MAGI Tenshou Shonen Shisetsu to Sekai Teikoku
Date: Summer 2017
Station: Amazon Prime
Scriptwriter: Kamata Toshio (Nigeru Onna, Last Dinner, Keiji Teinen)
Original Work: Tenshou Shonen Shisetsu to Sekai Teikoku by Wakakuwa Midori
Genre: Adventure
Cast: –
Synopsis: During the Tenshou era, a small delegation of Japanese youths are officially sent for a meeting between Japan and the West for the first time and they have an audience with the Roman emperor at the Vatican, the headquarters of the Roman Catholic Church. However, what awaits them upon their return to Japan after their spectacular mission is the prohibition of Christianity by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Website: –
Hello Harinezumi
Date: From 10.00 p.m., Fridays, July 2017
Station: TBS
Scriptwriter: One Hitoshi (River’s Edge ~ Okawabata Tanteisha, Mahoro Eki-mae Bangaichi, Moteki)
Original Work: Hello Harinezumi by Hirokane Kenshi
Genre: Investigative
Cast: Eita, Fukada Kyoko, Morita Go, Yamaguchi Tomoko
Synopsis: Akatsuka Detective Agency stands inconspicuously at Shimo Akatsuka in Tokyo’s Itabashi ward. Its carefree, eccentric investigator Nanase Goro (Eita) is eager to take on troublesome cases that everyone else is reluctant to. At times, he and his partner Kogure Kyusaku (Morita Go) tackle sad cases and sometimes difficult ones that are beyond imagination. The detective agency is headed by Kaze Kaoru (Yamaguchi Tomoko), a heavy drinker who downs alcohol during the day but watches out for Goro and Gu-re.
Website: www.tbs.co.jp/hello-harinezumi
Gomen, Aishiteru*NEW*
Date: From 9.00 p.m., Sundays, July 2017
Station: TBS
Scriptwriter: Asano Taeko (Dakara Kouya, Utsukushiki Wana, Ten no Hakobune)
Original Work: I’m Sorry, I Love You by Lee Kyung-Hee
Genre: Romance
Cast: Nagase Tomoya, Yoshioka Riho, Sakaguchi Kentaro, Otake Shinobu
Synopsis: Okazaki Ritsu (Nagase Tomoya) was abandoned by his mother when he was a child and lived on the margins of society. The underworld was the only place for him. One day, in a strange turn of events, Ritsu saves Mita Rinka (Yoshioka Riho). This is an encounter that will change both their destinies. Then, Ritsu gets involved in an accident and sustains a grave head injury. No one knows if he will be able to survive. Wanting to be filial to his mother in his last moments, Ritsu starts searching for her. He finds Hyuga Reiko (Otake Shinobu) with the information he has obtained. However, he sees the mother whom he believed had given him up because of poverty, shower tremendous love on her son Satoru (Sakaguchi Kentaro). He is taken aback by their wealth and happy expressions, and struggles with conflicting feelings of yearning and loathing. Then he meets Rinka again. Rinka has had feelings for her childhood friend Satoru but it is not reciprocated while Ritsu seeks love because he has never been loved by anyone before. Rinka is gradually drawn to him as his loneliness and warmth touch her. Satoru has received all his mother’s love and lives without a care, not knowing Ritsu’s anguish. And Reiko dotes on Satoru without realising that her son is by her side. Now their lives intersect.
Website: www.tbs.co.jp/gomen_aishiteru
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