Inspired by the J-Drama that you thought was good thread.
I haven't seen many J-Dramas but there is one that sticks out when it comes to not liking at first:
Nodame Cantabile.
"Oh no he didn't!" you might say (oh yes I did!), but I honestly, truly did not like what I saw when I watched the first episode of Nodame Cantabile. So much so that I left the first episode sitting on my hard drive and did not bother to download the rest of episodes until summer of last year, about a good six or seven months after the series had aired. That only happened because the anime fansub group I preferred had to shut down subbing for a while because one of their members had either gotten sick or someone in their family had gotten sick, at least that's what I remember reading. So while waiting for the anime version to finish, I figure I check out the live-action version on Crunchyroll.com. The result was one more Juri-chan fanboy in the world :victory:
Now as to why I didn't like it, well, I thought the episode was horribly acted at first, particularly with Viera-sensei and the young Chiaki. Even to this day I still think it's bad. It didn't get much better from there, with Chiaki getting hit by Eto-sensei. That was strange the first time I saw it. Just one of those WTF moments when Eto-sensei comes flying in and smacks Chiaki, whose facial reaction looked so absurd then. The anime was less expressive, for lack of a better word, so to see the live-action version was surprising to me. I guess the idea of a live-action anime/manga just didn't register to me. Anyhow, the rest of the first episode got better, but still wasn't enough to hook me in.
I'm glad I did watch the rest of the series, else I would've missed out on what has become one of the best shows I've seen, not to mention missing out on the pretty and talented Ueno Juri. I'm sure I would've seen her acting eventually since I had been wanting to watch Josee, The Tiger and The Fish, but whether or not I would become a big fan I don't know.
I haven't seen many J-Dramas but there is one that sticks out when it comes to not liking at first:
Nodame Cantabile.
"Oh no he didn't!" you might say (oh yes I did!), but I honestly, truly did not like what I saw when I watched the first episode of Nodame Cantabile. So much so that I left the first episode sitting on my hard drive and did not bother to download the rest of episodes until summer of last year, about a good six or seven months after the series had aired. That only happened because the anime fansub group I preferred had to shut down subbing for a while because one of their members had either gotten sick or someone in their family had gotten sick, at least that's what I remember reading. So while waiting for the anime version to finish, I figure I check out the live-action version on Crunchyroll.com. The result was one more Juri-chan fanboy in the world :victory:
Now as to why I didn't like it, well, I thought the episode was horribly acted at first, particularly with Viera-sensei and the young Chiaki. Even to this day I still think it's bad. It didn't get much better from there, with Chiaki getting hit by Eto-sensei. That was strange the first time I saw it. Just one of those WTF moments when Eto-sensei comes flying in and smacks Chiaki, whose facial reaction looked so absurd then. The anime was less expressive, for lack of a better word, so to see the live-action version was surprising to me. I guess the idea of a live-action anime/manga just didn't register to me. Anyhow, the rest of the first episode got better, but still wasn't enough to hook me in.
I'm glad I did watch the rest of the series, else I would've missed out on what has become one of the best shows I've seen, not to mention missing out on the pretty and talented Ueno Juri. I'm sure I would've seen her acting eventually since I had been wanting to watch Josee, The Tiger and The Fish, but whether or not I would become a big fan I don't know.