Asian Drama

The 'Universe League', which will create a boy group, will be held in a completely different format from Season 1. It is a league-style audition where the final winning team that wins the Prism Cup debuts. Three representative K-pop artists will become the managers of each club. They select team members through a trainee draft and compete against each other. This was combined with the sports element of combining the best members of each club through a trade of exchanging trainees. Through this, 'Universe League' is expected to be a differentiated audition that shows more dynamic competition.

(Source: Korean = sports.khan.co.kr)

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: 13+ - Teens 13 or older

Airs On: Friday

During the summer in the present day, Jeon Youn Ha runs a vacation cottage located deep in the woods. His peaceful life is shaken by the sudden appearance of a mysterious woman named Yoo Sung A.

In the early 2000's, Koo Sang Joon ran the same vocation cottage as Jeon Young Ha did years later. Koo Sang Joon and his family also lived there, but, during the summer, something happened at his vacation cottage and Koo Sang Joon lost everything because of that. At that time, Yoon Bo Min worked as a police officer at the nearest police substation from the vacation cottage. 20 years later, Yoon Bo Min is transferred to the same police substation where she worked before and she begins to work there as the chief. She enjoys solving things and begins to observe Jeon Young Ha closely.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Episodes: 8

Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)

Airs On: Thursday

In her final year of high school, Lee Hong Ju fell head over heels in love. But this first brush with love ended in heartbreak. Ever since, she has been deeply skeptical when it comes to everything love-related. A decade later, she has become an animation producer when fate reunites her with her former crush, Hu Yeong, in a cafe.

He has returned to South Korea from the United States and is now a 29-year-old financial planner. They are both hit by a wave of emotions. Could a fresh chance at romance be in the cards? Or has too much water passed under the bridge?

(Source: Viki)

Adapted from the webtoon "Uyeonilkka?" (우연일까?) written by Nam Ji Eun (남지은) and illustrated by Kim In Ho (김인호).

Episodes: 8

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday

Set in 1960s South Korea. The series follows two men through their bromance and the obstacles they face during a turbulent time in the country’s history.

It depicts the story of Park Doo Chil, who is known as Uncle Samsik, who always has three meals a day, even during the war, and Kim San, an elite man from the Korean Military Academy, who wants to create a country where everyone lives well.

(Source: Korean = Naver || Translation = Deadline.com)

Episodes: 16

Airs On: Wednesday

Continuation of Song An Qiao and Chu Fei Yuan's marriage as they mature and grow and learn to love each other.

Hina, a student at Nikko High School, goes out one evening with her classmate Beniko. They get split up and Hina ends up in a strange meeting with a man named Ikumi in a game arcade. The next day, Ikumi turns up as the new teacher at her school. Ikumi doesn't seem to recognize Hina but the wheels of fate are slowly moving to reunite them in what is a passionate story of forbidden love. One of the main underlying themes of this drama is death. Another important theme is the struggle Hina and Ikumi have in trying to realize the difference between love and dependence... or is there a difference? Not just a remake of the 1993 version; it takes place at the same school, but with different characters and situations. "This is a hauntingly dark drama...ala 'emotional screwed up' but the storyline is very good."

