BrightestStar

Gotta agree about being far too technical :P its still fun to read from a different point of view and he sometimes reviews shows that I wouldn't think about watching or wouldn't know about cuz they're really old but like you call them gems!

I got the same feeling since I didn't watch half of whats on the list + some doramas like tonbi where i ready many good things and Karamazov no Kyodai that i never got to watch it... but then again many people who voted here had only seen 2 dramas from the list so I guess its all fair after all :P

That role suited him very much!! I think he really enjoys doing those types of roles, specially in Kurokouchi I feel that he's having so much fun lool :P

I just looked her up and I think I've read her blog before but thats interesting I'll look up when she has to say on the doramas I've watched.. too bad her last post was early 2012:(

hey!! well unfortunately there aren't many for japanese dramas but I follow http://hamsapsukebe.blogspot.ca/ I like the way he critics shows and movies even if i find him too picky but he makes good points ;)
For korean its Koala's playground & dramabeans which are pretty famous :P

I'd say most of the list is a big waste of talent... that was really hard to vote on :P

Thats why reading blogs about drama reviews & their comments is more fun!! You get to see the reasoning of different people's preferences.

It was MY best overall drama (talking about Saikou no Rikon) Cuz while it had comedy and romance, it was really about slice of life and about how different people trying to get along and live together... And the acting was top notch specially Eita (though at this point not surprising)

well I think I get what you mean... just that so many good jdoramas were
skipped by viewers specially here in MDL.

wow lotsa "Last Cinderella" fans here... I feel the voting is very... bias though I guess that is the point of it :P but my votes were most unpopular :P

If you're familiar with detective mystery mangas of mangaka Naoki urasawa u'll like this one because it is based on a mango written by "Takashi Nagasaki" who is famous for writing & co-writing many of this mangaka's mangas!!

how's that?

Best overall Jdrama: Saikou no Rikon
Best movie: ---
Best drama SP: Kaibutsu
Best romantic comedy: Yamada kun to 7 nin no Majo
Best comedy: Take Five ~ Oretachi wa Ai wo Nusumeru ka
Best romance: Itazura na Kiss- Love in Tokyo
Best action/thriller drama: ---
Best medical drama: Kyokuhoku Rhapsody
Best school drama: ---
Best mystery/detective drama: Kurokouchi
Best family drama: Welcome to Fortune-Telling Onmyo Shop
Best sci-fi/fantasy/supernatural drama: ---
Best psychological drama: Haitatsu Saretai Watashitachi
Best historical drama: ---
Best melodrama/tragedy drama: Hakuba no Oujisama ~ Junai Tekireiki
Best male lead: Eita
Best female lead: Ono Machiko
Best child actor:
Best couple: Eita & Ono Machiko
Best supporting actor: ---
Best supporting actress: Maki Yoko (Saikou no Rikon)
Best newcomer: Miki Honoka
Best bromance: Karasawa Toshiaki & Matsuzaka Tori (Take Five)

Omg thxxxxx!!!!!

Well sometimes its about getting closure
Like in Rich Man Poor Woman his mom didn't come back in his life or tried to..
I think the main issues with j-dramas some people can do the worst thing then suddenly they ask for forgiveness and everyone forgives.. & I'm like NO! Can't accept that! It could be mothers, siblings, husbands, teachers, colleagues...
I remember Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata ~Ending Planner~ the episode when they discovered the little sister had an affair with the teacher. They took it SOO LIGHTLY!! It pissed me off! I'm like that teacher should be kicked out of school!! No matter the reason, he's the adult sleeping with an emotionally troubled teenager + he has a family.

I still love my jdoramas though

the first 2 episodes are also on GoodDrama
But thx for the website it has so many japanese doramas i can't wait to see (specially old ones!! :D)

So true about him being underrated!! I think he deserves lead roles!! Although I consider Gaksital as a true lead role for him (not second lead) because the story was truly about Kang To and shunji, who they are in the setting, how they evolve and what happens in their relationship. It was heartbreaking both actors did a great job conveying it. And both kicked ass their fight scenes were AWESOME!! Well in general the action in Gaksital was AWESOME!!

I've always recognized that he was talented but most of the time his movies and dramas arent really my taste but hopefully I get to see him in more projects ;)

Well its set in the same industry, so the original idea is similar but I think it will have its own story and I'm enjoying it now. I did enjoy King of Dramas ALOT, more than usual korean dramas :P

Didn't like episode 2 much.. The acting from the "guest stars" of the episode was bad, and also the dialogs were soo cheezy
I still like that show and its Idea, and specially the general feel and mood it gives, but I wish they can make the dialogs more interesting and subtle. I think episode 1 was subtler.

in my preteens every time I went to the movies was for a jackie Chan movie :P but I didn't know much of his HK movies