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SPEC~birth SPEC〜警視庁公安部公安第五課 未詳事件特別対策係事件簿〜   SPEC〜경시청 공안부 공안 제5과 미상사건 특별대책계 사건부〜   SPEC 〜未解決事件特別對策事件簿〜

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Broadcast Date

2010.10.08 - 2010.12.17

Episode / Duration

10 episodes 75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps

Scenario Writer

Yumie Nishiogi (西荻弓絵)

Cast

Erika Toda (戸田恵梨香)
Ryo Kase (加瀬亮)
Raita Ryu (竜雷太)

There are those hidden among us in this world who possess special talents (SPEC) against which no ordinary power nor rational mind can measure up to or comprehend. Should even a tiny percentage of these extremely gifted individuals choose to bend their talents to malevolent use, the potential for great destruction is immense. But what if the governments of many nations have been aware of this threat and are already engaged in a clandestine war of superhuman dimensions? They would certainly then have at their disposal elite teams of detectives capable of going to extraordinary lengths to confront and defeat such superhuman SPEC criminals. This is their story.

After School is Mystery Time!

放課後はミステリーとともに   방과후 미스테리와 함께   放學後再推理

30 min. x 9 eps.|9 episodes

A huge fan of the Hiroshima Carp baseball team, you the viewer become the story protagonist, Ryo Kirigamine, vice-president of the Young Detectives Club at Tokyo’s Koigakubo Academy. In the search for truth, each week the school club gets tangled in perplexing local crimes and mysteries, including murder!
Ryo is a self-avowed super detective, but tends to get lost in the maze of clues at critical junctures of a case. But never fear; there are plenty of people to come to get her back on track, including the biology teacher, Hiromi Ishizaki. Take part in an intricately-constructed, hardcore mystery every week.

Captain Cook’s Banquet

コック警部の晩餐会   콕경부의 만찬회   料理警探的晚宴

30 min × 10 eps|10 episodes

Hoshimitsu Kokku is a Criminal 1st Division cop with professional level culinary skills. Nicknamed “Captain Cook”, he brings his own eccentricities and philosophy toward crime-fighting with the conviction that “Food doesn’t lie.” If there is one thing Captain Cook can’t stomach, it is the thought of people getting away with murder and then being able to eat freely and sumptuously. So he recreates the meals of victims in an effort to understand them better in the course of his investigation, and invites suspects to a grand feast where he can smoke out the true criminal. His compassion and unwavering pursuit of criminals in the name of justice make him a new hero in the gourmet world. Meanwhile, constantly stressed to the max is his new partner, Azumi Nanase, who despite having fulfilled her dream of becoming a cop is diametrically different in personality and disposition from her partner. As a consequence, she is constantly stressed out being at the mercy of Captain Cook’s freestyle sleuthing style and having to salvage the peace between her partner and his rival detective, Nekota. Nevertheless, Nanase and Hoshimitsu together make a crack crime solving team.

Coloring Himura

イロドリヒムラ   이로도리히무라   華麗搞笑日村秀

30 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes

Starring Japan's currently most popular comedian, Yuki "Bananaman" Himura finds himself the central character in an eccentric drama that unfolds in ominibus style with each episode penned by a different writer and featuring an ever-changing support cast. Only Himura appears each time without fail, showcased and accentuated by resplendent actresses. Giving color to all who appear are the prominent globally-acclaimed film directors. Himura versus 10 movie directors and 10 stunning actresses. Witness a wholly new kind of TV drama that can only be seen here!

Dances with the Dragons

されど罪人は竜と踊る   그러나 죄인은 용과 춤춘다   罪人與龍共舞

30 min. × 12 eps.|12 episodes

Jushiki, a system for reproducing natural phenomena and paraphysical acts such as the creation of matter, allows humans to wield a power which they once feared as “magic.” Its mastery has brought ”advancements to all fields of life, while facilitating the extermination of the once-rampant “Dragons and “Others.” Gaius and Gigina, two combat-type jushiki wielders, run an office in a chaotic frontier ,town called Eridana, and make a living using their art to solve problems and collect bounties. One day a dragon-hunting job falls into their laps. But it's just the start of a plot far deeper…

Last Train Bye-Bye!

