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SPEC 〜警視庁公安部公安第五課 未詳事件特別対策係事件簿〜 - "SPEC"
"SPEC" will revolve around a pair of police detectives as part of a special division solving difficult cases (Mishou). Touma Saya is a woman with an IQ of 201 and an inability to "read the atmosphere" in social situations. Due to a previous case, her left arm is in a sling. Her partner Sebumi Takeru used to be the star performer of the Metropolitan Police. After some incident however, he was transferred to Mishou. Those two track down offenders with special abilities(SPEC) who managed to get away with their crimes.
SPEC is a Japanese police procedural crime drama television series that premired on Oct 8, 2010, as a secound series of Japanese hit TV crime drama "Keizoku" that premired in 1990s. The movie series also became a big hit.
デスノート - "Death Note"
The story follows Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook from a Shinigami named Ryuk that grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name and face he knows. The series centers around Light's attempts to create and rule a world "cleansed of evil" as "God" using the notebook, and the efforts of a detective known as L to stop him.
Death Note is based on the great hit Japanese manga series "DEATH NOTE", with a circulation of 30,000,000 in the world.
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コウノドリ - "Kounodori"
The drama revolves around Kounotori Sakura, an Ob-Gyn doctor working at the Persona General Medical Centre who is also a gifted jazz pianist. His mother had died at childbirth and he was brought up in an orphanage, which is what fueled his ambition to be an ob-gyn. He hopes to be able to deliver every baby to this world, congratulating them on the gift of life given to their little bodies.
Kounodori is a Japanese medical drama television series that premiered on Oct 16, 2015, highly rated for its realism of the child delivery. The thema of each episodes such as "Postpartum depression" became a hot topic every week.
ホタルノヒカリ - "Hotaru no Hikari"
Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It’s a glamorous job but Hotaru’s private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn’t working she’s mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She’s not interested in men. In fact, she isn’t interested in anything. “I’d rather lay around than fool around,” is her motto.
Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano.
Hotaru no Hikari is a romantic comedy Japanese drama series that premiered on Jul 11, 2007. The expression "Himono Onna" that means a lazy woman who gives up on romance was emarged from this show. It also became a big hit in Taiwan.
ルーキーズ - "ROOKIES"
Koichi Kawato is the new Japanese Literature teacher at the ill-famed Futakotamagawa high school, whose baseball club is composed of thugs and bullies who have been suspended for a year from all school competitions, for causing a brawl during an official match. The newly appointed teacher finds that the club members left are only interested in women, smoking and doing nothing until, under Kawato's guidance, they discover their dream of going to the Koshien high school baseball tournament. However, the road to Koshien is far from easy as many obstacles await them.
ROOKIES is a Japanse sport and human drama that premired on Apr 19, 2008. The story about men's storong friendship became very popular among men.The movie also became a great hit.
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下町ロケット - "Shitamachi Rocket"
Tsukuda Kohei, a man who gives up his career as a researcher to succeed his father's manufacturing factory strives with his workers to overcome the troubles and pursue their passion in manufacturing.
Though Kohei quits research at the Space Science Development Agency to succeed Tsukuda Manufacturing, he cannot leave behind his passion for developing rocket. The cost for developing rocket engine has put Kohei's company in serious financial trouble. While he scrambles for funds, their rival company - Nakashima Industrial - sues Tsukuda Manufacturing for patent infringement. The company's reputation soon goes down and banks refuse to finance them, but then one of the leading companies in Japan, Teikoku Heavy Industries, offers to buy a Tsukuda's patent for 2 billion yen. Although the company is heavily in debt and desperately needs the cash, the patent is what the engineers put their dreams. Kohei - a president who is responsible for the living of his workers - faces a difficult judgement to make.
Shitamachi Rocket is a Japanese human drama that premired on Oct 18, 2015. The story about a business man who fights with the irrationality and injustice of his company captured Japanese people's hearts, and became the great tv shows in 2015.
秒速5センチメートル - "5 Centimeters per Second"
Takaki Toono and Akari Shinohara, two very close friends and classmates, are torn apart when Akari's family is transferred to another region of Japan due to her family's job. Despite separation, they continue to keep in touch through mail. When Takaki finds out that his family is also moving, he decides to meet with Akari one last time.
As years pass by, they continue down their own paths, their distance slowly growing wider and their contact with one another fades. Yet, they keep remembering one another and the times they have shared together, wondering if they will have the chance to meet once again.
5 Centimeters per Second is a 2007 Japanese animated romantic drama film produced, written and directed by Makoto Shinkai, who is known as a derector of the world great hit Japanese movie "Your Name".
名探偵コナン - "Detective Conan"
The story follows the adventures of Shinichi Kudo (also known as Jimmy Kudo in Case Closed), a young detective prodigy who was inadvertently shrunk into a child's body due to a poison he was force-fed by members of a criminal syndicate. Neighbor and family friend Professor Agasa strongly suggested Shinichi hide his identity to prevent them from killing him and the people he cares about, so Shinichi takes the name Conan Edogawa. He goes to live with his childhood friend Ran Mouri and her father, Kogoro, and tries to use Kogoro's detective agency as a way to find the people who shrank him—without letting Ran figure out who he really is.
Detective Conan is a Japanese well-known detective anime series that started on Jan 8, 1996, with more than 1,000 episodes of its original manga series. The movie show always become a big hit accross generations.
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のだめカンタービレ - "Nodame Cantabile"
Megumi Noda, or "Nodame" is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend's lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.
Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka's top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.
They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame's unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki got the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.
Nodame Cantabile is a Japanese human comedy anime that started on Jan 11, 2007, based on a manga series. The quality was highly reviewed by a classical music industry and classical music became a trend among people.
ぶらり途中下車の旅 - "Burari tochu gesha no tabi"
Burai tochi gesha no tabi is a Japanese long-ruuning traveling tv shows that started on Oct 3, 1992. A famous celeblity travels around Kanto region ramdomly by using public transportation.
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