Kangoku no Ohimesama Episode 9

Details

• Title: 監獄のお姫さま
• Title (romaji): Kangoku no Ohimesama
• Also known as: Prison Princesses
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Comedy
• Episodes: TBD
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-17 to 2017-Dec-??
• Air time: Tuesday 22:00
• Theme song: Showtime by Amuro Namie

Synopsis

Attempted murder, fraud and embezzlement, illicit drugs, tax evasion and even murder? Five women convinced of various crimes and a crime-loathing female warden put aside their differences to hatch a grand plot of revenge against a handsome but crooked company CEO. But the revenge plan keeps hitting snags. All of these mature women with interesting back stories meet in a female penitentiary and band together to clear each other of unjust sentences.

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School Counselor / Ashita no Yakusoku Episode 9

Details

• Title: 明日の約束
• Title (romaji): Ashita no Yakusoku
• Also known as: School Counselor / Tomorrow's Promise
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Mystery, school
• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast network: Fuji TV / KTV
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-17 to 2017-Dec-19
• Air time: Tuesday 21:00
• Theme song: Reboot by TVXQ

Synopsis

Aizawa Hinata is a high school counselor who provides support to students with school and family problems. This is motivated by the warped relationship she had with her over-controlling mother which she could not discuss with anyone. One day, a male student who has not been attending school confesses that he likes her. However, he dies mysteriously the next day. Hinata takes action to determine the cause of his death and learns that the boy suffered insidious bullying at school and excessive meddling by his mother. He had a record of delinquency and kept rough company. Hinata is hounded by his mother who believes that she is responsible for her son's suicide, and is driven to the verge of breaking down.。

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Totto-chan! Episode 52

Details

• Title: トットちゃん!
• Title (romaji): Totto-chan!
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama
• Episodes: 60
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-02 to 2017-Dec-22
• Air time: Mon-Fri 12:30

Synopsis

This drama is based on Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's life.

The story begins four years before Kuroyanagi was born in 1933 when Chou and Moritsuna meet for the first time and how they go through the tough days during the war and after it as a star is born into their family. Chou aspired to be an opera singer and was attending music school when she met the talented violinist Moritsuna.

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Warotenka Episode 62

Details

• Title: わろてんか
• Title (romaji): Warotenka
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama
• Episodes: 151
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-02 to 2018-Mar-31
• Air time: Mon-Sat 8:00
• Theme song: Ashita wa Doko Kara by Matsu Takako

Synopsis

The 97th NHK Asadora is about Ten, a cheerful girl born in Kyoto in the late Meiji period, who finds great joy in a life filled with laughter. After getting married, she and her husband launch a storytellers' hall management in Osaka, leading her to become the first woman to bring comedy into business in Japan.

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Ayamachi Scramble Episode 4

Risa has always been interested in her colleague but she suddenly starts to imagine how it would be if he had an affair with a married woman who she just met the day before even though there is nothing like that happening in reality. Her wild imagination gets her into serious trouble as she keeps making mistakes due to her exaggerated fantasy.

• Native title: 過ちスクランブル
• Also Known as: Mistake Scramble
• Genres: Comedy, Romance

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Ima kara Anata wo Kyohaku Shimasu Episode 8

Details

• Title: 今からあなたを脅迫します
• Title (romaji): Ima kara Anata wo Kyohaku Shimasu
• Also known as: May I blackmail you?
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Suspense comedy
• Episodes: 9
• Broadcast network: NTV
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-15 to 2017-Dec-17
• Air time: Sunday 22:30
• Theme song: Let it snow! 

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Otoko no Misao Episode 5

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Ishitsubute Episode 6

Profile

• Drama: Throwing Stone (literal title)
• Romaji: Ishitsubute: Gaimusho Kimitsuhi wo Abaita Sosa Nika no Otokotachi
• Japanese: 石つぶて ～外務省機密費を暴いた捜査二課の男たち～
• Director: Setsuro Wakamatsu
• Writer: Hidetoshi Kiyotake (nove), Masashi Todayama
• Network: WOWOW
• Episodes: 8
• Release Date: November 5, 2017 --
• Runtime: Sundays 22:00
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

One billion yen disappears, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs becomes silent. Detective Atsuhito Kizaki (Koichi Sato) and Detective Teruaki Saimi (Yosuke Eguchi) try to uncover the truth behind the missing money.

