What a Wonderful World
この素晴らしき世界
54min.x 9episodes
54min.x 9episodes
© Kyodo Television, Ltd.
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A completely original drama series about a housewife who usually works part-time at a supermarket and has a cold relationship with her husband at home, is impersonated one day as a famous actress!
It tells the story of Taeko Hamaoka, a 52 years old ordinary housewife who lives with her older husband and their son. She doesn’t have any particular hobbies and has just been living her life while juggling child-rearing and part-time work.
Despite working hard as a housewife and a part-time worker, she finds herself being looked down upon by her family, who tell her “You know nothing about society.” However, amidst this, she begins to feel as though someone is following her or watching her with strange, suspicious glances both at her workplace and in her daily life… The beginning of a startling change in her life…
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$$$ Mansion ∼Can you keep the cash?∼
賞金維持サバイバル！100万屋敷
When you open the door, the mission is activated. 1,000 yen per second... a game of split-second missions!
Three pairs of players enter a mansion with the right to one million yen. From the first to the third floor, each time you open the door, you will be given a different mission. With the prize ...
366日
An original love story inspired by HY’s hit song “366 Days” is born!
After reuniting with the one she loved, and going out with him after twelve years, all seems well until an unforeseen tragedy strikes...
Asuka Yukihira is a twenty-eight-year-old receptionist at a music school. Her old high schoo...
AARO -All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office-
全領域異常解決室
The All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office solves both familiar modern incident and bizarre and incomprehensible cases that can’t be explained even with cutting-edge science in this orthodox mystery drama that will keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
One day, Koyume Amano, a member of the Toky...
絶対零度～未然犯罪潜入捜査～（4）
This is the story of a special mission squad that obstructs crime before it happens.
The squad infiltrates, pursues, and investigates “future criminals”, who were deduced by analyzing all kinds of big data?security camera videos, emails, phone calls, text messages on social media, and more.
In ...
Alive: Dr. Kokoro, The Medical Oncologist
アライブ がん専門医のカルテ
Two female doctors, a physician and a surgeon, have formed the strongest tag team. Taking place in the medical oncology department, this is a “medical drama with a human twist” that tells of the battles and hardships faced by cancer specialists.
Kokoro Onda is a doctor from the medical oncology dep...
Asagao - Forensic Doctor (Season 2)
監察医 朝顔 （第2シーズン）
A forensic scientist daughter and detective father! 2020's most touching drama, showing the uniquely close relationship between the father and the daughter as they reveal the victim's life by following the forensic evidence.
Just like in season one, Asagao works as a forensic scientist, and her f...
映画バクテン!!
Soshukan Private High School (Ao High) men’s rhythmic gymnastics club.
A unique club of misfits come together as a team, their love for men’s rhythmic gymnastics forming their bond. Dedicating the days of their youth towards a single goal, their story now enters its next stage, the interhigh champi...
ばらかもん
A heartful “island” comedy set in the Goto Islands comes out!
“Barakamon” means “energetic person” in the dialect of Goto Islands, Nagasaki Prefecture.
This heartful “island” comedy series is set in the Goto Islands, which is said to have the most beautiful sea in Japan. A solitary young calligr...
Be prepared physically to win this unique quiz! “Battle of Brains and Muscles”, with great physical strength and highly trained minds, take on a set of grueling challenges only they can complete. Who will come out on top in this test of intelligence and strength?
ビリオン×スクール
His public face is that of a teacher, but he’s secretly a CEO?!
A comedic school drama that smashes modern common sense is born!
At Eto Private School, Class 3-0 is where the school dumps students with “zero motivation, zero talent, and zero potential for the future.” They are called the Zero Cl...
ブルーモーメント
A genius meteorologist saves people from natural disasters!
Kiyohara is a researcher with the Japan Meteorological Agency Meteorological Research Institute. With his trademark good looks and refreshing smile, he even makes appearances on the weather program. However, there is another side to Kiyoha...
よふかしのうた
Ko Yamori (14) is currently skipping school, as well as suffering sleepless nights. One night, Ko slips out secretly for a nighttime walk.
The night air is refreshing, and the world a lot freer than during the day. Ko feels at home in the night.
Suddenly, a mysterious, beautiful girl appears befor...
ちいかわ
Enter the world of “Chikawa” and a collection of other cute and small critters.
Their tales may be a little sad at times, but they’re always fun!
Occasionally “Chiikawa” will get teary eyed from struggles, but their collection of kind and gentle friends will always help them out.
Based on the...
