Asian Drama

Set in the beautiful city of Kyoto, a strange relationship is sparked between lonely university game geek Tadashi, who wishes for nothing more than to find a girlfriend, and Izzy, a Yokai girl who can only sustain herself by engaging in physical relationships with men. While Izzy’s true intention is to exact revenge on a human family over an incident 500 years ago, Hachi struggles to find a peaceful solution to the problem.

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Episodes: 8

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Friday

The story is centered around three close friends, Kaori, Aya and Nao, who get together at a coffee house or their respective homes and engage in idle gossip.

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Adapted from the manga series "Black Girls Talk" (ブラックガールズトーク) by Makino Maki (マキノマキ).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 49 min.

Airs On: Monday

Himura Mayumi, Jinno Yukari, and Kumazawa Riko all have different backgrounds and seem to have no connections between themselves. Due to a missing woman's case, the lives of these 3 women diverges into unexpected directions. Their hidden secrets are revealed and the truth behind the case is revealed.

Himura Mayumi is 32 years old and single. She works in the public relations department for a large clothing company. Himura Mayumi experiences setbacks at her job and she now wants to get married to escape from work. Marriage isn't so easy for her now and she feels anxious. Himura Mayumi longs to experience ordinary happiness.

Jinno Yukari is a 34 year old housewife and her in-laws are a wealthy family. Her life seems comfortable, but she is always lonely. She doesn't have a child. Her husband treats her like a housemaid and she doesn't have anyone around that she can trust. Jinno Yukari also longs to experience ordinary happiness.

Kumazawa Riko is a 29 year old rookie detective who has recently begun to work in detective division. She longs to have ordinary happiness.

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Adapted from the novel "Kanojotachi no Hanzai" (彼女たちの犯罪) by Yokozeki Dai (横関大).

College girl Kaguya Hinaki has a secret that she cannot tell anyone. That is... She falls in "crazy love" with Subaru from a 3-member video distribution group "Cosmic". One day, Hinaki, who really wants to date Subaru, receives a direct message from an account that she doesn't know. The owner of that account is Subaru! This direct message totally changes Hinaki's life.

Hanaori Kotono, a clerk working in a concept café, is a super fan of Cosmo from "Cosmic". She despises Hinaki and other people with "crazy love" and vows to be a "genuine fan" who doesn't bother Cosmo. However, she can't control her desire to get close to him. One day, she sees a post on social media sent by a fan who always badgers Cosmo.

The pure "love" of the two who fall in love with their "idols" eventually goes out of control and turns into madness...

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Gachi Koi Nenchakujuu: Net Haishinsha no Kanojo ni Naritakute" (ガチ恋粘着獣 ～ネット配信者の彼女になりたくて～) by Seira (星来).

Imanishi Uta and Kujo Misono are cousins ​​who have been raised together since childhood. Uta is a hard worker who aims to become a freelance writer while working part-time at an izakaya, but she is stubborn and not good at expressing her emotions honestly. On the other hand, Misono is a cute and spoiled character who is loved by everyone. These two contrasting people live together in an apartment in Tokyo, are family members, and are like best friends. However, in fact, Misono has a devilish cold-hearted heart...! Uta, who lives together without knowing that Misono has a hidden side, is gradually driven to ruin. When Uta eventually realizes Misono's betrayal, she despairs and vows revenge to counterattack, but...

Adapted from the novel "Akuma wa Soko ni Iru" (悪魔はそこに居る) by Shimizu Seika (清水セイカ).

Segawa Ushimatsu tries to hide his background as someone who came from a burakumin area as instructed by his late father and his struggles while doing so.

An omnibus drama depicting the stories of 8 women and 8 unique chairs.

Meet Tanaka Maririn, just graduated from college and beginning her life in the workforce… at the bottommost rung. She’s not expected to know much (and she doesn’t) and she’s not expected to last long, but few at first are aware that not only does she have an upbeat attitude, but a sarcastic streak a mile long and a fearlessness to match with it. Sometimes she wears slacks instead of a skirt. She WILL succeed, and she WILL find that handsome man she saw only briefly on her first day of work after her orientation. Don’t even think you can stop her…

Meet Tanaka Maririn, just graduated from college and beginning her life in the workforce… at the bottommost rung. She’s not expected to know much (and she doesn’t) and she’s not expected to last long, but few at first are aware that not only does she have an upbeat attitude, but a sarcastic streak a mile long and a fearlessness to match with it. Sometimes she wears slacks instead of a skirt. She WILL succeed, and she WILL find that handsome man she saw only briefly on her first day of work after her orientation.

