as a game player in the same world of online games without disclosing his true identity. Despite the secrets that each of them have, father and son, start to understand each other and become them closer through the online games.

Cast
Osugi Ren
Chiba Yudai
Baba Fumika
Ishino Mako
Hakamada Yoshihiko
Kotobuku Minako

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