Dragon Zakura

2006-07-05T05:06:34Z

Jess'ka:

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[[File:Dragonzakuraphotos11.jpg|thumb|350px|Dragon Zakura]]
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==Details==
*'''Title:''' ドラゴン桜 / Dragon Zakura
*'''Episodes:''' 11
*'''Genre:'''
*'''Air time:''' Friday 10:00pm
*'''Broadcasted by:''' TBS
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-07-08 to 2005-09-16
*'''Theme Song:''' ''[[Realize]]'' by melody.
*'''Insert Song:''' ''[[Colorful]]'' by [[Yamashita Tomohisa]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Producer:''' [[Enda Kouichi]], [[Shimizu Mayumi]]
*'''Director:''' [[Tsukamoto Renpei]], [[Karaki Marehiro]], [[Komatsu Takashi]]
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Hata Takehiko]]
*'''Music by:''' [[Nakanishi Tadashi]]

==Cast==
*[[Abe Hiroshi]] as Sakuragi Kenji
*[[Hasegawa Kyoko]] as Ino Mamako
*[[Yamashita Tomohisa]] as Yajima Yuusuke
*[[Nagasawa Masami]] as Mizuno Naomi
*[[Koike Teppei]] as Ogata Hideki
*[[Aragaki Yui]] as Kousaka Yoshino
*[[Nakao Akiyoshi]] as Okuno Ichirou
*[[Saeko]] as Kobayashi Maki
*[[Nogiwa Yoko]] as Tatsuno Yuriko (Director)

*[[Saitou Yosuke]] as Vice-Principal Kondou
*[[David Ito]] as Teacher Ochiai Masanao
*[[Andou Ryouji]] as Teacher
*[[Tsukiyama Mayumi]] as Teacher
*[[Aoyama Masaru]] as Teacher

*[[Ishino Mako]] as Mrs Yajima
*[[Miho Jun]] as Mrs Mizuno
*[[Sunaga Kei]] as Mr Ogata
*[[Aihara Yuko]] as Mrs Ogata
*[[Mizutani Momosuke]] as Okuno Jirou

*[[Terada Minori]] as Teacher Akutayama Ryuuzaburou (Literature)
*[[Kaneda Akio]] as Teacher Kawaguchi Hiroshi (English)
*[[Kobayashi Susumu]] as Teacher Ain Shuutarou (Physics)
*[[Shinagawa Toru]] as Teacher Yanagi Tetsunosuke (Mathematics)

*[[Yazawa Shin]] as Yamamoto Nozomi (Mamako's Friend)
*[[Murakami Hiroki]] as Tanaka Yoshio
*[[Karahashi Mitsuru]] as Sawamatsu Yasushi

==Episode Titles==
# 「バカとブスこそ東大へ行け」Baka to Busu koso toudai e ike / Only idiots and ugly girls go to Toudai
# 「自分の弱さを知れ！」jibun no yowasa wo shire! / Know your own weakness
# 「遊べ！受験はスポーツだ！」asobe! juken wa supootsu da! / Play! Test taking is a sport!
# 「壁にぶつかるまで我慢しろ」kabe ni butsukaru made gaman shiro / Don't stop until you hit the wall
# 「泣くな！お前の人生だ！」nakuna! omae no jinsei da! / Don't cry! it's your life!
# 「英語対決！」 eigo taiketsu! / english showdown!
# 「見返してやる！東大模試！」 mikaeshite yaru! toudai moshi! / go triumph! tokyo university mock test!
# 「バカの涙…夏休み課外授業」 baka no namida... natsu yasumi kagai jugyou / tears of idiots... summer vacation extracurricular lesson
# 「信じろ！成績は必ず上がる」 shinjiro! seiseki wa kanarazu agaru / have belief! your results will definitely improve
# 「友情か受験か？最後の決断」 yuujou ka juken ka? saigo no ketsudan / friendship or the test? final decision
# (Final) 「お前らはもうバカじゃない！運命の合格発表」Omaera wa mou baka janai! Unmei no Goukaku Happyou / You are not idiots anymore! The fatidic approval announcement

==Episode Ratings==
[[File:Dragonzakuraphotos.jpg|thumb|300px|Press Conference]]
*'''Ep 01:''' 17.5%
*'''Ep 02:''' 16.5%
*'''Ep 03:''' 13.8%
*'''Ep 04:''' 16.1%
*'''Ep 05:''' 16.8%
*'''Ep 06:''' 17.9%
*'''Ep 07:''' 15.6%
*'''Ep 08:''' 17.0%
*'''Ep 09:''' 14.5%
*'''Ep 10:''' 14.5%
*'''Ep 11:''' 20.3%

==Synopsis==
Sakuragi Kenji is a destitute lawyer and one-time member of a motorcyle gang trying to guide failing high school students with an average score of 36 into Japan's most prestigious educational institution, Tokyo University (Toudai).

"If you want to change your life, get into Toudai!"

For no other reason than Sakuragi's personal ambition, he has advertised his intention to produce 100 successful Toudai applicants from the students of a nearly bankrupt failure of a school.

"If you want to change your life, get into Toudai!"
He will get them from this lowest of all schools into Japan's number one!!

