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Ideal taiga dorama? Which period or characters would you like?

Has NHK done a "taiga" version of 47 Ronin? Probably, ne.
Nanboku-chō?
Kenmu restoration? Smile

Depictions of 47 ronin ...

It's almost impossible now unless you have a Japanese keitai account: You need an email address associated with it. I was lucky that I have a friend who started her Mixi account before that was a ...

Looks like the site was down-down, looking at the date/time stamps on the last 20 new posts. Looks stable now.

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It appears that D-Addicts is once again having DNS issues. OpenDNS can't resolve the domain name on any of its servers.

http://www.opendns.com/support/cache/

Further studying the issue, it appea ...

http://shop.ebay.com/items/?_nkw=nhk+book+morning&_sacat=0&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313&_dmpt=US_Nonfiction_Book&_odkw=nhk+book

I'm selling my duplicate copies of NHK morning drama book ...

Re-burning discs seems rather paranoid, ne?

Is there any proof that the burned discs actually fail or lose data in those 2-3 years?
It has nothing to do with longevity. It has everything to do w ...

More photos of my Japanese drama madness...

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp293/groinkhi/IMG_0160.jpg
This is the DVD duplicator I spoke about earlier. From top to bottom: DVD-ROM drive, DVD ...

To be quite honest, I don't have a dust problem. I constantly rubble through the bins, and never once had to wipe an envelope of dust, so the constant movement of the collection doesn't allow for dust ...

My drama collection...

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp293/groinkhi/IMG_0149_resize.jpg

http://i421.photobucket.com/albums/pp293/groinkhi/IMG_0151_resize.jpg

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hey guys, i haven't been around in what, like 3 years? recently started watching jdoramas again (since now i live in japan) and decided to check out the thread.
Welcome back, dude!

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Hmm, I've been downloading stuff off and on the past few days without any problems...
Two things... Currently, both DNS servers that host "d-addicts.net" (note the dot-net and not dot-com ...

Looks like everything back to normal. Ruroshin responded - he couldn't find anything out of the ordinary.

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Are others having trouble accessing D-Addicts today?

For me, it started about 14 hrs ago of this posting. You can get in every now and then, but within the last few hours I can't get in at all. I n ...

Hmph, some people over at the videohelp forum are under the delusion that VHS video is better than DVD... Shake Head

Although I do agree with you assessment here, some people do actually prefer int ...

What is the purpose of the Shinsengumi?
Watching Atsu-hime, some of the events that lead the decline of the Tokugawa Era and onward into the Meiji Restoration is now more understandable. So I recomme ...

I've noticed a pattern with recent Taiga Doramas on their quality: ** snip **

Toshiie to Matsu was good, but Atsu-hime was not? And you also liked Musashi?

Well, you have to understand something ...

I'm really looking forward to this drama. I like this period of Japanese history, as I'm well schooled when it comes to the Warring Era. In terms of NHK taiga storylines, there should be quite a bit o ...

Would love to know the reliable awards for Japanese drama if there's any.

There aren't.
You got that right. Japanese dramas isn't exactly an established art form that can accept criticism or p ...

thank you for the information - wondering why would YamaP, Gakky, Toda etal desperately wanting to be in a third rated drama Bang Head

The talent agency system in the Japanese geinokai does not work ...

As a reminder to all...

TV ratings only measure LIVE television viewing. Recordings and downloading are not included in the ratings. Many Japanese have DVRs and such, and choose to watch live event ...