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19-year-old Saeki Rei (Takei Emi) comes to Tokyo. Rei’s redeeming traits are her cheerfulness and distinctive positivity, but everything she does is always unheard of and unsuccessful. Because this foolhardiness causes trouble to the people around her each time, she ends up being called a girl who is unable to read situations. Rei moves to Tokyo with neither a dream nor goal, and is reunited with her father Suzuki Takuya (Watabe Atsuro) who abandoned her mother and her 15 years ago. Although she opposes her father for making her mother miserable, his dissolute life rouses her into action. “This won’t do. I’ve to make this person happy or I can’t move on with my own life!” And so, she runs about with the aim of getting her father remarried in her first experience living in Tokyo. With cheerfulness and positivity, she overcomes various difficulties and slowly changes the people around her too.

Hikaru has always believed herself to be just a normal high school girl...well, as normal as a teenager with a genius mad scientist for a father. She spends her time with her best friend, daydreaming about the boy she loves and watching her favorite superhero show. One day, the past that she has known nothing about comes back to haunt her. She is shocked to learn that she is the last surviving member of the royal line from a faraway planet. Even more, she finds out that she has been protecting the ultimate armor and that it can decide the fate of the entire galaxy.

This is an all-in-one variety show with a wide range of topics and themes. Watch the witty Kazunari Ninomiya from ARASHI hosting his own show!

Ramen is a savory combination of umami-packed broth and perfectly cooked noodles. This program offers an encyclopedic view of this delectable dish, taking you on a journey across Japan to discover ever-evolving local variations. Join us as we explore a tapestry of local customs and food culture through the lens of ramen.

At the time Tokugawa Ieyasu won the battle of Sekigahara, the Uesugis had their vast 1,200,000 koku holdings in Aizu drastically curtailed to 300,000 koku in Yonezawa, Dewa Province. Great numbers give up on the future and leave Yonezawa. In the midst of this, Maeda Keiji remains in this place and chooses to live with people facing difficulties. Over 60, he lives in a shabby, secluded hut and contemplates the “right time”. On the other hand, his son, Shinkuro, objects to Keiji being fond of drinking and absorbed in the cultural pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy, and nothing like the brave general he is famed to be. However, Keiji “performs” when it comes to the crunch. Although he has considered retirement, he is willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect the Uesugis. Shinkuro is gradually fascinated by his broad-mindedness and his way of life

Straight out of Tokyo Plus, a high-tech research center, arrives a new innovation of "Man Machine" system (Polymar) developed by the late Dr. Oregar. Tragically, Dr. Oregar and his efforts are dematerialized as the Catsharks, loyal subjects of Nova, steal this new technology for their own devious plans. Miraculously chosen as the next Polymar, Takeshi finds himself thrust into the middle of the battleground, as he discovers his new role and purpose - to destroy Nova and his followers. He utilizes his karate skills comprised of spinning kicks and backfists with flight formula to defeat the Catsharks, only to have them re-emerge stronger then ever, led by the shrewd Nina. Once she gets Polymar out of the picture - Nova will be free to proceed with his insidious plan. It is a race against time, for Takeshi to save the Earth

Haruko lands a job in a local tutoring establishment and upon showing up for work on the first day, she discovers that she will not be teaching Japanese people, but teaching people Japanese. Her students are all foreigners who live in Japan for several reasons, and she is faced with their many questions on the Japanese Language that she'd never really thought of before.

A young reporter, Kotaro Rai, is on the trail of a ring of gem thieves. But Rai is faced with an evil that threatens all of Asia, the Zensei Majin who had been in disguise. Luckily, the man's life is saved by a good spirit named Diamond Eye, who had appeared from one of the stolen diamond rings. From that day on the diamond hero entrusted the ring in Rai, and when he's in need of help, Diamond Eye would appear and protect him.

Chisato is homeless and on the run from debt collectors, when a wealthy man offers to pay off her debt if she marries him for one month. However, Chisato discovers that there are clauses to the contract after he dies, which includes being the mother of his six sons.

It's hard being a hard-boiled detective and a Kamen Rider, especially when you have such an annoying girl who owns your detective agency. Shotaro often lets his mind wander following some of Kamen Rider W's most memorable cases.

