Yamato Nadeshiko

Alternative Title: Perfect Woman / やまとなでしこ / 大和撫子
Genre: Romance
Film Date: October, 2000
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Matsushima Nanako, Tsutsumi Shinichi

Description:
Matsushima Nanako grew up in a very poor family and is thus determined to marry a rich man so that she will never have to go through poverty ever again, and is named the "gokon queen" in her quest to find her man. Tsutsumi Shinichi is a brilliant academic (Fields prize winner - Nobel Prize equivalent in Mathematics) who gave up his studies to take over his deceased father's fish-shop. They meet through a doctor's "gokon" (group date) and she falls in love with him under the mistaken assumption that he is a very rich man...

Yoiko no Mikata

Alternative Title: よい子の味方
Genre: Drama
Film Date: January, 2003
Total Episodes: 9
Japan Casts: Sakurai Sho

Description:
Ask any nursery-aged little girl what she wants to be when she grows up and she's bound to say nurse, florist, or ballerina. Ask any nursery-aged little boy what he wants to be when he grows up and he's bound to say policeman, fireman, sports player, or pilot. As for 20-year-old young man Taiyo Suzuki, however, he's had different aspirations all his life. Moved by his elderly nursery school teacher, Taiyo decided then and there that he too would also become one. Now, having passed the nursery school teacher examination, bright-eyed and eager Taiyo is out to make his mark on a totally female-dominated world. Posted at the Himawari Nursery School to cover for another teacher on maternity leave, Taiyo has but a few short months to prove himself to the female teachers and children's mothers who are arrayed against him that he is every bit as capable as the women. And more importantly, along the way, he'll make his mark with his sparkle and energy to be a true best friend to the children at the school as well.

Yasashii Jikan

Alternative Title: 優しい時間 / Yasashii Jikan
Genre: Human Drama
Film Date: January, 2005
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Nagasawa Masami , Ninomiya Kazunari, Terao Akira , Yo Kimiko

Description:
This is the story about one small coffee shop located in the northern island of Hokkaido.

Yukichi Wakui used to work as a successful businessman at a prestigious trading firm. He worked for several years in New York as well as other cities around the world. When his wife Megumi died at the age of 47 in a car accident three years ago, he decided to leave the company. He was only 57. When Megumi died in the accident, her 18-year-old son Takuro was at the wheel.

Yukichi declined an offer to switch to an affiliate company after his retirement, and moved to Megumi's hometown Furano, Hokkaido instead. There he started a small coffee shop named "The Forest Clock."

Unbeknownst to Yukichi, Takuro is working as an apprentice pottery maker in Biei—a town located 50km away from Furano. His father hasn't spoken a word to him since the accident.

One day, Takuro meets Azusa, the lovely Forest Clock employee who has a habit of accidentally breaking the shop's plates and cups. It doesn't take long for the two to fall in love.

Will the wall of ice between father and son ever melt?

Adding color to the drama are the conversations between Yukichi and the tourists and café-goers who drop in the shop

With Love

Alternative Title: With Love
Genre: Romance
Film Date: April, 1998
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Fujiwara Norika, Oikawa Mitsuhiro , Takenouchi Yutaka, Tanaka Misato

Description:
It all started when Takashi (Takenouchi), a talented composer who could not write a love song ever since his girlfriend Rina left him suddenly, accidentally sent an uncompleted piece of his latest work to Amane (Tanaka) via email. Deeply touched by his music, Amane wrote back to him, without getting a reply. Amane continued writing to him, pouring out her thoughts. Only when she signed as "Teru Teru Bozu", did Takashi responded with a mail saying "WHO ARE YOU?", because what Rina left him as a farewell gift was a teru teru bozu!

Waterboys

Alternative Title: Water Boys
Genre: Comedy, Romance , Sports
Film Date: July, 2003
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Akifumi Miura, Hiroshi Tamaki, Koen Kondo, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Takatoshi Kaneko

Description:
Two years ago, five high-school boys brought fame to a small town in Japan. What was so unique was that they formed a "men's synchronized swimming club." Their involvement and struggles while learning synchronized swimming - known to be a sport for girls - brought much attention to their school and town.

Two years have passed since that summer, and the boys of Tadano High School are still in the club. The Fuji Television drama "Water Boys" shows how these young boys fight to learn synchronized swimming, fall in love, and enjoy friendship with one another.

Tokyo Friends

Alternative Title: 東京フレンズ
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Film Date: June, 2005
Total Episodes: 5
Japan Casts: Maki Yoko, Matsumoto Rio, Nagayama Kento, Sato Ryuta

Description:
Otsuka Ai plays the character of a small town girl who goes to Tokyo chasing after her dream, there she finds a part-time job as a waitress in a small restaurant where she makes new friends. This dorama focuses on Ai and her friends, their friendship and their problems. massaru

The Queen's Classroom

Alternative Title: 女王の教室 / じょおうのきょうしつ
Genre: Human Drama, School
Film Date: July, 2005
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Amami Yuki, Hada Michiko, Hara Sachie, Omi Toshinori

Description:
Yuki Amami plays Maya Akutsu, a sixth-grade teacher who dresses all in black and is repeatedly referred to as "oni sensei" (the teacher from hell), when, in fact, she seems to be an ultrarealist at heart. The drama focuses on a year in her classroom and, particularly, the effect it has on 12-year-old Kazumi--a nice but mediocre student whose parents want to send her to a private secondary school.

