PPAP and CBCC ( CUTE!! )

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Cute!  Mine's orange (Body and Cord).

Bakumatsu Gurume Bushimeshi Ep.1

A new J-drama season (Spring 2017) has started!  Among the ones I watched so far, Bakumatsu Gurume Bushimeshi (AsianWiki) is my most favorite.  It's fun!  I must admit that I love dramas dealing with food/cooking.

This drama is about a low-rank samurai Banshirou (played by Seto Kouji) who came to Edo as a part of his Daimyou (feudal lord) troupe because of Sankin Koutai (a system under which feudal lords in the Edo period were required to spend every other year in residence in Edo.） 

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New Year, New Dramas

2015 Summer JDrama: TamiOu

This is not a serious drama, but it's very funny.  We are somewhat tired of watching a drama on "body-switch".  So I was not expecting so much, thinking "(this is) another body-switch drama".  However, I must say I was wrong.  This is a fun drama to watch.

It is about father-son body switching.  The father (played by Endo Ken'ichi) is the prime minister of Japan and his son (played by Suda Masaki) is a college student.  The father tries his best to uphold his political party and to maintain his position and power.  

The son is a happy-go-lucky guy who is not so smart.  He can't read Chinese characters (this is a sign of one's education or knowledge in Japan) which makes Japanese media criticize their prime mister as an ignorant man.  Despite all that, the son has a good, kind heart which brings success to prime minister's political maneuvering.  

Although the father and the son were not very close, they get closer after their body-switch and start to have more understanding of each other's life and work.

Very funny drama.  Highly recommended.

Abolishing Geo-blocking in EU

TorrentFreak Article

Wouldn't it be great if there is no geo-restriction whatsoever so that we can watch any streaming videos from anywhere?

I bet companies like Netflix and Hulu can make more money...  But this is what is taking place.

Tightning Geo-restriction by Netflix 

New Spring Drama: I'm Home

Lately KimuTaku has not been doing well in bringing high ratings to his dramas.  However, this drama will probably stop that trend.  The first episode brought the rating of 16.7%, the highest among the 2015 spring dramas.  It's a great start.

This drama is based on a 1997-98 manga with the same title by Ishizaka Kei.  It was made into a 20-episode drama in 2014 on NHK starring Tokitou Saburou, Kon'no Misako and Toda Naho.  The current one is shown on TV Asahi.

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