真夏のシンデレラ
The destined encounters brought about by the summer suddenly comes by…
Girls who all grew up by the beach, the so called “seaside Cinderellas.” And guys who entered prestigious universities in Tokyo to meet their parent’ expectations and are leading exemplary lives in their respective paths…
Norma...
ルパンの娘(2020)
A wacky, unprecedented, and unique drama that brings together the best of family-centered dramas, romantic comedies, action stories, and musicals.
After overcoming all sorts of obstacles, Hana and Kazuma now have the newlywed life they dreamed of. However, since Hana is a part of the "L Family"ーw...
名前をなくした女神
Yuko enjoys a modest but happy life with her husband and son. When the family moves into a new apartment, the son begins attending a nearby kindergarten, where Yuko meets four mothers of children in the same grade. Yuko had assumed that the long years of competing with other women in school, job-hun...
ミステリと言う勿れ
Totonou Kunou is a college student who has a complex about his natural perm, has no friends or a girlfriend, and simply loves curry. He is someone who always questions about what is taken for granted in society and tries to think things through thoroughly. He has a vast amount of knowledge and devel...
永久少年 Eternal Boys
“The Mature Idol Project”
The latest project proposed by Manpuku Entertainment Productions, in a bid to revive the company.
Experienced in the successes and failures of the business world, 6 middle-aged men now face the many hurdles of age and physical ability, whilst pursuing their goal to become...
あなたがしてくれなくても
Michi Yoshino works in the sales department of a construction company and leads an ordinary life. She and her husband, Yoichi Yoshino, have been married for five years and still get along well, but there is only one thing lacking: sex.
They sleep in the same bed every night, but he never tries to...
ギークス～警察署の変人たち～
Geeky women working at the police station who have sharp-minds and problematic social skills lend a huge helping hand in cracking cases while chatting on the weekends in this novel form of “chit-chat puzzle-solving entertainment.”
In this drama, three geeky women who work at the police station, e...
カミエラビ
Influencers who have various effects on the world use godly powers that have been given to them to grant their wishes, competing in an intense death game to become “God.”
In 2024, Goro Ono, age 15, a student at a famous high school in Tokyo, has grown tired of his affluent but cold home life. The w...
GOSSIP - #What she wants to know
ゴシップ #彼女が知りたい本当の○○
Ririko Seko is transferred from the accounting department to save an online news website from closure. This website run by a major publishing company, is led by a “laissez-faire” chief editor, with most of the employees comprising of an all-male editorial team, which only publishes articles based on...
競争の番人
Tsutomu Koshobu, a genius, and a character who is always based around the idea of logic, and Kaede Shirokuma, an honest and emotionally driven former detective are the main characters. As members of the Fair Trade Commission’s sixth examination division (aka. ‘Dairoku’), they crack down on violation...
女の園の星
Surreal but somehow nostalgic? A brand-new approach to Girl’s School Daily Life Comedy!
Mr. Hoshi is the homeroom teacher of 2nd Year Class 4 at an average Girl’s School. He spends his days baffled by the puzzles his students doodle in their class diary, forced to take care of the dog someone broug...
フラ・フラダンス
Hiwa Natsunagi is a high school student living in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture.
Worried about what to do with her life after graduation, she spots a poster for Spa Resort Hawaiians the “Hawaii of Tohoku” the place where her sister Mari used to work and applies to their new dancer (hula girl) ca...
イチケイのカラス スペシャル
To celebrate the theatrical release, Ichikei’s Crow, starring Yutaka Takenouchi returns to screens for the first time in a year and a half in a brand new special drama!
Set in Kumamoto, one year after Michio Iruma was transferred out of “Ichikei”. Whilst Michio is busy vigorously conducting trial...
Ichikei’s Crow – The Criminal Court Judges
イチケイのカラス
The protagonist of this story is Michio Iruma, an unorthodox criminal court judge who takes it upon himself to verify crime scenes, to uncover the truth of incidences, in order to ensure that there are absolutely no false accusations. With a beard and casual clothes, there’s this sense of a laid bac...
やんごとなき一族
Sato Shinohara is a woman who grew up in a downtown area where she and her mother run a local diner. Mentally strong with a cheerful personality, she is the poster girl of the diner and is dearly loved by the regular customers.
One day, Kenta Miyama, the guy she is dating, proposes to her and she a...
あたしゃ川尻こだまだよ〜デンジャラスライフハッカーのただれた生活〜
Booze, booze, meat, booze, sleep!
Based on the insanely popular slice-of-life comic, Kodama Kawashiri is a booze drinking, junk food gorging, lazy creature living a sedentary life.
Countless readers relate to her rather unhealthy lifestyle and choices, resulting in over 330,000 twitter followers a...
