JDrama '08 October - December [Info + Links]

since Fuji TV has announced most of its Autumn drama lineup, i think its time to create this thread. Smile

FUJI TV

1 Innocent Love (イノセント・ラヴ)
Time: Monday 9pm
Starting Date: Oct 20
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/innocentlove/pre/intro.html
Announcement: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080820/gnj0808200434011-n1.htm
Cast: Horikita Maki, Kitagawa Yuzu, Kashii Yu, Narimiya Hiroki, Fukushi Seiji, Uchida Yuki, Nikaido Satoshi, Kikuchi Keichiro, Yamada Shintaro, Nakamura Masaya, Yoshimura Takuya, Yagi Yuki, Shibuya Takeru, Hirata Mitsuru, Naito Takashi, Toyohara Kosuke,
Theme song: Eternally by Utada Hikaru

2. Celeb to Binbo Taro
Time: Tuesday 9pm
Starting Date: Oct 14
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/celeb/index.html
Announcement: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080811/gnj0808110434005-n1.htm
Cast: Ueto Aya, Kamiji Yusuke, Shimizu Yuya, Ueno Natsuhi, Kashiwabara Takashi, Kuninaka Ryoko, Miura Rieko, Takuma Takayuki, Nakayama Megumi, Wakamura Mayumi, Yamashita Shinji, Kazama Morio, Tamura Hiroshi, Kuroki Tatsuya

3. Team Batista no Eiko (チーム・バチスタの栄光)
Time: Tuesday 10pm
Starting Date: Oct 14
Announcement: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080825/gnj0808250510014-n1.htm
Official Site: http://www.ktv.co.jp/batista_pre/
Cast: Shaku Yumiko, Ito Atsushu, Nakamura Toru, Shirota Yu, Ihara Tsuyoshi, Natori Yuko, Miyagawa Daisuke, Suzuki Hiroki, Toda Masahiro, Tsurumi Shingo, Hayashi Ryuzo
Theme song: Aoyama Thelma

4. Kaze no Garden (風のガーデン)
Time: Thursday 10pm
Starting Date: Oct 16
Announcement: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/pub_2008/080425garden.html
Official Site:
Cast: Nakai Kiichi, Kuroki Meisa, Kamiki Ryunosuke, Ito Ran, Okuda Eiji, Ogata Ken, Hirahira Ayaka
Theme song: by Hirahira Ayaka

5. ROOM OF KING
Time: Saturday 11:10pm
Starting Date: Oct 4
Announcement: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080901/gnj0809010504002-n1.htm
Official Site:
Cast: Mizushima Hiro, Suzuki Ann, Igawa Haruka, Watabe Atsuro, Itao Itsuji, Saiki Shigeru, Gashuin Tatsuya, Mickey Curtis
Theme song: Ai NEED by Kimaguren

6. Akai Ito (赤い糸)
Time: Saturday 11:10pm
Starting Date: Dec 6
Announcement: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080624/gnj0806240500001-n1.htm
Official Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/akai-ito/index.html
Cast: Minamizawa Nao, Mizobata Junpei, Kimura Ryo, Okamoto Rei, Ishibashi Anna, Sakuraba Nanami, Yanagishita Tomo.

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TBS

1. SCANDAL
Time: Sunday 9pm
Starting Date: Oct 19
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/scandal2008/
Cast: Suzuki Kyoka, Hasegawa Kyoko, Fukushi Kazue, Toda Naho, Endo Kenichi, Sawamura Ikki, Mitsuishi Ken, Ishihara Yoshizumi, Kohinata Fumiyo, Kato Toranosuke, Hosoda Yoshihiko, Momoi Kaori, Takizawa Saori, Kohama Masahiro
Screenwriter: Inoue Yumiko

2. Ryusei no Kizuna (流星の絆)
Time: Friday 10pm
Starting Date: Oct 17
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/ryuseinokizuna/
Cast: Ninomiya Kazunari, Nishikido Ryo, Toda Erika, Kaname Jun, Shitara Osamu, Terajima Susumu, Ryo, Emoto Akira, Miura Tomokazu
Screenwriter: Kudo Kankuro
Theme song: Beautiful Days by Arashi
Insert song: Orion by Nakashima Mika

3. Bloody Monday (ブラッディ・マンディ)
Time: Saturday 8pm
Starting Date: Oct 11
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/bloody-monday/
Cast: Miura Haruma, Sato Takeru, Yoshizawa Yu, Kichise Michiko, Matsushige Yutaka, Katase Nana, Ashina Sei, Fujii Mina, Kawashima Umika, Tokunaga Eri, Nakahara Fumio, Shimada Kyusaku, Tetsushi Tanaka, Narimiya Hiroki
Theme song: Over the Rain~Hikari no Hashi～ by flumpool（フランプール)

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TV ASAHI

1. Aibou (相棒)
Time: Wednesday 9pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: ttp://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/aibou/
Cast: Mizutani Yutaka, Terawaki Yasufumi

