[Discussion] ROOKIES

akiko-chico · Post by **akiko-chico** » Jul 21st, '08, 05:36

Oh my

he looks hot in the top pic, and a total nerd in Rookies haha

Dang he looks so different ...

samanthapoop wrote:Hey guys, hope this wasnt posted before,

guess who..

tada!

the funny dude who cracks me up all the time. HAHA! he looked hot in the first pic. shucks. or maybe wiki made a mistake?

source:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kiritani_Kenta[/img]

Salz · Post by **Salz** » Jul 21st, '08, 05:59

he is hawt^^
u should c him in Crows Zero and One Pound Gospel

darynrose · Post by **darynrose** » Jul 21st, '08, 06:03

He was?! I should pay more attention to others than SHun...

Salz · Post by **Salz** » Jul 21st, '08, 07:02

yeah beside Shun there plenty of hotties in the movie too

though i also focus too much on Shun and Yamada

he is one of Yamada friend which sick...
he so cool in the movie

leadfreaky · Post by **leadfreaky** » Jul 21st, '08, 18:08

He really looks hot!*__*

though at first I thought it's Sato Takeru, the rasta guy!^^ he looks kinda similar~

nikogaku · Post by **nikogaku** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:15

The final episode ended about 15 minutes ago. It was awesome. I won't spoil of course but just to let everyone know that...

There will be a drama special later this year and ROOKIES movie out next year.

TsubasaDragon · Post by **TsubasaDragon** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:21

Really? **** i forgot watching it. but danm really????

darynrose · Post by **darynrose** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:25

Watched the finale too,

.... awesome....

nikogaku · Post by **nikogaku** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:26

Yup. It was announced right after the episode ended and is confirmed on the official website - the part that says "映画化決定！". I'm sure the news will make it to Japanese newspapers on Sunday.

TsubasaDragon · Post by **TsubasaDragon** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:31

i hope so finaly a drama that i love gets an Movie!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rori · Post by **Rori** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:40

LOL. Totally forget it's Saturday, will have to grab the torrent.

But OH MY GOD, SP and Movie?! Damnit, I'm happy.

Still more ROOKIES to look forward to.

Hentaibetsubara · Post by **Hentaibetsubara** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:49

woow. good news!!!!! thank you!!!
but they will change the actors for the movie, won't they (like in koizora and sunadokei)? i like them all so much

I watched today parts of the episode by accident. I don`t have an television in my room so I couldn't watch it. but i wanted to wait for the subs anyway since i don't understand japanese.
At this time i was at the supermarket and I was standing in front of the cashier when I looked at the television behind him showing rookies. hehe, i couldn't stop looking at the tv....
i will miss rookies

TsubasaDragon · Post by **TsubasaDragon** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:52

if it's connected to the drama probably not. besides it's announced after the episode ended so i don't think it will change cast.

Hentaibetsubara · Post by **Hentaibetsubara** » Jul 26th, '08, 12:53

TsubasaDragon wrote:if it's connected to the drama probably not. besides it's announced after the episode ended so i don't think it will change cast.

yattaaaa. thank you. I hope you are right

nikogaku · Post by **nikogaku** » Jul 26th, '08, 13:03

I'm almost sure that it'll be with the same cast too. Some of the cast members were at the Yahoo Live Talk and were jokingly saying that they want this to go on for 10 years. Kiritani Kenta (Hiracchi) said that he'll be 38 by then.

marthapido · Post by **marthapido** » Jul 26th, '08, 13:30

Watched the final episode too!!!
I'm so happy that there'll be SP during autumn n Movie next spring..Really can't wait~~

Elien · Post by **Elien** » Jul 27th, '08, 10:02

After what I´ve read here I couldn´t wait for subs and watched the last two episodes. It was soooo good

I´m finally able to remember all their names

So happy for SP

There is World Academical Baseball Championship in my country right now and this evening Japan will face USA in the final. I´ve ben to all Japan´s games and going today as well. Rookies and this event made me love baseball so much more then before. Well, the players here are not so good looking as Nikogaku, but I have one favourite

Hope that they will win today, still have to get a few more signature and photos from them

chokubi · Post by **chokubi** » Jul 27th, '08, 18:35

This drama gets my vote for the best drama of this season. I probably have a thing for sports dramas, but I didn't expect this one to be a cling-to-the-edge-of-my-seat for almost every episode!
Simply awesome man. Can't wait to see the remaining episodes, SP and movie!

