oh hai! nice to meetcha!

i mean, how *did* you end up here anyway?  are you lost??  heheh...  anyhow, welcome!!!  if scrolling though this mess seems daunting, feel free to navigate past my ramblings...

~wiggle on over to~  /tunez/   /my firsts/   /my latest/   /my preferences/   /my ratings system/   /lovely ladies/
#stats, picks, & lists#  /all/   /china/   /hong kong/   /japan/   /philippines/  / south korea/  / taiwan/  / thailand/
⋙blast straight to⋙  /my statistics graph/ 
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one of my favfavfav humans irl is on MDL: BLfan22!  this is my BL buddy who loves asian dramas/films, music, and food too!!  i can actually talk about all this nonsense with someone who is really thoughtful and makes me laugh so damn much!!!!  we even watch dramas together sometimes!!!  i'm livin' the dream, y'all!!!!!!!!  <faints from happiness>

my fav profile on MDL: The Butterfly!  i enjoy their feed posts but what keeps me hooked is that every month they change the theme of their profile.  about a year ago the page was dedicated to pre-1960s films (with a black/white/gray aesthetic) and i was positively swooning.
last october's theme was THE MONSTER MASH and i found a must-watch for me: a japanese sci-fi from the 1950s called Warning from Space!  dear jupiter - check out this screenshot and the cover art!  what more do i need to know?!  {sold}

~ okey dokey, yo!! ~

so before we get all hot 'n' heavy, i gotta drop this top bop from JUN & The8 (of SEVENTEEN) because listening the first 20 times wasn't enough.  it's from the OST for Seven Days {hard pass} and is like chinese rock meets spaghetti western...?  {is "lo mein western" a thing??}

gd, now this me party is really poppin' off! heheheh

if you're not vibin' with that jam then maybe try one of these?  ~( ˘▾˘~)

 i started a spotify playlist of music by artists from MDL countries.  it includes the songs above (except JUN & The8's track and the two show clips) along with others i listen to.  it needs a lot of work but i'm tryin'.   ┐(^▂ ^ ;)┌

✦ the "beginning" (sorta) ✦

i got into international films and animation way too many years ago to remember how it all began, but january 2015 was the first time i watched entire episodes of asian live action tv - the video gaming variety show GameCenter CX [Retro Game Master] from japan.  around 2016 i finished my first asian live action series, the j-drama Atelier [Underwear].  i saw others from japan and taiwan sprinkled here and there, but my addiction really kicked into high gear in april 2020 after completing my first k-drama, My Holo Love!

my first...

series completed

BL/gay title ⚣

GL/lesbian title ⚢

all mdl countries

custom lists   {some temporarily(?) set to private}
✔  completed   [ by country (linked below)  |  GL + lesbian  |  BL + gay  |  transgender + enby + genderqueer ]
≡  chronological   [ completed  |  unfinished  |  recent ]
♡  my top picks   [ feature films  |  short films  |  full + short series  |  GL + lesbian  |  BL + gay ]
☆  ptw picks   [ feature films  |  short films  |  full series  |  short series  |  asexual + aromantic  |  intersex  |  poly ]
♤  for cinephiles   [ MUBI's top 1000 films  |  MUBI's top 50 films 1990-2022  |  IFF LGBT films 1998-2023 ]
☠  for list addicts   [ number titles  |  punctuation titles ]
❔  more to come...?  ^‿^

china

hong kong

japan

philippines

south korea

taiwan

thailand

  this page is a constant work in progress.  more to come... or less, who knows?!  

thanks for stoppin' by!