someone please explain to me how on earth ML was able to come back at the end?!??!
Frequently in the drama, he said that he couldn't be killed because he's immortal, This is because the original novel says that he's "immortal" (more than the other immortals) and that his soul can't be destroyed or disintegrated. That's why he couldn't be killed and only held in the Haotian Tower. And also why his spirit didn't need to be extracted (like with orchid and chidi) and only took him 500 years to come back.
Dylan Wang just won Outstanding Actor of the Year in 2022 Weibo TV, Internet and Video Summit, and also Chen Fei Yu (and both were the leads in Ever Night 1 and 2!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2C7yONKgho
What? Every time I watch a drama from when he was in his 30s I'm struck again by how insanely hot he was. His…
I fully agree with you. Very irrational. Everybody has different tastes. That’s why one should never “state” those kind of affirmations about beauty like you did: “I think that you confuse his on screen charisma and photogenic presence with objective beauty/He is not objectively handsome/The very good actors don't have to be very handsome or perfect in their appearance/The best actors and actresses are not those who have a model like appearance.” Beauty is subjective and those kind of statements bother me. That’s why I gave examples about people who don’t agree with your factual statements. In my opinion I think that in the future you should clarify and say that's "your opinion", like I did, to avoid misunderstandings. And answering your question, no, I didn’t waste “that much time” in answering you. My family and I are cinephiles and we collect movies, series and online info about our favorite artists (though most are from the US) since many years ago, because experience has taught us that things tend to disappear as years goes by.
26 BILLION? There is only 8 billion people on the planet 🤣
26 billion is 260 million views, There are many topics with as many views (recently a map showing Beijing-Taipei high-speed railway got 16 billlion/160 million views in a few hours). I read the information I wrote in 2 or 3 sites, this is one of them if you want to check it out: https://k.sina.com.cn/article_6013963217_16675cbd1019011vfx.html?from=ent&subch=oent
What? Every time I watch a drama from when he was in his 30s I'm struck again by how insanely hot he was. His…
I think you missed my whole section #1 (the rest was just to show he's just not only a pretty face). But if you insist about him not being beautiful, then I'll talk some more (I also added another list in my comment, #19 2018 Most beautiful Asian Face international online poll).
Here specifically saying inside the articles how beautiful he was:
2020 An Australian university research on Japanese "beautiful boys" through history, with Kimutaku as "The most successful and long-lived of all "beautiful (idol) boys" https://jmpc-utokyo.com/keyword/bishonen/
26 BILLION? There is only 8 billion people on the planet 🤣
Those are "views". There are artists in the US who have billion views in YT and the US only has 331 million people. China has 1,107 billion more than the US (1,439 billion people, 18.3% of the world population). For example, Justin Bieber has 27.1 billion and Bad Bunny has 26.6 billion in YT. South Korean BTS is in first place with 27.4 billion views in YT.
This is a reply to a member below, who doesn't find Kimutaku's face or figure "objectively hot". Since in my opinion he's the sexiest Japanese actor ever, I'm taking the chance to talk a lot about him and his accomplishments 😍
Kimutaku is regarded as a Japanese "icon" for his looks, acting, musical career, and being the longest “idol” in Japan (16 years in a row since he was 19). Due to his fame he’s been been ambassador for a lot of brands, now including McDonalds and Nissan.
1. Let’s talk about his sexiness and handsomeness.
In 1994, men in Japan started copying his fashion and style and what he wore became instant hits. The phenomenon was collectively called the "Kimutaku syndrome". Then in 1996 after the drama Long Vacation became such a massive success that created a social phenomenon called the "Lon-bake phenomenon" where "all women disappear from the city on Mondays" (to watch the drama), he became the hottest and sexiest Japanese in the country and abroad, for a long, long time. In 2012 Oricon Style asked 500 Japanese “men” from 16 to 48 years old, who they thought was “The most handsome Japanese men”, and Kimutaku ranked #3.
And still today in lists with guys who are half his age: #3 “Most Handome and Talented” (BrandedGirl April 2022) – #1 “The most beautiful Japanese in the world” (Coppershop March 2020) – #8 “The hottest Japanese men” (Reelrundown 2022) – #13 “The most handsome Japanese actors” (BestofLists March 2021) – #10 “10 Japanese actors you should be swooning over right now” (the ultimate ikemen, Philstarlife).
