best news all day

[kaigou]

The butcherblock I wanted may be out of stock, but at least I came home to stumble over this news on the 'net:

It is now confirmed that Fuji TV will broadcast a sequel to the 2009 drama series "BOSS" this spring. Starring Yuki Amami (43) as the head of a team of detectives, the show averaged 17.0% ratings with a peak of 20.7%, and many fans have been hoping for another season.

The story this time will continue from the final scene of the first series, with Amami's character Eriko receiving a sudden phone call as she is about to leave Japan, leading her to once again take the reins of the special detective unit. The main supporting cast will be returning, including Yutaka Takenouchi, Erika Toda, Junpei Mizobata, Michiko Kichise, Kendo Kobayashi, Yoichi Nukumizu, and Tetsuji Tamayama.

The sequel will air in the same Thursday 10:00pm time slot, starting in April.

Seeing how Osawa (Amani's character) is possibly the closest to a live-action Olivia Armstrong I've ever seen, I cannot wait for the second season of this series. Guess I'll just have to rewatch the first season to prep myself. Oh, the agony. Not.

Comments

[aldanise]

I am careening wildly between terror that they'll get it so, so wrong and utter glee that it is happening.

[kaigou]

I am sticking with utter glee for now, at least until I find out that a) they've managed to retain the same screenwriter, and b) they are NOT bringing back the same cameraman. If they manage those two, anything else is just extra cherries.

(Honestly, I was getting headaches from the camerawork in some eps of the first season. Yes, there's a fad right now for jerky, near-hand-held camerawork, but there's also an art to that fad. Zooming in and out, rapidly, repeatedly, is not that art. Grrrrrr.)