Asian Drama

Premiere in the fall of 2024 Kamen Rider GAVV (仮面ライダーガヴ) Unconfirmed information ガヴ is a foley word for "bite" Knight with the theme of "snack" There are 3 knights at the beginning Kamen Rider GAVV is purple, the prototype is gummies, and the characteristic is the use of a large number of transparent pieces on the body Knight No. 2 is red and white, and the prototype is chocolate The belt is a monster that eats snacks, turns the handlebar, and moves its mouth up and down to "bite (chew)" to transform

Tags: Superhero Male Lead (Vote or add tags)

Duration: 23 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Sep, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Space aliens from a different planet invade Earth in an attempt to expand their territory. They are confronted by 3 individuals, who have overwhelmingly mechanic technology and individual creativity.

Wen Ruo Yun, an orphaned heir to a jewelry group, thought her marriage to artist Gu Yan Cheng was a match made in heaven, but after a kidnapping case she discovers that her husband was hiding behind their marriage a huge conspiracy. Gu Yan Cheng was not only cheating on her, but he was using their marriage in a deadly scam carefully designed by him!

Wen Ruo Yun, who woke up from the whirlpool of sweet love, discovered Lin Jia Yi, another woman betrayed by Gu Yan Cheng looking for revenge. These two women join forces and unite with other victims to carefully design a revenge counterattack against Gu Yan Cheng!

(Source: Chinese = Baidu || Translation = MyDramaList)

Tags: Short Length Series, Web Series, Revenge, Suspense (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 24

Duration: 15 min.

Country: China

Airs On: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday

Aired: Oct 31, 2024 - Nov 16, 2024

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Miwa Kanzaki is married to Hiroki Kanzaki and is a full-time housewife. She used to work for a large company, but made the difficult decision to quit her job and become a full-time housewife in hopes of having a child. But her marriage life isn't going very well as her love for her husband has cooled considerably. Hiroki acts like an ideal husband when around others, but he speaks harsh words to her when they are alone. She lives her days like a bird in a cage. One day Miwa meets her childhood friend Ryo Fuyutsuki, whom she hasn't seen in years. Back then, Ryo was like a hero to her and loved by her. When she was in trouble, he always came and helped her. They make the fateful decision to spend the night together and Miwa later finds out that she is pregnant with his child. She doesn't want to divorce her husband and become a single mom, because she doesn't have a job. To protect her baby, she decides to tell her husband that she is pregnant with his child.

Episodes: 11

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Takasugi Harumi is a 31-year-old man. Even though he has a college degree, he is unable to find a job. One day Miya, Harumi's aunt who is like a sister to him, suddenly dies. Harumi's 12-year-old daughter, Kururi, has no one to rely on now that her mother is dead. Harumi has to take care of Kururi now but her heart is kept closed. "Obentou," a lunch box, gives them a reason to get closer to each other. Each lunch box has their feelings, love and heart in it. (Source: MangaUpdates) ~~ Adapted from the manga series "Takasugi-san Chi no Obento" (高杉さん家のおべんとう) by Yanahara Nozomi (柳原望).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 25 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Set in Hashima and modern Tokyo, Nagasaki Prefecture, where the coal industry grew rapidly in 1955, this drama tells the story of love, friendship, and family history spanning 70 years, outlining the family bonds and human beings, youth and love in the post-war reconstruction period to the period of rapid economic growth, and depicting the modern era of "an era that seems to have everything but young people have no dreams".

Tags: Post World War 2, Family Relationship, Friendship (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Country: Japan

Airs On: Sunday

Aired: Oct, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kiichi is a former policer officer and his younger sister Yuki is a genius white hat hacker. Five years ago, their father Takashi, who worked as a police officer, was murdered by an unknown person in front of them. They had already lost their mother at an early age and their father Takashi raised them by himself. He was the most precious person in their lives. After their father’s death, Kiichi quit his job as a police officer and chased after his father's killer with his younger sister. But, they did not have any clues on the identity of their father's killer except that he had a phoenix tattoo on the back of his hand. Now, Kiichi and Yuki finally get into a criminal organization, which is the largest fraud group in Japan. At the top of the criminal organization is someone named Phoenix. They try to get close to this mysterious person.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Episodes: 17

Aired On: Sunday

Duration: 20 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Teacher Makino works in the health room at an elementary school as a pediatrician. He used to work at a university hospital, but due to a new attempt to have doctors stationed at schools, he was sent to the elementary school. There is hidden story behind that. At the school, he has bushy hair and a sullen look. He nags the students with things like "Don’t sleep in the bed without my permission" and "Stay away from the health room as much as possible.” He is a doctor that complains a lot and carries an attitude, but he can spot abnormalities in children with his excellent observational eyes, and he is able to save these children, their families, and sometimes even the teachers.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 15 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 29 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Episodes: 11

