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Noritaka Hamao (濱尾ノリタカ)

Smiling Matryoshka

笑うマトリョーシカ   웃는 마트료시카   微笑俄羅斯娃娃

60min × 11eps|11eps

When newspaper reporter Kanae Michiue suspects that a young politician hailed as a future prime minister is being manipulated, she looks into his past in an effort to find out by whom. His secretary? Or someone else? She discovers several mysterious deaths have occurred during the politician’s stellar political rise, including that of her own father. What is the “peculiar relationship” between the politician and his talented secretary? One newspaper reporter is determined to find out in this political drama laced with mystery and passion.

My Second AOHARU

マイ・セカンド・アオハル   마이 세컨드 아오하루   我的第二青春

75min × 2eps / 60min × 8eps

Sayako is approaching 30 and has begun to mourn a life devoid of money and an education. “It wasn’t supposed to turn out like this,” she sighs, lamenting her past failed college entrance exams. That’s when she meets college student, Taku, whose words of encouragement rekindle her desire to chase a once abandoned dream of becoming an architect. As a 30-year-old office worker, Sayako joins with Gen-Z college students to embark upon a new chapter and second youth in life.

Saitama Host Club

埼玉のホスト   어중간한 남자들   埼玉縣的公關

30 min × 8eps

Yurika is a top consultant who has restructured countless restaurants, but finds herself on new ground when hired by a local Saitama prefecture host club to prevent its hostile takeover by a large Tokyo outfit called Love 2000. Appalled by the club’s mediocre “hosts” and poor customer relations, Yukari embarks on a new tactic of scouting a rank amateur and country farm boy, Kiseki, to serve as lead host, which rankles feathers but challenges everyone to learn and grow.