W24 Japan is a Japanese action thriller television series airing on TV Asahi, based on the American series 24. It began airing from 9 October 2020 and is scheduled to continue through March 2021. It was created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, written by Shūkei Nagasaka and produced by Total Media Communication and 20th Century Fox Television.
WAIBOU is a Japanese television detective series that first aired on TV Asahi on June 3, 2000. It has been adapted into six films: AIBOU: The Movie (2008), AIBOU: CSI Files (2009), AIBOU: The Movie II (2010), AIBOU: X-DAY (2013), AIBOU: The Movie III (2014) and AIBOU: The Movie IV (2017).
WBartender is a Japanese manga series written by Araki Joh and illustrated by Kenji Nagatomo. Its focus is Ryū Sasakura, a genius bartender who uses his talents to ease the worries and soothe the souls of troubled customers. The manga was first serialized in Shueisha's Japanese seinen magazine Super Jump from 2004 to 2011. The individual chapters were collected by Shueisha and released in twenty-one tankōbon volumes.
WA Chef of Nobunaga is a Japanese manga series written by Mitsuru Nishimura and illustrated by Takuro Kajikawa. It was noted to be adapted into a Japanese television drama series in January 2013.
WHaruka Seventeen is a seinen manga by Sakuya Yamazaki which was serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Morning from 2004 to 2006. It was adapted into a live-action TV drama which aired on TV Asahi in 2005.
WHoliday Love is a Japanese manga series written by Yukari Koyama and illustrated by Eliza Kusakabe. It was serialized online in DeNA's Manga Box app in multiple languages since September 2014 and published in print by Kodansha in five volumes. An 8-episode live-action drama adaptation aired on TV Asahi from January 26 to March 16, 2018, and a 20-episode original net animation adaptation premiered on Production I.G's Anime Beans app on August 3, 2018.
WInu o Kau to Iu Koto is a Japanese television series which premiered on TV Asahi on April 15, 2011. Its full title is Inu o kau toyuu koto〜 sukai to wagaya no 180-nichi〜 .
WKotaro Lives Alone is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Mami Tsumura. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's seinen manga magazine Big Comic Superior since March 2015. A ten-episode television drama was broadcast on TV Asahi in 2021.
WThe Laughing Salesman is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko A. Fujio. The manga began as a one-shot series serialized in Shogakukan's Big Comic magazine on 1968, later becoming a full-fledged series published by Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha's Manga Sunday magazine from 1969 to 1971. The manga tells the story of a salesman named Moguro Fukuzou, whose job is to help people fill gaps in their soul. In reality, he often ruins the lives of his clients if they do not follow his strict instructions or if they betray his trust.
WMop Girl is a television drama series based on the novel of the same title by Miaki Kato ; it recounts the adventures of Momoko Hasegawa, played by Keiko Kitagawa, who possesses the ability to travel back in time upon contact with belongings of a deceased person with unfinished business in life. She then has the chance to prevent the death of the would-be deceased.
WOne Missed Call is a horror television series based on the popular Japanese film series One Missed Call. It aired on TV Asahi in 2005.
WOssan's Love is a Japanese television drama produced by TV Asahi. The series follows Soichi Haruta, a romantically unsuccessful office worker whose male boss and roommate confess their romantic feelings for him. Noted as one of the first Japanese television dramas in the boys' love genre, Ossan's Love was initially released as a single-episode television special in 2016, which was adapted into a seven episode television series in 2018. A feature film sequel to the television series, Ossan's Love: Love or Dead, was released in 2019; a second season of the television series titled Ossan's Love: In the Sky aired that same year.
WPrincess Princess D is a Japanese television drama originally aired by TV Asahi from June to September 2006. The series centers on three high school students involved in their school's cross-dressing princess system, and was loosely based on the manga Princess Princess by Mikiyo Tsuda.
WReinōryokusha Odagiri Kyōko no Uso is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Business Jump from May 2007 to October 2011, with its chapters collected in seven tankōbon volumes. It was adapted into a nine-episode television drama series, broadcast on TV Asahi in 2010.
WRokuhōdō Yotsuiro Biyori (鹿楓堂よついろ日和) is a Japanese manga series by Yū Shimizu. It has been serialized in Shinchosha's seinen manga magazine Go Go Bunch since October 2013 and has been collected in twelve tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Zexcs aired from April to June 2018. A live-action drama adaptation premiered in January 2022 on TV Asahi's Oshidora Saturday block.
WSamurai Sensei (サムライせんせい) is a Japanese television drama based on the manga written by Esusuke Kuroe about a samurai who time-travelled 150 years to modern day Japan. The series was broadcast by TV Asahi from 13 October to 11 December 2015.
WSpecialist (スペシャリスト) is a Japanese television drama series that premiered on TV Asahi on 14 January 2016. It was previously aired as Saturday Night drama from 2013 to 2015. In this drama, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, a member of SMAP, played the lead role, Kaho Minami, Yūta Hiraoka and Natsuna appeared in supporting roles. The first episode received a viewership rating of 17.1%, and its overall average was 12.0%. It was Sei Ashina’s final television role before her death in 2020.
WTokumei Kakarichō Tadano Hitoshi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kimio Yanagisawa. A television drama was aired on TV Asahi in 2003, the official English name of the drama is Hitoshi Tadano, the Extraordinary Undercover Detective. A new drama series started airing in 2012 as Detective Anonymous.
WTrick comprises a comedic Japanese television drama and movie series, as well as associated comic books, novelizations and meta-fiction novels about a failed magician and an arrogant physicist who debunks fraudulent spiritualists. It stars Hiroshi Abe and Yukie Nakama and is shown on TV Asahi. It was created by Japanese director Yukihiko Tsutsumi and produced by Toho.
WWasteful Days of High School Girls is a Japanese manga series by Bino, serialized online via Niconico Seiga, Comic Newtype, and pixiv Comic websites since 2014. It has been collected in nine tankōbon volumes by Kadokawa Shoten as of June 2021. An anime television series adaptation by Passione aired from July to September 2019. A live-action series aired on TV Asahi from January to March 2020.