SumiTheCat

If this is used to translate the phrase "Finish Date" you have to put "de fin" after the translation of Date ("Date"), so that the text shown is "Date de fin".

Thanks for putting things into perspective. Sometimes I think people don't always take the time to consider how this website works, and most of all how much this site has grown throughout the past years.
But not everything can be done with just 2 permanent admins and many unpaid contributors. The site is growing at his own pace.

Interesting! It never occurs to me how Netflix can influence the popularity of a drama. I guess regular J-dramas watchers are used to not find their series on trending/legal sites.

Oh ! Nice. hope you'll like them. They are really different dramas, and both gems for me. Byplayers is a feast with those awesome veteran actors (I watched it without subs, probably missed half of the story and still enjoy them so deeply. I think it is subbed now).
Princess Maison is a very calm drama, that could be boring for some people, but is so special to me. It's hard to describe how much I enjoy and what I felt while watching it, but it was probabbly one of the most striking drama I've seen in the past years.

I've watched 15 out of them, and enjoyed them a lot, but they honestly do not reflect the variety and quality of Japanese dramas. From the 20 listed here, only NigeHaji, Kazoku Game and maybe Ouroboros would make into my final list. Where is Hanzawa Naoki, one of the most appreciated drama of the decade? Where are Sakamoto Yuji's dramas? I don't think there is any WOWOW drama despite their undeniable quality.
Mother, Quartet, Byplayers and Princess Maison, to name a few, deserves so much more than the ones that are listed here. Of course this is my very own point of view.
Anyway, thanks for the video, it's interesting to see how MDLers in general are ranking the drama. I would love such a video for the other past decades, though the earlier the drama are, the lesser the viewer they got. At least a 2000-2009 video would make some sens because this era was watched by many MDLers too (or is it just a biased point of view of an aging viewer?)

7 years later and I'm still so fond of him.
Happy Birthday Riida! and my best wishes! Thanks for all you are giving to us!

Hyped by the cast. I really need to start it ASAP. Looks a lot of fun and I love slices of lif dramas. Thanks for the recap.

even the Japan Times has the news on its front page (on the website).
So it seems they submitted the marriage on novembre the 12th.
@OAL thanks for sharing Sho and Aiba's messages. Aiba is so heartwarming to read!

Once again, congratulations to Nino and wishing him a happy married life.

Thanks for the article. A good reminder for dramas I've missed, and a highlight for drama's I didn't heard of.

And I love the new song and most of all the MV!

I'm a fan.
It's not the first time I'm listening to them.
Better late than never.

Hongo apparently as a lead, I'm looking forward to it!

Thanks for the compilation!
I've added a fair amount of the crime/detective dramas (even Sherlock even if I'm not a fan of Fujioka), and of course the ones with Kimura Takuya, Abe Hiroshi (since when did I not watch him in a drama), Hongo Kanata and Ikuta Toma. I even added Rika though I'm not even certain to have understood the plot...
Not sure how many I'll be able to watch, considering the amount of interesting dramas, the likely few amount of subbed dramas, the decreasing free time to look forward to (not to talk about how Thailand drama are ruining my life currently). Las, the life a J-drama fan is sooo difficult sometimes ;P

Thanks for the article! Which was honestly more a retrospective of all the drama around the group than a reminiscence of their songs for me. I can't believe I followed all of that (from afar though).
As you may know, unlike Arashi, I barely listen to KAT-TUN, and I honestly can't remember any of them, except maybe Love yourself (that I totally forgot until you linked it the other day), and except of course Seishun amigo. I tend to think that all Johnny's groups sound the same, so I'm okay with sticking to only one.
I've only watched 6 dramas , with them all starring Kame except for Yukan club. Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge was my first drama of the new era and the one that changed my destiny as a serie watcher (for the good, imo). Nobuta stays one of my first and my favorite drama so far, and I can remember myself trying to learn the dance (I'm a bad dancer so I failed miserabily, but I'm always enjoying watching Kame and YamaPi dancing it).
Even if not a fan, I'm still surprised (and they have my respect for that) that they managed to maintain the band despite loosing half of original members. Wish them to achieve the 15th then the 20th anniversary.

Looks interesting and depressing at the same time.
Why am I not surprised to see Nishijima in it?
Thanks for the article.

I refuse to count how much I spent on Arashi this year. But I couldn't miss this video clips release, this is what I was hoping for, more than the cds editions, which are gorgeous in fact.

Just an info for those interested in them : to complete the 5x20 CD released erlier this year, they will release the 5x20 All the Best! Clips (DVD and Blue-Ray) in October, with most of their later works clips.

Spoiler tag only because it's a bit long.

Thanks a lot for this article, I'm bookmarking it for further use. There are still 8 dramas and movies I need to watch to complete the list (mostly earlier works and Aiba shows in fact, the ones which subs are barely available...)

I won't redo my profile on here, but that were dramas that led me to Arashi, and especially Nazotoki wa, dinner no ato de. I liked Sakurai's character that much in this serie (and it stays my favorite character of him alongside his amazing Kazoku Game show) that I wanted to know much about him, and discovered Arashi. At the time (beginning of 2012), there were still some PV available on YT and "Monster" was one of the most catchy, as well as "Believe". More than" Meikyu love song", those PV on YT made me addicted. That and Ohno's wonderful perf in Kagi no kakatta Heya.
Suprisingly, I've seen Matsumoto in HYD far earlier but I disliked the dramas so much that I couldn't give a damn about the osts. Up to date, "Love so sweet" is the song i just dislike the most, and even if i know the attachment of Arashians of the early hours to this song, I'm not really enjoying it when I'm listening to it, probably because of HYD. ("Wish" has had a better fate in my drama ost history though)

So far, my favorite stays "Face Down", but it's because it's deeply connected to KnkH and Ohno, more than the quality of this song. I watched it continuously on YT till they deleted the whole series of PV available, soon after the realeasing of the PV.
Other songs I really enjoy are "Believe"," GUTS!" (this song is bringing a big smile on my face everytime I'm listening to it), and "A day in our life".
A special mention for the "Michi" song from Pikanchi. It deeply impressed me, probably because of the scene it is attached to, which deeply impressed me. I like this short song a lot.

The only drama I watched because of an Arashi song was Yoiko no Mikata. "Tomadoi Nagara" that I discovered on the 5x10 album was the one which attached me to the group and to Ohno's voice. As much as I love the song, the drama was a disappointment.
All those discoveries occured in a short period of time (6 months approximately).

Thanks for this nostalgic journey in (my) drama history.

The one Arthit is singing?
It's "Kaub koon tee ruk gun" ("Thank you for loving me") by Potato . Here is a link to an acoustic video :
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdcyz9VLEs8

It's pretty late and I don't know if you still want to watch it, but I found it on YT when typing the japanese name. :)