Japanese Dramas

[Ileenka]

Ok so let's talk about that here o-o

Been watching Pride starring Kimura Takuya and Takeuchi Yuko the last two days and I am feeling so warm and fuzzy about it. Has anyone watched it? :) It's about 3 or 4 years old.

[Bai-He]

No I havent seen it. Is it good? I saw My Boss My Hero two days ago and I liked it. ^_^

[Ileenka]

Yes, it made me tear up several times. That being said, it's not a perfect drama, but it's still very good. I like the main character because he's not the perfect hero unlike many asian drama's main characters are. His weaknesses and vulnerability are attractive and endearing, plus I like the female main character a lot as well. There are also several assholes in the story, as expected in any other drama, but the tale is told in such a way that at the end of the day, you don't stay hating these people. I totally recommend it. :) It's a great love story.

There's a special movie for Hero, I'm going to watch that soon. It's a continuation from the drama, Hero (2001) which I am also a fan of. :D It's more of an investigation series, not much about romance - but I like being amused by every character's antics in there and the main thing to me is being entertained. I watched all of Kimura's dramas ever since high school, and I can't believe 10 years later I would find myself still going :wtf over his acting.

I'll try the one you just mentioned. I have been hearing things about it. :) Thanks.


I'll just list down the ones I watched (haven't been watching for years, though)


Beach Boys
Beautiful Life
Love Generation
Strawberry on a Shortcake
God, Please Give Me More Time (among all dramas I watched I hate this the most)
Great Teacher Onizuka
Good Luck
Hero
Pride (mentioned in this post)
First Love (semi-pedo drama, negativity not intended)
You're Under Arrest (lol, yes from the anime)
To Heart: Koishite Shinitai
Water Boys (hilarious)
One Missed Call (ok in the beginning, crap towards the end)


I'm sure there are other I've missed. But these are the ones I remember for now.

[Marionette]

I've seen about two J-drama my whole life (many years ago), Tokyo Love Story and Long Vacation, but I loved them both. One of my favorite romance film is probably Love Letter (although it's not completely about romance)...and I liked the Honey and Clover movie but can't stand the drama (what did they do to my poor Hagu!)

[Babbo]

No I havent seen it. Is it good? I saw My Boss My Hero two days ago and I liked it. ^_^

Babbo liked the Korean movies better. The j drama tries too hard to be funny >.>

The GTO drama wasn't too bad but it had some points where it got too moralistic. GTO did that in the anime and the manga but it never overplayed/acted them like the drama did. And the guy who played onizuka was poorly casted and unable to actually make a true fool out of himself which was key to onizuka's character >.>

trying to think of what other dramas babbo watched but it's been a while >.>

[melboyd~]

my boss my hero is uber funny XD i prefer japanese drama over koreans, and i dunno why..~

series that i've watched and are recommended:

beautiful life (takuya kimura and takako tokiwa. verrrryyy sad drama)
long vacation (stars takuya kimura too, cute story)
my boss my hero
hana yori dango I and II (japanese version of meteor garden, but it was based on japanese manga. and i prefer this one more~)
nobuta wo produce (nice drama, cute friendship)
kurosagi (based on a manga, a cool drama)
kimi wa petto (a love story of an older women and a younger guy :P. cute and funny)
sore wa totsuzen arashi no you ni (another love story of a younger guy and an married woman XD, sad)
gokusen I (female version of GTO, same amount of comedy)
GTO ~
ice world (investigation drama, really like this one a lot)
hana kimi (adorable characters)~

now i'm looking for more good j-dramas:uhuh

[Marionette]

My mom like k-drama a lot so I always see them on our TV whenever I go home, but I could never put myself through finishing one. I think the most that I got to is episode 15, I dropped all others before episode 5. When ever me and my dad makes fun of my mom for watching them all she has to say in her defense is "but the boys are so pretty!" LOL.

[Babbo]

My mom like k-drama a lot so I always see them on our TV whenever I go home, but I could never put myself through finishing one. I think the most that I got to is episode 15, I dropped all others before episode 5. When ever me and my dad makes fun of my mom for watching them all she has to say in her defense is "but the boys are so pretty!" LOL.

