Gokusen Season 3 (JDrama 2008)

Gokusen Season 3 (JDrama 2008)

Details:
Title: ごくせん
Title (romaji): Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Broadcast network: NTV

Season 3
Viewership rating: 22.5 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jun
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Niji by Aqua Timez
Insert song: Oretachi no Seishun by Takaki Yuya


Episode Information:
01 That Yankumi has returned. Finally, the revival of the legendary school drama!!
02 From now on, you guys are my friends!!
03 Start over anytime!!
04 A sister and brother's bond of tears
05 Don't think you can make it through life alone
06 First love... Protect the one dearest to you
07 Don't make excuses for yourself!!
08 Become stronger!! The birth of a new life
09 Our friends are a lifelong treasure!!
10 Obtain happiness by your own hands!!
11 Yankumi's last tearful cry... Cherish life!!

~2 DVD

External links:
# Gokusen at Wikipedia
# List of Gokusen episodes at Wikipedia
# Gokusen - DramaWiki at Main Page - DramaWiki

Gokusen Season 2 (JDrama 2005)

Details

Title: ごくせん
Title (romaji): Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Broadcast network: NTV


Season 2

Episodes: 10 + 1 Special
Viewership rating: 27.8% (not including SP)
Broadcast period: 2005-Jan-15 to 2005-Mar-19
SP: 2005-Oct-08
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: No More Cry by D-51 / Kizuna by Kamenashi Kazuya (insert song)


Synopsis

Half a year has passed and Shirokin Gakuen has closed down. Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) finds herself a teacher of a few young kids who don't really benefit much from her style of teaching. Through some twist of fate, she is offered a job as a teacher in Kurogin Gakuen.

She becomes the teacher of a delinquent 3D class which make her previous students look like angels. In order to protect her job, she must again hide her true identity — the fact that she is the 4th generation of the Oedo Family, a prominent yakuza group.


Episode Information:
01 Highschool is a once in a lifetime experience, do not waste it! ...That zealous teacher has returned!
02 A person's power is not decided by his physical strength, there's a much more important thing within.
03 You guys are my one-and-only students!! How can I desert you?
04 Don't compare your life with someone else's!
05 What's important is the strength of your heart!!
06 Think more about your parents' feelings!!
07 Think seriously about your life
08 I will always be your teacher
09 Father and son's bond of tears
10 Be proud to graduate!! Yankumi and Class 3-D, tearful goodbye

~ 1 DVD

External links:
# Gokusen at Wikipedia
# List of Gokusen episodes at Wikipedia
# Gokusen - DramaWiki at Main Page - DramaWiki

Gokusen Season 1 (JDrama 2002)

Details:

Title: ごくせん
Title (romaji): Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Broadcast network: NTV


Season 1:

Episodes: 12 + Special (Graduation)
Viewership ratings: 17.43% (not including SP)
Broadcast period: 2002-Apr-01 to 2002-July-03
SP: 2003-Mar-26
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Feel Your Breeze by V6


Synopsis:

The story of a young, idealistic teacher who enters Shirokin Gakuen with hopes of making a difference in the students' lives. However, Yamaguchi Kumiko (Nakama Yukie) is in for a rude awakening when she finds that she will be the homeroom teacher of 3-D, the hardest class to maintain in the school. The students have multi-colored hair, sloppy uniforms, and show absolutely no respect to her. The leader of the class, Sawada Shin is lazy but bright and shows some interest in Yamaguchi when he notices that she is very different from other teachers. The students try to bully her to make her quit, but their attempts don't get them very far.

What the class and the rest of the school does not know is that Yamaguchi Kumiko is actually the 4th generation heir to the Ooedo Group, a notorious yakuza clan. Even though her family would like her to take the title of Ojou when her grandfather dies, they have accepted the fact that Yamaguchi would rather be a teacher.

Eventually, the students learn to respect their quirky teacher because of her devotion to them, and even give her a nickname: Yankumi.

Episode Information:
01 A zealous teacher goes on a rampage!!
02 Don't abandon your friend!!
03 Don't judge only by appearance!!
04 If you fail, start over
05 To fight is different from violence
06 Don't let bullying get to you!!
07 Believe in your own child!!
08 Aren't you his mother!!
09 Don't blame others for your own mistakes!!
10 I'll believe my own students!!
11 No one is alone
12 Goodbye, Yankumi
SP Goodbye Class 3D ~ Yankumi's Tearful Graduation

~2 DVD

External links:
# Gokusen at Wikipedia
# List of Gokusen episodes at Wikipedia
# Gokusen - DramaWiki at Main Page - DramaWiki

Nodame Cantabile (JDrama 2006)

Nodame Cantabile (JDrama 2006)

Title: のだめカンタービレ
Title (romaji): Nodame Cantabile
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 18.79(Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-16 to 2006-Dec-25
Air time: Monday 21:00
Opening song: Symphony No. 7 in A major by Beethoven, arranged by Hattori Takayuki
Ending song: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, arranged by Hattori Takayuki


Synopsis:

Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, this is a fun-filled quirky romantic story of two very opposite people.

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.

