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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Circle: Two Worlds Connected

Drama: Circle: Two Worlds Connected
Revised romanization: Sseokeul: Yieojin Doo Segye
Hangul: 써클 : 이어진 두 세계
Director: Min Jin-Ki
Writer: Kim Jin-Hee, Yoo Hye-Mi, Ryoo Moon-Sang, Park Eun-Mi
Network: tvN
Episodes: 12
Release Date: May 22 - June 27, 2017
Runtime: Mondays & Tuesdays 23:00
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot
Story is set in the present day and the year 2037. An alien comes to Earth. The alien believes human's emotion should be controlled or they will have no future. The alien becomes involved with humans.

Cast
Yeo Jin-Goo
Kong Seung-Yeon
An Woo-Yeon
Seo Hyun-Chul
Kim Joong-Ki
Kim Kang-Woo
Lee Gi-Kwang
Seo Hyun-Chul
Oh Eui-Sik
Kwon Hyuk-Soo
Min Sung-Wook
Nam Myung-Ryul
Yoo Young

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2030 Kanata no Kazoku

Title: 2030かなたの家族
Title (romaji): 2030 Kanata no Kazoku
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Drama, family, sci-fi
Viewership ratings: 5.1%
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast date: 2015-Sep-26
Air time: 21:00 - 22:29

Synopsis
In Tokyo in the year 2030, 27-year-old Itakura Kakeru lives in a shared apartment. He is suddenly approached by Ogiwara Misae, his housemate three years his senior, about wanting his help to have a child. Kakeru has never even considered having a family before. But as he searches for an answer for Misae, he comes face to face with his parents, grandparents and younger sister who went their separate ways 15 years ago, and starts to consider what family is. And then, Kakeru gives more than a passing thought to the significance of being connected to someone.

Cast
Eita as Itakura Kakeru
Renbutsu Misako as Itakura Emii
Matsushige Yutaka as Itakura Toru
Kobayashi Satomi as Itakura Keiko
Yamamoto Gaku as Itakura Katsuzo
Watanabe Misako as Itakura Satoko
Aibu Saki as Ogiwara Misae
Kohinata Fumiyo as Naruhodo (voice)

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Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo

Title: 時をかける少女
Title (romaji): Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
Also known as: The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sci-fi, romance
Episodes: 5
Viewership ratings: 6.46%
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2016-Jul-09 to 2016-Aug-06
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: LOVE TRIP by AKB48
Ending theme: Koi wo Shiranai Kimi e by NEWS
Related TV shows: Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (Fuji TV, 1985), Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo (Fuji TV, 1994)

Synopsis
With next year's university entrance exams looming, high school senior Yoshiyama Mihane is beginning to feel the blues. She recently joined the school's photography club. As she walks by the science lab one day after school, she smells the aroma of lavender. From that moment on, she acquires the ability to leap freely through time and the days ahead are marked with bizarre occurrences...

Fukamachi is Mihane's classmate and childhood friend. Or at least that's what everyone thinks. The truth is, Fukamachi came from the future, where he is a brilliant researcher who develops a drug that enables time leaps. He uses the drug to visit the year 2016 but loses it and is unable to return for the time being.

Her romantic feelings for a boy that came from the future lasts but a few days, and those memories are now beginning to fade. -- NTV

Cast
Kuroshima Yuina as Yoshiyama Mihane
Kikuchi Fuma as Fukamachi Shohei / Ken Sogoru
Takeuchi Ryoma as Asakura Goro
Nekoze Tsubaki as Asakura Yui
Taguchi Hiromasa as Asakura Tsutomu
Yoshimoto Miyu as Zoe
Takahashi Katsumi as Miura Hiroshi
Nonami Maho as Matsushita Yuri
Igarashi Hinata as Matsushita Keita
Komatsu Kazushige as Yoshiyama Kyoji
Aran Kei (安蘭けい) as Yoshiyama Kaori
Ishii Momoka as Yoshiyama Naho
Yui P (ゆいP) as Maekawa Yoko
Furuhata Seika as Ojou / Terasaki
Miura Toko as Erichin / Kinoshita
Yagi Rikako (八木莉可子) as Onishi Atsumi
Kato Shigeaki as Yano Kazutaka
Takahata Atsuko as Fukamachi Naoko
Takatsuki Sara as Miho (ep2)