Akutsu-sensei accomplished this feat by introducing a test-based rank and privilege system on the first day. The highest scorers on the Monday morning test get their choice of seats and other perks while the two lowest scorers are burdened with all the chores for the week from blackboard and toilet cleaning to serving lunch. The system also disallows toilet breaks during class because this reflects an inability to manage one's own schedule.

Kazumi gets the first week's work assignment along with the class clown, a warmhearted boy who is not nearly as silly as he acts. The child actors in the series are all likeable pros who give realistic portrayals of the wide spectrum of an average classroom from the isolated serious students to the sophisticated girls who think they already know what life is all about. Akutsu-sensei lets them know immediately that they do not have a clue.

When the students protest her system and call it unfair, she tells them to open their eyes. In Japanese society, she lectures, those who work hard or have influence get all the privileges, and the lazy or less affluent end up with the leftovers. She says only six in 100 people can expect to be happy and the elite already have most of the advantages and access to the best medical care. She tells them that, as products of the public school system, they will have to scramble to get anything at all, and most of them will end up as "bonjin" (ordinary people), to whom those on the top will be happy to leave the soldiering and service-sector jobs.

Taiho Shichauzo

Alternative Title: 逮捕しちゃうぞ /You're Under Arrest
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Film Date: October, 2002
Total Episodes: 9
Japan Casts: Hara Sachie, Hayami Mokomichi, Ichikawa Yui , Ito Misaki, Ito Shiro, Kaneko Noboru , Kaneko Norihito , Otoha, Watanabe Eri, Yoshioka Miho

Description:
A marvelous team-play comedy with beautiful and active policewomen! Original story comes from a best selling comic book.

Don’t you want to meet with a woman who falls in love, likes to dress up, and arrests felonious offenses? What if she fights for outrageousness of the society with the sounds of the howling siren, and yet, enjoys her love life and friendship? This is how the 21st century-woman with strong will and gentleness would be like. And without doubt, attractive woman are to be surrounded by attractive guys.

Summer Snow

Alternative Title: Summer Snow
Genre: Human Drama, Romance
Film Date: July, 2000
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Abe Sadao, Domoto Tsuyoshi, Fukuda Mayuko, Kadono Takuzo, Oguri Shun, Tsukamoto Takashi

Description:
A love story between a young man who has been forced to grow up too quickly, and a young woman with an ailment that has placed restrictions on her life. Natsuo (Domoto Tsuyoshi) has been looking after his younger brother and sister since the death of their parents. He has also been running the family bicycle shop. Yuki (Hirosue Ryoko) becomes the only person in the world in whom he can confide. For Yuki, Natsuo becomes the catalyst that has her trying to break out of her cocoon.

Strawberry on the Shortcake

Alternative Title: Strawberry on the Shortcake / S.O.S. / SOS
Genre: Human Drama
Film Date: January, 2001
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Fukada Kyoko, Ishida Yuriko, Kubozuka Yosuke, Takizawa Hideaki, Uchiyama Rina

Description:
At some point, Irie Manato began to withdraw himself from the world. Even when picked on, it's not the real Irie, but an act. However one day he meets a strange girl - Misawa Yui. Yui, who finds the tedium of everyday life unbearable, teases Manato with her almost too upfront and honest manner. Alone and afraid Manato wavers but finds himself drawn to her. But his feelings for Yui are doomed to be unrequited.

Stand Up!

Alternative Title: Stand Up!
Genre: Human Drama, Romance
Film Date: July, 2003
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Narimiya Hiroki, Ninomiya Kazunari, Oguri Shun, Suzuki Anne, Yamashita Tomohisa

Description:
Four schoolboys find themselves the last virgins left at school. During the summer holidays, a girl they knew as children 11 years ago, moves back to the neighborhood. Despite their childhood attraction to her, they realize she is a mere shadow of the "princess" they all thought they knew. This story of summer - love, friendship, school, family, the hypocrisy of adults, complications of life, experience and failure is set in an everyday shopping district and shows the clumsiness of children who have developed a little later than their peers. It's a bright romantic comedy that both young and old can appreciate.

Sore wa, Totsuzen, Arashi no you ni

Alternative Title: それは、突然、嵐のように…
Genre: Romance
Film Date: January, 2004
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Ayase Haruka, Esumi Makiko, Inoue Jun, Kato Takako, Katsuji Ryo, Miyaji Mao, Ryu Raita, Yamada Yu

Description:
Kozue Ogawa (Esumi Makiko) is a housewife and has been married to Hideo (Yanagiba Toshiro) for seven years. They don't have any children but as they live with her parents at their flower shop, everyday is still lively. She is happy with her life and her husband but she wonders if it is enough. From time to time, she is gripped by this doubt that she cannot raise with anyone.

Kozue starts a part-time job in the editing department of the magazine where she used to work. Her former colleague is now working hard as the editor-in-chief.

One rainy day, Kozue meets a young man. He is Takuma Fukazawa (Yamashita Tomohisa), a high school student. He seems somehow shrouded in sadness. He is a dance teacher. In the dance studio, there is just the two of them.

Takuma curls his hands around Kozue's body and his dance instruction begins. Their unexpected closeness causes Kozue to hesitate. With her heart pounding, she pushes Takuma's hands away and runs home. But the throbbing in her chest continues. It can't be. But what is this feeling?