Emiru Yoshitsune is a 22-years-old who has just started working as a case worker to poor people needing public assistance. She has no knowledge about the social welfare system and struggles to carry out her work. One day, a man who she is assigned to help commits suicide. (Source: MDL)

In a ruined future Nerima, a photon energy disaster is said to have devastated the area. No one knows whether that is true or not, and details are hard to come by. All that is left is the photon research facility tower that stands as a monument at the center of the devastation. Z-chan and Gre-chan live together in the Shutter District, which spreads from the base of the tower. Their home is made from salvaged materials that they have named Photon House. The advanced photon energy that flowed through the place is now gone, and the world is now ruled by the Getter Rays that rain down from space. But even now, Z-chan and Gre-chan use the highly efficient photon energy to power their home.

Adapted from the novel 'Tenshi no Uppercut' by Kitajima Takashi. A delinquent girl series telling the struggles of a girl newly arrived in Midorigaoka High School after moving to Kunitachi City against a women's gang known as The Red Rose as well as the teachers and the system they created in the school.

A story about a temporary-staff worker who finds refuge in the fantasy world of a comic, Rose of Versailles. Katsuko's mediocre days is put to an end when the son of her company president arrives at her office and lays out unreasonable a cost-cutting policy which upsets Katsuko. Her inner ear hears the voice of Oscar, the main character of "Rose of Versailles" who stands up for the people, and decides to take action against him to save her helpless colleagues. --NHK

When Ryoko, a ballerina turned disco dancer, gets entangled in a murder and a stolen 10 million yen, she must race against time to uncover the truth and return to her hometown.

This is the sequel of the popular drama "Ai to fukushuu no umi". It depicts the love story between a nurse and a doctor and how the son and the daughter of the hospital director, who are romantically interested in the nurse and the doctor respectively, try to stop them from getting married.

With a maintenance robot and a deadly fugitive tagging along, friendship droid S.A.M searches for its best friend, the heir to a kingdom under siege.

Kiwako Nonomiya is devastated after Takehiro Akiyama, the married man she has been having an affair with, manipulates her into getting an abortion by promising to marry her and then refusing to divorce his wife. Kiwako then learns of Takehiro's wife's pregnancy. One morning, while Takehiro and his wife Etsuko are away, Kiwako sneaks into their home to get a look at their six-month-old child. Without a thought for the consequences, she carries the baby away. Kiwako then raises the child as her own, while being a fugitive from the law.

Katsunori Takahashi, from the hit series Hitoshi Tadano, is back in a new detective drama that blends the suspense from investigating and solving cases with comedy and colorful adult situations.

Naoya Aizawa has been married for a few years to his colleague, Kana. The couple has a perfect life until a new employee named Noa Tachibana is assigned to Naoya’s branch office. Will Naoya be able to resist Noa’s temptation? What is the fate of this couple?

BTS Japan Official Fanmeeting Vol.3 ~Reaching You~ was BTS's 3rd Japan Official fan club event. It took place from November 9, 2016 to December 15, 2016.

Seri, an unknown yet talented female chef from the country, arrives in Tokyo to work at French restaurant, Etoire, but discovers that they have gone out of business due to the departure of their main chef. Together with the restaurant's former manager, she opens a French restaurant of her own and begins to recreate the flavors her late father mastered as a famous gourmet chef. Unfortunately, Etoire returns with an unscrupulous manager, and to make matters worse, Seri learns that it happens to be owned by her birth mother living in Paris who she hasn't seen since she was a child. Seri wonders if her passion and skill will be enough to succeed. --TBS

At 27, Himari Shibasaki and Kazumi Hojo have been inseparable since college, but a drunken confession about Himari’s romantic insecurities completely transforms the boundaries of their friendship. What begins as a physical arrangement born from mutual loneliness quickly evolves into more, as neither of them is sure if their romantic feelings are reciprocated. Kazumi, haunted by a traumatic childhood, has secretly loved Himari, who he believes saved him from his own hollowness. Meanwhile, Himari struggles to drop the "perfect girl" persona she uses to mask her own past grief. As they navigate the transition from friends-with-benefits to a committed couple, their fragile peace is threatened by a jealous coworker and a dangerous stalker from Himari’s past, leading to a potentially dangerous situation.

