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  • Ep 11 SUB

    Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki (2024) (2024)

    Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki (2024)
    Genre:
    Amnesia, Drama, Medical, Mystery
    Country:
    Japanese

    Kawauchi Miyabi was once a promising neurosurgeon, but an accident caused damage to Miyabi's brain. She is unable to remember the past 2 years of her life and she will forget everything that happened today when she wakes up the next day. She has all but given up on becoming a doctor and works as an assistant nurse. One day, Neurosurgeon Sanpei Tomoharu appears in front of her. He is known as an eccentric person. Sanpei Tomoharu guides Kawauchi Miyabi at his own pace, regardless of her will. This actually helps Kawauchi Miyabi as a doctor and a patient. The mystery hidden in her missing memories is gradually revealed, which contains a secret.

    (Source: AsianWiki)

    Adapted from the manga series "Unmet" (アンメット) written by Kojika Yuzuru (子鹿ゆずる) and illustrated by Ootsuki Kanto (大槻閑人).

    Episodes: 10

    Duration: 54 min.

    Airs On: Monday

  • Ep 9 SUB

    Hoshi Furu Yoru ni (2023) (2023)

    Hoshi Furu Yoru ni (2023)
    Genre:
    Drama, Miniseries, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    35-year-old gynaecologist Yukimiya Suzu works at a hospital in a peaceful seaside town. While she helps to bring new life into the world, she is emotionally worn out in this constrictive and suffocating society, and cannot be vulnerable to anyone. Suzu studied hard to become a doctor and as a result of working for money and status, she not only lost the friends who fought with her, but also the enthusiasm and dreams she once had. She learned that society is not always on the side of those who are right and she will only get fatigued if she fights.

    Suzu decides to go camping alone to take a breather. As she drinks alcohol and looks up at the starry sky, Hiiragi Issei wordlessly moves towards her and takes a series of photos with his camera. Then he kisses her without warning. The next morning, when Suzu wakes up, the young man conveys something to her with hand gestures and leaves. This episode would become a irreplaceable fated encounter for each of them.

    Issei lives in a world with no sound. He has many interests, friends all over the world and follows his heart’s desires. Although Issei is 10 years her junior, and strangely overbearing and immature at times, he has a glow that cannot be missed. As Suzu interacts with him, her heart is gradually set free.

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Double (2022) (2022)

    Double (2022)
    Genre:
    Drama, Manga, Miniseries, Psychological
    Country:
    Japanese

    Takarada Takara works for a company. On a rainy day, he walks helplessly without an umbrella. Somehow, he watches a stage play performed by theatrical troupe Eiyu. Takarada Takara becomes touched by Kamoshima Yujin's performance. Afterwards, Takarada Takara decides to quit his job and become an actor. He also joins theatrical troupe Eiyu.

    Kamoshima Yujin begins to teach Takarada Takara. He realizes that Takarada Takara has talent as an actor and he hopes he becomes successful. At the same time, Kamoshima Yujin also wants become successful as an actor.

    With Kamoshima Yujin’s support, Takarada Takara develops as an actor and becomes popular. This changes the relationship between Takarada Takara and Kamoshima Yujin.

    Adapted from the manga "Double" (ダブル) by Noda Ayako (野田彩子).

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Avalanche (2021) (2021)

    Avalanche (2021)
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    Habu Seiichi is a member of the mysterious outlaw group Avalanche. The group exists at a time when moral hazards run rampant among politicians, bureaucrats, businesses and even among ordinary people.
  • Ep 12 SUB

    Hot Mom (2021) (2021)

    Hot Mom (2021)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, life
    Country:
    Japanese
    Matsuura Natsuki works at apparel company Avril and dreams to be a world-class fashion director. One day, Natsuki reunites with former classmate Miura Motoya and spent the night together. Natsuki finds herself pregnant a few months later. Can Natsuki overcome her pregnancy, marriage, childbirth, and childcare? Will she be able to balance her work and family, and realise her dream? ~~ Remake of the Chinese drama Hot Mom (2013).
  • Ep 1 RAW

    Double Booking (2020) (2020)

    Double Booking (2020)
    Genre:
    Comedy
    Country:
    Japanese
    Yuji double booked an online date with two lovers at the same time on the same day. The two women are Aya, an office worker and Maya, a college student. While Yuji gets himself busy, trying to seek help from social media and the internet, he ends up getting stucked in a situation.
  • Ep 8 SUB

    Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun (2020)

    Iine! Hikaru Genji-kun
    Genre:
    Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    Fujiwara Saori comes home from office one weekend, and is dozing off after lighting some incense set that she bought in Bali to relax when a man wearing an ancient outfit appears all of a sudden. Saori thinks he is a suspicious person and even gets the police to come. However, during questioning, she recalls “Genji” and suddenly blurts this name out because the man is handsome and dressed in a costume from the Heian Period. The man embraces her as if to say he is Genji and the police leave under the impression that this is a lovers’ quarrel. Saori believes he is a cosplayer but hears that he has reasons for having no place to return to. She decides to help by putting him up for the time being. However, her younger sister Shiori finds out that they are living together. Before long, Hikaru’s rival in Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji, Tou no Chujou, also shows up...
  • Ep 1 RAW

    Stolen Identity 2 (2020) (2020)

    Stolen Identity 2 (2020)
    Genre:
    Crime, Detective, Mystery, Suspense, Trauma
    Country:
    Japanese
    A couple of months have passed since the serial murder case. A new dead body is found in the same area. Detective Manabu Kagaya tries to find the truth. He goes to see serial killer Yoshiharu Urano in prison.
  • Ep 8 SUB

    Ossan's Love: In the Sky (2019)

    Ossan's Love: In the Sky
    Genre:
    Drama, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    Haruta, a 35-years-old single man, has to switch career and begins as a CA in Tenku Peach Airlines. Even though he's clumsy, he seems to be protected by the Great Captain Kurosawa. One day, he finds drawings of himself on a locker and accidentally discovers his Captain is secretly in love with him. At the same time, the co-pilot and a mechanic, who sleeps next door, confess to him too.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    No Longer Human (2019)

    No Longer Human
    Genre:
    Drama, life, Psychological
    Country:
    Japanese

    The story of a young man who has felt since childhood utterly alien from others around him. Since that time he has learned to put on a face to hide his alienation. He feels incapable of belonging to the human society, especially so by society's refusal to take him seriously. He then follows a descent into alcohol, drugs, and suicide...

    Based on one of the best-selling Japanese novels by Dazai Osamu.

  • Ep 4 SUB

    The Sunflower on the Shogi Board (Banjo no Himawari) (2019)

    The Sunflower on the Shogi Board (Banjo no Himawari)
    Genre:
    Crime, Investigation, Murder, Mystery
    Country:
    Japanese

    In 1994, a human skeleton is found in the mountain of Saitama. A shogi game piece is found with the skeleton. The shogi piece was made by a master craftsman. Veteran detective Takeshi and rookie detective Naoya begin to investigate the owner of the shogi piece.

    Keisuke is a genius professional shogi player. While doing an interview with a shogi magazine, Keisuke recalls his childhood. In 1972, Keisuke was an elementary school student and he lived with his father. His father was violent and did not even give Keisuke a proper meal. Keisuke happened to meet Koichiro, who was a retired teacher. Koichiro was nice to Keisuke and, because of him, Keisuke became fascinated with the game of shogi.

    Detective Takeshi and Detective Naoya go to see Keisuke. Is Keisuke the killer? Who is the dead person?

  • Ep 10 SUB

    No Side Game (2019)

    No Side Game
    Genre:
    Drama, Sports
    Country:
    Japanese
    Kimijima Hayato works for a big manufacturing company. He wants to be successful at his job and he is mentioned for a promotion, but he opposes the company undertaking a project led by his boss. This leads to Kimijima Hayato being demoted to a chief of general affairs position at a factory in the province. He is also ordered to work as the general manager of the company's rugby team named Astros. The Astros were once a formidable team, but they have been losers in their recent past. Kimijima Hayato hopes to regain his standing at the company by rebuilding the Astros into a powerhouse, but he doesn't have any knowledge about rugby.
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Ie Uru Onna no Gyakushu (2019) (2019)

    Ie Uru Onna no Gyakushu (2019)
    Genre:
    Business, Comedy
    Country:
    Japanese
    Season 2 of this drama starts off with Machi being married to Dai Yashiro, while Kenji Rusudo is a rival real estate agent.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Stolen Identity (2018) (2018)