Slow Dance

Alternative Title: スローダンス
Genre: Romance
Film Date: July, 2005
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Fujiki Naohito, Fukatsu Eri, Hirosue Ryoko , Kobayashi Mao, Koizumi Koutaro , Tsumabuki Satoshi

Description:
A man who constantly applies the brake in his life, a woman who could do with a brake in her life They have their careers but they are both failures in love Afraid to face each other directly, Instead of focusing on feelings, they choose to focus on their positions, Meeting each other, falling in love!? They are already adults but still have some way to go when it comes to putting their foot on the ground. This summer, a feel-good love story...

Shomuni 3

Alternative Title: Power Office Ladies
Genre: Comedy
Film Date: July, 2002
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Esumi Makiko, Hosho Mai , Kyono Kotomi, Morimoto Leo, Takahashi Yumiko, Toda Keiko

Description:
Shomuni Final is a comedic drama serial, continued from Shomuni 2.

Tsuboi Chinatsu, the most hated GA-2 by the Personnel Department, has resigned from Manpan Corporation. During the wedding reception, she asks four of the five female GA-2 employees (all of them except Tsukahara Sawako) whether they wished to have a little bet on whether Tsukahara Sawako would lose her virginity by the end of the month (30th of June). At the same time, Sawako is made the new "de facto" leader of GA-2, and she struggles to fill the boots left behind by Chinatsu.

Shomuni 2

Alternative Title: Power Office Ladies
Genre: Comedy
Film Date: April, 2000
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Esumi Makiko, Hosho Mai , Kyono Kotomi, Sakurai Atsuko, Takahashi Yumiko, Toda Naho

Description:
Shomuni 2 is a sequel from Shomuni, a popular comedic drama serial. It continues where it left off when the female employees from GA-2, deemed "the graveyard of all female employees" for its inane daily job routines of changing light bulbs, used toilet rolls and organising flower appreciation nights, saved the company in the final episode of Shomuni.

However, Manpan Corporation has changed. The multi-national company is now run in a totalitarian fashion. Closed circuit cameras are placed in every nook and cranny of the company to monitor the daily routines of employees. Even the basins in the toilets are not spared (though, obviously, the cubicles are) from scrutiny. This is a result of the Personnel Department, led by the evil Terasaki and Nonomura, who are (again) seeking to find a reason to save up on company budget.

Shomuni

Alternative Title: Power Office Ladies
Genre: Comedy
Film Date: April, 1998
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Esumi Makiko, Hosho Mai , Kyono Kotomi, Sakurai Atsuko, Takahashi Yumiko, Toda Naho

Description:
Shomuni (ショムニ) is a comedic TV drama serial based on the Japanese manga of the same name by Gumi Yasuda (安田弘之 Yasuda Gumi).

The stories revolve around the Office Ladies of General Affairs department 2 (Shomu ni, or GA-2) in a large multinational company called Manpan Corporation.

GA-2 is called "the graveyard for female office ladies", simply because it is the place where female employees are dumped should they mess up big time elsewhere. Jobs include replacing used toilet rolls, changing light-bulbs, organizing company outings among other menial stuff. As an added incentive, their department is located in the nether regions of the company - in the basement, and is in fact a disused store room.

Shiawase ni Naritai

Alternative Title: 幸せになりたい！ / I Want to be Happy!
Genre: Family
Film Date: July, 2005
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Fukada Kyoko, Matsushita Yuki , Tsurumi Shingo, Yahara Shosuke

Description:
Hikari (Kyoko Fukada) has to take care of her sick mother and two younger brothers. They are informed that their missing father has died, and later find out he left them a huge 10 million yen debt. They are a very poor family. They have no money or food. To pay off the debt, Hikari lands a cleaning job at the UBS TV company. On the other side, there's Masako Nagai (Matsushita Yuki), a struggling UBS TV drama producer. The men she works with are somewhat sexist.

Through an incident within UBS, Masako discovers Hikari's talents as a creative person with a great imagination for drama writing. With no allies within UBS, she decides to hire Hikari, training her to be an assistant producer.

Hikari's happiness is keeping her family fed and paying off her father's debt. Masako's happiness is to gain respect within UBS by excelling as a drama producer.

Remote

Alternative Title: リモート
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Film Date: October, 2002
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Domoto Koichi, Fukada Kyoko, Konishiki

Description:
Locked away deep in his home and hiding a secret that keeps him there, Detective Kozaburo Himuro remains ever vigilant in his duties of police work. But how does the wunderkind detective investigate crime scenes without ever stepping out of his home? Enter traffic cop Kurumi Ayaki. She's a young lady who's about to marry and resign from the force when tasked with being Himuro's eyes and ears on the beat. While on the scene of the crime their only means of communication is via mobile phone. Together they investigate a series of mind-boggling murder mysteries that put them, particularly Kurumi, in constant danger. Can Kurumi keep up with Detective Himuro, and the fast-paced and dangerous work of criminal investigation?

Pride

Alternative Title: プライド
Genre: Human Drama, Sports
Film Date: January, 2004
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Kimura Takuya, Sato Koichi , Takeuchi Yuko

Description:
Halu (Kimura Takuya) is the captain and star player of an ice hockey team, who is greatly respected by his teammates. For him, hockey is serious business that fully occupies his mind, while he treats romance as if it were a game.

Aki (Takeuchi Yuko) is a typical OL (office lady), and is waiting for her boyfriend to return from studying architecture abroad. At this point in time however, he shows no sign of coming back. One day, Aki's friends who are determined to find her a new boyfriend, invite her to watch an ice hockey game. There she sees Halu for the first time.