終電バイバイ   막차 바이바이   末班車bye-bye!

30 min. x 10 eps.|10 episodes

If you missed the last train, and had no money to get home by other means of transport, and had to spend the night in and around a particular train station, what would you do? This is how our story begins, with the protagonist missing the last trine. He has no money with him and must figure out how to pass the time until the first train in the morning. Little does he knows of the encounters and "late night adult adventure" that await him and which will cause him to grow. A one-night romance with a mysterious and attractive woman? The suspense and perils of becoming embroiled in a criminal incident? Or an incident of interpersonal connectivity sure to make one smile broadly? Enjoy a brand new type of drama that will leave you thinking about missing your last train tomorrow.

Over-the-Shoulder Lover

肩ごしの恋人

65 min. x 1 ep. / 60 min. x 8 eps.|9 episodes

Power Stone

パワーストーン   파워 스톤   寶石

30 min. x 26 eps.|26 episodes

In the early 19th century, a colorful cast of characters from across the globe for reasons good and evil find themselves bound by the common goal of pursuing the ancient legend of the "power stones." A power stone is said to fulfill wishes and release hidden power from within those that possess them and amplify the good or evil intrinsic to that character's nature. The main character Falcon, a dauntless adventurer from Britain, must compete and sometimes cooperate with the others searching for this ancient treasure. Based on the Capcom game of the same name, this fantasy adventure title tells the tale of the pursuit for legendary power in a world filled with action, magic, and mystery.

Rental Lovers

レンタルの恋   렌탈 사랑   出租小妹 紫陽花

30 min × 10 eps|10 episodes

Remi Takasugi is the most popular “item” at the “Rental Lovers” company where no customer request is deemed too impossible, outlandish or difficult to fulfill as long as certain rules and time constraints are observed. The company motto is “The ultimate rental girlfriend” and they guarantee complete satisfaction and perfectly-met requests. Remi is the ideal girlfriend in every way. But she also exhibits a few distractingly different traits. She absolutely refuses to smile once a date “gig” is over, and she wears an odd-looking bandage on her neck. So who or what is Remi? And what’s with the bandage? Cyborg? Alien? Cat? The suspense-filled love story starts here.

Resident : Story of 5 Interns

レジデント 〜5人の研修医〜   레지던트 ~5명의 연수의~   菜鳥實習醫

75 min x 1 ep / 60 min x 9 eps|10 episodes

Shizuku Miyama aims to become a doctor and follow in the footsteps of her father, Katsumi. “I want to make him proud,” she thinks. But when Katsumi expresses his disapproval toward his daughter becoming a doctor, Shizuku rebels and attends med school anyway on a scholarship. She makes it to her first year of residency where together with 4 other same-year interns she is assigned to the front lines of emergency medicine at the hospital’s critical care center. With only 6 months of medical practice behind them, these five interns lack sufficient life-saving skills, but through daily contact with experienced colleagues and contact with patients, find themselves maturing into full-fledged doctors and adults under the unforgiving life or death pressures of the emergency room.

SPEC: life

SPEC ~翔   SPEC: 翔   SPEC: 상(翔)

114 min x 1 ep|1 episode

A year after his last big fight, Takeru Sebumi, returns to the Metropolitan Police following some time off recovering from medical treatment on his eyes. But he is immediately confronted with a very strange murder case involving a machine gun shootout that took place in the middle of a street in broad daylight where only one high school female survived. But the girl's testimonial is that the shooter was dressed all in black and could move by instant teleportation. Photos taken by a combatant in the firefight revealed the presence of Satori, who had been badly knifed and held The Empress tarot card in her hand. Saya Toma views the incident as a blatant showdown between "spec holders" of specialized powers. Thus, a new challenge is thrown down for former special forces cop, Sebumi, and the quirky Toma with her 201 IQ.