Anime Herald Anime Herald - We'll talk nerdy to you. There’s certainly fun to be had in the Discotek! Earlier today, Discotek Media announced that they licensed seven new anime titles. The company [...]
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This retrospective is written in Bahasa Indonesia. (Some rights reserved)Hana Yori Dango © Kamio Yoko/Shueisha [First serialized in Margaret] Prestasi manga Hana Yori Dango karya Kamio Yoko yang diadaptasi menjadi dorama di Taiwan, Jepang, dan Korea Selatan (dan China walaupun tidak mendapat lisensi dari penerbit Jepang Shueisha) tentunya tidak lepas dari prestasi penjualan manganya yang laku 54
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The damsel in distress is an overused literary cliche. It annoys a lot of people, especially in the shoujo genre, where a heroine’s need to be protected by the ‘stronger male’ draws all kind of venom from readers. Stamping it as gender stereotyping, readers look toward the other side of the fence, putting the spotlight [...]
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Hana Yori Dango Episodes: 51 Genres: Drama, Romance, Comedy Aired: Sep 8, 1996 to Aug 31, 1997 Producer: Toei Animation For years now I have been hearing about the J-drama Hana Yori Dango, but not being a big J-drama fan I decided to check out the anime instead. Story: The series revolves around a common high school girl [...]
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Out of all the Boys Over Flowers (Hana Yori Dango) adaptations in Asia, each character had been played by different actors/actresses. Now it’s time to decide which one of them is the hottest when it comes on looking and playing the part of their respective character! Due to Hana Yori Dango’s immense popularity, it has been [...]
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[Drama] hana_yori_dango_final_2008_movie_directors_cut_sd[sars].avi via Tokyo Toshokan on 3/31/09 Torrent: http://www.nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=48089Size: 1.60GiBComment: director's cut wasn't hereI forgot to post, SARS released the HYD movie last week.
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I haven’t followed the Korean version of Boys Before Flowers, but I figured that it’s popular enough for someone to care about this sad news. It was another setback and a major one for Boys Before Flowers as one of the actresses, Jang Ja Yun (27) who plays Sunny in the drama and makes life difficult [...]
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I’m watching Hana Yori Dango but it’s neither the anime nor the Japanese drama version (stars Matsumoto Jun and Inoue Mao). Fret not, it’s also not that lame Taiwanese version (aka Meteor Garden) where I threw away the VCDs when I watched season 2. Currently, I’m catching the South Korean version of Hana Yori Dango [...]
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During my last week in Japan, I finally got around to getting my butt to a movie theater in order to watch the final chapter in the Hana Yori Dango TV drama---Hana Yori Dango Final the movie. While I'm not sure what movie ticket prices are like in other countries, tickets in Japan (1,800 yen) are noticeably higher than I'm what I'm used to back at home. With that said, the level of Japanese used in the dialogue was well within my abilities, so at least I got to enjoy my first Japanese movie theater experience to the fullest. I've included spoiler-free impressions below, plus a lengthy, fully detailed summary (written as accurately as possible from memory), for those of you who just can't wait to find out what happened. Any additional pictures were scanned from the photobook that I bought.
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Sent to you by kevn57 via Google Reader: "Hana Yori Dango" special to air night before movie opens via Tokyograph on 6/23/08 A special press conference for the "Hana Yori Dango Final" movie was held at the Nippon Budokan on Monday. With anticipation running high for the film's opening this coming Saturday, it was announced that TBS is going to air a one-hour special on Friday night at 10:00pm.The special will include a mini-episode that takes place just before the storyline of the movie. It was quickly filmed on Monday morning before the press conference. The show will also be partly broadcast live, with Arashi performing a theme song medley. Members of the group will even make an appearance as themselves in the mini-drama."Hana Yori Dango" has had two successful seasons as a drama series, and this movie will finally bring the story to a close. Things you can do from here: Subscribe to Tokyograph using Google Reader Get started using Google Reader to easily keep up with all your favorite sites
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In conjunction with the upcoming “Hana Yori Dango Final” movie which will be opened in theatres on 28th June, Konami will be releasing a Hana Yori Dango game on Nintendo DS. The game will be released on 10th July and players can be have a feel for themselves how its like to walk around Eitouku Gakuen. Players [...]
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I am still on a pseudo-hiatus but when I saw this news bit earlier, I just have to share this with fellow HanaDan LA enthusiasts. A HANADAN MOVIE IS IN THE WORKS!! “Fans of the “Hana Yori Dango” drama series will get one more chance to see the cast in action, as a movie has been announced [...]
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I have to admit first off, that I’ve never read any bit of the manga. I’m sure they left out a lot of things, as this is only 9 one hour episodes. 9!!! Not even 12…but still, since it’s relatively short - it’s not tedious to watch and it’s pretty light hearted [...]
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Name: Hana Yori Dango Genre: Romance Year: 2005 Rating: Must See Based on a Japanese shojo manga by Kamio Yoko, Hana Yori Dango is a series that will excite and please a range of fans. Makino Tsukushi is a poor student who has managed to enter Eitoku Gakuen a prestigious school on a scholarship. This school of the rich is ruled by the Flower 4 (F4), a group of four senior boys who come from extremely rich and powerful families. Hanazawa Rui, the son of a large corporation, Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school, Mimasaka, one with strong bonds with the underworld and the leader Domyoji Tsukasa, a person with a short temper but a strong will to fight for what he believes in. Though Tsukasa rules the school it is questionable if he is able to take on the responsibilities as the leader of the Domyoji World Finace Group. Makino like Tsukasa is one who doesn't back down, a tough weed is what she calls herself but unfortunately one day her stubbornness and desire to protect her friends lands her in trouble with Tsukasa. Makino soon receives a red notice, F4's declaration of war. However unlike the others who has been chased out of the school by the F4 Tsukasa won't back down and it is her determination that catches the attention of both Rui and Tsukasa. Makino's relationship with the F4 and its leader soon leads to more complications, though Tsukasa's love for Makino becomes stronger and stronger so do the obstacles that stand in their way.
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I’m not complaining, but I slightly dissapointed that the season’s finale did not get me as pumped as episode 1 did way back when. Taking a step back and looking at the season as a whole, though, if I had time, I would watch it again. You know what made this season good, though? If you’re [...]
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