2. Let’s talk about his acting.
He’s a living legend, not just because since 1994 until last year 2021 he has won 46 awards out of 50 nominations, but because no one else in Japan has ever achieved his rating success. In 1996 he was named "The King of Ratings" as his tv series got the highest viewership and each one of them became a “social phenomenon” when they were airing. To date, he has been the lead in 8 of the top 10 most viewed series in Japanese history (the first top 7 and the 10th place). Some other of his dramas have ranked top in their broadcast years. And he also starred in blockbusters films (Love and Honor, Hero). There's a very good article “The phenomenon That Is Kimura Takuya” that explains how he became such a big star and acting household name in Japan.
3. Let’s talk about his musical career.
Kimutaku was one of the lead singers of SMAP, which took the Japanese music by storm and became one of the most successful boy bands in Asia. It dominated the Japanese pop culture since it was founded (1991) and won many awards including the year they disbanded (2016).
The band is often referred to as "national treasure".: It released 55 singles, all of them went to "top 10" in the charts and 22 of them were "consecutive #1 singles". 24 of their 27 albums were “top 10 albums" and 14 of these were “#1 albums”. "The One and Only Flower in the World" (2003) is the #1 bestselling single in the 21st century and the third bestselling single in Japanese history. It has become the most recognized song in Japan as it appears in school books and children are taught to learn the song. Four other bestselling singles have also become the most popular there. The band has sold 38 million records in Japan alone so far. It also held live concerts every year (except 2004).
In 1996, SMAP launched their weekly variety show which became one of the most famous tv shows in Japan. It ranked No. 1 in the annual household ratings in 1996, 1997, 1999-2002, 2006, and 2016 making it the most watched tv show in Japan. One episode aired in January 2002 is ranked 7 for the most watched in Japanese history. The show is also the 8th longest-running in Japan (20 years in a row).
He's such a hot, sexy, talented and family-man guy ❤️💕❤️
Actually, this was based on a novel, which shows they get married and have kids. The reason the drama doesn't…
It's not a filler but the connecting plot for both the reason why Jie Li's father frees Rong Hao and the character background of Jie Li, who is the girl in the third love story.
It goes without saying that 30,000+ ratings (which popular dramas have) are more trustworthy than 1000 ratings.…
I truly believe that people should do a little research before commenting. First, this website is only for Asian dramas. Second, this is a poll, not an "editorial" article or a recommendation list, and in this community we respect the votes of our members. Third, you don't know the composition of MDL members to state that the results of this poll, or the ratings in MDL are slanted because MDL got a lot of members in the past 2 years. In the top MDL, there are plenty of dramas older than 7 years (1 Litre no Namida, Healer, Reply 1988, Nirvana in Fire, Signal, Goblin, etc). And everyone has different tastes; what you consider a 'classic', for others may be just a good drama. Finally, The Untamed obtained a total of 43 awards and 32 nominations. Moreover, (i) it has a rating of 7.7 in Douban (the Chinese film and tv rating website), which is considered high and which was given by 1.7 million people (also a big number in Douban); (ii) a rating of 8.8 in imdb, the largest film and tv rating website in the US; (iii) the highest rating in Viki website (9.8) given by 64 thousand international users; and (iv), a 9 rating by 37 thousand MDL members (from 13 to 65+ years old). None of this has anything to do with "strongholds".
Just read that on Weibo there were 1800 hot search topics related to this drama with 26 billion views, the topic with the drama's title #蓝兰诀# alone had 16 million discussions and 17 billion views. It also ranked 1 in viewership (24%) and in the drama lists of Baidu, Guduo, Maoyan, Vlinkage, Detawen, Yien, and Dengta. In TikTok was also top 1 in dramas, the main topics viewed 10 billion plus 800 hot searches. As for Dylan, he had a cumulative exposure on Weibo of more than 20 billion, a V index of 96.5 points for entertainment, 14 billion views on related topics, and 3.98 million discussions. New terms have been born (and used also by international viewers) like 'Jue people' suffering from 'Jue syndrome', the 'Jueren', and 'Jue Digging Machine' talking about little details (the statue opening her eyes, the moons in FL hair, etc).