Their movies tend to be on a whole different level compared to Japanese ones (at least as far as acting and production values) if you ask babbo >.>

there's the nodame cantible live action. that was kind of painful. The girl they cast as nodame just can't pull off the Gyabos and what not >.>

my boss my hero is uber funny XD i prefer japanese drama over koreans, and i dunno why..~

series that i've watched and are recommended:

beautiful life (takuya kimura and takako tokiwa. verrrryyy sad drama)
long vacation (stars takuya kimura too, cute story)
my boss my hero
hana yori dango I and II (japanese version of meteor garden, but it was based on japanese manga. and i prefer this one more~)
nobuta wo produce (nice drama, cute friendship)
kurosagi (based on a manga, a cool drama)
kimi wa petto (a love story of an older women and a younger guy :P. cute and funny)
sore wa totsuzen arashi no you ni (another love story of a younger guy and an married woman XD, sad)
gokusen I (female version of GTO, same amount of comedy)
GTO ~
ice world (investigation drama, really like this one a lot)
hana kimi (adorable characters)~

now i'm looking for more good j-dramas:uhuh


There was a Kimi wa petto drama o,o? Babbo might actually check that out. gokusen too. The story was great but the art was always kind of a turn off >.>

edit: rofl the chick they casted actually sorta looks like her o,o

[melboyd~]

yup~ i nvr read the kimi wa petto manga before, but the drama is really nice imo. and the actor they cast for gokusen realllly fit the anime character lol. with the round glasses and the red gym suit XD i've seen a few eps of nodame too, and it was really violent and funny at the same time.

most korean movies i watched then to have sad/depressing ending. whether the heroine lose her memory or she died of disease ;p but i enjoyed them anyway~

[Babbo]

yup~ i nvr read the kimi wa petto manga before, but the drama is really nice imo. and the actor they cast for gokusen realllly fit the anime character lol. with the round glasses and the red gym suit XD i've seen a few eps of nodame too, and it was really violent and funny at the same time.

most korean movies i watched then to have sad/depressing ending. whether the heroine lose her memory or she died of disease ;p but i enjoyed them anyway~
Watch No Mercy for the rude the movie is pure awesome. though it does have a bit of a depressing ending babbo supposes. Amzing quirky dark humor piece thar though ;D

Babbo kinda liked it (though the scanslation has only gone as far as 5 outta the 15 volumes) . Baby pop (same mangaka) is better though ibo <.<

Babbo couldn't stand who they cast for nodame. And stresseman. How in the hell does it make sense to cast a japanese guy for a German guy o,o?

[melboyd~]

stresseman made me laughed a lot XD it's like he's wearing a fake nose. and his japanese accent is hilarious. i think they made it on purpose (choosing a japanese actor over a german guy), for the sake of humor. and that same guy stars in First Kiss drama too, and he's funny.

and a korean drama taht i really enjoyed is 'Kim Sam-Soon'... doesnt have depressing plot, mostly comedy~

[Babbo]

stresseman made me laughed a lot XD it's like he's wearing a fake nose. and his japanese accent is hilarious. i think they made it on purpose (choosing a japanese actor over a german guy), for the sake of humor. and that same guy stars in First Kiss drama too, and he's funny.

and a korean drama taht i really enjoyed is 'Kim Sam-Soon'... doesnt have depressing plot, mostly comedy~

Wasn't it just the stereotypical foreigner accent o,o? Dunno, it's been a while. It just kind of irked babbo. They managed to get a white guy for Viera sensei too bad he was too old; that guy was an actual conductor even <.<

[Marionette]

Their movies tend to be on a whole different level compared to Japanese ones (at least as far as acting and production values) if you ask babbo >.>

there's the nodame cantible live action. that was kind of painful. The girl they cast as nodame just can't pull off the Gyabos and what not >.>

Really? Love Letter? All About Lily Chou-Chou? Miyazaki movies? And those are just recent example (from the very little that I know), historically the Japanese had made some pretty monumental films. They have their share of crap but when they are good they can be pretty good.

But I guess I know even less about Korean movies, their dramas left me no desire to explore the issue further. I've seen two my whole life: My Sassy Girl and Musa, they aren't completely bad, exactly, but they both suffer from the same problem although they are very different films: they are much too long when they didn't have to be (which is also one of the many problems their dramas have). My Sassy Girl cracked me up but eventually I realized that scenes after scenes are put in there for no other reason but to show in how many different ways that girl can abuse the main character.

[Ileenka]

I've only watched one Korean drama in my entire life. Love Needs a Miracle. It was hilarious, and to me that's important because I dislike dreary dramas. Isn't there a Korean drama called Dae Jung Kim or something a few years ago? The ratings for this drama was explodingly high - but I find these types of dramas dreary and dull.

