What was the first ever J-Dorama you watched?

hi nekonyata! i've watched the first Gokusen series too and the live action Prince of Tennis. i love both of them. and yeah, Matsumoto Jun is definitely hot! and Yankumi is so funny. but she was so serious in Tokyo Wankei. i'm currently watching her series Trick. i was surprised when i learned that she played Sadako. ^__^;; hmmm.. its hard to remember what was the first J-dorama i've watched because i've watched too many! but i think it would be the live action Sailormoon. ^__^;; i am a super dooper big fan of the anime but before i didn't really wanna watch the live action. it seemed too corny and cheesy for me. but i've read a lot of nice comments about it so i decided to check it out at crunchy. there was indeed a lot of cheesiness ^__^;; but still, i enjoyed watching it! the special effects were great and Usagi wasn't such a crybaby there. only a little. ^__^;; and then after that, i started watching a lot of Japanese dramas. usually recommended by a friend. but later on i was checking a lot of other dramas by myself.

It's definitely Gokusen 1 (thanks, GMA 7 :) I liked it because of Matsujun so I searched for his other dramas, until it lead me to...jdrama :D Right now, I'm a Jdrama fanatic, especially the ones Arashi starred in. I also like manga adaptations such as Nodame Cantabile, HanaKimi and Mei-chan no Shitsuji.

I've read there was going to be an adaptation of a manga I liked very much so I decided to give it a try;) My first j-dorama was Hanazakari no Kimitachi e which I watched last year. At first I was surprised to see that japanese live-action series are made with the same manner that anime but I got used to it after a while and it was so funny I could's stop watching Hana Kimi Ikemen Paradise:P It's different from manga but manga has 20+ volumes that couldn't be squished into 11 episodes.

I've never watched Japanese Drama. I think it's because I see them in the local television channels, dubbed in Filipino and I fail to be interested :P It's mostly their lack of acting skills (in my opinion) - they're so reserved when it comes to acting, unlike Koreans who are very expressive and who have very interesting Romantic Comedies :D I think I should give it a chance though. What funny series would you recommend? Thanks for the response on my discussion!

My first ever Jdorama is Gokusen 1 (with Matsumoto Jun) just like you. It was all thanks to GMA who introduced a lot of Jdoramas here in the Philippines. But i was really hooked into JE because of Hana Kimi's Nakatsu (Ikuta Toma). Soon, we can already see in local channel Ryo-chan as well as Yamapi and Kame because of Nobuta and Pro Dai. I'm so excited already!