Asian Drama

Two unemployed men started a "service business" out of desperation - it was a "religion".

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Episodes: 10

Kono Miri is a young lady who moved from Tokyo to Kobe after failing her dream to become pianist. While being depressed about her life, Miri meets Aoki Sora, a man who runs a kitchen car business while suffering from dissociative amnesia, a disorder that causes people to lose their memories.

(Source: DramaWiki)

Episodes: 10

Natsuki Amakusa , a detective from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's First Investigative Division, and Yuya Shiki, a high school student with an eye for spotting murderers, are involved in the murder of a newspaper reporter, Tadafumi Yamada, who was stabbed to death. The incident was investigated. Although the culprit was safely arrested, Natsuki feels uncomfortable when he confesses that he had no intention of killing the victim. And what is the "certain purpose" of detective Hozumi Yakumo who appears in front of Natsuki and Yuya at the crime scene? A full-scale crime suspense story that shakes the nation begins.

(Source: WOWOW)

Adapted from the manga series "Gifted" (ギフテッド) written by Amagi Seimaru (天樹征丸) and illustrated by Amamiya Rima (雨宮理真).

Episodes: 7

Adapted from the manga series "Gifted" (ギフテッド) written by Amagi Seimaru (天樹征丸) and illustrated by Amamiya Rima (雨宮理真).

Episodes: 8

Fujiko, an unpopular woman who lacks confidence in her looks, meets the good-looking and highly eligible lawyer Koyanagi at a mixer party. However, Koyanagi is just a nosy effeminate man who wants to transform Fujiko into a popular woman? Under the guidance of Koyanagi, Fujiko’s quest for self-acceptance begins!

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Adapted from the manga series "Yawao to Katako" (やわ男とカタ子) by Nagata Ayumi (長田亜弓).

Episodes: 10

Kurose Reiji was born in the countryside, and has spent his life believing he can never leave his town. He cannot leave his mother alone with his shut-in brother and demented grandmother, nor can he escape the clutches of Minegishi Gen, who keeps Reiji at his beck and call. In contrast, his childhood friend Akiyama Sakuko sees past the nothingness of their gloomy town and dreams of the chaotic glamor of Tokyo. As a way to withdraw from his monotonous life, Reiji finds comfort in watching the performances of "Acrylic," an idol group, and its most beautiful member, Aoe Nagi. But when he encounters the famous idol behind a convenience store in his grim town, he does not anticipate that he will soon be involved in a series of scandalous events that seem to be a repercussion of times long past. Robbed of his innocence, Reiji struggles to wade through the abyss of sin he has been pulled into, all while an intricate web of lies, obsession, and betrayal threatens to tear him apart.

Adapted from the manga "Shounen no Abyss" (少年のアビス) by Minenami Ryou (峰浪りょう).

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A comedy based on Hiroyuki Ohashi's manga "ZOKKI A" and "ZOKKI B", co-directed by Naoto Takenaka, Takayaki Yamada, and Takumi Saitoh, who are among Japan's leading actors and creators.

At 30 years old, Moriyama Shino has a fulfilling job but no love life. She wants to date and get married to someone the same age as her. However, one day, she gets confessed to by Sato Mayuki, a man 9 years younger than her. Surprised but impressed by his straightforward confession, she agrees to date him until she finds a marriage partner. ~~ Based on manga of the same name.

The story is based on the life of a japanese composer named Yuji Koseki from Fukushima in the Showa Era.

In 1909, a long-awaited baby boy was born to a family which has run a dry goods store for generations in Fukushima Prefecture. He would later become the talented composer Koyama Yuichi who wrote many famous songs. Although Yuichi was brought up as the heir of the business, he was rather dreamy and considered a child with no redeeming traits by the people around him. However, when he encountered music, it sparked joy and unleashed his gift in composing music through self-study. As a youth, Yuichi secretly put his name down for an overseas songwriting competition. This would change his destiny. He won runner-up for the song he entered for the competition. As a result, he got to know a female student who wanted to be a singer. Despite the long distance between them – Fukushima and Toyohashi – the two of them tied the knot. When they came to Tokyo, they met all sorts of people and weathered a dark period to produce a number of hit songs. However, war broke out and Yuichi had to compose wartime songs at the army’s request. It pained him that young men died in battle after singing the songs he had written. After the war, the country began to recover amid the chaos. The couple made a new era of music in an attempt to encourage the wounded through the power of music.

