Fall 2008 Drama Preview!!

Woohoo!! Looks like the full list of this fall's drama is out and these are some of the drama's that I'm looking forward to watch. Some of em are currently airing so, keep yourself posted with the latest episode releases at daddicts!

Innocent Love (イノセント・ラヴ)
Fuji TV, Monday 9:00pm, premieres October 20

Maki Horikita stars in this painful love story about a lonely woman named Kanon and a seemingly innocent but troubled pianist Junya, played by Yuzu 's Yujin Kitagawa. As a child, Kanon loses her parents to a murderer and her brother is arrested as a suspect, leaving her all alone. Forced to leave her town to find a new life, she meets Junya and falls in love, but the path ahead of them is still filled with obstacles.

Other Cast: Yu Kashii , Seiji Fukushi , Hiroki Narimiya , Yuki Uchida , Kosuke Toyohara
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/innocentlove/

Celeb to Binbou Taro (セレブと貧乏太郎)
Fuji TV, Tuesday 9:00pm, premieres October 14

This romantic comedy stars Aya Ueto as a character supposedly modeled after Paris Hilton. Ueto plays Alice, the spoiled celebrity daughter of a hotel magnate and an actress. Somehow, she ends up becoming an unlikely couple with Taro Sato (Yusuke Kamiji), a poor, working-class widower raising three children.

Other Cast: Ryoko Kuninaka , Takashi Kashiwabara , Mayumi Wakamura , Shinji Yamashita , Morio Kazama , Takayuki Takuma , Megumi Nakayama
Official Site: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/celeb/

Oh! My Girl!! (オー！マイガール！！)
NTV, Tuesday 10:00pm, premieres October 14

Up-and-coming ikemen actor Mocomichi Hayami is the star of this comedy series. He plays a poor bachelor who is trying to make a name for himself as an author of a mobile phone novel. Due to certain circumstances, he ends up sharing a home with a talented 6-year-old actress (Riko Yoshida ), and as a result he is forced to play the part of a father figure. Rosa Kato plays the child's manager.

Other Cast: Rie Tomosaka , YOU , Arata Furuta , Takeshi Kaga , Yoshinori Okada , Hitomi Takahashi
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/ohmygirl/

Yume wo Kanaeru Zou (夢をかなえるゾウ)
NTV, Thursday 12:00am, premieres October 2

Inspired by a best-selling novel by Keiya Mizuno, "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" tells the story of a young woman (Asami Mizukawa ), recently dumped by her boyfriend and forced out of her home. Desperately wishing for a better life, she is surprised by the sudden appearance of a Kansai-ben-speaking version of the Hindu god Ganesha (Arata Furuta ), who offers to lead her to the happiness she desires. The series actually takes place after a 2-hour special that stars Shun Oguri , based on the original novel.

Other Cast: Mariko Okubo , Kenta Satoi
Official Site: http://www.ytv.co.jp/yumezou/

Ryusei no Kizuna (流星の絆)
TBS, Friday 10:00pm, premieres October 17

"Ryusei no Kizuna" shows a lot of promise, being based on a mystery novel by acclaimed author Keigo Higashino with a script written by the popular Kankuro Kudo . In addition, three rising stars - Kazunari Ninomiya , Ryo Nishikido , and Erika Toda - have been cast in the lead roles. The trio play siblings whose parents were murdered, and with no one else to rely on but each other, they grow up to become a team of swindlers, taking money from the rich. Fourteen years after the incident, as the statute of limitations approaches, they come across a man who seems to be their parents' killer, and they begin plotting against him.

Other Cast: Jun Kaname , Toshinori Omi , Ryo , Susumu Terajima , Tomokazu Miura , Mika Nakashima
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/ryuseinokizuna/

Men-dol (メン☆ドル～イケメンアイドル～)
TV Tokyo, Friday 12:12am, premieres October 10

TV Tokyo's new late-night drama series is a comedy about three ordinary girls aiming to become idols, but all of their auditions end in failure. One day, they witness a serious crime, and they find themselves being hunted down by a hitman. They are saved by a talent manager who is willing to give them their debut, but they have to dress up as boys in order to hide their identities. AKB48 members Haruna Kojima , Minami Takahashi , and Minami Minegishi play the starring roles.

Other Cast: Hanako Takigawa, Yinling of Joytoy, Leona Hirota
Official Site: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/mendol/

Bloody Monday (ブラッディ・マンデイ)
TBS, Saturday 8:00pm, premieres October 11

Ryo Ryumon's action/suspense manga "Bloody Monday" is being brought to life on the small screen. Rising youngster Haruma Miura stars as a genius hacker recruited by the police to save the world from a dangerous terrorist organization planning to unleash a deadly virus. Danger is lurking everywhere, as the terrorists have infiltrated the police and even his school.

Other Cast: Michiko Kichise, Takeru Sato, Yutaka Matsushige , Nana Katase , Hisashi Yoshizawa , Sei Ashina , Hiroki Narimiya
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/bloody-monday/

Scrap Teacher (スクラップ・ティーチャー～教師再生～)
NTV, Saturday 9:00pm, premieres October 11

This past April, four Hey! Say! JUMP members (Yuto Nakajima , Ryosuke Yamada , Yuri Chinen , and Daiki Arioka ) starred in a drama special called "Sensei wa Erai!," where they played a group of students who transform an unpopular teacher into a more respectable man. In "Scrap Teacher," the four have been cast in similar roles as newly transferred students at a failing school, and they take on the task of reforming their incompetent teachers.

Other Cast: Ai Kato , Yusuke Kamiji, Osamu Mukai, Norito Yashima
Official Site: http://www.ntv.co.jp/scrap/

ROOM OF KING (ROOM OF KING)
Fuji TV, Saturday 11:10pm, premieres October 4

This unusual comedy revolves around a group of housemates sharing a luxurious apartment. One is a freeter (Hiro Mizushima ), one is a bank employee (Anne Suzuki ), one is a gynecologist (Haruka Igawa ), and one is a popular stylist (Atsuro Watabe ). Along with a cook (Itsuji Itao ), they have been scouted to participate in a competition that will determine who gets ownership of the apartment.

Other Cast: Shigeru Saiki, Tatsuya Gashuin , Mickey Curtis
Official Site: http://wwwz.fujitv.co.jp/ROK/

There's 9 dramas that are worth watchin altogether this Fall..I can say that I really can't wait to watch all 9 of em. Oh well, lucky I just had my computer reformatted so I have all the space needed to store all the drama! Cheers everyone!

xoxo

tylla

source: tokyograph