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Scenario Writer Name: Shigenori Tanabe (田辺茂範)


In Hand

インハンド   인핸드   勝券在握

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

A mysterious disease that infects surrounding organisms, nefarious genetic manipulation, an unknown pathogen from overseas. With technology advancing at such a breakneck pace, unanticipated and incomprehensible accidents are bound to occur.
Arriving to confront the many new challenges of modern science and medicine is a brilliant, introverted and eccentric scientist with a robotic prosthetic hand, his empathic assistant fueled by a passion for justice, and a coolly-competent and beautiful bureaucrat.
Outwardly, the trio could hardly be more different in appearance and personality, but together, they employ brilliant methods to solve baffling mysteries in each episode and save many from untold suffering.
Savor the satisfaction of a puzzle-solving drama filled with plenty of life-affirming inspiration, and highlighted by a compelling mystery. It is an incisive foray into the whirlpool of modern desire and ambition combining science, medicine and mystery for a wholly new style of whodunit entertainment.

Oh My Boss! Love not included

オー!マイ・ボス!恋は別冊で   오ー!마이・보스!사랑은 별책으로   Oh My Boss! 戀愛放別冊

75min × 2eps / 60min × 8eps|Eps 10

Don’t miss this heartwarming, madcap romantic comedy!
Nami is an ordinary small-town girl with no special dreams or ambitions, someone who goes along to get along and wants nothing from life but a modicum of happiness. Then she moves to the big city to pursue her childhood crush. In Tokyo she by chance lands a job at a major fashion magazine where she meets the glamorous but intimidating Reiko, the youngest editor-in-chief in the magazine’s history, and Junnosuke, a dashing and loveable young photographer. Nami soon finds herself trying to satisfy the demands of her domineering, workaholic new boss while navigating the pitfalls of workplace romance. Along the way she discovers her values, her ambition, and a sense of purpose.

ONLY JUST MARRIED

婚姻届に判を捺しただけですが   혼인 신고서에 도장을 찍었을 뿐인데   只是在結婚申請書上蓋個章而已

75min × 1ep / 60min × 9eps|10eps

Akiha extols the virtues of the single life and has no desire for marriage. But then she encounters a sudden proposal from Shu, a handsome company man whom she just met. Shu has an urgent need to be officially designated as “married” when he floats the fake marriage proposal. For her part, Akiha is hurting for the money to care for her sick grandmother and keep her family business afloat. So a bargain is struck. Shu agrees to take over her debts if she will marry him. After a rocky start, however, Akiha gradually finds herself drawn to Shu’s kind and gentle nature. But then she learns the true reason behind their marriage in this disarmingly poignant romantic comedy about love built on a lie.

Rental Lovers

レンタルの恋   렌탈 사랑   出租小妹 紫陽花

30 min × 10 eps|10 episodes

Remi Takasugi is the most popular “item” at the “Rental Lovers” company where no customer request is deemed too impossible, outlandish or difficult to fulfill as long as certain rules and time constraints are observed. The company motto is “The ultimate rental girlfriend” and they guarantee complete satisfaction and perfectly-met requests. Remi is the ideal girlfriend in every way. But she also exhibits a few distractingly different traits. She absolutely refuses to smile once a date “gig” is over, and she wears an odd-looking bandage on her neck. So who or what is Remi? And what’s with the bandage? Cyborg? Alien? Cat? The suspense-filled love story starts here.