What dramas are you currently watching?

cori wrote:Sounds like that b*stard postal worker already has a bunch of dramas that Ralph attempted to send to me. :grumble:

If it's Sekai no Chuushin..., it's no big loss. :beaten:

concertmaster wrote:
I agree; I also think this show is flat out hilarious. IMO, besides Nodame this is the only other comedy-type manga adaptation I've watched that managed to retain the essense of the original (not like the other half-baked efforts out there).

Yup! The more I watch, the more I realize the brilliance behind it. I'll write it all out in my review. :thumbsup:

bmwracer wrote:
If it's Sekai no Chuushin..., it's no big loss. :beaten:

:rofl:

On Topic: Final epi of Anna-san!

Back to the Yagyu Conspiracy... Episode 32. :victory:

Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! Ep. 5...

6 coming up next :)

Anime Dad wrote:Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! Ep. 5...

6 coming up next :)

Somehow, that drama has sunk down in my queue... :sweat:

Wynter wrote:

:rofl:

On Topic: Final epi of Anna-san!

Just finished ep 3 of Anna-san...this show is completely nuts...and I'm liking it...
it's like an anime that thinks its a drama or vice versa...yeah, one of those...or both...

I'm gonna start Taiyou no Uta tonight.

Why? Because Nao Matsushita is in it, and I'm starting to think that she's gonna turn out to be something.

And because I have it.

I'm a little worried though. When I first read the blurb for the show it said that it was about a street musician who is allergic to the sun... so of course she lives by the seaside, in a beach community.

Sounded like a comedy to me. Heck, that's so dumb, it has to be a comedy, doesn't it?

But lately some of the reviews have said it was a tear jerker.

Uh oh.

Come on. How can this not be a comedy?

Yama Onna Kabe Onna episode 5

bmwracer wrote:
Somehow, that drama has sunk down in my queue... :sweat:

Hmmm. I'm up to ep.8 now (about to start watching). I'd have to agree with shin2, there's some truly cringeworthy acting in it, especially from Tanihara Shosuke, who plays Kimiko's (Nakama Yukie) hubby Isojiro. Overacting seems to be the norm... but Matsuzaka Keiko, who plays Kimiko's mother-in-law, and Hamada Mari, as Kimiko's sister-in-law, make it all worthwhile :)

runpup wrote:

Just finished ep 3 of Anna-san...this show is completely nuts...and I'm liking it...
it's like an anime that thinks its a drama or vice versa...yeah, one of those...or both...

LOL! Yesh, that's exactly what it's like. If you make it to epi 6, it gets A LOT better. I think epi 8 is my fav. :thumbsup:

Here's my Review, since htere's no thread for this drama: 8/10

Another drama I went in to with no expectations, and another drama Ifve completed feeling wholly satisfied. For her first role as the lead protagonist, Becky does an amazing job. Shefs everything her character needed to be: irritating, frustrating, annoying, pathetic, and downright unnerving. At first it was hard to watch the episodes because her character made the experience so exasperating. Yet, the more I watched, the more I realized that the drama itself was getting frustrated with her as well. The other characters expressed what I, the viewer, felt, and it dawned upon me that this was the point. As a viewer, I was SUPPOSED to feel frustrated and annoyed, the narrator constantly reminds me that I should.

This drama is a light comedy that makes fun of itself. The animation is reallyc wellc animated, and some scenes are downright hilarious because of its lame antics (characters being replaced by dummies comes to mind). Kyoutaro (Kashiwabara Shuji) and Anna (Anzu Sayuri) make perfect secondary characters, and without either (especially Kyoutaro, for which Kasiwabara did an excellent and hilarious job in portraying), the drama simply wouldnft exist.

I tip my hat to the creators. The concept of this drama was really interesting and kept me hooked, Riri withstanding. ;)

Geezer wrote:I'm gonna start Taiyou no Uta tonight.

Why? Because Nao Matsushita is in it, and I'm starting to think that she's gonna turn out to be something.

And because I have it.

I'm a little worried though. When I first read the blurb for the show it said that it was about a street musician who is allergic to the sun... so of course she lives by the seaside, in a beach community.

Sounded like a comedy to me. Heck, that's so dumb, it has to be a comedy, doesn't it?

But lately some of the reviews have said it was a tear jerker.

Uh oh.

Come on. How can this not be a comedy?

LOL! I didn't shed a single tear... tho I did cringe at few times at how lame this drama was. I mean, it has it's moments, but I saw it AFTER I watched 1 Litre, and quite frankly, Taiyou is trying to be a remake without the right substance.

I'm off to FINALLY watch Hanayome to Papa! A-Oyaji, I think I'll bring back my Satomi-chan avatar. :good:

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e

Wynter

LOL! I didn't shed a single tear... tho I did cringe at few times at how lame this drama was. I mean, it has it's moments, but I saw it AFTER I watched 1 Litre, and quite frankly, Taiyou is trying to be a remake without the right substance.

Hmm. Having someone compare this show to something called; "1 Litre of Tears" --- even to say that it doesn't live up to it --- makes me wonder if I sould buy some sort of Horse Liniment to rub into my fast forwarding thumb.

Geezer wrote:Wynter

LOL! I didn't shed a single tear... tho I did cringe at few times at how lame this drama was. I mean, it has it's moments, but I saw it AFTER I watched 1 Litre, and quite frankly, Taiyou is trying to be a remake without the right substance.

Hmm. Having someone compare this show to something called; "1 Litre of Tears" --- even to say that it doesn't live up to it --- makes me wonder if I sould buy some sort of Horse Liniment to rub into my fast forwarding thumb.

i'm waiting for "3 Litres of Tears"

Tu_triky wrote:i'm waiting for "3 Litres of Tears"

LOL.

That could be dangerous: severe dehydration, and eventually death.

bmwracer wrote:
LOL.

That could be dangerous: severe dehydration, and eventually death.

haha. i'll be sure to keep some water and gatorade on hand in order to replenish the loss of electrolytes and fluid :P

Geezer wrote:Wynter

LOL! I didn't shed a single tear... tho I did cringe at few times at how lame this drama was. I mean, it has it's moments, but I saw it AFTER I watched 1 Litre, and quite frankly, Taiyou is trying to be a remake without the right substance.

Hmm. Having someone compare this show to something called; "1 Litre of Tears" --- even to say that it doesn't live up to it --- makes me wonder if I sould buy some sort of Horse Liniment to rub into my fast forwarding thumb.

LOL The comparison comes from the fact that it was Sawajiri's drama before this one, which was also about a girl suffering through an incurable disease. Whereas 1 Litre was based on a true story and held some aspect of reality, Taiyou is just... there. I dunno, you might like it. I didn't.

Tu_triky wrote:

i'm waiting for "3 Litres of Tears"

Anything starring Tackey would do the trick. He makes me cry SO hard.

Geezer, like Wyn said: no tears (especially since it's got Takayuki's depressing presence :bleh: ). but there's always somethin else: music. i love the songs :victory:


gonna finish the last 2 eps of Yamato Nadeshiko tonight. and maybe bump into Dororo in the DVD store...

Wynter wrote:

Anything starring Tackey would do the trick. He makes me cry SO hard.

really, he gives me constipation.

Tu_triky wrote:

really, he gives me constipation.

He brings me to tears. In fact, I'm nearly suicidal when I watch him.

On Topic: Epi 2 of Hanayome to Papa.