Did you know it can take hours to do this research and prepare everything? What I don’t like is Netflix’s new format which makes it harder than it used to be to discover the new arrivals. And I know there are other New to Netflix lists, but I don’t always find the newly added Asian dramas on them for whatever
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Amazon does include Asian dramas and movies with its VOD and Prime Video options. Who knew? Definitely not me. And, there are English subtitles! Not for everything, mind you. And, of course, some stuff is region-based, which means that not all options are available to everyone. I am not including the dramas available via Amazon’s DramaFever channel or other channels
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Ito-kun A to E [伊藤くん A to E] is a 2017 Japanese drama starring Kimura Fumino, Sasaki Nozomi, Shida Mirai, Ikeda Elaiza, Kaho, Yamada Yuki, Tanaka Kei, Nakamura Tomoya, Amano Nazuki, and Okada Misaki. The plot revolves around a 30-something script writer who wrote one hit television show only to be bitten by a four year case of writer’s block.
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This will probably be the last Netflix update of this year. Look forward to next year and let’s see if I can keep on track, shall we? Check out the latest Asian dramas and movies added to Netflix since my last post back at the end of October of this year. I am happy to report that at least Netflix
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Welcome to Asian drama and movie streaming updates for the week of August 21. In Korean drama news, SBS, MBC, and KBS have partnered together to create streaming service Kocowa (which launched this July). This is why you are seeing less Korean drama simulcasts on DramaFever and Viki, or a huge delay in episode/series availability. You can upgrade a current
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How appropriate. When Maho is confronting Kasumi there is a video of a shark in the background. It’s suitable for Maho’s character. She doesn’t care who knows that she sleeps around…unless it gets back to her husband of course. Even then, it feels like she would play the wronged wife card. This episode felt like hers in that she was
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We open this episode with a recap of the previous episode’s events as told by Kasumi’s son Tsugumi. Right off the bat before getting into this recap I wanted to say that I was vexed by Kasumi. Yuri did try to talk about what had happened, but it seemed like Kasumi was deliberately misunderstanding what he was hinting at. It
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More Asian dramas, movies, and even a concert! Oh, my. Take a gander at all things Asian that have made their way to Netflix since my last update.
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The summer when Sakurai Kasumi was in middle school, her mother passed away. She was despondent and contemplated suicide until she met a remarkable little boy and the neighborhood dog. The two instantly bonded, but were forced apart when Kasumi’s father and stepmother came to take her back to live with them. Kasumi gave the boy a precious hairpin made
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I’m so behind on these. Yes, I am. Worse than with Netflix updates. So, here are the Asian dramas newly streaming to Viki, Hulu, and DramaFever in November and December. Viki When A Snail Falls in Love is over. Sad day. But, there are new dramas to whet your appetite…with Wang Kai, no less. You can now watch him with
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Asian Addicts Anonymous 