BEST ACTOR: Abe Hiroshi (KDO)
Fucking no brainer of the year. Abe Hiroshi is most remembered as Ueda from Trick series and for playing numerous supporting characters. His magnificant acting in KDO gave life to one of the most memorable characters in Jdorama. His performance is a joy to watch.
Runner ups: Toyokawa Etsushi (Bengoshi no Kuzu), Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (Boku no Aruku Michi), Nagase Tomoya (My Boss My Hero)
BEST ACTRESS: Natsukawa Yui (KDO)
What, I actually beat all those skanky hos?Very crowded field but end of the day, no woman captured my heart more than Hayasaka sensei. Her performance was nuanced yet spoke loudly. While she may not be able to carry a show, her acting had something that all the gravure idols turned actresses don't have: depth.
Runner ups: Ueno Juri (Nodame), Aya Euto (Attention Please)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Furata Arata (Galcir)
He really carried this show from so-so to really good. Brilliant comedic actor and most memorable supporting character besides Ken and Stresemann.
Runner ups: Abe Sadao (Iryu) Ken-chan (KDO, yes I know he's a dog)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Aragaki Yui (My Boss, My Hero)
There is no character who is more a paragon of innocence and joushi-kousei kawainess than Umemura-san.
Runner ups: Kuninaka Ryoko (KDO)
BEST GUEST ACTOR: Mitsuya Yoko (KDO & Bengoshi no Kuzu)
She appeared in just one episode in both series and she made the eps so much better. She may not be main actress material (yet) but her short lived appearances in both series were certainly very memorable.
BEST SOUNDTRACK: Iryu
No show comes close to how fucking excellent the music was in this show. There's a lot of moments which could have been lough out corny and lame but the music just made it so... cool.
Runner up: Nodame
BEST DORAMAS of 2006:
3) Iryu
Doesn't win any awards in the acting department except for Abe Sadao as the alcoholic anesthetian but its a bloody solid show. Damn good pacing, excellent music and gripping story.
2) Boku no Aruku Michi
Didn't really like it at first but the characters really grew on me it just kept getting better by the episode. Excellent acting, memorable characters and beautiful ending. What more could a d-addict ask for?
1) Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
One of the greatest jdoramas ever. This is one show where the characters have so much depth that they practically wrote the story themselves. Best writing and dialogue I've ever seen in Jdoramas ever. Hate to say it, but they'll never be another show like it. (Though I'd love to be proven wrong)
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haha wow, Iryu was good? I never gave it a try, since I'm not really big on medical show. But now you got me curious.
I would've never thought of Furata Arata, but he was hilarious indeed. And if you watch the ending song sequence for Galcir, I think he also dances very well.
Good choices for Best actors/actresses, though I'm not sure about Aragaki Yui as best support actresses... haha though I liked how her face gradually turns from the look of shock to disgust in one episode where 3-4 guys come up to Nagase boasting about their successes with women, using Nagase's technique. (the killer two finger thing... I still have no clue what that is, but I'd like to know LOL)
Anyway I would've voted for Toda Erika for best supporting role. She was fun to watch in Galcir.
Depends on how you define main actress. I would base it one role in story and screen time and would put Toda Erika as the main actress in Galcir. She's featured prominent and is the whole series revolves around her character and the cowboy.
Aragaki Yui is definitely in a supporting role in MBMH. She doesn't get consistent screen time and doesn't have to carry the series.
Even then, while Toda Erika's acting is good, I feel the field is very crowded. And I had to give props to Euto Aya for making Attention Please watchable.
Feel free to disagree.
I keep hearing abt iryu mentioned as one of the top dramas this year and how good the story is
just watched the first episode on crunchyroll and was disappointed
too unrealistic imo.. there's this ridiculousa scene where the doctor guy pokes his ptient with ballpoint pen? like wtf?
What about Dr Koto 2...I know some people found the 1st series boring, but it is one that builds up slowly. The 2nd series ain't as good I thought, but nevertheless was well done. I personally find Dr Koto consistently underrated.
Also a point on Iryu...yes it was radical to stick a ball point pen into someone's chest, but this has been done in the field to relieve a life threatening tension pneumothorax. She would have otherwise arrested.
faith^hebe: Name me one realistic Jdorama. Iryu is not realistic. Its fantastical, extreme and exageratted. I would assume most of the stuff is based on real medicine. What's great about the show is that instead of laughing, I just found it cool.
Its like an action movie where a band of heroes are gathered to save the world except this is about a band of doctors.
On the subject of realism, a doctor friend of mine comented that he finds it hard to watch medical shows cause a lot of stuff is inaccurate.
Its like legal shows. A lot of issues are true but the way things are handled in real life must be changed to tell a good story.
Oppai: I have yet to watch Dr Koto so no comments.
The KDO withdraw is killing me... every jdorama I watched since then seems to be half empty and I wound up watching KDO again starting from ep 3... hahaha... Anyway have you take a look at either Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! or Enka no Jyouou lately?
Best supporting/cameo character - Kaneda!
daveb: I concur. KDO has shown me how great jdoramas could be and I doubt we'll see anything as good as long as they continue to push johnnies and gravure models. We need actual actors dammit.
I'll probably get to watching the new shows this weekend. Enka sounds like the potential hit of the season so we'll see.....
I watched one ep of Enka no Joou and gave up... Maybe I'm just not used to seeing Amami Yuki in a non-serious role. The same thing happened after watching one ep of Top Caster.. lol
And, I think that Amami Yuki totally belongs in Haken no Hinkaku, instead of Shinohara Ryoko. It's totally the same role that she played in Joou no Kyoushitsu.
"Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta!" is pretty good, quite entertaining. And, they have an interesting cameo role for Nakama Yukie's Mom from Trick. But, it's just missing something! Maybe, Hiroshi Abe? hahah j/k
Anyways, the guy that plays her husband is miscast IMHO. (Tanihara Shosuke)
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