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Takano Tsumeko carries herself confidently and speaks with a calm voice. Even though she appears very competent, which helped her pass her job interview at her current company with ease, she is shockingly incompetent. She doesn't know how to turn on a computer or use a copier machine. When it comes to negotiating with clients, her aura of competence allows her to gain their trust and close contracts one after the other. Meanwhile, Hiwada Michito is a rookie employee who joined the company at the same time as Takano Tsumeko. Unlike Takano Tsumeko, Hiwada Michito is actually good at his job but he appears to be incompetent. He is forced to team up with Takano Tsumeko.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the manga series "Muno no Taka" (無能の鷹) by Hanzaki Asami (はんざき朝未).

Episodes: 10

Duration: 60 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Airs On: Friday

Occhan no Kitchen (2024)

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 55 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Yuki Rio, the daughter of an old, prestigious family in Kyoto with over 1,000 years of history, enters into an arranged marriage at the age of 16 with a man she’s never met. Her husband is Takamine Masatomo, a handsome CEO in the IT industry. Every year on her birthday, she would receive 50 million yen, making their relationship one based solely on money. One day, after ten years had passed with no contact, Rio decided to move to Tokyo. She asks her husband, whom she’s meeting for the first time, for a divorce. On the other hand, Takamine finds himself unexpectedly attracted to Rio and doesn’t want a divorce. Thus begins a romantic battle between a wife who wants a divorce and a husband who refuses to let her go.

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Thursday

Duration: 24 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A hospital in a suburban town faces a financial crisis. Doctor Kamiko Ryo is the acting director of the municipal hospital. He is a rationalist who takes management very seriously. Meanwhile, Yuge Bunpei is a veteran detective and he works in the same town as the hospital. Kamiko and Yuge would not appear to have much in common, but vicious crimes take place in the town. These crimes are closely related to the collapse and revival of the regional medical hospital. Kamiko and Yuge face the crimes caused by people who have fallen through the cracks of society, see the crimes from their own respective positions, and solve them together.

Episodes: 9

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

On the worst day of her life, 20-year-old Hirose Sakura received her greatest treasure that very same day. Fifteen years later, her precious son Toki became a high school student, and the two of them lived simple but happy days together. One day, Toki brings home his girlfriend, Kanae, who looks just like Sakura's beloved Mone and even carries the scent of golden olive, which holds memories for both of them…!? The peaceful days of this parent and child begin to slowly change. From Sakura to Toki, what will become of the love that has been passed down through two generations…!?

Episodes: 8

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 24 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

It revolves around a pair of former high school girls who are assassins that struggle to fit into a “normal” society.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Tags: Assassin Female Lead (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 12

Country: Japan

Airs On: Thursday

Aired: Sep 5, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Pony, along with her college friends Leslie (gay) and Xuan (lesbian), explores the romantic relationships each of them desires. Through interactions with different partners, they gradually understand their own bottom lines and genuine emotional needs. They often gather at Mama’s AS Bistro bar to share their relationship frustrations and seek advice from Mama. Despite their different sexual orientations, they sincerely share their longings and frustrations in love, striving to overcome their personal flaws to find relationships that make them feel comfortable. No label, no tag, just love is the key spirit in this show.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Kishibe Midori is a 25-year-old woman who works in the editorial department of a fashion magazine that belongs to a large publishing company. However, the fashion magazine was cancelled by its parent company. Kishibe Midori then gets transferred to the editing department for a dictionary. What awaits Kishibe Midori is that there are people filled with personality, including the head of the editorial department, Majime Mitsuya. Initially, Kishibe Midori had a hard time in her new workplace.

As time goes by, she becomes inspired by the persistence and enthusiasm of those who work around her. They have spent over a decade working on one dictionary. Kishibe Midori finds attractiveness in the words she works with. She also develops pride and self-fulfilment over her work.

(Source: AsianWiki)

Adapted from the novel "Fune wo Amu" by Shion Miura.

Episodes: 10

Duration: 49 min.

Airs On: Sunday

A high-teen secret romance unfolds when 'Outsider' (an outsider) becomes the manager of the anonymous community app 'Inssa Time' and learns all the secrets of the entire school and joins a group of super popular kids that she desperately wants to get involved with.

Kang U Bin is a popular kid among the popular kids and a trainee at a large entertainment agency who is admired by the entire school and is seen as perfect by his classmates. He not only has great visuals but is also good at studying. He seems like a born-to-be superstar who exceeds the webtoon's setting, but he is hiding a secret that no one can find out about. U Bin, who has never been suspected, ends up in an awkward situation because of 'Outssa', whose name is even confusing.