2. Shoni Kyumei (小児救命)
Time: Thursday 9pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kyumei/
Cast: Konishi Manami, Tsukamoto Takashi, Katsuji Ryo, Ogata Ken, Yamaguchi Sayaka, Fueki Yuko, Watanabe Eri, Jinnai Takanori
Theme song: Itsuka Mata Koko de by B'z

3. Gira Gira (ギラギラ)
Time: Friday 9pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: http://giragira.asahi.co.jp/
Cast: Sasaki Kuranosuke, Maya Miki, Hara Sachie, Miura Shohei, Tanaka Yoji, Kotegawa Yuko, Ishibashi Ryo
Theme song: Jonetsu no Daisho by GIRL NEXT DOOR

4 Salaryman Kintaro (サラリーマン金太郎)
Time: Friday 11:15pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/kintaro/
Announcement: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2008/08/07/02.html
Cast: Nagai Masaru, Inoue Waka, Aoyama Noriko, Kazami Shingo, Kikuchi Kenichiro, Ogawa Nana, Azama Miyu, Shioyama Misako, Kaneda Mika, Hosokawa Shigeki, Furuya Ikko, Utsui Ken
Theme song: by Yuzu

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NTV

1. Oh! My Girl!! (オー！マイ・ガール!!)
Time: Tuesday 10pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/ohmygirl/
Cast: Hayami Mocomichi, Kato Rosa, Yoshida Riko, Tomosaka Rie, Okada Yoshinori, You, Irie Jingi, Furuta Arata
Theme song: Toki no Ashioto by Kobukuro

2. OL Nippon (OLにっぽん)
Time: Wednesday 10pm
Starting Date: Oct 8
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/ol-nippon/index.html
Cast: Mizuki Arisa, Abe Sadawo, Minami, Inoue Yoshio, Moro Murooka, Maeda Chie, Minagawa Sarutoki, Azuma Mikihisa, Asano Yuko, Hu Bing, Laura Chan, タン・チャースー
Theme song: Ashita no Sora by SPEED

3. Yume o Kanaeruzo (夢をかなえるゾウ)
Time: Thursday 11:58pm
Starting Date: Oct 2
Official Site: http://www.ytv.co.jp/yumezou/index_set.html
Announcement: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080828/gnj0808280434010-n1.htm
Cast: Mizukawa Asami, Furuta Arata, Satoi Kenta, Sakurada Seiko, Okubo Mariko, Kato Rie
Theme song: Continue by Seamo

4. Scrap Teacher~Kyosei Saisei~ (スクラップ・ティーチャー～教師再生~)
Time: Saturday 9pm
Starting Date:
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/scrap/
Announcement: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20080804-OHT1T00022.htm
Cast: Yamada Ryosuke, Nakajima Yuto, Chinen Yuri, Arioka Daiki, Kamiji Yusuke, Kato Ai, Mukai Osamu, Yashima Norito, Masu Takeshi, Rokkaku Seiji, Nakamoto Koji
Theme song: Mayonaka no Shadow Boy by Heisei Jump

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NHK

1. 篤姫　（Atsuhime） (continuing)
Time: Sunday 8pm
Starting Date: 6th January
Official Site: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/taiga/
Cast: Miyazaki Aoi, Eita, Horikita Maki, Tamaki Hiroshi, Nagatsuka Kyozo, Takahashi Hideki

2. Dandan (だんだん)
Time: Monday - Saturday 8:15 - 8:30am
Starting Date: September
Announcement: http://www3.nhk.or.jp/drama/html_news_dandan.html
Official Site:
Cast: ManaKana(Mikura Mana, Mikura Kana), Ishida Hikari, Yoshida Eisaku, Yamaguchi Shogo, Suzuki Sawa, Kinosaki Naoto, Mitsubayashi Kyoko, Kishibe Ittoku, Ishikura Saburo, Miyata Keiko, Kuboyama Tomohiro, Sagawa Mitsuo, Anan Kenji, Kawai Michiko, Soganoya Yasokichi, Daito Yuki, Terada Yuki, Roko, Kyono Kotomi, Ito Mai, Taga Masaru, Fujimura Shiho, Natsuyagi Isao, Kimura Fumino, Shigeyama Ippei, Kataoka Shizuka, Ibu Masato
Theme song: Takeuchi Mariya

3. Nanase Futatabi (七瀬ふたたび)
Time: Thursday 8pm
Starting Date: Oct 8
Announcement: http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20080320OHT1T00103.htm
Official Site:
Cast: Renbutsu Misako, Shioya Shun, Yanagihara Kanako, Mizuno Miki, Kaku Tomohiro, Miyasaka Kenta, Ichikawa Kamejiro

