I don’t expect anyone else to be excited about this except old-school animu fans, but anyways.

I saw this news in akiba-station of the upcoming JDrama adaptation of the classic shoujo manga/anime Here is Greenwood, which, according to my antique precious little diary, was something I watched way back year 2000! High school years, VHS times and all that age of antiquity. Amazingly enough, despite having watched this 6-episode OAV only once, the impact it had on my still immature-animu-fan self back then is evident in how I could remember much of its details — the hijinx inside the Greenwood dormitory, the TRAP of the show, and the sweet romance between a tsundere girl and a tsundere guy which brought me to tears despite not understanding how the girl got to realize who she loves orz. It had this poignancy which made it really memorable, and throughout these years I had this lingering thought of rewatching the show. The news of this upcoming live action series reawakened those thoughts, made it all vivid again, and perhaps this time around, I’ll finally be able to get my lazy butt to watch it, so I can finally understand it once and for all, demmit!

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Hanazakari no Kimitachi, a popular shoujo manga by Nakajo Hisaya was adapted to a live action drama by Fuji TV and aired starting last July 03, 2007. It ran for 12 episodes and stars Horikita Maki, Oguri Shun, and Ikuta Toma. It won Best Drama and two other awards in the 54th Television Drama Academy Awards held last October 24, 2007.

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I was actually surprised that Umino Chika’s popular manga Honey and Clover, will have yet another adaptation, after the anime and the live-action movie. This time, it will be a live-action series on Fuji TV starting January 8, next year.

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Just hours away before HanaKimi finally hits the airwaves, the rabid fangirl chefs (Seleria and usagijen) decided to cook up this little treat for fellow fangirls and fanboys alike. Get to know the manga characters behind the beautiful (and not so beautiful) faces of the HanaKimi live action cast. A little character introduction to wet your appetites and some servings of the HanaKimi commercial.

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Hana-Kimi Trio : Nakatsu, Sano, and Mizuki

Fuji TV has announced the Japanese live-action adaptation of the famous shoujo manga Hanazakari no Kimitachi e ??????????? from mangaka Hisaya Nakajo. The Hana-Kimi J-drama is set to start hitting the airwaves on July 3, 2007 (Tuesday) at 9PM. Horikita Maki (Nobuta wa Produce, Kurosagi), Oguri Shun (Hana Yori Dango, Detective Conan, Densha Otaku, Gokusen) and Ikuta Toma (Hana Yori Dango 2, Akihabara@deep, Asuka e, Soshite Mada Minu Ko e) will play the leading roles.

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