8tvs dorama(malaysia)

k-role wrote:hey they had put the subtitle right? Bahasa Melayu + Chinese.. i'm waiting for PRIDE!! :mrgreen:

Haha....me too!!! Can't wait ......

yes.. its tired with the subt.. kejap ada kejap takde & kejap takde langsung.. 8tv should learn from tv3.. is't they from one family?

yes,they are from one same family,new station tvs

Feels like reviving this thread, because I'm a Malaysian!

To date, 8TV has shown Mukodono 2001, Love Generation (1998), Double Score (2002), Bijo ka Yajuu aka Beauty or the Beast (2003) and currently it's airing Shomuni Final (2002). I believe that Takuya Kimura's PRIDE would make it to this part of the world (hopefully soon!), but I've noticed 8TV's trend of showing only Fuji TV's doramas, so I suspect that 8TV has some kind of business deal with Fuji TV. The only TBS's doramas that have ever made it to our shore when they were aired on TV3 are Meguri Ai, Tomodachi no Koibito aka Friends & Lovers, and La Periode Bleue. Even Beautiful Life (TBS) was aired on ntv7. I'm kind of hoping that Good Luck would be aired soon considering that Beauty or the Beast was already aired, but I guess, it might not happen.

I just dont understand why most Malaysian prefers Korean dramas to Japanese...most of the shop I went to sell more Kdramas T_T and obviously we get to see more Kdramas on tv, while Jdramas are only aired on 8tv... I bought Shomuni sooo long ago and now only theyre showing it. Btw, r u guys chinese or malay?

gakuchi wrote:I just dont understand why most Malaysian prefers Korean dramas to Japanese...most of the shop I went to sell more Kdramas T_T and obviously we get to see more Kdramas on tv, while Jdramas are only aired on 8tv... I bought Shomuni sooo long ago and now only theyre showing it. Btw, r u guys chinese or malay?

hi gakuchi,

i'm malaysian but i still prefer japanese drama rather than korean drama (although there's lots of korean drama on malaysian tv channel - i'm not been influenced..hehehehe)... well, different people have different view, right? :) ... hoping that 8TV will continue showing japanese drama, especially the latest one... :D btw, i'm malay... whether malay/chinese/indian, the thing is......i'm malaysian..:)

WD wrote:I've noticed 8TV's trend of showing only Fuji TV's doramas, so I suspect that 8TV has some kind of business deal with Fuji TV.

They do!

Source: http://corporate.mediacorp.com.sg/press_release/pr_1073377895.htm

MediaCorp TV

Fuji-on-8 Offers More in New Time Belt!


Singapore, 6 January 2004 - MediaCorp TV Channel 8 gives you one more reason to stay glued to your TV sets every Sunday!

Beginning 18 Jan 2004, Fuji-on-8 will move to Sunday 11pm from its current Thursday timeslot. Fuji-on-8 is an exclusive collaboration between MediaCorp TV Channel 8 and Fuji TV. Under this collaboration, Channel 8 viewers will get to enjoy high quality, newly-released Japanese drama serials in the tradition of past favourites such as gHeroh, gHome & Awayh, gPrecious Timeh, gLove Generationh, gWedding Plannerh and gBeauty or Beasth.

Viewers can expect a wide repertoire of the best and latest Japanese drama serials such as gAlways the Two of Ush and gPower Office Girls - The Final Chapterh. Others like gSearching For My Polestarh feature popular, up-and-coming artistes like Takako Matsu, Kenji Sakaguchi, Takashi Kashiwabara, Esumi Makiko, Hideaki Ito, Koyuki (who is also starring in the movie gThe Last Samuraih).

To kick start the new year, we bring you the new and very popular Japanese drama serial gWaterboysh! A spin-off from the mega-hit movie of the same title, gWaterboysh was very well received in Japan during its recent telecast in July 2003. The movie version was telecast on Channel 8 last Christmas Eve. It attracted close to 350,000 viewers, making it the highest rated movie in the Super Movie Fan Club timeslot. Fans of the movie can look forward to more spectacular aquatic thrusts and twirls in this drama serial!

