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KAITO YAMANEKO
(The Mysterious Thief YAMANEKO) |
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| Air Date: |
9 pm, Saturdays, 16 January 2016 |
| Cast: |
Kamenashi Kazuya, Narimiya Hiroki, Hirose Suzu, Nanao, Kitamura Yukiya, Otsuka Nene, Sasaki Kuranosuke |
| Synopsis: |
What is justice?
Is it about being kind? Or is it about winning?
A certain man claims that “Justice is about robbing.“YAMANEKO (Kamenashi Kazuya) is notoriously elusive, but wherever he shows up, enormous amounts of money gets stolen. Evidence of the audacious crime is left scattered all over the place. In every episode, YAMANEKO the hero thief throws a splash of “rotten justice” in your face.
Pretentiously calling himself a “genius thief,” YAMANEKO is arrogant and acts like he’s the king of the world. Everything he does is bold and daring, but he remains elusive. There is indeed no match for YAMANEKO. He goes by one creed alone—“I will steal but I won’t deprive.”Why does he steal? Just what is he all about? These are the great mysteries of this incredibly entertaining yet highly unpredictable story! YAMANEKO—a new thief and hero emerges! |
| MARS ~ Tada Kimi o Aishiteru |
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| Air Date: |
12:55 am, Sundays, 24 January 2016 |
| Cast: |
Fujigaya Taisuke, Kubota Masataka, Iitoyo Marie, Yamazaki Hirona, Inaba Yu, Maeda Goki, Suzuki Yuka, Tahara Kanako, Okunaka Makoto, Watanabe Yutaro, Kikawada Masaya |
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One day during the spring break, Aso Kira (Iitoyo Marie) meets a Kashino Rei (Fujigaya Taisuke) riding a motorcycle while she is drawing a picture by the seaside. Unaccustomed to males, Kira responds curtly to him. They meet again as classmates at the start of the new school term. Rei usually does not insist on particular female, but he starts to take an interest in Kira. This surprises Sugihara Harumi (Yamazaki Hirona), who is in love with him, and his close friend Kida Tatsuya (Inaba Yu). Kira’s drawings bring her and Rei closer together emotionally. However, the transfer of Kira’s junior high school classmate Kirishima Masao (Kubota Masataka) to the school begins to set the destinies of the three of them in motion… |
ITSUKA TIFFANY DE CHOUSHOKU O
(A Girl’s Breakfast) |
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| Air Date: |
1:30 am, Sundays, 10 January 2016 |
| Cast: |
Triendl Reina, Tokunaga Eri, Mori Kanna, Aragi Yuko, Narita Ryo, Nakamura Yurika, Yanagi Shuntaro, Otsuka Hirota, Ishida Houshi, Iwai Kenshiro, Tsuda Kanji |
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Supplements, sweets, and canned coffee. Such is the breakfast of Sato Mariko (Triendl Reina), who has been living with her boyfriend for seven years. They started living together thinking that they could enjoy breakfast every morning with lots of love and smiles.
Mariko rarely sees her high school friends, but one morning, they get together to talk about her boyfriend issues. Over breakfast, she decides to break up with him so she can find a new “Mariko.”