TsubasaDragon · Post by **TsubasaDragon** » Jul 27th, '08, 18:40

Me neither i loved the ending. really it's that good!. now to catch up with the subs.

Elien · Post by **Elien** » Jul 27th, '08, 22:30

Just letting you know that Japan lost in 13th inning 0:1. It was tough battle and everyone were supporting Japan

The guys were very nice and happy even when they lost. I got signatures from all of them and some nice photos. Now I can tell that catcher is the moodmaker cause both were as crazy as Wakana

Must add that one of them was also good loking but not so good as Wakana is

Nikogaku needs to get more players, two or three could do. There were 22 players here and some of them didn´t even play but it´s a good thing to have somebody to get you drink, nee? Just kidding

Hope there will be some new characters in the SP and the movie, more ikemen yakyu senshu

Rori · Post by **Rori** » Aug 1st, '08, 21:30

Ahhhh~ The Finale is just too good to put into words right now. I've only just finished watching it, so I need to calm down a bit. xD;

Dozen things running through my head after watching it. Some being some questions.

But, seriously. Everything in this episode was done perfectly. I'd say I was holding my breath through the whole hour and a half but that's pretty impossible to do - but I was damn close to it!

Anyone know the ratings for the Finale? I hope it was good! It seriously deserves a high rating.

Ending was just beautiful. Cried then.

ROOKIES is by far one of the best Jdrama I've ever watched and for last season?

ROOKIES > Last Friends > Gokusen 3 > whatever else aired.

--

I'm so glad they've decided to continue it with both a SP and Movie.

Can't wait for more ROOKIES goodness!

edit -- nevermind, I got the rating! 19.5 from the dramawiki page

That's just as good progress that, that LF series had. ROOKIES started out with 12.2%! Great job, ROOKIES. <3~

lynchmob72 · Post by **lynchmob72** » Aug 1st, '08, 21:57

I really like the drama. I hope the movie is a little bit better though. I have to admit, i am a bit tired of seeing these teen age high school bad ass kids kicking desks all the time. They always seem to get beat up anyway.

TsubasaDragon · Post by **TsubasaDragon** » Aug 2nd, '08, 05:01

is it me Or does TBS intend to Make Movies of their drama's more often?

nikogaku · Post by **nikogaku** » Aug 2nd, '08, 10:19

Rori wrote:edit -- nevermind, I got the rating! 19.5 from the dramawiki page

That's just as good progress that, that LF series had. ROOKIES started out with 12.2%! Great job, ROOKIES. <3~

The highest ratings point throughout the last episode of ROOKIES was 25.4%, as reported in Sankei Sports here. It was at 8:48 p.m. Japan time, around the last 12 minutes of the episode. It was a record high for the past 16 years for programs shown on TBS at that time slot (Saturday, 8 p.m.).

By way of comparison, Last Friends' highest ratings point for the last episode was 25.9%. But I still say that I'm A LOT MORE proud of our Nikogaku boys.

TsubasaDragon · Post by **TsubasaDragon** » Aug 2nd, '08, 10:24

Go NikoGaku GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry I had to do it.

Rori · Post by **Rori** » Aug 2nd, '08, 22:18

nikogaku wrote:
Rori wrote:edit -- nevermind, I got the rating! 19.5 from the dramawiki page

That's just as good progress that, that LF series had. ROOKIES started out with 12.2%! Great job, ROOKIES. <3~
The highest ratings point throughout the last episode of ROOKIES was 25.4%, as reported in Sankei Sports here. It was at 8:48 p.m. Japan time, around the last 12 minutes of the episode. It was a record high for the past 16 years for programs shown on TBS at that time slot (Saturday, 8 p.m.).

By way of comparison, Last Friends' highest ratings point for the last episode was 25.9%. But I still say that I'm A LOT MORE proud of our Nikogaku boys.

