Yamada returns as Kindaichi in Malaysia
It has been announced that the Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo series will be returning with another special lined up to air in January 2014. The special will be filmed in a foreign country like the last...
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The Shounen Club 21 December 2008 review
And now for the final 2008 Shounen Club episode. Things start off with the usual Junior introductions though there are a few noticeable differences in that compared to the usual shows. The big one is...
View ArticleKyomoto goes Jidaigeki
It has been announced that Kyomoto Taiga will be part of the supporting cast of Takizawa Hideaki's upcoming Taiga drama special, Nezumi, Edo o Hashiru. The special will air on January 9th of 2014....
View ArticleKitayama goes to court
Kitayama Hiromitsu will be starring in a drama on NTV for the fall drama season. The drama will only have fifteen minute episodes and be a comedy series based in a court room and Kitayama will play a...
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The Shounen Club 4 January 2009 review
And now we begin the 2009 episodes, where not much has changed from the finish of the 2008 episodes. The show opens up with a performance where we get the usual introductions. The song is Hatsu Uta,...
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Ataru SP first impressions
With the movie of the series hitting theatres in Japan this is probably not a bad time for me to finally get to the SP. Honestly the first half of the special can probably be skipped for anyone who has...
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Johnny's Under 100: Tsukada Ryoichi
Tsukada Ryoichi Group: A.B.C-Z Birthdate: December 10, 1986 I never paid too much attention to A.B.C-Z before but their J’s Journey trip to Australia left an impression on me. Tsukada was easily stood...
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Scrap Teacher ~Kyoushi Saisei~ final impressions
Yes I know this is an old drama and it seems like I am missing reviews for it. But the other reviews for it do exist, as I did them when this drama was still fairly new. You can find them here and...
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The Shounen Club 7 September 2008 review
This episode gives two Shounen Club debuts, one for a member of Sexy Zone and the other for one of the Bakaleya6. Everyone missing from last month's episodes are back on the show, so it should be back...
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Shinryochu ~In the Room~ mid-seasons impressions
And I continue on with this drama that I hope to finish off by next week. At this point I can say that I am completely this series just for the sake of completing it and because I like some of the...
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The Shounen Club 14 September 2008 review
And we hit the second episode of the month, with next month set to bring us some changes. We start off with a basic introduction of having group names or individual names for the Juniors not in groups...
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Johnny's Under 100: Hashimoto Ryosuke
Hashimoto Ryosuke Group: A.B.C-Z Birthdate: July 15, 1993 I only took notice of Hasshi after Hey! Say! JUMP debuted and he was made center of a trio of Juniors. I was surprised to learn that he was...
View ArticleBye Bye Sexy Zone Bye
Sexy Zone is set to release another single this year, the release date is October 9 and the single will be a double A-side. The song that currently has a titled announced is Bye Bye Du Bye -See you...
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The Shounen Club 5 October 2008 review
This episode not only gives us the Shounen Club first appearance of A.B.C-Z but also of Nakajima Kento. The kicks off with an introduction/group number of the main Juniors singing Arashi's Kotoba yori...
View ArticleJWeb is now international
The official Johnny's phone app, J-Web, has followed suit after Johnny's net went multi-lingual and supports English, Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) and Korean for their paid J-Web services. You have...
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The Shounen Club 12 October 2008 review
And we have an episode that Yabu Kota is not one of the guests in. Did not mention it with the last episode but Sanada Yuma and Nozawa Yuki still are treated as prominent Juniors and get individual...
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Johnny's Under 100: Ueda Tatsuya
Ueda Tatsuya Group: KAT-TUN Birthdate: October 4, 1983 There is a brightness to Ueda that does not get to shine a lot with the image he portrays as a member of KAT-TUN. Being the “cool” group being...
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The Shounen Club 2 November 2008 review
And with this episode we sorta have B.I.Shadow now. From the introduction at the start of the program the three original members of B.I.Shadow have definitely been grouped together as a trio but they...
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The Shounen Club 9 November 2008 review
I cannot believe I am almost through all the 2008 episodes. I feel like I am actually catching up to the newer episodes now. This episode actually starts with the theme, Arigato (thank you), announced...
View ArticleShori 49
The next late night NTV drama to replace Kamen Teacher has been announced. It is titled 49 and will star Sato Shori for his debut in a leading role. The drama will begin on October 5. The Juniors that...
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