[Comedy/Romance] [Dorama] MENDOL

Title: MENDOL
Original Title: メン☆ドル - イケメンアイドル (Men-Dol - Ikemen Idol)
Release: 2008
Director: Kinoshita Takao, Tsuzuki Junichi, Takamaru Masataka, Oyamada Masakazu, Nemoto Kazumasa Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy / Romance / Dorama
Length: 12 episodes ~45 minutes

Short summary:
Asahi, Nami and Hinata (played by members of the idol band AKB48) are the main characters of this dorama. They want to become idols so badly. But they fail every audition. But finally a producer accepts them on the condition that they become male idols. So they do their debut as boys and nobody must find out about their true identities.

Review:
To be honest - I love girls dressing up as boys. And Takahashi Minami is just perfect in her role as Nami/Kai. I usually dislike idol stuff. But this is really awsome since it's kinda different from other "I want to become idol"-stuff. The characters are authentic and the sidestories are great since they also talk about Japan's big taboo: homosexuality.

Rating:
Action: 4/10
Excitement: 2/10
Fun: 7/10
Fear: 0/10
Romance: 6/10
Drama: 5/10
Violence: 3/10
Erotic: 1/10
Moe: 6/10
Total: 7/10

[Comedy] [Dorama] Kisarazu Cat's Eye

Title: Kisarazu Cat's Eye
Original Title: 木更津キャッツアイ (Kisarazu Cat's Eye)
Release: 2002
Director: Kaneko Fuminori, Katayama Osamu, Kudo Kankuro
Language: Japanese
Genre: Comedy / Dorama
Length: 9 episodes ~45 minutes

Short summary:
Main character Bussan finds out that he's gonna die in some month. So he decides to do something he didn't do before. Together with his friends from a baseball club he steals stuff from criminals.

Review:
I remember how I found this dorama... I watched the movie on my flight to Japan in 2004. After that I (of course) forgot the name of it. But some years later I found out about the dorama and I started to watch it. From the first episode I had to laugh so hard. It's so amazing. I love the way you can see the main actions and after strange stuff happens you also see stuff that was not shown before.
At first it's maybe a bit hard to get into it. But in the end it's just awsome! And you have to laugh tears!

Rating:
Action: 6/10
Excitement: 3/10
Fun: 8/10
Fear: 0/10
Romance: 3/10
Drama: 7/10
Violence: 5/10
Erotic: 2/10
Moe: 2/10
Total: 8/10