(Source: Korean = Naver)

Episodes: 8

Duration: 25 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Explaining the financial knowledge necessary for social life faced by the younger generation, such as military service, job preparation, and early years in society.

Kiichi is a former policer officer and his younger sister Yuki is a genius white hat hacker. Five years ago, their father Takashi, who worked as a police officer, was murdered by an unknown person in front of them. They had already lost their mother at an early age and their father Takashi raised them by himself. He was the most precious person in their lives. After their father’s death, Kiichi quit his job as a police officer and chased after his father's killer with his younger sister. But, they did not have any clues on the identity of their father's killer except that he had a phoenix tattoo on the back of his hand. Now, Kiichi and Yuki finally get into a criminal organization, which is the largest fraud group in Japan. At the top of the criminal organization is someone named Phoenix. They try to get close to this mysterious person.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Saturday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This drama is adapted from the manga of the same name, Chiga plays the role of "the craziest scum husband in history", and Xiangyin plays the wife of the lover of the "reincarnated" scumbag husband, who will lead the scum step by step to destruction and start a refreshing reincarnation × revenge story.

Tags: Adapted From A Manga (Vote or add tags)

Duration: 25 min.

Country: Japan

Aired: Sep 5, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Set in a high school senior class where students can now marry without parental consent due to the implementation of the new “18-year-old adulthood” law, this unprecedented school suspense drama explores first love, pregnancy, marriage, and even infidelity. Not only are the students of Class 3-C involved in affairs, but so are their parents and teachers…?! The protagonist of this work is Uemura Aoi, who transfers into Class 3-C at an elite high school after her parents get divorced due to her father’s affair. The story depicts how she reunites with Tachibana Iori, a male student who was her first love and is now married to another classmate, and how they fall into an illicit affair. Their romance eventually spirals into a scandal that engulfs the school and their parents, leading to a gruesome tragedy.

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Wednesday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

This drama is a love story between Kataoka Sakuya, a grim reaper who comes to the human world for the first time, and Mochizuki Nayuki, a woman who lost her father at a young age and has devoted her life to raising her only remaining family—her younger brother. As they meet, they gradually come to understand each other, and slowly, they begin to fall in love. However, a fate that will dramatically change their lives awaits them both…

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Tuesday

Duration: 30 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A love-hate drama series that follows Noyama Honoka as a florist shop owner who finds her comfortable life messed up by distrust and suspicion when she receives a letter that her newlywed husband Masamichi is hiding a secret from her. As time goes on, she begins to become suspicious of the women around Masamichi, and her negative emotions develop into ones of betrayal and revenge.

(Source: Drama-Otaku)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 54 min.

Airs On: Thursday

~~ Adapted from the manga series "Usotoki Rhetoric" (嘘解きレトリック) by Miyako Ritsu (都戸利津).

Episodes: 10

Aired On: Monday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

A part-time high school in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Students with all sorts of circumstances attend the school. Yanagida Gakuto (21 years old) is a delinquent who can't escape a negative spiral. Koshikawa Angela (43 years old), whose mother is Filipino and father is Japanese, has almost given up on keeping up with her classes. Natori Kasumi (16 years old) has orthostatic intolerance and continues to attend school in the nurse's office. Nagamine Shozo (76 years old) was unable to attend high school as a young man and had no choice but to work.

Fujitake Kanae, an enigmatic science teacher, is assigned to teach these students, who are all different in age and background. With Fujitake's guidance, they aim to present their results at an academic conference based on an experiment to recreate a "crater on Mars" in the classroom, but various difficulties stand in their way, including their own disabilities, family problems, and unbreakable relationships...

(Source: Japanese = NHK || Translation = MyDramaList)

Adapted from the novel "Sora Wataru Kyoshitsu" (宙わたる教室) by Iyohara Shin (イヨハラ シン).

Tags: Student Supporting Character, School Setting, Teacher Male Lead, Miniseries (Vote or add tags)

Episodes: 10

Duration: 45 min.

Country: China

Airs On: Tuesday

Aired: Oct 8, 2024 - ?

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

Wu Baohui, a girl from the slums, unexpectedly inherits a vast fortune and assumes the identity of wealthy heiress Li Ziyu. But she soon discovers she may have plunged into a dangerous world of schemes and power plays within the elite family...

Sales Team 2 receives notification of dissolution amidst the company’s management crisis. Left alone, Team Leader Han must wrap up business with partner companies that he has managed within three months. Yun, an assistant manager from the support team, is dispatched to Sales Team 2. With just the two of them in the empty office, Han can't help but notice Yun's aloof demeanor. A small incident leads to changes between the two.

Episodes: 10

Content Rating: Not Yet Rated