Details
Title: 鹿男あをによし
Title (romaji): Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi
Also known as: The Fantastic Deer-Man
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Human drama
Episodes: 10
Viewership ratings: 9.9 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2008-Jan-17 to 2008-Mar-20
Air time: Thursday 22:00
Synopsis
Forced out of his research group after conflicts with his colleagues, Ogawa Takanobu takes up an offer to teach at a girls' high school in Nara. When taking roll call on the first day one of his students, Hotta Ito, sneaks into class late, claiming a bogus excuse--that she got a ticket after trying to park her deer in front of the train station. He makes immediate enemies with Hotta when he tells his superiors about her tardiness and attitude. In the following days, he begins to notice something unusual about Hotta, but he can't seem to put his finger on it.
With an odd group of colleagues who live together with him, Ogawa slowly accustoms to life in slow-paced Nara, where there seem to be as many deer as people. Walking through Nara Park one day, he begins to befriend the local deer population, feeding them rice wafers. After being confronted by a talking deer who commandeers him to prevent the destruction of Japan, he fails in his first mission and the talking deer exacts punishment--looking into the mirror the next day, he discovers he has turned into a deer from the shoulders up. Ogawa slowly begins to piece the puzzle together: the talking deer, the mysterious student, and a recent series of earthquakes that could spell doom for Japan...
Cast
Tamaki Hiroshi as Ogawa Takanobu
Ayase Haruka as Fujiwara Michiko
Tabe Mikako as Hotta Ito
Shibamoto Yuki as Nagaoka Yoshie
Yamadera Koichi (山寺宏一) as the voice of the deer
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Fukuhara Shigehisa
Kodama Kiyoshi as Oharida Fumiaki
Sasai Eisuke as Mizoguchi Akio
Kimura Midoriko as Maemura Saori
Sakai Toshiya as Natori Ryoichi
Washio Machiko as Fukuhara Fusae
Tayama Ryosei as Otsu Mamoru
Guests
Fujii Mina (ep1-7,10)
Kawabe Natsuki (川辺菜月) (ep1-10)
Higashi Ayu (東亜優) (ep1-10)
Miyata Sanae (宮田早苗) (ep1-6,8-9)
Nomura Shoji (野村昇史) (ep1)
Endo Tatsuo (遠藤たつお) (ep1)
Tsubaki Mayumi (椿真由美) (ep1)
Iwata Asahi (岩田朝日) (ep1)
Kuramoto Hiraku (倉本発) (ep1)
Otsuka Tomoya (大塚智哉) (ep1)
Yokobori Ayumu (横堀渉) (ep1)
Sasaki Mutsumi (佐々木睦) (ep1)
Natsuyagi Isao (ep1)
Otsuka Nene (ep1,10)
Yamaguchi Sayaka (ep1)
Shirai Akira (ep1)
Totsugi Shigeyuki (ep1)
Tezuka Toru (手塚とおる) (ep1)
Yamazaki Kaido (山崎海童) (ep1)
Ikeda Kioo (池田宜大) (ep1)
Shibasaki Noboru (芝崎昇) (ep1)
Yamaguchi Hiroko (山口ひろ子) (ep1)
Shibata Masashi (ep1)
Suzuki Shohei (鈴木昌平) (ep1)
Suzuki Takano (鈴木貴乃) (ep1)
Adachi Maki (安達牧) (ep1-7,9-10)
Suzuki Rino (鈴木梨乃) (ep1-7,9-10)
Tokuta Kimika (徳田公華) (ep1-7,9-10)
Nishikawa Fuka (西川風花) (ep1-7,9-10)
Hishiyama Haruka (菱山はるか) (ep1-7,9-10)
Henmi Reina (辺見怜菜) (ep1-7,9-10)
Horisawa Kazumi (堀澤かずみ) (ep1-7,9-10)
Mizuta Moegi (水田萌木) (ep1-7,9-10)
Egashira Yui (江頭由衣) (ep2-10)
Takuma Takayuki (ep2-5)
Matsukawa Shinya (松川真也) (ep2)
Baba Yuki (馬場佑樹) (ep2)
Kaneko Hiroshi (金子裕) (ep2)
Inoue Natsuha (井上夏葉) (ep2)
Takase Yukina (ep3-6,10)
Musaka Naomasa (ep3)
Oki Kanae (沖佳苗) (ep4-5)
Takano Aruka (高野歩日) (ep4-5)
Koyama Hironori (小山弘訓) (ep4-5)
Yura Arisa (由良有里紗) (ep4-5)
Yoshitani Ayako (吉谷彩子) (ep4-5)
Omi Maiko (近江麻衣子) (ep4-5)
Otsuka Tatsuya (大塚達矢) (ep6,10)
Tarumoto Maoka (樽本真生夏) (ep6)
Tahara Hiraku (田原拓) (ep6)
Furuhata Mutsutoshi (古秦むつとし) (ep7)
Toda Keiko (ep9-10)
Ishii Masanori (ep9)
Kao Osamu (花王おさむ) (ep9)
Kawai Tsuto (川井つと) (ep10)
Production Credits
Original writing: Makime Manabu (万城目学) Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi (novel)
Screenwriter: Aizawa Tomoko
Planning: Nakajima Hiroaki (中島寛朗)
Associate producer: Ishihara Takashi
Producer: Tsuchiya Takeshi (土屋健)
Director: Suzuki Masayuki (ep1-2,5,10), Murakami Shosuke (村上正典) (ep3,6,9), Hijikata Masato (土方政人) (ep4), Kono Keita (ep7), Muratani Yoshinori (村谷嘉則) (ep8)
Music: Sahashi Toshihiko
Opening narration: Nakai Kiichi
Shikaotoko Aoniyoshi
