藤本静

Suzuki Shizuka is an office lady at a conglomerate who is hypnotized at a local amusement park and left under the spell. Now she is compelled to sing and dance whenever she hears any melody whatsoever. She heads back to the hypnotist for relief, but he is nowhere to be found. So Shizuka sets off on a journey around Japan to find him and break the spell.

Would-be writer Ryunosuke Chagawa is still living across the street from Norifumi Suzuki and his auto repair shop, though now he shares his home with Junnosuke, an orphan he's taken under his wing at the urging of pretty Hiroi, who continues to manage a nearby tavern. Chagawa dreams of publishing a successful novel and settling down with Hiroi and Junnosuke, but his day job running the candy store keeps him busy, and Hiroi mistakes his tight schedule for a lack of interest in her. Hiroi has also embarked on a secret career as a burlesque dancer, which isn't doing much to improve her opinion of men. At the Suzuki household, seven-year-old Ippei isn't happy to be sharing the house with a guest, his distant cousin Mika who is the same age but far more demanding. Mutsuko, the apprentice female auto mechanic, is still staying with the Suzukis, and she's becomes the object of the affections of Takeo, a downbeat young man who is studying cooking.

The Tanita Corporation has developed the world's first body fat measuring device. The company itself also has many overweight employees. Because of this, the company finds it difficult to persuade prospective customers to buy their product. Company President Unosuke Tanida (Masao Kusakari) then orders all of his employees to go on diet. Vice President Konosuke (Kenta Hamano) hires nutritionist Nanako (Yuka) to oversee the project. Employees are to eat twice at a company restaurant, but problems arise in sequential order. With Nanako's magic recipe, employees at the company begin to see results.

A variety of aviation professionals such as pilots, flight attendants, the ground crew, mechanics, dispatchers, controllers, and the bird patrol crew all support a single flight. They have only one mission: to secure the safety of the passengers.

May 9, 2003 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) launches its unmanned spacecraft Hayabusa into orbit. Its mission is to collect samples from a near Earth asteroid named 25143 Itokawa. Hayabusa is scheduled to make contact with the asteroid in November 2005. As the spacecraft approaches its rendezvous date with the asteroid problems arise for the JAXA staff back on Earth.

Yukiko Makabe travaille au sein du SIT du Metropolitan Police Department. Elle a d'excellentes capacités mais rate une négociation à cause d'une décision extérieure. Mais Yukiko prend l'entière responsabilité et est transférée dans une équipe spéciale d'interrogatoire "Kintori". Son patron est Katsutoshi Kajiyama. Ses autres collègues sont Susumu Hishimoto, Zenjiro Nakata et Haruo Koishikawa, des policiers expérimentés. Ensembles, ils vont faire avouer les suspects.

Watanuki Shinobu is a manga artist for the past 20 years. Despite being married and having a son, Shinobu lives her life unsatisfactorily. When Shinobu was about to give up her dreams and work, her past works became popular on ebooks and she decides to create a new work and recruit an assistant. A 22 year old young man named Tachibana Chiaki applied to be an assistant and Shinobu gradually finds her life moving forward again after a long time.

Totono Kuno est un étudiant solitaire, qui n'aspire qu'à profiter de ses journées tranquilles, à préparer du curry et à apprécier le passage des saisons. Sa routine est bouleversée le jour où la police se présente à sa porte : l'un de ses camarades de classe a été assassiné et il est le seul suspect... Il faudra à Totono déployer toutes ses capacités de déduction pour lever les soupçons qui pèsent sur lui. Heureusement, il ne manque pas de ressources dans ce domaine !

Nakajima, Yamada, Chinen et Arioka jouent le rôle d'un groupe de lycéens qui sont transférés dans une école au bord de l'effondrement et qui se chargent de réformer leurs enseignants incapables.

Etsuko est une jeune fille passionnée d'aviron. Arrivée au lycée, elle décide de constituer sa propre équipe. Afin de la fonder, il lui faut au moins 4 autres membres. Elle va rencontrer plusieurs obstacles tout au long de la saison, comme la recherche de coéquipières, le statut de capitaine lourd à porter, la formation et l'entrainement à l'aviron... Grâce à son coach Ono Hitomi, son ami d'enfance Sekino Hiroyuki et le reste de l'équipe masculine d'aviron, ses amies et elle pourront surmonter ces obstacles.

Centered around typical Japanese food, a solitary salesman travelling through the country for business purposes, eats at its various establishments and experiences the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.