Orthros no Inu Details
Title: オルトロスの犬
Title (romaji): Orthros no Inu
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense, human drama
Episodes: 9+SP
Viewership rating: 8.3 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2009-Jul-24 to 2009-Sep-25
Air time: Friday 22:00
Theme song: Hikari Hitotsu by Takizawa Hideaki

Orthros no Inu Synopsis, Story and preview :

Ryuzaki Shinji who possesses a "God Hand", the power to heal wounds and illnesses just by touching the patient, is in fact a dark introvert who does not reveal his true self to others. Aoi Ryosuke who possesses the "Demon’s Hand", the power to kill a person just by touching him, is as kind and pure as an angel. When the demon meets the God, a fatal battle begins…

Detective Hasebe Nagisa gets caught by the criminals during a deep cover operation. Ryosuke, a man she does not even know comes to save her and she witnesses his "Demon’s Hand" in action. Thereafter she discovers by coincidence the existence of Shinji’s "God Hand" and brings the two together. Little did she know that this would cause great disorder to the world and even to her own life… --TBS

Orthros no Inu Cast and starring :

Takizawa Hideaki as Ryuzaki Shinji
Nishikido Ryo as Aoi Ryosuke
Mizukawa Asami as Hasebe Nagisa
Yaotome Hikaru as Kumakiri Masaru
Yamamoto Ryuji as Shibata Sosuke
Harada Natsuki as Maezono Chiharu
Oshinari Shugo as Yoshizumi Masato
Haru as Shirakawa Kana
Shiba Toshio as Kumakiri Zenso
Rokkaku Seiji as Ninomiya Ken
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Sawamura Takayuki
Takahata Atsuko as Sakaki Yoko

Others
Uchikura Kenji (内倉憲二) as Keita Miura
Nakahara Takeo as Goto Tamotsu
Kawakita Mayuko (河北麻友子) as Aoi Shiho (Ryosuke's sister)
Nakamaru Shinsho as Ryosuke's father
Hyugo Akiko (日向明子) as Ryosuke's mother
Matsumoto Hiroya as Uchimura Shuhei
Musaka Naomasa as Sugimoto Akihiko
Asaka Mayumi as Shirakawa Yukie (Kana's mother)
Kurosaka Mami as Sakaki Yoko's secretary
Okubo Mariko (大久保麻理子) as a nurse
Izumi Akiko as Shibata Sosuke's' wife
Kumada Sea (熊田聖亜) as Hasebe Mio (Nagisa's daughter)

Production Credits
Screenwriters: Aoki Mao (青木万央) (ep1-7), Kobayashi Yuji (小林雄次) (ep1,6-7), Ito Takashi (伊藤崇) (ep4-7), Kunii Kei (国井桂) (ep4), Kato Kohei (加藤公平) (ep6-7)
Producers: Mishiro Shinichi, Nasuda Jun, Matsubara Hiroshi
Directors: Kato Arata (ep1-2,5,7), Imai Natsuki (ep3-4,6)
Music: Izutsu Akio (井筒昭雄)

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Last Friends Details
Title: ラスト・フレンズ
Title (English): Last Friends
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Friendship, human drama, gay/lesbian
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 17.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-10 to 2008-Jun-19
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Theme song: Prisoner Of Love by Utada Hikaru

Last Friends Synopsis, Story, and Preview

Last Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru's mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru's in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life. --jade_frost

Last Friends Cast, and starring :

Nagasawa Masami as Aida Michiru
Ueno Juri as Kishimoto Ruka
Eita as Mizushima Takeru
Nishikido Ryo as Oikawa Sosuke
Mizukawa Asami as Takigawa Eri
Yamazaki Shigenori as Ogura Tomohiko
Nishihara Aki as Hiratsuka Reina
Ranka Rea (蘭香レア) as Mita Sayuri
Hirano Sayaka (平野早香) as Okabe Mayumi
Baisho Mitsuko as Aida Chinatsu
Nagashima Mitsuki as Kishimoto Shogo
Shibuya Takeru as Higuchi Naoya
Kitami Toshiyuki as Endo Kenichiro
Ito Yuko as Shirahata Yuko
Tanaka Tetsushi as Hayashida Kazumi
Asaka Mayumi as Kishimoto Yoko
Hirata Mitsuru as Kishimoto Shuji

