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Kanin

Hi, which drama do you think is the best, say top 5 or so this year 2012. any genre, don't matter. just pure good quality 9/10 or 10/10 dramas.

for reference I consider top dramas to be

1 litre of tears
aoi tori
love generation

Kanin

I only saw this drama now. And must say this was one of the happiest drama I've seen. Surely one of the best dramas this year. I haven't seen all dramas of course. I also thought the younger Himawari was supercute but after a while the older Himawari won me over. She was made super cute too! Karina ...

Kanin

Daisuki , on the other hand i find a very good inspiring n highly recommended jdrama of the human genre. I'm not a parent but learnt a lot from Daisuki about raising a child through different age stages, and what it takes to be a good parent. Karina's acting was superb. It's the next best crying dr...

Kanin

I saw the movie Koizora and I thought it was pretty bad so maybe I see Daisuki first then. Yes I've seen Sekai, it was good but not anything near 1 litre. Very few dramas can ever come close to 1 litre no Namida cause it had roughly 7 out of 11 episodes that were fantastic and the rest were just gre...

Kanin

joykimlee wrote: The only other jdramas i enjoyed crying as much as Koizora are:
Daisuki
Ichi Rittoru no Hamida

Anything compared to 1 litre must be great.

Thanks for the tips I have to check out Koizora and Daisuki now.

Kanin

rhianne wrote:..try code blue

Thanks I watched that code blue but I thought it was soso.

Kanin

I can recommend Byakuyako now. It was one of the best series I've seen.

Are there anymore dramas in the same style as Byakuyako.

I can think of these so far:

Mahiru no Tsuki
Kou Kou Kyoushi
Beautiful life
Million stars falling
Aoi Tori
1 litre of tears
Strawberry on the shortcake
Summer snow

Kanin

WTF how can I have missed seeing this for two years! :unsure: I just saw this drama it was one of the best series I've seen. I never thought I find a 2006 + drama that would break into my top 5 list. I thought the young Yukiho was so good in her role I was worried how Haruka would top that. I found ...

Kanin

Did you see Mahiru no Tsuki with Oda Yuji and Tokiwa Takako, Kanin? It's not as dark as Kono yo no Hate but you could enjoy it if you liked the other one. My favourite romance drama include: - Utsukushii Hito , le bel Homme which is also a thriller - Beautiful Life - Last christmas - Long Vacation ...

Kanin

Hi I want recs for either serious romance drama or family drama that is not a comedy. These are the dramas I have seen recently. Life (Very good!!!) Kono yo no hate (Very good!!!) Seigi no Mikata (Very good!!) cat street (Very good!!) Ame to Yume no Ato ni (Very good) Haken no Hinkaku (Good) Teru Te...

Kanin

OMG Shida Mirai is sooooo cute with all her expressions and she wasn't even supposed to be cute in any of her scenes. :lol This drama was one of the best comedy dramas IMO and well compared to Nodame and Kekkon. I have enjoyed all Mirai's drama except for Haha which wasn't that good in general so ma...

Kanin

Thanks for a great show. I loved this one!

Kanin

I am not a Japanese either: But, personally I think this wave of remaking Asian movies is bad because these remakes are not brushed-up remakes of a black and white movie in the 50's. These movies are practically sold the moment their success is a fact. These remakes have become an industry of it's o...

Kanin

Here are more remakes. Please let me know if there are more to be added or if there are any corrections. Hollywood remakes of Asian movies: Dark Water Eight Below Last Man Standing (Yojimbo) Pulse (Kairo) The Departed (Infernal affairs) The Grudge The Grudge 2 (sequel to a remake) The Lake House The...

Kanin

There are plenty of anti-Japanese trolls in South Korea and China. I reckon this one originally comes from China.

Kanin

Honestly you seem very immature for being 22 and coming from a high-tech and progressive country as Sweden. I guess Sweden could need better PR agents. LOL! Don't take it so personal (unless you're a Japanophile.) So far, his comments offer the best insights of an outsider I've seen yet. --- groink...

