On the 80-year anniversary of the end of WWII, an NHK film that aims to deliver a story about war that viewers of all ages can engage.

Based on Kyo Machiko's manga of the same title, acclaimed for its sensitive portrayal of war through the eyes of a young girl. The film's animation producer Tateno Hitomi is an experienced former Studio Ghibli animator, who called together Ghibli veterans as well as young animators of the next generation for this special project.

In the corrupt great nation of Kioh. Abandoned by his parents, five-year-old Ageha, the eldest son of an earl's family, awakens memories of his past life as a
Japanese person.
One day, Agehameets his half-brother, Regulus, and realizes that Regulus will kill him over the title once he grows up..
Accepting this fate, Agehadecides to raise his younger brother, who lost his mother, instead of abandoning him.Agehamakes the most of his sewing and cooking skills from
his past life by handcrafting cloth picture books and creating steamed egg custard!
Pure-hearted Regulus becomes attached to Ageha...
He turns into a completely doting brother! To pass fertile land to Regulus,
Ageha advances territorial reform, sometimes involving the gods.
In a world where Western and Chinese cultures mix, the young brothers strengthen their bond while rebuilding their troubled territory despite tough conditions!

Ranmaru Mori, who works as a live-in part-time worker at a public bathhouse, is actually a 450-year-old vampire. He seeks the ultimate taste of "the blood of an 18-year-old man’s virgin" and has been watching over Rihito Tatsuno (15 years old), the only son of the bathhouse owner, to ensure his growth and purity. However, one day, Rihito falls in love at first sight with his classmate Aoi Shinozuka! If their love is fulfilled, it means the loss of his virginity, posing a crisis for Ranmaru. Faced with this sudden and dire situation, Ranmaru's desperate begins with the resolve, "I must not let him fall in love!"

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Target:
Male / 20-49
Female / 20-49

A romantic comedy manga with over 60 million total views on a manga app is being adapted into a live-action drama!

Sakura Katsuragi is an aspiring gravure idol who dreams of gracing magazine covers. One day, while being stalked, Sakura is rescued by Shinobu Sumida, a once-hopeful film director whose dreams have been shattered. As a fan of Sakura, Shinobu soon realizes that Sakura has her own struggles.
Sakura entered the entertainment industry as a gravure idol with the hope of inspiring others, motivated by her past experiences with bullying. However, the talent agency she joined turned out to be corrupt. She wasn't gaining any popularity, and her part-time work was restricted by the agency, leaving her living in poverty.
To support Sakura’s dreams, Shinobu decides to pursue a path to stardom alongside her in the gravure idol world. He suggests that Sakura move into a shared house where he stays with a friend who works as a photographer's assistant, leading to an unexpected cohabitation with his favorite gravure idol.
However, they soon face the harsh realities of the entertainment industry.


マンガアプリでの累計PV数　驚異の6000万PVを誇る
超絶話題でちょっとエッチなラブコメマンガを衝撃ドラマ化！

葛木さくらは、雑誌の表紙を飾ることを夢見る駆け出しのグラビアアイドル。ある日、ストーカーに付きまとわれていたさくらは、映画監督になるという夢に破れた隅田忍に助け出してもらう。
そんなさくらは実は悩みを抱えていた。さくらは過去のいじめの経験から、自分も誰かに勇気を与える女性になれたらと、グラビアアイドルとして芸能界に入るが、所属した芸能事務所は実は悪徳事務所。さくらは一向に売れず、事務所にバイトを制限され、貧困生活を送っていた。
夢をあきらめてほしくないと思った忍は、さくらと二人三脚でグラビアアイドルのスターダムへと駆け上がる決意をする。そして、忍はカメラマンのアシスタントをしている友人と暮らしているシェアハウスに居候することをさくらに提案し、まさかの推しのグラビアアイドルとの同居生活をスタートすることに…！
だが、さくらと忍を待ち構えていたのは、芸能界の厳しい現実だった。

Thoughts circle and transcend time.

The wildly popular manga “Chihayafuru” passionately depicts high school students who devote their youth to competitive karuta.
Adapted into live-action films in 2016 and 2018 as a trilogy, it is hailed as the monument of youth cinema.

“Chihayafuru: Full Circle” is set 10 years after the film, illustrating a world where the passions are passed on to a new generation and continue to burn brightly.

High school students of the Reiwa era, having inherited the baton, lay their entire youth on the line as they take on the challenge of competitive karuta.

A new milestone of youth is about to begin.

Hassei Kobayashi is a narcissistic ballet dancer who belongs to the Komorikawa Ballet Company.
To make ballet more mainstream, and to improve his own popularity, he does livestreams and other
proactive endeavors.
Plus, despite being from different generations, he somehow gets to know Mashiro Sasaki and Masanobu
Mamoyama (Mamo-san), and they become a trio of friends.
The three spend their days at rehearsal for the ballet company, and their nights teaching at a ballet school,
day after day going through the same old ordinary days.
Then, one day on his way home, Hassei is dangerously close to getting arrested because of a
misunderstanding with a police officer.
His friends save Hassei by a thread, after which he makes a shocking announcement, “I’m going to quit at
the end of this year.”
Hassei loves ballet more than anyone. Why did he suddenly decide to quit?
The story depicts Hassei’s final year as he tackles ballet head-on.

