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The Last Man THE MOVIE:FIRST LOVE

『映画ラストマン -FIRST LOVE-』

TBD

Blind FBI Special Agent Hiromi (Masaharu Fukuyama) comes to the Metropolitan Police Department as an exchange trainee. Known as the “Last Man,” he is the ultimate closer who never leaves a case unsolved. Together with Shintaro (Yo Oizumi) of the Metropolitan Police Department's Investigation Division, he solves numerous difficult cases and they become unbeatable buddies. When the two take on a case involving a past relationship, they learn the shocking truth that they are each other's real brothers. The two were bonded even more deeply, but Minami returned to the U.S. at the end of his training.
Two years later, Minami visits Japan again, and at his request, Shintaro goes to Hokkaido to work on a case. There they meet Minami's first love. In order to protect her from a mysterious organization, the invincible buddy’s team up again with a joint team from the FBI, CIA, and Hokkaido police to take on the case, but there is a conspiracy that could shake the world...

The Golden Egg

スクープのたまご

Hinako Shinoda, a second-year employee at a major publishing firm, is dismayed when she gets transferred to the publisher’s weekly tabloid department. The magazine’s daily obsession with celebrity gossip, embezzlement scandals, and suspicious deaths has her head spinning as she questions the purpose of this magazine format. Can she ultimately find meaning and purpose in her work? Find out in this realistic glimpse into the inner workings of a Japanese tabloid magazine publisher.

Then You Try Making It!

じゃあ、あんたが作ってみろよ   그럼 네가 만들어 봐   有本事換你來做啊!

Ayumi is determined to marry an elite, wealthy man and live a comfortable life. She believes she has found that in Katsuo and adheres to his old-fashioned values, even cooking his favorite dishes. But after an encounter sparks a realization, her priorities shift back to “romance first.” Unable to take the final step toward marriage, Ayumi seeks to find her true self, while Katsuo struggles to win her back. This romantic comedy is not just about personal growth, but also reexamines contemporary values.

TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room - "Nankai Mission"

劇場版「TOKYO MER~走る緊急救命室~南海ミッション」

115min

By 2025, the success of Tokyo MER has led to the launch of new teams in major cities likeSapporo, Sendai, Nagoya, Osaka, and Fukuoka.
In Okinawa and Kagoshima, efforts ramp up to bring MER teams that can access remote islands.
That’s when Nankai MER is born—a trial unit that travels by ferry with a specially outfitted ER vehicle, NK1, bringing critical care to the islands of the southern seas.
Tokyo MER’s Chief Doctor Kitami and head nurse Natsume are sent as instructors, dedicating themselves to providing care in places where proper medical treatment is hard to come by.
Then disaster strikes. A massive eruption hits Suwanosejima Island in Kagoshima. Lava devours the village, and massive volcanic rocks rain down, destroying everything in their path. Thick smoke grounds helicopters, and backup from the Self-Defense Forces and Coast Guard is still a long way off.
79 residents are stranded with no way out. Against all odds, Nankai MER launches a high-risk mission—to not allow a single casualty.

The 19th Medical Chart

19番目のカルテ   19번째 카르테   第19號病歷表

85min × 2eps, 60min × 6eps

Akira Tokushige is a general practitioner in the newly-established Department of General Medicine at Uotora General Hospital. Unlike conventional departments, this one takes a holistic approach - carefully listening to each patient’s concerns while taking into account their lifestyle, family environment, and mental state. Conversation is Tokushige’s greatest weapon, and he can uncover the lies patients tell themselves. What does that mean for the medical treatment to follow? Find out as Tokushige leads Japan’s revolutionary 19 th field of general medicine, where doctors don’t just treat diseases, they treat the whole person.

the RAMEN

ラーメンを食べる

60min series

the RAMEN is a documentary-style program that offers an intimate look into the daily lives of popular ramen shops where the queues never end. From early morning prep to closing time, the camera tirelessly follows the bustling action, revealing the heartfelt dedication and passion each owner pours into every bowl. The program concludes with ramen-loving celebrities silently savoring the exquisite ramen down to the very last drop, in what can be called a “ramen-tary” program for ramen enthusiasts everywhere!

