Any Japanese TV Drama fans that collects TV Dramas?

[HongFire]

I am a japanese TV drama fan my self. But i've lost over 300 vds coz i lend them to fan. so i kinda stoped collecting since i don't know where to find them anymore. anyone else here collecting Japanese Dramas?

[imo]

Oh~~I'm collecting Dramas too...(over internet)

About my favorite animes/casts...

but the quantity is poor...>o<

[HongFire]

my favorite was Long vaction, it's awsome i've watched alot of dramas but i can't remember all the names atm. There are alot of good ones out there.
Do you have a list of dramas that you collected?

[imo]

Isn't have a complete list yet...>o<

most of them are anime dramas~~like SEED and Chobits.. and so on~

Arranging files in HD...though it's necessary...but it's boring...@_@

[HongFire]

There are seed chobits live action? Coz dramas are live actions. i never heard any Seed or chobits live actions.

[Paizu]

Does Kamen Riders belong to Japanese Dramas? XD

[cloverlief]

Don't know if this qualifies but there are many new good drama's and live actions. The latest that I have seen is Sailor Moon Live actually is pretty good, it is getting interesting now that it will end soon on episode 46 and ends at 50. Although I hear rumors of another season in the future. 9 Tail fox is another one (cannot remember the full title).
IF you want new ones a good magazine to get which is fairly new is NewType Live.

I am new to the live action Drama scene so if anyone can recommend any let me know. I know some Japanese (mostly learning it from my wife who is pretty proficient).

Thanks
Cloverlief

[HongFire]

Here are some good ones. I don't really like the anime live actions. Like they make the anime story into live. becoz no matter how they act the actors face impression just can't be as good as anime.

For example:
I watched GTO live action. and i thought it was a awsome drama. But then after i read and watched GTO manga, and if you tell me to go back to watch GTO live action again i wouldn't want to watch it. Because live action base on anime story are not as good as the oringal story.

There are many oringal story japanese drama out there. There are few i recommand i watched alot of them but i can't really remember all the good titles atm. (My head is busy with the webdesign and coding)

Long Vaction (Something you must watch if you want to start collecting japanese dramas)

Shotgun Marriage ( Pretty good. I seeded it before in the tracker tho i don't have the files anymore. if you post in request section maybe someone else will reseed this good drama series)

Tokyo Love Story (DAMN this one just as good as the long vaction or even better!! i watched watched this series few times same like long vaction. It's 1 of the must watch title as well.)

There are really alot good ones.

[{Seiya}]

I've watched Long Vacation myself. I thought it was pretty good. I personally liked Kimura Takya's performance in Beautiful Life better. Summer Snow was also good.

Hey HongFire, do you know where I can get Tokyo Love story? I watched that thing when I grew up and would like to add it to my collection.

[HongFire]

Try to put a request in the request forum. I'd like to request that one too. i use to have it. but i lost the vcds.

[Garven]

Well, I haven't gotten into this area yet, but I did find a tracker with various j-drama's.

http://www.d-addicts.com/forum/torrents.php

Hope this helps out...

[GT Ranma]

One of my fav series was 'Stawberry on the Shortcake' ; ; It was soo cool/~ And now I am watching (in japanese mind you, no subtitles, with no knowledge of the JP language) a few shows I get on my local channels ^_^ I meen, there is this _TIGHT_ ass Samurai drama on channel 13 I think, and even another one with this old Samurai sitting around talking to himself O_O;;; I want to know what he's talking about ; ;
And on one of the Tokyo channels, there is a drama about this beautiful doctor ^^ And another about thies two detectives ^^ They are all soo cool, I wish I could find a way to get them subtitled ; ; *sigh*

[UzumakiJr]

GTO,Long Vacation, Love Generation,Tokyo love story ,all very good drama
I'm now watching Pride and Orange days

[kingofheart]

http://drama.afraid.org/japan-tv/active_torrents.html
http://www.fantasticsuperclub.org

these sites use bit torrent... fantasticsuperclub has a lot of asian movies, drama, and music...

[panterna]

I have :

Great Teacher Onizuka
Hero (Kimutaku)
Moto kare (i love Hirosue Ryoko)
Boku dake no madonna (i love Hasegawa Kyoko too)
:D

[AncientPC]

Finished:
Beautiful Life
Friends
GTO
Hero
Shomuni (season 2)
Summer Snow
Yanpapa
You're Under Arrest

Unfinished:
Beauty or Beast
Bright Girl's Success
Food Fight
Gokusen
Heaven Cannot Wait
Long Vacation
Love & Fight
Love Generation
Narita Rikon
Shomuni (season 1)
Shota no Sushi (deleted it by accident, re-dl'ing)
Strawberry on Shortcake
To Heart
Usokoi
Virgin Road
Yamato Nadeshiko

Hmm, for some reason I thought I had a lot more.