    Stolen Identity (2018)
    Genre:
    Crime, Detective, Drama, Investigation, Murder, Mystery
    Country:
    Japanese
    Asami Inaba is a temporary worker at a company. One day, her boyfriend leaves his smartphone in a taxi. Since then, mysterious things take place around her like her credit card bill having charges she did not place. She gets involved in a big case.
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Pretty ga Oosugiru (2018)

    Pretty ga Oosugiru
    Genre:
    Business, Comedy, Fashion, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    Yoshitaka Niimi works at the editorial department for a major publishing company. He is good at his job. The Chief Editor Ryuhei Kashiwazaki assigns him to work at the fashion magazine Pipin.

    On his first day at Pipin, he is shocked at the different environment. The female staff seem rather unusual and then there's the appearance of the fashion models!

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Takane no Hana (Born to be a Flower) (2018)

    Takane no Hana (Born to be a Flower)
    Genre:
    Drama, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    The eldest daughter of the distinguished head family of the famous Tsukishima style of flower arrangement, 29-year-old Tsukishima Momo has everything – beauty, talent, career and wealth. She is engaged to the man she deeply loves. However, she discovers her fiance has been two-timing her and cancels their marriage on the day of the wedding. A shattered Momo has a crisis of confidence all at once. That is when Kazama Naoto happens to show up. The owner of a bicycle shop, he is an ordinary man who has nothing, and she is a woman out of his league. In spite of this, the two of them fall in love.
  • Ep 9 SUB

    99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season 2 (2018)

    99.9 Keiji Senmon Bengoshi Season 2
    Genre:
    Comedy, Investigation, Law
    Country:
    Japanese
    Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firms among the 4 big law firms. Hiroto Miyama begins to work with Atsuhiro Sada. Atsuhiro Sada is a lawyer specializing in civil cases and makes lots of money for the law firm. He doesn't have any interest in criminal cases which can not make money.
  • Ep 7 SUB

    The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business (Momikeshite Fuyu) (2018)

    The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business (Momikeshite Fuyu)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Family, Suspense
    Country:
    Japanese

    Taizo Kitazawa (Baijaku Nakamura) works as a middle school principal. He has three children. His first child, Hirofumi (Yukiyoshi Ozawa), is 38 years old and works as a heart surgeon. His second child, Chiaki (Haru), is 27 years old and works as a lawyer. The youngest child, Shusaku (Ryosuke Yamada), is 25 years old and works as a police officer. He is ambitious and has a strong sense of justice.

    In order to keep happiness in the Kitazawa family, the family uses any means they can. Shusaku comes into conflict between love for his family and professional ethics.

  • Ep 10 RAW

    The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business (Momikeshite Fuyu) (2018)

    The Kitazawas: We Mind Our Own Business (Momikeshite Fuyu)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Family, Suspense
    Country:
    Japanese

    Taizo Kitazawa (Baijaku Nakamura) works as a middle school principal. He has three children. His first child, Hirofumi (Yukiyoshi Ozawa), is 38 years old and works as a heart surgeon. His second child, Chiaki (Haru), is 27 years old and works as a lawyer. The youngest child, Shusaku (Ryosuke Yamada), is 25 years old and works as a police officer. He is ambitious and has a strong sense of justice.

    In order to keep happiness in the Kitazawa family, the family uses any means they can. Shusaku comes into conflict between love for his family and professional ethics.

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Minshuu no Teki (The Public Enemy) (2017)

    Minshuu no Teki (The Public Enemy)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Family, political
    Country:
    Japanese
    Sato Tomoko leads an ordinary life as a 40-year-old wife and mother with a part-time hourly job to supplement the household income. One day, she defies an unfair rule at her customer service job because she wants to help the customer, and is fired on the same day her husband loses his job. Tomoko is a high school dropout due to her family background, and has no certifications. How is she to get a secure job that pays enough to provide decent meals for Shun, her 5-year-old son? After her husband mentions find the high salary of city council members, Tomoko researches it on the Internet and learns that winning a seat on the council has a higher probability than getting a secure salary job. Inspired by the desire to earn a good salary, Tomoko decides and convinces her husband to withdraw their savings so she can run in the current election. While her rivals are endorsed by current politicians or come from families with elite backgrounds, Tomoko isn't intimidated for long, and decides she can be a voice for struggling working class families and fight the status quo that makes it difficult for Japanese women to work after becoming mothers. Todo Makoto, who comes from a long line of politicians and is also running for a seat on the council, hears her speech and is impressed. So is Hirata Kazumi, a former star political journalist at a newspaper whose daughter attends the same nursery school as Shun, is inspired by her energy and ability to unify people, and becomes her campaign manager.
  • Ep 42 SUB