After the game, Aki and her friends join the players for a party celebrating their victory. Yuko, however, is not so excited to be there. When she leaves the party, she bumps into Halu, who was slightly injured from a fight. They exchange e-mail addresses and part.

The sparks of mutual attraction are ignited in a second encounter between Aki and Halu, arranged with the help of her friends shortly after a party.

Hyodo (Sato Koichi) has come as a replacement for the team's coach who has been hospitalized. Halu has a lot of respect for the hospitalized coach. Unfortunately, he can't stand Hyodo's way of doing things. Bringing with him a lot of coaching experience from overseas, Hyodo criticizes the former coach's strategies. Whenever Halu and Hyodo see each other, they get into a quarrel; consequently influencing Halu's behavior during games.

Seeing that his game ended in a brawl, Aki visits Halu to comfort him. But he tells her that she is being too friendly with him.

Aki is hurt, Halu is irritated, and his teammate Hotta (Sakaguchi Kenji) can't stand seeing Kimura like this...

Pink no Idenshi

Alternative Title: Pinkの遺伝子 / The Pink Gene
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Film Date: October, 2005
Total Episodes: 13
Japan Casts: Konno Narumi , Nakadoi Hiroki , Sakamoto Makoto

Description:
This is the beginning of the school year at Phoenix high school. Saito Natsu asks Kobayashi Taichi to go out with her. He accepts and they both cut class in front of their teacher's eyes. One month later. It's now time for Natsu to convince Taichi for a first kiss...

Over Time

Alternative Title: オーバー・タイム
Genre: Romance
Film Date: January, 1999
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Esumi Makiko, Ishida Yuriko, Kimura Yoshino, Sorimachi Takashi

Description:
While on vacation in Hokkaido, Natsuki happens to meet Soichirou, a photographer. Unbelievably, she runs into him two more times completely by coincidence, and out of this a great friendship is formed. He turns out to be the younger brother of one of her best friends, and they all end up living under the same roof. Three women, all unmarried, and all nearing age 30, plus 25-year-old Soichirou. Can a man and a woman truly be friends without ever falling in love? How large is the line between friendship and love, or does it even exist at all?

Orange Days

Alternative Title: オレンジデイズ
Genre: Romance
Film Date: April, 2004
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Shibasaki Kou, Tsumabuki Satoshi

Description:
Kai Yuuki (Satoshi Tsumabuki) is in his senior year at university studying social welfare psychology. At present, he is in the middle of job-hunting season. He is finding it difficult with no job offers so far. One day, he meets a girl who is playing violin in the campus. She is Sae Hagio (Kou Shibasaki). In marked contrast to her beautiful tone and attractive looks, her personality is somewhat impertinent. And to top it off, she communicates through very vulgar sign language. Four years ago, she lost the most important thing for a violinist - her hearing. As a result Sae closed off her inner self from the outside world. Kai finds himself on a date with Sae, in place of his best friend. Unexpectedly, he comes into contact with Sae's private side. Love, job-hunting, friendship... Setting a campus in spring as a dorama`s backdrop, it's the start of a glittering youth drama.

Neverland

Alternative Title: ネバーランド
Genre: Mystery
Film Date: July, 2001
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Ikuta Toma , Imai Tsubasa, Miyake Ken, Murakami Shingo , Nogiwa Yoko, Tanaka Koki, Yamada Maiko, Yamazaki Yuta, Yoshimoto Takami

Description:
Seiran Gakuen is an exclusive private boys' high school. It's the start of the summer break and Yoshikuni has decided to spend this year's summer at the school's Shoraikan dormitory, as have Mitsuhiro, Kanji and Iwatsuki. All four boys have their own reasons for not going home.

Yoshikuni's girlfriend is Hiroko, but with his own reasons, he tells her he doesn't want to see her for a while. Hiroko isn't satisfied with this but Yoshikuni keeps on avoiding her.

On their first day, Yoshikuni and Mitsuhiro set out to buy food for dinner. They bumped into Osamu, a day student. Hiroko and her friend Aki turns up. Aki ask Yoshikuni why he dumped Hiroko for no apparent reason. Hiroko can't take it any more and bursts into tears. Takagi who lives in the dormitory next door sees this. Some days later, Mitsuhiro's step-mother Keiko visits the Shoraikan dormitory. He is cold-hearted towards her, like a different person.

My Little Chef

Alternative Title: マイリトルシェフ
Genre: Comedy, Food
Film Date: July, 2002
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Kajihara Zen, Kazama Morio, Kyokuyama Eri, Nagai Masaru, Yada Akhiko

Description:
Seri, an unknown yet talented female chef from the country, arrives in Tokyo to work at French restaurant, Etoire, but discovers that they have gone out of business due to the departure of their main chef. Together with the restaurant's former manager, she opens a French restaurant of her own and begins to recreate the flavors her late father mastered as a famous gourmet chef. Unfortunately, Etoire returns with an unscrupulous manager, and to make matters worse, Seri learns that it happens to be owned by her birth mother living in Paris who she hasn't seen since she was a child. Seri wonders if her passion and skill will be enough to succeed.

