Hey Guys!
I know I haven't written in a while, but that's because I have my exams going on. This year is really important so I have to focus more on that. So for today I thought of doing a cultural difference. Because I watch a lot of K-Dramas and J-Drams and I used to watch TV. So here are my personal thoughts and the differences I have seen. Also, I am only going to talk about the 'drama' world and not news, sports and these kind of shows.
1. Actors
Each industry has it's own actors. The difference between actors in the three countries are-
Japan-
In Japanese Drams we see a lot of old/young talented actors, who only specialize in acting and no others fields, but you will very often come across 'Idol Dramas' where the starring role and the main cast consists of people from Idol Groups.
Examples-
Gokusen 1&2 (Matsumoto Jun- Arashi. Kamenashi Kazuya & Akanishi Jin- KAT-TUN)
Nobuta wa Produce (Kamenashi- KAT-TUN and Tomohisa Yamashita- NEWS)
Ikemen Desu Ne (Yuta Tamamori & Taisuke Fujigaya- Kis-My-Ft2. Hikaru Yaotome- Hey!Say!JUMP)
Many other dramas are there with Idol groups. But not to forget, the amazing actors. Some famous non-idol dramas-
Ituzara na Kiss: Love in Tokyo (Miki Honoka & Furukawa Yuki)
Atashinchi no Danshi (Horikita Maki, Osamu Mukai, Yamamoto Yusuke, etc)
Attention Please (Yuto Aya, Aibu Saki, etc)
Some Famous Actors-
Oguri Shun
Fujiwara Tetsuya
Karina
Kichise Michiko
Muzishima Hiro
Korea-
Just like in Japan, we have the non-idol actors and then the Idol actors. If the Idol is famous (even with a smaller role) the fans go crazy over them and have to watch everything they have done, also we have loyal supporters of the actors as well. Some examples of Idol Dramas are-
To The Beautiful You (Choi Minho- SHINee and Sulli- f(x))
You're Beautiful (Lee Hongki- F.T Island. Jung Yong Hwa- CN Blue. Uee- After School)
Marry Him if You Dare (Jung Yong Hwa- CN Blue. Yoon Eun Hye- Baby VOX [Disbanded])
Dream High (Suzy- miss A. Taecyeon & Wooyoung- 2PM. Eunjung- T-ara. IU)
Dramas with non-idol actors-
Beethoven Virus (Jang Guen Suk, Kim Myung-min & Lee Ji-ah)
Ruby Ring (Lee So-yeon & Im Jung-eun)
Flower Boy Next Door (Yoon Shi Yoon & Park Shin Hye)
And now for the amazing actors-
Jang Guen Suk (Prince of Asia)
Park Shin Hye
Jung Yumi
Lee So-yeon
Lee Bum Soo
Yoon Shi Yoon
Lee Minho
India-
Unlike Japan and Korea, in India people stick to their fields and don't really expand much. Music artists only sing, Movie actors remain in movies and TV actors remain on TV, but we do have a rare case of a TV actor going on to the big screen.
Some TV Actors are-
Rati Pandey
Vvivan Dsena
Karan Singh Grover
Shakti Mohan
Amar Singh
Sushant Singh Raajput
2. Amount of Shows and Number of Episodes
Japan-
As most of us who watch J-Dramas know, they are usually really short with about 10- 15 episodes or they are way too long with over 100 episodes.
For the regular sized ones, they will air once week and tend to finish in the span of 3 months. They target summer, fall & winter and spring. They come out with 5-10 dramas in each season with many genres.
They also have a lot of drama special for very big hits and if the drama is a really big hit then they may make a new season or a different version of the same drama. (Gokusen, Hana-kimi)
There are also a few mini-dramas, which air in the span of 1-2 days depending on the amount of episodes.
Korea-
Korean Dramas are usually longer than J-Dramas, with a minimum of 16-20 episodes and the longer ones usually tend to be with around 25 episodes. But there are really long dramas out there, 50-100 or more episodes. There as smaller dramas as well, with about 10-12 episodes, these air once a week.
