Awesome! it's really detailed and informative. I've just watched The Castle in the Sky 2 though not a big fan…
Thanks a lot! Yeah, The Castle in the Sky was not my favorite series, but I kept looking for other adaptations since I really like the world building of Novoland. Personally I enjoyed a lot Tribes and Empires, beautiful settings and more variety of characters :D
Thank you so much for this very helpful overview. I was always very curious about all the Chinese dramas which…
Thanks for reading! This article actually started as personal notes, while I was trying to understand the correlations between the new titles announced for this franchise. Having collected so much info and having noticed that many users kept asking about the order/relation between titles, I just decided to make my notes into an article ;D
Wow... what a comprehensive guidance that shows your passion for the series! Amazing, considering this is your…
thanks for your kind words, especially coming from a veteran writer like you ^^ (while i was trying to find a good format, i've actually researched all of your past articles, always super informative and visually appealing. so i should thank you instead! XD)
for castle in the sky, i know people who have directly started from the spin-off, without watching any series, so you are not the only one ;D
Thanks for this article ^^ My favorite Taiwanese dramas are MARS and In Time with You, but, being a fan more of thriller and detective stories than romance, I tend to watch very little Taiwanese shows. The Victim's Game seems really interesting, I'll have a look for sure :D
Another Taiwanese drama that it's pretty different from the "classical" ones is Gloomy Salad Days (https://kisskh.at/690-gloomy-salad-days), despite the odd English title it's quite a dark story tackling teenagers' social issues
Hi! I think you meant to make a review of the original Singaporean series, this is a remake from mainland China ^^ btw, thanks for the youtube link, the original series seems really interesting
There is only 30 episodes on SBS. Where's the other 4?
seeing the episode titles on sbs, i think that there are no missing episodes. the last story is the one set in the secret chamber and i see no previous case missing, probably they decided to split in a different way the episodes.
in the tencent version each case is split in two or usually three episodes and each episode is max 45 minutes including initial and ending soundtrack, whereas on sbs according to the description each case seems - i can't access the episodes themselves, so *it seems* - to take only two episodes and there are some episodes of 58 minutes.
for castle in the sky, i know people who have directly started from the spin-off, without watching any series, so you are not the only one ;D
agree for pearl eclipse! hope to see it soon ^^
My favorite Taiwanese dramas are MARS and In Time with You, but, being a fan more of thriller and detective stories than romance, I tend to watch very little Taiwanese shows.
The Victim's Game seems really interesting, I'll have a look for sure :D
Another Taiwanese drama that it's pretty different from the "classical" ones is Gloomy Salad Days (https://kisskh.at/690-gloomy-salad-days), despite the odd English title it's quite a dark story tackling teenagers' social issues
btw, thanks for the youtube link, the original series seems really interesting
available on iqiyi (chinese site) with chinese and english subs: https://www.iqiyi.com/v_253szfkt1gw.html
in the tencent version each case is split in two or usually three episodes and each episode is max 45 minutes including initial and ending soundtrack, whereas on sbs according to the description each case seems - i can't access the episodes themselves, so *it seems* - to take only two episodes and there are some episodes of 58 minutes.