Majo no Jouken

Alternative Title: 魔女の条件
Genre: Romance
Film Date: April, 1999
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Bessho Tetsuya, Kuroki Hitomi, Matsushima Nanako, Takizawa Hideaki, Yamada Maiko

Description:
Michi, a 26 year old high school math teacher, tentatively accepts her boyfriend's proposal of marriage, uncertain of her love for him but feeling pressure from her father and society to do what is expected of her. Hikaru, a 17 year old boy frustrated by his home life with his single mother and having been expelled from many high schools for bad behavior, enters Michi's class as a new transfer student. As their relationship grows they realize that they both feel that they have lost themselves to the pressures of those around them, and it is this common bond that draws them dangerously close. What follows is a heart-wrenching story of forbidden love where Michi must face society's judgement for corrupting a minor, abandoning her fiance, and disappointing her parents and co-workers.

Lunch Queen

Alternative Title: Lunch no Joou / ランチの女王 / The Queen of Lunchtime Cuisine
Genre: Comedy, Food , Romance
Film Date: July, 2002
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Eguchi Yosuke, Itoh Misaki, Takeuchi Yuko , Tsumabuki Satoshi, Yamada Takayuki, Yamashita Tomohisa

Description:
Natsumi loves lunch. By chance she starts working for "Kitchen Macaroni", posing as the fiance of the owner's eldest son, Kenichiro. Kenichiro's father Kenzo and his three younger brothers - Yujiro, Junzaburo, and Koshiro - run the restaurant, famous for its omelet. Also working at the restaurant are Mamoru, a chef, and Minoru, a live-in apprentice cook. Not everyone has a liking to Natsumi at first, but over time they will surely fall in love with her...

Love Generation

Alternative Title: ラブジェネレーション
Genre: Romance
Film Date: October, 1997
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Fujiwara Norika, Kimura Takuya, Matsu Takako, Uchino Masaaki

Description:
Katagiri Teppei (Kimura Takuya) is a promising creative agent, but whose attitude gets him transferred to the sales department. He has to learn to adapt to the new working environment, which includes cutting his precious locks of hair to create a neater and more appropriate image. Helping him along the way is Uesugi Riko (Matsu Takako), whom he tried to pick up along the street earlier but was tricked by her instead. Riko does not have a good impression of him at first, but falls for him gradually. However, Teppei runs into his ex-girlfriend Mizuhara Sanae (Junna Risa) who is now the girlfriend of his brother Soichiro (Uchino Masaaki). Consoling him is Riko, whom Teppei likes gradually. Just when Teppei and Riko start dating, Sanae realises that she still likes Teppei...

Long Vacation

Alternative Title: ロングバケーション
Genre: Romance
Film Date: April, 1996
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Matsu Takako, Ryo, Tadano Atsuko, Tate Misato, Toyohara Kosuke, Yamaguchi Tomoko

Description:
Senna, 24 (Kimura) is a college graduate who dreams of becoming a world class pianist. He teaches piano at a local piano school. Minami, 31 (Yamaguchi) is an out of work model. On her wedding day, she gets dumped by her fiance, and loses all of her savings, which she gave to her fiance. Her fiance turns out to be Senna's former roommate. She rushes to Senna's apartment and finds out that her fiance has skipped town. With no money, and no where to go she moves in with Senna.

Senna likes Ryoko (Matsu) who is a sophomore in college. He likes her a lot but just doesn't have the courage to ask her out. Koishikawa (Inamori) is Minami's best friend and is also a model. She provides much of the comedic relief in this show. Shinji (Takenouchi) is Minami's younger brother who just happens to be better than Senna at piano. He opens a bar/nite club. Rumiko (Ryo) plays Shinji's girlfriend. Sasaki (Morimoto) is Senna's professor at college and is always encouraging Senna to perform at the next piano competition. Long vacation is about Senna Hidetoshi (Kimura), a pianist who can't express his feelings, and Minami (Yamaguchi), a model who isn't really popular.

Long Love Letter

Alternative Title: ロング・ラブレター
Genre: Human Drama, Romance , Science Fiction
Film Date: January, 2002
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Kubozuka Yosuke, Tokiwa Takako , Tsumabuki Satoshi, Yamada Takayuki, Yamashita Tomohisa

Description:
Yuka Misaki, whose parents run a flower shop, casually begins dating college student Akio Asami, and later falls for him. But due to some type of accident, the two lose contact with one another.

One year after the accident, the two suddenly meet again. Yuka is still working at her father Shigeo's flower shop, and Akio is a teacher at a nearby high school.

It's January 7, just right after the New Year begins. Make up classes are being held for students that aren't keeping up with their daily studies. Taking the classes are the popular Tadashi Otomo, and the leader of the delinquent students, Sho Takamatsu. And giving the lecturers is Noriko Sekiya, a teacher that has taken out all kinds of loans to pay for the popular brand items that she buys.

Yuka comes to the school to collect money from Noriko. While at the school, with thoughts of the past in the back of her mind, Yuka and Akio meet, and get into a fight. Then all of a sudden, there is a small tremor, and after it subsides..

Kurisumasu Nante Daikirai

Alternative Title: Xmasなんて大嫌い
Film Date: December, 2004
Total Episodes: 4
Taiwan Casts: Alec Su
Japan Casts: Akanishi Jin, Fukada Kyoko, Kaneko Ken, Yamada Yu

Description:
The story is about a Christmas feel very troublesome girl love story. This is often played the innocent girl Kyoko Fukada, for the first time to perform a rich but subtle feelings of the reserved girl. Kyoko play in the play-boyfriend's younger brother, is currently Japan's string of red soon ren Chihsi.
This story from the life do not have to hope that the work of the actress, met a handsome number of gold Fu Jiazi started. The two main characters and because of this change, from the beginning of childhood playmates had a subtle change. Kyoko Fukada and red-jen West are just 20 young idols, and reporters were also on how they plan to spend Christmas this year with great interest. Kyoko Fukada replied: "It should be at work, maybe Santa Claus will be put on the hat, a man happy to spend." Ren Chihsi said: "I will look terrific on the surface and friends to Christmas."