Kanin

My impression of Japan based solely on having watched twenty-ish JDramas is: * Japanese men are really weak cowards. They are all the beta-male type that I used to beat up in high school. * Women are annoying because being strong and independent is not Kawaii. Acting like a 13-year-old when you are...

Kanin

Hi thanks for ur effort. I will watch it asap. But after i re-watch the series, don't wanna spoil it.

Kanin

I guess anything light hearted, i don't mind romantic comedy unless it has sad ending or involves love triangle Serious drama is good as well!! If you haven't seen this drama: Konya Hitori no Beddo De I would grade it 9/10. It's serious and hooks quickly. It also have funny moments without trying t...

Kanin

Hiapo wrote:At the moment, I am searching for a romantic drama for adults, without that whole comedy-thing.
I dunno, but I don't like the humour in japanese dramas, but I LOVE dark and sad dramas like LIFE or One Litre of Tears.
Hope someone can recommend something.

Love Generation!

Kanin

Nice thread! I love this drama it's my favourite romance drama (reserved for dramas I haven't seen ofc.). Almost every episode have at least one of those memorable misty eyes scenes and it's hard not to fall for Takako when she's such a sweetheart. It's also one of those drama where I don't forward ...

Kanin

**Mejoka** wrote:everyone can you see my avatar...!!! cuz I can't (that's weird )

I can see your's though...so what's the problem???

it's suppose to be Yuu Shirota..

I think you linked wrong. You should use the 'Direct Link' option in photobucket.

Kanin

It seems few saw this series. I think it was a great thriller drama with quite good acting especially from the heavier characters like the lead male Ishibashi Naoto (Kaito Ken) and Mina (Hotta Yuika). What I noticed was the vast amount of characters in this series, and that almost all of them were i...

Kanin

Finally saw this. It was great. Thanks again for subs!

I have to say the LGT woman was extremely hot!

Kanin

I'm pretty sure they're not pirated stuff like the ones you can find in China cause the Malaysian company is labeled visibly on the back. But it's not likely I will ever buy from them again as the subs sucked big time. No, this is not the way to detect bootlegs. Even if the merchandise consists of ...

Kanin

I got another question that I hope is not off-topic here. A while ago I bought Long Vacation and 1 litre from dvdasian. I was fooled cause it appears they were Malaysian versions of the series and they only costed about 50 dollars each. How is it possible they can sell these series for about half th...

Kanin

Subbing group Kioku did that series.

I think they only posted it on JPopsuki.

JPopSuki

Kioku Konseki

Kanin

If I was a fangirl I probs loved this show.

That Karina and sailor venus was over the top hot though.

Ayaka Komatsu! Anyone else thought she looked like something taken from an anime show.

Kanin

I really liked Suzuka in this drama. She's as good as you can get at age 14 and I hope she will get future leads.

Kanin

Misaki in Taiho shichauzo kicked it off First drama I saw was "you're under arrest". From there on GTO and Long vacation knocked me out and I was hooked! :lol I like meaningful dramas and I prefer romance (usually not in the lovey-dovey meaning but more of Long vacation or Love generation...

Kanin

furransu wrote:it should be done sometimes in September

Cool and thanks for info. I'm looking forward to this series.

Kanin

Yuki Uchida!

Kanin

Wow Kyoko and Misaki together.

I totally love Misaki and Kyoko and it was long time I saw a drama with Kyoko so I'll check this out for sure.

Kanin

Title: Toshishita No Otoko, Younger Man Genre: JDrama Year: 2003 Episodes: 11 Theme: Ka, by Sinba Cast: Inamori Izumi, Takahashi Katsunori, Fubuki Jun, Kashu Toshiki, Asou Yumi, Hoshino Mari http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v17/Kanin/Toshishita-Chikako.gif Jdrama at its best! I knew this was somet...

Kanin

I have to say JDramas. But I admit, I can only speak for JDrama at the moment. So I realise it's an unfair opinion due to the fact I've seen about 70 (lol) JDramas and 1 KDrama. Heck, I'm not even a qualified JDrama expert either cause I know there are tons of old as well as new dramas and taiga dra...

Kanin

First drama I saw and it's still one of the best.