The Water Magician

水属性の魔法使い   水属性的魔法师   水屬性的魔法師

TBD

"Come forth, water!"
A young man named Ryo is reincarnated into another world, and his slow life begins—with just a single cup of water.
But that life is constantly teetering on the edge of death!?
Sword fights with headless knight, ambushes by assassin hawk, encounters with dragon…
Amidst the chaos of these hectic days, twenty years pass, and before he knows it, Ryo becomes the greatest magic user in all of humanity!
One day, his fateful meeting with the genius swordsman Abel pulls him into the center of history.
Thus begins the laid-back yet unstoppable adventure of the most easygoing and overpowered water mage!

The Voyage of World Spectacles

地球絶景紀行/新・地球絶景紀行   지구절경기행   地球絶景紀行

60min × 100eps more episodes will follow

In this program, the narrator, a wayfarer, travels around the globe and introduces spectacular sceneries that are encountered along the way. Not only does it deliver all the magnificent landscapes of the places; the ecology of the wildlife that inhabit them and the activities of all things in nature, as well as the daily lives of local people are all thoroughly conveyed.

The World Unknown to Matsuko

マツコの知らない世界   마쓰코가 모르는 세계   Matsuko 不知道的世界

60min x 100eps more episodes will follow

A talk show in which experts from a variety of specialty fields are invited to introduce a surprising and “deep” world unbeknownst to MC Matsuko and viewers.

Two Husbands One Wife

三人夫婦   3인부부   三人夫婦

30min × 11eps

Takuzo Mitsuda is dumbfounded when he is asked by an ex-girlfriend, Mia Yanoguchi, and her current boyfriend, Shinpei Satomura, to enter into a “three-person” marriage for a one-year trial period. Naturally, problems arise regarding household affairs, sexual relations, jealousy, and convincing parents and others around them. The three co-living partners create their own unique lifestyle as they discover that life can be three times better when they’re together, in this fresh take on romantic comedy.

The World Heritage

THE 世界遺産   세계유산   世界遺產

30 min. Series more episodes will follow|Series

TBS’s ”World Heritage,” is a 30-minute weekly documentary series that is registered by UNESCO under Natural Heritage, Cultural Heritage and Cultural Sciences. The program started in spring, 1996, and over a span of 10 years has covered about 560 topics around the world. To better convey the grandeur of these treasures of the world, TBS has shot the series in High-Definition. High quality images, impeccable narrative, and beautiful music...the elements are simple and straightforward. The producers feel that this style of presentation works best to visually document and preserve the wonders of the world, and continue to do so to this day.

Trillion Game the Movie

劇場版『トリリオンゲーム』

118min

Two opposites, the selfish, naturally charismatic ‘world-shattering bluffer’ [Haru] and the timid, kind-hearted ‘brilliant engineer’ [Gaku], team up to start a business from scratch, and through their unpredictable strategies, make a trillion dollars, the market capitalisation of a globally renowned company, and rise to take over everything in the world in this unprecedented, non-stop entertainment film.

Haru and Gaku have grown in size and power, both in funds and company. Their next project is to develop Japan's first casino resort!
In an enchanting casino resort where romance and desire mingle, Haru and Gaku face ever more difficult and formidable enemies and plunge into a world of unprecedented danger...!
Bargaining, deception and sweet temptation...... who is friend and who is foe, who will win the huge money game that shakes Japanese society?

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun 2

地縛少年花子くん2

Part 1 : 30min × 12eps Part 2 : TBD

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun is a popular comic book series that sold more than 10 million copies before being adapted into a TV anime in January 2020, followed by a short animated series: After-School Hanako-kun in 2023 and 2024. The latest in the series is Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun 2, to be aired in January 2025, given the great reception for the earlier anime both in Japan and abroad. The Seven Wonders of Kamome Gakuen, Hanako-kun and his occult-loving assistant, Nene Yashiro, spend their days trying to solve mysteries in their school. What is behind all the strange occurrences and creatures these unique students encounter?

