Satomi Ohshima

Based on a manga which is in turn based on the writer's real life, "My Darling is a Foreigner" tells the quirky story of a Japanese woman and an American man as they enter into a relationship and eventually marry. Saori (Mao Inoue) is a manga artist. She meets language geek Tony (Jonathan Sherr), who has arrived in Japan after falling in love with the language. As the couple become closer, Saori is inundated with strange questions about the language from Tony. (asianwiki.com)

The story of a mother and daughter and their lives aboard a boat in a fishing town.

Naotatsu Kumazawa is set to start high school. To commute to school, he will stay with his uncle, Shigemichi Utagawa's . On a heavily rainy day, Naotatsu arrives at the nearest stop from his uncle's house.

Akino is a trainee concierge at the Hokkyoku Department Store, an unusual department store that caters exclusively to animals. Under the watchful eyes of the floor manager and senior concierges, Akino runs around to fulfill the wishes of customers with a myriad of needs and problems in her pursuit to become a full-fledged concierge. (youtube.com)