    Warotenka (2017)

    Warotenka
    Genre:
    Business, Comedy, Drama, Family, Historical, life, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    Set during the late Meiji era to post-World War II period at Osaka, featuring the lead character Fujioka Ten who is modeled after Yoshimoto Sei, the founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo and a female comedy show promoter. Ten is born into a family managing a drug wholesale business in Kyoto and meets Kitamura Tōkichi who is the son of a family in the rice dealing business. When they fall in love, Ten goes against her parents' wishes to marry Tokichi who is a big lover of comedy. Ten unwittingly becomes the manager of a vaudeville theater with her husband, and eventually becomes the first woman in Japan to make comedy into a business, transforming Osaka into a capital of comedy.
  • Ep 151 RAW

    Warotenka (2017)

    Warotenka
    Genre:
    Business, Comedy, Drama, Family, Historical, life, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    Set during the late Meiji era to post-World War II period at Osaka, featuring the lead character Fujioka Ten who is modeled after Yoshimoto Sei, the founder of Yoshimoto Kogyo and a female comedy show promoter. Ten is born into a family managing a drug wholesale business in Kyoto and meets Kitamura Tōkichi who is the son of a family in the rice dealing business. When they fall in love, Ten goes against her parents' wishes to marry Tokichi who is a big lover of comedy. Ten unwittingly becomes the manager of a vaudeville theater with her husband, and eventually becomes the first woman in Japan to make comedy into a business, transforming Osaka into a capital of comedy.
  • Ep 8 RAW

    Sauce-san no Koi (2017)

    Sauce-san no Koi
    Genre:
    Romance, Suspense
    Country:
    Japanese
    Uno Masanao, a 19-year-old student of a university of the arts, works part-time at a convenience store in Tokyo. Every night, a mysterious older woman Gota Mika comes to this convenience store and only buys sauce. He falls in love with her and takes to calling her Sauce-san. One day, the two of them form a connection when Masanao sends Mika home after she is chased by a molester and they go on to date despite their 10-year age gap. However, Mika’s trauma somehow rears its head as a result of her tragic past. As her past is gradually revealed, it offers glimpses of the unexpected truth and their relationship eventually cracks...
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Kaettekita Ie Uru Onna (2017) (2017)

    Kaettekita Ie Uru Onna (2017)
    Genre:
    Business, Comedy
    Country:
    Japanese

    Set 2 years after Sangenya Machi and Yashiro Dai left Teiko Real Estate's Shinjuku office.

    The real estate office has seen a steep decline in business due to competition. Niwano Seiji visits Sangenya Machi for help, but he is surprised to see her holding a baby.

    The next day, Sangenya appears at Teiko Real Estate and deals with customers who are having problems.

  • Ep 7 SUB

    Final Fantasy XIV - Hikari no Otousan (2017)

    Final Fantasy XIV - Hikari no Otousan
    Genre:
    Family
    Country:
    Japanese
    The original material for this drama comes from a blog titled "Gekikakusatsu SS Nikki" by a person named Mighty. In the drama, Inaba Hirotaro, who has only been devoted to working so far, is hooked on online games now that he is over 60. His son Mitsuo, a salaryman, is trying to reach out to his father as a game player in the same world of online games without disclosing his true identity. Despite the secrets that each of them have, father and son, start to understand each other and become them closer through the online games.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Girls in the Dark (The Dark Maidens) (2017)

    Girls in the Dark (The Dark Maidens)
    Genre:
    Adventure, Investigation, Mystery, School
    Country:
    Japanese
    One day, Shiraishi Itsumi dies at Seibo Maria Girls High School. She falls off from the rooftop of a school building. Itsumi is the daughter of the administrator at the school and she was envied by all the other students there. Did Itsumi kill herself or was she killed accidentally or intentionally? At the time of her death, she held a lily of the valley flower in her hand. A rumor spreads that somebody in the literature club killed Itsumi. Itsumi was the president of the literature club. A friend of Itsumi, Sayuri, is now the president and she holds a regular club meeting, reading stories written by members. The theme of the meeting is “Shiraishi Itsumi’s death”.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Shiawase no Kioku (2017) (2017)

    Shiawase no Kioku (2017)
    Genre:
    Family, life
    Country:
    Japanese

    Taro's business failed and he got divorced. He also left his family's home. 5 years later, his oldest daughter Nanami, second daughter Fuyuka and ex-wife Junko still live in the same house which Taro left.

