CAST:
Sorimachi Takashi as Onizuka Eikichi
Matsushima Nanako as Fuyutsuki Azusa
Kubozuka Yosuke as Kikuchi Yoshito
Ikeuchi Hiroyuki as Murai Kunio
Nakamura Aimi as Aizawa Miyabi
Kirari as Mizuki Nanako
Oguri Shun as Yoshikawa Noboru
Yamazaki Yuta as Watanabe Masaru
Tokuyama Hidenori as Yoda Kenji
Fujiki Naohito as Saejima Ryuji
Kuroda Miki as Nomura Tomoko
Nakao Akira as Uchiyamada Hiroshi
Mabuchi Erika as Tsukushima Erika
Shirakawa Minami as Oshima Chikako
Shirakawa Yumi as Sakurai Akira/Sakura
Kondo Yoshimasa as Nakamata-sensei
Enjouji Aya as Kotani-sensei
Kimura Tae as Miyuki
Hayashi Chika
Katase Nana as Yamaguchi Rika (SP)
Shimizu Chika as Masuda Yuka (SP)
Asami Reina as Saito Moe (SP)
Hara Fumina (SP)
Hosokawa Shigeki as Takeda-sensei (SP)
Kitamura Soichiro (Azusa’s father) (SP)
(cast list from d-addicts wiki)

A live action drama based off a manga? No way! It is true, this is a twelve episode Jdorama that is funny, emotional, and romantic in some sort of weird twisted way. There is a special and a movie that couples the drama. (continue reading…)

CAST:
Ueto Aya as Misaki Yoko
Nishikido Ryo as Nakahara Shota
Maya Miki as Mikami Tamaki
Aibu Saki as Wakamura Yayoi
Uehara Misa as Hirota Saori
Koizumi Koutaro as Tsutsumi Shuusuke
Kohinata Fumiyo as Sakurada Shinya
Otsuka Chihiro as Sekiyama Yuki
Nanase Natsumi as Kinoshita Asami
Ootomo Minami as Higashino Haruka
Yoo Min (Fueki Yuko) as Asou Kaoru
Takahashi Mariko as Kagawa Reiko
Koichi Mantaro as Watanabe Makoto
Asano Kazuyuki as Wakamura Shozo
Inoue Shun as Dazai Shinichiro
Moriguchi Yoko as Katsuragi Shiho (ep5)
Asami Reina as Kubota Rina (ep7)
Yamaguchi Nikki (山口日記) as Ooshima Megumi (ep7)
Kimura Kaela (木村カエラ) as herself (ep10)
Shibuya Asuka as newcomer trainee (ep11)
Yamada Meikyou (ep11)
(cast list from d-addicts wiki)

Misaki Yoko was raised with her three brothers. Misaki acts much like a boy and never had any girls that were friends and she always felt more comfortable with boys. Her crush, Tsukasa, which was in a band with her, left for Tokyo to begin a real life. When in the airport, the other members of the band ogled over the cabin attendants. As a joke, Tsukasa said that he’d like to see Misaki in uniform. Upon this little reason, Misaki decided to try and become a cabin attendant. Does she have what it takes to become mature and womanly, or will she never achieve her goal of becoming a cabin attendant. (continue reading…)

CAST:
Saori Aoyama – Misaki Ito
Tsuyoshi Yamada – Atsushi Itō
Misuzu Jinkama – Miho Shiraishi
Kaho Sawazaki – Eriko Sato
Yūko Mizuki – Misa Sudo
Keisuke Aoyama – Mokomichi Hayami (Saori’s younger brother)
Aoi Yamada – Maki Horikita (Tsuyoshi’s younger sister)
Tsuneo Yamada – Shirou Kishibe (Tsuyoshi’s father)
Yuusaku Matsunaga – Gekidan Hitori
Shinji Kawamoto – Eiji Sugawara
Karin Takeda – Saori Koide
Munetaka Minamoto – Shun Oguri
Kazuya Sakurai – Kosuke Toyohara
Yuki Aoyama – Kumiko Akiyoshi(Saori’s mother)
Ryoko Hashizume – Chizu Sakurai
Sadao Ushijima – Seiji Rokkaku
Susumu Ichisaka – Youichi Nukumizu
Tominaga – Tatsuya Gashuin
(Cast List was from Wikipedia)

Based off a novel from a supposedly true story on a bbs, Densha Otoko was a phenomenon in Japan. This Jdorama aired in 2005 following the success of a compilation novel of what the real Densha Otoko said on an actual bbs.

Tsuyoshi Yamada is a hopeless case. He is a computer and anime nerd, or he’s better known as an otaku. One day after a horrible day at work he meets a beautiful office lady on a train. A drunken old man was making a disturbance on the train and Yamada stood up against the old man. The young office lady was grateful and asked him for an address so that she could send him a gift. Yamada proceeds to the bbs to tell the people of his meeting. A couple days in waiting he finds a package for him from the young office lady with HERMES cups in them. What will this hopeless case do? Will the people on the bbs be able to help him? Is this his chance for love? (continue reading…)

If you are looking for a funny Japanese variety show that pops up on the internet more than any other, then Hello! Morning is for you. This show comes on once a week on TV Tokyo. Primarily made up of the JPop music group, Morning Musume, Hello! Morning has skits, games, and competitions for food. As we all know, food is always good. Besides games, they have guests and do certain specials depending on the season or holiday going on. Guests also appear on the show ranging from comedians to magicians. The performers of Hello! Project often times perform their latest single at the end of the show.

It was a pure accident that I’ve come across Hello! Morning since my first viewing way back in 2000 or 2002. Hello! Morning was what tuned my ears onto the music group Morning Musume. The show in itself was a hilarious host of facial expressions, laughs, and situations that put all of the members of Morning Musume and guests into embarrassment. The show has a cutesy look to it and has many bright colors on the set. The dialog is great, but many non Japanese speaking enthusiasts can laugh at the actions and the expressions of the cast.

I give this show an 8.2 out of 10. Very funny, reading subtitles makes the show more enjoyable, but a few lucky episodes make it enjoyable without dialog.