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Ataru is a TBS series is about an autistic young man with a mysterious past who helps the police solve criminal cases. It stars Masahiro Nakai in the title role and has received 19.9% TV viewership ratings.
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Utaban was a long-running Japanese music variety show, broadcast weekly from October 15, 1996 until March 23, 2010 on TBS. The name of the show is an abbreviation of "uta bangumi", meaning "music program". A special version of the show, running for two hours, was occasionally aired under the name Tokuban, an abbreviation of "tokubetsu bangumi", meaning "special program". The show's theme song, played during the opening sequence and closing credits, was "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'" by Nancy Sinatra.
A variety show in which "Arashi" and a guest or two form a team to compete against a guest team in physical games.
Hello! Morning (ハロー！モーニング) is a weekly television show starring the lead Hello! Project group Morning Musume (although originally, all Hello! Project members were featured). It has aired 11:30 to 12:30 Sundays on TV Tokyo. It has been on the air from April 2000 until April 2007. The name of the show is often abbreviated as ハロモニ (Haromoni). The last episode of Hello! Morning was aired April 1st, 2007 after 354 episodes. The show was replaced with a new show called Haromoni@, which is somewhat shorter and has a different concept.
Yorosen! (よろセン!; I am cool teacher, a slang shortening of Yoroshiku sensei!) was a late-night daily Japanese education TV program featuring Hello! Project members as teacher and students. It aired on TV Tokyo from October 6, 2008 to March 27, 2009 (weekdays only) with a running time of about 7 minutes. Yorosen! was the replacement for Berikyuu!, and was later itself replaced by Bijo Houdan. Yorosen! showcased the 3 main groups of Hello! Project: Morning Musume., Berryz Koubou, and ℃-ute. Each episode ended with a segment by Mano Erina.
"Change Street" is a new concept cultural exchange program where artists representing South Korea and Japan deeply immerse themselves in each other’s streets, languages, and sensibilities to connect through music.
Japanese music variety show starring the comedy duo Downtown. A mixture of live musical performances, games, sketches and celebrity interviews.
Jam Films is a 2002 suite of 7 shorts produced by Sega/Amuse.
Music talk and variety show.
Variety talk and music show.
Bijo Gaku (美女学) was a Hello! Project and UP-FRONT WORKS TV show that replaced Bijo Houdan, including Morning Musume., Berryz Koubou, ℃-ute, Mano Erina and S/mileage, airing on TV Tokyo. While its predecessor Bijo Houdan focused on learning from various well-established female experts through a talk show format, Bijo Gaku focused on doing the same, but through extracurricular activities, and experiencing the activities themselves.
The story is about a gentle and easygoing girl who likes reading. One day, a piece of paper comes out of a book at the library. It is a beautiful letter called "Sakurasaku". That's when she starts a correspondence with a complete stranger. But who is he?
Variety talk music show.
Haromoni@ is the title of the sequel to the long-running Japanese variety show Hello! Morning, which it replaced starting April 8, 2007, on TV Tokyo and later throughout the country on several other television networks, in High Definition. The show stars Morning Musume members, who incarnate the roles of several different animals working under the rule of the young and mildly despotic King Akachin —whose name derives from the Japanese word for "baby" —ruler of the fictional Kingdom of Haromoni. The final episode of the series aired on September 28, 2008.
Celebrity sports variety game show.
Variety talk show hosted by Matthew Minami.
Sawatari Natsuka is a television newscaster who anchors a program called “News Facts". But when she begins reading the day’s news about a tragic death, the television screen suddenly changes and another mysterious program that promises to tell the real reason why she is dead begins to air instead. Who could be behind these horrific deaths and how does it get reported through this mysterious program?
An enthusiastic 28-year-old detective Yasunaga is assigned to work with a notoriously geeky 43-year-old rookie, Totori. Totori became a detective because of a secret "motivation," despite his previous outstanding career as an animal ecologist. Together with Yasunaga, the unusual rookie detective uses logical thinking and experiments to solve seemingly perfect crimes. Detective Totori and the Perfect Crimes uses a reverse format where the crime scene is presented at the start of each episode. This entertaining human crime drama, created by a talented young Japanese scriptwriter is masterfully filled with cunning suspects and witty conversation.