Taiwanese dramas annoy me because I get the feeling that they try especially hard to emulate the style of Japanese dramas. And they cry too much, even when I'm not crying. The worst dramas, in my opinion, are dramas with characters who are crying their snot out and the audience are unmoved by their emotional antics.

I watch Hong Kong's Cantonese dramas as well - been watching them most of my life. I have stopped watching them for many years, but they're mostly entertaining with rich sarcastic scripts, but mostly not as sappy and tear-jerking as some Japanese dramas can be.

[melboyd~]

yeap, it's the stereotype foreign accent xD i like it tho, sounds like isshin's when he greets 'good morning' to ichigo.

Taiwanese dramas annoy me because I get the feeling that they try especially hard to emulate the style of Japanese dramas. And they cry too much, even when I'm not crying. The worst dramas, in my opinion, are dramas with characters who are crying their snot out and the audience are unmoved by their emotional antics.
agreed~ i thought i was the only one who thinks like that XP i watched some of taiwanese dramas, because my friends like them e.g. 'Meteor Garden', 'It started with a Kiss' and 'Tokyo Juliet'....and i dont like them. they tried too hard to imitate the japanese dramas and korean too. well, they have to, since the dramas they made were based on japanese mangas. and the crying parts werent even sad.. well, maybe i'm biased since i like japanese dramas/movie too much :love

[Marionette]

I've only watched one Korean drama in my entire life. Love Needs a Miracle. It was hilarious, and to me that's important because I dislike dreary dramas. Isn't there a Korean drama called Dae Jung Kim or something a few years ago? The ratings for this drama was explodingly high - but I find these types of dramas dreary and dull.

Taiwanese dramas annoy me because I get the feeling that they try especially hard to emulate the style of Japanese dramas. And they cry too much, even when I'm not crying. The worst dramas, in my opinion, are dramas with characters who are crying their snot out and the audience are unmoved by their emotional antics.

I watch Hong Kong's Cantonese dramas as well - been watching them most of my life. I have stopped watching them for many years, but they're mostly entertaining with rich sarcastic scripts, but mostly not as sappy and tear-jerking as some Japanese dramas can be.
Are you talking about the one with the court doctor? My mom loved that one; I wasn't annoyed by it because at least it didn't have the four main character every other Korean drama had (the oh-so-nice Cinderella, the spoiled/rude rich boy, the gentlemanly rich man and the other girl who's better than the main girl in every way but is secretly a obsessive bitch) and the very over used formulas (no matter how the drama starts, by episode 5 it's only going revolve around the other guy and girl trying to keep the main characters apart, along with fatal diseases, the "you are actually related" bomb, and evil mothers), and had a bit of content.

Yeah, can't stand Taiwanese drama as well - even before they started butchering shojo manga, they are just way overly dramatic (so much crying and suicide attempts!) than even other Asian soap operas are, and that's saying a lot.

But other than those two catagories I'm open to everything else ;) I like my cheese and pure entertainment sometimes, just not that much cheese that it stopped entertaining me.

[Bai-He]

Taiwanese dramas annoy me because I get the feeling that they try especially hard to emulate the style of Japanese dramas. And they cry too much, even when I'm not crying. The worst dramas, in my opinion, are dramas with characters who are crying their snot out and the audience are unmoved by their emotional antics.


I know what you mean about the crying too much. Lol but the only drama that has made me cry is The Rose (where I got my username). Ella is a good actress and damn she crys buckets. My friends love It Started with a kiss I only watch cuz of Joe Cheng. The girl is annoying.

The only Korean drama I saw was Goong and I didnt even finished it. I dont know why I stopped watching it. Has anyone watching the movie 200 pounds of beauty?

[Ileenka]

Are you talking about the one with the court doctor? My mom loved that one; I wasn't annoyed by it because at least it didn't have the four main character every other Korean drama had (the oh-so-nice Cinderella, the spoiled/rude rich boy, the gentlemanly rich man and the other girl who's better than the main girl in every way but is secretly a obsessive bitch) and the very over used formulas (no matter how the drama starts, by episode 5 it's only going revolve around the other guy and girl trying to keep the main characters apart, along with fatal diseases, the "you are actually related" bomb, and evil mothers), and had a bit of content.

