Miike directs TV Tokyo drama

Tokyograph News · 02-27-2008, 11:35 AM

TV Tokyo is starting a major drama project titled "Keitai Sousakan 7." Takashi Miike is serving as the series director, while other big names such as Mamoru Oshii and Shusuke Kaneko will be directing some of the show's 51 episodes.

19-year-old actor Masataka Kubota stars as a high schooler who teams up with a mobile phone robot to fight against an internet-based crime organization. The supporting cast includes Yuko Ito, Kanji Tsuda, Natsuki Okamoto, Satoshi Matsuda, and Nao Nagasawa.

The drama's opening theme is being sung by Hitomi Shimatani, who may also participate as a cast member.

The series starts on April 2 in TV Tokyo's Wednesday 7:00pm time slot. Later that month, SoftBank will launch a promotional tie-in with a mobile phone modeled after the robot from the show.

Link to article

**migimaru** · 02-27-2008, 08:23 PM

http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...008022809.html

Sanspo says Manabu Aso ("Sky High" and "Chakushin Ari" dramas, "Ashita no Kita Yoshio") and Kazuya Konaka ("Ultraman" series) are also directing.

flick · 03-03-2008, 09:09 AM

Quite a few of the sites don't seem to mention this, but the band singing the ending theme is called BACK-ON. They were also present at the news conference.

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02-27-2008, 11:35 AM	#1
Tokyograph News Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 11	Miike directs TV Tokyo drama TV Tokyo is starting a major drama project titled "Keitai Sousakan 7." Takashi Miike is serving as the series director, while other big names such as Mamoru Oshii and Shusuke Kaneko will be directing some of the show's 51 episodes. 19-year-old actor Masataka Kubota stars as a high schooler who teams up with a mobile phone robot to fight against an internet-based crime organization. The supporting cast includes Yuko Ito, Kanji Tsuda, Natsuki Okamoto, Satoshi Matsuda, and Nao Nagasawa. The drama's opening theme is being sung by Hitomi Shimatani, who may also participate as a cast member. The series starts on April 2 in TV Tokyo's Wednesday 7:00pm time slot. Later that month, SoftBank will launch a promotional tie-in with a mobile phone modeled after the robot from the show. Link to article

03-03-2008, 09:09 AM	#3
flick Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: UK Posts: 2	Quite a few of the sites don't seem to mention this, but the band singing the ending theme is called BACK-ON. They were also present at the news conference. Some of BACK-ON's other work include (primarily anime): Air Gear (Anime) OP - Chain Eyeshield 21 (Anime) ED - A day dreaming... Eyeshield 21 (Anime) ED - flower Eyeshield 21 (Anime) OP - BLAZE LINE Murder Princess (Anime) ED - Hikari Sasuhou (FK Metal ver.) Shinjuku Swan (Jdrama) ED - Butterfly Official website http://www.back-on.com/ Official Myspace http://myspace.com/backonjapan Official Blog http://ameblo.jp/back-on __________________ Back-on Online - Back-on Fansite http://www.backon-online.com/ Back-on Online Fan Forums http://www.backon-online.com/forums/ Last edited by flick : 03-26-2008 at 03:38 PM. Reason: Added blog url

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02-27-2008, 08:23 PM	#2
migimaru ミギ丸 Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 736	http://www.sanspo.com/geino/top/gt20...008022809.html Sanspo says Manabu Aso ("Sky High" and "Chakushin Ari" dramas, "Ashita no Kita Yoshio") and Kazuya Konaka ("Ultraman" series) are also directing.