Itazura na Kiss comes to Korea

[-ochre.livejournal.com]

Group Eight, the producers who butchered adapted Hana Yori Dango into the hot mess that was Boys Before Flowers, is adapting another popular Japanese manga for Korean television: Itazura na Kiss, or Playful Kiss, which was turned into an anime series as well as the Taiwanese drama It Started With a Kiss.

Normally, I’d be all for a kdrama adaptation of what sounds like a cute romantic trendy drama, but Group Eight has pretty much lost its credibility with me after Boys Before Flowers. Not that I didn’t enjoy watching it, but it was nowhere near what it could, and should, have been. Group Eight is often mentioned as producing Goong, but that’s not strictly true (there was that production company split with Group Eight and Eight Peaks). The titles that Group Eight can claim as exclusively theirs are Fantasy Couple (okay) and Goong S (highly disappointing). On the other hand, they’re also doing Tamna the Island, which looks promising.

According to Group Eight president Song Byung-joon, the adaptation of Itazua na Kiss is next on their slate after Tamna, and they are currently in the planning stages. The licensing has been finalized and they are currently in the process of finding a scriptwriter. They are aiming to broadcast the series (I’ll use the Korean title, 장난스런 키스 or Playful Kiss) next summer.

Song did add that because the original manga never had an official ending (the writer passed away before finishing the series), the Korean version of Playful Kiss may choose to make its own, “entirely different, Korean-style ending.” Just as long as nobody dies of sudden cancer harboring a hidden birth secret, we hope.

Source: joy news
Via: dramabeans

omg I just had to post this okay. WHO IS EXCITED. I AM. I am IN LOVE with the TW adaptation! I freaking love Ariel Lin x Joe Cheng.

Comments

[streetrat.livejournal.com]

o m g they need to let this die
the taiwanese drama was fucking terrible, the japanese one was okay and actually kind of funny though...

props to korea if they do it right, though

[fraash.livejournal.com]

there was a japanese one O:
link me up prz.

[kishikiari.livejournal.com]

OMG OMG OMG I'M SO EXCITED RIGHT NOW!
THANKS BB!
I LOVEEEEEEEEE itazura na kiss!!!

[crinkledpaper.livejournal.com]

ISWAK was my first drama ever, they better not screw this up (ala BOF).

[kishikiari.livejournal.com]

same here! first drama!! ahahha

[vid-sm.livejournal.com]

oooh i'm also excited ^--^
i loved this tw drama even if it was soooo stupid sometimes ^_^'

[painheart.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD.
How come nobody told me it was turned into a Taiwanese drama? wtf.
I loved that anime soooo much, and I've only watched like 4 animes fully. :|

[aprettyeternity.livejournal.com]

DDDDDD8
Noooo.

[very86.livejournal.com]

"omg I just had to post this okay. WHO IS EXCITED. I AM. I am IN LOVE with the TW adaptation! I freaking love Ariel Lin x Joe Cheng."

me toooooooooo *___*

but i'm little scare now xD i've loved so much the TW adaptation ;__;

[sweetxseoul.livejournal.com]

Agreed! I don't know if I can enjoy it since I loved ISWAK so much.

[myiuchan.livejournal.com]

OMG, I totally loved the Japanese one! <3

[loveflair.livejournal.com]

omg i'm so fucking excited. ISWAK (the first part, anyway) is like my all time favorite TW drama ♥

and i didn't think that bof was that bad. it did kind of fall apart after 12 episodes, but it was still pretty enjoyable :|

[onerainysunday.livejournal.com]

the taiwanese version was hands down the WORST drama i have ever seen in my life. ALL of the characters were despicable creatures, especially the female lead and the male lead's mother. DNW.

[lenra.livejournal.com]

i don't agree but lololol XD

[paperlet.livejournal.com]

i really liked bof. the fact that it was over the top/cheesy made it so much fun :/

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

me too. I watched that crap religiously. It was funny, stupidly annoying, and I saw 4 cute boys. How often to you get that in dramas.

[yellowbandaid.livejournal.com]

HOMGGGGGGGGGGGGG
KASDPOIQWK)_RI_(J CSPMIKASJDHAPLSJDKFPOJKLAKD
KOREAN IT STARTED WITH A KISS ♥♥♥
i'm so excited ;__;

i love ariel x joe ♥
i wonder who's in the cast :D

[marslover13.livejournal.com]

It Started With a Kiss is one of my all time favorite TW dramas,and They Kiss Again is..in my top 10 (it wasn't that bad, ok) so no way will the Korean version ever top it.

It all really depends on who gets the leading roles.
IMO they have some pretty huge shoes to fill if they're coming in behind Ariel and Joe, who were my first real people OTP.


sigh. Idk if I should be excited or slightly terrified that they're going to mess it all up.

[jaybomb.livejournal.com]

I only watched ISWAK for Jiro lol

I didn't think BOF was that bad. Certain parts made me :| but I enjoyed it. And I actually finished it. I couldn't finish the Japanese drama because of my dislike for MatsuJun.

[orangeinsanity.livejournal.com]

Jiro<3 He's smokin' in ToGetHer.

[orangeinsanity.livejournal.com]

Awesome, I'm not really sure how this will work though, I've never pictured it as a Korean drama.

Also, I'm sure most of you have checked out the TW version, but the Japanese version is good too! Out dated but still good.

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN NEVER REPLACE ARJOE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND ISWAK AND TKA. THEY ARE CLASSICS YOU HEAR ME! CLASSIC!!!!!!!!!!!!

[rockthecliche.livejournal.com]

NO.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

OMG WHAT?
SHOULD I BE YAY OR HELLNO?

it started with a kiss is my favourite drama ever...
if it ends up all half-assed like BOF, i think i'll cry.

[chibi-rei.livejournal.com]

I tried watching the Taiwanese ver, but I thought it was boring so I only saw 1 ep. Hopefully this is better.

[xxsmiiles.livejournal.com]

Never watched any of the other two version but I'll probably end up watching this one XD

[iluvkidnappers.livejournal.com]

OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
MANGA FAN ROLLCALL

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

I heart you icon. My favorite reel couple ever

[aerialstar.livejournal.com]

The only reason the Taiwanese version was bearable was because of the casting. If it had been anyone other than Ariel Lin I'd probably wouldn't have even made it to the end of the drama.

The character is annoying on it's own but imagine if an actress like GHS was playing her. :/

Group Eight will give us another heroine along the lines of Geum Jandi I'm sure, so this will probably suck worse than BOF.

[iheartomntd.livejournal.com]

guem jandi annoyed the hell out of me. She ruined Makino me. They made her too damn passive and a total push over.

[baeby-bloo-skys.livejournal.com]

Ariel and Joe omg. I watched ISWAK and TKA then I went and watched Love or Bread just because they were in it -_-
I had no idea ISWAK was the TW adaptation of Itazura na Kiss?

[olive-101.livejournal.com]

I actually want a remake of "Hana Kimi" more.

I finished ISWAK but couldn't finish the 2nd season. I wonder who they're going to choose to play the roles....

[polyurethane.livejournal.com]

A Korean Hana Kimi would be awesome.

[lenra.livejournal.com]

AWESOME, this news made my day seriously :D