Category Archives: TW & C dramas

Tencent Confirms Broadcast of Lost You Forever Part 1 on July 24th as Yang Zi Brings Her Liuliang Power and a Beloved Novel to the C-drama Summer Ratings Showdown

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I’m still a bit bloated from watching too many C-dramas recently, even with the ones I dropped it’s still A LOT of dramas to be binging thanks to the glut of releases in the past month. Since mid-June 2023 it’s been nonstop releases from all the major streaming platforms and Tencent has the recent successful The Longest Promise and will … Continue reading →

Filming Starts for Period C-drama Guardians of the Dafeng with Dylan Wang and Tian Xi Wei

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A new C-drama commenced production today and goodness everyone’s going to be so hot in period garb in the dead heat of summer lol. The drama is called Guardians of the Dafeng and will star Dylan Wang and Tian Xi Wei in what is called the pairing of the same year 2017 debuted younger liuliang stars. Dylan had a major … Continue reading →

Two Youth Romance Novels From Writer Zhu Yi Adapted to C-dramas in Summer 2023 Has When I Fly Towards You the Unexpected Better Reviewed Surprise Hit Over Hidden Love

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So the first time I heard of When I Fly Towards You were from viewers commenting here about how it’s so much better than Hidden Love and the two are being compared because (1) it’s from the same writer Zhu Yi, and (2) both C-dramas aired at the same time this June 2023. Hidden Love was the “bigger” drama because … Continue reading →

Youku Announces Premiere of Xianxia C-drama The Princess and the Werewolf with Chen Zhe Yuan and Wu Xuan Yi for July 20th

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Oh my lord what fresh hell is this? I wrote about how C-ent was discussing the xianxia romance C-drama Go Princess Go 2 (also known as The Princess and the Werewolf) was also going to be part of the airing drop this summer of 2023. Well that rumor is true and Youku will premiere the drama going by the English … Continue reading →

The Longest Promise with Xiao Zhan and Ren Min Concludes with an Ending Sure to be Polarizing

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I feel like xianxia dramas almost always have the exact same ending, and I don’t mean sad or happy ending but that the sad endings are the exact same set up and same goes for happy endings. It’s like there is only one playbook for either extreme. The Longest Promise ended today with its quick 40-episode run over two weeks … Continue reading →

Cheng Yi Joins the Summer 2023 C-drama Party with Mysterious Lotus Casebook Rumored to Drop this Week on July 18th on iQiyi

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C-actor Cheng Yi had one of the big summer 2022 C-drama hits with Immortal Samsara with Yang Zi so it’s only fitting he’s likely going to join this summer’s airing block party as well. Rumors are that iQiyi will premiere period drama Mysterious Lotus Casebook with three male leads Cheng Yi along with Zeng Shun Xi, and Xiao Shun Yao. … Continue reading →

Tencent Inexplicably Rushes The Long Promise Airing as the Drama Wraps its Run on July 17th with 40-episodes

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Among the high profile summer period C-dramas so far I find The Longest Promise the best produced of the bunch, after the early low budget CGI it’s settled in nicely and my (and some other viewers) problems with female lead Ren Min isn’t a dealbreaker for the drama as a whole which has gotten better reviews as its progressed along. … Continue reading →

Hunan TV’s Big Summer C-drama Fireworks of My Heart with Yang Yang and Wang Chu Ran Starts High But Trending Lower with Supporting Male Lead Wei Da Xun Surprisingly Getting More Buzz

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I guess it’s like all fireworks, start out booming and brilliant and petering out. Hunan TV C-drama Fireworks of My Heart (My Fireworks on Earth) with Yang Yang and Wang Chu Ran got plenty of promotion before it aired over a week ago unlike the airdropped other C-dramas like The Longest Promise and Legend of Anle and has the double … Continue reading →

Xiao Zhan Fans Accuse Popular Online Entertainment Platform Maoyan of Purposely Supressing The Longest Promise Leading to Legend of Anle Ranking 1st in the Week’s Hottest Buzz List

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I was just getting my popcorn ready and here it is, mere days after Legend of Anle premiered to join the current batch of big name led C-dramas comes the fan conflict. Maoyan Entertainment has Legend of Anle ranked number 1 in popularity on Thursday followed by The Longest Promise in second. Xiao Zhan fans immediately firebombed the website with … Continue reading →

First Four Episodes of Legend of Anle with Dilraba Dilmurat and Gong Jun Garners Polarizing Reviews But is Strangely Watchable Similar to Word of Honor

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Some dramas are just enjoyable regardless of all its myriad of flaws and so far through the first 4 episodes of Legend of Anle it’s just that for me. I found myself watching each episode without FF which the last C-drama that happened for me was Love Like the Galaxy. Even with Till the End of the Moon I would … Continue reading →

Youku Premieres Revenge and Romance Period C-drama Legend of Anle with Dilraba Dilmurat and Gong Jun Today July 12th

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The summer 2023 C-drama block party continues on unabated with rumored big arrival Legend of Anle joining the fun today July 12th. Youku premiered the drama as expected with just a few new posters and stills and legit no promos until the day of. The drama stars Dilraba Dilmurat and Gong Jun as star crossed lovers with a kingdom at … Continue reading →

Youku May Release Go Princess Go 2 with Chen Zhe Yuan and Wu Xuan Yi for End of July 2023 Summer slot

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The unexpected success of the super low budget Go Princess Go C-drama leaves the title quite recognizable so have a drama call itself Go Princess Go 2 in English is a smart movie. The xianxia and romance C-drama is adapted from the second novel in the Go Princess Go series by the same writer but the drama Chinese title has … Continue reading →

Chen Zhe Yuan and Ju Jing Yi’s Xianxia C-drama Chinese Paladin 4 Filmed in 2022 May Air Towards End of 2023

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There was a lot of buzz earlier this year when news that Esther Yu and Xu Kai were cast in the high profile Chinese Paladin drama adaptation called Sword and Fairy from the best selling Chinese Paladin 6 video game. But before CP6 went into filming last year in 2022 there already filmed a C-drama adaptation of Chinese Paladin 4 … Continue reading →