NEP Catalog 19

19 No. 2019

APRIL

NHK NEP APRIL 2019 No.19 NEP catalog No.19 CONTENTS

Nature p.01

Science & Technology p.13

Current Affairs p.25

Human Stories p.31

History p.37 Nature P.01—P.12 Culture & Travelogue p.40

Children’s & Education p.46

Animation p.52

Drama p.57

Format p.69

Special Feature: Japan p.76 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 03 In the Sonoran Desert of NorthIn the Sonoran cover cacti America, strange-shaped in thethe vast wild land. Residing of reptiles, variety shades is a great and their many but the horned lizards fend stand out. To arsenals for defense these coyotes and rattlesnakes, off small, 10-centimeter-long relatively an awesome have developed lizards their from weapon: squirting blood on theeyes. This episode focuses surprising tactics that use small lizards filled withto survive in a desert predators. dangerous The tropical rainforests of Malaysia rainforests The tropical seen house a huge variety of rarely mimics of plants great insects. Many are With a veteran and other creatures. insect photographer as our guide, this the magical world of episode explores stick insects that From these creatures. look like dead branches to leaf insects that completely become part of a leaf, how many “ninjas” can you spot? 4K NEW NEW 4K 207124 207126 マレーシア熱帯の森珍虫たちがワザを競う北米ソノラ砂漠護身術の達人ツノトカゲ強敵に立ち向かえ！護身術の達人ツノトカゲ北米ソノラ砂漠 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2017 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2017 of the Sonoran Desertof Sonoran the WILDLIFE Hot Lizards Out Horned There:It’s The Regal WILDLIFE Games:The Deception Forests Tropical The Insects of Malaysia’s

Japan for Siberia. The latest research Japan for Siberia. The latest research their destination to be a has revealed north bitterly cold land at 70 degrees latitude, near the mouth of the great the swans Once there, Kolyma River. must raise their chicks in 3 months, when the snow and ice thaw between As foxes and June and September. seagulls lurk and look for opportunities defend fiercely to strike, the parents their eggs and young. An intense drama unfolds against the beauty of short summer. the tundra’s In spring, tundra swans depart northern

NEW 4K 207125 ワイルドライフ e: ロシア北極圏のツンドラ白夜の子育てハクチョウが闘うロシア北極圏のツンドラ

Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2017 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52

WILDLIFE of Enduranc The Power Tundra ofThe Swans Russian the Series animal kingdom. Through its commitment to innovative innovative to commitment its animal kingdom. Through storytelling, each episode is filmed over long periods and long periods over each episode is filmed storytelling, series on NHK, consistent in its delivery of quality and high delivery in its series on NHK, consistent of Unit History Natural the seasoned by Produced standard. makes use of the latest equipment in pursuit of new visual new of equipment in pursuit use of the latest makes experiences. NHK Enterprises, the series reveals the pulsating life of the life the pulsating the series reveals NHK Enterprises, has been the pillar nature nature WILDLIFE has been the pillar in 2009, start Since its Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2009-2018 ©NHK 2009-2018 English script, Clean, M/E + English, 59 x 49 min. + 4 x 50 min. + 57 x 52 min. + 6 x 55 min. x 52 4 x 50 min. + 57 min. + x 49 59 WILDLIFE 02 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 05

When winter comes to Noto, a peninsula that juts north into the Sea creatures of Japan, strange and bizarre can be found in its waters. Among its them, the blanket octopus spreads billowing membrane as it flees from spawning are Also featured predators. deep-sea fish, a 4-meter long giant octopus, mysterious deep-sea oarfish, and even giant squid. Baby fish are a must-see as well. In the harsh winter, our underwater camera follows the amazing life and behavior of these so-called “monsters.” When night falls on the forests of falls on the forests When night Koalas Australia, where Southeastern leaves by day, munch on eucalyptus of flyingit becomes a kingdom species largest marsupials. The two are the yellow-bellied gliders and the the yellow-bellied are arboreal, are gliders. Both greater glidersbut while the yellow-bellied and feed on flowerhave a sweet tooth sap, the greater nectar and tree leaves. NHK’s gliders eat eucalyptus vividly captures high-sensitivity camera of flyingthe amazing aerial spectacle marsupials at night.

NEW NEW 現れる 207121 207122 ” “怪物にオーストラリアユーカリの森空飛ぶ有袋類夜の王国に迫る！オーストラリアユーカリの森厳冬の能登半島ダイオウイカと巨大ダコ荒海厳冬の能登半島ダイオウイカと巨大ダコ y: 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2017 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2016 Australia for Except WILDLIFE Call: Monsters When Water-World The Bizarre Japan of Peninsula, Noto WILDLIFE When Marsupials Fl of Australia Forests The Eucalyptus

there remains a land where humans a land where remains there During the and wildlife live in harmony. as the river mouths are harsh winter, clogged with thick ice, the farmlands flooded with icy water that freezes are When this melts in spring, the over. landscape turns into a huge wetland flocks of greater that attracts large geese. The farmers white-fronted begin work when the water recedes busy raising and eagles and storks are the their young. This episode reveals dramatic, natural landscape of Europe. In the Baltic meadowlands of Lithuania, In Madagascar’s arid lands, ring-tailed arid lands, In Madagascar’s for must fight hard lemur packs a pack,territory and food. Without not make it.individuals simply could two mothers thatThis episode follows pack. They get driven out of their are to sneak forced as they are no respite and steal to ground into foreign a period of foursubsist. Filmed over the pair as captures years, the crew an offensive they eventually launch that faragainst a rival pack dramatic life oroutnumbers them, a death battle for territory and survival.

NEW 4K NEW 207120 207127 匹放浪の日々を生き抜く母2 ヨーロッパの里山あふれる水が大地の命を育むヨーロッパの里山マダガスカル乾燥の大地ワオキツネザルマダガスカル乾燥の大地 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2015 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2017 WILDLIFE Wetlands: the in Life Lithuania of Rural Paradise The Bird Danger at Border: the Danger of Lemurs Madagascar The Ring-Tailed WILDLIFE 04 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 07 4K 207152 NEW 知床シャチ謎の大集団を追え知床シャチ The

meeting potential

eveals the orcas’ high intelligence and strong family ties. family high intelligence and strong eveals the orcas’ Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2018 ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, Investigating the enigmatic behavior of a huge orca grouping the enigmatic behavior of a huge orca Investigating investigation r mates, or adolescents “practicing” social behaviors with friends. Mysterious GatheringMysterious of Orcas Peninsula host one of the largest Shiretoko Hokkaido’s The waters off world. But very little is known about in the gatherings of orcas find out, a team of marine the purpose of the mass meetings. To for two years using drones, NHK followed the orcas and researchers equipment. In a rare deep-water cameras and other specialized the team captures encounter with a pod of almost 100 individuals, to astonishing moments that can be attributed 1 x 49 min. 1 x 49 The tropical rainforests of Africa are are of Africa rainforests The tropical in the world homes one of the largest mud walls of hutsfor insects. And the wide array of house a in the area Among them, thehunting wasp nests. stands out,synagris cornuta species horns. Males ofwith its gigantic sharp horns to fiercely this species use these With a pioneering battle each other. as our guide, thisinsect photographer world of huntingepisode unveils the be found in thesewasps that can only locales. remote

NEW 207123 アフリカカメルーン巨大なキバで戦う狩りバチに迫る！アフリカカメルーン For a complete overviewFor s! serie on-going of the episodes 100 than The WILDLIFE more catalog contains 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2017 There’s Something in Your Wall: Wall: Your in Something There’s of Cameroon The Wasps WILDLIFE 06 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 09 銚子川

207153 NEW 奇跡の清流

見えないものが見える川

: Seeing the Unseeable : Seeing r Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2018 ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, Explore a world beneath crystalline waters beneath crystalline a world Explore The Choshi Rive The Choshi so clear canoes that navigateA river in western Japan contains water Located near the Kumano Kodo on air. floating it look like they’re a unique the Choshi River offers Pilgrimage Route world heritage site, and aquatic creatures opportunity to observe natural phenomenon boundary created including the mirage-like with stupefying clarity, and the unknown life of the meets seawater, when freshwater in A new species has also been discovered Japanese eel. endangered a “subterranean river” that is, in fact, essential to the Choshi’s natural wonders of an untouched, the Explore singular transparency. pristine river. 1 x 49 min. 1 x 49 207105 NEW 秘島探検東京ロストワールド

the first detailed study ever. The the first detailed study ever. — Tokyo’s Lost Islands Tokyo’s Series Sofugan Minami Iwo-to

Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2018 ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, team encounters strange lifeforms in the crags of the cliff face and the crags of the cliff team encounters strange lifeforms in waters. in the surrounding mysterious deep-sea creatures another. the team discovers one new species after a swarm of seabirds, This remote part of the Ogasawara Islands lies 1,300 km from Tokyo. Tokyo. part of the Ogasawara Islands lies 1,300 km from This remote the first major joined is strictly banned, but an NHK crew Visiting a rare the island offers researchers, in 10 years. For scientific survey here and climb opportunity to view evolution in action. Braving an arduous A 100-meter high rock stands alone at sea 650 km south of the Tokyo alone at sea 650 km south of the Tokyo stands A 100-meter high rock joins scientists and engineers on a two-year This episode metropolis. survey of this inaccessible outpost A quest to unravel the secrets of evolution secrets the unravel A quest to whose unspoiled “lost worlds” totally sealed off are there In Tokyo, wildlife. to precious home are environs 2 x 49 min. 2 x 49 Tokyo 08

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10. Ample Babysitters

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Common Zebra Common Cock of the Rock Alien Fish Barbary Macaque Ruaha National Park 206701 ダーウィンが来た！生きもの新伝説ダーウィンが来た！

Series VR website: http://www.nhk.or.jp/d-navi/vr/darwin/ A discovery of amazing stories hidden in nature of amazing stories A discovery younger to series targeted prime-time wildlife is NHK’s Land Wonder Nature of the animal kingdom. In the farthest the wonders audiences, uncovering each episode captures and Europe, Americas, Middle East Asia, of Africa, reaches cameras the latest utilizing creatures, and familiar of rare moments incredible them in a compelling way. present to and devices Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2017-2018 ©NHK 2017-2018 English script, Clean, M/E + English, 13 x 24 min. x 24 13 Nature Wonder Land XII Land Wonder Nature 10

P.24 — P.13 Science Technology 206962 北米イエローストーン躍動する大地と命北米イエローストーン 1 x 59 min. 1 x 59 ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, of nature forces death, and the awesome Life, on the expansive Yellowstone Sitting amid the Rocky Mountain range for its abundant wildlife. ThePlateau, the US national park is famed as they survive the harsh winter into witnesses creatures program originally shot in 8K, the wolf spring. In a stunning visual presentation In spring, the Elk make their pack wields teamwork to catch prey. to the lush grassland. Bisonmass migration over rugged mountains the by depending on geothermal heat from the bitter cold overcome traversing perilous a herd active volcanoes. Cameras capture area’s with its young. currents Wild Yellowstone 12

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( ) 203588 ( 203908 ( ) 203907 ( 206525 ( 205868 ( Roving Mars in Search Roving The Science of Black Holes — — The Maya From Fiction to Fact From — — Apollo’s Final Challenge Apollo’s — Launching 30 Years of Dreams of Dreams Launching 30 Years Racing to Unlock Its Mysteries — Death of a Super Star — — ] ] ! Looking out for Asteroids ! Looking out for Asteroids The Science of Black Holes The Grey MarsThe Grey of a Habitable Environment Habitable of a Knowing without Seeing Knowing — 49 min. 57 min. Episode list: [ of Strange Lights Lunar Mystery: Unveiling the Secret Journey to Revealing Pluto Impact Theory Dinosaur Extinction—Behind the Asteroid The Roots of Modern Science Unknown Islamic Astronomy: Oldest Astronomy The World’s [ Bubbles The Mystery of the Universe’s Life Extraterrestrial Betelgeuse Seers of the Heavens Space Shuttle Impact Knowing without Seeing The Lunar Rover Dark Matter

Two weeks that changed astronomy weeks Two day August 17, 2017 marked a revolutionary a waves from Gravitational for astronomy. detected for the were star merger neutron the world and first time. Scientists around look70 observatories immediately began to knowing the time in which to for the source, And thanks to do this was ticking away quickly. time zone from the ensuing international relay a neutron to time zone, images of light from that generated gravitational waves star merger were captured for the first time in history. the first time in history. for captured were This, in turn, yielded scientific breakthroughs in determining the origin of gold and the faithfully recreates platinum. This program scientists’ life-altering two weeks.

NEW 4K コズミックフロントコズミック A. Simonnet A. y/ 週間 207154 の2 Sonoma State Universit Sonoma LIGO/ 重力波天文学を変えた奇跡 F/ century have brought a succession of discoveries a succession of discoveries brought have century NS st

Series 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2018 The Gravitational Wave Chase Wave The Gravitational COSMIC FRONT COSMIC through advances in observation technology that have transformed our transformed that have technology in observation advances through of the cosmos. understanding the around sites observation to viewers takes The NHK series COSMIC FRONT spectacular Through is underway. cutting-edge where space research world most humankind’s CGI, the series details images and dynamic photographic of the universe. the secrets explore to efforts recent The early years of the 21 The early years

Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2011-2018 ©NHK 2011-2018 + English, English script, Clean, M/E COSMIC FRONT min. x 59 min. + 10 57 min. + 9 x x 52 min. + 3 5 x 49 1414 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 17 が命を守る ” 驚きのパワー！ “脂肪と筋肉すごいぞ！ひらめきと記憶の正体 ” “脳 e: n: Powerful Allies for Health Fat and Muscl and Fat Brai Memory and Inspiration of Mechanisms 究極の挑戦 ” が寿命を決める ” が免疫の鍵だった 4K ” 206954 “腎臓 “健康長寿万病撃退！“腸 s: 人体神秘の巨大ネットワーク人体 Kidney Keys to Healthand Longevity Gut: Key to a Healthy Immune System Longevity: Secrets of Aging Well 見えた！ ” 母と子ミクロの会話母と子 “生命誕生神秘の巨大ネットワークが出す！最高の若返り物質 “骨” France Télévisions, and NFB and Télévisions, a/France s: Series Inside our bodies, it’s incredibly beautiful and noisy beautiful incredibly it’s Inside our bodies, boisterous is an active, in our body and organ cell that every is revealing research The latest cacophony, is a veritable Inside us, then, of information. exchange participant in a dynamic these “messages” And deciphering network. information self-supporting a massive including diseases for treatments new to is paving the way organs between exchanged series will this eye-opening UHD imagery, beautiful and dementia. Utilizing diabetes, cancer, of it all. the age-old is at the center from that the brain thinking mark a paradigm-shift Our Remarkable Network Inner Bone Fountain of Youth and Power The Beginning of Life: Baby and Mother of Chats Prenatal 8 x 50 min. English, English script Clean, M/E + Channel, Autentic, Al Arabiya CuriosityStream, ©NHK in co-production with S4C, 2017-2018 Mona Lis and Oceania only Asia Episode list: THE BODY 207155 NEW 年明らかになる巨大津波の実像ら8 Photo: Miyako City Office 黒い波震災か黒い波 Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2019 ©NHK 2019 Clean, M/E + English, English script, Revealing the destructive power and aftereffects power the destructive Revealing 2011, many survivors of March East Japan Earthquake In the Great has The latest research described the tsunami as being black. the tsunami scraped the sea floor In Kesennuma, determined why. churning up massive amounts of sediment bay, of the port city’s had preserved residents and sludge. Analysis of the actual water suggest that the inclusion of the and simulation by a supercomputer destructive, wiping out buildings and sediments made the water more medicine attempt to and taking lives. Experts on tsunami, architecture, piece together an image of the menacing, gigantic wave. Black Tsunami 1 x 49 min. 1 x 49 16

and Oceania only ) 54 min. 54 - except for Taiwan for except ©NHK in co-production with PTS, CuriosityStream, Autentic, S4C, and France Télévisions France and S4C, Autentic, CuriosityStream, ©NHK in co-production with PTS, ( Journeys to become human come to life in riveting CGI in riveting life become human come to to Journeys weak and arguably earliest ancestors, How did the human family’s successful species on Earth?helpless, evolve into one of the most spanning 7 million years and still This 3-part series tells their story, findings by the latest in through in mystery, very much shrouded life-like CGI dramatizations by At crucial junctures, paleoanthropology. into the prehistoric take viewers top video game creators the world’s 3 x 50 Clean, M/E + English, English script 2018 Asia Witness the great seen in a documentary. world on a level rarely visual experience. evolutionary journey in this extraordinary Out Cradle of the 18 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 21 206961 CREW191 フツーの７人が挑む火星移住実験 CREW191 s? experiment in

