Synopsis Fail: Prosecutor Princess

The interesting thing to note is that if you go by both synopses I've found for 2010 Korean drama Prosecutor Princess, while they are not essentially inaccurate, they paint a bit of a different picture. One synopsis will have you believe that the drama is solely about the struggle of a shallow rich girl to become a powerhouse prosecutor while the other synopsis will have you believe the drama is solely a revenge flick with some romantic comedy thrown in for good measure. It's not.

This drama is slightly more accurate if you combine both synopses together, but then again, it really doesn't say everything. Check out the biggest fails of Prosecutor Princess's synopses here: asianaddictsanonymous.com/2015/08/05/asian-drama-synopsis-fail-prosecutor-princess/.

What Came First? That Winter, The Wind Blows Edition

Before the Korean drama That Winter, The Wind Blows there was a Korean movie starring Moon Geun Young (she played the same role as Song Hye Kyo) called Love Me Not. I knew about that as I had watched part of the movie. I still need to finish it. But did you know both Korean projects are actually remakes of 2002 Japanese drama Ai Nanta Irane Yo, Natsu?

You can learn more about each of these dramas and film and their little differences here: asianaddictsanonymous.com/2015/08/05/what-came-first-that-winter-the-wind-blows-edition/

Asian Addicts Anonymous 5 Year Anniversary Giveaway August Edition

Tis the month of music! May I gave away anime which was my first foray into Asian entertainment. June I gave away manga or manga-related materials for the next step of my addiction. July saw me giving away Asian food related items in my continuing journey of how I fell in love with Asian things. August sees music. I really got into Asian music before I got into Asian dramas.

So, I figured the best thing to giveaway were mixed playlists of some of my most favorite songs. See below for the full list and check back each week for the updated links.

• Week 1: Japanese music edition
• Week 2: Korean music edition
• Week 3: Chinese/Taiwanese music edition
• Week 4: Thai music edition

I had wanted to do a Grand Prize giveaway, but it's actually hard to find gift certificates for some of the major sites selling Asian music. That's sad.

Asian Drama Streaming Updates - August 4, 2015 Edition

The past few weeks saw anime explosions on Hulu and Crunchyroll, but that seems to have calmed down. Instead we get a few new dramas and movies. Not a lot to write home about, but some new ones.

DramaFever has added two new kdrama simulcasts, plus is starting to add some TV dramas! Hulu has one new DramaFever title; Netflix has no new Asian dramas, but has taken down all of the Taiwanese dramas it was originally streaming. Oh, KBSWORLD TV (YouTube channel) is streaming the fourth season of A Song for You where you can get up close and personal (so to speak) with your favorite kpop stars.

For the full list of new additions, see the guide here: asianaddictsanonymous.com/2015/08/04/asian-drama-streaming-updates-august-4-2015/

What Came First?: Itzura na Kiss Edition

With the popularity of Korean dramas, many people find a certain drama and think that it is the original and anything that may come after is a remake. Or maybe they don't know the year something aired and mistake anything else they see as a copy even when it isn't.

Thailand is doing their own adaptation of the manga Itzura na Kiss called Kiss Me. It may be airing sometime this fall, but I am not sure officially dates have been announced yet, although there is a trailer available.

Itzura na Kiss is a manga from the mid to late 90s that followed Kotoko as she struggled to bring her love for ikemen Irie to actualization. This manga was never finished following the unexpected death of the mangaka. This series gained popularity that a drama adaptation followed only like 2 years after its debut and it is still popular enough that it continues to see live action adaptations.

Take a journey on the many incarnation of this manga here: asianaddictsanonymous.com/2015/07/29/what-came-first-itzura-na-kissplayful-kiss-edition/.

Asian Drama Streaming Updates - July 28, 2015 Edition

For the final week of July, we have more new anime editions than anything else. Crunchyroll has only added 1 new anime to the line-up, but Hulu has added like another half dozen. DramaFever has a new movie and two new Korean dramas, plus Netflix has added some more martial arts flicks. Check out the full list here: http://asianaddictsanonymous.com/2015/07/28/asian-drama-streaming-updates-july-28-2015/.

Oh, and for you people who love to stream Asian dramas and movies and who have a Roku, Viki announced at the beginning of this month that their Roku app is at long last available! Hurrah for that.

A Few Steps to Prevent Content Theft

Thanks to the content thief ZKPOP.com that was going around stealing drama bloggers recaps (to make a profit for themselves with ads), I thought it was a good idea to go through a few steps that bloggers can put into place. Some processes aren't necessarily available if you are not self-hosting your own site or blog, though.

• Add copyright text to your blog (people can and do ignore this, but it is a step in the right direction.
• Add Creative Commons to your blog if you want (again, people don't always use this correctly either or choose to ignore it)
• Watermark images (people still steal images that have been watermarked, but they are less likely to do so)
• Never show full text in RSS feeds or on the main page of your blog

For more information, see the full article here: asianaddictsanonymous.com/2015/07/28/content-theft-prevention-101/

With the way the internet is, it just does not make sense for people to simply copy in paste what someone else has worked so hard on.