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Xianxia C-drama Burning Flames with Allen Ren Releases First Preview Upsetting Female Lead Xing Fei’s Team with Her Few Second of Screentime

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2024
"Warrior in armor celebrating a birthday."

There are upcoming dramas I am looking forward to but this xianxia hotness on steroids called Burning Flames (Wu Geng Ji) is not one of them lol. The drama stars Allen Ren and Xing Fei and is already off to a potentially lead fandom in-fighting starts as the first trailer just released has upset her side by showing her onscreen … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Allen Ren, Burning Flames, Xing Fei

Married K-stars Lee Seung Gi and Lee Da In Welcome Their First Child a Baby Girl

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 5, 2024
Two smiling people in professional attire.

So it’s a rabbit tail baby for Lee Seung Gi and Lee Da In, how cute and fitting for a wee baby girl. The married couple announced today the arrival of their first child, a healthy little girl baby. The couple married last April 2023 and announced in November they were expecting a baby together. The baby’s birthday is February … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Baby, Lee Da In, Lee Seung Gi

Liu Xue Yi and Wu Jing Yan Strike Various Poses in Official Stills for Period C-drama Kill Me Love Me

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 5, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2024
Romantic scene in a bamboo forest setting.

I feel like The Blood of Youth was just a precursor to C-ent trying to make all three male actors happen, from Li Hong Yi to Liu Xue Yi to Ao Rui Peng and I just don’t feel like for any of them. But they are happening in 2024 as male leads and for Liu Xue Yi he is currently … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Kill Me Love Me, Liu Xue Yi, Wu Jing Yan

Bai Lu Pairs Up with Ao Rui Peng in Her Next Drama the Xianxia Story Moonlight Mystique

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2024
Romantic scene with two characters holding swords.

So I’m all about second male leads and supporting actors getting their change to level up to the lead limelight and I guess it’s time for Ao Rui Peng. The issue is I don’t understand his appeal (yet) so forgive me for thinking Bai Lu is downgrading with him as her male lead in her next drama the xianxia series … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ao Rui Peng, Bai Lu, Moonlight Mystique

C-netizens and K-netizens Get into War of Words Over Actress Zhang Jia Ning Wearing a Hanbok to Film a Tourism Video for Her Hometown in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2024
Woman in traditional attire smiling in snow.

So this is a big much do about nothing but does showcase how cultural tensions forever permeate the relationship between Chinese and Koreans. It’s almost lunar new year and stars along with ordinary folks are gearing up to or have already returned to their hometowns. C-actress Zhang Jia Ning was seen filming a tourism video this weekend that has K-netizens … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous | Tagged Zhang Jia Ning

Dilraba Dilmurat to Kick Off Filming of C-dramas Love on the Turquoise Land with Chen Zhe Yuan Followed By Love Beyond the Grave with Chen Fei Yu

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 4, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2024
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So the brief hiatus Dilraba Dilmurat took in 2022 is long over as she’s going full steam in 2024. Last year she filmed one C-drama Sword Rose and then did the super popular variety show Divas Hit the Road. This year she’s going to be filming two C-dramas back to back and will start shortly. She will first film Love … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Chen Zhe Yuan, Dating, Dilraba Dilmurat, Love Beyond the Grave, Love on the Turquoise Land

IU and Park Bo Gum’s New Drama When Life Gives You Tangerines Release Script Reading and Confirms Broadcast in 2024 on Netfix

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 3, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 4, 2024
Asian woman in a white outfit smiling.

I love the orangy colored backdrop for this announcement, feels so apropos and cheeky. Netflix announced that it will be airing the Jeju Island set K-drama When Life Gives You Tangerines (Korean title Thank You for Your Hard Work) this year in 2024. The drama stars IU and Park Bo Gum as the leads and will go through eras with … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged IU, Moon So Ri, Park Bo Gum, Park Hae Joon, Thank You for Your Hard Work, When Life Gives You Tangerines

C-drama The Spirealm Adapted from BL Novel Kaleidoscope of Death is Released in One Drop Only to Get Removed Less than 30 Minutes Later

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 3, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2024
Two people talking in cozy sweaters.

/l;p[-0OMG this is both so ballsy, funny, alarming, and goodness the biggest news of C-ent this weekend. A small budget C-drama titled The Spirealm (what an awful title) adapted from the BL novel Kaleidoscope of Death was unexpectedly and with no announcement released by iQiyi streaming in its entirety of 78-episodes each 20 minutes long on Friday February 2nd. It … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Huang Jun Jie, The Spirealm, Xia Zhi Guang

Production of C-drama Immortality Sends Re-cut Drama for Airing Permit and Believes This Time it Will Pass Because the Drama Has Female Leads for Love Lines

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 3, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 2, 2024
Two images of a young man in costumes.

So the word in C-ent is that the production of C-drama Immortality (Hao Yi Xin) adapted from the BL novel The Husky and His White Cat Shizun also known as Erha is attempting yet another try for airing approval. This is not a surprise the drama was a S-level production costing millions of dollars in production costs, is done with … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Fei Yu, Immortality, Luo Yun Xi

Prosecutors Ask for 1 Year Jail Sentence for Sexual Misconduct Charges Against Squid Game Grandpa Actor O Yeong Su

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 2, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 3, 2024
Elderly man in green tracksuit smiling.

I think it is just a timing coincidence that this news came out on the same week that Netflix has started promotions for Squid Game 2. Unexpected breakout star O Yeong Su, who played the excited gameplayer grandpa in the original Squid Game and took home the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in 2022, is facing a 1 … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged O Yeong Su, Squid Game

C-ent Believes Love Endures with Yang Zi and Fan Cheng Cheng Would Have Done Decent in Prior Years But Current Viewers are Becoming Pickier with Dramas

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 2, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 2, 2024
Group of six friends in school uniforms.

So it’s fascinating always to look deeper into why a project succeeds or fails. And for modern friendship and romance C-drama Love Endures airing on terrestrial Jiangsu TV and streaming platform Youku it’s not done as well as expected. Youku is marketing the heck out of it as best it can and there is viewership, so the issue is that … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Fan Cheng Cheng, Love Endures, Yang Zi

Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won Lead Talented Cast of Upcoming K-drama The Queen of Tears in Script Reading

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 2, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 2, 2024
Cast members at a script reading event.

So this drama is already done filming so these script reading stills are from likely a whole year ago. But its release means its closer to airing and indeed the K-drama The Queen of Tears is coming next month in March 2024. Starring Kim Soo Hyun and Kim Ji Won, I love them already but was even more pleased to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Kim Ji Won, Kim Soo Hyun, The Queen of Tears

CP4 Drama Sword and Fairy 4 Opens with 4.2 on Douban While CP6 Drama Sword and Fairy Gets 5.1 as Both Dramas Limp to Conclusion

A Koala's Playground Posted on February 1, 2024 by ockoalaFebruary 2, 2024
Two characters by a serene pond.

I feel like the expected success of xianxia C-drama Love Between Devil and Fairy in 2022 made everyone think that xianxia dramas were more than just niche offerings with the occasional success. Otherwise how to explain the expectations for recent xianxia offerings like The Last Immortal and now both Chinese Paladin game adaptations Sword and Fairy 4 based on CP4 … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Zhe Yuan, Chinese Paladin, Ju Jing Yi, Sword and Fairy, Sword and Fairy 4, Xu Kai, Yu Shi Xin

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