Arigatou! Champy

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name = Arigatou! Champy


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ja_name = ありがとう！チャンピイ
genre = Human Drama, DocumentaryInfobox animanga/Drama
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director = Keita Motohashi
network = Fuji Television
September 13 2008
Saturday 21:00-23:00
episodes = 1

nihongo|"Arigatou! Champy"|ありがとう！チャンピイ～日本初の盲導犬誕生物語～ is a special Japanese television drama. The drama aired on Fuji Television September 13, 2008 at 21.00 - 23.10 p.m. Viewership rating 10.0%.

Plot

Kenichi (Masanobu Takashima), who, after World War II, decides to open an obedience school since he loves dogs and believes more people will want them as pets. However, all his "students" are invariably from rich families who look on their dogs as toys. Then he meets Kawai (Atsushi Ito), a young blind man, and Kenichi trains his German shepherd. It turns out to be more difficult than he imagined.

Cast

Cast and roles

* Masanobu Takashima - Kenichi
* Atsushi Ito - Kyoshi Kawai
* Yuika Motokariya - Reiko Kawai
* Mayuko Fukuda
* Jun Hashizume
* Sachiko Sakurai
* Miwon
* Chinu Izumi
* Ryohei Hirota
* Mao Ono
* Koichi Ohori
* Kazumasa Taguchi
* Usoh Ozaki
* Ikkei Watanabe
* Masahiro Toda

Crew

* Directors – Keita Motohashi
* Writer – Toshio Terada

External links

* [http://www.810.co.jp/book/ISBN4-89295-223-0.html Book] ja
* [http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/080905/gnj0809050431005-n1.htm News] ja
* [http://www.fujitv.co.jp/fujitv/news/pub_2008/08-244.html Official site] ja