A “hyper comedy-drama” that portrays three people who firmly believe they are direct descendants of the three great warlords of the Sengoku era— Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu — engaging in fierce battles of pride, honor, and lineage as the “Three Great Heroes of the Reiwa Era.”

Akira Hamura likes mystery books. She is 34-years-old, single and works part-time at the Murder Bear Bookshop. She also works as a private investigator. While working on cases, she experiences unlucky and unexpected situations. Because of this, she is known as "The World's Most Unfortunate Private Investigator."

Soichiro Hibiki, a cool Shonan bartender, secretly lives as a fudanshi otaku, dreaming up perfect coupleings among his customers.

Sōra is a 2nd-grade high school student, but he is virtually invisible at school. He is friends with Chūya. Chūya's personality is completely different from Sōra. Chūya does unpredictable things and that surprises those around him. Sōra and Chūya both have feelings for the same girl at their school. The girl refuses to attend school, because she doesn't want to change her brown hair to black. Their school has unreasonable rules, including requiring all students to have black hair. For the girl that Sōra and Chūya like, they stand up to change their school's black school rules.

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Professor and archeologist Rayna Kizuki holds an ancient artifact of the Ords given to her by her grandfather to protect. Two young girls, Mai and Mami, try to steal it from her in the hopes the artifact will lead them to treasure. But Rieg, a man who used to work with her grandfather, is also trying to get his hands on it, knowing the artifact actually holds the key to the ancient power of the Ords - a power of the light that not even the ancient people could control.

Set in 2014, the anime follows the adventures of 23 years old Mafuneko, a newly minted assistant director who joins the TV production department at Tokyo Hajikko Television, only to discover that the glamorous and glitzy life of working behind-the-scenes making TV shows involves strange and inexplicable tasks such as "gathering 300 acorns" and "making a mosaic out of the images reflected in the camera lens." Despite being surrounded by chaos, set-backs, and weirdos, Mafuneko struggles to become a fully-fledged TV producer.

Shio lives in a share house and falls in love with a man who lives with her. This is the first time Shio has had such feelings in a long time. Unfortunately, the man is in love with another man. Meanwhile, her housemate's love interest becomes attracted to her.

A gourmet comedy featuring 12 girls who are fascinated by gourmet burgers. Two girls appear every episode and develop in omnibus format. In addition, all the stores that appear are real stores, and we pay particular attention to the lighting and the sound of baking patties, and depict the gourmet burgers at each store with a sizzling feeling

Ronin Ogami Itto travels around 17th century Japan, accompanied by his young son Daigoro, in search of those who has offended him.

Hitotsubashi Kiriko is sinking into a pit of sorrow when her one and only best friend whom she lived with for three years, dies of illness. Living on a pension and working part-time is not easy, and the thought of having solitary death terrifies her. One day, she was fascinated by the statement of an arrested person she saw on TV which inspires her to commit crime so she could live in prison. And so, Kiriko's "Life in Prison" plan began. As Kiriko proceeds with her crime plan, she finds new experiences and encounters.

Throughout the galaxy, two villians destory and pillage anything in their path. Their names are Cross and Chaos, and they are ready to invade their next target: Earth. The only defense against these warriors are the Iczelions, a fusion of young girls, and Iczels, sentient body armor. Nagisa is a typical high school girl who is about to become the next Iczelion against her will, to defend the planet and save the human race! But not if she has anything to say about it...

After a devastating earthquake strikes Makuhara the northern part of Chiba, 18 year-old Yamato, leaves to Makuhara to find his friend Kiichi who lives in the area. On his way Yamato meets Takeru, who is also traveling to Makuhara as a volunteer in the relief effort. However, when the two arrive at Makuhara they are shocked to find that the city, which is under government lock down, is intact and is managed solely by children after a mysterious virus results in the deaths of all the adults. Forced to survive on their own, the child leaders must save the city and also fight the government, which tries to hide the truth.

Edo Moiselle is an exhilarating, heart-warming comedy that takes place in Tokyo. It is about a big-hearted Edo era courtesan looking for solace for her weary soul while getting wrapped up into trouble wherever she goes. An entertaining love story that transcends the ages.

