Song of the Week #1: Haru Haru- Big Bang

I first heard this song in the background of a Bubzbeauty beauty vid. I immediately searched for it on YT and I immediately fell in love with it. The video was so touching, I absolutely loved it and I became a BIG BANG fan.


For those of you who are unclear about the meaning of the video, here's my interpretation: G-dragon was in a relationship with the chick we see at the beginning of the video. They obviously break up as she gives him back the ring. Later on, we see TOP in a car with the girl and G-dragon becomes obviously upset. In the last scene, the chick is at the hospital (supposedly she has cancer) and G-dragon rushes over and meets TOP who told him that he lied and she really loves him (G-dragon). She just passes away and G-dragon cries etc.

The lyrics and translation can be found here thanks to Korean Info Blog

Dorama of the Week #1: Scent of Love

This was such a wonderful movie, I couldn't help but cry. Definitely a must see if you're a fan of Asian Dramas, particularly South Korean movies. I rate this a full 10 because of the plot, setting and character development.


Synopsis:

In-ha smells the "scent of the chrysanthemums" after seeing Hui-jae arguing in the defense of a pregnant woman on the subway. The two meet again in a student club at their university, but Hui-jae loves someone else and brushes off In-ha's feelings for her. After many years, Hui-jae loses her love and lives without hope. In-ha comes to the rescue and brightens her life. A film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by KIM Ha-in.
Starring:

Park Hae Il

Jang Jin Young

 Air Date: February, 2003


Also called: Scent of Chrysanthemums / 국화꽃향기 / Gukhwaggot hyanggi

Genres: Romance, Drama, Tragedy, Life


Movie Links: 

Movie Part 1

Difference between Manga and Manhwa

	Manga	Manhwa
Origin	Japan	Korea
Direction of reading	Right to Left	Left to Right
Style	Reading direction of traditional manga	1.      The face and eyes are often exaggerated in a cartoon style while the figure is more realistic in proportion.       2.        There is (usually) a more frequent use of gradient screentone (hatching & shading).      3.      The Korean name of the author/artist. It is usually double-barrelled and with syllables that do not exist in Japanese (usually the most reliable method of differentiating manhwa; exceptions being when a culturally-neutral pseudonym is used or when the artist is of Korean ethnicity but resides in another country).      4.       The Korean names of the characters in the manhwa.      5.      The untranslated sound effects (not always present) are in hangul( Korean alphabet)
Popularity	More popular	Less popular: often grouped along with the Japanese light novels as ‘manga’
Popular examples	Bleach, Gintama, Samurai X, Ouran High Host Club	Ragnarok, Veritas, Noblesse, The Breaker

Anime of the Week #1: Samurai Champloo

I chose to feature this anime first because I ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT. The samurai & traditional Edo themes are so amazing. The quality of the anime is quite remarkable. I recommend this to any Japanese history buffs or anyone who loves good fight scenes and humour in their anime. I rate this a 10.

Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 20, 2004 to Mar 19, 2005

Producers: Geneon Universal Entertainment^L, Manglobe, FUNimation Entertainment^L, Fuji TV

Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Samurai, Shounen

Duration: 24 min. per episode

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

Read more about it at My Anime List

SOURCES FOR ANIME: 

FUNIMATION YT 

ANIME CRAZY  

Introduction to Vocaloid :)

This is just a FYI post on the voice synthesizing software called Vocaloid. So far there have been two series: Vocaloid 1 and Vocaloid 2. Vocaloid 3 is soon to be released. Each series has a variety of both English and Japanese (singing?) characters. So far my favourites are: Hatsune Miku &Megurine Luka.

Megurine  Luka 巡音ルカ

How I'm gonna post stuff

Well, I've decided to post on a weekly basis 4 different blog posts:
1. Dorama of the Week
2. Anime of the Week
3. Asian song for theWeek
4. Asian Actress/ Actor for the Week

On a less often basis, maybe monthly, I'll post manga I like etc. I've also decided to post links to sites where you can view the series/ movie I'm discussing to make things a bit easier for you.

The sites I use to track stuff

Well I basically use a variety of sites to view & track my anime and drama, as well as to keep track and read my manga/manwha. So here's a list:

Viewing Anime:

1. www.gogoanime.com
2. www.watchanimeon.com
3. www.anilinkz.com (I use this mainly for the chat xD)

Keeping track of Anime:

1. www.animecrazy.net(This is a very useful site to both keep track & view)
2. www.myanimelist.com (I LOVE this site)

Reading manga/manhwa:

1. www.mangafox.com (My favourite source for manga/manwha)
2. www.onemanga.com
3.www.mangareader.net

Keeping track of manga:

1. www.myanimelist.net - I usually use this to keep track of the volume I'm on, I prefer to use 'History' to look for the last chapter I have read so far.

Viewing Asian Dramas:

1. www.dramacrazy.net (Amazing site with amazing links)
2. www.youtube.com (thanks to all the amazing people who upload stuff)
3.www.mysoju.com

Keeping track of my Asian Dramas:

1. www.mydramalist.com (Pretty cool)

Well, that's just a few of the sites that I mainly use to feed my asian addiction xD Usually it's a great idea to Google what series you would like to see and choose from there but the sites I have listed usually have reliable links so I just use those.

Introduction :)

Hey my name is Thalia and this is my blog. I'll just be posting about anime and Asian dramas I have seen. I'll also post about manga and manhwa I have read, or wish to read. Honestly, I know no one will really read this blog because there are zillions of blogs dedicated to the same topics but I just like to play around with HTML etc and so this way I'll get to fill up my blog with little effort :) 

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