Kaori is a single mother and she raises her high-school-age daughter Futaba. Her daughter is in a rebellious phase and ignores her mother. Kaori decides to take measures to communicate with her daughter and also get some revenge. Kaori creates messages in her daughter's bento meals.

A school called “Tokyo Metropolitan Water Trade School” is a fictional trade-school that specializes water trade (nighttime entertainment business) education! Naoki Asbesto (Ryusei Ryo), who is in the midst of job hunting, finds a job teaching water trade.

Sara Fujisaki is a top actress who is getting married soon. The media suddenly falsely claims that she is having an affair. Although she doesn't want to, Sara holds a press conference to discuss the 'scandal'. She receives a sharp backlash from the public and her acting career is ruined. To makes things worse, her mother also passes away.

5 years later, Sara learns that the false affair was a conspiracy to ruin her. Thanks to plastic surgery, she has now changed her appearance. To get revenge, Sara uses the alias of Arisa Yagami and begins working as a manager at the same management company where she was once a client. Sara soon faces the shocking truth behind her scandal.

Based on true story of the wife of Ando Momofuku, the businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co. Ltd. and the inventor of instant ramen, the 99th Asadora follows the life of Tachibana Fukuko, a young woman who tries to survive tough times in Osaka with her husband from before WWII to the rapid economic development era. Together they overcome various setbacks before they succeed in creating instant noodles.

After the civil war that tore apart the regions of Touto, Hokuto, and Seito, the new governors of each region work together to reunify Japan. In reality, however, they are part of an organization called "Blood Tribe", which intends to take over the entire world. Considering Sento Kiryu/Kamen Rider Build as a major threat against their plans, the Blood Tribe begins their plan by somehow manipulating his friends and other civilians to attack him. With even Ryuga now against him, Sento must now fight to survive while trying to stop the Blood Tribe's plan from succeeding.

Manami is targeted by vampires on her 22nd birthday and K, who possesses tremendous power, tries to save her in a raging battle. On that day, young men and women are invited to Hotel Requiem where a huge nationwide matchmaking convention is being held by the mysterious Yamada. He lives and runs this ornately beautiful, palatial hotel with a bizarre empress and Elizabeth Báthory. Then Yamada suddenly declares to the gathered crowd that tomorrow will be the apocalypse and only the people inside this hotel will be saved.

Michima Shin is a 30-years-old lonely and unpopular novelist who lives alone in a big house. Shin's father is a convicted murderer, awaiting capital punishment, who killed 3 people, including his wife, Shin's mother.

One day, five mysterious women showed up at Shin's house saying that they received an invitation to live with him in exchange of paying 1 million yen a month in rent. They set up rules for Shin such as no asking questions and no entering the women's rooms.

Six months later, Shin is used to the presence of those women, however, one day, an incident occurs that changed everything.

Based on the manga series "Niche Sensei Konbini ni Satori Sedai no Shinjin ga Maiorita" by Koma Matsu (writer) & Hashimoto (illustrator) (first published September, 2013 in Monthly Comic Gene).

In the past, Kurumi Usushima wanted to become a ballerino, but he is now a detective. Kurumi Usushima and his senior detective, Takao Washio, solve a case by using the hypnosis technique past life regression.

Zenzo Shinozaki (Kenichi Endo) made a fortune in his lifetime working as a company president. Due to his bad temper, he has been isolated from people. Saori Yamane (Rena Matsui) works as a hostess at a bar. In her past, she killed her mother to protect her younger sibling. Zenzo Shinozaki then proposes to pay Saori 100 million yen for 100 hours of her time. Their lonely trip begins.

The story continues in the next school year after the events of the last season. The new members of Rappappa now face a even greater threat from within their own school and the surrounding schools.

Two transfer students, Atsuko Maeda and Onizuka Daruma came at the all-girls school Majisuka Gakuen. In this school violence and fighting are common among the Yankee students. Noisy and trouble maker Daruma made a fuss as soon as she entered the school, win in her first fight but then was beaten easily by another gang shortly after. In contrary to Daruma's bold-but-powerless attitude, Maeda who is truthfully a strong girl despite of her silent nature found Daruma is beaten by Team Hormon before her. The word "Majisuka?" (means are you serious?) instantly awaken her true nature and made her won the battle against Daruma's attackers easily, thus made a big fuss at the school and the news even reached the strongest fighting group, Rappapa. Afterwards, Daruma acknowledged Maeda as her boss and as a result the friendship between the two girls began to grow along with their fights with fellow students at their school.