    One day, Taro, who has been having difficulties paying his rent, visits his daughter Nanami's office to ask for a loan. Nanami is the bread winner for the family since he left, so she becomes angry at him. Later, Taro arrives at his former house unannounced and begins to live there.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    The Black Devil and the White Prince (2016)

    The Black Devil and the White Prince
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    Yu Akahane (Nana Komatsu) moves to a dormitory room after her father's transfer from work. She is excited that she will live in the same dorm as Takumi Shirakawa (Yudai Chiba) aka "White Prince." Yet, Haruto Kurosaki (Kento Nakajima) aka...
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Ie Uru Onna (2016) (2016)

    Ie Uru Onna (2016)
    Genre:
    Business, Comedy
    Country:
    Japanese
    With four years left before Tokyo hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics, housing sales are fiercely competitive. At this time, an excellent real estate agent appears. Her name is Machi Sangenya (Keiko Kitagawa). She is single and 30-years-old with an attractive appearance. With any of her clients. Machi Sangenya must get a purchase. Machi has her own unique way to get her customers to buy the homes. Her unique method include getting involved in the problems of her clients and their families. She then solves their problems. With her ingenious ways, all of Machi Sangenya's customers purchase homes from her.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Zenin, Kataomoi (2016)

    Zenin, Kataomoi
    Genre:
    Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    Several short films put together under the common theme of One Sided Love:

    ***My Nickname is Butatchi

    ***Something Blue / サムシング ブルー

    ***Asahan no Yuge / あさはんのゆげ

    ***Kataomoi Supairaru / 片想いスパイラル

    ***Usotsuki no Koi / 嘘つきの恋

    ***Ibu no Okurimono / イブの贈り物

    ***Radio Personality / ラジオパーソナリティ

    ***Boku no Sabotin / 僕のサボテン

  • Ep 1 RAW

    The Magnificent Nine (2016) (2016)

    The Magnificent Nine (2016)
    Genre:
    Based on True Story, Comedy, Historical
    Country:
    Japanese
    Residents in a town have a hard time due to the land tax and forced labor. 9 people worry about the future of their town and they set up a plan to save it. The plan is to lend large amounts of money to han (historical term for the estate of a warrior) and distribute the interest annually to the residents.
  • Ep 10 SUB

    99.9 -Keiji Senmon Bengoshi (2016)

    99.9 -Keiji Senmon Bengoshi
    Genre:
    Comedy, Investigation, Law
    Country:
    Japanese
    Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firms among the 4 big law firms. Hiroto Miyama begins to work with Atsuhiro Sada. Atsuhiro Sada is a lawyer specializing in civil cases and makes lots of money for the law firm. He doesn't have any interest in criminal cases which can not make money.
  • Ep 1 RAW

    Kanojo ga Koishita Shokunin-san ~ Mary wa Takumi ni Kubittake SP (2016)

    Kanojo ga Koishita Shokunin-san ~ Mary wa Takumi ni Kubittake SP
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    Mary Cordery (Taylor) is a Canadian who has come to Japan for a report that she is doing at university on Japanese artisans’ skills. She has an intimate knowledge of Japanese culture, and is especially infatuated with artisans. Their skills...
  • Ep 2 SUB

    Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai (2015)

    Kurosaki-kun no Iinari ni Nante Naranai
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    kahane Yu (Komatsu Nana) transfers to Harumi High School, which has a dormitory, due to her father’s job relocation. Dreaming of a brilliant high school life, she attempts her “debut” by making seven resolutions such as “laugh”, “make friends”, “get...
  • Ep 5 RAW

    Tenshi no Naifu (2015)

