Sun, October 7, 2007 (2:08am EDT)
Oricon has published the results of its quarterly drama satisfaction rankings, and the #1 choice this summer was Fuji TV's "LIFE" at 77.7%. With previous season's "LIAR GAME" having ranked 2nd with 78.5% (and both shows attracting strong viewership ratings), Fuji TV's new Saturday drama time slot is proving to be a success.
The summer's top ten were:
Meanwhile, the pre-season survey for the fall indicates that expectations are highest for "Galileo."
The summer's top ten were:
- LIFE (77.7%)
- Papa to Musume no Nanokakan (76.3%)
- Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (75.8%)
- Hotaru no Hikari (75.5%)
- Yamada Taro Monogatari (72.7%)
- Sushi Ouji! (70.0%)
- Yama Onna Kabe Onna (69.2%)
- Tantei Gakuen Q (69.1%)
- Jotei (68.0%)
- Ushi ni Negai wo: Love & Farm (67.8%)
Meanwhile, the pre-season survey for the fall indicates that expectations are highest for "Galileo."
- Galileo (60.1%)
- Iryu 2 (55.6%)
- Hataraki Man (55.0%)
- SP (51.5%)
- Hatachi no Koibito (51.2%)
- Yukan Club (49.4%)
- Utahime (49.3%)
- 3 Nen B Gumi Kinpachi Sensei 8 (48.4%)
- Joshi Deka! (45.7%)
- Abarenbo Mama (44.8%)
Sun, October 7, 2007 (1:17am EDT)
In honor of the national holiday Sports Day on October 8, Oricon surveyed two thousand people to find out who their favorite sports players were. The #1 male was predictably Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, while the #1 female was teen figure skater Mao Asada.
Also unsurprising was the fact that baseball players made up the majority of top ten men, with seven athletes named. Soccer player Shunsuke Nakamura was #2, followed by Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish, Tomoaki Kanemoto, Ryo Ishikawa (golf), Kyuji Fujikawa, Tomonori Maeda, Masahiro Tanaka, and Kosuke Kitajima (swimming).
The list of top ten women had more variety, with volleyball being the largest contributor with four names. After Mao Asada, the complete list was Miwa Asao (beach volleyball); Ryoko Tani (judo); Miki Ando (figure skating); Miyuki Takahashi (volleyball), tied for 5th with Megumi Kurihara (volleyball) and Ai Fukuhara (table tennis); Reiko Shiota (badminton); Ai Miyazato (golf); Saori Kimura (volleyball).
Also unsurprising was the fact that baseball players made up the majority of top ten men, with seven athletes named. Soccer player Shunsuke Nakamura was #2, followed by Hideki Matsui, Yu Darvish, Tomoaki Kanemoto, Ryo Ishikawa (golf), Kyuji Fujikawa, Tomonori Maeda, Masahiro Tanaka, and Kosuke Kitajima (swimming).
The list of top ten women had more variety, with volleyball being the largest contributor with four names. After Mao Asada, the complete list was Miwa Asao (beach volleyball); Ryoko Tani (judo); Miki Ando (figure skating); Miyuki Takahashi (volleyball), tied for 5th with Megumi Kurihara (volleyball) and Ai Fukuhara (table tennis); Reiko Shiota (badminton); Ai Miyazato (golf); Saori Kimura (volleyball).
Sun, October 7, 2007 (12:34am EDT)
Visual kei bands ANTI FEMINISM and Hagakure announced four shows in the U.S. for this December. They will play in Brooklyn (12/9), Dallas (12/11), Los Angeles (12/13), and San Francisco (12/15).
The two bands toured Europe together earlier this year.
The two bands toured Europe together earlier this year.