Yes, I was talking about the court doctor. The series is just too freaking long and I don't know, most of the time when the ratings are high for a particular movie or drama, I tend to avoid it for a long time before finally going to see it. I just have this feeling I'm going to hate it. And :lmao, You're right about the overused formulas, I have only seen Love Needs A Miracle, though. The story started out with this rich brat who was on his way to meet his future wife, on a matchmaking date he set up himself. This woman was actually posing on behalf of someone else who was not interested in the rich brat at all, and thus she was paid to show up for the date. The guy accused her of being too old for being 20-something years old, and that she looks more like 37 years old. (She's actually 5 years his senior). The date went up in flames and disaster, and the guy went home. But this guy was so spoilt that before long, his father kicked him out of the house to teach him the value of money. Needless to say, along this journey, he bumped into the woman again and the story had them fell in love with each other as time goes by. I know it's a little corny, but I think it's really not too bad. It's pretty hilarious.


Yeah, can't stand Taiwanese drama as well - even before they started butchering shojo manga, they are just way overly dramatic (so much crying and suicide attempts!) than even other Asian soap operas are, and that's saying a lot.

I dislike Meteor Garden, and the band of F4 members. They're like the Asian version of the defunct N'Sync or Backstreet Boys or something. I can't stand them. AT ALL. Also, this reminds me of another Chinese drama which was nearly 10 years old - Huan Zhu Ge Ge. I just can't stand this series. The ratings for this series are also explodingly high. I've watched like two episodes and felt like dying.


But other than those two catagories I'm open to everything else ;) I like my cheese and pure entertainment sometimes, just not that much cheese that it stopped entertaining me.

Agreed. :) Being entertained is most important.



The only Korean drama I saw was Goong and I didnt even finished it. I dont know why I stopped watching it. Has anyone watching the movie 200 pounds of beauty?

200 pounds of beauty? Is this Korean? Is it about a fat woman? This reminds me of an advertisement I saw on TV a long time ago. This guy went into the bridal shop to pick up the bridal dress for his wife, and he was waiting patiently in the lobby with a dorky smile on his face, gazing lovingly at the engagement ring on his finger while one of the staff members fetched his fiancee's dress. The other staff members (girls) were whispering to themselves about what a lucky woman the bride is. Finally the staff member came out with a size 30 or something dress, and all the other girls who were whispering to one another then had this frozen look on their faces. The guy was so happy and ecstatic, he grabbed the bridal dress and went hurrying off into his car where his very overweight fiancee was waiting (the car was slanting to one side, the front passenger side). He was yelling, "Your dress is so beautiful, honey!" and stuff.

I think it was a low-fat tuna commercial...sorry for the divergence.

edit: Here is the commercial:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LvkMLC0t8dw

[Bai-He]

Lol! I wasnt talking about that but that commerical was funny. Yea its a Korean movie and about a fat woman.

I found the summary on Wiki. Lol Too lazy to write it.

Kang Han-na (Kim Ah-jung) is an overweight phone sex employee and a secret vocalist for Ammy, a famous Korean pop singer who actually lip syncs as she cannot sing. Instead of being famous for her own amazing vocal talent, Han-na hides behind Ammy's performance stage and sings during Ammy's concerts, and records all of Ammy's songs. One day, Ammy ungratefully humiliates her in front of the music company's director Sang-jun (Ju Jin-mo) during his birthday party, knowing full well that Han-na has a crush on him. While crying in the bathroom, Han-na overhears Sang-jun telling Ammy that even though they are just using Han-na for her voice, they must be kind to her so she will not walk out on them. Heartbroken, Han-na attempts suicide but is interrupted by a phone call from one of her phone sex regulars who happens to be a top cosmetic surgeon. She decides to get a head-to-toe makeover instead. The surgeon at first refuses to operate on Han-na, but Han-na blackmails that she will tell the surgeon's wife about his calls. Then, Han-na makes a moving speech that she does not want to undergo surgery merely to be beautiful, but for the sake of love and as a boost in confidence, and the surgeon is deeply moved. Han-na puts herself in seclusion for a year as she recovers from the changes.

When she comes back from the hospital, Han-na is incredibly beautiful and slender. No one, not even her best friend, Chung-min, recognizes her. With Chung-min's help, she creates a new identity for herself; she is now a Korean-American from California named Jenny. After auditioning to be Ammy's secret vocalist again, she earns her own recording contract instead from Sang-jun, claiming that she is "all-natural". In the meantime, Ammy, oblivious just like everyone else of Han-na's new identity, desperately tries to find Han-na so that she can record her own postponed album (since she cannot sing the songs herself) by spending time with Hanna's father who is in a hospital with some mental problems, possibly Alzheimer's. Through spending time with Han-na's father, she eventually realizes that this new Jenny is actually Han-na in disguise. Meanwhile, romance begins to blossom between "Jenny" and Sang-Jun. During a date one night, as sparks fly, Jenny supposedly stripped for Sang-Jun in the character of a nurse [not shown on camera, of course] After Jenny has fallen asleep, he realizes that the tattoo Jenny had on her hip was a sign he had seen before. He remembers that when Han-na still existed and he had not met "Jenny" yet, Han-na had drawn the exact same signs on a sheet of music. Then he adds all of the signs up and realizes as well that "Jenny" is actually Kang Han-na but he keeps this information to himself.