風間公親 -教場0-
How did that most fearsome instructor come to being?
The popular SP series “Kyojo” starring Takuya Kimura has been adapted into a drama series on the renowned Monday Night 9 p.m. Broadcast Slot.
In the last scene of “Kyojo 2” it was revealed that the artificial right eye was due to a wound tha...
リーガル・ハイ
Kensuke Komikado is a narrow-minded, sharp-tongued, sarcastic, temperamental spendthrift of a shrewd lawyer who also happens to have won 100% of his cases. No matter what kind of trial it is, Kensuke employs all manner of means and wiles to win. The great loves of his life are money, fame, and women...
"Unlock the Secrets of the Stars! Discover Your Fortune with Top-Class Fortune Tellers”
The Top-class fortuneteller will read your Fortune. They will tell fortunes of celebrities to even random people on the street.
You will be amazed by the accuracy of these fortune tellers. These fortune telle...
純愛ディソナンス
The story takes place in a certain high school. Masaki Nitta arrives as a new music teacher, but the school is greatly disturbed by the disappearance of the previous teacher.
While playing the piano in the music room the night before work, Masaki meets Sae Izumi, a student who is running away from ...
Mamekichi Mameko – The Daily Life of a NEET
まめきちまめこ ニートの日常
Mameko is unemployed and lives with their dog Komachi, and three cats, Tabi, Shimba, and Melo. Even though she swears to try her best from tomorrow, the next day she always gets tired and quickly give up.
This is a slightly uneventful, but somehow entertaining, slice-of-life story.
婚活1000本ノック
I want to get married! Then my ex-boyfriend came back as a ghost! A bizarre story where the two of them are about to embark on a wild adventure of marriage hunting!
Ayako Minami, 32 years old, is a single novelist who has not had a boyfriend for several years. One day after returning from her hom...
Marriage is Difficult for a Ninja
忍者に結婚は難しい
Hotaru Kusakari is a pharmacist who usually works at just an ordinary pharmacy. However contrary to her everyday appearance, she’s a descendant of the Koga Ninja clan, taking on the long tradition that has continued since the ancient times. She acts in a calm and reserved manner, but this is only he...
わたしのお嫁くん
Honoka Hayami is an office worker in the sales department of a major consumer electronics manufacturer. Not only has she achieved the number one sales performance for five consecutive terms, but she’s an awardee for the Employee Award for outstanding achievement. She is an ace worker, and her collea...
いちばんすきな花
Can friendship be established between a man and a woman?
What is the difference between ”friendship” and ”love” and what is the same?
A woman and a man who have lost someone precious to them through their relationships with their male and female friends. And a woman and a man who have feelings f...
元彼の遺言状
The protagonist of this series is Reiko Kenmochi, who works at a major law firm in Japan. As a lady with an immaculate physical appearance, she’s also a talented lawyer who wears fancy suits and clicks her heels as she winds her way through the city.
Reiko has saved her clients from many difficult ...
推しの王子様
My Fair Prince" is a drama about the lead character, Izumi Hidaka who challenges to make Wataru Igarashi to be the ideal man. The story is a complete original one comparable to the reverse version of “My Fair Lady” with dazzling and romantic storyline. 36 years old Izumi is the president of a ventur...
うちの弁護士は手がかかる
A super-competent former talent manager and a super-genius fresh lawyer?!
A new legal drama about the unlikely duo joining forces to solve cases!
A talent manager one day out of the blue gets fired by an actress whom he has devoted his life to. Devastated, the man begins a new chapter in his l...
わたしの宝物
Birds such as cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of other birds, and have their young raised by them. But it’s not only birds that engage in this sort of behavior. Humans can too...
Miwa Kanzaki has a busy life with a job in a main career track position at a major company. She has been married f...
ナンバMG5
Tsuyoshi “Nanba,” the second son of a hardcore family of delinquents, enrolls at an ordinary high school secretly from his parents, simply because he wants to “stop being a delinquent” and just be a “normal student.”
He begins a double life. As a hardcore delinquent who wears a gangster trench coat...
Neko Oji: The Guy That Got Reincarnated as a Cat
ねこに転生したおじさん
This could get all of humanity e-meow-tional!? Awarded 2nd place in the Web Manga Category of Next Coming Manga Award 2023, the trending SNS manga is finally adapted into a TV anime!
The Guy (Oji-san) has been an ordinary salaryman, until one day he is suddenly reincarnated as a cat.
No longer abl...
