Kaibutsu-Kun SP announced, plus some streaming videos

For the actual news portion of this post it was announced after the finale of the Kaibutsu-Kun drama, which stars Ohno Satoshi, there already is a special planned to air at the end on the month.

Anime News Network article. (English)


And then for something much more blog based, I've been updating my sevenload account with various PVs and such from the DVDs that I own. Of course no small number of these are of Johnny's groups.

It's been interesting looking at some of the older videos, especially when it comes to Hey! Say! JUMP as some have grown so much in the past few years. Yamada Ryosuke is a perfect example of this as you can see from his angle on the Hey! Say! PV DVD.

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I have the rest of the angles up in my account and since sevenload is not nearly well known as other video streaming sights there's less chance of the videos getting pulled down.

Link to my sevenload video section.

Another Arashi related release

Well it looks like Johnny's really wants to test the wallets of Arashi fans as not only are they releasing a new group single on July 7th but there will be a special release of the song Yukai Tsukai Kaibutsu-Kun, which is sung by Ohno's character in his drama Kaibutsu-Kun. It's a cheap single, as it only contains the one song with a karaoke track, so it won't hit fans wallets that hard at least as it only has the one version as well.

Yukai Tsukai Kaibutsu-Kun / Kaibutsu-Kun (Satoshi Ohno)

I kinda get the feeling that Johnny's is hoping to have both the number 1 and 2 position on the Oricon charts with this so it will be interesting to see how that pans out.

Spring drama news 2010

I don't want to fall too far behind now that I'm almost caught up, especially since this is about the time the new dramas for the spring season are getting announced.

The first confirmed drama for a Johnny's this spring is for Arashi's Ohno Satoshi. He gets to lead again in a drama, this one being based off a popular manga Kaibutsu-kun from the 1960s. The story sounds like it wouldn't lend itself all too well to the drama format as it's the story of the prince of Monster Land that comes to the human world and has adventures with the monsters he finds living there. It's already been made into a couple of anime series so it should hopefully be interesting to see how they do this series for live action.

Tokyograph article. (English)

Next, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi will be in a drama special about Japanese-Americans, simply titled Japanese-Americans. The special will be five episodes long as it follows generations of a Japanese-American family and will air on TBS. They will run the episodes across five days in a row, which will be a first for them to try to do.

Tokyograph article. (English)

The most recent drama announcement is for Kato Shigeaki, who will get a chance to be a lead in a drama for the first time. The drama he will be the lead in is called Troubleman and it will air on TV Tokyo. It's being directed by SABU, known for his cult movies, who will be directing a TV drama for the first time.

Tokyograph article. (English)

And so far that's it for drama announcements for the spring. I hope there's more soon and I really hope some of the Hey! Say! JUMP boys get roles or something as Yamada shouldn't be the only one with a drama career.