Sunday, September 24, 2006

Densha Otoko Deluxe


* Title: 電車男デラックス
* Title(romaji): Densha Otoko Deluxe
* Tagline: 最後の聖戦 / Saigo no Seizen
* Tagline (English): The Last Crusade
* Viewership ratings: 18.7% (Kanto) & 20.2% (Kansai)
* Broadcast date: 2006-Sep-23
* Air time: Saturday 21:00-23:09
* Theme song: Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra

Synopsis

Set one year after the events of the original series, Densha Otoko has now become very popular and Akihabara, has become overrun with normal people getting in on the otaku craze. With Densha's popularity on the rise a corporation offers one million yen to anyone who can find his real identity. Meanwhile, Tsuyoshi tries to keep his and Saori's identities from being discovered.


Cast

* Ito Misaki as Aoyama Saori
* Ito Atsushi as as Yamada Tsuyoshi
* Shiraishi Miho as Jinkama Mizuzu
* Toyohara Kosuke as Sakurai Kazuya
* Sato Eriko as Sawazaki Kaho
* Sudo Risa as Mizuki Yuko
* Gekidan Hitori as Matsunaga Yusaku
* Sugawara Eiji as Kawamoto Shinji
* Horikita Maki as Yamada Aoi
* Akiyoshi Kumiko as Aoyama Yuki
* Kitamura Kazuki as Maezono
* Koide Saori as Takeda Karin
* Sato Jiro as Kuroki Fumito

Guests

* Fujimura Shunji
* Jicho Kacho (次長課長) (Koumoto Junichi and Inoue Satoshi (井上聡))
* Matsuno Akemi (松野明美)
* Kichise Michiko
* Kikuchi Hidenori (菊地秀規)
* Yasuo (恭央)
* Fujita Kensuke (藤田憲右)
* Kawano Otoya (かわのをとや)
* Tobe Yoko (戸部洋子)

Aladdin Channel Users

* Oguri Shun as Minamoto Munetaka
* Rokkaku Seiji as Ushijima Sadao
* Yamazaki Shigenori as Asano Shinpei
* Sakurai Chizu as Hashizume Ryoko
* Nukumizu Youichi as Ichisaka Susumu
* Gashuin Tatsuya as Tominaga
* Nasubi as Couple man
* Matsuo Satoru as Thespa
* Nomizu Iori as Kagami Moé
* Kikuma Yukino as Housewife
* Yamanaka Takashi as Fuyuhiko
* Yashiba Toshihiro as Freeter
* Namioka Kazuki as Music otaku
* Doi Yoshio as Conductor
* Kakeda Makoto (掛田誠) as Middle-aged man
* Murakami Wataru (村上航) as Military otaku
* Kojima Tenten (小嶌天天) as Prep school student
* Yumita Makoto (弓田真好杜) as Bodybuilder
* Mizuno Tomonori (水野智則) as Moeta
* Nakajima Yoko as Sachiyo
* Toyonaga Toshiyuki (豊永利行) as Sharp-dressed man
* Kase Takao (加瀬尊朗) as Good looking man
* Ebihara Keisuke (海老原敬介) as Tobita Koki


Production Credits

* Original writing: Nakano Hitori
* Screenwriters: Muto Shogo
* Music: Face 2 fAKE

Trivia

* Toda Keiko performs as Densha's mother. She was the original seiyuu (voice actress) of Matilda-san in the legendary 1st Gundam series. It's a production team's joke.
* Nukumizu Youichi's character Ichisaka Susumu is the same one as in Slow Dance, which was broadcast in the same season.
* The two stars spent over 1000 hours together filming.
* The figurine "Minna" costs 400,000 yen and Itoh Atsushi accidentally broke one of its ears during a take.
* The opening anime theme was tailor-made for this drama by over 200 staff/cartoonists.
* The ending 1 minute theme by Sambomaster filmed in Akihabara took a whole night to film with over 200 extras.
* Over 35 actors/actresses were used for the forumers. Each internet scene takes approximately over 48 hours for a 7 minuted scene.
* Over 3000 props and figures were used. Densha's room alone used over 132.
* A PRIDE poster is seen hanging on the wall behind the bodybuilding otaku. In the special episode, PRIDE star Naoya Ogawa plays a bodyguard beating up Hanshin Tigers fan, Ushijima, in an alleyway.
* In the Deluxe Special, Girl group AKB48 (http://wiki.theppn.org/AKB48) makes a guest appearance during the opening of the Densha Otoko museum. They perform their song Skirt, Hirari.

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