Indeed. I'm very glad for ROOKIES. More so than Last Friends.

When I was comparing, though, I was talking about the progress. How LF started out low just like ROOKIES yet both ended on a high rating.

LF did better than ROOKIES, but hey! at least ROOKIES didn't have to sacrifice the main story just to keep the ratings high!

akiko-chico · Post by **akiko-chico** » Aug 3rd, '08, 05:54

I haven't watched the ending yet, but from the sounds of it it must be good! I am excited. Can't wait for the subbed version to be released

nikogaku · Post by **nikogaku** » Aug 4th, '08, 06:31

Rori wrote:LF did better than ROOKIES, but hey! at least ROOKIES didn't have to sacrifice the main story just to keep the ratings high!

LOL so true!

I do wonder if there's any truth to the rumour of Ueno Juri being unhappy on how LF became Sousuke-focused but that's a subject matter for another thread. ^^

polarmi · Post by **polarmi** » Aug 4th, '08, 07:35

at first i wanna wait for the subs,but its killing me..so i d/l .all i need is to wait for a couple hours..btw,ROOKIES is the best jdrama i've ever watch.

Hentaibetsubara · Post by **Hentaibetsubara** » Aug 4th, '08, 12:09

polarmi wrote:at first i wanna wait for the subs,but its killing me..so i d/l .all i need is to wait for a couple hours..btw,ROOKIES is the best jdrama i've ever watch.

wah. you are so strong. i couldn't resist watching it without subs. Now I've seen everything without knowing anything

but it is a drama i can enjoy without understanding anything. It's really one of the best dramas in my eyes (okay, i haven't seen many dramas until now, but i really, really like this one).

junkie · Post by **junkie** » Aug 25th, '08, 05:10

have they announced when the SP or movie will be? i just finished the last episode (without understanding anything lol) and the very very last part made me curious. haha.

oh and...

haha! sorry for asking a lot of questions, my japanese isnt good at all so i couldnt understand most of it...[/code]

Mirokujin · Post by **Mirokujin** » Sep 21st, '08, 05:20

I'm looking forward to the TV SP. Anybody knows when will it be aired?

VerusMaya II · Post by **VerusMaya II** » Sep 21st, '08, 09:12

junkie wrote:
what was that problem kawato had in episode 10 and why did he have to stand outside of the arena for the megurogawa game? and why did he have to leave the school for a while? is he really back this time?

bex · Post by **bex** » Sep 28th, '08, 12:13

I just finished watching the series, and one thing kinda bothered me at the end. Maybe I missed it somewhere, but...

Ryuuta · Post by **Ryuuta** » Sep 29th, '08, 15:09

I like this Dorama very much
It was very funny and has a little bit of Gokusen but is complete different and this is what I like about this Dorama

and now I can't await the special and the movie

Jon Snow · Post by **Jon Snow** » Sep 30th, '08, 01:42

I saw a CM on TBS, the special will be on air october 4th.
But maybe it's something else :s

Ryuuta · Post by **Ryuuta** » Sep 30th, '08, 09:20

no, it's right
the special will be air on 4th October (I saw it on the official HP)
=> 『ROOKIES スペシャル』10月4日 (土) よる 6：30 放送！
=> "Rookies Special" 4.10. 18:30

akiko-chico · Post by **akiko-chico** » Oct 2nd, '08, 01:40

Finally had the chance to watch the final episode and I just LOVED IT!! It was such a nice ending. Such a good drama first sports drama I've watched and it was awesome, I highly recommend! Thank you subbers

Yoshiko · Post by **Yoshiko** » Oct 3rd, '08, 10:18

I really enjoyed this drama. Many cool & funny boys and really interested theme drama. Maybe little bit of Gokusen but this is sport drama and I really liked sport drama like H2, TOUCH!, Pride, Engine.
Especially liked Shinji (Shirota Yuu) and Ichihara Hayato

but all boys is great, all characters. So now We waiting for MOVIE

YAH....

Orbity · Post by **Orbity** » Oct 4th, '08, 08:00

Just finished watching a few of the cast members on a TBS Talk Show. Was a bit of fun. Looking forward to tonight.

