Fantasy Couple (KDrama 2006)

Couple of Fantasy

Title: 환상의 커플
Also known as: Fantasy Couple (lit. translation) / Couple or Trouble (MBC Global Media)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2006-Oct-14 to 2006-Dec-3
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:40

Synopsis:
This series is based on the 1987 American movie Overboard. Anna Jo (Han Ye Seul) is a rude, feisty, and audacious American-bred heiress who can never be satisfied. She returns to Korea only to continue being a controlling wife to her already cowardly husband, Billy Park (Kim Sung Min). When her yacht gets stuck for repairs, she hires local handyman Jang Chul Soo (Oh Ji Ho) to fix her shower, but when they have a heated spat over her dissatisfaction and non payment, she pushes him overboard and dunks his tools into the ocean right along with him. Later, after a quarrel with Billy that threatens to end their marriage, she herself gets drunkenly pitched overboard and falls victim to a bad case of amnesia.

Hana Yori Dango I & 2 + Final (JDrama)

Hana Yori Dango (JDrama)
Title: 花より男子
Title (romaji): Hana Yori Dango
Also known as: Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers
Format: Renzoku, across two seasons
Genre: Romance
Broadcast network: TBS

External links:
# Boys Over Flowers at Wikipedia
# Hana Yori Dango at DramaWiki


Hana Yori Dango Season 1


Episodes: 9
Viewership Rating: 19.68
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-21 to 2005-Dec-16
Theme song: WISH by Arashi
Insert song: Planetarium by Otsuka Ai


Hana Yori Dango Season 1 (2005) Episode Titles:

Ep 01: Declaration of war! The thing which is absolutely more important than money
Ep 02: The worst first kiss!
Ep 03: Tears! Good-bye to the person I like
Ep 04: First time coming home in the morning
Ep 05: Confession of life-threatening love
Ep 06: A love triangle of a roller-coaster ride hair-trigger crisis
Ep 07: Battle F4 dissolution!
Ep 08: Now the female high school student's "Top of Japan" decision war
Ep 09: The greatest last present

External links:
# Hana Yori Dango (TV series) at Wikipedia


Hana Yori Dango Season 2


Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 21.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-05 to 2007-Mar-16
Theme song: Love So Sweet by Arashi
Insert song: Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru


Hana Yori Dango Season 2 (2007) Episode Titles:

Ep 01: One year later... At last, it returns!!
Ep 02: The strongest rival
Ep 03: Bye bye, stupid guy
Ep 04: Perilous battle
Ep 05: We like you
Ep 06: Confession turns chaotic!!
Ep 07: Once-in-a-lifetime first love
Ep 08: The love square is settled
Ep 09: Painful goodbye in the rain
Ep 10: Lost memories
Ep 11: The world's best proposal ever

External links:
# Hana Yori Dango Returns (TV series) at Wikipedia


Hana Yori Dango Final (2008)



External links:
# Hana Yori Dango Final at Wikipedia

Goong (Princess Hours) (KDrama 2006)

Goong (Princess Hours) (KDrama 2006)

Country: Korea
Genre: Drama
Release Year: 2006
Type: Series

Details
Title: 궁 (宮) / Goong (Gung)
Also known as: Palace / Princess Hours (MBC Global Media) / Imperial Household
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2006-Jan-11 to 2006-Mar-30
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Songs: "Perhaps Love" by HowL & J. , "You & I Are Fools" by Stay, "Parrot" by HowL
Inserts "Ice Pond", "Give Me A little Try" by Leigh Nash
Related TV shows: Goong 2 , Goong S

Synopsis:
Due to a promise between the former king of Korea and an ordinary, strong-willed girl’s grandfather, our heroine finds herself betrothed to a seemingly cold-hearted prince of Korea. How can she marry a guy who she overheard him proposing to another girl! Both unwilling parties agree to the marriage, each with his and her own different motivations for the agreement to marry. Can love bloom under the strain of love rivals and political ambitions?

~ 4 DVDs (AVI Data)

External links:
# Princess Hours at Wikipedia
# Goong at DramaWiki
# Princess Hours Review

Hotaru no Hikari (JDrama 2007)

Hotaru no Hikari (JDrama 2007)

Title: ホタルノヒカリ
Title (romaji): Hotaru no Hikari
Title (English): Glow of Fireflies
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 10
Viewership rating: 13.6 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: NTV
Broadcast period: 2007-Jul-11 to 2007-Sept-12
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Yokogao by aiko

Synopsis:
Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It's a glamorous job but Hotaru's private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn't working she's mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She's not interested in men. In fact, she isn't interested in anything. "I'd rather lay around than fool around," is her motto.

Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano.

External links:
# Hotaru no Hikari at DramaWiki

Rookies (JDrama 2008)

Rookies (JDrama 2008)

Title: ルーキーズ
Title (English): ROOKIES
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Sports drama
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 14.8 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Apr-19 to 2008-Jul-26
Air time: Saturday 20:00
Theme song: Kiseki by GreeeeN

Synopsis:
The story revolves around a high school teacher and coach that tries to reform delinquents by having them join the baseball team.