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Nobunaga Concerto The Movie

Movie: Nobunaga Concerto
Romaji: Nobunaga Kontseruto
Japanese: 信長協奏曲
Director: Hiroaki Matsuyama
Writer: Ayumi Ishii (manga), Masafumi Nishida, Michitaka Okada, Keisuke Uyama
Producer: Naoto Inaba, Ken Murase, Shinya Furugori
Cinematographer: Shoji Ehara
Release Date: January 23, 2016
Runtime: 126 min.
Genre: Based on a Comic / Time Travel / Adventure / Sci-Fi
Production Company: Fuji TV
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Saburo (Shun Oguri) is a high school student good in sports, but not very good with his studies. One day, Saburo travels back in time and arrives in the Sengoku period of 1549. There, Saburo meets Nobunaga Oda who looks and sounds just like Saburo. Nobunaga Oda is the son of a warlord and magistrate of the lower Owari Province. Nobunaga Oda though is physically weak and he asks Saburo to take his place. Then, Saburo as Nobunaga Oda attempts to unify the country of Japan.

Cast
Shun Oguri
Kou Shibasaki
Osamu Mukai
Takayuki Yamada
Taisuke Fujigaya
Kiko Mizuhara
Gaku Hamada
Arata Furuta
Masahiro Takashima

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The Virgin Psychics (Movie All Esper Dayo!)

Movie: The Virgin Psychics (English title) / Movie All Esper Dayo! (literal itle)
Romaji: Eiga Minna! Esupa Dayo!
Japanese: 映画 みんな！エスパーだよ！
Director: Sion Sono
Writer: Kiminori Wakasugi (manga), Shinichi Tanaka, Sion Sono
Producer:
Cinematographer: Hajime Kanda
Release Date: September 4, 2015
Runtime: 114 min.
Genre: Teen / Comedy / Sci-Fi
Distributor: Gaga Corporation
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
In Notsu, Oita Prefecture, an ordinary high school student, Yoshio Kamogawa (Shota Sometani), suddenly gains supernatural power.

Cast
Shota Sometani
Elaiza Ikeda
Erina Mano
Makita Sports
Motoki Fukami
Reiya Masaki
Megumi Kagurazaka
Ken Yasuda
Maryjun Takahashi
Tokio Emoto
Ami Tomite
Rosa Sahel
Anna Konno
Mizuki Hoshina
Ai Shinozaki
Airi Shimizu
Rika Hoshina

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Attack on Titan: End of the World

Movie: Attack on Titan: End of the World
Romaji: Shingeki no kyojin: Attack on Titan - End of the World
Japanese: 進撃の巨人 ATTACK ON TITAN エンド オブ ザ ワールド
Director: Shinji Higuchi
Writer:Hajime Isayama (manga), Yusuke Watanabe, Tomohiro Machiyama
Producer: Yuji Ishida, Genki Kawamura, Yoshihiro Sato
Cinematographer: Shoji Ehara
Release Date: September 19, 2015
Runtime: 87 min.
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
Eren (Haruma Miura) leaves to restore a break in the wall destroyed by a Titan. He comes under attack by the Titans and is cornered. Shikishima (Hiroki Hasegawa) comes to his aid. The titans never stops attacking.

Eren is now injured and tries to protect Armin (Kanata Hongo), but is swallowed by a titan. A Titan with black hair appears and begins to expel the other titans.

