Summer Anime 2013 Preview

A new season. A new breathe of awesomeness just waiting to be unveiled!

Weekly News Update: June 9, 2013 to June 15, 2013

DRAMA NEWS

jTBC is lining up a new drama titled Her Legend, whose description is still rather vague. It’ll be about two women whose fates have switched and a man who has everything embark on a pursuit of sincerity. Kim Jung-hoon (I Need Romance) will headline as a chaebol prince who has everything. While Choi Jung-won (Brain) will be the main female character as a woman who came from nothing who nevertheless has a bright and plucky personality despite her difficult circumstances. The drama will follow her success story in the luxury handbag world, where she makes a name for herself on nothing more than her talent. The drama is directed by PD Lee Seung-ryul (You Who Rolled In Unexpectedly). Her Legend follows Heartless City and premieres in July.

So Yi-hyun (Alice in Cheongdam-dong) and Taecyeon (Dream High) are cast in tvN ghost melo,  Who Are You. The heroine who sees dead people while the hero ONLY believes in things he can see and feel. They’re both detectives and the plot involves items in the lost and found department that tell stories about their owners. Who Are You follows Dating Agency Cyrano on Mondays and Tuesdays and premieres in late July.

MOVIE NEWS

Joining Song Joong Ki in Sea Fog is Kim Yoon-seok (Thieves, Wandeuki). He’ll play the captain of the commercially failing boat who decides to do the dangerous thing when he faces ruin, and puts his whole crew in jeopardy by choosing to become a smuggling vessel. The story will also tell the various tales of his crew members’ lives, and will explore both the despair and the hope of life at sea. Sea Fog starts shooting in September.

Weekly News Update: June 2, 2013 to June 8, 2013

CELEBRITY NEWS

Kim Jae Won (Scandal) announced that he’ll be marrying his girlfriend who’s currently three months pregnant on June 28th.

I Hear Your Voice

Could We Love? was shelved for this drama, which is a big let-down on my part. This drama is still rather intriguing but not the type I would need to watch immediately. I just felt like covering it just because I like the cast. 

Weekly News Update: May 26, 2013 to June 1, 2013

DRAMA NEWS

• We’ve  got two cast additions to the upcoming KBS drama Sword and Flower. 

Shark First Impressions

I was looking forward to this because at the helm were writer/director duo Kim Ji-woo and Park Chan-hong (Resurrection and The Devil). Since revenge and dark pieces are their strengths, I couldn’t wait for this to arrive. 2013 has been a terrible year for dramas with the exception of Nine. I’m hoping with the introduction of this drama, things will begin to look up.

Theory on Nine: Nine Times the Travel Ending

It’s been awhile since I had an ending that left me pondering on what actually happened. I wanted to write this post as a service to what a great drama Nine has been. It definitely locked itself as one of the top dramas for 2013. Seriously, this is the only drama that satisfied me from beginning till end this year (so far). Anyway, back to the main point, the ending was definitely very open to interpretation.

Heartless City

I had no plans of watching this at first even though I’m a Jung Kyung Ho and this is drama comeback after returning from the army. But his sizzling hot chemistry with Nam Gyu Ri is making me consider otherwise. I’ll wait for reviews before I decide to dive into this. 

Shark

This really excites me. Aside from a great duo at the helm, I really like the actors. This would be a great comparison with recently ended Incarnation of Money. 

Weekly News Update: May 19, 2013 to May 25, 2013

CELEBRITY NEWS

Bae Soo Bin (49 Days) has announced he’s getting married in the fall to a graduate student who’s 8 years younger than he is.