MediaCorp TV Channel 8 is also proud to be the first in Asia (after Japan) to telecast this title. gWaterboysh will make its debut on 18 January, Sunday at 11pm. Stay tuned!

Please find enclosed more information on these upcoming Fuji-on-8 programmes.
Issued by MediaCorp TV Channel 8


For more information or a VHS copy of gWaterboysh, please contact:
Chan Hui Leng
Branding and Promotions Executive
Network Programming and Promotions 8
MediaCorp TV
DID: 6 350 3857
Email: [email protected]


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For those of you who need yet another message board to log onto, here's MediaCorp's Channel 8 message board, called MediaCorp Communities:

http://www2.mediacorpsingapore.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=2d08343062047f2c145dec61cc67f59f&forumid=14

If people on that message board trade or share dramas like they do on KIKU-TV's board, this may be a good backup source for Channel 8 captures.

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sahabat9 wrote:

hi gakuchi,

i'm malaysian but i still prefer japanese drama rather than korean drama (although there's lots of korean drama on malaysian tv channel - i'm not been influenced..hehehehe)... well, different people have different view, right? :) ... hoping that 8TV will continue showing japanese drama, especially the latest one... :D btw, i'm malay... whether malay/chinese/indian, the thing is......
i'm malaysian..:)

haha! well said man! well said!!! :applaud:

sahabat9 wrote:

hi gakuchi,

i'm malaysian but i still prefer japanese drama rather than korean drama (although there's lots of korean drama on malaysian tv channel - i'm not been influenced..hehehehe)... well, different people have different view, right? :) ... hoping that 8TV will continue showing japanese drama, especially the latest one... :D btw, i'm malay... whether malay/chinese/indian, the thing is......i'm malaysian..:)

Actually, I can understand why so many Malaysians love Korean dramas. Because Korean dramas are so melodramatic, and Malaysians love melodramas! I like Korean dramas, a few are actually quite good, but I definitely prefer Japanese doramas. Korean dramas are too cliche, too unoriginal, too many coincidences, too many recycled plots. Japanese doramas have variety and originality. Even when it's recycled, it's done in a refreshing way that you tend to forget that it's not entirely original.

And yeah, I'm Malay too, and definitely a Malaysian! :D

that's a different tv station, groink.
the mediacorp one is the singapore channel
but 8tv is a malaysia channel

we're in the same boat, gakuchi. everytime i go to the vcd shops, they keep pushing me to buy korean dorama, since i keep asking why there are not many jdorama available. yang ada pun with chinese subs. since i can't understand mandarin, i've no other choice but to leave the shop with an empty hand. i'm so disappointed coz i'm crazy about jdorama, n i don't really get it why my friends really into korean drama. it's the same old story, just change the title and the actors. but, come to think of it, my friends too can't understand why i'm so crazy with jdorama :P . all i want is the vcd shops to stock their premises with MORE jdorama, with eng/malay subs, and for 8tv to show us latest drama.... is that too much to ask???

chocfudge_8008 wrote:we're in the same boat, gakuchi. everytime i go to the vcd shops, they keep pushing me to buy korean dorama, since i keep asking why there are not many jdorama available. yang ada pun with chinese subs. since i can't understand mandarin, i've no other choice but to leave the shop with an empty hand. i'm so disappointed coz i'm crazy about jdorama, n i don't really get it why my friends really into korean drama. it's the same old story, just change the title and the actors. but, come to think of it, my friends too can't understand why i'm so crazy with jdorama :P . all i want is the vcd shops to stock their premises with MORE jdorama, with eng/malay subs, and for 8tv to show us latest drama.... is that too much to ask???

Yup, yup...I truly understand this. Sometimes, it's best that you explain to them with action instead of words. Lend them two really really good J-doramas which are out-of-this-world, totally different like night and day from each other to your friends, and then add the fact that J-doramas are much more original and not recycled compared to Korean dramas. And then, just wait for their response. Then probably, they will understand.

I wonder if it would be possible to get 8tv in the bay area with satellite or comcast if Im lucky :sweat:

malaysian love melodrama too much..not only korean, the telenovelas, the bollywood movies...most are the same stories still majority of malaysian love it... :google: :google: