I’m picking up the movie “Korosanai Kare to Shinanai Kanojo” (He Won’t Kill, She Won’t Die), a live-action adaptation of the 4-koma manga by Seikimatsu. Stars Mamiya Shotaro and Sakurai Hinako. Support cast includes Kaneko Daichi, Yanai Yumena, Tsunematsu Yuri, Hotta Mayu, Yutaro, Nakao Masaki, and more. Synopsis: Adapted from the comic strip of the …
We are picking up a third series this season — “Guilty: Kono Koi wa Tsumi Desuka?” starring Shinkawa Yua. This drama is adapted from the manga “Guilty: Nakanu Hotaru ga Mi wo Kogasu” by Okaue Ai. TiduAura is our guest translator for this series! Synopsis (by jdramas.wordpress.com): Ogino Sayaka (Shinkawa Yua) has a rewarding job …
[15 July 2020] UPDATE: We have dropped this series as Viki has picked it up for subtitling. We’ll be picking up a second series this season — “Peanut Butter Sandwich” starring Yahagi Honoka and Ito Kentaro. Looks like the team behind this dorama tokku series is largely the same one that gave us CoffeeVani and …
I will be working on “Rental nan mo shinai hito” as my Spring 2020 project. This SOL drama wasn’t on my radar initially, but I chanced upon the first episode and really enjoyed it! Synopsis (from jdramas.wordpress.com): Moriyama Shota (Masuda Takahisa) starts a service offering himself for rent, “Anything you might need a single person …
I’ve decided to pick up “Ato 3-kai, Kimi ni Aeru” (literally, “I can only see you 3 more times”), a drama SP that stars Yamamoto Mizuki. Script by Oshima Satomi (Nagi no Oitoma, Sayonara made no 30-pun, Kimi to 100-kai me no koi) and directed by Hagiwara Kentaro (Sayonara made no 30-pun). I watched it …
I’ll be picking up the Winter 2020 drama “Boku dake ga 17 sai no sekai de” starring Sano Hayato and Iitoyo Marie. This drama is produced by Fujino Ryota who gave us Suikyuu Yankees, Koinaka, Sukikoto and Good Doctor, among others. There seem to be some time-travel element in it so I was interested the …
We will be picking up the NHK 8-episode drama “Densetsu no Okaasan” (The Legendary Mother) starring Maeda Atsuko. Chiaki will be translating for this series. We aren’t sure if we’ll have decent raws to work with for all the eps, but we’ll try our best! *Please note that this is a low priority project. Synopsis …
I’ll be picking up the 8-episode jdrama “Sousa Kaigi wa Living de!” (The Investigation Meeting is in the Living Room!) starring Mizuki Arisa and Tanabe Seiichi. It was aired on NHK BS Premium in Summer 2018. Synopsis (from jdramas.wordpress.com): Morikawa Shoko is a detective with the Criminal Investigations Department’s Special Unit but disguises herself as …
[23 Jan 2020] UPDATE: This project has been dropped. I feel bad for the rest of the cast and staff, and the drama itself, who are innocent and dragged into this mess, especially Kiritani Kenta who shares the lead. But I can’t continue working on this anymore, not in the near future at least, unless …
We’ll be picking up the MBS drama “Nee Sensei, Shiranai no?” starring Baba Fumika and Akaso Eiji, a live-action adaptation of the manga by Asano Aya. If you liked the cinematography in Coffee & Vanilla, you’ll probably like this as well as it’s basically the same team working on this one 🙂 Chiaki will be …