Koori no Sekai

Alternative Title: 氷の世界 / Ice World
Genre: Mystery, Romance , Suspense
Film Date: November, 1999
Total Episodes: 11

Description:
Investigations on a mysterious woman Toko started when Sonoe, a teacher and Toko's fellow faculty member, was found dead as a result of what seemed to be an unfortunate accident. Eiki, an insurance investigator, and Takeshi, an ambitious police detective, find links between this case and the deaths of Toko's 3 fiances, and are determined to uncover the truth.

Kimi wa Petto

Alternative Title: きみはペット / You're My Pet / Tramps Like Us
Genre: Comedy, Drama , Romance
Film Date: April, 2003
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Koyuki, Matsumoto Jun, Sakai Wakana, Tanabe Seiichi

Description:
After a terrible day at work and a bad break up, Iwaya Sumire played by Koyuki returns home sad, depressed, and most of all lonely. However, at the front of the apartment she finds an unconscious young man lying in a cardboard box. Feeling sorry for him, she takes him into her home and nurses him back to health. As the young man, played by Matsumoto Jun, gets better he begins to like her place and resolves not to leave her. In fact, he even professes that he'll do anything she wanted if she allowed him to stay. Sumire looks over at a picture of the golden retriever that she had when she was a child and jokingly says to him, "You can stay if you become my pet."

To her surprise, he agrees. She names him Momo.

Based on Yayoi Ogawa's manga series of the same name. Also known as "Tramps Like Us" (TokyoPop licensed American version).

Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake

Alternative Title: God, please give me more time / Precious Time
Genre: Romance
Film Date: July, 1998
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Fukada Kyoko, Kaneshiro Takeshi, Kato Haruhiko, Nakama Yukie, Yazawa Shin

Description:
A touching love story about a girl Kano Masaki (Fukada) who contracted HIV after selling her body in order to earn money for the concert of a famous composer Ishikawa Keigo (Kaneshiro). After the concert, Keigo saw Masaki chasing after his van. She was drenched, and thus Keigo took her to his apartment, where they spent the night.

Kaikyou o Wataru Violin

Alternative Title: The Violin Over Seas / The Violin
Genre: Drama
Film Date: November, 2004
Total Episodes: 2
Japan Casts: Ishizaka Koji, Kanno Miho, Kara Jorou, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi , Odagiri Joe, Shoufukutei Tsurube, Sugiura Naoki, Tanaka Kunie, Tanaka Yuko

Description:
This drama is based on the true story of Shogen Shin, a young boy growing up in Korea during the war. One day a traveling salesman who performs magic with a special instrument amazes him. Later on, he realizes that this magic is actually music coming from a violin. He is inspired by his teacher to start playing and learns a great deal about life. But when his teacher suddenly gets drafted for war, Shogen decides he should become inspiring to others like his teacher was for him. The drama is short (only two episodes long) but is a great story about a truly inspiring person.

Itoshi Kimi E

Alternative Title: 愛し君へ
Genre: Human Drama, Romance
Film Date: April, 2004
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Fujiki Naohito, Itoh Misaki, Kanno Miho, Moriyama Mirai, Tamaki Hiroshi

Description:
What if the one you love were destined to lose his eyesight in three months?

What would you like him to see last?

If you were him, what would you want to see last?

Shiki Tomokawa is a new pediatrician who is enjoying her life. She falls in love with Shunsuke, a cameraman, who is destined to lose his eyesight in a couple of months. How will Shiki react when she finds out Shunsuke's destiny?

"To the One I Love" takes place in two contrasting cities—in the hustle and bustle of Tokyo, and in the peaceful city of Nagasaki, and depicts both the joys and sadness of life, and the interaction with family and friends.

Houkago

Alternative Title: 放課後/Hokago
Genre: Romance, School
Film Date: October, 2004
Total Episodes: 4
Japan Casts: Horikita Maki, Kimura Ryou , Koike Teppei, Kotani Yoshikazu, Mizutani Momosuke, Nakamura Ruria, Toda Erika, Tokunaga Eri

Home Drama

Alternative Title: ホームドラマ!
Genre: Family, Human Drama
Film Date: April, 2004
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Domoto Tsuyoshi, Inoue Mao, Izumisawa Yuuki, Sakai Wakana, Yusuke Santamaria

Description:
In a house in the outskirts of Tokyo, there lives a family of eight. Such a large family is rare these days, however none of them is related by blood. They all lost a loved one in the same holiday accident. Moved by Shogo's (Domoto Tsuyoshi) suggestion that they all move in together, they have gathered in this house. Each has their own issues and it makes for the start of a tumultuous home life.

Hero

Alternative Title: Hero
Film Date: January, 2001
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Abe Hiroshi, Katsumura Masanobu, Kimura Takuya, Kohinata Fumiyo, Matsu Takako, Otsuka Nene

Description:
Kohei Kuryu is a former juvenile delinquent who drops out of junior high and goes on to earn a high school equivalency diploma. After passing the law board exams, Kuryu becomes a prosecutor. Not your typical prosecutor, which is quickly seen through the clothes that he wears, Kuryu possesses quick instincts and a kind of cleverness that only someone raised on the streets could have.