Ryuuta · Post by **Ryuuta** » Oct 4th, '08, 09:17

I couldn't watch that show because it was too early (8:30am in Germany)
I hope someone ripped that show and will upload it ._.
and I think I can't watch the Sp, too because of the damn streams (they don't work since yesterday afternoon)
I don't want to watch that on keyhole TV >_<

Edit:
ahh, the special disappoint me

Romance · Post by **Romance** » Oct 5th, '08, 14:16

Havent been this disappointed for a long while... the sp... AH me and my friends begged for atleast something new in the end, but nothing came.. Crap, that was pure waste of time.

Rori · Post by **Rori** » Oct 6th, '08, 06:23

Kind of surprised seeing the ROOKIES SP up in the torrents section but judging by the spoilers... is it worth it?

celticmoon · Post by **celticmoon** » Oct 7th, '08, 19:08

So the special is just a recap of the series with no new footage at all? What a disappointment! I was expecting a continuation of the series...

I guess I'll be passing.

Ryuuta · Post by **Ryuuta** » Oct 8th, '08, 00:43

a very little few new szenes are in it, but they are only Mikoshiba remember all the things (and Aniya appears, too but only for a moment)

but I don't know why they did such a special, it is only useful for those who haven't seen the Dorama
I think they had show this one when the Movie will be on air

celticmoon · Post by **celticmoon** » Oct 9th, '08, 17:53

Ryuuta wrote:but I don't know why they did such a special, it is only useful for those who haven't seen the Dorama
I think they had show this one when the Movie will be on air

Thanks for the info. And yeah, I agree. It seems so pointless to do a recap so shortly after the drama ended. If anything it should be aired a few days before the movie is released, in order to maximize the movie-going audience. Plus, by March, even people who did watch the entire series would be more inclined to see a recap than they would be now.

Apparently the ratings for the SP were 10%. That's worse than any of the episodes, and basically half of what the finale was. So I was really surprised at first. But upon finding out that it was a recap, not so much.

nikogaku · Post by **nikogaku** » Oct 15th, '08, 01:45

I know a lot of people are disappointed with the SP but...

Ryuuta · Post by **Ryuuta** » Oct 15th, '08, 09:58

a good thing happend
the movie site has opened

http://rookies-movie.jp/

of course there isn't much, or better: nothing (only "2009 Roadshow")

but this will give us hope that there will be some information in the near future

Ryuuta · Post by **Ryuuta** » Nov 2nd, '08, 15:01

last week and today I watched an animal show at TBS where Nakao-kun was guest
last week he had black hair and today he had his Rookies hair colour (the brown part on top)

maybe it's a sign that the filming of the movie will start soon (or maybe it started already)

and by the way.....Nakao-kun's body is very sugoi >___<

lynchmob72 · Post by **lynchmob72** » Nov 2nd, '08, 15:50

Japanese producers seem to love doing this. They recap and or try to add a little more to the original storyline, without adding more storyline. I guess thats just how it is though.

nikogaku · Post by **nikogaku** » Dec 3rd, '08, 04:35

New cast members have been announced for the ROOKIES movie. Yamamoto Yusuke will play the character Akaboshi while Ishida Takuyawill play the character Hamanaka. Both Akaboshi and Hamanaka are in the manga but were not featured in the drama series. The movie will be screened in cinemas in Japan starting 30th May 2009.

Source: Nikkan Sports

Awesome news!

Salz · Post by **Salz** » Dec 3rd, '08, 05:22

this is great news^^
Yusuke gonna be in the movie<33

mujiri · Post by **mujiri** » Dec 28th, '08, 03:48

just finished Rookies this week. really like it a lot.
was extremely touching and inspirational to me. lol my wife was scolding why can't ppl just give them a chance, but then of course someone did - kawato:)

well waiting for the SP to be subbed even though the comments from you guys seems to be not so so good. I guess would have to wait till the movie for the realyl good stuff

koshien ikuzo!

~hmm the roadshow takes place in May, does that means the movie would be after!?

