How did you discover JDrama?

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 6:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'm a big anime fan back then. So I watch anything Japanese. I saw Shounen Club first then Pop Jam on NHK and immediately fell into the world of Jmusic.Oh, and also Kmusic. Since I love anime, Jmusic and Kmusic, I watch any Asian channel we have in here to see if there're any shows about kmusic/jmusic or anime. That time, I was madly in love with Yamashita Tomohisa ( I still am), while I was watching Music Bank, I saw a commercial of YamaPi in Long Love Letter. I tuned into the channel until I saw the jdrama. But I think (I'm not quite sure which happened first) I saw SOS first before Long Love Letter. It was a Sunday, I believe. I saw Takki acting (SOS) so I watched it. I didn't immediately got hooked into jdrama then. When I was in 4th year, a friend lent me Gokusen and from then on, it began.. xD

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:05 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I liked the GTO Manga, then I saw there was a GTO Live Action, i couldn't resist. It was so good i gave other shows a shot and the rest is history, and so is my social life Tongue

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 7:24 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

My brother and JE boys got me into dramas BIG TIME.

My first drama was Densha Otoko. He made me watch one morning and after that i wanted to watch more of the series so i finished it. Then after i was done with that series i asked him to tell me about other dramas so he recommended me Hana yori dango. After the first half of episode 1 of season one i Was completely HOOKED. I fell in love with the series. Then i started crushing on Matsujun and Shun. So i checked out their other dramas and movies. Then i got into Matsujun big time and watched a lot of his stuff then after awhile i discovered JE boys after watching a lot of drama that just so happen to have them. And i started becoming interested in a lot of them and watched a lot of there stuff. Pretty much every drama i have watched has starred a JE boy. then after i watched so many i discovered many amazing and talented actors and actresses and just followed them. And now i am a Drama fanatic always having a torrent waiting for me.

Posted: Fri Apr 20, 2007 3:04 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

ummmm
my addiction started ....ummmm....2 years ago.....I think??
anyway, I used to read mangas a loot, and I used to read HYD too
after that, I discovered that there was a Japanese live action for the manga, so I downloaded it.
after that drama
my addiction started ^^

my first jdrama that i've watched was Beach Boys.. i dun really remember how it was, but its the very first jdrama i've watched..

it was aired on Malaysian telly when i was in high school.. from then on, i kept watching more jdrama on telly... With Love, Long Vacation, Overtime, Beautiful Life and much more.. at that time, Takuya Kimura is sooo HOT..n YOUNGER... Mr. Green

then i moved on to spanish telenovelas, thai dramas, korean dramas, n now i'm addicted to jdrama..again..~ hehehe

since i lurve akAME so much, cant wait to see more of them this year...

welcome back Bakanishi..~

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:24 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

My first was Pretty Guardian Sailormoon. *blush*

After that I think it was Trick, probably because at the time it happened to be the series of the week. It is, however, still one of my favorites. ^^

I also got my mom addicted to Asian dramas. She's currently working her way through Yasashi Jikan and Kekkon Dekinai Otoko with a little Lovers in Paris on the side. Laugh

Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:55 pm Post subject: gto Post Rating: 0

i've been watching anime for about 2 years now and finshed the anime GTO about 2 months ago. While searching for GTO episodes on you tube i came across the GTO live action series. wasnt interested in watching it back then but i found myself bored to death the other day and finished the series in a couple of days! Now working down the list of the great jdramas Big Smile

watching gokusen atm!

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 8:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

A few years back I started getting into foreign films (non-English speaking / non-American films). At first I was mostly into French films but I soon became interested in Asian films, most Chinese, Japanese and Korean.

Some of my favorite Japanese films I've seen are "Swing Girls", "Nana" and "Kamikaze Girls".....

Back in December of 06' I was looking up information on "Kamikaze Girls" (I was looking up a song name from the movie) when I came across a website named Tokyopoprocks (which isn't there anymore...) and they were advertising JDramas they had to download and watch, especially Hana Yori Dango. I ignored it for a bit but then one day I decided to check out the first episode and I was immediately hooked!!!

I downloaded all the episodes and watched them all in a few days. I became very emotionaly involved with the show, story and characters so I was very excited when I learned that season 2 was coming out soon, As soon as season 2 came out I was hooked again.

Since season 2 ended I've watched 3 other JDramas and I'm currently watching 2 new shows and I have others downloading.

Watching Jdramas is now my "new thing"!!!

Posted: Fri May 04, 2007 1:58 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i discovered jdorama because the philippines started airing hYD. it stinks watching dramas at tv because there are so many commercials, so i downloaded it and then poof!

Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 1:15 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 1:46 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

It's so cool seeing how everyone got into J-drama.

This is my first post...so...hello everyone! pinch

My transition was a little different. I'd been into toku for a while, and a friend on another forum recommended Densha Otoko. I was curious after that and watched HYD, Akihabara@DEEP, and Hana Kimi...and then I was hooked. I'm hopelessly addicted to JE and dramas now.

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:48 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I've seen (more like previewed) a bunch of Asian dramas (mostly Taiwanese and Korean) when I was younger, but I never took them seriously because they were too cheesy or too long or both for my taste. Then I accidentally found You're Under Arrest Live Action while looking for anime episodes on youtube. I knew about the live action version years before, but I wasn't interested because I thought all dramas were the same, I didn't even care about the differences between Korean, Taiwanese, Chinese, etc etc dramas.

Anyway, many don't consider YUA as one of the better Jdramas, but it introduced me to some actors/actresses and triggered my Jdrama addiction. Before I knew it, I was watching Beach Boys, The Queen's Classroom, Densha Otoko and With Love (I think it's pretty obvious which of the two YUA leads I'm sticking to).... then I found Rondo and GTO. I've posted this before, but yeah, the actors you see in one drama could lead you to more, then you can compare/choose between genres, then you're *really* hooked. Roll Eyes

Posted: Thu May 01, 2008 11:58 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

this girl told me 2
so i did
she didn't go out w/ me though
oh wellz
and now i still watch them

Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 12:19 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

One of the sites I downloaded anime from had (still has) a JDrama section, avoided it for a while, Jdrama just didn't catch my interest at that time. Must have been bored one day, because I wound up watching the start of a series anyway.

Which was Nobuta - got hooked from the first episode. After that I had to check out more. =)