30min × 2eps

Cuteness explodes like a supernova in this long-awaited spin-off, showcasing a heartwarming honeymoon story set after The Quintessential Quintuplets series. Adapted into a feature-length film based on and supervised by the original creator Negi Haruba, the film explores the daily life of Futaro, a boy hired as a tutor for five beautiful, identical quintuplets, and who takes the girls from the brink of failure to their successful high school graduation. As adults, they have all gone their separate ways in pursuit of their dreams, but something is amiss. Futaro and the quintuplets embark on a “honeymoon” trip to Hawaii. But an unexpected incident arises that throws their plans into disarray. Even when they make it to Hawaii, they find their troubles further compounded.

Takeshi's Castle (UK version)

風雲!たけし城 英国版   다케시성 영국버젼   英國版「百戰百勝」

30 min. x 135 eps. 60 min. x 9 eps. Including special and best of episodes

Made entirely from the original Japanese programs and edited into half hour episodes, the UK version features non-stop action and hilarious commentary from top British comedian Craig Charles. It’s a smash hit that has traveled to all corners of the globe.

The Diamond Sleeping Under the Sea

海に眠るダイヤモンド   바다에 잠든 다이아몬드   海中沉睡的鑽石

85min × 1ep, 75min × 1ep, 60min × 8eps

Nightclub host Reo lives hand-to-mouth until he is proposed to by a mysterious, rich elderly lady named Izumi whom he follows to an abandoned island in Nagasaki. Jump to the year 1955 where a coal salesman named Teppei goes about solving daily problems on the island during Japan’s heady period of rapid economic growth. The past, full of hope and energy for the future, provides inspiration for a stagnating present day Tokyo in this timeless tale of love spanning 70 years.

Timeless Shops & Restaurants

坂上&指原のつぶれない店   사카가미&사시하라의 망하지 않는 가게   坂上&指原的不會倒閉的店

60 min. series

Have you ever pondered questions like, “What keeps that shop in business?” or “How does that shop or that person ever make a profit?“ Well here is a variety program that seeks to answer those riddles and uncover unknown money mysteries. The truth will astound you!

Tokyo Friendly Park II

東京フレンドパーク 2   東京友好樂園Ⅱ

60min series|60min series

A studio transformed into an amusement park is the setting for this celebrity-based game show. Well-known stars pair up to compete in games that test their knowledge, strength and coordination.

Teasing Master Takagi-san

映画「からかい上手の高木さん」

120min

Nishikata, a physical education teacher at a middle school he attended on a small island, receives a phone call from an ex school-mate Takagi-san, who moved to Paris in the summer of their third year of junior high school 10 years ago. Takagi-san, who is currently attending university in Tokyo, tells Nishikata, “Hey, Nishikata. I'm going back to the place I wanted to go to, along with studying painting.'' When Nishikata was attending middle school, he was always teased by Takagi-san. He hasn't seen Takagi-san since she suddenly moved, however, and hasn't been able to tease her back.
One day, Tanabe, who used to be Nishikata’s homeroom teacher and is now the vice principal of the school, appoints Nishikata to be in charge of the teacher trainee who is starting the next day. After school, when Nishikata returns to the classroom and opens the door to the cleaning supplies compartment to put a broom back, Takagi-san jumps out from inside. The place she wanted to go to again was here! From this moment, the time between the two of them, which had stopped since the summer of their third year of junior high school, begins to move…

Tokyo Friendly Park SP

関口宏の東京フレンドパークSP   세키구치 히로시의 도쿄 프렌즈 파크 SP   關口宏的東京友好樂園 SP

3 eps 180 min series|3 eps

Every new season, this show invites popular actors from headliner dramas to get together and battle it out in a series of original games. It's a popular choice with studio audiences because they get to witness the real-life personalities of their favorite actors and how they relate to each other. To make it even more fun, this special pits drama actors against variety show personalities.
Watching the actors we know and love on this show makes them seem even more like our close friends. This is a whole new perspective on some familiar faces!

Takeru and Nobu's Puzzle Game Challenge!

