I'm focusing on J-dramas currently, and trying to justify it by telling myself that I need to practice my listening skills for the JLPT exam at the end of the year. Wiki D-addicts is an excellent site to use to check what the most recent season dramas are and their respective ratings (ie how popular the show was in Japan).
Here's my take on some of the recent ones I've watched:
1. Mei-chan no Shitsuji (Mei-chan's Butler)
Guys will probably find this show way too ridiculous for them, but really its so funny that its hilarious. Give it a chance and watch 2-3 episodes before you decide. Before you know it, you will have fallen for the elegant classy behaviour of the butlers, especially the graceful bowing!
The next 3 are Kimtaku shows that I watched because the ratings were pretty high...
2. Mr Brain
Saw part of this when we were up in Japan earlier this year. For some reason, detective/ police stories seem to be really popular. This is sort of modelled after Galileo (see below), but unfortunately the scientific part of the crime solving isn't very coherent, and Kimtaku's "Tsukumo Ryusuke" really can't hold a candle to Fukuyama's "Yukawa-sensei".
3. Change
This is a slightly older drama, with Kimtaku as a school-teacher-turned-prime-minister?! Pretty unbelievable but still a pretty good plot with a nice mix of humour and drama.
4. Karei naru Ichizoku ("The Great Family")
Watched this based on the extremely high ratings (high 20s!) of most of its episodes. It's totally different from Kimtaku's other dramas, as its done documentary style and in a very gloomy style. The episodes are tightly scripted, music is epic and the plot gripping. The only horrible thing about this show is the extremely sad ending that's very non-typical of J-dramas.
5. Galileo
I was so unbelievably depressed after watching the previous drama, that I had to rewatch Galileo to cheer myself up. Who wouldn't love the quirky Yukawa-sensei, the clips of him playing squash / boxing / rock climbing / sculpting art / cooking, admire his intelligence in finding the scientific solutions to puzzles and the hilarious banter between him and Shibasaki Kou's "Utsumi Kaoru keiji".
This is by far the best J-drama that I've ever watched. And if you check the rankings, you'll see that the rest of Japan agrees with me... It was the top watched drama in every single week that it showed. Not even Kimtaku's dramas have such a strong pull! If you haven't watched it already, GO AND WATCH IT NOW!
Here's my take on some of the recent ones I've watched:
1. Mei-chan no Shitsuji (Mei-chan's Butler)
Guys will probably find this show way too ridiculous for them, but really its so funny that its hilarious. Give it a chance and watch 2-3 episodes before you decide. Before you know it, you will have fallen for the elegant classy behaviour of the butlers, especially the graceful bowing!
The next 3 are Kimtaku shows that I watched because the ratings were pretty high...
2. Mr Brain
Saw part of this when we were up in Japan earlier this year. For some reason, detective/ police stories seem to be really popular. This is sort of modelled after Galileo (see below), but unfortunately the scientific part of the crime solving isn't very coherent, and Kimtaku's "Tsukumo Ryusuke" really can't hold a candle to Fukuyama's "Yukawa-sensei".
3. Change
This is a slightly older drama, with Kimtaku as a school-teacher-turned-prime-minister?! Pretty unbelievable but still a pretty good plot with a nice mix of humour and drama.
4. Karei naru Ichizoku ("The Great Family")
Watched this based on the extremely high ratings (high 20s!) of most of its episodes. It's totally different from Kimtaku's other dramas, as its done documentary style and in a very gloomy style. The episodes are tightly scripted, music is epic and the plot gripping. The only horrible thing about this show is the extremely sad ending that's very non-typical of J-dramas.
5. Galileo
I was so unbelievably depressed after watching the previous drama, that I had to rewatch Galileo to cheer myself up. Who wouldn't love the quirky Yukawa-sensei, the clips of him playing squash / boxing / rock climbing / sculpting art / cooking, admire his intelligence in finding the scientific solutions to puzzles and the hilarious banter between him and Shibasaki Kou's "Utsumi Kaoru keiji".
This is by far the best J-drama that I've ever watched. And if you check the rankings, you'll see that the rest of Japan agrees with me... It was the top watched drama in every single week that it showed. Not even Kimtaku's dramas have such a strong pull! If you haven't watched it already, GO AND WATCH IT NOW!
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