I’m considering a theory about the pattern of abrupt endings. If we actually witness the “end” of their…
Actually, this was based on a novel, which shows they get married and have kids. The reason the drama doesn't show this, is because, as many articles by critics have pointed out, one of the factors that made this drama such a success in china and abroad, is "no fillers", "no redundancy", but a compact story focused on character development and various kinds of love (a hero who didn't sacrifice the heroine as in other xanxias for the good of everybody, personal love, friends love). By the final episode we already know that when he comes back he'll continue to be the moon supreme, and we have already foreshadowed their marriage life when he dreamed about it. The foreshadowing, which was key to the drama success, continued until the end: Orchid nurtured his return under the crown she made for their wedding, implying they'll marry. Extra info: The novel says he's more immortal/stronger than the others and his soul cannot be destroyed, that's why he didn't die and only be held in Haotian Tower, why his spirit didn't need to be extracted as it was with orchid or shidi, and why it only took 500 years for him to come back.
She never became the Moon Queen because she never married the ML. She died as the goddess and was reborn as the…
Yes, they were acknowledging her as moon queen due to her showing her love and strength, all assuming they'd get married as the ML announced to everybody, but they still needed to get married to be official.
yeahh i feel the same. It kinda fell short for me after FL's sacrifice. I was expecting some really heart-wrenching…
Both the producer and scriptwriter strictly followed the character development (and were praised by many critics for this). Besides the fact that it would have been against the original novel, this drama is a "no splitting blood every few episodes-no weak hero-no bland hero" which it has been pointed out all over the web as the main key success factor of this drama.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2C7yONKgho
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2C7yONKgho
Beauty is subjective and those kind of statements bother me. That’s why I gave examples about people who don’t agree with your factual statements. In my opinion I think that in the future you should clarify and say that's "your opinion", like I did, to avoid misunderstandings.
And answering your question, no, I didn’t waste “that much time” in answering you. My family and I are cinephiles and we collect movies, series and online info about our favorite artists (though most are from the US) since many years ago, because experience has taught us that things tend to disappear as years goes by.
https://k.sina.com.cn/article_6013963217_16675cbd1019011vfx.html?from=ent&subch=oent
Here specifically saying inside the articles how beautiful he was:
For 15 years in a row: Guess Who's Japan's #1 Ladies's Man... Again (2008 issue of An An, Japan women magazine)
https://ohnotheydidnt.livejournal.com/28277257.html?cut_expand=1&page=4
2020 (Japan news) Our team of five reporters try to turn themselves into Japanese heartthrob Kimutaku
https://soranews24.com/2020/07/07/our-team-of-five-reporters-try-to-turn-themselves-into-japanese-heartthrob-kimutaku%E3%80%90photos%E3%80%91/
2020 An Australian university research on Japanese "beautiful boys" through history, with Kimutaku as "The most successful and long-lived of all "beautiful (idol) boys"
https://jmpc-utokyo.com/keyword/bishonen/
2006 Japan Times (news) SMAP's Kimutaku a different breed of idol voted sexiest man half a dozen years in a row
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2006/12/10/national/media-national/smaps-kimutaku-a-different-breed-of-idol/
2019 Takuya Kimura, a handsome man for a lifetime
https://daydaynews.cc/en/entertainment/94698.html
2022: Chinese news Sohu revealed favorite male actors from 5 countries (second place Kimutaku):
https://kbizoom.com/big-news-site-revealed-their-favorite-male-actors-from-5-different-countries/
2022 Takuya Kimura, once known as Asia's first beautiful man
https://www.laitimes.com/en/article/3vh0j_4c5bi.html
2022 The love of Takuya Kimura, the most handsome man in Asia
https://inf.news/ne/entertainment/f177399d68ad93beda2bc94fae13737f.html
2021 Kimutaku was too handsome
https://irohanihohoho.com/en/kimutaku-ikemen/
There are more, not in English, but with these I bid goodbye to this subject!
Kimutaku is regarded as a Japanese "icon" for his looks, acting, musical career, and being the longest “idol” in Japan (16 years in a row since he was 19). Due to his fame he’s been been ambassador for a lot of brands, now including McDonalds and Nissan.
