Wish Upon A Star

you are so right, and more so with so many newer dramas to choose from and for less techie viewers.

Thank you! Especially fun to see how the actors/actresses acted in their younger years and compare to their performances now :)

Thank you! While i have not watched any of those, they ought to be good dramas having seen them popping up time and again on MDL :)

Thank you!

i have not watched Kamen Rider, but yea, Condor Heroes and Journey to the West are classics that don't age.
Gokusen is 22nd on the popular list for 2001-2010 - so i would say it is popular :)

i have yet to watch the lovers series, and that will keep me busy for a while already :)

Cdramas are coming strong, and the standouts are usually the costume/historical cdramas. A number of plots/scenes in AoS remind me of costume/historical cdramas. Hope you will enjoy the costume/historical cdramas in time to come! :)

Yea, dads are usually more picky, and anti-hero vigilante justice, wuxia and action dramas which i enjoy happen to click with my dad :) Maybe you can give these a try

Thank you and yea, it's a simple comparison based on the Top 10 ranked/popular dramas on MDL for each decade. The 2000s MDL popular chart has been dominated by kdramas, taking 9 out of 10 spots, and 14 out of 20 spots. Meteor Garden is currently #48 on the 2000s' popular chart - you can click the title of each table to view the current list.

same here - still trying to hunt down some j-oldies to rewatch so that i can log them here :)

Thanks mate!

Thank you! What is/are your faves in the 80s and 90s that you will highly recommend?

I just rewatched Full House early this year, after more than a decade!

Thank you! Is there a fave in the 2000s that you will highly recommend?

Thank you! Jdramas need to be more accessible so that more can enjoy the good works. And you are so right, kdramas have expanded from just romance (comedy and melodrama) from the early 2000s to medical, anti-hero vigilante justice, fantasy etc that kept up with viewers' interests

Cdramas especially the historical costume dramas are usually longer for world building and character growth, but they are not all that daunting, as each episode is 45mins, while a kdrama episode can take 65-90 mins. Perhaps you can try out some older contemporary HK dramas that are pretty down to earth and have more manageable episodes. Btw Reset (2022) is a good short cdrama to try out :)

It's gonna be a steep catch up for jdramas but glad that they are doing something about it!

Japanese super heroes of the 1980s!

Hope you will discover some hidden gems soon :)

Jdramas have been thrown far back not just by kdramas, but also cdramas and maybe even thai dramas.. Catch up is gonna be hard.