You have to love it when official YouTube channels for Asian or international stations in general upload videos with English subtitles. While perusing YouTube last week, I stumbled upon GMM TV which uploads full episodes of its series on youTube…and guess what? Some (not all) have English subtitles! And the English, with one or two hitches, is understandable and good!
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Welcome to the seventh part of my ongoing struggle to identify movies and dramas based on comics (aka manga/manhwa/manhua/webtoons). There are tons out there and it’s really hard to identify them all, but I’m trying, lol.
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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/.
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NeeNee’s thoughts on two-season Japanese drama I Love Tokyo Legend – Kawaii Detective which follows a young female detective obsessed with proving urban legends are true.
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Akagi is a 10 episode Japanese drama that aired this past summer. This is a live action based off a manga (Akagi ~ Yami ni Oritatta Tensai) by Fukumoto Nobuyuki. After the manga came the 26 episode anime series followed by two live action movies in the 90s. The drama follows genius gambler Akagi Shigeru as he sets out to
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Tohai [凍牌] is a 2013 Japanese drama that revolves around high school student K [Maeda Goki] who is a gifted mahjong player. When his family ends up leaving Japan (I think his mom, dad, and sister leave for his father’s work), he remains in an apartment by himself and unwittingly gets sucked into the dangerous world of underground mahjong. At
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Cassandra at The Huge Anime Fan is conducting a Fall Blog Hop and has graciously invited Asian Addicts Anonymous to participate. Do check out her site and view all the blogs participating.
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Since I discovered My Sunshine Director’s Cut, I had to dive into the actual entire drama itself as too much went unexplained in the four episode version of the drama. I wish I could say that my curiosity was completely satisfied by watching the full drama, but what I most wanted explain hasn’t really been explained and I sincerely doubt
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So I started watching Chinese drama My Sunshine aka Silent Separation. Looking at the two titles…they are very…different. My Sunshine implies something bright and happy and loved while Silent Separation sounds angsty, dark, and pain-filled. This drama is a melodrama about a long-separated couple finding each other and trying to rebuild their broken relationship in all the wrong ways first.
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The only thing I’ve ever watched director’s cuts of is movies. I don’t necessarily like the director’s cut any better than the original as there usually isn’t anything too different with certain aspects. When it comes to dramas, I’ve stayed away from director’s cuts or the shortened movie versions of completed dramas. When I initially started watching My Sunshine Director’s
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