Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen (series)
チーム・バチスタ２: ジェネラル・ルージュの凱旋- Creator: Takeru Kaidô
- Genre: Mystery
- Release date: 4/6/2010
- Release date of last episode: 4/6/2010
- Series status: Ended
- Seasons count: 1 ( List of episodes )
- Episodes count: 1
- Run time: 54 min.
Series description
General Rouge no Gaisen is a 12-episode Japanese medical drama television series broadcast in 2010, a sequel to the series Team Batista no Eikō. Atsushi Itō and Tōru Nakamura reprised their lead roles. The initial season of "Team Batista" aired on Fuji TV in late 2008 and pulled in strong ratings, leading to a follow-up last October in the special episode "Nightingale no Chinmoku." The dramas were based on the first two novels in a best-selling medical mystery series by writer Takeru Kaido. The new season is based on the third novel, General Rouge no Gaisen. Both "Team Batista no Eiko" and "General Rouge no Gaisen" have also been adapted as a feature films, starring Yuko Takeuchi and Hiroshi Abe. Fuji TV will broadcast "Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen" on Tuesdays at 10:00pm, beginning on April 6. New cast members this time include Hidetoshi Nishijima, Ai Kato and Miho Shiraishi.