See:
# Nodame Cantabile at DramaWiki
# Nodame Cantabile at Wikipedia
# Nodame Cantabile AsianDramaReviews Chiaki, Nodame, Student, Music, Piano

Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (JDrama 2006)

Tatta Hitotsu no Koi (JDrama 2006)

Title: たったひとつの恋
Title (romaji): Tatta Hitotsu no Koi
Also known as: Just One Love / Love of my Life
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Drama, romance
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 11.61
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-14 to 2006-Dec-16
Air time: Saturday 21:00
Theme song: Bokura no Machi de by KAT-TUN

Synopsis
A story of pure love between the son of a man who runs a ship repair factory beset with financial troubles and the well-bred daughter of a national jewelry chain store owner. The backdrop of the story is Yokohama.

If you feel you have lost the purity of your soul by watching stories about womanizers seducing impudent women, or by carrying out calculated maneuvers in your own love life, here is a story for you. A boy and a girl from highly different social backgrounds meet and fall in love. Their love, of course, faces a lot of obstacles. The setting is in Yokohama, a modern port city known for its romantic atmosphere. Hiroto Kanzaki (Kazuya Kamenashi) works hard every day and night for the survival of a small ship repair factory (inherited from his father) as well as the survival of his mother and younger brother, who are suffering from health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile. In contrast to him, Nao (Haruka Ayase) is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner in a fashionable street in Yokohama. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks. Their three close friends, who are also 20 year old's, play an important role in their developing relationship.

The scriptwriter is Eriko Kitagawa, who earned the nickname "The Goddess of Love Stories." This classic love story enables those who are in the same generation to feel empathy, or be envious of the characters' lives; and the rest, who were once 20 years old's, to reminisce about their own "Love of My Life."

Episode Titles:
Ep 01: Love across classes
Ep 02: Holding hands
Ep 03: We're through
Ep 04: My rage, your tears
Ep 05: You won't be around
Ep 06: Our secret
Ep 07: But, I...
Ep 08: Goodbye
Ep 09: We can definitely meet again
Ep 10: Just one love

External links for review & more informations about the drama:
# Tatta Hitotsu no Koi at DramaWiki

Oishii Proposal (Japan Drama 2006)

Details
Title: おいしいプロポーズ
Title (romaji): Oishii Proposal
Also known as: Tasty Proposal / Delicious Proposal
Genre: Comedy, romance
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 12.02
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2006-Apr-23 to 2006-June-25
Air time: Sunday 21:00
Theme song: Flower by Tomiko Van

Synopsis
Imagine that you're at the so-called "marrigeable age" of your life as a single woman...what would your ideal conditions for a husband be? Back in the day, people used to say the "3 Hs"--high salary, high educational background, and tall height; nowadays it's more like the "3 Ls"--ladies first modest attitude, low risk, and a low dependency rate. But that's another story. The real problem is that before your very eyes, a young, well-paid "super hot celebrity guy" appears...and proposes to you...what do you do?

Hasegawa Kyoko plays Shiraishi Suzuko, a beautiful and strong-minded female chef. Koide Keisuke plays the naive young celebrity businessman, Katsuragi Haruki. These two characters await you in this comic drama full of all sorts of mishaps.

External links for review & more informations about the drama:
# Oishii Proposal at DramaWiki

Kamen Rider Kabuto (J-TV 2006)

Details:
Title: 仮面ライダーカブト
Title (romaji): Kamen Rider Kabuto
Also known as: Masked Rider Kabuto
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Tokusatsu
Episodes: 49 + Special
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2006-Jan-29 – 2007-Jan-21
Theme songs:
Opening theme: NEXT LEVEL by YU-KI
Ending theme #1 (ep 1-32): FULL FORCE by RIDER CHIPS
Ending theme #2 (ep 33-49): LORD OF THE SPEED by RIDER CHIPS featuring Kagami Arata (Sato Yuki)

Synopsis:
Kamen Rider Kabuto is the sixteenth installment of the Kamen Rider series of tokusatsu shows. Along with other Riders with mysterious origins, Tendo Soji under his Kamen Rider Kabuto identity tries to protect the girl Kusakabe Hiyori and the whole world from the Worms that came from a meteorite seven years ago. In the way of saving the world, Tendo meets Kagami Arata. Soon they find a good friend on each other, and when Kagami becomes Kamen Rider Gatack, both guys start to work together in protecting Hiyori and the whole humanity.

~ 3 DVDs

External links for review & more informations about the drama:
# Kamen Rider Kabuto at DramaWiki
# Kamen Rider Kabuto at Wikipedia

# See other available Kamen Rider Series: here...

Hitonatsu no Papa e (JDrama 2003)

Title: ひと夏のパパへ
Title (romaji): Hitonatsu no Papa e
Also known as: Papa for One Summer
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 5.6
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2003-July-02 to 2003-Sept-03
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Kanshou by Ueto Aya

Synopsis:
A high school student's mother passes away leaving her alone with her grief. The girl, Marimo, discovers the name of a father she never knew. Marimo sets off to meet him, but is completely shocked when she finds someone very different from the father she envisioned. Her father, Shinpei, a 38-year-old would-be private detective, is shocked too, and doesn't believe her until he sees the paperwork. With Marimo muttering "The worst father in the world"and Shinpei lamenting the loss of his freedom, these two are about to learn how difficult and rewarding a father/daughter relationship can be.

~ 2 DVDs
External links for review & more informations about the drama:
# Hitonatsu no Papa e at DramaWiki