Cast
Haruma Miura
Hiroki Hasegawa
Kiko Mizuhara
Kanata Hongo
Takahiro Miura
Nanami Sakuraba
Satoru Matsuo
Shu Watanabe
Ayame Misaki
Rina Takeda
Pierre Taki
Satomi Ishihara
Jun Kunimura

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Love & Peace

Movie: Love & Peace
Romaji: Rabu＆Pisu
Japanese: ラブ＆ピース
Director: Sion Sono
Writer: Sion Sono
Producer: Hirohumi Shigemura, Hidetoshi Yamamoto, Naoto Miyamoto, Atsushi Moriyama, Masao Teshima, Eiichi Kamagata, Takeshi Suzuki
Cinematographer: Nobuya Kimura
Release Date: June 27, 2015
Runtime: 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy / Sci-Fi
Distributor: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
In the summer of 2015 in Tokyo, Japan. Ryoichi (Hiroki Hasegawa) dreamed of becoming a punk rocker when he was younger, but became a timid salaryman at a musical instrument parts company. He has feelings for (Kumiko Aso), but he can't tell her how he feels..

One day, he has a fateful meeting with a turtle on the rooftop of a department store. He names the turtle Pikadon and he adores it, but his co-workers laugh at him. Ryoichi throws Pikadon into the toilet. He regrets what he did. The turtle though goes through sewerage and meets an old man (Toshiyuki Nishida) who lives in the underground. Something then happens.

Cast
Hiroki Hasegawa
Kumiko Aso
Toshiyuki Nishida
Kiyohiko Shibukawa
Makita Sports
Motoki Fukami
Toru Tezuka
Eita Okuno
Dai Hasegawa
Yukimasa Tanimoto

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Watashi wo Hanasanaide

Title: わたしを離さないで
Title (romaji): Watashi wo Hanasanaide
Title (English): Never Let Me Go
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sci-fi
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 6.81%
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2016-Jan-15 to 2016-Mar-18
Air time: Friday 22:00

Synopsis
30-year-old Kyoko has a "job". The story starts with her looking back 20 years to her boarding school of Yoko Gakuen in the mountains. Tomohiko, Miwa, and Kyoko are all in the same grade. Inspired by the educational philosophy of the principal - Emiko, teacher Tatsuko joins the boarding school staff, but soon finds the school rather strange... -- TBS

Cast
Ayase Haruka as Hoshina Kyoko
Miura Haruma as Doi Tomohiko
Mizukawa Asami as Sakai Miwa
Nakai Noemie as Manami (ep3-)
Babazono Azusa (馬場園梓) as Tamayo (ep3-)
Onishi Ayaka (大西礼芳) as Hana (ep3-)
Shirahane Yuri as Kanai Aguri (ep4-)
Abe Shinnosuke as Joji (ep4-)
Kawamura Yosuke as Shin (ep4-)
Matsuoka Emiko as Momo (ep4-)
Inoue Yoshio as Tachibana Kosuke (ep4-)
Kajihara Zen as Minegishi (ep4-)
Yamano Umi as Katsue
Matobu Sei as Madame
Ito Ayumi as Horie Tatsuko
Komoto Masahiro as Yamazaki Jiro
Aso Yumi as Kamikawa Emiko

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Strayer's Chronicle

Movie: Strayer's Chronicle
Romaji: Sutoreiyazu Kuronikuru
Japanese: ストレイヤーズ・クロニクル
Director: Takahisa Zeze
Writer: Takayoshi Honda (novel), Kohei Kiyasu
Release Date: June 27, 2015
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
In the early 1990s, experiments were carried out secretly in Japan. Two different methods were used in the experiments. One method involved forcing stress upon expecting parents and when the baby was born, provoke the baby into mutations and develop their special abilities. The other method involved birth to babies having abilities of animals and insects. The special abilities were derived from gene manipulation. Subaru, Saya and others were born from those experiments.

Subaru (Masaki Okada) possesses incredible strength and vision. Saya (Riko Narumi) possesses super hearing abilities. They both grew up in the same facility. They work for Koichiro Watase (Tsuyoshi Ihara) who is the senior Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs and has lofty ambitions as a politician. Koichiro Watase then orders them to find the runaway daughter of a powerful politician. The runaway girl has in her possession a secret file. Subaru, Saya and others become involved in the slaughter group "Ageha." The group is led by Manabu (Shota Sometani).

