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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun 地縛少年花子くん   지박 소년 하나코군   地縛少年花子君

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Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
©AidaIro/SQUARE ENIX,HANAKOKUN Project

Broadcast Date

January 9 - March 26, 2020

Episode / Duration

30 min. × 12 episodes

Story: There’s a strange rumor going around school. In the third-floor women’s room of the old school building, there exists a “Hanako-san” in the third stall, and those who summon her will have any wish granted. The heroine, Nene Yashiro, is a girl who loves superstition and the occult. She wishes to be with an upperclassman she has a crush on, so she tries her hand at one of the school’s seven great mysteries and summons Hanako-kun but is cursed and turned into a fish. In order to undo her curse, Nene strikes a deal with the toilet-bound Hanako-kun. She becomes his assistant and solves mysterious incidents around school.

Batsu Bidding

キリウリ   페널티 비딩   才藝出清

“Batsu Bidding” is a studio based entertainment program with big impact humor. An auction is held where contestants try to become the winning bidder for the right to humiliate themselves. The contestant with the most outrageous suggestion wins the bid. However, prize money is only awarded to those winning bidders who step outside the studio and successfully complete the stunt. Laughter is the goal and viewers are richly rewarded.

Crying out Love, in the Center of the World

世界の中心で、愛をさけぶ   세상의 중심에서 사랑을 외치다   在世界中心呼喚愛

75 min x 1 ep / 60min x 10 eps|11 episodes

“I thought I might be using a lifetime’s happiness in a moment. I was that happy and she was that beautiful.” A young boy stands on the red earth of Australia under its blue sky. It is 17-year-old Sakutaro Matsumoto. His time with the girl comes back to him. The colored sand runs through his hands and a tear appears on his cheek. He wakes up. It’s 2004 and he is 34 years old and in Japan. He thinks “I have been in a world without her for 17 years.” Returning home to see his old high school for the last time before it is demolished, Saku confronts anew the loss of the love of his life, Aki, to leukemia 17 years ago. Now a medical researcher at graduate school, he has been living as if half of him died with her since then. Based on the bestselling novel that sold over 3 million copies, the past and present come together in this love story that is both pure and sad.

Girlish Number

ガーリッシュ ナンバー   걸리쉬 넘버   少女編號

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

University student Chitose Karasuma dives into the voice acting industry full of dreams, hope, and ambition - but what is the reality that awaits her? Young women with wildly different personalities and backgrounds find themselves friends and competitors at the same time, but may need to join together to find the fame and fortune they all crave in this entertaining look into the voice acting industry featuring a number of original pop songs.

Handa-kun

はんだくん   한다군   半田君

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Handsome teenage calligrapher Sei Handa is worshipped by all his classmates as an aloof superstar… too bad Sei's inherent negativity makes him believe that everyone actually hates him...?! A youthful comedy of misunderstanding and melancholy unfolds in this hilarious prequel to “Barakamon”!

Kiko's Smile

きこちゃんすまいる   기코의 미소   酷妹當家

30 min. x 51 eps.|51 episodes

Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of....well, except for this little girl. Take a liberal dose of smarts, stir in a cup of spunk, a heaping spoonful of independence, a whole lot of attitude and you get... KIKO: An adult mind in a five year old's body. She cooks, she cleans, she does the shopping, she operates complex machinery, she sculpts works of art, she's a Bonsai master- basically, she can do it all. The only problem is she still gets treated like a kid. And, boy, does it bug her! Kiko befuddles her father, mystifies her mother and terrifies her teacher. Other adults that Kiko meets consistently underestimate her, at their peril. Sure, she has friends her own age, but everyone knows that she's clearly in a league of her own. Even her nervous cat senses it.

Know Your Limits

限度ヲ知レ   한도를 알라   尺度知多少

Know Your Limits is a new kind of reality comedy -- a hidden camera variety show that explores the boundaries of everyday life. To find "limits," our hidden camera actors push ordinary people to the boundaries of what is considered normal. The further we can go, the funnier it gets.

OH! MY KONBU

OH! MY コンブ   OH! MY 콘부   美食小專家

30 min. × 22 eps|22 episodes

Fifth-grader Konbu Nabeyama is the son of a cook in a slice-of-life gourmet comedy that tries to add an element of adventure to slaving in the kitchen. Konbu helps his father solve problems in the world through the judicious use of seasonings, the right choice of menu, and the pleasing of fickle customers.

Saving My Stupid Youth

ごめんね青春!Regret from My School Days   미안해 청춘!   對不起青春

75min x 2 eps / 60min x 8 eps|10 episodes

Following up on the hit mini-series, “Ryusei no Kizuna” (Meteor Shower Bonds”), pop singing star and actor Ryo Nishikido joins forces with popular hit-making, director-writer Kankuro Kudo for an explosive new series that delves into eternal themes of “teen youth” and “passion” without all the angst!
Cheerful and fun, it depicts student life as a Shangri-La. Heisuke teaches at his alma mater, an all-boy’s Buddhist high school, and leads a very ordinary life… except for the fact that he is still tortured by the memory of an unfortunate incident that took place there involving him and his school 14 years ago.
In hopes of closure, he strikes upon a plan to jointly hold this year’s Culture Festival with a nearby girl’s school, with which there are chilly relations. Determined at all costs to make the event a success, Heisuke finds himself dealing with a constant stream of problems along the way.
A fun and feel good “springtime of youth” drama made the way it should be.

SEIREN

セイレン   세이렌   清戀「心有千千結」

30 min. x 12 eps.|12 episodes

Faced with university entrance exams and worried about his future, Shoichi decides to try to concentrate on finding love while trying to better himself. In three separate story arcs, Shoichi pursues relationships with the ever-cheerful Hikari, the competitive gamer Toru, and his childhood friend Kyoko. Each of these three stories provides a light-hearted and funny commentary on teenage romance and growing as a person.

Sky of Love: Someone I love is there

恋空   연공   戀空

60 min x 6 eps|6 episodes

An ordinary senior high school girl named Mika meets Hiro, a showy boy with dyed hair and pierced ears. It is a “pure love” story of the two going through many unimaginably sad incidents while nurturing their love single-mindedly. It not only depicts the first love of the senior high school couple but also weaves “a story of Mika and Hiro” through episodes probably familiar to anybody, such as warmth and affection of their family members supporting the two, importance of living, interactions with friends, and so on. This is a drama version of the movie “Sky of Love ~Someone I love is there~” that brought tears to the eyes of more than 3 million people.