Japanese Dramas (DVDs)
All dramas listed here are English subtitled!
| Year | Title of the drama (English) | Genre; type | Based on | Viewership | Any awards? | Availability |
| 2008 |
Nodame
Cantabile--Special
(aired on Jan. 4&5, 2008) |
Music; School | Comic | - | - | Coming soon! (Special without English subtitles is available) |
| 2007 | Haken no hinkaku (The pride of the temp)--11 episodes | Comedy | - | 20% | Yes (best actress) | Yes |
| 2007 | Iryu 2 (Team Medical Dragon 2)--11 episodes | Medical; human | Comic | 17% | N/A | (downloaded up to episode 8) |
| 2007 | Galileo--10 episodes | Detective; mystery | Novel | 22% | N/A | Yes |
| 2007 | Hanazakari no kimitachi e (For You in Full Blossom)--12 episodes | High school romance comedy | Comic | 17% | Yes, incl. best drama | Yes |
| 2007 | Proposal daisakusen (Operation Love)--11 episodes | Drama; romance; fantasy | - | 17% | Yes, incl. best drama | Yes |
| 2007 | Tokyo Tower--11 episodes | Family drama | - | 15% | - | Yes |
| 2007 | Hana yori dango (Boys over flowers) 2nd season | Romance | Comic | 22% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 2005 | Hana yori dango (Boys over flowers) 1st season | Romance | Comic | 20% | Yes | checked out |
| 2006 | Sapuri--11 episodes | Romance | Comic | 14% | - | Yes |
| 2006 | Dr. Koto shinryojo (Dr. Koto's Clinic 2006)--11 episodes | Medical; human | Comic | 22% | Yes | Coming soon! (all episodes without English subtitles are available) |
| 2003 | Dr. Koto shinryojo (Dr. Koto's Clinic)--11 episodes | Medical; human | Comic | 19% | Yes, incl. best drama | Yes |
| 2006 | 14 sai no haha (14-year-old mother)--11 episodes | Family | - | 19% | - | Yes |
| 2006 | Jikou keisatsu (Time Limit Detective)--9 episodes | Mystery | - | 10% | - | checked out |
| 2006 | Nodame Cantabile--11 episodes | Music; School | Comic | 19% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 2006 | My boss, my hero--10 episodes; finale | School; comedy | - | 19% | Yes | checked out |
| 2006 | Hero special | Mystery | - | 31% | - | Yes |
| 2006 | Tennis no ohji-sama (The prince of Tennis)--movie | Sports | Comic | - | - | Yes |
| 2006 | Tatta hitotsu no koi (Love of my Life)--10 episodes | Drama; romance | - | 12% | - | Yes |
| 2005 | Ame to yume no ato ni (After the rain and dreams) --10 episodes | Fantasy, horror | Novel | 10% | - | Yes |
| 2006 | Densha Otoko (Train man) special | Otaku (anime freak) Love comedy; fiction |
- | 16% | - | Yes |
| 2005 | Densha Otoko (Train man)--11 episodes | Otaku (anime freak) Love comedy; non fiction |
Real story (from a BBS) | 21% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 2006 | Byakuyakou (Midnight Sun Journey)--11 episodes | Romance, suspense, mystery, human drama (very serious) | Novel | 12% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 2006 | Kurosagi (The Black Swindler)--11 episodes | Action, Crime investigation, Romance | Comic | 16% | Yes | Yes |
| 2006 | N's Aoi (11 episodes) (some episodes are not English subtitled yet) | Comedy | Comic | 14% | - | checked out |
| 2006 | Kuitan (Eating Detective)--9 episodes | Comedy, Food | Comic | 17% | - | Yes |
| 2006 | Iryu (Team Medical dragon)--11 episodes | Medical | Comic | 15% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 2006 | Attention Please!--11 episodes | Comedy | - | 16% | Yes | Yes |
| 2005 | Orange Days--11 episodes | Romance | - | 17% | Yes | Yes |
| 2005 | Aino uta (Ai's song)--10 episodes | Family | - | 10% | - | Yes |
| 2005 | Gokusen 2 (Gangster teacher)--10 episodes) | School, comedy | Comic | 28% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 2002 | Gokusen (Ganster teacher)--12 episodes | School, comedy | Comic | 17% | Yes | Yes |
| 2005 | H2--11 episodes | Sports, Romance, Comedy | Comic | 12% | - | Yes |
| 2004 | Sekai no chushin de ai wo sakebu (Crying out Love, in the Centre of the World)--11 episodes | Romance, Human drama (serious) | Novel | 16% | Yes (best drama) *LOTS of awards |
Yes |
| 2004 | Water boys II--12 episodes | Comedy, Love, Sports | - | 17% | - | checked out |
| 2003 | Ruten no Ohi (The Wandering Empress)--4 episodes | Historical drama;
non fiction; |
Real story about the empress of the last emperor's son in China | 25% | - | Yes |
| 2002 | Shomuni Final--12 episodes (Power office ladies) | Comedy | - | 16.3% | - | Yes |
| 2000 | Shomuni 2--11 episodes (Power office ladies) | Comedy | - | 20.3% | - | Yes |
| 1998 | Shomuni--12 episodes (Power office ladies) | Comedy | - | 21.8% | - | checked out |
| 2001 | Hero--11 episodes | Detective | - | 34% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 1998 | With Love--12 episodes + OST | Romance though e-mail | - | 24% | Yes | Yes |
| 1998 | GTO--12 episodes | School-related human drama | Comic | 36% | - | checked out |
| 1997 | Love Generation--11 episodes | Romance | - | 33% | Yes | checked out |
| 1997 | Odoru daisousasen (Bayside shakedown)--11 episodes | Mystery | - | 23% | Yes (best drama) | Yes |
| 1996 | Long vacation--11 episodes | Romance | - | 29% | Yes | Yes |
| 1991 | Hyakuikkaime no puropozu (101st marriage proposal)--12 episodes | Romance | - | 37% | - | Yes |
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