"Jenny's" debut single 'Maria' becomes a hit and the recording company holds a party to celebrate its release. On the day of a party however, Ammy brings "Jenny's" father, in an attempt to blow Han-na's cover. Han-na's father tries to return Han-na's Barbie doll to her, which has always been Han-na's favourite childhood gift from him. Startled by the sudden appearance of her father and not knowing how to react in front of all the people, including Sang-jun, Han-na denies knowing her father and calls him a fan instead when Sang-jun asks her if the old man is her guest. As her father keeps on insisting on giving the doll to Han-na, Sang-jun drags him away from Jenny and accidentally knocks him down onto the floor. Desperate to keep her true identity a secret, Han-na made no move to help her father. It was Chung-min who finally helps him up and leads him away from the party.

After the party, Sang-jun and 'Jenny' were the only ones left in the room. Sang-jun reveals to 'Jenny' that he knows her true identity but is now cold and distant. He seems to be unable to forgive her for lying to him but says that he will still work to promote 'Jenny' and carry on with her concert scheduled the next day. Han-na breaks down at this point, heartbroken and unable to pretend to be someone else anymore. Han-na tells him that it is incredibly frustrating and painful not being able to be just be herself but have to live a lie, especially in front of him. The surgery that took a whole year to recover from was not nearly as painful as realising that she still could not be close to Sang-jun.

The day of "Jenny's" first concert, Jenny breaks down from the pressure of losing her friend and father and reveals to the public that Jenny is a "fake," and that she is not "all-natural", as she had claimed, but is "plastic". However, nobody seems to believe her. She proceeds tearfully to tell the large crowd her story: how she has abandoned everything that is dear to her - her best friend and father - to get to where she is. She also tells the crowd about how along the way to fame and fortune she has also lost her own identity and that she now no longer knows who she is. Just then, the screens behind her on the stage started to show a clip of the old, obese Han-na, singing angelically. Han-na turns around and sees her old image and tells the crowd that the image is the real her. The crowd, moved by her sincere confession, responds by chanting "It's okay," and Han-na rekindles her relationships with her father and best friend. She drops the stage name "Jenny" and re-releases a CD with her own name, Hanna, and becomes a highly successful music artist, gaining many anti-fans as well as loyal fans along the way. Sang-jun realizes the very thing about Han-na that had always drawn her to him - Han-na's innocence.

[optics]

I think I've only seen one "live action" J-dorama , which was Densha Otoko. I've seen a Korean drama that my girlfriend made me watch, Full House. I preferred Densha though.

[Marionette]

The only Korean drama I saw was Goong and I didnt even finished it.?
Yes, I was talking about the court doctor. The series is just too freaking long and I don't know, most of the time when the ratings are high for a particular movie or drama, I tend to avoid it for a long time before finally going to see it. I just have this feeling I'm going to hate it. And :lmao, You're right about the overused formulas, I have only seen Love Needs A Miracle, though. The story started out with this rich brat who was on his way to meet his future wife, on a matchmaking date he set up himself. This woman was actually posing on behalf of someone else who was not interested in the rich brat at all, and thus she was paid to show up for the date. The guy accused her of being too old for being 20-something years old, and that she looks more like 37 years old. (She's actually 5 years his senior). The date went up in flames and disaster, and the guy went home. But this guy was so spoilt that before long, his father kicked him out of the house to teach him the value of money. Needless to say, along this journey, he bumped into the woman again and the story had them fell in love with each other as time goes by. I know it's a little corny, but I think it's really not too bad. It's pretty hilarious.



I dislike Meteor Garden, and the band of F4 members. They're like the Asian version of the defunct N'Sync or Backstreet Boys or something. I can't stand them. AT ALL. Also, this reminds me of another Chinese drama which was nearly 10 years old - Huan Zhu Ge Ge. I just can't stand this series. The ratings for this series are also explodingly high. I've watched like two episodes and felt like dying.



