Asian Addicts Anonymous

Welcome to NeeNee’s Asian Drama Blogosphere! These are Asian entertainment related sites that I recommend. This list will never be comprehensive. Nope, nope. There are tons of these types of sites out there. Blogging in general is a very nonpermanent thing. People lose interest, lose time. A blog ceases and several more pop up in their places. Welcome to the digital age.

Recaps & Reviews:

This list does contain sites that are no longer updated and maintained (they say [ceased] next to them), but that doesn’t make all the hard work they put into recaps and reviews any less relevant, does it? So even if you have no new posts from some bloggers, do check out all the hard work they’ve put into their sites to bring you recaps and reviews of beloved Asian dramas and movies.

Notes: Asterisks (*) denote the primary dramas covered. kdramas* means more kdramas are covered than the other types. I know I only mention dramas in types, but technically it is standing for both movies and dramas. I’m lazy and don’t feel like writing them all out.

Hearts (♥) denote personal favorites. These are blogs I go back to often. Or were favorites until they sadly ceased.

Streaming Sites:

Legal streaming sites with English subtitles. Since I live in the US, I know that you can access these sites in the US, but can’t say for sure for other countries. There are other legal streaming sites, like Viu or Singapore’s Medicorp streaming service, but they are only available for those in Southeast Asia I believe.

• Amazon Prime Video – carries a variety of Asian dramas and movies
• Crunchyroll – Asian dramas (mostly Japanese) and anime with English subtitles
• Han Cinema – they stream a variety of Korean dramas
• Hulu – Primarily Korean dramas, but they do have a selection of other Asian dramas
• KOCOWA – joint streaming service brought to you by SBS, MBC, and KBS. Their titles are also available with a special pass via Viki.
• Netflix – Mainly Korean, but other varieties are now being added.
• Viki – They have a variety of Asian dramas, a more heavy focus on Korean, but they do have Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Taiwanese licensed, too.
• YouTube – Asian broadcast companies do have some official YouTube accounts. I only really know of a few channels that provides full episodes of dramas and variety programs with English subtitles on a  regular basis. Most either do episodes snippets without subs or a few do full episodes without subs. I am working on compiling a list of legal YouTube channels (sorry, won’t list fansub channels) that I know provide subtitles partially or fully.

Other Recommended Asian-related sites:

These sites don’t necessarily do recaps or reviews (or if they do, it’s not the main focus), but they have some great content like music, manga, drama previews, translations, and more.

• allkpop
• Analogueblues ♥ [ceased 2015?]
• As I Watch ♥
• Asadal
• Ask a Korean!
• POPdramatic ♥ (formerly Between Wor(l)ds)
• Beyond Hallyu
• [Candy.Me] ♥
• Cherry Cordial
• D-Addicts
• DarkSmurfSub
• DramaDreamLand
• DramaFever News
• The Drama Noona ♥
• DramaPanda
• Dramaroma – the best romantic Korean dramas
• The Dramatards
• Dramatic Eye
• Eat Your Kimchi
• Feeding My Procrastination
• Jdrama Weblog
• JE Fandom
• JoleCole’s Station
• JpopAsia
• KAvenyou
• KoreanDrama.org
• K-popped!
• LovePark
• Obsessions of Line
• Obsessive Compulsive K-drama Watching Disorder
• orange jasmine purple yam
• Princess’ Attic ♥ [NeeNee likes the manga posts :D]
• Ripgal’s Haven of Insanity [ceased 2014]
• Rundown Zoo
• seoulbeats
• Shibuya246 [ceased 2014]
• Soompi
• Stone Cities
• The Sunny Town
• Talk to Me in Korean
• tokyohive
• Vingle
• YAM Magazine