Cast
Masaki Okada - Subaru
Shota Sometani - Manabu
Riko Narumi - Saya
Mayu Matsuoka - Momo
Yuina Kuroshima - Aoi
Sara Takatsuki - Shizuka
Shunya Shiraishi - Watari
Hiroya Shimizu - Ryosuke
Toshiki Seto - Ryuji
Shuntaro Yanagi - Hide
Nobuyuki Suzuki - So
Tsuyoshi Ihara - Koichiro Watase (Senior Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs)
Kosuke Toyohara
Renji Ishibashi

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Time Trip App (Bakumatsu Kokosei)

Movie: Time Trip App (English title) / Late Edo Period High School Student (literal title)

Romaji: Bakumatsu Kokosei

Japanese: 幕末高校生

Director: Toshio Lee

Writer: Taku Mayumura (original novel), Atsuko Hashibe

Producer: Yoshihiro Suzuki, Kaoru Matsuzaki, Kazuma Kuryu, Noriko Koyanagi

Cinematographer: Osamu Fujiishi

World Premiere: July 18, 2014 (PiFan)

Release Date: July 26, 2014

Runtime: 108 min.

Genre: Drama / Sci-Fi / Time Travel

Distributor: Toei

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Plot

In 1868, a battle between new government forces and shogunate forces are about to take place in Edo. Katsu Kaishu (Hiroshi Tamaki) wants to avoid useless bloodshed and sends a peace envoy to Takamori Saigō, but Katsu Kaishu is unable to get a response from Takamori Saigō. One day, Katsu Kaishu meets high school teacher Mikako (Satomi Ishihara) and her student Masaya who is captivated by the shogunate. Mikako and her student Masaya tells Katsu Kaishu that they are from the future. Katsu Kaishu takes care of Mikako and her student Masaya, while Mikako hopes to go back to the future where she came from.

Cast

Hiroshi Tamaki

Satomi Ishihara

Tokio Emoto

Haruna Kawaguchi

Yudai Chiba

Mitsuki Tanimura

Yo Yoshida

Kunito Watanabe

Hajime Inoue

Ikuji Nakamura

Eisuke Sasai

Kyusaku Shimada

Akira Emoto

Daisuke Ryu

Ginnojo Yamazaki

Masato Ibu

Renji Ishibashi

Koichi Sato

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Samurai Sensei

Title: サムライせんせい
Title (romaji): Samurai Sensei
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sci-fi, comedy
Episodes: 8
Viewership ratings: 6.71%
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2015-Oct-23 to 2015-Dec-11
Air time: Friday 23:15

Synopsis
Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai of Tosa domain who campaigned for the expulsion of foreigners, unwittingly travels 150 years in time from the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate to present day Japan. Becoming a teacher at a private school run by Saeki Makoto in a village in the remote countryside through an unexpected turn of events, he solves all kinds of problems with methods unique to a samurai. Hanpeita is reunited with his good friend Sakamoto Ryoma, who quickly adjusted to modern times after travelling in time to the present slightly before him, and lives in Tokyo as a journalist called Narasaki. -- Jdrama Weblog

Cast
Nishikido Ryo as Takechi Hanpeita
Kamiki Ryunosuke as Sakamoto Ryoma
Higa Manami as Saeki Haruka
Fujii Ryusei as Saeki Toranosuke
Kuroshima Yuina as Akagi Sachiko
Ishida Nicole as Shinohara Rio
Kajihara Zen as Komiyama Kiichi
Morimoto Leo as Saeki Makoto

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Parasyte Part 2

Movie: Parasyte Part 2
Romaji: Kiseiju Kanketsu Hen
Japanese: 寄生獣 完結編
Director: Takashi Yamazaki
Writer: Hitoshi Iwaaki (manga), Ryota Kosawa
Release Date: April 25, 2015
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Cast
Shota Sometani - Shinichi Izumi
Ai Hashimoto - Satomi Murano
Sadao Abe - Migi
Eri Fukatsu - Teacher Ryoko Tamiya
Masahiro Higashide - Hideo Shimada (mysterious transfer student)
Nao Omori - Kuramori (freelance journalist)
Pierre Taki - Miki
Hirofumi Arai - Uragami (serial killer)
Kazuki Kitamura - Takeshi Hirokawa (mysterious mayor candidate)
Tadanobu Asano - Goto (Takeshi Hirokawa’s bodyguard)
Kimiko Yo - Nobuko Izumi (Shinichi Izumi’s mother)
Jun Kunimura - Detective Hirama

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Parasyte: Part 1

Plot
Aliens enter into human brains via ear canal and take control of their bodies. One of the aliens tries to enter into teenager Shinichi Izumi's brain, but is blocked because of his headphones. Instead, it invades his right hand. Shinichi calls it Migi, which has now an eye and a mouth. Accepting the fact that one would die if another dies, they join forces against other parasites.

