TV in Japan

This is a new Japanese series which just premiered and is really worth checking out.
It’s basically a combination of Pushing Daisies and Journeyman with a distinctive Japanese flavor.
Part One:
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Part Two:
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First of all, those who actually saw my pitiful double post… good for you I suppose. I’m soon moving my entire life to a different country and it’s proving complicated. Mistakes happen to everyone now and then. Also, Japanese tax forms are possibly worse than American ones.
To cheer myself up I thought [...]

What I love about my (relatively recent) fascination with Japanese media is that I often find things that surprise me.
More often than not these clips surprise me with their absurdity or their artistic sensibility, but in some cases, I find that I am really moved by what I find. In these cases, it’s often [...]

Ok, so I didn’t want to do this because I haven’t technically finished this drama, but I feel it is worth reccommending right now regardless of its state of completion.
LIAR GAME doesn’t particularly have a deep plot. There is a problem, there is lying, a lot of money is at stake, and some innocent [...]

Now, Korean dramas are decently popular in Japan. Yes. This is true. I’ve seen them on TV before, usually subtitled, and I will admit that I’ve had some pretty uninteresting conversations with people about Yon-sama (Bae Yong Joon).
I can thank the 2002 Korean drama Winter Sonata for that.
This drama, (which is almost [...]

Yes. Yes, they do. In Dramaland everything is possible but no one can kiss well. These are the two basic truths I have come to accept.
Waterboys was a movie that came out in Japan around 2001. It proved so successful that it spawned not one but TWO drama adaptions. (Yet, [...]

In honor of April Fool’s Day I thought I would do a review of my favorite multipart series:Trick. Trick 1, 2, and 3 each have different things to recommend them, but I’ll try to keep this short and sweet.
Trick:
We get introduced to our main characters, Yamada Naoko (Nakama Yukie) a struggling magician whose stage [...]

Hello everyone, up until recently a lurker I have now been added onto the TViJ staff. My job, so to speak, is one that might be a little bit unusual. For the sake of diversifying the blog I will be hopefully exposing you all to the wonderful world of jdrama (with a side [...]