Ando-Roid
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| Ando-Roid | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Promotional poster | |
| Also known as | Ando ♡ Roid[1] |
| Genre | Sci-Fi, romance |
| Written by | Yumie Nishiogi Yōko Izumisawa |
| Starring | Takuya Kimura Kou Shibasaki Yuko Oshima Kenta Kiritani Tsubasa Honda |
| Opening theme | ARX II-13 by Yugo Kanno |
| Ending theme | Your Eyes by Mariya Takeuchi |
| Country of origin | Japan |
| Original language | Japanese |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Production | |
| Producers | Hiroki Ueda Toshio Tsuboi |
| Running time | 54 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | TBS |
| Release | October 13 – December 15, 2013 |
Ando-Roid, stylized as Andō ♡ Roid (安堂ロイド〜A.I. knows LOVE?〜, Andō Lloyd: A.I. knows Love?), is a Japanese television drama series which premiered on TBS on 13 October 2013.[2][3] Takuya Kimura is the lead actor, and he plays dual role in this drama. The 1st episode is 69 minutes, 2nd episode is 64 minutes long.
Plot[edit]
Reiji Matsushima is a genius physicist. He realizes that he and his fiancé Asahi Ando will be killed as the theory which he advanced. One day, in the year 2013, Reiji dies in an airplane explosion & crash. He was a handsome and world-famous professor who studied wormhole theories. It is a mystery whether his research on wormhole theory caused his death or not. His fiancé Asahi is a capable career woman working at a large IT company. She is beautiful and smart, but she met Reiji and fell in love with him. Her days with Reiji were happy, but one day he dies and somebody tries to killer. Asahi doesn't know why someone wants to end her life. Lloyd, who looks exactly like her dead fiancé Reiji, suddenly appears in front of her. Lloyd came from the year 2113. His mission is to protect Asahi from any risky situations. Without Asahi's knowledge, Lloyd fights to protect her. Lloyd doesn't know what "love" is and doesn't understand human anger or sadness. At first, Asahi doesn't like Lloyd, but slowly her feelings change. Lloyd also begins to develop feelings for her.
Cast[edit]
- Takuya Kimura as Andō Lloyd/Reiji Matsushima (dual role)
- Kou Shibasaki as Asahi Andō, Reiji's fiancée
- Yuko Oshima as Nanase Matsushima, Reiji's sister
- Tsubasa Honda as Sapuri, a fixer android
- Kenta Kiritani as Shinzō Hoshi, a computer expert work for Asahi
- Sayaka Yamaguchi as Sakiko Komatsu, a woman work with Hoshi
- Jessie as Tom Edogawa, Reiji's lab assistant
- Mitsuki Yamamoto as Kaoru Kuriyama, Reiji's lab assistant
- Dai Ikeda as Tomoharu Kurata, Reiji's lab assistant
- Yōji Hino as Yoshiyuki Tomiya, a detective
- Kenichi Endō as Isaku Ashimo, a detective
- Mirei Kiritani as a mysterious beautiful girl
- Yūta Hiraoka as Hajime Kadoshiro, a mysterious bureaucrat executive
- Yūko Natori as Keiko Andō, Asahi's mother
Episodes[edit]
| No. | Title | Directed by | Original air date | Ratings (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "永遠に君を護る!" | Takafumi Hatano | October 13, 2013 | 19.2[4] |
| 2 | "母の愛、家族の絆" | Takafumi Hatano | October 20, 2013 | 15.2[5] |
| 3 | "触れあう二人の孤独な気持ち" | Hisashi Kimura | October 27, 2013 | 13.2[6] |
| 4 | "アンドロイドは愛を知った" | Hisashi Kimura | November 3, 2013 | 10.3[7] |
| 5 | "今夜衝撃の第5話!愛を知ったロイドが涙を流す...。 怒濤の展開への序章" | Toshio Tsuboi | November 10, 2013 | 11.5[8] |
| 6 | "優しい嘘・悲しい真実" | Takafumi Hatano | November 17, 2013 | 11.4[9] |
| 7 | "ロイド!!あなたは私が護る" | Toshio Tsuboi | November 24, 2013 | 11.2[10] |
| 8 | "想いは奇跡をうむ、誕生の夜" | Takafumi Hatano | December 1, 2013 | 10.7[11] |
| 9 | "兄妹の絆〜孤独が犯した過ち" | Hisashi Kimura | December 8, 2013 | 10.3[12] |
| 10 | "約束の時、想いは永遠に" | Takafumi Hatano | December 15, 2013 | 12.6[13] |
References[edit]
- ^ "Results Presentation The First Nine Months of the Year Ending March 31, 2014" (PDF) (Press release). Tokyo Broadcasting System Holdings, Inc. 2014-02-06. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2016. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
Revenue increased with brisk overseas sales of NAOKI HANZAWA, Ando ♡ Roid, and other dramas.
- ^ "日曜劇場『安堂ロイド～A.I. knows LOVE?～』". Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-03-26.
- ^ "Evangelion's Anno, Tsurumaki Work on Live-Action Andō Lloyd Show". animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved 2015-03-26.
- ^ キムタク主演「安堂ロイド」19.2%発進 同時間帯「相棒」超え (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ キムタク主演「安堂ロイド」第2話は15.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ キムタク主演「安堂ロイド」第3話は13.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ 日本S裏で2.9%ダウン！「安堂ロイド」第4話は10.3% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ 「安堂ロイド」第5話は1.2ポイント反発で11.5% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ 木村拓哉主演「安堂ロイド」第6話は11.4% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ 木村拓哉主演「安堂ロイド」第7話は11.2% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ 木村拓哉主演「安堂ロイド」第8話は10.7% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ 木村拓哉主演「安堂ロイド」第9話は10.3% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
- ^ 木村拓哉主演「安堂ロイド」最終回は12.6% (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10. Retrieved 2015-05-12.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Andô Lloyd at IMDb
- allcinema (in Japanese)