They all usually air for any 2 days of the week. Running time is also around 3-4 months with the shorter ones, the 100 episode ones air everyday (Monday-Friday) and these are called 'day-dramas.'
Mini dramas also air, but no that often. With around 2-4 episodes and airing time of 2 days. Specials are not that common from what I've seen. There are not many remakes (I have never seen a remake) of the same shows. But Korea makes many remakes of hit dramas from other countries.
Example-
To The Beautiful You (Remake of J-Drama, Hana-Kimi)
Playfull Kiss (Remake of a manga and J-Drama, Itazura na Kiss)
Fated To Love You (Remake of Taiwanese Drama of the same title)
India-
India is a completely different story when it comes to the number of episodes. An average drama airs for a minimum of 100-150 episodes, unless its really bad and gets cancelled. The longer ones can go on for years! Few really popular ones can go on about 5 years minimum and over 10 years (CID, Adaalat)
They air on weekdays. On an average about a 100 shows are being put out each year, this is because we have about 23 official languages and each language has its own T.V shows and channels.
We don't have mini dramas or specials.But sometimes a crossover between two popular shows may happen.
There are shows that only air on the weekends. These are usually crime related. (CID, Crime Patrol, etc.)
3. Airing Time, Episode Length & Days
Japan-
Airing Time: Depending on what age the drama is targeted at, they air depending on that. Kids- morning. Teens & Adults- Evening or night (mid-night)
Episode Length: 48-65 minutes (without ads)
Days: 1
Korea-
Airing Time: They can air between morning to midnight to the break of dawn.
Episode Length: 60-70 minutes (without ads)
Days: 2 (every week day for 100+ episodes)
India-
Airing Time- Any time of the day, but mostly from 6-11 pm.Some channels don't air shows after 1:00 am.
Episode Length: 19-23 minutes (without ads) weekend ones are usually 45-55 minutes.
Days: Almost everyday
4. OST-
Japan-
J-Dramas usually don't have songs playing on during the episode. But they do have opening and closing songs which are usually 2-3 minutes. They are usually songs of sung by the Idol stars (if it's an Idol drama) acting in the drama or taken by other Idols (if not an Idol drama).
Korea-
OST's are like one of the most important aspects in K-Dramas! People who like the drama usually tend to download the OST's and so the production companies really focus on them. Idols starring usually sing a few songs. If it's not an Idol drama then, Idols/Groups are requested for their already existing songs or asked to record new ones. OST's are basically the mood-setters for the entire drama. They are usually in parts and then extended versions come out.
India-
OST's are pretty much non-existent in India. They usually just add random 'romantic' or 'dark' sounding tunes in the background. No theme songs or ending songs. On rare occasions they use some Bollywood songs.
5. Popular Channels & Shows, Specialities-
Japan-
I'm not really too sure, but the channels I've seen the most are-
Fuji TV
TV Asahi
Nippon TV
Specialities-
Detective
Crime
Comedy
Mystery
Romance
Slice of Life
Popular Shows-
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Gokusen
Attention Please
Ouran High School Host Club
Nobuta wa Produce
Hana Yori Dango
GTO
And Many, many more!
Korea-
Popular Channels-
KBS
KBS2
SBS
MBC
KBS World
Arirang TV
TvN
Specialities-
Romance
Drama
Comedy
Variety Shows
Popular Dramas-
Prime Minister and I
Flower Boy Series
Love Rain
To the Beautiful You
You're Beautiful
Boys Over Flowers
Coffee Prince
The Heris
And many more!
India-
Popular Channels-
Sony TV
Zee TV
Colours
Star Plus
Channel [V]
Life Ok
Specalities-
Mellow-drama
Crime
Drama
Mythology
Popular TV Shows-
Dil Dostii Dance: D3
Madhubala: Ek Ishq, Ek Joonun
CID
Adaalat
Crime Petrol
Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev
Sadda Haq
AND WAAYYYY TOO MANY MORE!!!