Agreed. :) Being entertained is most important.




200 pounds of beauty? Is this Korean? Is it about a fat woman? This reminds me of an advertisement I saw on TV a long time ago. This guy went into the bridal shop to pick up the bridal dress for his wife, and he was waiting patiently in the lobby with a dorky smile on his face, gazing lovingly at the engagement ring on his finger while one of the staff members fetched his fiancee's dress. The other staff members (girls) were whispering to themselves about what a lucky woman the bride is. Finally the staff member came out with a size 30 or something dress, and all the other girls who were whispering to one another then had this frozen look on their faces. The guy was so happy and ecstatic, he grabbed the bridal dress and went hurrying off into his car where his very overweight fiancee was waiting (the car was slanting to one side, the front passenger side). He was yelling, "Your dress is so beautiful, honey!" and stuff.

I think it was a low-fat tuna commercial...sorry for the divergence.

edit: Here is the commercial:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=LvkMLC0t8dw
Oh I agree that it's way over-rated, and it does have the formulas still, very much actually, it's just there's no relationship drama as much cause there's almost no guys in the drama, so they actually have to talk about something else.

And the thing is, I think that a lot of k-dramas have very interesting concepts/starts, it's just they don't know when to stop, so the stories drags on they tend to become the over used cheesy formulas again - at least for all the ones my mom put on TV, and that's almost all the most famous one, I'm sure there are exceptions though, I'll keep this one in mind and maybe recommend it to her the next time she looks for these again.
I think I've only seen one "live action" J-dorama , which was Densha Otoko. I've seen a Korean drama that my girlfriend made me watch, Full House. I preferred Densha though.
Full House is the only one that I actually made through episode 10 (as in sat down and watched, I know how many others ended though by catching a glimpse of it here and there), the guy is kind of bad-looking in my opinion and the cloth he wore was horrendous - that's probably what's going to stick in my mind the most.

[Tomodachi69]

The first drama I'd ever heard of from my friends was 1litre of tears, so I've started watching it recently and am up to the 8th episode. I haven't cried at it, but there were a few moments that got me tight-chested.

[Babbo]

Really? Love Letter? All About Lily Chou-Chou? Miyazaki movies? And those are just recent example (from the very little that I know), historically the Japanese had made some pretty monumental films. They have their share of crap but when they are good they can be pretty good.

But I guess I know even less about Korean movies, their dramas left me no desire to explore the issue further. I've seen two my whole life: My Sassy Girl and Musa, they aren't completely bad, exactly, but they both suffer from the same problem although they are very different films: they are much too long when they didn't have to be (which is also one of the many problems their dramas have). My Sassy Girl cracked me up but eventually I realized that scenes after scenes are put in there for no other reason but to show in how many different ways that girl can abuse the main character.

Dunno. In babbo's experience the worst acting he's seen has been in japanese movies. Babbo doesn't tend to group animation as a media in the same spectrum as live action though, they're two drastically different situations, regardless of the fact that both require a great amount of skill. Babbo's surprised you don't bring up Kurosawa while your at it XD Guess this really just more of babbo's personal experience than an actual rule. My sassy girl ran some where around two hours though, the length fit pretty well if you ask babbo. Check out my scary girl (totally unrelated as far babbo knows). That's more along babbo's kind of movie, dark humor is always fun. Keeping Mum (british movie, it's got Rowan Atkinson in it) did it better though <.<

And if babbo has learned anything, it doesn't matter where a drama is made or who made it. You're going to have to accept that at some point there will be some horrid acting. The Japanese have that down to a fine art >.>

[kimmie_chan]

*randomly pops into conversation*

I've only really started watching a few drama's since christmas time, mostly because a friend of mine got me started on them.

I've seen the Japanese version of Hana Kimi and loved it, and right now I'm watching a Taiwanese drama called Why Why Love. I see some people don't really like Taiwanese drama that much haha, but I quiet like this one ^_^ I only just finished episode 3 though so I don't know if I can say much about it haha :lmao

I've heard a few things on Hana Yori Dango I and II and One Litre of Tears, and I keep meaning to look into them too. I also want to see what this new Honey and Clover drama's like, but I don't want to start it just yet as I'll end up putting off the other stuff I'm watching (I always do... lol it's a bad habit :rolleyes:)

I guess I really need to get to know more titles and add them to my 'to watch list' lol, but oh wells :D

[Ayasegawa]

I wish I could say more, but I mostly watch manga-based Asian movies (TeniPuri, Nana [both of which have Hongo Kanata in them, who is adorable. Well, he's in Nana 2] DeathNote etc.)