Cast
Shota Sometani as Shinichi Izumi
Sadao Abe as Migi
Eri Fukatsu as Ryoko Tamiya
Ai Hashimoto as Satomi Murano
Masahiro Higashide as Hideo Shimada
Nao Omori as Kuramori
Kazuki Kitamura as Tsuyoshi Hirokawa
Pierre Taki as Miki
Hirofumi Arai as Uragami
Jun Kunimura as Lieutenant Hirama
Kimiko Yo as Nobuko Izumi
Tadanobu Asano as Goto

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Tamagawa Kuyakusho of the dead

Title: 玉川区役所 OF THE DEAD
Title (romaji): Tamagawa Kuyakusho of the dead
Also known as: Tamagawa ward of the dead
Genre: Drama 24
Episodes: 12
Format: Renzoku
Broadcast Network: TV Tokyo
Broadcast Period: 2014-Oct-03
Airtime: Friday 24:12
Opening theme song: No Way by The Bawdies
Ending theme song: Subarashi Sekai (Amazing World) by Flower Flower

Synopsis
16 years ago, there was an occurrence of zombies in western Mexico. They rapidly spread around the world through the transmission of a virus. The world was thrown into panic with the appearance of the first zombies, but because their movements were slow and they were also feeble, zombies were not commonly perceived to be such a threat and their existence became an everyday affair. In Tamagawa ward in Japan, there is a special welfare division where all the defective staff members from other divisions have been transferred. The primary responsibilities of this division are to manage and capture special insurance subjects (residents carrying the zombie virus or zombified residents). Akaba Shinsuke is one such staff member, but he is in no way motivated. In his 25 years, he has had no one to call girlfriend and leads an uninspiring life. However, one day, a girl with the looks of an idol and skills of a martial artist is assigned as a rookie … --jdrama wordpress--

Cast
Hayashi Kento as Akabane Shinsuke
Hirose Alice as Tachibana Rin
Chiba Masako as Akabane Midori
Matsuzawa Kazuyuki as Akabane Shinishi
Kaneko Nobuaki as Koda Kenji
Takahashi Tsutomu as Okawa Tsuyoshi
Katagiri Jin as Tanokura Kei
Tabata Tomoko as Sasaki Miwa
Kondo Koen as Sasaki Naohiro
Furutachi Kanji as Omori Junichiro
Toyoda Eri as Ono Nagisa

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Monsterz

Movie: Monsterz
Romaji: Monsterz Monsutazu
Japanese: MONSTERZ モンスターズ
Director: Hideo Nakata
Writer:
Producer:
Cinematographer:
World Premiere:' March 6, 2014 (Deauville Asian Film Festival)
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Runtime:
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot
A man (Tatsuya Fujiwara) possesses a special ability to manipulate others with just his eyes. Because of this special ability, he killed his abusive father and was abandoned by his mother. He now lives a lonely life in the dark side of a city.
Meanwhile, Shuichi Tanaka (Takayuki Yamada) doesn't have a family and lives with his friends. Even though he is poor, he has a bright outlook on life.
One day, these two men meet. The man becomes confused, because he can't manipulate Shuichi with his eyes.

