Archive for the 'J-Dramas' Category


Gokusen 2

Wednesday, June 28th, 2006

FIGHTO-OH!

Watching Gokusen 2 right now…
1) Nakama Yukie is just… awesome.
2) Fighto-OH!




Hana Yori Dango - Episode 1

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Lines of very nice cars drop off the kids to school
The F4, the flower 4… only in Japan does this mean ‘cool’

Our heroine Makino Tsukushi, isn’t she cute?
Her wacky family

I wish I were that rich
Oh crazy Japanese clubs where everyone dances in sync

Over the past few weeks I’ve been hearing of a new J-Drama which […]




Densha Otoko Episodes 3-8

Sunday, September 11th, 2005

I’ve been slowly watching more Densha Otoko over the past week and I’ve just finished episode 8. I have to say that I am enjoying this series a bit more than when I first started it. Perhaps it’s just growing on me, or perhaps I’ve finally gotten used to the main character’s (Yamada) very annoying […]




Densha Otoko - Episodes 1- 2

Thursday, September 1st, 2005

Yamada Tsuyoshi, the Train Man (notice the Haro on his bed!)
Aoyama Saori, the girl he saves

Yamada and his otaku friends
I love this kid’s shirt

Densha Otoko (Train Man) is based on a series of message threads on the mega-popular Japanese BBS forum 2chan (www.2ch.net) about a 23 year old anime loving otaku who saves a beautiful […]