Details
Title: 動物のお医者さん
Title (romaji): Dobutsu no Oisha-san
Also known as: Animal Doctor
Genre: Human drama / Comedy
Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 9.9
Broadcast network: TV Asahi
Broadcast period: 2003-Apr-17 to 2003-Jun-26
Air time: Thursday 21:00
Theme song: "Asahi no naka de hohoende" by Isayama Mio (諌山実生)
Synopsis
Masaki Nishine (Yoshizawa) is a high school student studying for college entrance examinations. One day, while walking through the campus of a nearby H University's School of Veterinarian Science with his best friend Nikaido (Kaname), he comes across a little puppy with a face of a female demon, the type one sees in a Noh mask. At the same time, a mysterious professor wearing a funny-looking outfit appears and makes a strange prophecy, "You will become a vet in the future!" Not only that, he forces the puppy (which turned out to be an expensive Siberian husky) on Masaki. Nikaido names the puppy Chobi without even asking his buddy for approval. The pup becomes a member of the Nishine Family, along with Miké, a bossy female cat kept by Masaki's grandmother Taka (played by Kyoko Kishida), and a violent cock named Hiyo-chan. Soon after, Chobi falls sick and Masaki takes the dog to a vet where they meet the mysterious professor Urushihara (Emori) again. As if spellbound, the two men take the entrance exam for H University's School of Veterinarian Science. Both pass the test and begin attending the school. What awaited them, however, were a group of patients—all animals, of course—and a faculty of ultra-individualistic professors including Urushihara.
Cast
Yoshizawa Hisashi as Nishine Masaki
Wakui Emi as Hishinuma Seiko
Emori Toru as Professor Urushihara
Kishida Kyoko as Nishine Taka
Kusakari Masao as Professor Sugawara
Kaname Jun as Nikaidou Akio
Kagami Saki as Shimada Sayo
Takasugi Mizuho as Kiyohara
Hirai Rio as Awano
Hiiragi Rumi
Maya Miki
Hotohara Toru
Horikita Maki
Ogawa Tamaki
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Yokota Rie, Furusawa Ryota (古沢良太), Egashira Michiru, Fukazawa Masaki (深沢正樹)
Producer: Takahashi Kotaro (高橋浩太郎)
Director: Sato Shimako, Kuno Masahiro (久野昌宏), Yamazaki Takashi (山崎貴)
Music: Terashima Tamiya (寺嶋民哉)
