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I do agree about the fact that Matsuda would probably be the best choice for Snape, but Kimura is just a fancy of mine.
Concerning Abe, he is one of those actors that has a natural authority.

really entertaining article, thnaks a lot! i think i won't be able to sleep before i have made my own cast...
I find some of your choices surprising, but it made me laugh (I like Oguri's beard!!!). and i don't know well some of these actors... I like your choices for Sirius and Tonks and Peeves (I totally agree with your statement abour Ninomiya).
I would have chosen Kimura for Snape (I would like to see him in a role where he is not the good male lead, and Snape is my favorite character!). and maybe Abe Hiroshi for Dumbledore...

it is, indeed!

Mizushima is back !!! what an unexpected excellent news!
Even if i'm not a fan of Kuroshitsuji, I think i will see that movie, only to have the privilege to drool (don't know if it's the right word,sorry) in front of my screen... i'm pretty sure he will be gorgeous in this role!

Happy new year, thanks for the recs! i've had a few of them on my PTW list, especially Yuuki that so many people are recommending lately. though i'm not in the mood for sad things now...
Aftershock sounds great, but so hard. i'm not sure i could be able to watch it.
and you are right, it's good to think a little bit more of our pets. I sometimes feel guilty for not playing more often with my cat. it gives me a lot of strengh and makes me laugh so much that i feel ashamed of not beeing able to take good care of it.

Akemashite omedetou Gozaimasu !!! Happy new year!!

i'm a little bit late, but : HAPPY NEW YEAR. hope you still have a lot of fun watching dramas!!!

Very interesting article, thanks a lot. I like your idea to observe our drama world and addiction from a cultural and social point of view. As many MDLers previously said, it shows that watching drama is not only a passive activity, but leads every one of us to reflect on the world (well, at least that part of the world). It's a good way to make anyone understand other people by understanding their culture and wanting to know more about it.
Not sure to be clear, maybe a little too much on the optimisic mode in believing that everybody has this kind of concerns(but it's the beginning of a new year after all).
I hope we can read more articles with that kind of topic.
and by the way, Happy new year to all MDL fellows!

Thanks a lot!
Happy New Year and best wishes as well. I hope you will have a lot of fun watching dramas and spending time on MDL (and on everyday life as well!)

Thanks a lot and Happy New Year !! Best wishes for 2013 and a lot of fun and good dramas!
Sorry for being late (spent too much time eating the past three days...)

I'll add JSA and Love Letter on my PTW list. Thanks for the recommendations!

Funny and useful article, thanks!
All is left is to become a drama heroine...

Merry Chistmas to all MDLers, I hope everyone is spending/ will spend a very joyfull day with those they love. Hope Santa Claus will brought us many more good dramas!!

o tanjoubi omedeto, Aiba-san !

that's right (i was just checking right now). all is left are some fanvids with some extracts. i think we can find other stuffs on some chinese or japanese websites...

I was expecting not anybody else but you for this article! Good job!
I had a very complex appreciation of MatsuJun. My first drama was HYD, and, sorry to say, I absolutly dislike him in this drama (though I have seen the whole serie). I was fed up with him shouting all along the drama. I disliked him to the point I avoided every drama with him for more than a year. Untill I tried Gokusen (mostly because of good reviews and ratings). This drama changed entirely my point of view. i saw him shining and able to act. He is now, not one of my favorites, but an actor I like to see in a drama (as well as other Arashi members), like in Lucky seven. Kimi wa petto and Smile are on my PTW list (damn, so many good actors to stalk...)
Concerning the PV's, it's a shame. try some extract of concerts (+ you can see him dance...). imo in variety shows he is gaining in confidence, and is always so cute!!!

Very funny article! thanks a lot.
According to these criteria, IRL almost 99,99% of the men would never gain the girl ! maybe that's why dramaland is such a wonderful place...
I'm looking forward to the "guy" version.

Birthday: December 18, 0000
Age: 2012

lol. Btw, happy birthday!

thanks for the friend's request, and welcome on MDL! Nice to see other people who enjoyed Tumbling, one of my favorite drama as well. hope you'll enjoy watching drama as much as I do (with or without Nino)...

Kamenashi is the first japanese actor I "met" when watching Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (also my first J-drama). The first I remembered the name too. And don't worry, I thought the same about his eyebrows!! (in fact I thought that he looks closer to a girl than me who is a girl!!!). I've only seen him in YNSH and Nobuta wo Produce, where I really enjoyed seeing him team up with Yamashita and Horikita. Since long I am tempted to see Tatta Hitotsu no koi, but i always delay it. Maybe I will try it now. and maybe Kami no Shizuku ( Japanese male in suits are always so attractive!!) and Yokai Ningen Bem too.
I don't really know him as a singer, but I was a total addict of his song with Yamashita, "Seishun Amigo".
Thanks for the article and I like your style!