Episode Information:
01 The heated battle begins between delinquents and their new teacher!
02 Believe in your dreams!
03 Things worth protecting until the end
04 Starting from rock-bottom
05 If you lose, it's all over... And then, the last man!
06 Tonight the second chapter starts: A miraculous victory!? And then, a tearful departure...
07 Unforgivable defeat
08 A far-off dream... A victory for tomorrow
09 Sordid pride
10 Final Chapter, Part 1: The last summer... And then...
11 Final Chapter, Part 2: Farewell to a most beloved teacher...

~ 1 DVD

External links:
# ROOKIES at DramaWiki

Densha Otoko (Train Man) (JDrama 2005)

Densha Otoko (JDrama 2005)

Title: 電車男 (でんしゃ おとこ)
Title (romaji): Densha Otoko
Also known as: Train Man
Genre: Romance, comedy
Broadcast network: Fuji TV

Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 21.04%
Broadcast period: 2005-July-07 to 2005-Sept-22
Air time: Thursday 22:00-22:54
Theme songs:
Opening theme: Twilight by Electric Light Orchestra
Ending theme: Sekai wa Sore wo Ai to Yobun da ze by Sambomaster

Synopsis:
A true love story turned to bestselling novel, created from the Internet BBS, 2channel to blockbuster hit movie. Ito Misaki plays Aoyama Saori, working as an office lady at a MNC, gets into trouble with a drunkard on a train. She's saved by Yamada Tsuyoshi, played by Ito Atsushi. As a form of appreciation, she sends him Hermes teacups. Having no experience with the opposite sex, Tsuyoshi decides to ask for help on the Aladdin Channel BBS on how to interact with Saori.

Episode Information:
01 A Love Being Watched Over by a Million People
02 I'm Off to my First Date; Big Transformation
03 Huge First Date Crisis!!
04 Summer! Big Surfing Crash Course
05 Big Anti-stalker Strategy
06 A (Love) Confession is the Beginning of All Your Troubles!
07 Getting Rid of my Nerdiness!! Birthday of Tears
08 Revived!! Breaking Otaku's Tears
09 The Final War and Predictions of a Tragedy
10 The Ending Chapter! A Miraculous Change of Events
11 Greatest Confession in History!! Graduation Exercises of Tears
SP1 Train Man vs Guitar Man
SP1 Densha Otoko Deluxe

~ 2 DVD

External links:
# Densha Otoko (drama) at WikipediaDensha Otoko (drama)
# Densha Otoko at Main Page - DramaWiki

1 Litre Of Tears (JDrama 2005)

1 Litre Of Tears (JDrama 2005)

Title: １リットルの涙
Title (romaji): 1 Litre no Namida
Also known as: Ichi Rittoru no Namida / One Litre of Tears / A Diary with Tears
Genre: School, romance, health, family, human

Episodes: 11
Viewership ratings: 15.31%
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-11 to 2005-Dec-20
Air time: Tuesday 21:00
Ending theme song: Only Human by K
Insert songs: Konayuki and 3/9 by Remioromen
Drama OST: Ichi Rittoru no Namida OST

Synopsis
15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, odd things have been happening to Aya lately. She has been falling down often and walks strange. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he informs Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind in the least. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?

~ 1 DVD

External links:
# 1 Litre no Namida (TV series) at Wikipedia
# 1 Litre no Namida at DramaWiki

Corner With Love (TWDrama 2007)

Corner With Love (Taiwanese Drama 2007)

Title: 轉角*遇到愛 / Zhuan Jiao * Yu Dao Ai
Also known as: Corner with Love
Genre: Romance / Comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: CTV / ETTV
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-07 to 2007-Apr-22 / 2007-Jan-20 to 2007-May-05
Air time: CTV-Sundays 22:00 / ETTV-Saturdays 16:30
Opening theme song: Ai De Yong Qi (愛的勇氣) by Megan Lai
Ending theme song: Ai Zhuan Jiao (愛轉角) by Alan Luo
Insert songs: see Corner with Love OST


Synopsis:
Xin Lei (Barbie Xu), a girl from a wealthy family, and Qin Lang (Alan Luo), a guy who came to Shanghai to pursue his dream of becoming an artist, meet by accident at a corner when her car and his bike crash into each other. They meet again when Xin Lei goes to the restaurant that Qin Lang works at. They truly get to know each other when Xin Lei asks him to teach her how to make oyster pancakes. Then, Xin Lei's parents' company goes bankrupt. Without telling her, Xin Lei's parents go into hiding, leaving only a plane ticket and a key to their house in Taiwan. To make matters worse, Xin Lei's fiance breaks the engagement, due to his parents' wishes. The only two people she has now are Qin Lang and her best friend Xi Xian. Qin Lang then tells her that he is leaving for Taiwan, so they bade farewell. When Xin Lei arrives in Taiwan, she finds out that Qin Lang's family has been living in the house for years! After much controversy, Qin Lang's grandmother finally lets her stay. Thus begins a magical love story.

See:
# Corner with Love at DramaWiki
# Corner with Love at Wikipedia

~2 DVD