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  • Ep 12 RAW

    Neko Kare: Shonen wo Kau (2023) (2023)

    Neko Kare: Shonen wo Kau (2023)
    Genre:
    Drama
    Country:
    Japanese

    Adapted from the web manga series "Shounen wo Kau" (少年を飼う) by Aoi Nuwi (青井ぬゐ).

    Episodes: 10

  • Ep 5 RAW

    Yasashii Neko (2023) (2023)

    Yasashii Neko (2023)
    Genre:
    Drama, Miniseries, Novel
    Country:
    Japanese

    Miyuki, a single mother and nursery teacher, meets Sri Lankan Kumara while visiting Tohoku as a disaster volunteer. A year later, the two of them who fulfilled a fateful reunion are gradually attracted to each other. Straightforward and charming, Kumara quickly becomes friends with Miyuki's daughter, Maya, and eventually, the three begin to live together like a family. Miyuki and Kumara exchange promises of marriage, but it is short-lived happiness.

    Shortly after submitting her marriage registration and officially becoming a couple, Kumara is questioned by the police and placed in an immigration facility and ordered to be deported to her home country for overstaying. Kumara and Miyuki are in despair after being suspected of a fake marriage at the oral hearing. Visitation at the immigration office is only for 30 minutes through an acrylic board.

    Miyuki and Maya are overwhelmed with anger at the unreasonable response and frustration that they can't help, but they visit lawyer Megumi Koichiro with a little hope. The only way to save Kumara is to file a lawsuit, win over the judgment, and obtain special permission to stay. He just wants to live with his family of three... He keeps a small wish in his heart and challenges the battle against the country.

    (Source: Japanese = NHK)

    Adapted from the novel "Yasashii Neko" (やさしい猫) by Nakajima Kyoko (中島京子).

    Episodes: 5

    Duration: 49 min.

    Aired On: Saturday

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Blue Birthday (2023) (2023)

    Blue Birthday (2023)
    Genre:
    Childhood, Fantasy, Miniseries, Mystery, Romance, School, Thriller, Time Travel
    Country:
    Japanese
    N/A
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Unicorn ni Notte (2022) (2022)

    Unicorn ni Notte (2022)
    Genre:
    Business, Drama, life, Miniseries, Romance, Workplace
    Country:
    Japanese

    When Narukawa Sana was only 23-years-old, she co-founded startup company Dream Pony. The company's product is an education app. Her dream was to have people all over the world use her app. Now, Narukawa Sana is 26-years-old. Her company is in its 3rd year of existence. The company grew rapidly initially, but is now experiencing a decline in its growth. Due to the slowdown, Narukawa Sana feels nervous everyday. In her personal life, she has feelings for Suzaki Ko, who is a co-founder of Dream Pony. He is unaware of her personal feelings for him.

    One day, middle-aged man Kotori Satoshi begins to work at Dream Pony as Narukawa Sana’s subordinate. Before working at Dream Pony, Kotori Satoshi worked for a more traditional type company, which had a totally different work environment from Dream Pony. At first, Narukawa Sana doesn't like working with her new employee, but she gets closer to him and receives wise advise based on his long work experience. Meanwhile, Narukawa Sana continues to face hardships at work and her love life.

  • Ep 10 RAW

    Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers (2022) (2022)

    Bad Girl: Glass Ceiling Crushers (2022)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Manga, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    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…
  • Ep 10.5 RAW

    Waru: Hataraku no ga Kakko Warui Nante Dare ga Itta? (2022) (2022)

    Waru: Hataraku no ga Kakko Warui Nante Dare ga Itta? (2022)
    Genre:
    Comedy, Manga, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    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).

  • Ep 8 SUB

    Wadake no Otokotachi (2021) (2021)

    Wadake no Otokotachi (2021)
    Genre:
    Drama, Family
    Country:
    Japanese

    Wada Yuu is 37-years-old. He has worked for a company the past 15 years, but the COVID-19 outbreak caused the company to go bankrupt. He now makes a living as a deliveryman. One day, while he is doing his job, he meets his grandfather Wada Kan and stepfather Wada Shuhei for the first time in many years.

    When Yuu was 10-years-old, his mother married Wada Shuhei, but his mother later died. After the death of his mother, Yuu continued to live with his stepfather Wada Shuhei. He eventually moved out after he graduated from a university and got a job. Since Wada Yuu moved out, his relationship with Wada Shuhei has become estranged.

