Anime News

2nd Dr.Koto Shinryoujo Series
Date: 2/24/2005
Dr. Koto Shinryoujo (Dr. Koto's Clinic) has boomed in Japan recently. The story, based on the manga by Takatoshi Yamada was made into a popular TV drama in 2003 which was shown on Fuji Television starring Yoshioka Hidetaka Takashi and Shibasaki Kou. In 2004 Koto took the Shogakukan Manga Award in General Category. Thursday it was revealed in Japan the second series is to begin in Weekly Young Sunday Magazine No.13. In the story, Koto leaves behind his former girlfriend, an obstetrician-gynecologist at a university hospital in Tokyo, to take this job and she cannot fathom why Koto, a fairly skilled surgeon, would want to practice in the Pacific. The work has been responsible for a recent medical themed manga boom in Japan.
Source: Manga News Service