[MarekPL]

I downloaded my first jdrama by mistake, I though it was anime(to heart and gto) and I liked it. I started to look for jdramas and found Jem torrent site where I downloaded most of my dramas from, including my favorites ones: My Husband and Wedding Planner. Since then I watched also:

Be nice to people
Beutiful Life
Food Fight
Hero
Long Vacation
Love Generation
My Husband
Shota no Sushi
Shotgun Mariage
Star no Koi
Strawberry on the Shortcake
Summer Snow
Virgin Road
Yamato Nadeshiko
Yanpapa
You are under arrest
and many more unfinished :)

I haven`t watched any good jdrama lately, and I started to download korean dramas. They are as good as japanese ones, or even better. I only watched a few series(All In, Attic Cat, Sweeet18, Winter Sonata) but all of them were great.

[aznanime8318]

i have all the drama ask me if you want it anytime

[TeaHouse]

my favorite was Long vaction, it's awsome i've watched alot of dramas but i can't remember all the names atm. There are alot of good ones out there.
Do you have a list of dramas that you collected?

i am so sorry i am resercting like a pertty old topic...T_T well i think it is pretty long....sicne october?? but either way i just had to say i LOVE Long Vacation myself T_T it was the first one i ever saw...and the first one that made me go out and buy the sound track which i love!

it is ironic how the guy's name....-_-; is T_T my name?? if i remember correctly T_T but either way I feel more connected ^_^ heehee and i fell in love with that guy XD he is so hot!

[level3]

I occasionally watch some JTV series.
The latest I watched was Pride and it's good too. They used Queen's Born to Love You as OP.

I think the "White Tower" would be good too but I can't find any source yet. The series is very long....
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/shiroikyoto/index.html

[ronniek524]

I just joined a vcd club to rent drama series in better quality, but lots of them don't have subtitles :(. I could seed many of the ones I have, Neone hopefully would translate them :).

[Damn]

Dramas helped me way more than anime in improving my japanese than anime. It also teaches a lot about Japan's manners and customs and how they behave as a society.

I'm currently watching "Medaka", a drama about a very young teacher who works at a night school and has to deal with the different problems their (adult) pupils have.

I like it so far.

[chibi_cute_nekomon]

I'm watching NHK's Shinsengumi as I get episodes from a flaky IRC source (torrents are slow) and Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu as Aoi-Anime subs it (2 episodes out and no release for at least a month). I'm waiting for more of both... If anybody is interested, I'll post more about either.

[stat_rosa]

I'm not a real drama fan, I love Japanese comedy more, but there was this one drama which I watched, named "Kuni no kita kara" (I'm from the land in the north, meaning Hokkaido). It had been running for 20 years, with all it's cast members still in tact. It's about this happy family that moves from Honshu (Tokyo) to Hokkaido (the large northern island). The family consist out of two very young childeren around age 8 and 9, a boy and a girl, and a father and mother. Then suddenly the mother dies of cancer and the father is left raising his two childeren, trying to manage a job at the same time and adapting to the life in Hokkaido. The series aired each year around summer with two long episodes. You see the childeren, growing to young adults and the father losing his place in reality as he misses his wife more and more.

Now this was a real tearjerker. The acting was great and the story very cold.
If you can find it, buy it and see it!!! It's good.

[sukatto]

I love J-Drama =)

One of my favorite shows is one called "Investigator Mariko", which is a few years old and is kind of a cross between "CSI" and "Diagnosis Murder". Its about Mariko and her forensics team that solve murder mysteries with an occassional comical twist. I've only seen the first two seasons of four, though due to not being able to find the rest.

It ain't CSI, but it was pretty fun to watch.

GTO LIVE! - Matsushima Nanako ga dai suki desu yo!!! Ai desu. =) I loved that series. The TV special was cool. The movie was so so. The original TV eps were the best.

I loved Nanako in "The Ring" (original Japanese) as well. She's too cute...

Been a while since I've watched anything though. Maybe I'll go torrent searching for some goodies...