ナイト・ドクター
The main character Mitsuki Asakura, is a doctor with a strong belief that she will ‘absolutely accept any patients at any time.’ When she finds out that a hospital is looking for an emergency physician who can specialize in night shifts, she immediately applies since she’s certain that it’s going to...
オクラ～迷宮入り事件捜査
The mismatched pair of a compassionate retro-style police inspector and his cool modern-style partner take on unsolved cases that are about to go cold in this humanist mystery series.
With the removal of statutes of limitations, criminals now have to keep on running forever. This reform in the la...
ONE DAY 〜 It’s Wonderful Christmas Ado 〜
ONE DAY～聖夜のから騒ぎ～
Christmas Eve, it is one of the more romantic and special days of the year that everyone is excited about.
There are lovers who cuddle together, children who cannot wait for Santa Claus, and people who believe in reunions and run to the promised place.
This is a story of mystery, love, and mirac...
ワンピーク
High-skilled professionals face in fierce confrontations on an incredibly visual stage.
Top professionals fight to determine the best in their profession, and the best in the nation, in unique Japanese-style competitions where their techniques are "played" like sports!
大奥
The main character is forced into a loveless political marriage!
The most beautiful and sad love story in the history of ”Ooku” is born, with ”love” as its theme!
It was the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), the economy was in the midst of a downturn, and the people of Japan were forced to l...
パーフェクトプロポーズ
What you need to live. Sleep, good food, and you.
Hirokuni, a 27-year-old corporate slave, is suffering from unbelievably hard work and harassment by his boss. When he was sleeping on the side of the road, stressed, desperate, tired, he was rescued by Kai, who he used to take care of. Kai who he ...
How to make a trip full of surprises?
The theme of the show is “Making travel funny!”. The guests are aware that their travel will involve being pranked, and that their tour guide knows all the trip arrangements. However, since they don’t know what the pranks will involve or when they will happen...
クイズピンチヒッター
A completely new quiz show where the contestants don’t have to answer the question!
In this information society where you can find everything online, we will ask hard questions that cannot be easily answered by searching on the internet or on your smart phones!
Use your network of connections of...
ラジエーションハウスⅡ
The hit series starring Masataka Kubota makes a return for the second season!
Iori Igarashi is a medical radiographer, who is also known as a "hero behind the scences," uses unconventional methods and breaks the mold of academia to find the cause of illnesses and diagnose "invisible diseases" with ...
Re:Revenge-In the End of Desire-
Re:リベンジ-欲望の果てに-
A power struggle at a major hospital causes a variety of incidents, and with the cast’s ambition and desire for revenge thrown into the mix, the hidden desires of humanity are laid bare in this revenge suspense series.
Kaito Tendo, the son of the chairman of one of Japan’s largest hospitals, Tendo ...
リッチマン、プアウーマン
At 29, Toru has already achieved fame and fortune as the star CEO of an IT company. Despite his many character flows, he has always enjoyed success with his business. Chihiro on the other hand, is a hardworking but clumsy student that just can't seem to land a job. But one day, Chihiro catches Toru'...
逃走中
Ever played tag when you were child? Here is the exciting version for adults!
Players must escape from professional hunters in a delimited area. They also must clear several missions assigned to them. Prize money awaits them if they can run away until the end.
新宿野戦病院
A new, entertaining emergency medical drama on the theme of “life” set in Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku!
The story takes place at St. Magokoro Hospital, secluded in the back streets of Kabuki-cho, Shinjuku.
Unlike at other hospitals, owing to the character of the area, the patients who come to receive em...
流れ星
Kengo has a sister who, without a liver transplant, only has a year left to live. On top of the fact that only relatives are eligible to be donors, no relative matched positive. It is during this troublesome time for him that he meets Risa, who was trying to kill herself, burdened by financial probl...
A touching human drama about two individuals overcoming their personal barriers, weaving their own love story, and pulling others into their yarn.
Minato Togawa has had a crush on Tsumugi Aoba since they were at high school together. The two reunite at their high school reunion and begin dating ...
スタンドUPスタート
Taiyo Mihoshi is a self-proclaimed “human investor” who believes “People are assets. No investor should ever give it up!” As the CEO of the investment company “Sunshine Fund,” he encourages people not doing well in their corporate organizations or are having a hard time to “start up a business!” and...
SUITS／スーツ２
A charismatic lawyer who never loses and an associate who has an exceptional memory are faced with a common enemy: a cool-headed boss who will do anything to get his way.
The “Yukimura and Uesugi Law Firm” is at the top of its industry and boasts the best track record in Tokyo. Chika Yukimura, the ...