6. Advertisements-
I felt like it was kind of important to talk about ads because they really eat up the airing time. India has too many ads and they are all so STUPID! I think India has the WORST ads ever -.- They really suck and they are one of the reasons I really hate watching TV.
In Japan, I've seen a lot of weird ads, but they are fun to watch. I haven't seen many, but whatever I saw, they sure are entertaining!
Korean ads are nice too. Rather pleasant to watch. People spend too much on TV ads! I've also noticed, ads in Korea are very celebrity based. Companies have famous Idols/Idol groups/ Actors to promote their products and in a way the ones filming the CF's have to be associated it the brand/company.
** This ad is like from the 80's or 90's**
7. Overall Thoughts on TV
I used to be a kid who used to love T.V. which caused me to get glasses in 5th grade.
Back then, not many people had glasses so early in life. I loved watching TV, I was only exposed to Indian TV and some Anime as we has Animax here, but I hardly saw it.
TV was amazing back then but now I really hate Indian television. It's so bad and they just show the most ridiculous sitcoms!!
But I have to say, when it comes to shows related to Indian Mythology, we do a really good job in making it an interesting way to learn about the history.
I am really into Korean and Japanese Dramas. At one point I didn't think I'd watch them, but here I am.....totally in love with them <3
I have to say though, K-Drama's have too much mellow-drama at times and are really unnecessarily stretched! It gets real boring, so I usually don't finish the drama or just skip to the end.
With J-Drama's, I really want to say, the sets are so DEPRESSING!! Not enough light people!! I don't really quit Japanese drama's. But yeah the story can get boring a times, not really consistent.
But despite all that there are many amazing things to watch on TV.
______________________________________________________________________________
That was a lot! Ah, my shoulders really hurt now -.- But that's okay!
Anyways, I hope anyone who didn't know about things like these about the three countries, have come to know some useful things about TV. And if you have any requests.... you can leave a comment!
Take care and see you asap!!
Love
-Sam
I know I haven't written in a while, but that's because I have my exams going on. This year is really important so I have to focus more on that. So for today I thought of doing a cultural difference. Because I watch a lot of K-Dramas and J-Drams and I used to watch TV. So here are my personal thoughts and the differences I have seen. Also, I am only going to talk about the 'drama' world and not news, sports and these kind of shows.
1. Actors
Each industry has it's own actors. The difference between actors in the three countries are-
Japan-
In Japanese Drams we see a lot of old/young talented actors, who only specialize in acting and no others fields, but you will very often come across 'Idol Dramas' where the starring role and the main cast consists of people from Idol Groups.
Examples-
Gokusen 1&2 (Matsumoto Jun- Arashi. Kamenashi Kazuya & Akanishi Jin- KAT-TUN)
Nobuta wa Produce (Kamenashi- KAT-TUN and Tomohisa Yamashita- NEWS)
Ikemen Desu Ne (Yuta Tamamori & Taisuke Fujigaya- Kis-My-Ft2. Hikaru Yaotome- Hey!Say!JUMP)
Many other dramas are there with Idol groups. But not to forget, the amazing actors. Some famous non-idol dramas-
Ituzara na Kiss: Love in Tokyo (Miki Honoka & Furukawa Yuki)
Atashinchi no Danshi (Horikita Maki, Osamu Mukai, Yamamoto Yusuke, etc)
Attention Please (Yuto Aya, Aibu Saki, etc)
Some Famous Actors-
Oguri Shun
Fujiwara Tetsuya
Karina
Kichise Michiko
Muzishima Hiro
Korea-
Just like in Japan, we have the non-idol actors and then the Idol actors. If the Idol is famous (even with a smaller role) the fans go crazy over them and have to watch everything they have done, also we have loyal supporters of the actors as well. Some examples of Idol Dramas are-
To The Beautiful You (Choi Minho- SHINee and Sulli- f(x))
You're Beautiful (Lee Hongki- F.T Island. Jung Yong Hwa- CN Blue. Uee- After School)
Marry Him if You Dare (Jung Yong Hwa- CN Blue. Yoon Eun Hye- Baby VOX [Disbanded])
Dream High (Suzy- miss A. Taecyeon & Wooyoung- 2PM. Eunjung- T-ara. IU)
Dramas with non-idol actors-
Beethoven Virus (Jang Guen Suk, Kim Myung-min & Lee Ji-ah)
Ruby Ring (Lee So-yeon & Im Jung-eun)
Flower Boy Next Door (Yoon Shi Yoon & Park Shin Hye)
And now for the amazing actors-
Jang Guen Suk (Prince of Asia)
Park Shin Hye
Jung Yumi
Lee So-yeon
Lee Bum Soo
Yoon Shi Yoon
Lee Minho
India-
Unlike Japan and Korea, in India people stick to their fields and don't really expand much. Music artists only sing, Movie actors remain in movies and TV actors remain on TV, but we do have a rare case of a TV actor going on to the big screen.