st and simulated life on the ) MDRS ( pecialists. Most were from Japan, in the hopes that the Japanese from pecialists. Most were Red Planet. What was different? Crew 191 was made up entirely of 191 was made up entirely Crew Red Planet. What was different? non-s would best perform under relationships harmonious tendency to forge and recorded was selected as a member, An NHK cameraman stress. confined isolation, into thrown what happens when seven strangers are in the past. many groups cooker that overwhelmed and broke a pressure the desert. The seven members of Crew 191 spent two weeks inside the desert. The seven members of Crew Station the Mars Desert Research Can a group of non-specialists make it on Mar make of non-specialists a group Can CREW 191: A Cameraman’s Record of “Life on Mars” on of “Life Record CREW 191: A Cameraman’s 1 x 50 min. ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E, English script, Society conducted its 191 2018, The Mars In March 4K を追え ” 206957 天才脳た“ アインシュタイン消え The curious fate of a genius’s mind mind of a genius’s The curious fate Following his autopsy in 1955, to allure. The genius of Albert Einstein never ceases among researchers and scattered brain is said to have been sliced Einstein’s in the pieces now? NHK goes in pursuit of remnants are the world. Where around of photos taken hundreds rediscovering Japan, the US, Canada, and Argentina, during the autopsy as well as an individual in possession of over 100 fragments. “recreating” together to build a 3D CGI, successfully The data set is then brought the theory of brain as it would have been in his 20s, when he proposed Einstein’s turn a new page and the latest in neuroscience journey An extraordinary relativity. brain. in the story of the genius’s 1 x 52 min. 1 x 52 ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, Einstein’s Brain Unlocked Einstein’s 2020

CICSEP 2016 AWARD The GutThe Microbiom [ China Dragon Awards China Dragon Halting Dementia Halting Killer Stress: The Remedies Back Pain and the Brain 医療革命 206329 205866 205398 The Gut Microbiome Preventing DementiaPreventing Glucose Spike: Uncovering a Hidden Threat 2018 ©NHK 2018 4- 6121 NEP © 20 206783 205399

Series The frontlines of medical research The frontlines New medical treatments and findings have the promise of dramatically of dramatically the promise and findings have medical treatments New at Look in the past. in many breakthroughs as is evident lives, our transforming the way and paving treatments challenging conventional is research the latest how revolution. a medical towards Curing AllergiesCuring Killer Stress: The Causes Ghost Vessels Blood Episode list: 8 x 49 min. + 2 x 50 min. min. 8 x 49

Clean, M/E + English, English script, 201 + English, English script, Clean, M/E MedicalRevolution 22 P.30 — P.25 Current Affairs 206963 ガッテン！ N! 13 x 45 min. x 45 13 ©NHK 2017 Japanese final mix, Japanese script, head! on its convention Turning out to answer everydayLaunched in 1995, the hit NHK show sets based on authentic up-to-date questions in an entertaining way, and at times funnyscience. Each episode contains unique the world. Ordinary around from demonstrations as well as reporting Long-held health beliefs transformed into gourmet creations. meals are and even debunked. This the latest research, explained in terms of are on its head!eye-opening series could turn convention GATTE 24

ontier. ontier. : Katsuhiro Otomo, creator of “Akira t subterranean world is set to expand little known project to transform little known project including its abundant groundwater. electric cables, gas, water, electric cables, gas, water, even further with the construction episode follows this colossal but go around the Earth three times. the Earth three go around of new subway stations and tunnels. This disaster-prevention world. Its tunnels house 13 subways, the problems unique to the city, unique to the city, the problems the most densely-packed in the telecommunications, and more. the underground is the final fr the underground For a city as crowded as Tokyo, as Tokyo, For a city as crowded Connected end-to-end, they would With 2020 approaching, this With 2020 approaching, Tokyo’s underground, highlighting underground, Tokyo’s Tokyo’s underground is said to be underground Tokyo’s Design concep Design 集巨大地下迷宮第2 an Expanding Labyrinth Expanding an — : 2

1 x 49 min. 1 x 49 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2019 TOKYO REBORN TOKYO Episode The Underground Tokyo

the ( the swimming ( and the Tokyo and the Tokyo ) are huge building projects huge building projects are ) prevention and energy-saving and energy-saving prevention major challenges. By focusing on facilities. The Ariake Arena facilities. The Ariake Arena construction methods present construction methods present roofs on attempts to fit enormous as it changing face of the Bay Area of the future. that utilize the latest disaster- These unprecedented technology. eco-stadiums, these ground-breaking this episode documents the tries to transform itself into a city Episode one takes us to the Tokyo Episode one takes us to the Tokyo home to 15 Olympic Bay Area, volleyball venue venue Aquatics Centre Aquatics Centre

NEW 207157 集ベイエリア未来都市への挑戦東京リボーン第1 century st a Future City Emerges City Emerges a Future —

1 x 49 min. 1 x 49 Clean, M/E + English, English script ©NHK 2018 TOKYO REBORN TOKYO Episode 1: Bay Area Tokyo Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2018-2019 ©NHK 2018-2019 + English, English script, Clean, M/E 2 x 49 min. 2 x 49 Transforming Tokyo in the 21 Tokyo Transforming shooting are skyscrapers 2020, In the run-up to a rebirth. is experiencing Tokyo land. With new creates and reclamation underground, snake tunnels new up, the globally- from Neo-Tokyo of the world by inspired thrilling visual presentation the rise of this real-life , this series documents comic Akira acclaimed cyberpunk “Neo-Tokyo.”

Series TOKYO REBORN TOKYO 26 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 29 207156 日の記録 NEW 0 20 療” 死に際の医在宅死 “ 1 x 50 min. ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, A Doctor Beside the DeathbedA Doctor Beside Happiness and dying at home his know it from is 80 years old, but you wouldn’t Kobori Oichiro Dr. in town, he sometimes makes up reasons buoyant gait. On his rounds a laugh with and share words for a visit just so he can exchange a few hospital, Tokyo at a prestigious his patients. A former elite surgeon is now lending his hand to the elderly and terminally ill Kobori Dr. remarkable situations. His who want to die at home, often in difficult timely suggestions that alleviate the in subtle, ability shows through families’ enormous strain without alienating the patients themselves. see contented death as essential to a happy As people increasingly determined mission one doctor’s camera captures life, the director’s society. super-aging in Japan’s 207150 NEW 縮小ニッポンの衝撃労働力激減縮小ニッポンの衝撃そのとき何が

? The elderly now n: Tackling a Worker Shortage a Worker n: Tackling 1 x 49 min 1 x 49 ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, the national economy?Who will sustain total population could dip below 100 million. If so, By the 2050s, Japan’s Shrinking JapaShrinking its of 35 million from see a drop the working-age demographic would population pyramid would become “coffin- peak, and the country’s the dwindling labor pool up shaped.” How to prop in the the highest proportion makes up 12.4% of the workforce, many jobs involve heavyworld. But they cannot take on everything, as pinned on those from Hopes are specific licenses. labor or require developments in large-scale play a vital role overseas, who already But global competition to attract young workers is in central Tokyo. being hold? A look into the challenges What will the future fierce. tackled on the ground. 28

Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education P.36 — P.31 Human Stories

sleeping on the streets, and round-the- sleeping on the streets, lie its back alleys, stretching out from the from out alleys, stretching lie its back large. NHK follows an international group NHK follows an international group large. independent cyber chase, armed with an people from the countryside arrive in the countryside people from depths of China’s the no way out. From day laborers. of Shen Zhen’s realities network. The cameras follow the white hatsnetwork. The cameras follow the white job allocation office of the San He Labor office of the San job allocation buildings. Young jumble of dilapidated exchange in Japan announced that it had come under massive hacking, resulting in come under massive hacking, resulting over $500 million in losses. Though the droves in search of a better life, but many of in search droves of gambling, debt,descend into a cycle One unwitting moveclock online gaming. wind up with no ID, andand a person could of white hat hackers conducting an and underground original computer program as they inch closer to the truth. tainted currency, the culprit remained at the culprit remained tainted currency, Market. Here, cheap internet cafes and cheap internet Market. Here, Behind the big city glamour of Shen Zhen big city glamour of Behind the NEM Foundation tagged and tracked the Silicon Valley, the program focuses on the focuses on the program Silicon Valley, On 26 January 2018, a cryptocurrency On 26 January 2018, a cryptocurrency Who is behind the “world’s biggest” biggest” Who is behind the “world’s heist? crypto The hidden reality of the young the young of hidden reality The prosperity China’s building workers flophouses are squeezed in among the squeezed flophouses are 206923 206965 円の若者たち０億円を追え！ 0 ５８ 50 給1 仮想通貨ウォーズ盗まれた仮想通貨ウォーズ三和人材市場中国・日 Clean, M/E + English, English script 2018 ©NHK 2018 1 x 49 min. 1 x 49 Clean, M/E + English, English script 2018 ©NHK / Temjin 2018 1 x 50 min. Cryptocurrency War Cryptocurrency Life at Bottom the Life of Labor Market China’s 30

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Also available as a format spotlights the diverse and colorful lives of location and observe for 72 hours? Who long-term stays were not considered rare. rare. not considered stays were long-term power plant prompted relocation. relocation. power plant prompted did Why hospitalization. require actually not their lives. rebuild mental illness care came to light in 2011, came mental illness care people, their emotions and a bigger picture people, their emotions and a bigger picture unexpected drama in ordinary people’s people’s unexpected drama in ordinary everyday lives. decades institutionalized, even though theirdecades institutionalized, and they were stable conditions were The program capable of living in society? side of psychiatric care, delves into the dark trying to who are and follows patients of the current society that we live in. of the current comes and goes? What kind of drama can observational documentary series. within a given of what the camera captures attractions, bus terminals and manga cafes when the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear when the disaster at have to spendthese men and women we witness? Find out through this we witness? Find out through world’s psychiatric care beds. For years, beds. psychiatric care world’s offers a glimpse of the time frame, 72 hours offers to even a bench in a shopping arcade. these seemingly mundane places, 72 hours Numerous long-term cases were found to cases were long-term Numerous But the troubling state of the country’s country’s state of the But the troubling By remaining completely true to the reality completely true to the reality By remaining What happens if we set cameras on one ■ Care or isolation? or isolation? Care light to comes secret A dark NHK’s long-running series ranked No.1 No.1 long-running series ranked NHK’s satisfaction viewer for Japan accounts for around 20% of the 20% for around Japan accounts The locations vary from well-known tourist The locations vary from observation and interviews at Through 時間 206104 206967 ト72 長すぎた入院ドキュメン 25 min. - Clean, M/E + English or Japanese 2016-2017 ©NHK 2016-2017 27 x 24 Japanese or English script Clean, M/E + English, English script 2018 ©NHK 2018 1 x 49 min. 1 x 49 Document 72 Hours I Was a Caged Bird a Caged I Was 36

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Series Tokyo Technology Roots of Tokyo NEW Science & 大江戸 2 x 50 min. 207161 Clean, M/E + English, English script

2018 ©NHK Affairs Current

How samurai laid the foundations of a megalopolis

Until 1868, Tokyo was called Edo. By the 1700s, it had the highest population of any city

in the world, surpassing both London and Paris. But how did the largest metropolis on Human Stories the planet evolve? Clues are coming to light in Tokyo and around the world. Featuring newly discovered evidence and the latest in CGI simulation, experience the engineering sophistication and unique community of Tokyo 150 years ago. History Tokyo Edo, City of Water

Edo’s rapid expansion came thanks

to its original design of having Travelogue Culture & water-filled moats spiral out of the Tokyo Black Hole: Year Zero in Post-WWII Japan Tokyo castle at the city’s center. This episode looks at the ingenuity of 戦後ゼロ年東京ブラックホール Edo’s urban planning and the 1 x 50 min. 206966 samurais who risked their lives to Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2017 ©NHK Children build it. Education How Tokyo crawled back from the rubble of war ’s ’s &

World War II has just ended. Tokyo is a destitute, broken, lawless place Edo, City of Fire driven by hunger and greed. From over 100,000 pages of declassified

CIA documents and hours of newly discovered footage shot by Animation American occupation forces and private individuals, NHK resurrects Every three years, large-scale fires Tokyo during this pivotal year, Year Zero. Seen through the eyes of a ravaged Edo. The city thus had young man from the present who finds himself transported back in strategic vacant lots, a fire squad, time, the program utilizes colorized footage and cutting-edge video and an inventory of food and compositing to reveal how a desperate people laid the foundations of building materials to quickly rebuild. today’s megalopolis. Drama Fire also formed the Edo people’s lively disposition and outlook on life. Format

38 39 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 41 207163 NEW コウケンテツのアジア食紀行 4-2016 ©NHK / SUISAISHA 4-2016 1 x 4 ) : Festival Foods of the Dai People : Traditional Cuisine of a Hill Tribe : Traditional : Visiting the Muong People : Visiting : Orchid Island’s Traditions for Catching Flying Fish Traditions Island’s : Orchid 2 x 15 min. 2 x 15 ( Culinary specialist Kentetsu Koh travels across Asia in search of Asia in search across Culinary specialist Kentetsu Koh travels person-to-person encounters. Join him home cooking and great and lifestyles throughout as he experiences a diversity of tastes the region. Asia’s AppetizingAsia’s Adventures min. 30 20 Clean, M/E + English, English script, Episode list: Town a Border Cuisine of Thailand Part 1: Traditional Thailand Part 2 Family to a Hakka Part 1: A Visit Taiwan Part 2 Taiwan Part 1: Feasting on the Riches of Rice Paddies Vietnam Part 2 Vietnam China Part 1: The Home of Herbal Medicine Yunnan, China Part 2 Yunnan,

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1 x 29 min. ©NHK 2018 or English script, Japanese Clean, M/E + Japanese, min. 1 x 10 ©NHK 2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, Tokyo above from megacity See the glittering above is one Tokyo from Pilots on international flights say world. At the endof the most beautiful night views in the the city lit up withof 2018, with the air crystal clear and to the skies to filmChristmas illuminations, a team takes myriada captures program The 8K. stunning scenery in this and the Marunouchi Skytree Tokyo of dazzling sights, from office buildings to the Nishi-Shinjuku skyscraper district a beneath sightseeing boats converge and Odaiba, where display. wintry fireworks Tokyo

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207162 ニッポン印象派 Sea of Life Peaks of Water, Mountains of Cloud of Water, Peaks

Snowmelt Autumn Leaves Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2017-2018 ©NHK 2017-2018 English script, Clean, M/E + English, 4 x 29 min. The restorative, tender green of Kyoto in the spring and the pale pink cherry in the of Kyoto green tender The restorative, Alps of the Japan The alpine plants mountains. Nara’s blossoms that shroud hues of the Tohoku the multicolored bloom in the summer, into that burst In this of Hokkaido. seas the drift ice on the winter and forests, region’s in captured seasons are four scenes of Japan’s the breathtaking program, that and color is akin to on light focus The particular brilliant, high resolution. journey. paintings. It is an exquisite of impressionist A visual stroll through Japan’s scenic landscapes scenic Japan’s through A visual stroll