    Tenshi no Naifu
    Genre:
    Crime, Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    Takashi Hiyama (Keisuke Koide) works as a cafe manager. He has lived alone with his 4-year-old daughter since the death of his wife Shoko (Izumi Fujimoto). Shoko was killed by three 13-year-old boys 4 years ago. The three boys were protected by the Juvenile Act, but Takashi and Shoko's mother (Mayumi Wakamura) were hounded by the media and their lives exposed. Now, even though Shoko's friend (Kana Kurashina) and cafe employee (Yudai Chiba) try to dissuade Takashi, he begins to search secretly for the three boys. Someone then makes an attempt on the boys' lives one by one. Detectives suspect Takshi as he made threats in the media 4 years ago that he would seek out revenge if the boys were not prosecuted. Meanwhile, Takashi tries to find the truth about the three boys.
  • Ep 8 SUB

    Tatakau! Shoten Girl (2015)

    Tatakau! Shoten Girl
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    Pegasus Bookshop is a bookstore of long standing as the rise of online bookstores make competition increasingly tougher. Kitamura Aki and Mita Takahiko are transferred to the Kichijoji branch where assistant store manager Nishioka Riko works. The fearless Aki has a great love for books and will express her opinions frankly no matter who the other party is. On the first day of work, she fiercely objects that Riko has assigned her to be in charge of comics instead of children’s books as she had wanted. While Riko welcomes the return of Takahiko, her former subordinate, she is taken aback by Aki’s attitude. Shibata, a publishing company’s sales representative comes to Aki with his deputy editor, Obata Nobumitsu. In truth, Riko has been secretly dating Shibata. She has not seen Shibata much because he has been busy lately. Just when she is feeling insecure, Shibata tells her, “I have something important to say to you,” and finally proposes. Riko becomes upset, and consults her colleague, Ozaki Shiho, about Shibata. Told by Tashiro Toshiyuki, a stranger who happens to be seated next to them at a restaurant that they frequent, “You’re lucky to get a proposal,” a drunken Riko ends up picking a quarrel with him. One day, Aki takes the cue from a customer’s words and calls for the use of point-of-purchase material more promotion of the books. Riko is dead set against this. The store’s policy is keep point-of-purchase materials to a minimum because it is more important to let customers choose for themselves rather than to recommend books. In the end, the store manager Nojima gives Aki special treatment and lines up handwritten point-of-purchase materials at the comics section. However, trouble develops. Aki is given a severe admonition by Riko and sheds tears of frustration and disappointment. The next day, Aki suggests doing an event with a popular effeminate male talent who has published a novel based on his own life, in an attempt to make up for her mistake. Although they have just a few days for preparation, she uses her connections, determines his schedule and forces the event through. As the book store staff are complaining one after another, Aki requests to change her afternoon shift despite the event being a day away. However, the next morning, Riko receives a phone call from Aki who says that she cannot come to work. Riko soothes the angry staff and everyone spends their time with preparations until late at night in order to make the event a reality. On the day of the event, when Aki goes to greet the male talent in the waiting room, he suddenly says, “Cancel the event!” … … Aki is a well-off girl who joined Pegasus Bookshop through connections. Riko has been through a lot of hard times and worked her way up only to belatedly realise that she has passed marriageable age. There is a generational gap between them as well as a difference in their circumstances. Because of their different personalities and experiences, their approaches to work and love are are not alike and they mix like oil and water. But when the branch is suddenly faced with the crisis of closure, these two females who have been saved by books, temporarily call a truce and stand united with all the staff in order to protect the store that they love.
  • Ep 9 RAW

    Tatakau! Shoten Girl (2015)