This series stars Annie Man, Benny Chan, Tavia Yeung, Evergreen Mak, and others. It starts off pretty good. Benny was adopted into a poor home. His brother (Evergreen Mak) is very mean to him and is a very lazy person. They meet Annie (a fairy from heaven) and becomes friends. Annie was sent down to earth to put the prince, who got lost in a war when his grandmother took the throne from her husband, back at the throne as king. She has to get this dragon pearl to put back in a dragon's mouth. Benny is the real prince but his brother pretends to be the prince at first so that he doesn't have to do work. Annie and Benny always fight but soon they start liking each other. Annie then finds out that Benny is the real prince and took Benny to the palace to meet his grandmother. His grandmother was taken over by this monster/demon guy so she is now evil. Annie found out and told Benny but he said his grandmother could never be a monster and insulted annie and slapped her. The monster then tricked her and sent her back to the heavens. Benny got married to Tavia even though he loves Annie. Then Benny and Tavia found out that his grandmother is really a monster and Benny felt sad for yelling at Annie. Meanwhile, Benny and Tavia try to defeat the monster but has no luck. Annie comes back as another person and Benny tells her his true feelings for Annie, not knowing it was her in another person's body. They end up defeating the monster but Tavia died. Annie has to go back to heaven because the god of heaven has another job for her to do so she gives Benny a jade bracelet. About 10 years later, Benny has to get married. He has a bunch of girls come in his room and he has to pick one. He saw a girl named "jade bracelet" and he thought that was Annie because the bracelet she gave him was jade. It wasn't her but then a girl comes in and says sorry for being late. It was Annie!! And that was the end. This is a great series to me. Annie was really cute and Tavia did a great job. But the ending has a lot of people arguing. Some people say annie reincarnated to be that girl while some other people say she didn't, and that that was her, just in another name. I believe that was her in another name. Because throughout the series, Annie has this tap on the head she gives to Benny and at the end, when she walked in, she gave him a tap. If it was a reincarnated girl, then how dare she do that to the king? And I believe that Annie's mission for the God of the Heavens was to spend 10 years without Benny for the trouble she has caused down on earth. Well anyhow, I think Annie didn't reincarnate. Overall, this is a great series, very enjoyable and I wished it was longer!

Rasa is an interior designer at an interior design company in Bangkok. Her boss Petiya received an assignment from Pakaphong, a well-known rich playboy. Pakaphong was impressed by Petiya's past work in designing a hotel lobby, this job was assigned for Rasa. Rasa proceeded to meet her new boss Pakaphong and realized she had met him before, he had nearly killed her when he was water-skiing carelessly, his attitude annoyed Rasa and she didn't want to work for him but he refused to change her for someone else in the company.

Decades later the story centers around Cheng Yuan, the fourth generation heir to the rich and powerful Cheng family based in Southeast Asia. After pursuing studies in the United States, Yuan is on his way back home to attend his father's funeral and to make plans for his own marriage, when he meets a couple of Chinese travelers. The man, Li Ke Jin, is wrongly arrested for possession of marijuana, and the woman, Wu Yue, pleads with Yuan to save him. Already deep in the chaos and conflicts of his family and the future of their empire following the death of his father, Yuan agrees under some conditions. He will help Wu Yue free Li Ke Jin if she helps him avoid marriage by pretending to be his girlfriend. However, as the two play the happy couple, Wu Yue becomes a target for the feuding family and two things are propelled into danger... their hearts and their lives.

Kimura Takuya returns to Monday nights at Fuji TV as an ordinary salary man, Kindaichi Fumio, who is loved by colleagues and trusted for his ability to protect subordinates. One day, however, things take a 180 degree turn and his life becomes completely flipped upside down. His superiors fix their eyes on him and concoct a plot to bring him down. He is held responsible for a crime he has no recollection of, and is forced to leave his position. More unfortunate events follow as Kindaichi loses literally everything from his cellphone to his home, ending up without a penny in his pocket. Shocked by his losses, he one day meets two children in the park by chance who teach him how to get by without any dependency on money. The greatest thing about Kindaichi's character is that his character never fails him. He always has a carefree attitude and is driven by those people he meets, who love and support him, not by inflicted pain or grudge against others. Despite being the man who has lost all his possessions, Kindaichi continues to move forward, inspiring his former boss, Moai Kengo, and conservative office co-worker, Nikaido Aya, resulting in a big turning point for each of them. What is it that money can't buy? What is the most precious thing in life? A man tells the story of finding that "priceless" something in life, through unpredictable turns and twists with a light comedy touch. --Fuji TV

40 years old Tachibana Yuzuki has just taken on a job as a mountain climbing guide. While on her first solo guide job to climb Mount Myoko and Mount Hiuchi, she meets the female members in her group: Yumi and Ritsuko who work in a departmental store and Mitsuko who works in a welfare facility. With various reasons and issues, these first-time climbers try to scale the mountains while led around by the nose by Kijima who is Yuzuki's senior but younger than her.

Based on the novel "Yamaonna Nikki" by Minato Kanae and features the booming trend of women climbing mountains as a hobby and the issues and feelings they have.

The 28th NHK Taiga Drama is Tobuga Gotoku.