Hiroko Shimabukuro

A scientific exploration in search of a new energy source unleashes a group of powerful demons who begin possessing human bodies and destroying civilization. Close friends Akira and Ryo wind up on different sides of this epic struggle. Akira’s inner strength allows him to maintain his identity and fight for good, but the weaker Ryo is completely overtaken by Satan himself.

A cadre of backup dancers is left astray when their star singer moves on with her life and marriage. They each had their own ambition and hope, which subconsciously rested on the star power of the singer. When plan A does not work, they cling to plan B. When that does not work, in an act of desperation, they are assigned to plan C by their agency. A fight and unprofessionalism seems to put the Backdancers on permanent ice.

After his daughter Mai is killed in an auto accident, a genius programmer recreates her in the form of a computer program called AI. His jealous brother-in-law, wanting to get his hands on the technology for profit, sends his client to steal it and Mai’s father is killed in the process. Learning of her capture, Mai’s old friends race to free AI from her captors so that she won’t fall into the corporate clutches that threaten to erase her soul.

Final performance of SPEED's first national tour, held at Tokyo Dome on October 10, 1998.

A video of the long-awaited national tour, which has moved around 100,000 people. From the nationwide tours that took 16 performances across 10 places nationwide with the best album "SPEEDLAND", the Nippon Budokan pattern sold out the same day of tickets. This 2-piece set is packed with a huge hit tune, and also includes footage of documents such as rehearsal and backstage. This is a must-have item that is highly recommended for those who are touching the SPEED this time.

A former forensic ace turned full-time mom, Yoshioka Shiori balances housework, childcare, and solving crimes with her rookie detective husband and their insightful young son.

Shiho Murakami is a housewife who struggles to raise her 2-year-old daughter and complete her housework. She happens to meet and interact with various people such as a working mother, an elite bureaucrat, who all have similar problems related to housework.