    Tatakau! Shoten Girl
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese
    Pegasus Bookshop is a bookstore of long standing as the rise of online bookstores make competition increasingly tougher. Kitamura Aki and Mita Takahiko are transferred to the Kichijoji branch where assistant store manager Nishioka Riko works. The fearless Aki has a great love for books and will express her opinions frankly no matter who the other party is. On the first day of work, she fiercely objects that Riko has assigned her to be in charge of comics instead of children’s books as she had wanted. While Riko welcomes the return of Takahiko, her former subordinate, she is taken aback by Aki’s attitude. Shibata, a publishing company’s sales representative comes to Aki with his deputy editor, Obata Nobumitsu. In truth, Riko has been secretly dating Shibata. She has not seen Shibata much because he has been busy lately. Just when she is feeling insecure, Shibata tells her, “I have something important to say to you,” and finally proposes. Riko becomes upset, and consults her colleague, Ozaki Shiho, about Shibata. Told by Tashiro Toshiyuki, a stranger who happens to be seated next to them at a restaurant that they frequent, “You’re lucky to get a proposal,” a drunken Riko ends up picking a quarrel with him. One day, Aki takes the cue from a customer’s words and calls for the use of point-of-purchase material more promotion of the books. Riko is dead set against this. The store’s policy is keep point-of-purchase materials to a minimum because it is more important to let customers choose for themselves rather than to recommend books. In the end, the store manager Nojima gives Aki special treatment and lines up handwritten point-of-purchase materials at the comics section. However, trouble develops. Aki is given a severe admonition by Riko and sheds tears of frustration and disappointment. The next day, Aki suggests doing an event with a popular effeminate male talent who has published a novel based on his own life, in an attempt to make up for her mistake. Although they have just a few days for preparation, she uses her connections, determines his schedule and forces the event through. As the book store staff are complaining one after another, Aki requests to change her afternoon shift despite the event being a day away. However, the next morning, Riko receives a phone call from Aki who says that she cannot come to work. Riko soothes the angry staff and everyone spends their time with preparations until late at night in order to make the event a reality. On the day of the event, when Aki goes to greet the male talent in the waiting room, he suddenly says, “Cancel the event!” … … Aki is a well-off girl who joined Pegasus Bookshop through connections. Riko has been through a lot of hard times and worked her way up only to belatedly realise that she has passed marriageable age. There is a generational gap between them as well as a difference in their circumstances. Because of their different personalities and experiences, their approaches to work and love are are not alike and they mix like oil and water. But when the branch is suddenly faced with the crisis of closure, these two females who have been saved by books, temporarily call a truce and stand united with all the staff in order to protect the store that they love.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Blue Spring Ride (2014) (2014)

    Blue Spring Ride (2014)
    Genre:
    Childhood, Comedy, Drama, Romance, School
    Country:
    Japanese

    When she was a middle school student, Futaba Yoshioka liked Kou Tanaka who was unlike the other boys and quite gentle. Kou Tanaka then moved away and they lost contact.

    At the end of Futaba Yoshioka's first year as a high school student she meets Kou Tanaka again. Kou Tanaka’s name has changed to Kou Mabuchi and his personality seems different from his middle school days.

  • Ep 11 SUB

    Ouran High School Host Club (2011) (2011)

    Ouran High School Host Club (2011)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Hidden Identity, Manga, Parody, Romance, School, Youth
    Country:
    Japanese
    Haruhi Fujioka (Haruna Kawaguchi) is a female high school student the prestigious Ouran Academy. Unlike most of the students who come from wealthy families, Haruhi Fujioka comes from a modest family background and entered the school with an academic scholarship. One day, she wanders around the campus and stumbles by accident into the school's "host club". The host club consists of six handsome male students who entertain female students. In the room, Haruhi unintentionally breaks an antique vase worth 8 million YEN. To repay for the broken vase, the six male members of the host club makes Haruhi join them - not realizing that Haruhi is actually a girl!
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu (I'm Taking the Day Off) (2014)

    Kyou wa Kaisha Yasumimasu (I'm Taking the Day Off)
    Genre:
    Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    Aoishi Hanae is a plain, inconspicuous office lady who has had no experience in love and no boyfriend. On her 30th birthday, she happens to end up drinking with Tanokura Yuto, a cool university student nine years her junior who is also a part-timer at her company, on the way home from a welcome party for new employees. Hanae gets drunk. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds a naked Yuto sleeping next to her. She has her first experience and first boyfriend out of the blue. Even when Hanae and Yuto go on to date, it is a daily process of trial and error because everything is a first for Hanae, including an amusement park date, a sleepover, Christmas Eve or a couple’s trip. To complicate matters, she also gets a proposal from Asao Yu, the CEO of an Italian food company who is popular with women, and a love triangle develops.
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Suikyu Yankees (2014)