Guests
Gamo Mayu (蒲生麻由) (ep1,4)
Higashi Yuki (ひがし由貴) (ep1,7,10,SP)
Nomura Erika (野村映里利) (ep1)
Hamada Michihiko (浜田道彦) (ep1,11)
Kiyomi Jun (キヨミジュン) (ep1)
Natsukawa Asaki (夏川亜咲) (ep1)
Mai (舞雪) (ep1)
Komine Yuko (小峰悠子) (ep3)
Kawamura Saori (川村早織梨) (ep4,7)
Kanako (かなこ) (ep4)
Shimizu Kazuhiro (清水和博) (ep4,8)
Yoshida Tomokazu (吉田友一) (ep4)
Nishida Saki (西田早希) (ep4)
Ishii Haruka (石井春花) (ep5)
Uchikura Kenji (内倉憲二) (ep5-6,8,SP)
Motokawa Ransho (本川嵐翔) (ep6-7,SP)
Watabe Aya (渡部彩) (ep7)
Horiguchi Takayoshi (堀口敬巧) (ep7)
Miyagi Arisa (宮城有沙) (ep7,SP)
Watanabe Tetsushi (渡辺哲史) (ep7,SP)
Uemura Kihachiro (植村喜八郎) (ep8)
Nakazawa Junko (ep8-9)
Asaki (ep8)
Komizu Aya (小水彩) (ep8)
Tashiro Mai (小水彩) (ep8)
Wasamoto Nahoko (和佐本菜穂子) (ep8)
Okumura Mao (奥村真央) (ep8)
Takada Makiko (高田麻紀子) (ep8)
Nanjo Chihiro (南條千尋) (ep8)
Takeshima Yasunari (竹嶋康成) (ep9-10)
Ebina Kiyokazu (蝦名清一) (ep9)
Mimura Takayo (ep9)
Yoshimura Tamao (吉村玉緒) (ep10)
Tsuchida Ashimo (土田アシモ) (ep10)
Takishita Tsuyoshi (滝下毅) (ep10)
Yoshino Yoshiko (よしのよしこ) (ep10,SP)
Daiya (ダイヤ) (ep10)
Nagano Satomi (長野里美) (ep11)
Haruki Misayo (ep11)
Shirai Keita (白井圭太) (ep11)
Okazaki Hiroshi (岡崎宏) (ep11)
Mori Fujio (森富士夫) (ep11)
Matsuyama Hisako (松山尚子) (ep11)
Omori Akemi as Nagatani Shizue (ep11)

Production Credits
Screenwriter: Asano Taeko
Producer: Nakano Toshiyuki (中野利幸)
Directors: Kato Hiromasa (加藤裕将) (ep1-3,8,11), Nishisaka Mizuki (西坂瑞城) (ep4-5,9-10), Endo Mitsutaka (遠藤光貴) (ep6-7,SP)
Music: Izutsu Akio (井筒昭雄), S.E.N.S.








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Nodame Cantabile Details :
Title: のだめカンタービレ
Title (romaji): Nodame Cantabile
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 18.79(Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-16 to 2006-Dec-25
Air time: Monday 21:00
Opening song: Symphony No. 7 in A major by Beethoven, arranged by Hattori Takayuki
Ending song: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin, arranged by Hattori Takayuki

Nodame Cantabile Synopsis, Preview, and Story:

Based on the hit comic book by Tomoko Ninomiya, this is a fun-filled quirky romantic story of two very opposite people.

Megumi Noda, or “Nodame” is a piano student at Momogaoka College of Music. An extremely talented pianist who wants to be a kindergarten teacher, she prefers playing by ear rather than reading the music score. She is messy and disorganized, takes baths several days apart and loves to eat, sometimes stealing her friend’s lunchbox when it is filled with delicacies.

Shinichi Chiaki, is Momogaoka’s top student. Born into a musical family, he is talented in piano and violin and has secret ambitions to become a conductor. An arrogant multi-lingual perfectionist who once lived abroad in the music capitals of the world as a young boy, he feels mired in Japan because of a childhood phobia.

They meet by accident. Nodame quickly falls in love, but it takes much longer for Chiaki to even begin to appreciate Nodame’s unusual qualities. Their relationship causes them both to develop and grow. Because of Nodame, Chiaki got the opportunity to lead a student orchestra and begins to have a broader appreciation of people's musical abilities. Because of Chiaki, Nodame faces her fears and enters a piano competition. Opportunities open up as both begin taking risks, stretching themselves far more than they ever thought possible.


Nodame Cantabile Cast and Starring :
Ueno Juri as Noda Megumi aka Nodame (Piano)
Morisako Ei as young Nodame
Tamaki Hiroshi as Chiaki Shinichi (Piano/Violin/Conducting)
Fujita Reo (藤田玲央) as young Chiaki
Eita as Mine Ryutaro (Violin)
Koide Keisuke as Okuyama Masumi (Timpani)
Mizukawa Asami as Miki Kiyora (Violin)
Saeko as Saku Sakura (Contrabass)
Uehara Misa as Tagaya Saiko (Vocal)
Takenaka Naoto as Franz Strezemann (Milch Holstein by Nodame)
Akiyoshi Kumiko as Momodaira Minako
Endo Yuya as Okochi Mamoru (Conducting)
Iwasa Mayuko as Ishikawa Reina (Piano)
Takase Yukina (高瀬友規奈) as Tanaka Makiko (Piano)
Kondo Kouen as Tamaki Keiji (Clarinet)
Sakamoto Makoto as Hashimoto Yohei (Oboe)
Matsuoka Rinako as Suzuki Moe (Flute)
Matsuoka Emiko as Suzuki Kaoru (Clarinet)
Yamanaka Takashi as Iwai Kazushi (Contrabass)
Kobayashi Kinako as Kinjo Shizuka (Viola)
Fukada Aki as Inoue Yuki (Cello)
Kojima Tenten (小嶌天天) as Kanai Kento (Horn)
Inoue Yoshiko as Suganuma Saya (Vocal)
Ibu Masato as Mine Tatsumi
Nishimura Masahiko as Tanioka Hajime
Toyohara Kosuke as Eto Kozo
Shiraishi Miho as Eto Kaori

Production Credits
Original writing: Ninomiya Tomoko Nodame Cantabile (manga)
Screenwriter: Etou Rin
Producers: Wakamatsu Hiroki, Shimizu Kazuyuki
Directors: Takeuchi Hideki, Kawamura Yasuhiro (川村泰祐), Tanimura Masaki
Music: Hattori Takayuki

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