Born with a silver spoon in her mouth, and leading a successful start-up company, our well-bred protagonist seems to be living the Super Rich lifestyle everyone dreams of. However, in reality, the one-bed apartment they live in is cluttered with work documents, clothes and delivery boxes, as they si...
テッパチ！
The protagonist Hiroshi Kokusho was an ace rugby player in his high school days attracting national attention, but his forceful play led to an injury. Condemned by his teammates and becoming isolated, he retires. After graduation, he lives on his own but fails to get a regular job, living a dizzying...
君が心をくれたから
Ame(Rain) and Taiyo(Sun), two people with opposite names, face a "severe miracle" in the purest love story of this winter!
The main character, Ame Aihara, has been unable to open her heart to others because of her sad past and lack of self-confidence. However, one day after returning to her homet...
The House of the Lost on the Cape
岬のマヨイガ
17-year-old run-away Yui and 8-year-old Hiyori, who lost her family and her voice, have no place to go when they run into Kiwa, a strange old lady. She offers them a place to stay, in a slightly banged-up old house overlooking the sea, a Mayoiga.
Despite joining Kiwa on a whim, the two girls find c...
レンアイ漫画家
This is a comical and heartwarming love comedy about two people who are clumsy in love. One’s a romantic manga artist who has devoted himself to manga and is terrible at romance, and the other is a woman often known as “a sucker for bad boys.”The protagonist, Seiichiro Karibe, is an eccentric man no...
最強スポーツ統一戦
Everybody wants to know which sports athletes are the strongest… Let’s have them facing-off to find out the answer!
The most intense battle between Sports begins! Concentration, reflexes, strategy… This is no ordinary battle, you will need every skill to win. Which also means that everybody has the...
A character-based thriller set in the world of elite professional football
- without any actual football. A blue-collar family drama with heart and
soul, intertwined with a conspiracy around the deals, double-crosses and
corruption that take place in this multi-billion dollar global business.
Th...
女神の教室〜リーガル青春白書〜
The story takes place at a law school where students aspire to become judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and other legal professions. Shizuku Hiiragi, a judge, is sent to law school as a Practitioner-Teacher. She arrives at Seinan Law School and meets faculty member Jin Aoi and five students. However, sh...
アンデッドガール・マーダーファルス
A mysterious detective known as the “cage user” is embroiled in a farcical hunt across 1800s Europe for her missing body.
In the late 1800s, vampires, werewolves, and other monstrous beings exist alongside humans. Aya Rindo, an immortal detective with no body from the neck down, travels across Eu...
Unsung Cinderella: Midori, The Hospital Pharmacist
アンサング・シンデレラ～病院薬剤師の処方箋～
“A new medical drama that focuses on pharmacists, the unsung heroes who never get the spotlight.”
Midori is a pharmacist who works at the Yorozu General Hospital. When Midori was in middle school, her little sister had cancer. Midori stayed by her sister’s side in place of her mother, but Midori s...
うる星やつら
Tokyo. Tomobiki Town.
Lum, the gorgeous daughter of an invading race of Oni Aliens is smitten with High School student Ataru Moroboshi.
A dedicated womanizer, Ataru is unfazed by Lum’s fierce electric shock attacks and continues his daily hunt for pretty girls.
With a host of other unique charact...
嘘解きレトリック
The tag team of an impoverished, debt-ridden detective with a sharp, analytical eye and a girl with the strange ability to “hear lies” crack cases in this retro-modern back-alley sleuthing drama.
In 1926, Kanoko Urabe, a girl growing up in the countryside, has had the ability to hear when people ...
VS School -The Ultimate HIDE and SEEK-
High School Hide & Seek: Unmask the Stars, Win the Fame!
A large scale hide and seek against a whole highshool!
Celebrities hide in real like props(e.g. piano, tree stumps, etc.) and students must find all the hiders in time, to win the prize.
Water Fortress -If you fall you are OUT-
超水上サバイバル オチルナ！
Capture the fortress on the water and win the prize!
The rules are simple: if you fall into the water, you are out. But your path is blocked by a powerful enemy, the Soldier. Can you shake off the interference of the oncoming Soldier and complete the games without falling and win the prize?
海のはじまり
When and how do people become “fathers” and “mothers”?
This is a story of family which conveys the message of parental love that is so important in the times we now live in.
During their time at university, Natsu Tsukioka and Mizuki Nagumo ended up going out and life was good for them. However, on...
イップス
The undynamic duo of mystery author who can no longer write and an elite police detective who can no longer solve crack the case with witty dialogue and banter in this mystery comedy!
The protagonists of this series are mystery writer Miko Kuroba and police detective Tohru Morino of the First Inves...