    Suikyu Yankees
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, School, Sports
    Country:
    Japanese
    Naoya Inaba (Nakajima Yuto) grew up abroad and from his childhood experience, he thought “yankees” were the strongest heroes (in Japan "yankee" refers to delinquent youths). He was influenced by Japanese yankee manga while abroad and because of his own experiences and mangas, he is always full of chivalrous spirit. Naoya arrives to spend a year in a high school in Japan. He attends a technical high school which emphasis on the location being center of "water polo supremacy" but is on the verge of closing down. Naoya admires the school because a yankee, whom he admired as a child was once a student there. However, he soon realizes that there are no real yankees like hero figures, only students who spends their days meaninglessly. Naoya is disappointed and decides to do something about it.
  • Ep 11 SUB

    Shitsuren Chocolatier (2014)

    Shitsuren Chocolatier
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Food, life, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    Koyurugi Sota looks up to and adores his senior in school, Takahashi Saeko. With his one-sided love for her, he decides to leave for Paris to learn the art of making chocolates, as she loves chocolates. After returning from Paris, Sota dreams of creating the perfect chocolate to present to Saeko, and that it will make Saeko fall madly in love with him. Saeko, who is already married, is actually quite the airhead, but her actions seem to lead Sota on. Does Saeko not know that Sota is madly in love with her? Or is she just playing with his feelings?
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Kuro No Onna Kyoushi (2012)

    Kuro No Onna Kyoushi
    Genre:
    Crime, Drama, School, Suspense
    Country:
    Japanese
    It is April at Kokubunkan Public High School which is known for being good at both studies and sports. Aoyagi Haruka, the rookie form teacher of Class 3D, swells with hope. However, the assistant form teacher is Takakura Yuko, the biology teacher with a poor reputation in school. Furthermore, the transfer student Toda Toshio suddenly accuses the class prefect Mochizuki Ryohei and others of bad deeds. There is a lot to sort out for the new school term. One day, Class 3D’s Yamagishi Rio is instructed by her boyfriend, Tatsuya, to collect the email addresses of her friends. Tatsuya attends a first rate university and has also passed the bar exam. He belongs to the “winners”, but is in truth a peddler who sells unregulated herbs. In order to keep her relationship with Tatsuya going, Rio caters to his demands even though she knows is it wrong. Before long, there is a spam email that starts the rumour of Rio offering email addresses and encouraging unregulated herbs. An inspection of Rio’s bag is carried out without warning. Rio seeks Haruka’s help and Haruka promises to keep it a secret from the school. However, Yuko points out that Rio is a mere tool of the peddler. In addition, there is a call about the collapse of the students of Class 3D after smoking the unregulated herbs. In an attempt to save an embattled Rio, Haruka asks Yuko for help. But Yuko coldly says that she will save Rio in exchange for Haruka’s first paycheck. Yuko, the classics teacher Uchida Sumire and art teacher Fujii Aya wear different faces from daytime. They are “black teachers” who solve problems in return for large sums of money.
  • Ep 50 SUB

    Taira No Kiyomori (2012)

    Taira No Kiyomori
    Genre:
    Action, Adventure, Drama, Family, Historical, Martial Arts, melodrama, Military, political, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    During the late Heian era, a youth who did not know his birth parents was raised by the Heike (also known as the Taira), a samurai clan of emerging influence. Taira no Kiyomori (Matsuyama Kenichi) was in truth the illegitimate son of Emperor Shirakawa. With his adoptive father, Tadamori (Nakai Kiichi), he got rid of the pirates in the Seto Insland Sea, and was trained to be a samurai. In a period where the samurai were being discriminated by the aristocrats of the upper echelons of society, Kiyomori, who was adept at winning hearts and minds, controlled the pirates. He worked to reform the aristocracy, persisted with the way of life of the samurai and built up the mighty Taira clan (Nakamura Baijaku, Kamikawa Takaya, Fujimoto Takahiro, Daito Shunsuke). Before long, he rose from a senior courtier of the third rank to become the chief minister and the ruler of Japan.
  • Ep 1 RAW

    Commuting to School Series: On the Way to School (2015)

    Commuting to School Series: On the Way to School
    Genre:
    Romance, School, Youth
    Country:
    Japanese
    Yuki is introverted and not very good with love. She has a crush on somebody, but he already has a girlfriend. Kou is in the same art club as Yuki and has feelings for her.