Don’t even think you can stop her…

Won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award for general manga in 1991 (tied with Kachou Shima Kousaku).

Due to an accident, Sakura Hiraga gave up on her dream. She is now married and her husband runs a hair salon. They live in a luxurious penthouse apartment. Her life seems glamorous and she is envied by everyone. What everyone does not know is that Sakura Hiraga is abused physically and verbally by her husband. She is unable to leave her situation. Sakura Hiraga considers herself a goldfish in a fishbowl. One day, due to a goldfish, she meets a man.

Adapted from a manga of the same name.

Depicts the connection between people in a new era through the work, way of life, and romance of the people who work there, with the editorial staff of the news site as the main character.

Kanfuru News is an online news media website, run by a large publishing company. Their articles are written by the editorial team, who are all men, and consists mostly of rearranged stories and comments from other websites. Their goal is to only increase page views. One day, Seko Ririko is transferred to the editorial team from the accounting department.

Depicts the connection between people in a new era through the work, way of life, and romance of the people who work there, with the editorial staff of the news site as the main character.

Kanfuru News is an online news media website, run by a large publishing company. Their articles are written by the editorial team, who are all men, and consists mostly of rearranged stories and comments from other websites. Their goal is to only increase page views. One day, Seko Ririko is transferred to the editorial team from the accounting department.

Utagawa Kotoha is a bright 25-year-old woman. She is sometimes timid, but she is also a curious person. Through her friend's introduction, Kotoha Utagawa moves to apartment #7 in an apartment building exclusively for women. There, she gets involved with weird phenomenons. She happens to meet Nakame Reishi. He introduces himself as a psychic, but he doesn’t have psychic abilities. This is in spite of Reishi Nakame's grandmother being an itako (blind women who are trained to become a spiritual medium). His aunt Iwato Shima is also the head of a Shinto shrine. Kotoha Utagawa and Reishi Nakame ask Shima Iwato to perform an exorcism.

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Kiyozumi Hamada is a 3rd grader in high school. He possesses a strong sense of justice. One day, he sees first grade student Hari Kuramoto being bullied. He helps her. Since that time, Kiyozumi Hamada tries to save Hari Kuramoto from bullies. While doing that, they grow closer.

Adapted from the novel by Takemiya Yuyuko.

Wakaba is a 2nd-grade high school student in Fukui Prefecture, Japan. When Saki was little, she admired the cheerleading club "JETS” from Fukui Chuo High School in Fukui Prefecture. She dreamed of joining the "JETS,” but she thought it was impossible for her to join and enrolled at another high school. One day, a transfer student from Tokyo talks to her and proposes cheer dance together. Together with their friends, they setout to become a top cheer team.

Sakagami Takumi, a high school student, is assigned to his class’s Community Outreach Committee. One day, his homeroom teacher also assigns his classmates Naruse Jun, a girl who is unable to speak because of a past trauma, Tasaki Daiki, a former ace player on the baseball team, and Nitoh Natsuki, a cheerleader and straight-A student, to the Committee. Each one of them harbors feelings that they "long to shout" in their hearts. Because of their homeroom teacher's foresight, their class ends up having to perform a musical at the exchange party, but nobody in the class seems willing. But as they see Jun courageously making an effort to communicate her feelings by singing, Takumi and the other classmates who were reluctant begin to participate in a positive way.

The day of the performance arrives. Will they be able to convey their true feelings they have locked away in their hearts?

Hikuma Koichi, a former saxophone player who has turned his back on music due to the aftereffects of an accident, becomes the advisor of a small brass band at a run-down high school. He has to deal with problem students who have lost their dreams as well as the teachers’ opposition to a professional musician entering the classroom. The path is not easy for him. Even so, Hikuma rediscovers his dream, confronts the students head-on and starts to coach the band. Despite their bewilderment, the students begin to reciprocate his passion for music.

Story about two student that evacuated from earthquake. Living in Kobe and begin the journey.

Through the introduction of his friend Danma Ryuji, Onizuka Eikichi, the former legendary bike gang member, visits Meishu Academy to tend to the trees in the garden as a part-time gardener. Learning that Yoshikawa Noboru, a student in teacher Fuyutsuki Azusa’s class is being bullied by Uehara Kyoko and other classmates, Onizuka befriends and saves Yoshikawa. Seeing Onizuka’s unprecedented but visceral, powerful response to problem solving, the school’s president and principal, Sakurai Yoshiko, overrides resistance from her vice principal Uchiyamada Hiroshi and makes Onizuka a teacher. Onizuka goes on to tackle many issues as the teacher in charge of the most problematic class, Class 2-4.