Kanin

I saw this drama a few weeks ago and what can I say... it goes right to your heart. My favourite dramas used to be Long vacation, Love Generation, Kamisama mou sukoshi dake and Beautiful life. But 1 Litre of tears has changed my perception of a touching story. And it didn't really have to be freely ...

Kanin

I not really a big fan of JDramas for some reason I can't find one's that are of real interest to me...However, I just now started to look back over some JDramas in hopes of finding something to appeal to my taste and so far the only one I've found is "Hana Yori Dango" and another I forgo...

Kanin

For tourists who go on guided tours, their primary interaction with Japanese people are those working in service related positions which leads to this skewed perception that most Japanese are normally this polite and conscientious when the reality is it is more or less a superficial facade dictated...

Kanin

I guess most here don't live in Japan and since Japanese movies, dramas, music or whatever is a big non-factor in most countries (due to many factors), except perhaps for some Asian countries I wonder how people got in touch with this genre. Personally I think it was either Pretty guardian Sailor Mo...

Kanin

I haven't seen every love drama and I haven't seen Tokyo love story. But so far Love Generation is the best in my opinion. I seen lots of cuter girls than Matsu Takako but she wins in charm.

Kanin

Shuin wrote:1) Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu
2) 1 litre of tears
3) Taiyou no Uta

All crying stories here.

Kanin

My favorite is ... it's impossible to tell! Most of Japanese corporal expressions are juste so cute. Well an image worth a thousand words; No whorish skanky or just bad taste is what you will find at the oscar or any other 'big' red carpet display. There you will have some real ingenuine gestures a...

Kanin

1) 1 litre of tears (Words are not enough)
2) Love Generation (Best love drama I've seen)
3) Konya Hitori no Beddo De (Really good drama)

Kanin

To be honest, I don't see what's the problem with "japanophiles" at all. I don't see what makes them any worse than Star Trek geeks, computer nerds, football maniacs, Brit-Pop boygroup fans, WoW addicts, etc. People get obsessed with so many things all the time. I've seen 20 year old girl...

Kanin

Haha yes. I think you assumed I thought less of you or something when I didn't :) as I do not know you. Let us end this now and plant flowers. Well you did question my base to form an opinion. Which is the essence of me arguing. And you did say that JPHs may love something ingenuin which is a criti...

Kanin

After Spirited Away won the ascar, Disney re-release the movie for 1 week with NO PROMOTION as all. Did Howl's Moving Castle or Princess Mononoke even get a national release? I don't think SO...Oh I remember seeing Miyazake crying on TV because Disney cut up his movies... Ugh I didn't know, was it ...

Kanin

No I'm a lazy Japanophile. I haven't been to Japan and I don't plan to go either. Well that's due to time, cost and lots of other reasons as well. I haven't started to learn Japanese either. I'm really interested in learning Japanese though. . :blink meh you're confusing. More of a joke using that ...

Kanin

No I didn't admit I was a Japanophile, I am against the very term you seem to love, if you think that, then you haven't understood a thing. I humbly went in to this thread with a post acting like it trying to defend them. And about your money. He isn't wrong. If we should go by your way of behaviour...

Kanin

what reaction was that? Your reaction was like, moi? :lol NOW KANIN I WILL SAY THIS ONCE AGAIN: You said that you loved Japanese women, found Japanese kids extremely cute, loved office design, the high techness etc etc etc - those are pretty specific things - I'm just wondering WONDERING how you ca...

Kanin

Aulcard - hahah your posts are funny regarding the people you've met! I don't have any prejudice against otaku funnily enough or anyone that has an avid interest in something - I'm just confused however regarding Japan specifically - how someone can claim to love so much about the country without h...

Kanin

The fact of the matter is that Japanese TV does not encourage great acting. And neither do the people watching the dramas. If they did, you would see the talent agencies invest a lot more time and expense to get their employees to focus on their acting. But no... a little bit of learning to read li...