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: Taiwan t ee sisters who run a fishing port cafeteria; : Kaohsiung to Taipei : Taipei to Taito : Taipei 2 x 90 min. Corporation ©NHK / G’s 2018 Japanese final mix, Japanese script, Gussan’s Trucking I Trucking Gussan’s of the deeply local The allure a.k.a. Yamaguchi, In this series, Japanese entertainer Tomomitsu to tour national highwaysGussan, rides along with local truck drivers For this two-part special, of regions. in a number and expressways the passenger seat 2.5 meters above the From he heads to Taiwan. trove the treasure forget unfolds. And don’t a panoramic view ground, in the warmth of the people: of dishes. But above all, the charm lies chi master in the spring; a Tai a grandmother Gussan meets at a hot park in the early morning; thr and family of indigenous people. Not to mention the kind and a large trusty truck drivers. Everyone welcomes Gussan with a smile. Episode list: Coast 1. West 2. East Coast 207159 NEW ) ) emergency food emergency ( ) walking on water ( rigged mansion ( 6 x 15 min. 6 x 15 Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2018-2019 ©NHK / CHIYODA RAFT ©NHK / CHIYODA 2018-2019 Clean, M/E + English, English script, Episode list: 1. Chain and Sickle / Disappearing Techniques / Mizu-gumo 2. Ninja Sword Investigating the real ninja the real Investigating in popular now a worldwide fixture In anime and movies, ninjas are legends amid reality gets blurred rises, their But as their profile culture. on the actual arts and toolsand fantasies. In this fun series, we focus an attempt to demystify these superheroes. ninjas in employed by real we get closer to the “Ninja Truth.” entertaining experiments, Through 3. Shuriken 4. Ninja-yashiki 5. Ninja Fire Arts 5. Ninja Fire / Hyorogan 6. Concealed Weapons NINJA TRUTHNINJA 44

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Tama Zoological Park Tama 205699 / 207196 / 205699 : chihara Elephant Kingdom I : Kamo Aquarium Tama Zoological Park Tama Adventure World Adventure : : : Akiyoshidai Safari Land Kyoto City Zoo : 動物の赤ちゃん Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Yokohama Zoological Gardens “Zoorasia” Zoological Gardens Yokohama Nogeyama Zoological Gardens 34. Spotted Seal 32. Western Lowland Gorilla:32. Western 33. Red Panda 30. Bornean Orangutan 31. Giant Panda 27. Bush Dogs: 28. Sumatran Tigers: 29. Asian Elephant 25. Chimpanzee e:26. Reticulated Giraff Sunshine Aquarium : Ueno Zoological Gardens Sea Paradise ) Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan : Toba Aquarium Toba Futami ( : Higashiyama Zoo and Botanical Gardens Ise Tobu Zoo Tobu : Sapporo Maruyama Zoo Sapporo : Kamogawa Sea World Kyushu Natural Zoological Park African Safari Noichi Zoological Park of Kochi Prefecture 14. White Tiger 15. California Sea Lion 16. Asian Elephant: 17. Orca: 18. Spotted Seal 19. Spotted Hyenas: 20. Asian Elephant: 21. Finned Porpoise Lowland Gorilla: 22. Western 23. Oriental Small-clawed Otter 24. Polar Bears: 6 eps. : Kyoto City Zoo Fuji Safari Park Tama Zoological Park Tama Tobe Zoological Park Tobe 28 eps. II : Chiba Zoological Park I Hamamatsu Zoological Garden : Kamine Zoo Adventure World Adventure : Omoriyama Zoo Milve Oga Aquarium GAO Marine World Uminonakamichi Marine World : : : Saitama Children’s Zoo Saitama Children’s : Kanazawa Zoological Gardens 1. Giant Panda: Lowland Gorilla: 2. Western 3. Koala 4. Reticulated Giraffe: 5. African Elephant: 6. American Black Bears: 7. Siberian Tiger 8. Polar Bear 9. Red Panda A collection of cute images that make you go awww! you images that make A collection of cute 34 x 15 min. x 15 34 A cute polar bear cub is still and climbs a tree. An adorable panda cub waddles about is filled with treasured This program its fear of water. learning to swim trying to overcome birth to adulthood filmed at zoos and aquariums. moments of animal babies from Episode list: 10. Sea Otter 11. Chimpanzee Sloth: 12. Two-toed Indian Rhinoceros: 13. Great Animal Babies: Mini Album Clean, M/E + English, English script, 2014-2018 ©NHK / nomad 2014-2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script,

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with their complicated ) Prix JeunessePrix Film & Video Festival US International Film Festival Children International Taiwan Seattle Film Festival Children’s Chile Fan ABU Prizes Prix JeunessePrix Media Festival World Japan Prize AWARD AWARD and adult viewers! simple yet sophisticated presentation is sure sure is simple yet sophisticated presentation switch on and think about things from different about things from switch on and think must band together as they face obstacles. paper cups! The delightful inanimate heroes marbles travel through a series of ingenious marbles travel through things, setting mechanisms made of ordinary mechanisms and interesting concepts and concepts mechanisms and interesting focuses on “A-ha!” rules. The program and helps them to moments for children everyday items such as balls and stationery toeveryday items such come to life in this addictive visual. The are the Marble Brothers: Red, Yellow, and Red, Yellow, the Marble Brothers: are always hog the spotlight! With the envious getting preschoolers to think. Our daily lives to think. getting preschoolers hiddenwith various marvelous filled are and unexpected mechanisms. angles. The popular Pythagora devices useangles. The popular and enthrall kidsobjects. These will amaze In the world of NHK’s hit PythagoraSwitch, In the world of NHK’s wondrous contraptions into motion. The heroes wondrous to hook children and adults alike. to hook children trigger subsequent movements of different movements of different trigger subsequent Lying in wait are pitfalls, drawbridges, and in wait are Lying Black Ball Army hot on their heels, the marbles the heels, their on hot Army Ball Black Educational as well as entertaining,Educational Green. But a dark force is not happy they But a dark force Green. ( Watch out!Watch marbles! the rolling come Here Teaching 4-to-6-year-olds to to 4-to-6-year-olds Teaching think!to how think about is a program aimed at mini is a program PythagoraSwitch ミニ

206980 205642 / 206981 ピタゴラスイッチ 26 eps. : ビーすけの大冒険スペシャル！完結編黒玉軍の野望ビーすけの大冒険スペシャル！完結編ま・ ©NHK ©NHK 5-2017 1 25 eps. II ビーだ Clean, M/E + English, English script 2018 : 1 x 15 min. 1 x 15 I 51 x 5 min. 51 Clean, M/E + English, English script 20 The Marble Brothers’ Great Adventure! Great Brothers’ The Marble PythagoraSwitch mini 206130

NEW ミミクリーズ AWARD Taiwan International Taiwan Chicago International Children’s Film Festival 2016 Film Festival Children’s 2016 Film Festival Children’s 22. Rhythm 23. Pink of Owl Feathers 24. Secrets 25. Sticky Water More episodes are in production. episodes are More ■ 15. Secrets of Hexagons 15. Secrets 16. Spinning Around 17. Billowing 18. Fluffy 19. Vibration 20. Spots 21. Climbing ellow Eyes t? differen they are ? How 8. Eyespots 9. Digging e 10. Folds 11. Fooled You 12. Close 13. Y

14. Layers , a natural science program for 3-to-7-year-olds, sparks children’s sparks children’s for 3-to-7-year-olds, Mimicries, a natural science program 25 x 10 min. 25 x 10 ©NHK 2015-2018 Clean, M/E + English, English script, alik they Why are with similar shapes, patterns, orThe natural world is full of mimicry—things movements. in science. an interest observation skills, and nurtures hones their curiosity, to use their Mimicries is designed to encourage children answers, Instead of providing its imagination, and logical thinking to arrive at their own explanations. With creativity, a mix of 1-to-3-minute segments combining live-action offers lively pace, the program footage, computer graphics and animation. Mimicries Episode list: 1. Black and White 2. Stars 3. Upside-Down 4. Mystery Objects 5. Faces 6. Ball-Shaped Eyes 7. Swirling Flows 50

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Hogwarts meets black magic!? A boy’s chaotic life in a “prestigious” boarding school for elite demons!

Iruma Suzuki, human, 14, one day History finds himself sold to the devil. Animation To add to his predicament, his doting owner and self-appointed — “Grandpa” is the principal at his new P.52 P.56 Travelogue school. Now Iruma must deal with Culture & a haughty student who challenges him to a duel, a girl with adjustment issues, and so many more scary beings! Can this ultimate pacifist Children dodge the slings and arrows that Education are flung his way? As he struggles

frantically, Iruma’s innate kindness ’s &

begins to win over enemies.

