Riisa Naka, who was recently just featured as the Actress of the Week, has landed her first starring role as a teacher in “Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo,” which starts July 15. The drama is based on a popular comic essay series. The original books are a collection of stories about a Japanese teacher, and they deal with aspects of the language that even native speakers get wrong. More »

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Finally! They have Kaibutsu-kun episodes 3 and 4 have been released. First, I am sad to say that I will no longer be doing recaps of Sunao ni Narenakute and Tsuki no Koibito. Tsuki no Koibito didn’t really meet my expectations and was not very good in my opinion. Sunao ni Narenakute is really good, but so many things happen in one episode that my brain is having a hard time keeping track!! I will definitely be buying its soundtrack!! I hope you will all check out these dramas. More »

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Riisa Naka is my current favorite actress/person. She is freaking amazing. This girl is one fourth Swedish and just plain hilarious. More »

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It was just announced that TOKIO’s Tomoya Nagase and Toma Ikuta (which sounds so much better as Ikuta Toma) are starring in a drama together next season. It will be a comedy titled “Unubore Deka” (Conceited Detective) about a weird detective (Nagase) who falls in love with every female suspect and thinks they love him too. More »

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From Ningin: Earlier today, a preview of DBSK member Yoochun’s debut drama, Beautiful Love, was released. In this drama, he plays a Korean Chaebol scion, which is essentially a rich businessman, who falls in love with a magazine writer who aspires to become a novelist, played by co-star Aya Oomasa. More »

Noriyuki Higashiyama (43) has been cast to star in a new medical drama for next season which is currently untitled. Higashiyama is a member of Shounentai, one of the oldest groups in Johnny’s Entertainment, and is one of the hottest JE guys in my opinion. Higashiyama plays the brilliant but comical Dr. Goto, who takes on the challenge of analyzing patients with undiagnosed illnesses and determining their conditions. More »

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Okay, my brain is about to explode. I’m going to write about each character because I can’t begin to write everything in order since not even my brain can handle it! More »

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From Ningin: Tokyopop, the popular North American manga publisher, is going to be touring the United States this summer as part of a new reality television series called America’s Greatest Otaku. The series, as the title implies, is going to be a search for the country’s biggest anime/manga fan. More »

After a long wait, Kaibutsu-kun episode 2 was finally released. In this episode, it focused on the greed of money in order to restore Demokin’s life force. In this episode like Hiroshi in the first one, Utako gets consumed by the greed of money. Since she is supporting her younger brother (I don’t know what happened to their parents), she works part time jobs. She ends up getting in lots of trouble because of it, and Kaibutsu and his friends have to save her. More »

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TVXQ’s Yoochun is going to be starring in a BeeTV drama about a Korean who is the second generation of a financial group. It will tell the story about him falling in love with a Japanese woman. Aya Oomasa, from Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, will play a magazine writer who dreams of being a novelist. The drama will be called “Beautiful Love ~Kimiga Ireba~.” The official pictures were just released, check them out after the jump: More »

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