Singapore JDrama Fans Fall In!

yep.. it's true tt we can hardly find anywhere else selling jdorama in sg except for poh kim, and some at GIANT.. haha.. but when i was in taiwan, their jdorama dvd wif chi sub onli cost me bout SG$8 for one whole set.. it's def much cheaper than those in sg.. but wad can we do living in sg?? haiz.. realli hope for the price of the vcd/dvd to go down in sg :fingerscrossed:

^oo^ wrote:yep.. it's true tt we can hardly find anywhere else selling jdorama in sg except for poh kim, and some at GIANT.. haha.. but when i was in taiwan, their jdorama dvd wif chi sub onli cost me bout SG$8 for one whole set.. it's def much cheaper than those in sg.. but wad can we do living in sg?? haiz.. realli hope for the price of the vcd/dvd to go down in sg :fingerscrossed:

omg! it's selling that cheap in taiwan! gosh. they're so lucky...

YEP!!! lucky them :grumble: tt's why i'm trying to plan another trip to taiwan in the near future so tt i can grab hold of all those tt i wan2 buy at a low cost.. i guess maybe i should plan a trip or 2 every year since there's always new jdorama coming out every now and then.. haha :crazy: i'll most prob be broke by then :shamefulcry:

I think Poh Kim has a wider range of JDramas compared to TS. And DVD quality too!

I bought Gal Circle and My Boss My Hero not long ago, Tegoshi and Koki were rather good! Tomoya as usual, one of the best! Naohito was also funny as hell... :lol:

But the common character... Aragaki Yui! KAWAIIIIII! LOL! :nut:

Fuwari wrote:But the common character... Aragaki Yui! KAWAIIIIII! LOL! :nut:

:thumbsup:

is it me or seldom J-artistes came to SG :headscratch:
i only recall Ayumi Hamasaki (several yrs ago for the MTV asia music award) and Aikawa Nanase(last yr, Asia music festival) came to singapore... :sweat:

any other else ??

I think its safe to say that, Korea has a greater impact now compared to the Japanese.

Well if you think of it, it actually started with people going nuts over Japanese stuff, then Korean.

Bring back the Haru culture! Rawr! :metaldevil:

kami_kaze wrote:is it me or seldom J-artistes came to SG :headscratch:
i only recall Ayumi Hamasaki (several yrs ago for the MTV asia music award) and Aikawa Nanase(last yr, Asia music festival) came to singapore... :sweat:

any other else ??

yep yep.. jap idols hardly ever come to singapore.. heard it's becos they are too ex to 'hire' to come over here :shamefulcry: .. realli hope ttmore jap idols will be able to come and hav their concerts here :fingerscrossed: cos it's pretty diff for us to go to jap for their concerts :puppydog:

Well some stuff would piss them off. Our climate would be one. LOL! XD

Actually I think that the market/revenue generated here for these type of events are pretty bad. Its expensive to book a hall or auditorium here and expect people to accept the pricing per ticket. The only ones who might pay without even flinching at the holes in their wallets are the hardcore ones.

Well, a mad rant, but I would wish that TOKIO could do a concert here. Maybe NEWS and KAT-TUN too. =X

Fuwari wrote:Well some stuff would piss them off. Our climate would be one. LOL! XD

Actually I think that the market/revenue generated here for these type of events are pretty bad. Its expensive to book a hall or auditorium here and expect people to accept the pricing per ticket. The only ones who might pay without even flinching at the holes in their wallets are the hardcore ones.

Well, a mad rant, but I would wish that TOKIO could do a concert here. Maybe NEWS and KAT-TUN too. =X

Ya.. But surely it won't be as high as Rain's concert.. :sweat:
And I don't think the groups under Johnny's have concert out of Japan right? Except I think Arashi?? HAha.. Dunno lei.

And another problem for J artistes to come over here is also language.. :shamefulcry: Unless they are willing to learn english or something..

Truth to tell...we are suffering very badly thanks to one singer called Rain and an overrated show called "Da-Chang-Jin".Now everyone goes ga-ga over Korea and what happens to us J-Pop fans?Suffer in silence of course.There's no way we can rejuvenate the Japan craze of last time.Seems like our country follows only the current famous stuff...first Japan and then they toss it aside for Korea and act as if Japan never entered our lives at all. :banghead:

Well, most aunties fall in love with cooking, which is synonmous with Da Chang Jin. You haven't seen how crazy it gets, simple freebies like pens or caps were given out at the DCJ roadshow at Jurong Point and those crazy old women were pushing and shoving, screaming as though their lives depended on it!