Kamakaze Karaoke · Post by **Kamakaze Karaoke** » Jan 27th, '09, 16:09

I just finished this drama and i LOVED it! I'm a big fan of baseball dramas and Nakao Akiyoshi(was also in H2 my fave sports drama ever) so I had high expectations, and I was not disappointed! And I had an OMG moment in ep 7 when Nakao showed off his body! enough to make a girl go "KYA!"

mujiri · Post by **mujiri** » Jan 27th, '09, 17:15

lol then you should keep a look out for the movie coming in may, which would most prob be all about koshien. cant wait for it to come myself:)

ZoddGuts · Post by **ZoddGuts** » Feb 2nd, '09, 05:05

Anybody that lives in L.A. can see this being broadcast on Ch. 18 at 9:00 PM. First episode is being broadcast as I type this. Oh and it has subtitles.

justpeachy · Post by **justpeachy** » Sep 29th, '09, 03:04

I think this is probably the best drama ever. But, it's not my favorite drama. I hope you understand what I mean. lol.

I found this drama to be incredibly heartwarming. I cried in every episode. I was shocked because I'm not an emotional person and have been told I'm a cold, uncaring, and heartless. Yup, this was a great drama. ^_^

I haven't seen the SP yet, but I just finished DLing it. So, the SP is pretty much just a recap? Aww, that sucks. Oh well, I'll just watch it since I have it.

generalpaper · Post by **generalpaper** » Nov 9th, '09, 15:28

anyone watched the ROOKIES movie yet? izzit nice.? I CANT seem to find it on any torrent sites...can some1 pm me the link if possible pls.!!! ONEGAISHIMASU.

celticmoon · Post by **celticmoon** » Nov 9th, '09, 19:27

^ It hasn't been released on DVD yet, so it probably hasn't surfaced on the Internet yet (unless there are some cam rips floating around). The DVD will be released on 12/4, so there will probably be many opportunities to see it on the Internet then.

Anyway, ROOKIES is currently the highest grossing movie in Japan for 2009, which I think is pretty amazing. It grossed a fair amount more than any of the recent drama-to-movie hits including Gokusen, Galileo, Hana Yori Dango, and even HERO. It was still playing in most theaters when I went to Japan this summer... unfortunately I wasn't able to catch it though... So I'm patiently waiting for the DVD/Blu-ray release.

Orbity · Post by **Orbity** » Jan 22nd, '10, 22:50

http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=torre ... tid=109954

garnet07 · Post by **garnet07** » Feb 3rd, '10, 07:05

samanthapoop wrote:Hey guys, hope this wasnt posted before,

guess who..

tada!

the funny dude who cracks me up all the time. HAHA! he looked hot in the first pic. shucks. or maybe wiki made a mistake?

source:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Kiritani_Kenta[/img]

Haha LMAO. Can't believe the "pinch hitter face", "go in and bat, eeh it was just a joke come back here in the bench" guy actually looks HOT.

Two years later, I finally decided to watch this drama. I watched the first 2 episodes when they first came out, but it didn't really interest me that much. But since there's no good Jdoramas right now, I decided to watch a few more episodes of this and from ep3- well about to watch the last episode. This is so good. I haven't finished Gokusen 3 either because that got really boring after watching S1 and S2, S3 has all recycled plot lines.

Is able to recognize more than half of the characters now after watching Aikurushii, Bloody Monday, MW, Nodame Cantabile, Hanakimi, Tantei Gakuen Q and Pride.

@samanthapoop:

Thanks for sharing that info. It's really hard to picture the baka-Hiratsuka as a cool dude.

generalpaper · Post by **generalpaper** » Feb 3rd, '10, 14:13

oh what a difference a little hair can do....hahaha

fleng · Post by **fleng** » Feb 6th, '10, 12:57

Just finished watching Rookies the movie and effin bawwed Manly Tears. A very good ending to the series and movie.

Sayonara Rookies.

One for all!!!

mrs_chiba · Post by **mrs_chiba** » Feb 17th, '10, 07:35

i re-watched this drama again and i am so loving it!
the story, the cast and everything. it's one of the best in 2008 and i think the cast deserve an applause for the great acting lol.

*needs to watch the movie now*

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