Do you watch or have you ever watched any Japanese or Korean tv series/dramas?

*Prowler* · 04-20-2019, 11:39 PM

If so, which ones? What were they about? Were they any good? Got any recommendations?

I've always had this idea that "dramas" were basically the Japanese and Korean equivalents to soap operas/telenovelas. But I could be very wrong here.

Some people online watch J-Dramas and K-Dramas. Apparently Korean dramas are somewhat popular in some countries nowadays. Even KBS's official youtube channel seems to upload entire Korean Dramas for free on their channel with English subtitles. I don't believe Japanese ones are very popular outside of Japan, so I assume Japan just doesn't feel the need to export them?

I'm currently watching Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, which is the live action version of Sailor Moon. It has some cheesy special effects and monster costumes, but after a few episodes in you get used to it and start to like it since the writing is pretty solid. So it's entertaining enough. Although I'm not sure it counts as a "dorama". Wikipedia defines it as a "Tokusatsu". Basically a live action Japanese tv show with special effects and monsters like Godzilla.

This is pretty much the only Japanese live action series I've watched so far, and I'm not done with it yet. Perhaps I might check out another one in the future one day.

What about you?

04-20-2019, 11:39 PM	#1
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	Do you watch or have you ever watched any Japanese or Korean tv series/dramas? If so, which ones? What were they about? Were they any good? Got any recommendations? I've always had this idea that "dramas" were basically the Japanese and Korean equivalents to soap operas/telenovelas. But I could be very wrong here. Some people online watch J-Dramas and K-Dramas. Apparently Korean dramas are somewhat popular in some countries nowadays. Even KBS's official youtube channel seems to upload entire Korean Dramas for free on their channel with English subtitles. I don't believe Japanese ones are very popular outside of Japan, so I assume Japan just doesn't feel the need to export them? I'm currently watching Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, which is the live action version of Sailor Moon. It has some cheesy special effects and monster costumes, but after a few episodes in you get used to it and start to like it since the writing is pretty solid. So it's entertaining enough. Although I'm not sure it counts as a "dorama". Wikipedia defines it as a "Tokusatsu". Basically a live action Japanese tv show with special effects and monsters like Godzilla. This is pretty much the only Japanese live action series I've watched so far, and I'm not done with it yet. Perhaps I might check out another one in the future one day. What about you?