Manpuku
Date: From 8.00 a.m., Mondays – Saturdays, 1 October 2018
Station: NHK
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yasushi (Doctors Series, Good Partner, Galileo Series)
Cast: Ando Sakura, Hasegawa Hiroki, Matsushita Nao, Kaname Jun, Uchida Yuki, Otani Ryohei, Matsuzaka Keiko
Synopsis: The youngest of three sisters (Uchida Yuki, Matsushita Nao), Imai Fukuko (Ando Sakura) grew up in a poor family but received a lot of love. She is a born optimist and loves eating. Because her father died early, she starts to work as a hotel’s telephone switchboard operator to support the family after graduating from a school for girls. Some incident leads to her encounter with her future husband Tachibana Manpei (Hasegawa Hiroki). The two of the eventually get married but Fukuko keeps getting pushed around by Manpei who develops businesses with unconventional ideas. At first, she only tolerates this, but she soon supports him and begins to grow into a strong woman. And then, the couple produce a great invention of the century which changes global food culture.
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Kyou kara Ore wa!!*UPDATED*
Date: From 10.30 p.m., Sundays, October 2018
Station: NTV
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yuichi (Super Salaryman Saenai-shi, Yuusha Yoshihiko Series )
Original Work: Kyou kara Ore wa!! by Nishimori Hiroyuki
Genre: School comedy
Cast: Kaku Kento, Kentaro, Taiga, Yamoto Yuma, Suzuki Nobuyuki, Isomura Hayato, Seino Nana, Hashimoto Kanna
Synopsis: Free-spirited, self-indulgent Mitsuhashi Takashi’s (Kaku Kento) creed is “Whatever I do, I’ll win!”. He decides to become a blonde-haired delinquent after his transfer to Nanpa High School. Together with the righteous, spikey-haired Ito Shinji (Kentaro), he forms the greatest delinquent duo.
Website: www.ntv.co.jp/kyoukaraoreha
Saint Onii-san*UPDATED*
Date: Fall 2018
Network: Pikkoma TV
Scriptwriter: Fukuda Yuichi (Super Salaryman Saenai-shi, Yuusha Yoshihiko Series, Uchuu no Shigoto)
Original Work: Saint Onii-san by Nakamura Hikaru
Cast: Matsuyama Kenichi, Sometani Shota
Synopsis: Jesus (Matsuyama Kenichi) and Buddha (Sometani Shota), who have safely crossed over to a new century, are sharing an apartment in Tachikawa, Tokyo while they spend a vacation on earth taking in its four seasons. Jesus loves feeble jokes and comedy greatly and is a spendthrift who loves new things. Buddha, on the other hand, is thrifty like a housewife and his hobby is making original T-shirts using silkscreen printing. They are enjoying everyday life at their own pace, but unintentionally demonstrate their godly powers everywhere.
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