1. Let’s talk about his sexiness and handsomeness.
In 1994, men in Japan started copying his fashion and style and what he wore became instant hits. The phenomenon was collectively called the "Kimutaku syndrome". Then in 1996 after the drama Long Vacation became such a massive success that created a social phenomenon called the "Lon-bake phenomenon" where "all women disappear from the city on Mondays" (to watch the drama), he became the hottest and sexiest Japanese in the country and abroad, for a long, long time. In 2012 Oricon Style asked 500 Japanese “men” from 16 to 48 years old, who they thought was “The most handsome Japanese men”, and Kimutaku ranked #3.
And still today in lists with guys who are half his age: #3 “Most Handome and Talented” (BrandedGirl April 2022) – #1 “The most beautiful Japanese in the world” (Coppershop March 2020) – #8 “The hottest Japanese men” (Reelrundown 2022) – #13 “The most handsome Japanese actors” (BestofLists March 2021) – #10 “10 Japanese actors you should be swooning over right now” (the ultimate ikemen, Philstarlife).
2. Let’s talk about his acting.
He’s a living legend, not just because since 1994 until last year 2021 he has won 46 awards out of 50 nominations, but because no one else in Japan has ever achieved his rating success. In 1996 he was named "The King of Ratings" as his tv series got the highest viewership and each one of them became a “social phenomenon” when they were airing. To date, he has been the lead in 8 of the top 10 most viewed series in Japanese history (the first top 7 and the 10th place). Some other of his dramas have ranked top in their broadcast years. And he also starred in blockbusters films (Love and Honor, Hero). There's a very good article “The phenomenon That Is Kimura Takuya” that explains how he became such a big star and acting household name in Japan.
3. Let’s talk about his musical career.
Kimutaku was one of the lead singers of SMAP, which took the Japanese music by storm and became one of the most successful boy bands in Asia. It dominated the Japanese pop culture since it was founded (1991) and won many awards including the year they disbanded (2016).
The band is often referred to as "national treasure".: It released 55 singles, all of them went to "top 10" in the charts and 22 of them were "consecutive #1 singles". 24 of their 27 albums were “top 10 albums" and 14 of these were “#1 albums”. "The One and Only Flower in the World" (2003) is the #1 bestselling single in the 21st century and the third bestselling single in Japanese history. It has become the most recognized song in Japan as it appears in school books and children are taught to learn the song. Four other bestselling singles have also become the most popular there. The band has sold 38 million records in Japan alone so far. It also held live concerts every year (except 2004).
In 1996, SMAP launched their weekly variety show which became one of the most famous tv shows in Japan. It ranked No. 1 in the annual household ratings in 1996, 1997, 1999-2002, 2006, and 2016 making it the most watched tv show in Japan. One episode aired in January 2002 is ranked 7 for the most watched in Japanese history. The show is also the 8th longest-running in Japan (20 years in a row).
He's such a hot, sexy, talented and family-man guy ❤️💕❤️
Second, this is a poll, not an "editorial" article or a recommendation list, and in this community we respect the votes of our members.
Third, you don't know the composition of MDL members to state that the results of this poll, or the ratings in MDL are slanted because MDL got a lot of members in the past 2 years. In the top MDL, there are plenty of dramas older than 7 years (1 Litre no Namida, Healer, Reply 1988, Nirvana in Fire, Signal, Goblin, etc). And everyone has different tastes; what you consider a 'classic', for others may be just a good drama.
Finally, The Untamed obtained a total of 43 awards and 32 nominations. Moreover, (i) it has a rating of 7.7 in Douban (the Chinese film and tv rating website), which is considered high and which was given by 1.7 million people (also a big number in Douban); (ii) a rating of 8.8 in imdb, the largest film and tv rating website in the US; (iii) the highest rating in Viki website (9.8) given by 64 thousand international users; and (iv), a 9 rating by 37 thousand MDL members (from 13 to 65+ years old). None of this has anything to do with "strongholds".
The foreshadowing, which was key to the drama success, continued until the end: Orchid nurtured his return under the crown she made for their wedding, implying they'll marry. Extra info: The novel says he's more immortal/stronger than the others and his soul cannot be destroyed, that's why he didn't die and only be held in Haotian Tower, why his spirit didn't need to be extracted as it was with orchid or shidi, and why it only took 500 years for him to come back.
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