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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 9:39 am Post subject: Any anime-fans turned dorama-fans?
I was just curious...
Cause up till a few years ago, I only watched anime, and it was my main obsession. Then I got into my first drama (GTO), and it seems like I have almost forgotten about anime completely XD yep, dramas have taken over my world (sad?)
Anyhow, are there any other people who are similiar cases? XD
For me, I started with tokusatsu shows (Kamen Rider, Kikaider, Robocon, etc.) in the early 1970's. Then after graduating from high school in the 1980's, I started watching Japanese anime, much of it RAW with english subtitles written on computer printouts to help me. I watched my first Japanese drama in 1997 (Aoi Tori), but really didn't start watching dramas on a routine basis until 2002. Still, even today, I'm more of an anime fan than a drama fan (actually, more of a manga fan than anything).
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:07 am Post subject:
yup right here!
To me, anime is much more fast paced, like if you look at their releases and popularity. But I like Jdramas better. I first got in jdramas with To Heart and Long Vacation and haven't really looked back at anime. Jdrama to me is much more professional and fun to watch but I still love both
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 10:13 am Post subject:
Anime was more accessable. I remember watching Star Blazer on tv, and then later on I would rent fan subbed video. I never considered watching jdorama until I discovered Noriko Sakai from my japanese friend. After that I wanted to see more of her and I heard that she was in Heaven's coin. I still like watching anime as well as a jdorama.
I never considered watching jdorama until I discovered Noriko Sakai from my japanese friend. After that I wanted to see more of her and I heard that she was in Heaven's coin.
Sakai Noriko was an inspiration for several anime/manga writers, especially Masakazu Katsura. He's known for various manga and anime, including Video Girl Ai,Video Girl Len, and I's. Hayakawa Moemi, a character in Video Girl Ai, was created by Masakazu-san based on Nori-P's look of the late 1980's:
Yoshizuki Iori (I's) was also designed after Nori-P.
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:24 pm Post subject:
eltinator wrote:
yup right here!
To me, anime is much more fast paced, like if you look at their releases and popularity. But I like Jdramas better. I first got in jdramas with To Heart and Long Vacation and haven't really looked back at anime. Jdrama to me is much more professional and fun to watch but I still love both
Hahaha, I remember those days when we were still n00bs to JDramas. Long Vacation still managed to win me over even through the crappy quality of the media.
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:29 pm Post subject:
groink wrote:
Sakai Noriko was an inspiration for several anime/manga writers, especially Masakazu Katsura. He's known for various manga and anime, including Video Girl Ai,Video Girl Len, and I's. Hayakawa Moemi, a character in Video Girl Ai, was created by Masakazu-san based on Nori-P's look of the late 1980's:
Yoshizuki Iori (I's) was also designed after Nori-P.
tnx for the info groink i'm a huge fan of Ai Amano
actually i started:
Elementary years: Sentai
HighSchool : Manga
College: Anime...Jpop...JDorama
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:33 pm Post subject:
I used to watch a lot of anime, but then I moved on to dorama and started listening to Asian pop music. I think it's a natural progesssion. Anime is okay, but there's so much of it now, it's very hard to keep up with it. It's easier for me to just watch whatever dorama is on TV because I don't really like too much of what the American networks are showing. I just don't have time to be watching a lot of anime.
I guess that because I'm older now, I don't connect with anime too much. It's easier to connect with a character in a series that's portayed by a real live actor. _________________
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 12:34 pm Post subject:
eightysix wrote:
Hahaha, I remember those days when we were still n00bs to JDramas. Long Vacation still managed to win me over even through the crappy quality of the media.
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Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2004 3:34 pm Post subject:
I always thought that Video Girl Ai was a little unknown short anime. It was one of the first video (VCR) that I bought. I liked it so much I went down to the Japanese bookstore and bought the manga (also a first for me) Who know this would lead to this.
I always thought that Video Girl Ai was a little unknown short anime. It was one of the first video (VCR) that I bought. I liked it so much I went down to the Japanese bookstore and bought the manga (also a first for me) Who know this would lead to this.
Joined: 10 Jan 2004 Posts: 630 Location: In front of tv watching Drama's.
Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 2:09 am Post subject:
I would fall into the category as well. I watched some Anime not a huge amount but I bought some series watched some others. Now it is pretty rare that I watch anime. At the rate I seem to ge going through drama's and the slow pace of new drama's being released with English subs I may come to a point when I have seen everything and get back into anime again. _________________
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:30 am Post subject:
Haha, thanks for all the replies ^_^.
I guess it really is a natural progression. For me, it started with Neon Genesis Evangelion a few years back.....then naturally turned into a fluent j-pop obsession (old school Namie Amuro, Ayumi Hamasaki and Two-mix XD)
Now I don't really pay much attention to anime after j-pop/dorama became a part of my life.
But if I could choose one anime/manga to be turned into a dorama, I'd choose BLEACH. I mean, look at Hiroki Narimiya...is it just me, or with spiked hair would he look PERFECT for the lead role as Ichigo?
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Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:09 am Post subject:
I started off with Naruto and I saw the light when I first visited this site. It was my destiny to watch dramas. I thought they were gonna be corny like the Americna dramas but they werent. Now im hooked.... _________________
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