[Darji8114]

i am addicted to jdramas :D :D

so far i have seen :

GTO (live action)
Beautiful life
Summer Snow
Investigator Mariko ( seasaon 1-4)
Hero
Yanpapa
Beauty or Beast
Food Fight
Heaven Cannot Wait
Long Vacation
Love Generation
Narita Rikon
Shota no Sushi
Strawberry on Shortcake
To Heart
Usokoi
Virgin Road
Yamato Nadeshiko
Meguri Ai
Pride
Good luck
Kimi wa petto
koukou_kyoushi (1993 and 2003)
konna koi no hanashi
Waterboys
101st marriage proposal
Kinpachi Sensei (season 6 and now 7)
My Husband
Star no Koi
Bus Stop
A Sleeping Forest
One million Stars
Odoru Daisousasen
Weding planner
Oyaji
otusan
Hotman
My Husband
Koibumi
(dont know if this were all of them^^)

Kdramas
Attic cat
Full House

currently watching:
see my sig^^

All of them were really good except for My Husband. I dont know why but i couldnt enjoy this drama. Maybe it was the bad acting or the story.
So far i can say dramas with Kimura Takyua are the best. He is a superb Actor.

A must watch is at the moment Last Christmas, Kinpachi Sensei (season 7) and Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu (the first 2 eps were so fantastic).
And i hope that they will sub more Tokyo Love story ^^

[rasmy]

Wow... you've seen many dramas Darji8114 x_X

-Jdramas
Finished :

Beautiful Life
Beach boys
Concerto
Gokusen
Good luck
GTO
Koibumi
Kimi wa petto
Long Vacation
Lunch no Joou
Otousan
Pride
Strawberry on the shortcake
Wedding planner

Unfinished :

Bus stop
Hakoiri Musume
Orange days
Searchin' for my polestar


-Kdramas (finished&unfinished) :

Attic cat
Lover in Paris
Sangdooya hakkyo gaja
Oh! pil seung
Nangrang 18se
Prince's First Love
Thousand Years of Love
Hot Tropical Nights in December
Yurihwa
Stairway to heaven
Full House
Sorry, I love you
....

maybe more... @_@

[neo_mononoke]

These are the J-Drama i finished watching:

At Home Dad :)
Bai Ying (don't know the japanese or english name) :)
Beach Boys :)
Beauty or Beast :)
Big Wing
Cheap Love
Concerto
Forbidden Love
Friday's Lovers
From the Heart
Golden Bowl
Good Luck :)
GTO :)
Heaven's Coin :)
Hero :)
Home and Away
I want to be in love
Itsumo Futari De
Kimi wa Petto
Koibumi (Love Letter)
Last Christmas
Long Vaction :)
Love Generation :)
Million Stars Falling from the Skies :)
Mother and Lover
My Husband
Nanisama
Orange Days
Otousan
Overtime
Oyaji :)
Pretty Girls
Pride
Shomuni
Shomuni II
Shotgun Marriage
Sleeping Forest :)
Star no Koi
Story Of One Century :)
Summer Snow
To Heart
Toshiie and Matsu
Trick 1,2,3 :)
Virgin Road :)
Wedding Planner :)
Yamato Nadeshiko :)
Yanpapa

The ones with " :) " are really good and you should check them out

There are more but don't remember lol

[Ben*E]

I like watching dramas with Ryoko in them

Fav actors/actress to watch

Shibasaki Kou,

Takeuchi Yuko,

Uchiyama Rina,

Kimura Takuya,

I can't name any more off the top of my head
I hope when the site is back up you guys can post some jdrama.

[loh83]

i m currently looking for yamato nadeshiko, downloading using BT...i hav finished dled ep1 and ep2...

wanna ask who those hav jem's version...my ep1 seems to hav problem playing...do u guys hav the same problem?

[ticaoplus]

oh.yes.Have a nice weekend

[Crazytype]

Here are some good ones. I don't really like the anime live actions. Like they make the anime story into live. becoz no matter how they act the actors face impression just can't be as good as anime.

For example:
I watched GTO live action. and i thought it was a awsome drama. But then after i read and watched GTO manga, and if you tell me to go back to watch GTO live action again i wouldn't want to watch it. Because live action base on anime story are not as good as the oringal story.

There are many oringal story japanese drama out there. There are few i recommand i watched alot of them but i can't really remember all the good titles atm. (My head is busy with the webdesign and coding)

Long Vaction (Something you must watch if you want to start collecting japanese dramas)

Shotgun Marriage ( Pretty good. I seeded it before in the tracker tho i don't have the files anymore. if you post in request section maybe someone else will reseed this good drama series)

Tokyo Love Story (DAMN this one just as good as the long vaction or even better!! i watched watched this series few times same like long vaction. It's 1 of the must watch title as well.)

There are really alot good ones.

I have heard, that the GTO Anime is based on the Live Action not the other way around.