I nearly fainted of shock. Not to mention, nearly screamed my head off at one stupid Oba-chan who was complaining I was blocking her way to her 'goalpoint'... Zzzz.

I want Jpop to come back... :puppydog:

Fuwari wrote:Well, most aunties fall in love with cooking, which is synonmous with Da Chang Jin. You haven't seen how crazy it gets, simple freebies like pens or caps were given out at the DCJ roadshow at Jurong Point and those crazy old women were pushing and shoving, screaming as though their lives depended on it!

I nearly fainted of shock. Not to mention, nearly screamed my head off at one stupid Oba-chan who was complaining I was blocking her way to her 'goalpoint'... Zzzz.

I want Jpop to come back... :puppydog:

Now that's our typical Singapore obasan!!!Free things are worth dying for!!!But J-Pop should be coming back soon...Rain is going to try his luck in Europe and US.And there's isn't anymore big Korean dramas showing in Singapore anymore...if you were to exclude the drama "Song of Seong-Dao'

J-Pop...J-Pop...J-Pop...the fastest in Singapore to update the latest J-Pop is HMV...but it's still too slow... :shakehead:

i was wonderin where i can get cheap doramas and jstuff in singapore? thx

Yeah. HMV is the only source of updates on the Jpop side. But unfortunately, its still not fast enough.

Sometimes, I think downloading is even faster. LOL. =X :mrgreen:

Bring back Jpop! I listen to more Jpop than English or Chinese genres!

@ Monta, I get my stuff from Poh Kim. Mostly DVD thoughs. TS sells the VCD versions, but not as updated as the ones from Poh Kim.

Mostly DL the fansubbed ones though.

yes, aunties love free things.. but they also have Infinity money to spend on their K-idols :beaten:

Bring Back Music Station !!!!!!!!!
:angry: :angry:

there's also a shop at cineleisure where they sell super ex JE stuff.. i've nv been there though, jus heard bout it thru my fren :mrgreen:
man.. i realli hope tt KAT-TUN or NewS could at least jus come here or something :fingerscrossed: .. if those k-fans are willing and able to pay up to $488 or even $888 :nut: for tt rain's concert, which i don realli think it's tt worth it cos it's onli for a single person as compared to bands, i believe us j-fans will also be willin to rite?? i mean i doubt the tix will be tt ex.. bout the language barrier, there's alot of j-idols who went to taiwan too, it's bout the same as in sg.. PLUS more j-idols are learnin their english, an example would be jin from KAT-TUN :mrgreen: .. so i guess the language thingy isnt much of a prob..
i'm also wondering why k-dramas hav such a big impact on the market here, i did try to watch but all those shows are either too draggy and soppy, or i'll jus simply forget bout it once i finish the show.. i mean it's so diff from when i watch jdorama.. they make me wanna watch it again and again and they're short too :mrgreen:
oh ya, i don realli rmb whether i've mentioned it b4 here or u guys hav read it somewhere else so i'm jus gonna say it anyway, MUSIC STATION will be shown on the 17 feb on ANIMAX-asia CH84 cable tv :dancing:

Fuwari wrote:Yeah. HMV is the only source of updates on the Jpop side. But unfortunately, its still not fast enough.

Sometimes, I think downloading is even faster. LOL. =X :mrgreen:

Bring back Jpop! I listen to more Jpop than English or Chinese genres!

@ Monta, I get my stuff from Poh Kim. Mostly DVD thoughs. TS sells the VCD versions, but not as updated as the ones from Poh Kim.

Mostly DL the fansubbed ones though.

ano... what's TS?

Ooooh! Yeah Music Station! Unfortunately there's no cable at my place... *Sob* :puppydog:

But, I'm a bit hesistant when it comes to big money for such things. If its nothing more than 200 bux, I MIGHT consider. Still not worth the $$ though I'm mad about Jpop bands and singers...

@ Monta, TS is a video shop. I go to Plaza Singapura often, there's TS and Poh Kim in the B2 section...

monta wrote:i was wonderin where i can get cheap doramas and jstuff in singapore? thx

lol montz you planning to come over to singapore?