PRODUCTION Animation Original Story: Osamu Nishi Director: Makoto Moriwaki Series Composition: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu Character Design: Akihiko Sano Music: Akimitsu Homma Animation production: BN Pictures Drama

■ Starts broadcast October 2019 on NHK ETV! Format

53 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 55 206349 ふしぎの海のナディア century. Though progress is rapidly Though progress century. th A: in the 20 roaming the world’s oceans are terrifying people. oceans are the world’s roaming named Jean. He meets an enigmatic girl called best scientific and cultural achievements, gettingbest scientific and cultural achievements, changing the world, this is still a romantic age changing the world, this is still a romantic also darkness. Gigantic, mysterious sea creatures globe have flocked to the French capital to see the globe have flocked to the French age that awaits them a glimpse of the wondrous with Nadia. What fate awaits them? It’s 1889 and Paris is welcoming the world to the 1889 and Paris is It’s Nadia at the Exposition and it’s love at first sight. Nadia at the Exposition and it’s Exposition Universelle. People from around the around Exposition Universelle. People from An HD remaster of a work by by of a work An HD remaster Hideaki Anno anime director famed 39 x 25 min. Japanese or English script Clean, M/E + Japanese, ©NHK, NEP 1990 NADI WATER OF BLUE THE SECRET filled with adventure and the unknown. But there’s and the unknown. But there’s filled with adventure Jean soon finds himself embarking on an adventure Jean soon finds himself embarking on an adventure They abduct the father of an invention-loving boy

王！ 206350 206351 今日からマ y! 5 eps. : A ABAYASHI, KADOKAWA/NHK, NEP KADOKAWA/NHK, ABAYASHI, 39 eps. OV : AKABAYASHI, KADOKAWA/NHK, NEP/SDK KADOKAWA/NHK, AKABAYASHI, Save Our King! Save 5 ©TOMO TAKABAYASHI, KADOKAWA/NHK, NEP KADOKAWA/NHK, TAKABAYASHI, 5 ©TOMO ) ? ( 39 eps. III : d Clean, M/E + Japanese or English or Mandarin Japanese or English or Mandarin script 2004-200 Japanese script Clean, M/E + Japanese, TAK 2008 ©TOMO Japanese script Clean, M/E + Japanese, T ©TOMO 2007

Go A] [III] [I, II] 39 eps. II : [OV 122 x 25 min. I Handsome characters, Handsome characters, & fantas actors voice A-list High school student Yuri one day finds himself High school student Yuri Princetransported to another world and named demonsof Darkness, the king of demons. The all hisYuri employs fated to fight humans, but are sense of justice and personality to avoid war at all featuring a costs. A light, vibrant story of growth parade of handsome characters and funny lines that the world hooked. has fans around Kyo Kara Maoh! Kara Kyo — 206352 ザ・シティ in AWARD ピングー and Oceania only Chicago International Television Festival, 2018 Festival, Television Chicago International except for Mainland China) for except ( 26 x 7 min. x 2 series Clean, M/E, Japanese script PPI NHK, NEP, ©JOKER, Asia Pingu is back in 3D-CGI Swiss-born character Pingu is The globally adored, This fresh, back with new stories and new characters. his worldfun series brings the cheeky penguin and totallyback to life using 3D computer graphics, of the original claymation, the texture recreating which began in the 1980s. big city from Pingu has moved with his family to the doinga small village. He meets many other penguins chefs to florists to carpenters. jobs, from interesting How exciting for the curious little penguin! He tries to give them a hand, but sometimes his mischievousness cheerful spirit But thanks to his gets him into trouble. every time. saved and wit, he’s Pingu in the City the in Pingu 7 206777 ラディアン ! !

x Season 2 coming in Fall 2019 Clean, M/E + Japanese, Japanese script Clean, M/E + Japanese, EDITIONS / NHK, NEP ANKAMA Valente, Tony ©2018 21 x 24 min. 30 sec. min. 30 21 x 24 Japanese anime French manga French He wants to sorcerer. of being a great Seth dreams thatbe powerful and defeat the Némésis, monsters But his eagerness the sky. come down from seem to He can’t constantly gets him into trouble. guardian, avoid angering the villagers and even his attacks an enormous Némésis really Alma. One day, Seththe village! Determined to save the world, “Radiant,” the for the embarks on a journey in search legendary lair of the Némésis. Making new friends, hardships, fighting tough enemies, and confronting begins adventure Seth’s ■ RADIANT 54

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カードキャプターさくら忍たま乱太郎 35 x 25 min. x 2 series 100523 189 x 10 min. 206255 100594 206256 Children Clean, M/E + Japanese, Japanese or English script Clean, M/E + Japanese, Japanese or English script Education 206257 1998-1999 ©CLAMP, ST, KODANSHA / NHK, NEP ©SOBEI AMAKO / NHK, NEP

’s ’s It all started here. The original series that has Life at Ninja school is never boring! &

been aired in over 100 countries Originally created as the best-selling “Rakudai Ninja th Rantaro” comic, this ninja-in-the-making anime series Animation Sakura is a 4 grade schoolgirl. Her adventures begin when she accidentally opens a forbidden has been broadcast since 1993 on NHK. It has since book containing magical cards that are immediately gone on to become one of NHK’s most highly scattered in a gust of wind. She must capture the viewed series. cards, or misfortune will follow wherever they land. Ninja trainees Rantaro, Kirimaru, and Shinbei are far Will Sakura succeed? When all the cards have been from being excellent ninjas. As they embark on their training at the Ninja school, they learn the full range Drama retrieved, she must face a formidable enemy. Based on an original story by CLAMP. of ninja skills with their tongue-in-cheek friends, ninja masters, and idol senior ninja trainees. All the unbelievable mistakes and confusion over the course of their training sets the base for loads of fun and entertainment. Format

56 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 59 」メンですが、」を繰り返した末、 ” ―人生大逆転の成功物語です。二人は世紀の大発明へとたどりつく ― その発明から完成に至るまでの道のりは、決して平坦なものではありませんでした。何度も失敗してはどん底から立ち上がる“敗者復活戦大丈夫。あなたはきっとやり直せます！今や私たちの生活に欠かせないものとなった「インスタントラーを生み出した夫婦の知られざる物語を描きます。お湯を注いで 3 分で簡単に食べられる「インスタントラーメン出演：安藤サクラ／長谷川博己／内田有紀／松下奈緒／要潤／大谷亮平桐谷健太／瀬戸康史／岸井ゆきの／片岡愛之助／橋爪功／松坂慶子

NEW 207009 まんぷく 151 x 15 min. x 15 151 script Japanese or English Japanese, Clean, M/E + ©NHK 2018-2019 who loves to eat, FukukoA natural-born optimist as a husband, Mampei, while working meets her future life Through to support her family. telephone operator Fukuko evolves entrepreneur, with this unconventional encourages, and woman who supports, into a strong Mampei and war, even leads in the marriage. After the including of ventures, Fukuko go into a smorgasbord but none workssalt, supplements, and even finance, Mampei beginsout. Then, at forty-seven, a bankrupt the his invention would revolutionize This time, anew. way the world eats... The story of the husband and wife duo duo wife of the husband and The story noodle the instant that invented Mampuku 58 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 61 そんな時、伝。 NEW 心を動かされる、母・千明、そして家族と塾の歴史が記されていた。 4K 207066 みかづきという新しい著作の原稿。そこには吾郎と塾経営のパイオ説的塾講師だった祖父・大島吾郎から手渡されたのは『みかづき』ニアだった祖公教育の蔭で日本社会を支えてきた塾教育。これはその変遷とともに歩んだ、ある塾と家族の半世紀の物語である。学校が太陽だとしたら、塾はその光を十分吸収できない子供たちを照らす月― 就職出来ずアルバイト生活の一郎は、授業に落ちこぼれ学習塾にも通えない子供と出会い出演：高橋一生／永作博美／工藤阿須加大政絢／桜井日奈子／黒川芽以／風吹ジュン Crescent Moon Crescent : I Crescent Moon”/ SHUEISHA Inc. Moon”/ SHUEISHA Crescent : teacher, hands him a manuscript of hands him a manuscript teacher, ) I “MIKAZUK s novel private tutoring school . It tells the history of Goro and his his new work, Mikazuki. It tells the history of Goro a unique socialwife, Chiaki, as they fought to pioneer today in Japan.system that still augments public education spans half a century. A story of a family and its calling that 5 x 49 min. 5 x 49 / TELEPACK ©NHK 2019 Japanese script, Japanese, Clean, M/E + Mori’ Based on Eto in illustrious role up wary of his family’s grew Ichiro child he meets an underprivileged day, education. But one shaken at seeing up in class and he’s struggling to keep structure. have access to a support someone who doesn’t a legendary juku Goro, grandfather, Meanwhile, Ichiro’s ( When two geniuses met, geniuses met, When two schooling light to new brought they MIKAZUK

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バイタリ、（すずめ愛・鈴ン 206843 半分、青い。どんな時もへこたれない、 eturns home as a single mom, 病気で左耳を失聴したヒロイ、の励ましもありつ） HalfBlue Sk 両親や家族の支えと、同じ日に同じ病院で生まれた幼馴染・律（り出演：永野芽郁原田知世／豊川悦司中村雅俊松雪泰子／佐藤健 Set in 1970s Japan to the present day, a girl day, to the present Set in 1970s Japan in in life is a blessing that failure proves disguise. hearing while inSuzume loses her left up Despite that, she grows elementary school. family and Ritsu, her with support from happy, a boy born on the same day in the same her world hospital. As a girl, Suzume calls half of hear “blue sky” because that side of her can’t she jumps into the rain. With this sensibility, whirlwind marriage. in manga and a a career When she r she goes, awaits! Wherever a new adventure 何かを半分失っても、他のやり方で前に進めばいい挫折は人生を豊かにする。ちょっとうかつだけれど失敗を恐れないヒロインが、日本の高度経済成長期から低成長の現代までを七転び八起きで駆け抜ける、人生の冒険の物語。小学生の時 156 x 15 min. x 15 156 Japanese Clean, M/E + English script Japanese or ©NHK 2018 way, Find another lose half of something if you even and half laughter, Suzume brings with her joy, of something wonderful. ティあふれる女性に成長する。雨音が片側しか聞こえないことを面白がったり、もう半分は青空だと笑って言えるようなユニークな感性で、少女漫画家になるも、やがて挫折。電撃的に出会った男性との結婚も失敗に終わり、シングルマザーとなって故郷に帰るが、そこでまた新たな転機が訪れる…。 60 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 63 子・

NEW 山崎育三郎／ 4K 小夏を引き取る。小夏は、八 207140 大政絢・／成海璃子昭和元禄落語心中／と恨んで成長し、やがて天衣無縫な八雲の弟」竜星涼／

累計190万部を突破し、若者の間で落語ブームを巻き起こしている落語漫画を実写化昭和初期、落語の世界に入った八雲は、同期入門の落語の天才・助六と、固い友情で結ばれる。八雲は助六の芸に憧れ、嫉妬し、追いつこうともがき、芸者・みよ吉にも支えられ、成長していく。やがて、助六とみよ吉とが結ばれるが、ふたりは謎に満ちた事故死を遂げてしまう。八雲はその死を巡る秘密を抱いたまま、ふたりの遺児出演：岡田将生雲を「親の与太郎とともに、八雲がひた隠す「助六とみよ吉の死の真相」仇に迫っていく… 。 s: 1 x sec. min. 30 69 + 9 x sec. 30 min. 43 / TELEPACK ©NHK 2018 Japanese script, Japanese, Clean, M/E + the rakugo (entertainment enters In 1930s Japan, Yakumo on the same day under the same tutelagestorytelling) world with envy at Filled with admiration and seething as Sukeroku. with support and grows, agonizes genius, Yakumo Sukeroku’s she chooses geisha named Miyokichi. Eventually, a from accident. but then they perish in a mysterious Sukeroku, raises of their death, Yakumo down by the secret Weighed Konatsu. Konatsu, meanwhile, their orphaned daughter, death. And with for her parents’ up blaming Yakumo grows to get to the hard she presses Yotarou, apprentice, Yakumo’s has been hiding all these years... truth Yakumo Based on the manga that started a rakugo boom boom a rakugo that started Based on the manga generation among the new Based on Haruko Kumota’s comics Based on Haruko Kumota’s DescendingStorie Rakugo in A Life “Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju” / KODANSHA LTD. “Descending Stories: Showa Genroku を受賞した

NEW ） 207104 を遊郭から救い出せるのか…。 ” …。大阪に生まれた天涯孤独な少」みをつくし料理帖常連客の侍・小松原との身分違いの恋は、 “伝説の花魁のは「身を尽くし」ベルリン国際映画祭最優秀女優賞（銀熊、 In the days when Tokyo was called Edo, a girl was called In the days when Tokyo capitalthe to out comes world the in alone is who it as a chef. Based on a best- determined to make winner of Best Actress Kuroki, selling novel, Haru plays theat the Berlin International Film Festival, who devotes herself Mio, indefatigable heroine Mio’s to cooking. Intertwined into the plot are a higher caste and her with a samurai of romance who hasattempts to save her childhood friend, in herseen success as a courtesan, but is trapped a series filled with moving human station. It’s drama and exquisite Japanese cuisine. 心をつくし、身をつくし、いつかきっと… 8 x 38 min. 8 x 38 Japanese Clean, M/E + Japanese script ©NHK 2017 period drama A delicious mix of and Japanese cuisine 女が、料理の腕一本を頼りに江戸に行き、艱難辛苦に巻き込まれながらも、やがて江戸屈指の女料理人になるまでを描く波乱万丈の細腕繁盛記。時代小説の旗手・髙田郁のベストセラーを原作に、日本を代表するドラマ脚本家・藤本有紀が脚色。主人公の料理人・澪を演じるのは、映画・ドラマに活躍する若手演技派女優でこともある黒木華。澪は数多の困難や哀しみに直面するが、精魂込めて料理に打ちこみ、周囲の人々にも支えながら前向きに乗り越えて行く。また実るのか、幼馴染数々のドラマと極上の日本料理を散りばめ、深い感動を与えるヒューマン時代劇。 Based on Kaoru Takada’s novel Based on Kaoru Takada’s 出演：黒木華／森山未來／永山絢斗／成海璃子／小日向文世／安田成美 “Miwotsukushi—The Happiness Recipe” / Kadokawa Haruki Corporation 「みをつくし The HappinessRecipe 62 62 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 65 4K 206979 透明なゆりかご a / KODANSHA Bakka Okit Bakka © とも真摯に向き合いながら、独特の感受性と根っ」からのやさしさで、病院の院長やスタッフとともに妊婦さんの心に寄り添っていく。看護師見習いの少女が見つめる 17 歳のアオイは、看護師見習いとしてとある産婦人科病院でアルバイトを始める。その初日、いきなり目の当たりにした中絶手術と、それが３大死亡原因の一つと知り、アオイは衝撃を受ける。産婦人科の現場は、幸せな出産だけではない。アオイは中絶や死産といった出産の「陰出演：清原果耶／瀬戸康史／酒井若菜／水川あさみ／原田美枝子 Illustrations A young trainee nurse learns nurse trainee A young childbirth of the reality a small OB-GYN clinic,On her first day at trainee nurse Aoi is thrust 17-year-old and witnesses an room, into the surgery death is not uncommon, abortion. Here, beautiful to the job than is more and there families. Withdeliveries and welcoming and the experienced staff guidance from Aoi faces the joys of new life head doctor, of unwanted as well as the sobering reality emotional and provides pregnancies support to the mothers-to-be with exceptional sensibility and innate kindness. 「命とは何か」という現実 30 sec. 30 + 9 x 43 min. 30 sec. sec. 30 min. 9 x 43 ©NHK 2018 Japanese script, Japanese, Clean, M/E + 1 x 44 min. min. 1 x 44 An Invisible Cradle そこ。田口章」」「学級崩壊」 NEW く。教師、生徒、 4K など多々の問題を抱える 207166 」「モンスターペアレントの意味を見出していク労働」」「体罰」「生きること「いじめ」「教師のブラッはト」カースやけに弁の立つ弁護士が学校でほえる現代の教育現場出演：神木隆之介／田辺誠一／岸井ゆきの／佐藤隆太／小堺一機／南果歩未熟な新人弁護士が法律を武器に、答えのない学校問題に立ち向かう！に法律を武器に学校をサポートする弁護士「スクールロイヤー太郎が乗り込む。直面する問題を解決していく中で、生徒や教師と向き合い「学ぶこ親たち、そして田口自身が成長していく姿を描く学園ヒューマンドラマ。と「職員室

Modern education faces issues like bullying, corporalModern education classroom parents, punishment, over-demanding labor and exploitive hierarchy, room disruption, staff the law as his weapon, Shotaro practices. Wielding to support grapples with such challenges Taguchi issues, he goes face- schools. In solving these pressing find commonto-face with students and teachers to means to what it really all while discovering ground, not just of Taguchi, learn and live. A story of growth parents. but also teachers, students, and their Can a rookie lawyer resolve tough tough resolve lawyer a rookie Can school issues? 6 x 28 min. ©NHK 2018 Japanese script, Clean, M/E + Japanese,

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Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 67 A docu-drama depicting depicting A docu-drama of and traditions the lives Kyoto series depictingIn this popular Kyoto, the focusdaily life in people asfalls on five young it in theirthey fight to make The series chosen careers. and follows opens in summer, nears thethe trainees as Kyoto at the end of Okuribi bonfires trialsthe season. Then, their to chilly February continue from when signs of spring March, and plum begin to emerge theblossoms unfurl. Against of the changing backdrop shifts seasons, the program between documentary and drama to follow the young chef, baker, potter, gardener, and farmer. 出演：林遣都／相楽樹／矢本悠馬趣里／毎熊克哉５人の若者たちの青春、ブルーの時代の物語。彼らは京都の工芸高校の同級生で、それぞれ、西陣、東山、嵯峨野などの出身者。作庭、陶芸、京料理など、京都の伝統的な文化を継承し、自分なりの生き方を見いだそうとする。厳しい師匠との葛藤あり、涙あり、笑いあり。ドキュメンタリーとドラマを行ったりきたりしながら、イチゲンさんでは知りえない京都の奥深い世界へ、おいでやす。 207008 / Blue 修業中 206776 京都人の密かな愉しみ 8 x 29 min. Japanese final mix, Japanese or English script ©NHK / OTTIMO 2018 The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk: of Kyoto Lives Secret The of Youth Struggles の暮らしに分け入る異色のドラ」マ＆ドキュメンタリー。千年の都・京都には、一見さんには知られていない伝統と文化、そして美が折り重なっている。秋の芋名月、大晦日のをけら詣り…四季折々の決まりごとを大切に守り続ける京都人。ドラマでは、老舗和菓子屋の若女将の日常を通して、磨き抜かれた生活文化の深さを描き、ドキュメンタリーでは、京都人の暮らしの知恵を掘り下げていく。あなたの知らない千年の都へようこそ。出演：常盤貴子／銀粉蝶／団時朗 Encounter a new side of of side new a Encounter Imperial former Japan’s capital drama and This remarkable takes a deepdocumentary Kyoto’s look at the lives of With its 1,000-year residents. Kyoto is steeped in history, beauty and traditions, culture, both known and unknown. moon festival in the From lighting autumn to the fire Eve, on New Year’s ceremony ofgeneration after generation have diligently Kyoto residents customs.observed seasonal The drama depicts the ancient through rich cultural life city’s the daily comings and goings of the young manager of an old Japanese confectionery shop, while the documentary delves into the wisdom passed down over the centuries by Kyoto folk themselves. 「京都人 206347 京都人の密かな愉しみ 20 x 29 min. Japanese final mix, Japanese or English script ©NHK / OTTIMO 2015-2017 The Secret Lives of Kyoto Folk of Kyoto Lives Secret The 66 Nature Technology Science & Current Affairs Current Human Stories

NEW AWARD History Kurara: The Dazzling Life of Trapped Format Hokusai’s Daughter 4K — お母さん、娘をやめていいですか？眩 (くらら) 北斎の娘

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Can I quit being your daughter? All she wanted to do was paint Children Education Mizuki, a 25-year-old, seemingly independent woman O-Ei, the daughter of the Edo period master painter struggles to end her toxic relationship with her mother. Katsushika Hokusai, has been captivated by painting ’s ’s

& A healthy romance helps Mizuki to realize that her since childhood. She is by her father’s side as he

closeness to her mother, Akiko, is harmful. But as completes his iconic ”Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji” Mizuki decides to leave the family home, a desperate series. When Hokusai grows too old, O-Ei becomes Animation Akiko goes to extreme measures to stop her. his ”brush.” In the shadow of her great father, she develops a passion for colors and finally comes into her own artistic style.

2 5 歳の“ 自立 ”しているはずの女性が、母親との関係から自由にな江戸時代の天才絵師・葛飾北斎の三女として生まれたお栄。るためにもがく物語。美月は恋人の支えを通じて、母親・顕子との互北斎の代表作「富嶽三十六景」が完成したときに、そばにはお栄がい Drama いに依存しているような関係の不健全さに気付いていく。だが、家をた。北斎が高齢となって思うように筆を動かせなくなってからも、お栄出ることを決断した娘に対し、動揺した顕子は思わぬ行動にでる。は北斎の「筆」として絵を描き続けた。生まれながらに北斎の大きな背中を見続けてきたお栄。彼女は、父・北斎を手伝う中で、「色」に執出演：波瑠／斉藤由貴／柳楽優弥／寺脇康文／麻生祐未着するようになっていく。

Format 出演：宮﨑あおい／松田龍平／野田秀樹／余貴美子／長塚京三

Based on Makate Asai’s novel ”Kurara” In collaboration with Shinchosha Publishing Co, Ltd. 68 Science & Culture & Children’s & Nature Current Affairs Human Stories History Animation Drama Format Technology Travelogue Education 71 . ) 時間ト72 ねほりんぱほりんドキュメン and entertaining! ( Also available as a finished program 72 hours Late Night Show with Nitty& Gritty Can a documentary where nothing special special nothing where a documentary Can good television? happens make series are The rules of this observational documentary and finish simple: Begin filming at a certain location 72 No additional filming after that. And each hours later. in the time sequence in which must be edited program it was filmed. A glimpse into the unexpected drama in inspiringly diverse and colorful everyday lives. people’s ■ An offbeat puppet talk show talk An offbeat puppet g! talkin night crowd late that has Japan’s Some have pasts. This showPeople have their obsessions. dark, niche, and the weird, encourages and celebrates a candid talk ways of life through definitely underground make the The stylized recreations show using puppets! strangely relatable guests and the topics voices! real-life A savvy format with Each episode: 30 min. episode: 30 Each Each episode: 30 min. 30 episode: Each ネットワークラ・シンデレ Cinderella Network is a Cinderella ! Cinderella Network We all know that it requires daily all know that it requires We to look good. But sometimes efforts wish for a magicalyou cannot help but transformation even if it was only for one night makeover show that makes this dream come true by connecting girls who thanks to at home and the studio are The the latest network technology. of the invites YouTubers program practical and same generation to share the magic tips. Witness ready-to-use of girls that can unfold when a group is connected together! A new type of lifestyle/makeover show that aims to put smiles on the faces of all Cinderellas out there. Each episode:Each min. 45 that show A magical makeover s! Cinderella connects 70

NEW 干渉するよく Scripted お母さん、娘をやめていいですか？は恋人同士のように仲の良い）と顕子（ 5 0 ）（25 Also available as a finished program Trapped ■ 美月母娘だった。あるとき美月は新築中の早瀬家を担当するハウスメーカーの松島と親しくなる。美月は松島に会うことで自分が無意識に顕子の顔色を見て生きてきたことを自覚していく。娘が次第に変わり自分から離れて行くことに動揺した顕子は美月と松島のデートを尾行し、２人の行動を激し 25-year old Mizuki Hayase and her25-year old Mizuki close. Maybe too Akiko, are mother, notice until close. But Mizuki doesn’t theshe begins seeing Matsushima, of the Hayases’ sales representative new home. As she develops a close other than with someone relationship how she had Mizuki realizes her mother, for Akiko’s life looking spent her entire to When Mizuki begins approval. Akiko mother, her distance herself from meddlesome, becomes increasingly up her daughter’s trying to break decides to Then Mizuki relationship. a desperate leave the house, prompting Akiko to even attempt suicide. うになる。ついには２人を別れさせようとする顕子の狂気に満ちた行動から美月は家を出ることを決断。すると顕子が思わぬ行動に出る。 Originally 8 x 48 min. 30 sec. min. 30 Originally 8 x 48 Can I quit being your daughter? I quit being your Can

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