Some TV Actors are-
Rati Pandey
Vvivan Dsena
Karan Singh Grover
Shakti Mohan
Amar Singh
Sushant Singh Raajput
2. Amount of Shows and Number of Episodes
Japan-
As most of us who watch J-Dramas know, they are usually really short with about 10- 15 episodes or they are way too long with over 100 episodes.
For the regular sized ones, they will air once week and tend to finish in the span of 3 months. They target summer, fall & winter and spring. They come out with 5-10 dramas in each season with many genres.
They also have a lot of drama special for very big hits and if the drama is a really big hit then they may make a new season or a different version of the same drama. (Gokusen, Hana-kimi)
There are also a few mini-dramas, which air in the span of 1-2 days depending on the amount of episodes.
Korea-
Korean Dramas are usually longer than J-Dramas, with a minimum of 16-20 episodes and the longer ones usually tend to be with around 25 episodes. But there are really long dramas out there, 50-100 or more episodes. There as smaller dramas as well, with about 10-12 episodes, these air once a week.
They all usually air for any 2 days of the week. Running time is also around 3-4 months with the shorter ones, the 100 episode ones air everyday (Monday-Friday) and these are called 'day-dramas.'
Mini dramas also air, but no that often. With around 2-4 episodes and airing time of 2 days. Specials are not that common from what I've seen. There are not many remakes (I have never seen a remake) of the same shows. But Korea makes many remakes of hit dramas from other countries.
Example-
To The Beautiful You (Remake of J-Drama, Hana-Kimi)
Playfull Kiss (Remake of a manga and J-Drama, Itazura na Kiss)
Fated To Love You (Remake of Taiwanese Drama of the same title)
India-
India is a completely different story when it comes to the number of episodes. An average drama airs for a minimum of 100-150 episodes, unless its really bad and gets cancelled. The longer ones can go on for years! Few really popular ones can go on about 5 years minimum and over 10 years (CID, Adaalat)
They air on weekdays. On an average about a 100 shows are being put out each year, this is because we have about 23 official languages and each language has its own T.V shows and channels.
We don't have mini dramas or specials.But sometimes a crossover between two popular shows may happen.
There are shows that only air on the weekends. These are usually crime related. (CID, Crime Patrol, etc.)
3. Airing Time, Episode Length & Days
Japan-
Airing Time: Depending on what age the drama is targeted at, they air depending on that. Kids- morning. Teens & Adults- Evening or night (mid-night)
Episode Length: 48-65 minutes (without ads)
Days: 1
Korea-
Airing Time: They can air between morning to midnight to the break of dawn.
Episode Length: 60-70 minutes (without ads)
Days: 2 (every week day for 100+ episodes)
India-
Airing Time- Any time of the day, but mostly from 6-11 pm.Some channels don't air shows after 1:00 am.
Episode Length: 19-23 minutes (without ads) weekend ones are usually 45-55 minutes.
