JDramas to watch out this season

I have two Japanese Dramas that I am looking out for this season, SMILE and ATASHINCHI NO DANSHI.

SMILE stars Matsumoto Jun, member of the Japanese boy group ARASHI and best known for his roles as Yamada Shin in Gokusen and as Domyouji Tsukasa in Hana Yori Dango.   I have been waiting for this series for a couple of months ago since I first heard about it on the net.  Matsumoto Jun is going to be playing the role of Hayakawa Vito, a Half-Japanese, Half-Filipino whose dream is to put up a restaurant with a multinational cuisine.  As part of his portrayal as a Filipino, Matsujun will have Tagalog dialogue and reports say he has worked on making his accent convincing.

He stars opposite Aragaki Yui, better known for her roles in Galcir (aka Gal Circle), My Boss My Hero, and most recently Code Blue.  She plays a girl that lost her voice due to a traumatic incident in her life.   She is saved by Vito in a chance meeting.  Despite the problems and challenges both characters have faced they are always happy and enthusiastic have a smile on their faces.

I have only seen the first episode but it looks promising.  I am personally looking forward to seeing Vito's Filipino dialogue.  Makes me even wonder if they shot the series here.  That would be awesome.

You can get more info from the D-Addicts DramaWiki and from Tokyograph. 

Torrents available from the D-Addicts website here.

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Another drama I have been looking forward to was ATASHINCHI NO DANSHI.  This series stars Horikita Maki.  She probably became very popular after the drama NOBUTA WO PRODUCE in which she starred opposite Kamenashi Kazuya of KAT-TUN and Yamashita Tomohisa of NewS.  She also played the role of Ashiya Mizuki in the wildly popular drama series HANAZAKARI NO KIMITACHI HE.  This time she plays Mineta Chisato, who at young age finds herself homeless living in net cafes while running away from her father's debtors.  Her life changes when she meets Okura Shinzo.  Shinzo is from a rich background and has promised to take care of her if she marries him and lives with his family.  The thing is, he's adopted 6 young men who he plans to groom to take over his company.  Now, Chisato will have to live with Shinzo and 6 young men under one roof.  Mukai Osamu (Shinobu from Mei-chan no ShitsujI) will also play a role as one of the 6 adopted sons.

Horikita Maki has always been good in out of this world storylines so I am definiltey looking forward to this one.  I will get back to you once I finish watching an episode.

More info is available at D-Addicts DramaWiki.

For torrent downloads, you can get them from D-Addicts here.