Archive for October, 2008
Dragon Zakura Review
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
Dragon Zakura is a school comedy manga that was adapted to a television drama. It’s about a lawyer, Sakuragi Kenji, who wants to guide failing high school students in Ryuzan High School into Japan’s most educational university, Tokyo University (Toudai). Ryuzan High School is famous by its students’ average score, 36, and it’s going to bankrupt. It’s completely different with the school next to Ryuzan High School, Shomekan High School with average score 74.
Sakuragi was a member of a motorcycle gang years ago, and he couldn’t be a successful lawyer because of it. So, he finds an idea to increase his popularity. He promises to produce 5 successful Toudai applicants from Ryuzan High School students.
He tries to attract the students with a sentence, “If you want to change your life, get into Toudai!” Unfortunately, the students don’t believe him and there is no one wants to take special advanced class. So, he tries to attract two students, Yajima Yusuke and Mizuno Naomi, by finding their personal problems.
At least, there are six students in special advanced class: Yajima Yusuke, Mizuno Naomi, Ogata Hideki, Kosaka Yoshino, Okuno Ichiro, and Kobayashi Maki. Beside Ino Mamoko, English teacher at school, Sakuragi is helped by other unique people. The teaching programs are also totally different with a normal class.
How does Sakuragi teach the students? And how is their future? Let’s watch the movie and find the ending by yourself.. ^o^
Total episode: 11
Theme song: Realiza by Melody
Director: Tsukamoto Renpei, Karaki Marehiro
Producer: Enda Kouichi, Shimizu Mayumi
Screenwriter: Hata Takehiko
Narrator: Kobayashi Kiyoshi
Music: Nakanishi Kyo
Characters:
Sakuragi Kenji by Abe Hiroshi
Special Advanced Class
Yajima Yusuke by Yamashita Tomohisa
Mizuno Naomi by Nagasawa Masami
Ogata Hideki by Koike Teppei
Kosaka Yoshino by Aragaki Yui
Okuno Ichiro by Nakao Akiyoshi
Kobayashi Maki by Dokyu Saeko
Ryuzan High School Faculty
Ino Mamako (English teacher) by Hasegawa Kyoko
Tatsuno Yuriko (School Director) by Nogiwa Yoko
Vice-principal Kondo by Saito Yosuke
Ochiai Masanao by David Ito
Miyabe Umetaro by Ando Ryoji
Asami Kazuko by Tsukiyama Mayumi
Inaba Tsutomu by Aoyama Masaru
Advanced Class Teachers
Akutayama Ryuzaburo (Literature teacher) by Terada Minori
Kawaguchi Hiroshi (English teacher) by Kaneda Akio
Ain Shutaro (Physics teacher) by Kobayashi Susumu
Yanagi Tetsunosuke (Mathematics teacher) by Shinagawa Toru
Special Advanced Class Students’ Family
Yajima Setsuko (Yajima’s mother) by Ishino Mako
Mizuno Yuko (Mizuno’s mother) by Miho Jun
Okuno Jiro (Ichiro’s twin brother) by Mizutani Momosuke
Okuno Miyako (Ichiro’s mother) by Kato Kazuko
Ogata Atsuo (Hideki’s father) by Sunaga Kei
Ogata Mariko (Hideki’s mother) by Aihara Yuko
Kosaka Megumi (Yoshino’s mother) by Kurita Yoko
Kobayashi Mitsue (Maki’s mother) by Iketani Nobue
Others
Yamamoto Nozomi (Ino’s friend) by Yazawa Shin
Tanaka Yoshio by Murakami Hiroki
Sawamatsu Yasushi by Karahashi Mitsuru
Atty. Okabe (sakuragi’s friend) by Onodera Akira
Toda Asumi (Maki’s friend) by Hori Akari
Lovely Complex Screenshots
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Here, some snapshots of Lovely Complex.. It’s hard to choose best pictures of this movie, because every scenes are funny.. I hope you enjoy seeing these images.. ^o^
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Lovely Complex Review
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Lovely Complex or Love Com is a Japan romantic comedy movie, which base on its anime and manga by Nakahara Aya. The movie is about the romance between a tall girl, named Koizumi Risa, and her classmate, Otani Atsushi, who is shorter than her. They are called “All Hanshin Kyojin”.
Beside the difference of height, Risa and Otani totally match each other. They have same favorite food and band. They also have same bad experience about love. Risa had been rejected by a guy who was shorter than her, and Otani had been rejected by a girl who was taller than him.
At first, they always razz each other. Risa calls Otani “Chibi (shorty)” and Otani calls Risa “beanstalk”. And they always deny when everybody call them “the perfect couple”.
Once, they found that they have same favorite band, Umibozu. They become closer and attracted each other. But Otani doesn’t realize Risa’s feeling and he thinks that Risa is deceived him because of his weight when Risa tells him that she loves him. That’s why Risa becomes annoyed with Otani.
Then, suddenly there is a new handsome teacher, Kuniumi Maitake. His style and his act is similar with Risa’s dreamed guy. Risa attracts with him and becomes a leader of a group “Maity Love”. It makes Otani jealous, and hold a 3 on 3 basket competition with Maitake-sensei to make Risa ill feel with Maitake. Although, Otani lose from Maitake, but finally he realize Risa’s love and his feeling itself.
Directed by: Kitani Ishikawa
Screenplay by: Osamu Suzuki
Released time: July 15, 2006
Run time: 100 minutes
Characters:
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Koizumi Risa (main char)
by: Fujisawa Ema |
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Otani Atsushi (main char)
by: Koike Teppei |
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Ishihara Nobuko (Risa’s best friend)
by: Nami Tamaki |
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Nakao Heikichi (Nobuko’s boyfriend)
by: Yamazaki Yusuke |
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Tanaka Chiharu (Risa’s best friend)
by: Kudo Risa |
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Suzuki Ryoji (Chiharu’s boyfriend)
by: Mizushima Hiro |
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Kuniumi Maitake (teacher)
by: Tanihara Shosuke |
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Umibozu
by: Susumu Terajima |
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Teacher |
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Mayu Kanzaki (Otani’s ex-girlfriend) |
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Risa’s sister |