    Now, Yuu begins to live with his stepfather Wada Shuhei and grandfather Wada Kan. By a friend's recommendation, Yuu begins to work as a reporter for an online news site. Meanwhile, Wada Shuhei works as a general producer at a broadcasting station and Wada Kan works as an editorial writer for a newspaper.

  • Ep 1 SUB

    Masquerade Night (2021) (2021)

    Masquerade Night (2021)
    Genre:
    Business, Crime, Detective, Investigation, Mystery, Novel, Thriller
    Country:
    Japanese
    An anonymous letter is delivered to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The letter states that a criminal of a murder case will appear at the countdown party Masquerade Night that will be held at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. Detective Kosuke Nitta (Takuya Kimura) must go undercover and work again at the Hotel Cortesia Tokyo. There, he meets Naomi Yamagishi (Masami Nagasawa), who works as a concierge. Without any information about the criminal, except that the person will be in attendance, Detective Kosuke Nitta works feverishly to find the criminal among the 500 attendees.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Grand Blue (2020) (2020)

    Grand Blue (2020)
    Genre:
    Comedy, life
    Country:
    Japanese
    Kitahara Iori looks forward to his new life on the Izu Peninsula as he prepares to start his college life there, staying in a room above his uncle's diving shop "Grand Blue." However, he is quickly shocked as he meets the local Diving Club, a group full of buff men who spend more time drinking, partying, and stripping naked than actually diving. Despite his attempts to distance himself from the group, Iori gets quickly swept up in their antics, while his cousins try to show him the wonders of diving into the ocean and sea.
  • Ep 10 SUB

    Unmei Kara Hajimaru Koi: You Are My Destiny (2020)

    Unmei Kara Hajimaru Koi: You Are My Destiny
    Genre:
    Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    Satoh Aya, a temporary office worker who never bad-mouths about others no matter how much she is fooled, is conveniently used in her company as a 'sticky woman'. Such an ordinary office lady ends up meeting Ichijo Kei, the young successor of a large company, who was eager to marry early because of his grandmother, the chairman. The destiny plays with their fates and both meet each other in an unexpected situation which is going to change their destiny.
  • Ep 1 SUB

    Masquerade Hotel (2019)

    Masquerade Hotel
    Genre:
    Business, Investigation, Mystery, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese

    Three murder cases take place in Tokyo. Numbers are left at the murder scenes, possibly hinting at where the next murder will take place. An investigation begins of the serial killer and Detective Nitta Kosuke works on the case. He believes the next murder will take place at Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. To catch the killer, Kosuke goes undercover and begins working at the front desk of the hotel.

    <[>Yamagishi Naomi works at the front desk of Hotel Koruteshia Tokyo. She is selected to train Kosuke for his front desk job, but they can't get along. Kosuke is focused on catching the killer, but Naomi prioritizes the safety of the guests. As they begin to understand each other's differences, they also begin to build trust between each other. Who is the murderer?

  • Ep 4 SUB

    Unfortunate Detective (Oshii Keiji) (2019)

    Unfortunate Detective (Oshii Keiji)
    Genre:
    Detective, Drama
    Country:
    Japanese

    Oshii Takashi is a detective with excellent reasoning power. Unfortunately, he usually misses the criminal in front of him and other detectives get recognition for the capture. He is transferred to the Utobashi Police Station.

    Oshii Takashi goes to a record company CEO's house. The CEO's third son was burned to death. The police are set to conclude that his death was an accident, but Oshii Takashi thinks otherwise. Oshii Takashi begins to investigate.

  • Ep 10 SUB

    Tokyo Tarareba Musume (2017)

    Tokyo Tarareba Musume
    Genre:
    Comedy, Friendship, life, Manga, Romance
    Country:
    Japanese
    30-year-old Kamata Rinko is single and a struggling scriptwriter. She has no boyfriend and keeps having night outs at drinking spots with her girlfriends Kaori and Koyuki. “If I become beautiful, a better guy will appear!” “If we grow to like each other, we can get married!” They will not stop talking about these hypothetical questions. Then a younger, handsome, golden-haired guy suddenly utters, “These “what if” women!” and the trio have to face the harsh reality that they are no longer girls. Rinko enters her 30s while still immature, seeking happiness and struggling with romance and work.