BUT I did see the Taiwanese (so it isn't Japanese, and it's still based on a manga, but hey) version of Hana-Kimi the other day. I love it XD

[Lilium]

it's been awhile since i saw one D:

but i recently revisited Long Vacation starring Takuya Kimura. I still like this series <3

[melboyd~]

<3 Long Vacation. i think that was the first series about younger guy and an older woman love relationship that i've watched. and takuya never fails to impress me :uhuh

hm, and i prefer the Japanese Hana Kimi tho, but a friend of mine like the Taiwanese version mainly because of Wu Chun (i think that's the name of the male lead).

@kimmie-chan~ must watch Hana Yori Dango II ;) i wish there is HYD III coz i missed that drama soooo much! "Earnest HemingYaY..." lmao XD (ref to HYD I)

[CooWings]

Ah, never seen that one Ileenka, I'm afraid. Though Kimura Takuya is a great actor. Anyway, I've always been a fan of Japanese Dramas. My first Japanese drama ever was Beautiful Life, starred by Kimura Takuya of course. I don't remember the heroine, but she's in a wheel chair in that drama. It's really touching and sweet, I fell in love instantly with Japanese dramas.

Long Vacation is another wonderful drama. I really love this show a lot. I think I saw it when I was ten years old. The song is lovely and addicting. And then there's Great Teacher Onizuka! live-action series. It's one of the earliest, best done live-action series ever in my opinion. I love Takeshi Sorimachi, who was the male lead in it. He fits in the character Onizuka so wonderfully. <33333

There were more Japanese dramas that I've seen, but I forgot what they are. XD The last drama that I've seen was the live-action of Nodame Cantabile, and that was another wonderfully done series.

[mebidtt13]

Akihabara@DEEP
Hana Kimi (Japan)
Honey & Clover

That's all the drama series I have watched xD

[melboyd~]

wow, u;ve seen Honey & Clover drama? i'm planning to see taht during this break because of Ikuta Toma :love

and Coo~ the female lead for Beautiful Life is Takako Tokiwa ;) tha drama is the best and saddest i've seen ^^

[rayne_himura]

Hanazakari no kimitachi e- you have to watch this, its so good..
Hana yori dango- season 1 and 2

there are loads of good jdramas on crunchyroll.com

[melboyd~]

yeap, Hana Kimi cracks me up most of the time lol. i prefer Nakatsu and Ashiya instead of SanoxAshiya ^^. and the most hilarious character must be Masao/Oscar. i'd die laughing every time he appears :XD

[Kluski]

Japanese hana kimi

yeap, Hana Kimi cracks me up most of the time lol. i prefer Nakatsu and Ashiya instead of SanoxAshiya ^^. and the most hilarious character must be Masao/Oscar. i'd die laughing every time he appears :XD

Damn right! lol

I watched a bit of GTO live action drama.
And also the first episode of Negima (drama) but found it amazingly useless so never watched it again ^^"

[White Trash]

Japanese hana kimi



Damn right! lol

I watched a bit of GTO live action drama.
And also the first episode of Negima (drama) but found it amazingly useless so never watched it again ^^"


I recommend you to watch GTO drama, is funny and outrageos, sometimes is catchy and it's a very good one


Sorimachi-san fits perfectly to Eikichi Onizuka, if you watch the anime, and read the manga, you should watch the drama :D

[melboyd~]

yea, when i saw the drama, (i read the manga prior to watching) takeshi sorimachi fits the character, appearance and personality-wise really well. just um, the hair color wasnt the same, but that's no problemo.

i'm planning to watch Honey & Clover drama series, with Ikuta Toma (sp?) playing Takemoto ^^ (err, so many j-dramas and anime on my list now. i wonder if i'll get to watch them all :uhuh)

[batz]

I just finished watching Absolute Boyfriend.
Although a lot of people did'nt like the way it was adapted into a live-action drama (changed situations, professions etc), I liked it a lot.

Maybe its because I hated the manga

[Kluski]

I've watched also kimi wa petto, I haven't finished though... But it makes me want to read the manga, does anybody know where I could download all the volumes? (1-14) ^^'

[Nacchan]

'One Liter Tears' is the best tearjerker ever :cry (not to mention it was based from real life) Erika Sawajiri played quite nice in that one...