Our protagonist, Sakuragi Kenji, played by Abe Hiroshi in his first role as a high school teacher, is a must see in this summer's new show. This third rate lawyer soon becomes the homeroom teacher for the special advanced class aiming for Toudai University entrance. Hasegawa Kyouko costars as english teacher and Sakuragi's opponent, and Yamashita Tomohisa from NEWS and Nagasawa Masami also appear in the role of students. This awaited original work and fascinating world view is brought to you from the popular serialized comic in Shuukan Morning (Kodansha) and has even been updated!

In addition to revealing essential test taking techniques for everyone who wants to know how to get into Toudai, Dragon Zakura will also teach the essentials of living one's life.

==External Links==
*[http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=196550#196550 Discussion @ D-Addicts.com]
*[http://www.tbs.co.jp/dragonzakura Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.942.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://cine-nippon.nihon-world.xooit.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=267 Discussion en francais]

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Nobuta wo Produce

2006-07-05T05:00:22Z

Jess'ka:

[[File:Nobuta1.jpg|thumb|350px|Nobuta wo Produce]]

==Details==
*'''Title:''' 野ブタ。をプロデュース / Nobuta. Wo Produce
*'''Episodes:''' 10
*'''Genre:''' School renzoku drama
*'''Viewership:''' 16.89%
*'''Broadcast network:''' NTV
*'''Broadcast period:''' 2005-10-15 to 2005-12-17
*'''Air time:''' Saturday 21:00 to 21:54
*'''Theme song:''' ''[[Seishun Amigo]]'' by Shuji and Akira ([[Kamenashi Kazuya]] and [[Yamashita Tomohisa]])

==Synopsis==
'''Kiritani Shuji''' is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. He's the one that everyone can count on. However, what they don't know is that Shuji knows how predictable his classmates are and he plays off their predictability to his advantage. His day-to-day existence as "Shuji-kun" is just a facade he uses to play in the school popularity game. Truth be told, Shuji is bored.

The one person Shuji cannot stand is '''Kusano Akira'''. Unlike Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. Akira loves his soy milk so much, he gets drunk from it. He laughs funny, he talks funny, and he acts funny. Nobody in class takes Akira seriously. Shuji can't stand the sight of Akira and it drives him nuts that Akira does whatever he wants despite Shuji's expressed dislike of him.

Shuji has a daily ritual of touching a certain willow tree for good luck. One day, he is startled to find out that his willow tree was uprooted and in its place, a freaky-looking girl telling him that some people took the tree somewhere else to be spotted. She joked that she was planning to hang herself from that tree. Scared, Shuji runs away.

Things heat up when a new student comes to school. Shuji is shocked to find out that the new student was the freaky girl he saw the day his willow tree disappeared. Her name is '''Kotani Nobuko''', a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school.

Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their "youth" they will "produce" Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions, however, is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible.

Of course, there can be no protagonist without an antagonist. There is a mysterious girl in school jeopardizing the duo's plan to make Nobuko popular. The mystery continues to unfold.

Unveiled here is the story of true friendship between three unlikely candidates who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances!

==Cast==
*[[Kamenashi Kazuya]] as Kiritani Shuji (桐谷修二)
*[[Yamashita Tomohisa]] as Kusano Akira (草野章)
*[[Horikita Maki]] as Kotani Nobuko (小谷信子)
*[[Toda Erika]] as Uehara Mariko (上原真理子)
*[[Ukaji Takashi]] as Kiritani Satoru
*[[Fukaura Kanako]] as Kiritani Nobuko (桐谷信子)
*[[Nakajima Yuto]] as Kiritani Koji
*[[Okada Yoshinori]] as Yokoyama Takeshi
*[[Wakaba Ryuuya]] as Shittaka
*[[Ishii Tomoya]]
*[[Takahashi Katsumi]] as Hirayama Ippei
*[[Natsuki Mari]] as Catherine
*[[Mizuta Fumiko]] as Bando
*[[Daito Shunsuke]] as Taniguchi
*[[Tajima Hanami]] as Inoue Misa
*[[Akiko]]
*[[Suetaka Tomu]]

==Production Credits==
*'''Original writing:''' 『野ブタ。をプロデュース』 by Shiraiwa Gen ISBN 4-309-01683-9
*'''Screenwriter:''' [[Kizara Izumi]] (木皿泉)
*'''Producer:''' (河野英裕)
*'''Director:''' (岩本仁志), (佐久間紀佳)
*'''Music:''' (池頼広)

==Episode Ratings==
*Nobuta wo Produce got consistently high-ratings in Tokyo and Nationwide. The ending got a Nationwide viewership rating of 26.3%

*'''Ep01:''' 16.1%
*'''Ep02:''' 14.9%
*'''Ep03:''' 17.0%
*'''Ep04:''' 16.4%
*'''Ep05:''' 17.1%
*'''Ep06:''' 17.7%
*'''Ep07:''' 16.7%
*'''Ep08:''' 18.0%
*'''Ep09:''' 16.8%
*'''Ep10:''' 18.2%

==Awards==
*'''47th Television Acadamy Awards:''' Best Drama
*'''47th Television Acadamy Awards:''' Best Actor: [[Yamashita Tomohisa]]
*'''47th Television Acadamy Awards:''' Best Supporting Actress: [[Horikita Maki]]
*'''47th Television Acadamy Awards:''' Best Director
*'''47th Television Acadamy Awards:''' Best Script
*'''47th Television Acadamy Awards:''' Best Music

==External Links==
*[http://www.ntv.co.jp/nobuta/ Official Site]
*[http://jdorama.com/drama.961.htm JDorama.com]
*[http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=244634#244634 Discussion at D-Addicts.com]

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