Kanin

6 pages o_O;; and hey Kanin , first time seeing you here :lol Oh hi, if it wasn't for you avatar I wouldn't have recognized you. :lol Yea I don't post much here, actually I didn't know there was these discussions around here. I didn't want to post in this thread but I guess I was drawn into it. :lol

Kanin

Believe it or not, you CAN love something to such an extent that it's problems/bad points are not visible. I think you can apply this to those "Japanophiles" or "otakus" who are so apologetic and defensive about Japan that they can't accept something bad or objective being said ...

Kanin

Thanks for you post. If that is what people think about 'Japanophiles', that they don't consider Japan as a country with problems like any other, I can believe everyones concern. But rest assured, no one has that naive stance towards anything . If that was true, these JPH should be ridiculed for far...

Kanin

I'm going to start taking Chinese classes when I return, though. Maybe Japanese, too. @Kanin: No, I'm not Korean. Does my avatar look so Korean? :lol No, I'm just German-Italian. And the band my friend loves so much is Kent. So you live in Germany, that's one of two. Oh well didn't know it was actu...

Kanin

Maybe what I'm saying...that Japanophiles are in love with something ingenuine...you didn't answer my question about where you found your passion for Japan from - was it from Jdrama? As I said, Japanophiles are your mind-ghost. How can anime, cars, movies, electronics be ingenuine? My interest for ...

Kanin

Perhaps she's Korean living in Germany.

Btw Nea, what band did she like, I'm from Sweden.

Kanin

to Kanin - I'm sorry I misunderstood where you were coming from. I didn't mean to offend you - I was just confused as to how you were able to express your love for these things without visiting Japan and seeing it for yourself through your own eyes. Well confused or not. We are all basing our opini...

Kanin

So, Japanophiles who have unreasonable opinions on Japanese women. Do I think they exist? We all know they do, but I never once said that EVERY man who liked them was that way. I stated before that I knew why people liked Japanese girls and admitting to finding them attractive myself - did you not ...

Kanin

Depends on what your definition of fully appreciate is? By saying you love Japanese women does not have to mean you slept with a majority of them. Is there a correltion between loving Japanese women and sleeping with them in the first place? I'm not sure I get that analogy... Anyway you stated: I l...

Kanin

Kudos to you for the honest post. So, Kanin, have you been to Japan or are you planning on living there? Are you majoring in Japanese? Sorry for being nosy, I'd just like to know how much a self-confessed Japanophile is willing to dedicate his life to Japan. Oh thanks Néa! No I'm a lazy Japanophile...

Kanin

When thinking Hollywood I don't exactly think Japanese environment for Japanese actors and actresses. It's more like fast cars and lots of explosions and a swift mouth. It's completely different to what I would like to watch and very far away from JDrama. Therefor is Hollywood even a goal other than...

Kanin

Kudos to you for the honest post. So, Kanin, have you been to Japan or are you planning on living there? Are you majoring in Japanese? Sorry for being nosy, I'd just like to know how much a self-confessed Japanophile is willing to dedicate his life to Japan. Oh thanks Néa! No I'm a lazy Japanophile...

Kanin

A Japanophile's defence: :D I really don't like the use of japanophile to refer to other people's interest level, at least not how it's used by non-Japanese to non-Japanese people. Because it's basically used to put a negative spin on other people's interest for Japan. It's usually done by projecti...

Kanin

You should see her in this series:

Kinyoubi no Koibitotachi e (Friday's Lovers) (2000) (10 eps)

Starring: Fujiwara Norika, Takahashi Katsunori, Mizuno Maki

I agree Norika is very cute, but check out Maki in that series.

Kanin

Females only! :lol 1) Matsushima Nanako (GTO, Majo no jouken) Having starred in two of the best dramas ever, she's one of the best. 2) Fujiwara Norika (Sutaa no Koi, Friday's Lovers, Love generation, Akimahende) Got hooked on Norika in Friday's lovers. She's over 30 and looks like a mature Ishikawa ...

Kanin

Requesting new pics of Yuko Takeuchi! Yes my vote!

Kanin

Voted for Yuko Takeuchi!

But basically all JDrama females are drop dead georgeous.

Here are some personal favourites:

Fujiwara Norika
Hasegawa Kyoko
Fukada Kyoko
Matsushima Nanako
Kuroki Hitomi
Mizuno Maki

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