Kuroe S-suke’s “Samurai Sensei” will be aired as a drama by TV Asahi for its Friday night drama timeslot. Kanjani8’s Nishikido Ryo was previously announced to play the main lead Takechi Hanpeita, a samurai who timeslips 150 years into present time from the Edo period. In an unfamiliar civilization, he is saved by an old man. While attempting to adjust, he became a cram school teacher in the drama described as a comedy.

“Samurai Sensei” is Nishikido’s comeback drama in TV Asahi’s Friday night timeframe, after 2011’s “Inu o Kau to Iu Koto”. Also, this is the second time for him to play a time-slipping samurai after “Chonmage Purin” movie in 2010.

It was also announced that Kamiki Ryunosuke will be joining the cast as Sakamoto Ryoma, a samurai who time-slipped ahead of Takechi and became a journalist. This is the first time for Nishikido and Kamiki to work together. The drama will air on Fridays, starting October at 11:15 PM. Check out the rest of the cast below.

A lot of highly anticipated titles were presented at this year’s Tokyo Game Show. We at Arama have created a playlist for you to watch all the trailers that were shown!

Highlights include Dark Souls 3, Final Fantasy XV, Attack On Titan, Tales of Zestiria, Monster Hunter X, Ace Attorney 6 and many more.

Last week, you voted for Meisa Kuroki in part one!

Now you get to vote for another mixed beauty who will then fight Meisa and the winner of the third part in a final round.

This week’s guests were Moriyama Naotaro, The Cro-Magnons, OKAMOTO’S, Nishino Kana, and FTISLAND.

Moriyama Naotaro – Ikiru (tte Iikiru)

The Cro-Magnons – Elvis (Kari)

OKAMOTO’S – Knock Knock Knock

Nishino Kana – Torisetsu

FTISLAND – PUPPY

Most dramas aired their final episodes this week! (season average in red for finished dramas) Before the drama Death Note ends, Warner started a mysterious countdown set to end 30 minutes after its last episode aired. As already announced, the movie series will get a sequel in 2016.

Heat and Koinaka end in 9 episodes. FUJI TV will air drama specials Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day and Date: What It’s Like to Be in Love during the Monday drama timeslot for 2 weeks before the confirmed airing date of its next getsu9 drama 5→9. The tv station also aired drama special Unfair SP ~ Double Meaning Rensa last September 15, 9 pm, which gained a rating of 11.3%.

Risk no Kamisama, Hanasaki Mai Ga Damattenai Season 2, 37.5°C no Namida, Tantei no Tantei, and Age Harassment also aired their final episodes. Last night, Tamiou also aired its last episode (no final rating yet). Hanasaki Mai Ga Damattenai Season 2 scored the highest ratings for the season with an average of 14.47%.

Check out the rest of the charts below.

Perfume has announced that they will hold a press conference on September 20th, the day before their anniversary concert series Perfume Anniversary 10days 2015 PPPPPPPPPP begins. The conference is open only to the media, but the trio has decided to stream it live on Ustream to allow their fans to watch as well. During it, they will discuss the anniversary concerts, and many are expecting possible announcements due to the formal nature of the broadcast. The press con begins at 12PM JST (convert to your local time here) and will be streamed via this link.

The trio is currently preparing to release their 22nd major single “STAR TRAIN” on October 28th. Catch a preview of the A-side below!

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Also, on behalf of the whole Arama! Japan staff, we would like to thank all of you for sticking by us during our recent server issues. Everything has been sorted out and we actually have some new features in place. You can now share posts via social media directly from articles. We also have a staff Twitter account where the staff will be providing supplementary information. As a means of celebrating our return, we are running a contest through September 24. The winner will receive a $30 CDJapan gift card.

As previously reported, Hiramoto Akira’s manga “Prison School” will be getting a drama adaptation. The cast for the said drama was revealed. The series will air on TBS on October 27 at 25:11pm. Iguchi Noboru  is directing the late-night series.

Nakagawa Taishi will play the lead, Fujino Kyoshi. Yamazaki Hirona will play student council president Kurihara Mari. Check out the rest of the cast and their character images below, along with the released drama teaser.