Oh and I think 'Taiyou no Uta' is also worth watching :)

[melboyd~]

kimi wa petto is one of the j-drama that i really enjoyed watching (dun mind if i get to watch it again). matsumoto jun was too adorable in the series, and sumire's character was one chara that i can relate too xP

have u checked stoptazmo.com Kluski? they have up to chap 33. i dont read the manga, so i'm not sure whether that's already in volume 14..

Nacchan; i've heard a song called Taiyou no Uta lol, but havent watched the series yet. what issit abt?

[Nacchan]

Nacchan; i've heard a songcalled Taiyou no Uta lol, but havent watched the series yet. what issit abt?

General Summary:
about a girl who can't come out of her house unless it's already nighttime, because she has a sickness that make her body couldn't resist sunlight...
she writes songs to fill the time when she cooped inside her house all day.

[kaijin-taichou]

The two Japanese drama that I've watched (and loved) were Gokusen 1 and Great Teacher Onizuka. I don't look and watch in internet. I'm just waiting for our country's local stations to air any Japanese dramas. Though Hana Kimi was already aired here, I wasn't able to watch the said drama because I was still at school at those times.

[Shannon]

I think I've seen too many Japanese dramas. I'm not even kidding. And I started like, last July. I have too much time on my hands. D:

These are the ones I've finished:
Great Teacher Onizuka
Gokusen
Nodame Cantabile
Nobuta wo Produce
Hana Yori Dango
Hanazakari no Kimitachi E
Hana Yori Dango Returns!
LIAR GAME
Stand Up!!
Proposal Daisakusen
Dragon Zakura
Romeo and Juliet
Yasashii Jikan
Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata
LIFE
Water Boys II
One Litre of Tears
Ganbatte Ikimasshoi
14Sai no Haha
Orange Days
Yamada Tarou Monogatari
Papa to Musume no Nanokakan
My Boss My Hero
Ima, Ai ni Yukimasu
Waraeru Koi wa Shitakunai
Majo no Jouken
Tantei Gakuen Q
Ruri no Shima
Itazura na Kiss
Galileo
Last Friends

I think the best ones I've seen out of my list were the two HYDs, Orange Days, and sortakinda Majo no Jouken.

[rvngu]

though i resurrected this thread for people to put in more suggestions. i'm a bit tired of anime so will switch to live-action drama. on the menu (including korean):
resurrection
proposal
coffee prince
last friends
the legend
and many more.........

[BleachAddict]

we have this thread?!?!! oooohhh i like..

i've been addicted to asian dramas half my life! when i was a kid, i always sit with my dad every Sunday and watch those Chinese series (you know, traditional chinese flying, sword fighting, etc.) .. i think that's when it started.. then i grew to love Taiwanese dramas, Meteor Garden 1 and most of F4's dramas, Marmalade Boy, etc... after that phase... it was koreanovelas! now, i crazy for jdorama... ooohhhhhhh.. great..

anyway, these are my favorite Jdorama:

Nodame Cantabile - even if i've watched it for like 5 times already, i still cracks me up
Hana Kimi - absolutely adore Nakatsu
Proposal Daisakusen - kenzu....... 'nuff said.
HYD 1 and 2
Hotaru no Hikari
Love revolution
Gokusen 1
and Nobuta wo Produce

I also watched Kurosagi because of Yamapi and Maki.. but i don't like Maki's character there.. too much of a whinny :)

[Skorpz]

here the ones i remember that i have watch

GTO
Hana Kimi
Hana Yori Dango both seasons
Hotaru no Hikari
Water Boys
Yamada no Monatagari
Yasuko to Kenji

[Lilium]

i'm actually trying to look for this old japanese drama i watched when i was young called "Majo no Jouken" starring Nanako Matsushima and Hideaki Takizawa. it was prob one of the first jap dramas i watched that made me fall in love with jap series <3 even crunchyroll doesn't have it T_T

[melboyd~]

That drama "Majo no Jouken" was about the teacherxstudent relationship right? I remember that, but only watched 1/2 eps, it was quite depressing :p everybody who have seen Utada Hikaru's "First Love" vid will be familiar with the jdorama =)

BleachAddict; I watched Kurosagi because of Yamapi too <3 after seeing him in Nobuta wo Produce, he was kind of an obsession xD and agree, that Maki was too whinny, but still love her nonetheless ^^

[Abigail]

I've only watched few. Hanayori Dango, Gokusen and Hana Kimi, I'm not very hooked by the drama unlike to the anime.:D