I want to come up with a list of my best memories of 2009! Here is what I will remember 2009 by… Dramas

Jin, with out a doubt, I was glued to the TV screen. The characters were awesome. I loved the bromance between Ryoma and Jin. It was one hell of a love quadruplet or something like that… And the foetus… just when you thought you could sleep at night the foetus made a reappearance. Great show, but I hope that they make a special because I want the ONE question answered. Not the one about Mikki, the one about who the hell…. Runners up: Buzzer Beat was more about the change room than the basketball, and Tokyo Dogs was amusing too. Also, to check out what I actually watched in 2009, as far as my memory can remember, check out my Watched List, 2009. Opening Music/Sequence for Dramas

Jin again. I always got goose bumps whenever it played and wouldn’t think about using the fast forward button/using it as a toilet break. Runners up: Liar game, I always enjoyed the quick opening sequence for that show and the feel of the music. With Season 2 they’ve left it short and sweat but still bouncy. Also loved Tokyo Dogs opening (even better than Liar Game…) – the closing music was rubbish but the opening theme was upbeat and made me look forward tot he show. Also love the graphic sequence! Movies I didn’t watch as many movies as I would have liked this year, so by default it is Ballad. It stars SMAP’s Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Aragaki Yui. I can’t wait to see it with English subs to pick up on some things I missed, and it wasn’t a perfect movie either, but I enjoyed it and it was great seeing it at the movies. I hope I will make an effort to see more movies in 2010.

Best Song Bz’s イチブトゼンブ, theme song of Buzzer Beat. Nice upbeat and catchy song! Here’s the lyrics, in Japanese, so you can practise your reading skills and get ready for some karaoke!: Show ▼

「アナタは私のほんのイチブしか知らない」 勝ち誇るように笑われても　それほどイヤじゃないよ 生まれてくる前　聞いたようなその深い声 それだけで人生のオカズになれるくらいです すべて知るのは到底無理なのに 僕らはどうして あくまでなんでも征服したがる カンペキを追い求め 愛しぬけるポイントがひとつありゃいいのに もしそれが君のほんのイチブだとしても 何よりも確実にはっきり好きなところなんだ 困った時　少しまゆげを曲げてみせたり 抱きよせるとホッとするような柔らかさだったり すべて掴んだつもりになれば また傷つくだろう ほんとに要るのは有無を言わせない 圧倒的な手ざわり 愛しぬけるポイントがひとつありゃいいのに 君にしかわからないこと　僕だけが見えていること どれもホントのこと すべて何かのイチブってことに 僕らは気づかない 愛しい理由を見つけたのなら もう失わないで 愛しぬけるポイントがひとつありゃいいのに それだけでいいのに

Maybe it’ll last, maybe it wont, but here’s the video:

Most of the new dramas airing next season have now been announced and it’s that time where I can’t wait for the new season to begin! Here I will highlight some of the ones I’m looking forward to or at least have some curiosity in. I’m Liking The Sound Of…

Atashinchi no Danshi Horikita Maki’s character marries a man who offers to pay off her debts that her father made, and moves into an eccentric family. I think (hope) this will be quirky and fun, and there are lots of well know guys in it: Kaname Jun, Okada Yoshinori, Mukai Osamu, and Yamamoto Yusuke have been announced so far. Hyoryu Net Cafe Toki Koichi leads a pretty dull life. Until he meets his first love again in an internet cafe. Suddenly something happens with the electricity and he and everyone else get stuck in the cafe which has become a strange universe… or something. Perhaps it’ll be something like Long Love Letter, the drifting classroom drama. Stars Ito Atsushi who I hope wont be doing another Densha Otoko take with his character. Also staring Asami Reina, and KIKI

Hmmmm? Dunno…

Ghost Friends Fukuda Saki plays a girl who can see ghosts after a car accident. Then she falls inlove with one of the ghosts. Nishijima Takahiro plays the love interest. Sounds OK, I like ghosts, but also doesn’t really sound that exciting at the moment… I think this one is aimed at a young audience, but I could be wrong. Smile Staring Matsumoto Jun as a half-Filipino with no family and Aragaki Yui who can’t speak…. something about always smiling. Yeah, the story line sounds a bit twee but I’ll watch the first couple of eps for the cast! Majo Saiban Ikuta Toma is chosen as a Juror on the trial of a suspected woman’s murderer trial. Yeah, from that name alone you know I’ll be watching, but at the moment this one feels like it is just going to educate us on the juror (jurial? I’m not sure) system. Hope it proves me wrong. Also staring Kato Ai and Higa Manami Boku no Imoto Staring Odagiri Joe and Nagasawa Masami, this is another “maybe” because of cast. The two are siblings with a close bond because of the death of their parents. However, Masami’s character isn’t the brightest and makes bad choices, testing the strength of the sibling’s relationship. Could be OK maybe…

Noteables

Konkatsu! About a single salary man in his mid 30s. Everyone around him talks about marriage so he begins to think about it as well. Noteable because Nakai Masahiro is staring in this! From Smap, for the past couple of Star Bowling eps that I’ve been watching he’s been wishing to be in another drama. His wish has come true! - also stars Ueto Aya, Sato Ryuta, and Matsukata Hiroki

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