And so her days of having ideal breakfasts begin. Noriko, Risa, and Shiori discover that they too can do something about their problems. Follow these four ladies as they face their various problems and grow, all the while enjoying delicious breakfasts. |
NIETZSCHE-SENSEI ~ Konbini ni, Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita
(Mr. Nietzsche In The Convenience Store) |
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| Air Date: |
2:55 am, Sundays, 24 January 2016 |
| Cast: |
Mamiya Shotaro, Urai Kenji, Matsui Rena, Uchida Rio, Matsuda Ryo, Suga Yusuke, Jirou, Sato Jiro |
| Synopsis: |
Matsukoma-kun (Urai Kenji), a veteran part-timer and jobless university graduate, finds himself stressed and twisted around by Nietzsche-sensei (Mamiya Shotaro) his new colleague at the convenience store. Also known as Nii Tomoharu, Nietzsche-sensei is a university student studying Buddhism and has a peculiar way of serving customers. |
Rinshou Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri
(Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa) |
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| Air Date: |
10:30 pm, Sundays, 17 January 2016 |
| Cast: |
Saito Takumi, Kubota Masataka, Yuka, Yamamoto Mizuki, Makita Sports, Shimizu Kazuki, Horiguchi Hikaru, Matsunaga Nagisa, Onodera Akira, Hasegawa Kyoko, Matsuzawa Kazuyuki, Namase Katsuhisa, Natsuki Mari |
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Criminologist Himura Hideo (Saito Takumi) gets so much pleasure out of being in crime scenes that he’s even confessed to having wanted to kill someone. Constantly seeking out the ultimate crime, he is indeed a man with quite a few issues.Mystery writer Arisugawa Arisu (Kubota Masataka), on the other hand, keeps a close eye on Himura’s investigations and writes about them but at times completely misses the point. Not at all the type of guy you’d call dependable, Arisugawa nonetheless professes to be the protector of the clumsy Himura.
Although these two men appear like they have no business being in crime scenes, they mitigate each other’s shortcomings and use their compelling logic to unravel the elaborately woven tricks left behind by the criminals. It’s almost as if Himura and Arisugawa use incredible magical powers to tease out unimaginable truths! Himura stoically tackles bizarre and dark criminal investigations while Arisu’s sense of mission propels him to passionately cover the back of his conflicted and vulnerable buddy. Based on deep trust for each other, theirs is a touching friendship you won’t want to miss! |
HIGANBANA ~ Keishichou Sousa Nanaka
(Whispers from a Crime Scene) |
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| Air Date: |
10 pm, Wednesdays, 13 January 2016 |
| Cast: |
Horikita Maki, Dan Rei, Jiyoung, Takanashi Rin, YOU, Daigo, Takahashi Keiko, Ichikawa Tomohiro, Kimoto Takehiro, Hirayama Hiroyuki, Sano Shiro, Daichi Ma |
| Synopsis: |
Love, friendship, career, marriage, childbirth, childrearing…
Women who live in modern societies are faced with complex situations that drive them to become victims or perpetrators.
Nagisa (Horikita Maki) the heroine, has the ability to “synch” with all the powerful emotions that linger in crime scenes. When this happens though, she blacks out. Even in her day-to-day life, she can hear people’s evil intentions and true colors and senses their lies and deception. That is why she always wears headphones in order to shut out people’s emotions. She works well with her colleagues at the Red Spider Lily unit, who are all brutally honest acid-tongued women with no qualms about speaking their minds.”Red Spider Lily” is an eclectic unit that includes a science geek, a single mom, and a woman who grew up abroad. Seen by many as a department that’s been taken off the main career track, Red Spider Lily turns out to be full of fabulous detectives! Crimes that women commit are almost always propelled by jealousy, maternal instincts, attention seeking, and envy—emotions that, for good or for worse, every woman possesses. This drama’s heroine, who hears voices that linger in crime scenes, and her colleagues solve cases using their female instincts. |
MONEY NO TENSHI ~ Anata no Okane, Torimodoshimasu!
(The Angel of Money) |
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| Air Date: |
11:59 am, Thursdays, 07 January 2016 |
| Cast: |
Koyabu Kazutoyo, Katase Nana, Aoi Wakana, Yagura Fuko, Fujita Miria, Inoue Arisu, Nakano Kumiko, Nagase Tasuku Takenaka Naoto |
| Synopsis: |
Kurihara Risa (Katase Nana) works as a manager for a Mexican restaurant in Osaka, Japan. She is also studying to become a lawyer. Risa recovered from severe money problems in her past and decides to open up a small financial counseling booth in the restaurant. She wants to help others overcome what she did. The first person to appear at her booth is Takeuchi Shigeru (Koyabu Kazutoyo). He eventually helps Risa with her financial consultations. |
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