“The truth makes the world go round” – this is the mantra for Soichi Shindo, a 15-year veteran reporter in the social affairs department of a public broadcasting company. When he is recruited as a news anchor by a commercial TV station suffering from low viewership ratings, he vows to stop at nothing in pursuit of the truth. Flaunting company rules, he sweeps everyone around him into his charismatic style of interviews and investigations. But can he uncover deeply-buried truths, and expose the evil around him?


“세상을 움직이는 것은 진실!”이라 믿는 신념의 남자・신도 소이치는 공영방송 사회부에서 기자로서15년간 경력을 쌓고 보도 프로그램의 캐스터를 맡고 있지만 민영방송국 ＪＢＮ의 회장에게 스카우트되어 시청률 침체에 허덕이는 보도 프로그램의 메인 캐스터로 취임한다.
미온적인 보도 체제를 바로잡는 것이 사명인 신도는“진실을 알리기”위해서는 수단을 가리지 않고 독자적인 규칙으로 취재와 조사를 실시하여 기존의 규칙은 아랑곳하지 않는다. 압도적인 존재감으로 주위를 끌어들이는 파격적이고 전대미문의 남자가 어둠에 묻힌 진실을 추궁해 악을 재판해가는 사회파 엔터테인먼트.


以「推動世界的是真實！」作為自身信念的進藤壯一，在公共傳媒社會部擔任記者累積了15年的經驗並擔任新聞節目主播。然而，他被民放電視台JBN會長挖角，成為長年收視率低迷的新聞節目主要主播。
以糾正鬆散的報導體制為使命的進藤，為了「傳遞真相」不擇手段，按照自身的規則進行採訪與調查，完全無視現有規範。
這是一部描寫有著壓倒性的存在感，並將周圍的人也捲入其中、打破常規又異於常人的男人，追求被黑暗掩埋的真實並制裁邪惡的社會派娛樂作品。

Yaiba Kurogane is a young boy who dreams of being the world’s greatest samurai. He spends his days in the jungle training with his father, Kenjuro. Following a bizarre incident, Yaiba returns to Japan. He goes to live with his father’s friend, Mine, and attends the same middle school as his daughter, Sayaka. It’s at the middle school that he meets talented swordsman Takeshi Onimaru.
The pair duel but eventually recognize each other as rivals and begin competing to hone their skills.
One day, Onimaru picks up the cursed Wind God Sword which had lain dormant in his home and, overcome by its power, is transformed into a demon. In order to resist Onimaru who is obsessed with world domination after acquiring the strongest demonic powers, Yaiba obtains the Thunder God Sword.
While on a journey to acquire the legendary orbs scattered all over Japan in the hope of overthrowing Onimaru, Yaiba meets a series of worthy rivals and a fierce battle unfolds…

Maki Tomata has been married for seven years. Her husband, Kyoichi, her first love and a senior from university, was truly the ideal partner. However, as soon as he becomes her husband, Kyoichi changes completely and transforms into a man who vents his emotions. Maki longed for children, but her husband refused her sex for years. Every month, as tears of blood flow from her uterus, she painfully realizes that life doesn't always go as planned. Amidst this, she meets Asahi Yamate, a colleague who grew up overseas and gradually realizes that he is the only man with whom she can truly be honest, and she finds herself drawn to him, eventually wanting to bear his child. One day, she finds out that Kyoichi has been having an affair with her close friend from university. Maki hands Kyoichi divorce papers, but he refuses to divorce her. Will Maki be able to find happiness with "womb love"?

The artist behind "Anpanman," a beloved superhero to the entire nation, and his wife. When he struggles to find meaning in life, she never allows him to give up on their dream. From their humble origins to surviving a world war, then trudging through the post-war era, adversity after adversity comes their way. And yet, from all of that rises a superhero who is the embodiment of "a justice that never overturns." Inspired by the life of manga artist Yanase Takashi and his wife Nobu, a story of love and courage brimming with the joy of being alive.

Talented public prosecutor Haruto Tateishi is mistakenly thought to be a molester on a train by legal apprentice Sakura Miyashita-the worst first meeting.
But then, afterwards, Tateishi accidentally witnesses Sakurafighting with her boyfriend, Sota Aoki, who cheated on her. He instinctively lends her a helping hand, which ends up with Harutojoining Sakuraas she drinks away her sorrows.
That night, in a drunken stupor, Sakuraends up spending the night with Haruto?!
Three months later, HarutomeetsSakuraonce more when she appears as a public prosecutor intern.
He treats Sakurapoorly, like an unfortunate connection, but he can’t seem to neglect her.
Then, Sakurais suddenly arrested as a murder suspect.
Harutoinvestigates as the public prosecutor in charge of the case, but he can’t imagine her being the killer...