4. Shanghai Typhoon (上海タイフーン )
Time: Saturday 9pm
Starting Date:
Official Site:
Cast: Kimura Tae, Peter Ho, Matsushita, Hosokawa Shigeki, Megumi, Hara Hideko, Furuya Ikko, Matsuo Satoru
Theme song: mihimaru GT

for detailed synopsis, check raven_frost's blog:
http://jdramas.wordpress.com/

Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Nino's drama confirmed!!! Nino x Ryo x Erika x Kudokan..!! cheers

FansubWiki

Posted: Thu Jul 24, 2008 7:31 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Upcoming Tanpatsu:

NTV
(夢をかなえるゾウ) Yume wo Kanaeru Zou
Cast: Oguri Shun, Furuta Arata
Story: Based on a novel by Mizuno Keiya, it is a humorous novel about Ganesh, the elephant-headed Hindu god, teaching a Japanese salaried worker who has abandoned his ambitions, and showing the man how to realize his dreams.
Announcement: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080725/gnj0807250435011-n1.htm

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 1:27 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Two jidaigeki drama specials at the end of the year/early next year starring Kamikawa Takaya and Tamura Masakazu as the male leads:

Yagyu Ichizoku no Inbou: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/yagyuu/

Chushingura Otonashi no Ken: http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/otonashi-ken/

Posted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 3:23 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Ryusei no Kizuna
Akai Ito

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Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 1:53 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Another drama special:

Nadeshiko Tai
Date: September 2008 (Saturday Premier timeslot)
Station: Fuji TV
Cast: Narumi Riko, Narimiya Hiroki, Yakushimaru Hiroko
Synopsis: Fuji TV will dramatise the tragic story of the Nadeshiko Tai, a group of young girls assembled to form a suicide attack unit at the close of the Pacific War in 1945. The drama is set in Kagoshima's Chiran, the site of a secret base to carry out suicide operations and based on the testimony of one of the survivors of the group, Nagasaki Shoko, whose role Narumi Riko will play.

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

wow..wanna see ryo-news dorama, hsj, moco, maki dorama, n miura..yay...

Posted: Sun Aug 03, 2008 11:03 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

that Hey Say JUMP! drama on NTV will be called "Scrap Teacher ~Kyoushi Saisei~", and it stars Nakajima Yuto, Arioka Daiki, Chinen Yuri, and Yamada Ryosuke. the drama will be starting in october.

source: http://www.ntv.co.jp/zoomin/enta_news/news_161145.html

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 1:04 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Another tanpatsu:

Kokuchisezu
Date: 2008 (TBC)
Station: TV Asahi
Cast: Watari Tetsuya, Takizawa Hideaki, Takahata Atsuko
Synopsis: Based on the essay Oretachi wa Kazoku (We are Family) by Ohara Kenshiro, Kokuchisezu, is about a surgeon Hasegawa Seji (Watari Tetsuya) whose mantra is to tell patients not to give up right to the very end when he announces their illness to them, finds it being tested when his wife Toko (Takahata Atsuko) is diagnosed with cancer of the small intestine. Ryo (Takizawa Hideaki), their son who is training as a houseman, knows of his mother's illness. He and his father, who can't bring himself to tell Toko, struggle to find an answer.

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:09 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

wow... great News!
can't wait to watch Scrap Teacher ~Kyoushi Saisei~ & Ryusei no Kizuna..

and I hope this link will be updated soon ^^
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Japanese_Drama_Season_-_Autumn_2008

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 9:29 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

other confirmed autumn TBS dramas: http://www.tbs.co.jp/ir/images/setumei200808.pdf

Bloody Monday - Miura Haruma, Sato Takeru (Sat 8pm)
SCANDAL - Suzuki Kyoka, Hasegawa Kyoko, Fukushi Kazue, Sawamura Ikki, Momoi Kaori (Sun 9pm)

Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 12:10 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

another drama:

This fall, Fuji TV is producing a drama series called "Celeb to Daihinmin," a romantic comedy starring Aya Ueto and Yusuke Kamiji. Ueto's role is said to be inspired by American celebrity Paris Hilton.

The story revolves around Alice Hirata (Ueto), the spoiled and naive daughter of a wealthy hotel magnate. On the other hand, Kamiji plays an impoverished widower raising three children. Between the two contrasting characters, romance is born.

In charge of the drama are producer Hiroyuki Goto and director Hidetomo Matsuda, who both worked on the popular "Hanazakari no Kimitachi e" television series. Fuji TV will broadcast "Celeb to Daihinmin" at 9:00pm on Tuesdays, starting in October.

source: tokyograph

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Upcoming drama:

(This starts September 1 but will run through the remainder of the fall season it looks like)

Title: 温泉へＧＯ！/ Onsen e GO!
(Sequel to Onsen e ikou 1-5 / Women of the Onsen)
Time: M-F, 1 pm (Ai no gekijou slot)
Starting Date: September 1st
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/program/ainogekijyo_onsengo.html
Cast: Kato Takako, Otsuru Gitan, Okada Kouki, Kuroda Fukumi, Moriwaki Eriko
Screenwriter: Ishihara Buryuu

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:07 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I am going to die if Team Batista is real. pinch