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    Stand Up!!

    I finally just finished watching Stand Up!! after around an 8 month break between the last 3 episodes. On the list of Japanese Drama’s I have watched, this one ranks near the top as one of my favorites. It’s extremely funny, yet tackles some tough topics teenagers have while growing up. Four schoolboys find themselves […] More

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    Trick

    When a local magician Yamada Naoko (Nakama Yukie) gets fired from her job due to not being able to attract customers, she feels all hope is lost. Her boss feels a bit bad and gives her a newspaper article by physics professor Ueda (Abe Hiroshi) claiming money to whoever can prove to him that magic […] More

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    Densha Otoko: Train Man

    Forced into taking action against a drunk terrorizing an entire train car, Yamada Tsuyoshi unwittingly ends up saving the beautiful Aoyama Saori. Yamada is an office worker who in his spare times loves everything otaku. After saving Aoyama, she sends him a set of Hermes tea cups as a thank you gift for saving her. […] More

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    GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

    Just got finished watching GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka, and it lived up to everything I expected of it. This is the live action version of the immensely popular manga and anime. I consider the anime one of my all-time favorites, so I was eager to watch the live action version to see if it was […] More

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    At Home Dad

    Well I have not had much time for TV over the past few days because I was getting my site up and running, but now that the majority of the work is done, its time to catch up. Last night I started watching a new series called At Home Dad. Yes, you may have guessed […] More

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    Hana Yori Dango

    I have a lot of TV shows I need to catch up with. I am almost finished with the 2nd season of Hana Yori Dango. It seems NHK and the other producers of shows in Japan don’t make second seasons of many shows. So the shows that happen to come back tend to have an […] More