In 2014, a series of murders targeting women takes place in Kawasaki City. All the victims have been killed as if they had hanged and these are dubbed the "Hanging Murders" in public. The police investigation runs into difficulties without clues on the murderer. However, Detective Iguchi from the First Investigation Division has his eye on a man whom he suspects to kill for pleasure. This man is Naoya Nogi. He lies about his identity, erases his traces in public, and lives as if he is holding his breath. Nogi is actually Masato Yaginuma, the victim in the sensational Akishima mother and son kidnapping case. He gets his neighbor, Yoshika, involved as he tries to escape the police dragnet but comes to realize some facts. What is his true motive?

Papa to Nat-chan is a drama about a young girl who matures from a high school student into a wife. Goro Shimura lost his wife nine years ago. Since then, he has lived with Natsumi. This comedy depicts Goro's struggles and Natsumi's journey to marriage.

Silent poor... the poor and needy whose cries for help are drowned out in today's busling society. Their existence is spreading rapidly across the nation, and as such, the government decided to set up a body to help them. Nationwide, there are now people called Community Social Workers (CSW), and their jobs are to attend to the poor and needy. One such person is Satomi Ryo, and she works at the Shitamachi area's Council of Welfare. The people that she meets in her busy working life are people afflicted with juvenile dementia, those who have shunned society and locked themselves up in their rooms, the homeless... generally people who are in despair over life and the fate dealt to them. Ryo herself had been down the lonely road before, and as a way to pull herself out of her depression, she decided to work as a CSW, in order to help others like her. She strongly believes that one can always start all over again, and it is her belief that helps her to move forward in life.

Ooka Echizen is the commissioner of the two-acre Minami-machi Magistrate’s Office, located in Edo Castle. He keeps order within the town.

Tucked away in the darkest depths of this world, tales of the bizarre and the supernatural quietly unfold. These inexplicable stories are chronicled throughout the pages of a certain strange encyclopedia, sheltered within a crumbling, decrepit building. Do you dare to open its cover and experience the horrors firsthand? Each of the macabre tales held within the book's pages details some unusual, surreal experiences that often come to a gruesome end. A man searches for his adulterous wife, only to find himself at the mercy of otherworldly visitors; a boy befriends a snowman who harbors a sinister secret; crop circles suddenly form on a family farm, created by some unexpected visitors; hidden in plain sight, menacing mechanical beings continue on undetected. In all of these horrifying stories, nothing is as simple as it seems, revealing a terrifying darkness that perhaps might have been best left alone.

The hero, Mamiya Shinjuro, earned his embalmer's license in the United States, but for reasons that will probably be easier to understand once the series starts, he is working in a Tokyo hospital as a janitor. In the premiere episode, a friend of one of the nurse's is killed in an accident. The woman had just been made the principal soloist in a ballet company and was about to get married to the man of her dreams. The woman's fiancee, hearing of Mamiya's special skills, asks him to restore her corpse to the way she looked when she was alive.

The protagonist is overworked and always exhausted by daily life, and yearns for comfort and solace. They want to be kindly praised and healed. They think, "Children have it nice because they're spoiled." The protagonist wants to escape from reality, and so they go to a store and purchase a blue pacifier. When they put the pacifier in their mouth, it emits a strange light, and it magically transports the protagonist to another world. The protagonist is now in the body of a five-year-old child, and spends time at a day care center where there are many handsome men who are caregivers there. The caregivers use the "There, There Magic" to soothe the children at the day care center.

The struggle of a rookie detective, portrayed with a cheerful and comical touch. Takeshi Hayano originally belonged to the Traffic Division but was transferred to the First Investigative Division of Daimon Police Station as a rookie detective. His first case is a drug-related murder, during which he ends up missing a "key witness" pursued by his senior colleagues in the First Investigative Division. Feeling responsible, Hayano becomes depressed. Investigations, daily life, and relationships. Each episode features a variety of cases, including robbery, arson, disguise, kidnapping, fraud, and split personalities. Hayano investigates the cases together with his senior colleagues in the First Investigative Division (Chief Ushiota, Chief Detective Sugaya, Detective Yazu, Detective Maehara, Detective Hazama, etc.).