gaijinmark wrote:

They're going to start showing one of Aoi Miyazaki's golden oldies (it's from 2002) starting Sept. 26th @ 10pm:http://asianmediawiki.com/Keitaideka_Zenigata_Ai Here's the UTB link, they got the month wrong:http://utbhollywood.com/en/drama/mobile_ai/index.php

Finally something to look forward to on 18.2
Now if they would only start broadcasting in 16:9 format.

Sent them an email about this. don't expect any reply. Here's a copy:

Dear 18.2 persons.

Do you think you will ever begin to broadcast in 16:9 format like the rest of the world?

Isn't it time for you to wear the big boy pants?

Every new TV sold now is wide screen in case you missed that fact. Even holdouts
with the archaic 4:3 screens can watch 16:9 programs with black top and bottom bars.

Hoping your wonderful programs will join the rest of the world SOON, before the
Kohakou uta Gassen so we can see that program the way all of Asia sees it.

Thank you,

Ralph Moratz

^ I think the "big boy pants" remark was rather rude, huh?

Hard to get people to change if you're going to insult them while making the request.

I sent an email a while back about the HD as well, but I was a little more diplomatic.

18.2 will air the Kohaku on 12/31 starting at 7:10 pm.

gaijinmark wrote:

18.2 will air the Kohaku on 12/31 starting at 7:10 pm.

Gotta set up the recorder... Though D-Addicts will probably have it available for download eventually.

UTB 18.2's End of year programming schedule: http://utbhollywood.com/en/newyear2011/index.php

Regarding why 18.2 is not in HD:

Thank you for your email and interest in UTB18.2!

At this time, the bandwidth we have is not sufficient to broadcast HD. We hope in the future, it will be possible to run HD.

Thank you for your inquiry and continuing to watch UTB18.2.

Ann Haneda

Hitomi ended yesterday. Looks like they've pulled the plug on asadoras.

Granted, it wasn't the best asadora ever, but it was nice to start the day with a little mindless entertainment.

KSCI will start airing Hammer Session:http://www.jdorama.com/drama.1587.htm on the 30th at 9pm.

The good news, it's got Mirai Shida

The bad news, it's ANOTHER school drama

Saw a promo today for the Nao Matsushita drama Good Job, will be starting on 2/5 running thru 2/19, so it looks like Gou will probably start on 2/26.

gaijinmark wrote:

so it looks like Gou will probably start on 2/26.

I'm guessing KIKU-TV Hawaii will be hardsubbing the series like they have for previous Taiga series...

Unfortunately, since 18.2 apparently doesn't have the bandwidth, the broadcast will like be in SD, not HD.

gaijinmark wrote:

so it looks like Gou will probably start on 2/26.

Yup: http://utbhollywood.com/en/drama/go/

Hmm, this is interesting: I just noticed that 18.2 is showing silent Japanese films (with subtitles) at midnight: http://utbhollywood.com/en/movie/silent/1/index.php

From the UTB Hollywood web site:

�� Due to recent earthquake in Japan, we will continue broadcasting NHK World News throughout the weekend except Saturday & Sunday dramas 9-10pm.

Just turned on 18.2, they're showing Ultraman so I guess things are back to normal broadcastwise.

GM Odore Doctor:http://www.jdorama.com/drama.1589.htm

Starts Sunday 9/1 @ 9pm on 18.2

gaijinmark wrote:

GM Odore Doctor:http://www.jdorama.com/drama.1589.htm Starts Sunday 9/1 @ 9pm on 18.2

I think you mean 5/1.

Just saw a trailer for it... Looks like Kuitan's become a doctor.

bmwracer wrote:

I think you mean 5/1. Just saw a trailer for it... Looks like Kuitan's become a doctor.

Yup, I meant 5/1. I think Sensei is rubbing off on me. (I mean that in a nice way.)

I thought it looks more like "Kuitan becomes a dancer."

gaijinmark wrote:

Yup, I meant 5/1. I think Sensei is rubbing off on me. (I mean that in a nice way.)

The fact she's rubbing you is a good thing.

Quote:

I thought it looks more like "Kuitan becomes a dancer."

Yeah, probably.

Dunno if anybody has been watching 99 Nen no Ai: http://www.jdorama.com/drama.1619.htm on 18.2. They chopped it up pretty good and turned what was a 5 episode drama (although each episode was 90 minutes in Japan) and turned it into an 11 episode drama.

Anyway, at some point they started running this disclaimer at the start of each episode: "Because this was originally broadcast in Japan, the dialogue is primarily Japanese. Also some events are historically incorrect."

I'm guessing they got a lot of calls/emails along the lines of "What is this crap? I was in Manzanar (or I was in the 442nd). It wasn't anything like this!!"

gaijinmark wrote:

Anyway, at some point they started running this disclaimer at the start of each episode: "Because this was originally broadcast in Japan, the dialogue is primarily Japanese. Also some events are historically incorrect."

Yeah, I noticed that disclaimer as well in the last couple of episodes.

They allocated 90 minutes for these broadcasts and it's chock full of commercials... And the last 15-20 minutes is typically unrelated fluff.