Asian Drama

Adapted from the web novel "Suan Zhi" (酸枳) by Xiao Ke Bu Cai (小可不才).

Zhang Qing, a student majoring in Literary History at university, has read classic masterpieces extensively. However, his thesis, which applies modern perspectives to analyze ancient literary history, is not approved by Professor Ye. In order to have Professor Ye become his graduate advisor, Zhang Qing decides to elaborate on his viewpoints by writing a novel. In his novel, the story revolves around Fan Xian, a young man with a mysterious background, who had been living with his grandmother in the small coastal town of Danzhou. With an unexpected visit from a teacher, Fan Xian’s seemingly tranquil life began to face a series of crises and challenges. Guided by the enigmatic teacher and a blindfolded guardian, Fan Xian became versed in the properties and principles of medicines, cultivated overpowering Qi, and refined his martial arts skills. He subsequently overcame numerous dangerous situations. Driven by curiosity about his own origins, Fan Xian left Danzhou and went to the imperial capital. In the capital, Fan Xian experienced the vicissitudes of life and remained committed to justice and goodness, enduring and thriving through various tests and tempering from family, the martial world, and the political arena, ultimately crafting an illustrious legend of his life.

Li Wen Xiu, a Han girl who grew up in a small town in Altay, is determined to pursue her literary dream in a big city. However, she repeatedly faces obstacles and is forced to return to her hometown, where she relies on her mother's provision store for a living. After getting acquainted with a Kazakh boy, Batay, Wen Xiu gradually discovers the beauty of the local area and follows a nomadic Kazakh family into the pastoral area. Life in the pastoral area is challenging, but Wen Xiu, who is pursuing her dreams wholeheartedly, finds creative inspiration in the magnificent nature of northern Xinjiang and gradually develops feelings for Batay.

Charming and sarcastic Mueang is an outspoken eco-warrior geologist. View is an overworked architect who was recently dumped by her company and cheated on by her boyfriend. Cupid strikes the moment they set eyes on each other.

(Source: World Screenings)

Episodes: 16

Duration: 60 min.

Ru Wei and You Yan consider job changes and wonder how they would affect their relationship, but in the end, Ru Wei has to make her own decision about her future.

Rak and Diao love to quarrel every time they met. What will happen when they work under the same company and live under the same roof

How far would you go for your job? Tatsuya Ikegami (Akira) works for a real estate company that is working on a large-scale urban development project that is being proposed in the city of Sachio. In order to acquire the land needed for the project, Tatsuya has to find out who the owners are. He decides to go undercover as a volunteer fire fighter in Sachio to try to find out the information. Working alongside fellow volunteer firefighters, Sakura Azumi (Chiaki Kuriyama) and Atsushi Goda (Ryuta Sato), how will Tatsuya’s perspective about his work change? “HEAT” is a 2015 Japanese drama series directed by Yoshinori Kobayashi and Genta Sato. It is based on the novel “Fireman no Yuigon” by Hiko Hatake.

Suk Ji Soo is a kindhearted and thoughtful woman caring about the harmony of her family. Jeong Mu Young struggles through many troubles and forgivness within his family. He doesn't really like his father because he was born due to his father's affair with another woman. Ji Soo and Mu Young's family in this drama are complete opposites...her family is happy while his family is not. Eun Ha is a girl with a cheerful personality and perfect skin with no wrinkles. She thinks importantly of people's relationships and puts much effort into everything she does to make her family happy. The drama will be focusing on different family problems faced in modern day society.

To those of us who hit puberty in the 80's, the video game was not part of our daily life yet. It was a genuinely exciting start to the future that we know now. By 2013, video games would be over 30 years old. This drama revisits how the past and the present is linked together through breathtaking games. Every episode will feature an epoch making game, from makers like KONAMI, Sega, NEC, Sony, Taito, Nintendo, etc. It is the year 1983. At 15, Watanabe Reiji has totally no interest whatsoever in video games, even though his father runs a game center (Game Center Watanabe). On the other hand, another boy his age, Kido Akinobu, is so crazy about the games, he spends hours at Game Center Watanabe. His handler is "KID" and on the Game Center's scoreboard, he is ranked no. 1 in all the games. One day, Reiji sees a very pretty girl playing a game at the center, and he falls in love with her at first sight. Trying to impress her, Reiji pretends to be "KID", and thus begins his foray into video gaming.

"Shogun" is set in feudal Japan in the 1600s at the dawn of the Battle of Sekigahara. As the enemy's siege approaches Lord Yoshii Toranaga, the strongest military commander in the Sengoku period, a British navigator called James Blackthorne, who comes bearing secrets that could save him from his predicament, drifts ashore into his territory.

Toranaga orders Mariko, a mysterious religious noblewoman who can speak English, to translate for Blackthorne (who later becomes known as Anjin) and a bond begins to form between the two. As the war rages on, their fates intertwine as they navigate among this treacherous political landscape while caught in a power struggle between two of the most powerful daimyōs.

(Source: Drama-Otaku.com)

Adapted from the novel "Shogun" by James Clavell.

Episodes: 10

Airs On: Tuesday

Just what is it to be an orbit with 4 different poles?

The 4 different poles — Nick, Wan, Beam, and Wayu — continuously circle around each other, repeatedly clashing and burning in the fire of the collision.

However, all four sides are relentless, revelling in the pain and pleasure of hatred and competition... and perhaps, even love.

Li Cu, an ordinary senior high school student was kidnapped and brought to the Badain Jaran Desert. Of those who went there, none has came back alive. The scars on his back, holds the key to the mystery of the ancient tombs. Under the threat of Wu Xie, Li Cu follows him to the ancient tombs. Together they discover the stories behind the disappearing people in the pictures, the unexplained shadows, the broken cameras, the mummies, and more.