佐藤健&千鳥ノブよ! この謎を解いてみろ!   佐藤健&千鳥nobu!解開這個謎!~來自天才解謎集團的挑戰書~

120~180min × 4eps

Show business’ biggest mystery fanatic, Takeru Sato, ventures overseas to solve the world’s greatest mysteries, recruiting his best friend, Nobu (from the comedy duo, Chidori). Takeru and Nobu challenge a team of five mystery creators alongside some big-name guests in the most extravagant competition ever for a Japanese mystery-themed program! Don’t miss it!

The Extraordinary World of Animals

동물들의 희한한 세계   動物快樂樂園

30 min. x 35 eps.|35 episodes

Information and humor co-exist in this studio based program that features a wide variety of animals from all over the world. Amazing demonstrations of animal behavior are a unique characteristic of this series. The programs also include animals in their natural habitat and funny animal home video clips.

30min × 2eps

Featuring new, original episodes, not shown in the anime series, delving into the unspoken emotions of each sister.
Futaro, a part-time tutor, has taken on the task of guiding the Nakano sisters—quintessential beauties who are on the brink of flunking out of school and despise studying—until their graduation. With only six months left of their high school lives and the final summer vacation about to commence, he decides to take a break from his tutoring job during the summer break to focus on exam preparation.
While the quintuplets are disheartened by their inability to see Futaro, an unexpected phone call from him turns everything around! A 500% adorable romantic comedy, the summer vacation edition!

Trillion Game

トリリオンゲーム   트릴리온 게임   一兆$遊戲

75min × 1ep / 60min × 9eps|10eps

Haru is a young man with unquenchably high ambitions and communication skills who rejects a job offer from the largest IT company in Japan to instead hatch a plan to “swallow” the company and make a trillion dollars. With no capital or business plan; armed only with the programming genius of an introverted friend from middle school, Haru is determined to amass a trillion dollars in the most unconventional ways and conquer the world in this non-stop entertainment, rags to riches saga.

The Last Man: The Blind Profiler

ラストマン―全盲の捜査官―   라스트 맨 - 전맹의 수사관   Last Man ー全盲搜查官ー

85min × 2eps / 75min × 2eps / 60min × 6eps

Hiromi Minami is a US FBI agent on temporary loan to Japan. He’s blind but dubbed “the last man" for his ability to crack tough cases with keen analysis and honed senses. Shintaro Godo is a field cop with a top arrest record who shuns his pedigree as police commissioner’s son. The two make for a highly mismatched pair, but there’s more to their partnership than meets the eye. A police conspiracy? A link to a mysterious past? Strap in for a suspenseful adventure by this odd pair of detectives.

The Pyramid Derby

ピラミッドダービー   피라밋 다비   金字塔德比

60 min.

Leading professionals from various fields vie with each other in games with eccentric rules to decide the “No. 1 Rare Event” champ. Contestants in the studio place bets with coins on who they think will win with experts setting the odds for the outcomes of the various matches. The contestant with the most coins at the conclusion is the winner.

TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room - THE MOVIE

劇場版『TOKYO MER~走る緊急救命室~』

128min

The 70th floor of a Yokohama skyscraper is ablaze with 193 lives trapped inside. MER rolls into action determined to save everyone.

Winning “Best Asian Drama for a Regional/Int’l Market at ContentAsia Awards 2022” and “Best Actor for 4th Asia Contents Awards”, TV series “TOKYO MER: Mobile Emergency Room" first aired in 2021 on TBS.
The protagonist is MER ("Mobile Emergency Room"), a team of emergency professionals on wheels formed by the Tokyo governor with one mission only: to prevent a single death. Tasked with rushing to the scene of major accidents, disasters, and crimes, MER is armed with state-of-the-art medical equipment, a mobile operating room, and an elite staff ready to risk all to save lives.


★Best Asian Drama for a Regional/Int’l Market at ContentAsia Awards 2022 (“TOKYO MER” TV series)

★Ryohei Suzuki / Best Actor for 4th Asia Contents Awards (“TOKYO MER” TV series)

TOKYO MER~The Sumida River Mission〜

TOKYO MER~隅田川ミッション〜

85min × 1ep|1ep

With the successful Mobile Emergency Room (MER) slated for nationwide roll out. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare sends medical technician Aoto to replace MER lead doctor Otowa as “second doctor.” But Aoto has his own agenda on behalf of the ministry. Then when a runaway houseboat collides with a passenger shuttle on the Sumida River, team leader Kitami lays politics aside and boards the boat alone knowing an explosion is imminent but dedicated to defending MER’s "zero fatalities" mission.