Maiko Amamiya is a shrewd public prosecutor who has her eyes set on passing the exam to become a deputy prosecutor and tries her best to be noticed by her boss. Kuryu, on the other hand, after earning a reputation for doing top-notch work, is transferred to Amamiya's division, and finally opens his eyes to the possibility of promotion. Unfortunately, his unprecedented work behavior abruptly brings things to a halt.

Although earning a reputation as a bad apple, the influence from Kuryu's strong pursuit of justice slowly begins to change things around him. This drama is filled with it all; love, laughs and lots of emotion.

Great Teacher Onizuka

Alternative Title: グレート ティーチャー オニヅカ
Genre: Human Drama, School
Film Date: July, 1998
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Kirari, Kubozuka Yosuke, Matsushima Nanako, Nakamura Aimi, Sorimachi Takashi, Yamazaki Yuta

Description:
The drama series is based on the manga and anime of the same name, both created by Fujisawa Tohru. The story is a sequel of lesser known series Shounan Jun'ai-gumi (Shounan Love Gang) where Onizuka Eikichi's rogue high school days are depicted.

Sorimachi Takashi plays Onizuka Eikichi, a graduate of a third-rate University and the leader of a motorcycle gang, whose lifelong dream is to become a teacher. After being hired by a seemingly eccentric director, Onizuka begins his unconventional way of teaching a hopeless group of troublemakers. Although he meets much opposition from the students and teachers themselves, his passion for teaching, and more importantly, his students, eventually convinces everyone that Onizuka truly has the makings of a great teacher.

Good Luck

Alternative Title: グッドラック！！
Genre: Drama
Film Date: January, 2003
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Kaname Jun, Kimura Takuya, Shibasaki Kou, Tsutsumi Shinichi, Uchiyama Rina

Description:
Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. He can't seem to please Captain Kouda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Kouda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st century love, dreams, and passion.

Golden Bowl

Alternative Title: Golden Bowl
Genre: Romance, Sports
Film Date: April, 2004
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Kaneshiro Takeshi

Description:
Focus, concentration, proper posture and good release are the hallmarks of a good bowler. Welcome to Golden Bowl bowling alley. A bit rundown and small but no worse for wear, the Golden Bowl is stockbroker Shu Akutagawa's favorite haunt. A regular, he likes nothing better then the rumble of the bowl running down the alley and crash and crackle of the pins tumbling down. When a beautiful, older and married neighbor - who shares the same name as his old flame Hitomi - makes an appearance at the Golden Bowl, things start to heat up as Shu teams up with her to challenge some pro bowlers. Will Shu be as lucky with Hitomi as he is with the pins?

Gokusen 2

Alternative Title: Gokusen
Genre: Comedy, School
Film Date: April, 2002
Total Episodes: 10
Japan Casts: Akanishi Jin, Hayami Mokomichi, Kamenashi Kazuya, Koide Keisuke, Koike Teppei, Nakama Yukie

Description:
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.

Gokusen

Alternative Title: ごくせん
Genre: Comedy, School
Film Date: April, 2002
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Kohmoto Masahiro, Nabe Osami, Nakazawa Yuko, Oguri Shun, Ookuma Ichirou, Sakata Tadashi, Sawamura Ikki

Description:
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.

First Love

Alternative Title: First Love
Genre: Romance
Film Date: April, 2002
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Fukada Kyoko, Ichinohe Nami, Ikeuchi Hiroyuki, Nishiyama Mayuko, Ono Takehiko, Wakui Emi, Watabe Atsuro

Description:
Kasumi is shocked to discover that her older sister's fiance is the man she first fell in love with five years ago in high school. At the time, he was her high school teacher and ultimately quit his job racked with guilt over their relationship. Kasumi was deeply hurt and struggled for a long time to overcome her sadness. Now the two of them must come to terms with their secret past before the ones they care about in the present are hurt.

Doremisora

Alternative Title: ドレミソラ
Genre: Drama
Film Date: July, 2002
Total Episodes: 45
Japan Casts: Haga Yuria, Kurotani Tomoka, Osawa Akane, Yamamoto Kei

Description:
Similar to GTO and Gokusen an easy going teacher takes up a part time job for ...easy money, but finds out shes assigned to the "stupid" class which consist of 5 students that the elitest school tossed aside and the music class, however, has no music.

Boku Dake no Madonna

Alternative Title: You are my only Madonna / .... and I Love Her
Genre: Romance
Film Date: July, 2003
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Hasegawa Kyoko, Koizumi Kotaro, Shimatani Hitomi, Takizawa Hideaki

Description:
Kyoichi Suzuki is an average college student in his junior year. Although he's not in one of the top universities, he's satisfied with his college life studying architecture. Kyoichi left home and is finally on his own, living in a beat-up apartment in Tokyo. However, this apartment building is home to some out-of-the-ordinary residents, who are always bugging Kyoichi. His next-door neighbor hits Kyoichi up for a loan when he finds out that Kyoichi just got paid. His other next- door neighbor who works at a nightclub, always calls Kyoichi, demanding him to come pick her up, because she's so drunk. Other than that, Kyoichi is satisfied with his normal life, until he meets a girl one day...