Cast
Tatsuya Fujiwara
Takayuki Yamada
Satomi Ishihara
Tomorowo Taguchi
Motoki Ochiai
Taiga
Masaki Miura
Mina Fujii
Yutaka Matsushige
Tae Kimura

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Time Spiral

(2 DVD)

Title: タイムスパイラル
Title (romaji): Time Spiral
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Science fiction, love, mystery
Episodes: 8
Viewership ratings: TBD
Broadcast network: NHK BS Premium
Broadcast period: 2014-Sept-02
Air time: Tuesday 23:15-23:44

Synopsis

A swirling spiral of space and time connecting the past and the future.
When Aizawa Natsuki was a child, she was kidnapped which left her severely & emotionally traumatized. Natsuki grew up relying on her friend Yuki Kentaro. She now studies physics at a university. One day, she meets newly appointed professor Tatsumi Shuya. From then on, mysterious events occur continuously around Natsuki. Shuya is a time traveller who travels between the future and the past.
What could be the fate of this hero and heroine?

Cast

Kuroki Meisa as Aizawa Natsuki
Gackt as Tatsumi Shuya, professor
Hiraoka Yuta as Yuki Kentaro, Natsuki's friend
Akimoto Naomi as
Kishimoto Kayoko as
Taketomi Kiyoka (竹富聖花) as

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Nobunaga no Chef 2

Title: 信長のシェフ
Title (romaji): Nobunaga no Shefu 2
Title (English): A Chef of Nobunaga 2
Format: Renzoku
Broadcast network: TV Asahi

Synopsis
French chef Ken, who went back in time to the Sengoku period and became the personal chef of Oda Nobunaga, has regained a part of his lost memory. He learnt the way to return to the present with the help of Akechi Mitsuhide but did not go back and chose to live as Nobunaga’s chef. Nobunaga’s biggest and strongest enemy, the warlord Takeda Shingen and Nobunaga’s official wife Nouhime appears, heralding ups and downs in the relationship of trust between Nobunaga and Ken. And will Mitsuhide cause the Honnoji Incident? --jdramas wordpress--

Cast
Tamamori Yuta as Ken
Oikawa Mitsuhiro as Oda Nobunaga
Shida Mirai as Natsu
Kashii Yu as Nazo no Onna
Gori as Kinoshita Tokichiro Hideyoshi
Ashina Sei as Kaede
Ukaji Takashi as Mori Yoshinari
Cunning Takeyama as Tokugawa Ieyasu
Masana Bokuzo as Ashikaga Yoshiaki
Inagaki Goro as Akechi Mitsuhide
Nagase Ren as Mori Ranmaru
Kitaro as Head Chef Inoue
Kaku Kento as Takeda Katsuyori
Sasaki Nozomi as Karen (ep 1)

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Akumu-chan 2014 SP

Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Science fiction, comedy
Episodes: 1
Broadcast Date: 2014-May-02
Airtime: Friday 21:00

Cast

Kitagawa Keiko as Mutoi Ayami
Gackt as Shiki Takashi, Yumeoji
Marius Yo as Young Yumeoji
Yuka as Hirashima Kotoha
Kimura Manatsu as Koto Yuiko
Hamada Mari as Kaibara Satoko
Okada Keisuke (岡田圭右) as Mugiyama Yuichi
Kawamura Yosuke as Inamoto Katsuyuki
Wada Masato as Yamasato Mineki
Anan Kenji as Nakagomi Shinya
Kimura Midoriko as Amasawa Tatsuko
Kohinata Fumiyo as Koto Bannosuke
Tamai Shiori (玉井詩織) as the voice of Yumenoke

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Gatchaman

Movie: Gatchaman
Romaji: Gatchaman
Japanese: ガッチャマン
Director: Toya Sato
Writer: Yusuke Watanabe
Producer: Tomoko Jo, Naoki Sato
Cinematographer: Takahiro Tsutai
Release Date: August 24, 2013
Runtime: 113 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Distributor: Toho
Language: Japanese
Country: Japan

Plot

Set in the near future in Tokyo, Japan. The evil terrorist organization Galactor has declared war on the world. The group possesses more advanced technology than governments and occupies over half of the planet. Dr. Kozaburo Nambu of the International Science Organization gathers together 5 superhero ninja agents, known collectively as Gatchaman, to stop Galactor

Cast

Tori Matsuzaka
Gou Ayano
Ayame Gouriki
Tatsuomi Hamada
Ryohei Suzuki
Eriko Hatsune
Shido Nakamura
Ken Mitsuishi
Goro Kishitani

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