THE MUSCLE DOOR

マッスルドア   머슬 도어   肌肉門

THE MUSCLE DOOR is a social experiment reality show about ordinary young men desperate to acquire a strong, muscular physique. The show follows their two-month journey of physical transformation, culminating in a heroic attempt to heave open the three-ton MUSCLE DOOR.

The Black Swindler (2022)

クロサギ   검은 사기 (2022)   詐欺獵人 (2022)

80min × 1ep / 60min × 9eps

The stage is set in Japan in the year 2022.
In a time where fraud is an imminent threat, societal issues give rise to a slew of elaborate scams. Kurosaki is a man who lost his family to a “white swindler,” which is a professional swindler who scams people out of their money. In order to exact revenge, Kurosaki becomes a “black swindler,” a swindler who tricks other swindlers. He swears to scam every white swindler in the world and takes on foe after foe, but can he find his ultimate enemy who robbed him of his family? This riveting revenge drama exposes the very emotions that scams exploit.

The Van Gogh Downstairs

階段下のゴッホ   계단 아래의 고흐   樓梯下的梵谷

30min × 8eps

Miyako is a beautiful salesperson on the fast track at a major cosmetics company earning more than 100 grand a year. But when she begins to question her life, she drops everything to pursue a past dream to become a painter. At a cram school for getting into an art institute, she meets a cute yet younger painter with prodigious artistic talent, but he’s also a penniless jerk. Can Miyako capture both her dream and romance in this newfangled rich-woman-poor-man love story?

The Old Dog, New Tricks?

オールドルーキー   올드 루키   老菜鳥

85min × 1ep / 75min × 1ep / 60min × 8eps

Ryotaro is a cheerful professional soccer player devoted to the game he loves. He has risen to national team member, and come through with decisive goals when it counts… until injury begins to plague him. Facing retirement at 37, he realizes it is a little late for him to enter normal working society. Enter a sports management company called “Victory” which offers him a new lease on life. Yet somewhere in his heart, Ryotaro has not quite accepted his retirement, and he will need to reconcile with new challenges as an old rookie.

The Quintessential Quintuplets Movie

映画「五等分の花嫁」

136min

Five lovely young girls who “hate studies” and find themselves on the “verge of failing” hire a part-time tutor, Futaro, to guide them to successful graduation. Having successfully completed their third year of high school and safely returned from their senior trip, the five girls turn their sights to graduation and their respective future paths. But all five become aware that so much time spent with Futaro has planted seeds of love, and gradually so with Futaro, too. So where does that lead them next? Is there a future bride among them? Find out in the conclusion to this romantic comedy of 100% cuteness times five!

The Demon Girl Next Door 2

まちカドまぞく 2丁目

30 min x 12 eps

Since waking up one day with powers of the “dark clan”, protagonist Shamiko continues her fight to break free of this evil spell. Shamiko forms an alliance with her rival, the magical girl Momo, to resolve the mystery of another magical girl who has disappeared from the town. New members of the “dark clan” appear, putting Shamiko and Momo at risk…

TOTALLY OUTNUMBERED

天才VS大群

Can one expert outduel an army of amateurs?

“TOTALLY OUTNUMBERED” is a game show format where experts and professionals in various fields face off against a large group of people in never-before-seen competitions.


Genre: Game Show / Challenge-based

The Double Down

クイズ!倍買

The Double Down is a quiz show format which fuses simple rules with the element of betting and specially created unexampled questions which adds up to unprecedented excitement. The show starts with the contestant betting their own money, and then facing multiple choices starting with a 2-choice question, and if they correctly answer, their money is doubled. If not, the challenge is over and they lose all the money. A choice is added to each new question which increase the difficulty, but if they win out all the way through to the10-choice question in the end, they may win 500 times of what they bet. The questions are specially created and do not require any knowledge, but a good eye for the details of everyday life.