[ph33rg0d]

I think Tokyo Love Story is starting a run on d-addicts right now.
Only one ep so far but hopefully, in a few weeks, the whole series will be available.

Other good sources for drama (english-subbed) would be the jem or j-tv sites.

[ph33rg0d]

Forgot to read pgs 2-4 before replying, sorry for the repetitive info.

[slayne310]

first to Crazytype
GTO is manga first then maybe drama then anime but i really doubt the anime is base on the drama since the manga was out way before.
as for other j-dramas i like love generation, hero, futari something basically anything with matsu takako being the star. but i need to mention Kisarazu Cat's Eye. i loved this drama cuz its very interesting the way they show the story and the movie was just awsome. i still have so many i havnt watch yet but it sucks they ban the vcd in taiwan for japanese drama.

[bluemist]

Watched GTO, Summer Snow and Gokusen so far, I still have a lot of j-dramas over here and I hope I could find time to watch them.

We all know GTO so I'll skip that.

Summer Snow is a very sentimental piece. While not very romantic it narrates the interesting life stories of the characters. It is very touching, I recommend it to anyone who has a heart (oof we all do).

Gokusen is the reverse gender of GTO! Yup that's all I have to say. Anyway the second season is currently airing in Japan, and is getting high ratings, one of the top dramas of the season. Starring none other than Ring 0's SADAKO herself, Yukie Nakama! She is soooo hawt...

[oppai_suki]

here's my jdorama collection in case you want to know, currently collecting H2, Kimi no Ita Hibi.

Beautiful Life - Kimura Takuya, Tokiwa Takako
Long Vacation - Kimura Takuya, with Matsu Takako
Pride (raws only) - Kimura Takuya, i forgot the leading lady's name
Summer Snow - Hirosue Ryoko-chan :p , and Dohmoto Tsuyoshi? of Kinki Kids
Otousan - Hirosue Ryoko-chan :p , Fukada Kyoko
Strawberry on the Shortcake - Fukada Kyoko
To Heart - Fukada Kyoko and Dohmoto Tsuyoshi? of Kinki Kids
Kimi wa Petto - Shoyuki and i don't know his name, sorry.
Meguri Ai - Refrain - Tokiwa Takako and i don't know his name, sorry.

[beatofangel]

For TV drama...i like GTO live...one reason is I like the drama's ending over the anime...even if i don't have the special and movie. My friends say that Gokusen is a good one...what do you guys think?

[aejiras]

hmm the only JDrama I have nowadays are the tapings of Abarenbo Shogun and Kinpachi Sensei (not the new season that just hit Japan but the Ueto Aya's season) when they were on KIKU TV in Hawaii.

but even now, while living in Japan, nobody seems to be watching JDramas anymore, mostly KDramas (just look at the Yon-sama fad, it's obvious why Fuyu no Sonata became so popular)

[jameslee84]

if i may ask aejiras....
ur from japan??
currently living there?

[ayayafan]

i have been crazy always,lately I watched engine &ATTACK.

[Demon-Eyes-Kyo]

Only got into drama a couple of months so don't have much, but collection is growing...
Series I have and watched:

Your Under Arrest (Live Action)
Hero
Gokusen
Pride
Waterboys
Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai o Sakebu <- Personal favourite

Currently downloading Yoshitsune and Orange Days complete torrent and when that completes I'll get GTO Live Action...

[icesioux]

Could somebody reseed for me water boys and shortgun marriage please?
Thank u so much for the help

[Pan Sola]

I really liked Hotman.

It's based on a manga of the same name, starring Sorimachi Takashi (the guy who starred GTO live).

The show Hotman is about a former gangster who became a teacher (no, I did not confuse the plot with GTO...). He has four younger siblings, each with a different father (well there are a pair of twins who have the same father) due to their mother's unsuccessful marriages. He also has a 5-yr daughter with atopy condition. Most of the story revolves around the importance of family. It's a very sweet show.

The official Hotman website had the most number of visits compared to all TBS (producer of the show) productions. A year later a 2-hour Spring Special episode was made, and afterwards a 12-episode sequal "Hotman 2" was also produced.

It's not hard to locate the two TV series, but I haven't had much luck with the Spring Special. The only torrent I found for it hasn't seen a seed for over half a year, and everyone is stuck at 46.2%. Sadness )-:

[roroyuin]

If u want to japan dorama, watch this! "Love Generation"
Takuya Kimura act with Matsu Takako, & i think they are a best couple in japan dorama.
u can download it for free via torrent in www.indowebster.com and there is 11 episodes.