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Rikuou Episode 8

Details

• Title: 陸王
• Title (romaji): Rikuou
• Also known as: Rikuoh
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Corporate
• Episodes: TBD
• Broadcast network: TBS
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-15 to 2017-Dec-??
• Air time: Sunday 21:00

Synopsis

Miyazawa Koichi runs a small, but longstanding company which makes tabi (traditional Japanese socks). He is the CEO of the fourth generation company with about 20 employees. Due to a decrease of demand for tabi, the company is struggling to keep afloat. Miyazawa Koichi thinks about launching a new product line. The new product is running shoes. For the company's surival, Miyazawa Koichi begins to develop running shoes using their accumulated knowledge for making tabi. 

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Onna Joushu Naotora Episode 49

Details

• Title: おんな城主 直虎
• Title (romaji): Onna Joushu Naotora
• Also known as: Naotora: The Lady Warlord
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki
• Episodes: 50
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2017-Jan-08 to 2017-Dec-17
• Air time: Sunday 20:00

Synopsis

During the Sengoku Period, Ii Naomori, the head of the Ii family of Totomi (present day western Shizuoka), was killed in war. There were no male successors but only one princess. Taking the manly name, Naotora, she became the female lord of the castle in this turbulent age. However, the vassals could not hide their dismay. They did not think there was anything a female could do. At a time when the three major powers – the Imagawa clan of Suruga Province, Takeda clan of Kai Province and Tokugawa clan of Mikawa Province – were lying in wait for territory, her true worth as the lord was called into question. The only things Naotora could depend on in this place which had scarce resources and military might, were her own intellect and courage. She joined hands with comrades to run the province, resolutely survived and laid the foundation for future development. Her motivating force was her single-minded love for her fiance whom she made a promise to in her childhood. 

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Orphan Black: 7 Genes Episode 2

Profile

• Drama: Orphan Black: 7 Genes (English & literal title)
• Romaji: Ofan Burakku: Nanatsu no Idenshi
• Japanese: オーファン・ブラック～七つの遺伝子～
• Director: Makito Murakami, Mirai Shibuya, Yoshikazu Kaneko
• Writer: Yumiko Aoyagi
• Network: Fuji TV, Tokai TV
• Episodes: 8
• Release Date: December 2, 2017 - January 27, 2018
• Runtime: Saturdays 23:40-24:35
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Sara Aoyama (Kang Ji-Young) was an orphan and is now a single mother. She has suffered through poverty, lack of understanding from society and other problems that led to her being separated from her daughter. She believes that if she has money, her life will change. One day, Sara Aoyama sees a woman killing herself by jumping in front of a train. The woman who jumped looks just like her doppleganger. Sara Aoyama is stunned, but takes the woman's bag. Since then, her life takes an unpredictable turn.

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Meishi Game Episode 2

Details

• Title: 名刺ゲーム
• Title (romaji): Meishi Game
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama, suspense
• Episodes: 4
• Broadcast network: WOWOW
• Broadcast period: 2017-Dec-02 to 2017-Dec-23
• Air time: Saturday 22:00

Plot

Kanda (Shinichi Tsutsumi) is a producer of a popular quiz program. When he wakes up, he finds himself wearing a mysterious necklace and there a lot of business cards scattered on the floor. His daughter (Karen Otomo) is there and wearing the same necklace. Kanda and his daughter are locked up in a secret room.

Mysterious man X (Masaki Okada) appears in front of Kanda. X suggests to him the “Meishi Game” ("Business Card Game") with a 2 hour time limit. The rule of the game is for Kanda to find the business cards he received and return them to the owner of the business, but, if Kanda makes a mistake, his daughter will blow up. Kanda accepts the challenge to save his daughter and there is also a hidden secret.

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Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku Episode 9

Details

• Title: 先に生まれただけの僕
• Title (romaji): Saki ni Umareta Dake no Boku
• Also known as: My High School Business
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama, school
• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast network: NTV
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-14 to 2017-Dec-16
• Air time: Saturday 22:00
• Theme song: Doors ~Yuuki no Kiseki~ by Arashi

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Prison Hotel Episode 9

Details

• Title: プリズンホテル
• Title (English): Prison Hotel
• Format: Renzoku
• Episodes: 10
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 1999-Apr-17 to 1999-Jun-19
• Theme song: Stellar by Matsumoto Akiko
  • Insert theme: Elegy by Kaientai

Synopsis

Takanosuke visits a small "prison hotel" whose owner is a "yakuza" gangstar leader (Takeda Tetsuya) to try to find her lost mother.

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Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Season 3 Episode 3

Profile

• Drama: Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Season 3
• Romaji: Seirei no Moribito Saishusho
• Japanese: 精霊の守り人 最終章
• Director: Keiji Kataoka, Takashi Isshiki
• Writer: Nahoko Uehashi (novel), Sumio Omori
• Episodes: 9
• Release Date: November 25, 2017 - January 20, 2018
• Runtime: Saturdays 21:00-21:58
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

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Ashi-girl Episode 11

Details

• Title: アシガール
• Title (romaji): Ashi-girl
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Jidaigeki, sci-fi
• Episodes: 12
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2017-Sep-23 to 2017-Dec-16
• Air time: Saturday 18:05

Synopsis

Hayakawa Yui is a 16-year-old female high school student who is light on her feet. She happens to travel through time to the Warring States period and encounters a young lord whom she falls in love with at first sight. To protect him, she decides to become an "ashigaru," meaning foot soldier in Japanese, and runs through battle fields.

Ashi-girl Full Episodes With English Subs

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Warotenka Episode 60

Profile

Drama: Warotenka

Romaji: Warotenka

Japanese: わろてんか

Director: Kazuhiro Motoki, Mitsuhiro Higashiyama, Hideaki Kawano

Writer: Tomoko Yoshida

Episodes: 151

Release Date: October 2, 2017 - March 31, 2018

Runtime: Mon-Sat 8:00-8:15

Language: Japanese

Country: Japan

Plot

Set in the late Meiji period (Meiji period: 1868-1912).

Ten Fujioka's (Wakana Aoi) family has run a drug wholesale store for generations in Kyoto. She laughs a lot, but, due to her laugh, important business talk flounders. Her father, Gihee (Kenichi Endo), tells her not to laugh. One day, she meets a man Tokichi Kitamura (Tori Matsuzaka) who is chased by a bunch of men. Since then, Ten’s life changes.

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Setoutsumi Episode 9

Profile

• Drama: Setoutsumi
• Romaji: Setoutsumi
• Japanese: セトウツミ
• Director: Natsuki Seta, Yuichiro Sakashita, Mitsuru Sugita
• Writer: Kazuya Konomoto (manga), Dai Miyazaki
• Episodes:
• Release Date: October, 2017 --
• Runtime: Fridays 24:52-25:23
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

So Utsumi (Mahiro Takasugi) doesn't have many friend. After school and before going to a private institute, he kills time by doing nothing on the riverside. One day, Shokichi Seto (Shono Hayama) appears in front of him. Shokichi quit the soccer team and he nothing to do. They spend time together.

In front of the two guys, Ichigo Kashimura and Hatsumi, from the same high school, appears.

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Shinjuku Seven Episode 9

Profile

• Drama: Shinjuku Seven
• Romaji: Shinjuku Sebun
• Japanese: 新宿セブン
• Director: Michihito Fujii, Yasushi Ueda, Genta Sato, Daiden Yamauchi
• Writer: Subaru Mizuki (manga), Michinori Oku (manga), Yoshitatsu Yamada, Junpei Yamaoka, Kiyoto Wada, Kazuhisa Kodera
• Episodes:
• Release Date: October 13, 2017 --
• Runtime: Fridays 0:12
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

Nanase (Tatsuya Ueda) runs a pawnshop in the Kabukicho area of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. He is a genius appraiser able to distinguish fakes from originals. He gets pretty much everything at his pawnshop. When clients come to his shop, Nanase appraises their items and also tries to solve their worries.

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Juuyou Sankounin Tantei Episode 8

Details

• Title: 重要参考人探偵
• Title (romaji): Juuyou Sankounin Tantei
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Comedy, mystery
• Episodes: 7
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 2017-Oct-20 to 2017-Dec-08
• Air time: Friday 23:15
• Theme song: Akai Kajitsu by Kis-My-Ft2

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Machi Koba no Onna Episode 3

Details

• Title: マチ工場のオンナ
• Title (romaji): Machikoba no Onna
• Also known as: A Female Factory Owner
• Format: Renzoku
• Genre: Drama
• Episodes: 7
• Broadcast network: NHK
• Broadcast period: 2017-Nov-24 start
• Air time: Friday 22:00
• Theme song: Atarashii Ashita by Matsuda Seiko

Synopsis

A story depicting challenging days of a 32-year-old homemaker who takes over a small factory followed by her father's sudden death. Being fiercely opposed by other company executives who treat her as a figurehead president, she strives for the survival of the factory to fulfill a promise made to her late father

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