Anego ～アネゴ～

篠原涼子 and 赤西 仁 in Anego

This is one of the dramas which I have watched recently and strongly recommend it to my friends. It is a good drama and I like it a lot.

The story evolved around 野田奈央子 (played by 篠原涼子), a 32 year old 独身 OL. desparately wanted to get married due to her age. Her life changes when she met a junior staff 黒澤 明彥 (played by 赤西 仁) and 沢木翔一 (played by 加藤雅也 )

The storyline is very realistic and it interests me. Another factor that interests me is 篠原涼子 and 赤西 仁. I’ve started to like 篠原さん ‘s acting ever since I watched her in 「光とともに…自閉症児を抱えて」.

I still remember that I did not have a good impression of 篠原さん back in 1990s. She invited 小室哲哉 to compose songs for her. There were some rumours that 篠原さん quarreled with小室哲哉’s artists due to jealously. I saw her in a variety show and frankly speaking, don’t like her look then as there was no character.

篠原さん’s singing career did not went well and concentrated on acting. I have seen her in quite a number of dramas. She did not acted as the main role. These few years her acting has improved, and perhaps lady luck shine on her too. I do think that she acted very well in Anego. She won the 第45回日劇學院大賞最佳女主角獎 for her acting in Anego. Now 篠原さん is my favourite actress. She is my first favourite actress actually.

As for 赤西 仁, I knew him from his group, Kat-tun. 赤西くん got popular because of his role in 「ごくせん」I have not watched 「ごくせん」when I watched Anego. So I was interested to see how his acting is. Well, I think his acting is just right for the role as 黒澤くん. He acted well in some scenes. I enjoyed watching the scenes where 篠原さん and 赤西くん talked to each other and at the same time thinking out loud in their hearts. Very humourous! I think 赤西くん can be a good actor if he puts effort to improve his acting skills.

I’ve enjoyed Anego so much that I would like to watch it again. How I wish I have a junior like 黒澤くん!