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Razon · #68 Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2010 5:43 am

On the topic of JDramas, I watched them for awhile at one point before eventually stopping- having watched around 50-75 series or so in total. From a quick check here and there earlier this year, there hasn't been anything good recently in that area. And even when I did watch dramas, most felt like a hassle just to get through each series. Watched many of them at x2-x4 times the speed after having given it a chance, though only if I cared to find out how it ended. I'd say there's only a handful of really good ones, and probably quite a few alright ones. But they get drowned out by the bad, most live actions were generally done terrible as well. Just best to stick to anime imo, as the ending impression that JDramas have left with me anyway after having watched so many is negative- that a great majority of them aren't worth the time of day.

Nodame is a popular one that was well done, only drama that I consider better then it's anime counterpart- the anime version also had poor animation. There were some others originating from manga that didn't have anime counterparts, which proved to be entertaining however. I often don't mention them

While there's dramas that I could recommend, I'll just mention the last one that I had found entertaining. Which is this drama, it started off good and it ended good- though it got a bit dull mid-way. The music in it is worth mentioning, it really helped make the experience. Probably watch the sequel in early 2011, which is set to finish the story so it seems.

Though back to anime, will be missing a lot of the animes that will be ending soon. With over half of my shows set to end within the next month, hope for a good new season to help fill the entertainment gap that those shows are leaving behind. Will be checking out around 10 animes next season, and will probably be watching at least 5 of them. Once I make my decision after watching an episode or two of each, I'll post my opinions and list of them here.

I check out already aired series that I haven't watched randomly from time to time, normally when I don't have anything else to watch. As mentioned in the chat before, first season of Kuroshitsuji was good- second wasn't with it being anime original. As for Soul Eater, Hell Girl and Rozen Maiden. I've passed over their entries on anidb, but never bothered to pick them up. As they didn't have that must watch asap spark to them, probably give them a chance eventually when I don't have anything deemed more interesting from base impression to watch.