Kyoichi comes home from his part-time job as a night-time security guard. He returns to his room to find a girl sleeping on his bed-a girl he has never seen before. She looks a bit older than Kyoichi, and is quite beautiful. Kyoichi can't believe his eyes.

Kyoichi closes the door, and goes outside to the entrance of the apartment, to make sure he's in the right apartment and room. There's no mistake. He returns inside...but the girl is gone.There's nobody in his room. Was it just his imagination? Was he hallucinating? Kyoichi can't understand what just happened.

Later, he discovers that something is missing from his grocery bag-the Chinese noodles he was looking forward to eating are gone...

This is how Kyoichi first meets Surumi Kataoka. After they meet, Surumi continues living in Kyoichi's room.

She points to an apartment visible from Kyoichi's room, and says that the guy living there dumped her for another girl. Surumi says that she's waiting to check out the girl she was dumped for. Kyoichi doesn't know if he ought to believe her or not.

All Kyoichi knows is that while Surumi is such a charming girl, the expression on her face is sad at times.

Kyoichi is not that disappointed about sharing his room with a cute girl. He starts to think that this lifestyle may go on forever, until one day, Surumi suddenly disappears-just like the day she suddenly appeared. All she leaves for Kyoichi are unanswered questions.

Beauty or Beast

Alternative Title: 美女か野獣 / Bijo ka Yajuu / Beauty or Beast / Kiss? or Fight?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Film Date: January, 2003
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Fukuyama Masaharu, Matsushima Nanako, Watanabe Ikkei, Yashima Norito

Description:
After graduating from the Tokyo University School of Law, Tamiya Makoto (Matsushima Nanako) goes on to Harvard University where she earns an MBA. She later works at one of the "big three" networks in the United States as a news reporter. While covering a story on an international symposium in Paris, Makoto is scouted to work for JBC Television in Japan. The news producer at JBC wants to use Makoto to help raise low viewer ratings. He persuades her to work for him for an absurdly high salary, and also gives her the right to hire who she needs.

While Makoto is being brought in to be the savior of the News Department, one man gets transferred from the Variety Department. His name is Nagase Hiromi (Fukuyama Masaharu). Since joining JBC Television, all he has done is variety programs. Although Hiromi has done everything he possibly could to ensure his programs are a success, his boss just could not take anymore of Hiromi's behavior which ranged from getting caught up in scandals with female television personalities, punching-out assistant directors, to taking kickbacks from production companies. His boss finally tells Hiromi to make a fresh start in the "hard nosed" News Department.

So now the News Department has Makoto who thinks high ratings are the meaning of life, and Hiromi who values the success of a program as just a tool for the full enjoyment of life. These two totally different personalities mix it up and somehow reach a mutual understanding, creating a delightful "light comedy" for adults.

Attack No. 1

Alternative Title: アタックNo.1 / Attack No.1
Film Date: April, 2005
Total Episodes: 11
Japan Casts: Kubota Maki, Ootomo Minami, Sakai Ayana, Takahashi Arisa As, Ueto Aya

Description:
What does it take to become the ultimate volleyball player? The smash hit manga spikes its way onto the TV screen for the first time!

A smash hit manga spikes its way onto the TV screen for the first time! Kozue, a positive and cheerful high school girl devotes her entire energy toward her school volleyball team. Extremely severe practices designed by the strict head coach Inokuma, highly competitive matches against the toughest top players, friendships and rivalry among teammates with strong characters…. Can Kozue’s genuine love toward volleyball make the impossible come true?

At Home Dad

Alternative Title: At Home Dad
Genre: Comedy, Family
Film Date: April, 2004
Total Episodes: 12
Japan Casts: Abe Hiroshi, Miyasako Hiroyuki, Nagai Masaru, Nakajima Tomoko, Shinohara Ryoko

Description:
Kazuyuki Yamamura works at a major advertising agency, and is the breadwinner of his family, which consists of himself, wife Miki, and daughter Rie. He purchases a house, and is proud of being at the pinnacle of his career.

Kazuyuki's neighbor, Yusuke Sugio, however, leads a completely different life. The breadwinner of his family is his wife Shoko, who runs her own company. Yusuke is a so-called "at-home dad", and because of this, Kazuyuki considers him miserable and helpless.

Suddenly one day, Kazuyuki is forced to quit his company. At the same time, his wife receives a call from her former employer saying he wants her to come back to work. Consequently, Kazuyuki has no other choice but to stay at home while Miki works. Kazuyuki reluctantly starts his new life as a household husband—the last thing he wanted to do. Fuji TV

Aijou Ippon

Film Date : July, 2004
Total Episodes : 10
Japan Casts : Arakawa Yoshiyoshi, Ishida Taro, Saeko, Yamaguchi Tomomitsu, Yamazaki Shigenori

Description:
Tomoe, 17, is an average high-school girl, interested in clothes and guys, but her family life is not so average. Losing her mother at a young age, she lives alone with her father, Shouhei and does all the cooking, laundry, housekeeping, like a mother would do. They have a hard time making ends meet, because Shouhei’s only income is from working as a judo teacher to the neighborhood kids. Tomoe can’t wait to go to the university to get away from her father, and judo which she hates. But because of her father’s unfortunate arrest, she is forced to take over at the dojo. With help from the captain of her high school’s judo team, Tomoe begins to teaching the few kids who still come to learn judo, and even start practicing the judo that she gave up as a child. This heartwarming family drama will entertain kids and adults alike.