Asian Addicts Anonymous

A quick list of updates to what has now been added to my ever-growing list of dramas and movies based on Asian comics. I’ll be doing more updates soon, so keep an eye out for them! To see my never-ever-will-be-complete-ever list, click here: asianaddictsanonymous.com/lists/dramas-based-on-manga/.

• 009-1 – added entry – while on a mission, a spy falls for a mysterious man
• Abashiri Iika – added entry – a notorious yakuza sends his granddaughter to an academy run by his enemies
• Afro Tanaka – added entry – a Japanese man with a natural afro searches for love
• Akagi – added entry – a young gambler bets his life in a mahjong game against a yakua who has never lost
• Ao Haru Ride – added entry – first loves are reunited in high school
• Arakawa Under the Bridge – added entry – a man who doesn’t like to owe anything is saved by a woman who desires no repayment. When he refuses to accept no for an answer, the woman asks him to love her and he moves under the bridge with her
• As the Gods Will – added entry – a group of ordinary high school students become involved in a game of death without knowing who, what, or why
• Clover – added entry – a boy with a rough past returns home and reconnects with old friends
• Himitsu no Akko-chan – added entry – a woman is granted a special mirror and tries to use it to save a failing company
• Kakera – added entry – two women become friends and struggle as their relationship deepens
• Kuroba – added entry – a young woman working in events at a hotel starts dating her stoic boss
• Nobunaga Konseruto – added entry – a young man travels back in time and switches places with the infamous Nobunaga Oda
• Pin to Kona – added entry – high school drama revolving around kabuki
• The Pneumatic Figure of a Girl – added entry – a blow-up doll comes alive and falls in love
• San-chome no Yuhi – added entry – follows the lives of several people living on Yuhi Street in the 1950s-60s
• Tohai – added entry – a genius high school mahjong player dives into the world of underground gambling
• xxxHOLIC – added entry – a boy who sees spirits meets a woman who promises to grant his wish if he works in her shop
• War of Money – added entry – a man buried in debt becomes a loan shark to make money
• Death Note – updated entry with 2015 jdrama, and TBD 2016 jmovie
• Hana Yori Dango – updated entry with Indian drama
• Hanazakari no Kimitachi e – updated entry with Chinese drama
• Itzura na Kiss – updated entry with Thai drama
• LIAR GAME – updated entry with kdrama