Days: Almost everyday
4. OST-
Japan-
J-Dramas usually don't have songs playing on during the episode. But they do have opening and closing songs which are usually 2-3 minutes. They are usually songs of sung by the Idol stars (if it's an Idol drama) acting in the drama or taken by other Idols (if not an Idol drama).
Korea-
OST's are like one of the most important aspects in K-Dramas! People who like the drama usually tend to download the OST's and so the production companies really focus on them. Idols starring usually sing a few songs. If it's not an Idol drama then, Idols/Groups are requested for their already existing songs or asked to record new ones. OST's are basically the mood-setters for the entire drama. They are usually in parts and then extended versions come out.
India-
OST's are pretty much non-existent in India. They usually just add random 'romantic' or 'dark' sounding tunes in the background. No theme songs or ending songs. On rare occasions they use some Bollywood songs.
5. Popular Channels & Shows, Specialities-
Japan-
I'm not really too sure, but the channels I've seen the most are-
Fuji TV
TV Asahi
Nippon TV
Specialities-
Detective
Crime
Comedy
Mystery
Romance
Slice of Life
Popular Shows-
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e
Gokusen
Attention Please
Ouran High School Host Club
Nobuta wa Produce
Hana Yori Dango
GTO
And Many, many more!
Korea-
Popular Channels-
KBS
KBS2
SBS
MBC
KBS World
Arirang TV
TvN
Specialities-
Romance
Drama
Comedy
Variety Shows
Popular Dramas-
Prime Minister and I
Flower Boy Series
Love Rain
To the Beautiful You
You're Beautiful
Boys Over Flowers
Coffee Prince
The Heris
And many more!
India-
Popular Channels-
Sony TV
Zee TV
Colours
Star Plus
Channel [V]
Life Ok
Specalities-
Mellow-drama
Crime
Drama
Mythology
Popular TV Shows-
Dil Dostii Dance: D3
Madhubala: Ek Ishq, Ek Joonun
CID
Adaalat
Crime Petrol
Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev
Sadda Haq
AND WAAYYYY TOO MANY MORE!!!
6. Advertisements-
I felt like it was kind of important to talk about ads because they really eat up the airing time. India has too many ads and they are all so STUPID! I think India has the WORST ads ever -.- They really suck and they are one of the reasons I really hate watching TV.
In Japan, I've seen a lot of weird ads, but they are fun to watch. I haven't seen many, but whatever I saw, they sure are entertaining!
Korean ads are nice too. Rather pleasant to watch. People spend too much on TV ads! I've also noticed, ads in Korea are very celebrity based. Companies have famous Idols/Idol groups/ Actors to promote their products and in a way the ones filming the CF's have to be associated it the brand/company.
** This ad is like from the 80's or 90's**
7. Overall Thoughts on TV
I used to be a kid who used to love T.V. which caused me to get glasses in 5th grade.
Back then, not many people had glasses so early in life. I loved watching TV, I was only exposed to Indian TV and some Anime as we has Animax here, but I hardly saw it.
TV was amazing back then but now I really hate Indian television. It's so bad and they just show the most ridiculous sitcoms!!
But I have to say, when it comes to shows related to Indian Mythology, we do a really good job in making it an interesting way to learn about the history.
I am really into Korean and Japanese Dramas. At one point I didn't think I'd watch them, but here I am.....totally in love with them <3
I have to say though, K-Drama's have too much mellow-drama at times and are really unnecessarily stretched! It gets real boring, so I usually don't finish the drama or just skip to the end.
With J-Drama's, I really want to say, the sets are so DEPRESSING!! Not enough light people!! I don't really quit Japanese drama's. But yeah the story can get boring a times, not really consistent.
But despite all that there are many amazing things to watch on TV.
______________________________________________________________________________
That was a lot! Ah, my shoulders really hurt now -.- But that's okay!
Anyways, I hope anyone who didn't know about things like these about the three countries, have come to know some useful things about TV. And if you have any requests.... you can leave a comment!
Take care and see you asap!!
Love
-Sam
