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| Nobuta wo Produce |
| Details
� Title Translation: Producing Nobuta ( nobuta means pig in Japanese) � Episodes: 8 � Genre: School renzoku drama � Viewership: 16.89% � Broadcast network: NTV � Broadcasting Dates: 2005-10-15 to 2005-12-17 � Ending Song: Seishun Amigo by Shuji to Akira (Special group containing Kamenashi Kazuya and Yamashita Tomohisa) |
| Synopsis
Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone. However, Shuji hates a classmate named, Kusano Akira who has a complete opposite personality than Shuji. Shuji has a daily routine of touching a willow tree for good luck before going to school. One day he finds that his willow tree was gone and in its place is a freaky girl who causes Shuji to go away. At school, every boy gets excited when they find out that there will be a new female student in Shuji�s class. However, the new student turns out to be the same freaky girl Shuji meet before. Her name is Kotani Nobuko, a girl who has no self confidence and does nothing when other students bully her. After seeing Nobuko being bullied several times, they feel regret for her and decide to do something about it. |
| Cast
� Kamenashi Kazuya as Kiritani Shuji � Yamashita Tomohisa as Kusano Akira � Horikita Maki as Kotani Nobuko � Toda Erika as Uehara Mariko � Ukaji Takashi as Kiritani Satoru � Fukaura Kanako as Kiritani Nobuko � Nakajima Yuto as Kiritani Koji � Okada Yoshinori as Yokoyama Takeshi � Wakaba Ryuuya as Shittaka � Ishii Tomoya � Takahashi Katsumi as Hirayama Ippei � Natsuki Mari as Catherine � Mizuta Fumiko as Bando � Daito Shunsuke as Taniguchi � Tajima Hanami as Inoue Misa � Akiko as Saeki Nami � Natsuko as Nomura Akemi |
| Awards
� 47th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Drama � 47th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Actor, Kamenashi Kazuya � 47th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, Horikita Maki � 47th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Director � 47th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Script � 47th Television Acadamy Awards: Best Music |
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| Review
Nobuta wo Produce is the very first j-dorama that I watched. It was a very good drama since it got me to continue watching more j-doramas. Nobuta has some of the most memorable scenes. There are definitely many scenes in Nobuta wo Produce that make you laugh and even cry. However, there were also some scenes in Nobuta that seem awkward and didn�t really fit in, like the episode with the ghosts. (You�ll see once you watch it). These things don�t happen often in the series and it doesn�t make the whole series a bad experience. I just thought it would make been better if they somehow changed these scenes. I recommend Nobuta wo Produce to anyone who enjoys school-life type dramas since this is probably the best one next to Hana Yori Dango. |
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| Nobuta wo Produce Media |
| First 10 minutes of Ep.1 (with English Subs) |
| Ending Theme (Seishun Amigo by Shuji to Akira) |