Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

Hope that's correct above but what I'm saying is welcome everyone. May 10, 2019 is the first day of this blog and many may know me from 'Nao Kanzaki and Friends'... aitoda.com. There I have such a mix of things and finally decided to branch out with just a blog devoted to Japanese and Korean dramas. Will also be having some film reviews but one thing you won't see are any J-Pop idols or gravure models except for their dramas, this blog is dedicated 100% to dramas and films.

Also actresses as will be having many, many posts for them. Such as them appearing at events, mag spreads, interview pics and whatever else. So you should be seeing a lot of my bigger long time faves such as Erika Toda, Park Min-Young, Lee Yeon-Hee, Tsubasa Honda and too many others to count. The first few weeks there many not be too many posts for new dramas as I'll be copying many recaps from the old blog along with some film reviews and actress posts.

Won't be going too far back, perhaps to 2015 with a few exceptions and will have an entire series in a row to make it easy to follow. Did find it a problem completing series at the Nao Kanzaki blog, won't be doing that here as all the series will have a post for every episode. Thanks for visiting, it'll will be a work in progress for a while here but hopefully not for too long. Comments are also appreciated, like to know your opinions on dramas and for any recommendations you may have.

News and upcoming projects

News and upcoming projects

Should have done this on my Aitoda blog which is to let viewers know what's going on. Seems like a good way to let everyone know if I'll be taking a break, what to look forward to and any other tidbits.

Updating update, May 19th:

Whew, have finally finished transferring over enough posts from the Aitoda blog. May be a few here and there in the future for some new that's being introduced but there shouldn't be too many. Have also included announcers for women that I'll be posting about as my top two current faves just happen to be in that profession.

The first five episodes of '3-Nen A Gumi' have now been posted. For series over five shows will be doing two batches of them as I figure ten posts are way too many to read through during one sitting so will have the second half of the drama coming up in 2-3 weeks, highly recommend the show.

June 4th.... Have written up the recaps for episodes 7 and 8 of the '3-Nen A Gumi' show and will have those long with episode eight by June 6th. Up next for Korean dramas is up in the air but leaning towards a pair of shorter series which will be either "Splish Splash Love" or "The Universe's Star".

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

Minami Tanaka: Her first of many(hopefully) intro posts....



 Seriously hope this is the first of too many posts to count. There's been a few huge of my faves over the years who have taken me so long to get to and don't understand why. Minami is truly a mega fave of mine and can honestly say she has a spot in my top ten or perhaps even top five. Must have a thing about Japanese announcers as Minami is one and think she may be the fourth one I've begun posting about. She had worked at TBS for many years but these days she's more of a 'free announcer' which means they're announcers who work for many stations and at events.
 Minami is also a model for many sites, she's also appeared in a few mags and the bottom set has to be one of the top spreads since the advent of magazines. She's definitely a world woman as she was born in NYC, then also moved with her family to San Francisco and London though her family is from Japan and she's lived there for over twenty years now.


 How many announcers look like that?! Like so many of the newbies that were introduced last year Minami is a college gal, she went to Aoyama University and graduated in 2009. That means she's also one of the older women who has been introduced as on November 23rd she turned 32 but easily blows the pants off Idols ten years her junior.
 Will have a wide variety of things in these intro posts and still can't understand why it took so long to have this first one. As mentioned she was an announcer for TBS which seems like an honor to me but she left that gig near the end of 2014 after five years to become a 'free announcer'. Think it's worked out as she's expanded her activities since then as she's also a model and appears at many events.






 That bottom pic isn't from TBS but am looking for pics of the duo together as the one on the right is so close to being my all time #1, few should remember her as she's had a few recent posts. As mentioned Minami is also a model and is associated with many clothing companies and fashion web sites. These are from the Bijin Hyakka site and most of them are from the past few months.








 Another site which has many new pics is Maquia though don't think she often has huge spreads in their mags, those bottom two pics are fairly new and they're out of this world....











 A special show that Minami is the co-host of will be airing on Kansai TV and is titled "Gutan Nuovo 2", it airs tomorrow night. Will try to find a copy of it and there's not a person here who doesn't know who one of the other co-hosts will be!!!!




 Minami does appear at many events and should be no shortage of them for future posts. There was one she was at yesterday but will wait on that for a few days. Way back on April 4th she was at an event for 'Sapporo Rirakusu' which is some sort of health drink and the product was brand new.











 Four days before that Minami really shined as she made an appearance at the March 31st 'Tokyo Girls Collection' show which was held in Yokohama. As a bride she may be unsurpassed and she was there as a guest for the 'My Navi Wedding Dresses' and was on their special stage. Minami's also been at other TGC shows which is another thing to look forward too, these pics rate an A++++!











 Have a short video of the above event at the bottom though she's just in the first 35 seconds. To end off have perhaps one of the greatest if not top spread of all time, when I first saw this set it had to take the EMT's over two hours to revive me. This one in a lifetime spread is from the September 20, 2017 edition of Anan and know that Minami is now a huge fave of so many out there, WOWOWOW!!!!











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