Nobuta wo Produce
Kiritani Shuji is the popular guy who gets along with everyone, from the jerks to the nerds to the just plain weird. The one person Shuji cannot stand is Kusano Akira. To Shuji, Akira is just plain annoying. He laughs, talks and acts funny. Things heat up when a new student comes to school. Her name is Kotani Nobuko, a girl who has no self confidence at all and is content at being made fun of and bullied in school. Shuji and Akira come to an accord that in order to make use of their "youth" they will "produce" Nobuko as the next popular girl. One of the conditions, however, is that nobody should find out that they are working together as a team to make this concept possible. Unveiled here is the story of true friendship between three unlikely candidates who would not have been friends if not given the special circumstances.
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About Nobuta wo Produce
- Title
- Nobuta wo Produce
- Original language
- Japanese
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Release year
- 2005
- Status
- Ended
- Average runtime
- 56 min
- Format
- Drama series
Nobuta wo Produce is a Japanese drama series from Japan, released in 2005. Most international viewers experience Nobuta wo Produce through translated subtitles — the quality of those subtitles directly shapes how much of the original story, humor, and character voice survives the language gap.
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Cast
Kazuya KamenashiShuji KiritaniPhoto: TVmaze 
Maki HorikitaKotani NobukoPhoto: TVmaze 
Tomohisa YamashitaKusano AkiraPhoto: TVmaze
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