Takuzo Mitsuda is dumbfounded when he is asked by an ex-girlfriend, Mia Yanoguchi, and her current boyfriend, Shinpei Satomura, to enter into a “three-person” marriage for a one-year trial period. Naturally, problems arise regarding household affairs, sexual relations, jealousy, and convincing parents and others around them. The three co-living partners create their own unique lifestyle as they discover that life can be three times better when they’re together, in this fresh take on romantic comedy.

A romantic comedy with laughter, tears, family ties and a hint of romance in Kamakura!

Season 1 follows Chiaki and Wahei's journey from their first meeting to falling in love and becoming a couple. In Season 2, the focus shifts to the "prime of adults" lives' of the two, along with their quirky friends and family. Now, eleven years later, as Chiaki and Wahei approach their 60s and retirement, they bring joy and laughter back to the world in this heartwarming romantic comedy set in Kamakura, filled with humor, tears, family bonds, and a touch of romance!

A medical drama following top ER doctors confronting life and death in emergency care.

Shura is a 39-year-old ER doctor at Taishaku General Hospital. Regardless of who the patient is—whether they have no money or are part of the yakuza—Shura treats everyone equally. With unwavering dedication, she pours every ounce of energy into saving those in front of her. Because of her extraordinary skill in the most extreme conditions, colleagues at the hospital have nicknamed her "Ashura-sensei" after the multi-armed war deity, Ashura. But Shura was never a born genius. She reached this point through relentless effort, pushing herself to the absolute limit. More than anyone, she understands that " there are no second chances in life and death—one mistake means death." Despite the crushing pressure, Shura continues to stand on the frontlines of saving lives. And the reason she has been able to keep going all this time seems to be connected to a promise she made to someone in the past…

Ayame Kajin is a beautiful female lawyer who, despite being highly regarded for her abilities and having a promising future, lives a life of solitude. Because she has always walked her own path, she disdains women who use "weakness" as their weapon.
One day, a captivating and alluring man named Iteya Minamoto appears before her. Iteya is a dangerously seductive individual who believes "love equals possession". Although he has a submissive wife, he is suspected of domestic violence against her and is also a suspect in the murder of a renowned university professor.
This incident brings together Ayame, the lonely woman who has never belonged to anyone, and Iteya, the dangerous man with hidden passions—two persons who would never normally cross paths. They are instinctively drawn to each other and fall into a forbidden love.
Ayame strives to prove Iteya's innocence, but what is the truth behind the murder? As the case unfolds, it triggers an unexpected chain of events, leading to even greater tragedies.
This drama has been co-produced by Japanese and Korean creators originally. Forbidden love suspense story, depicted love and desire sensationally begins!

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TIMESLOT : Late Night
FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target : Male / 20~, Female / 20~

Ryuhei Agawa has been devotedly in love with Tamaki Musashibara, his neighbor who is ten years older, since he was a child. However, Tamaki has always treated him as a "brother-like family member". Despite confessing his feelings twice during his middle school and high school, he was never taken seriously by Tamaki. As time passes, Ryuhei finds himself 25 years old, still not seen as a romantic interest by Tamaki, and on the verge of giving up on his love for her.
One day, Tamaki's younger brother, Bunta Musashibara, was dumped by his girlfriend with whom he had been living together, and suddenly returns to his family home where Tamaki resides. Ryuhei witnesses the moment when Tamaki falls in love at first sight with Bunta's colleague, tailor Tamotsu Kinugasa, who came to visit.
Sensing that a romance might bloom between Tamaki and Kinugasa, Ryuhei, unwilling to give up, decides to take bold action and begins fervently pursuing Tamaki!

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TIMESLOT : Prime Time
FREQUENCY : Weekly
Target : Male / 20~49 Female / 20~49

After a long and dedicated career, Konosuke Hirayama looks forward to a peaceful retirement with his wife, Fumie. That is until he finds out that Fumie has a secret dream: she wants to open a book café, and she intends to use his retirement allowance to fund it, despite Konosuke’s strong disapproval. Fumie’s concerted efforts to persuade him fall flat, and soon, other family members begin to worry about the future of the elderly couple. Just when things seem uncertain, an unexpected event turns everything upside down.

How living fossils surviving in the deep sea

The team who first filmed the giant squid in its natural habitat in Legends of the Deep reassemble to set for the new adventure of capturing a living fossil, coelacanth. Dr. Iwata Masamitsu from Japan and Dr. Kelly Sink from South Africa have joined the team as coelacanth experts. The destination is off the coast of Sulawesi Island, Indonesia.
The mysterious ancient fish measuring nearly 2 meters long that has lived unchanged for 400 million years. As a coelacanth is nocturnal in the deep sea, it is rarely found and its behavior has been shrouded in mystery. After years of negotiations, the research was conducted aboard the cutting-edge OceanX submersible research vessel. While a long-term observation is planned using multiple submersibles, is the team able to accomplish the world's first 72-hour close submersible observation of coelacanths? The program unveils the secrets of the evolution of coelacanths that survived extinction in the deep sea.
Narrated by David Attenborough