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# The Dorama Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese TV Drama Since 1953 Paperback – November 1, 2003

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Finally a book for Japanese dorama fans!!!
  

*by K***Y on Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2003*

This is the book that Japanese drama fans have been waiting for.  As a fan and also a creator of the online J!-ENT Japanese Dorama Database, it is a real pleasure to see a book not only covering Japanese drama but also sentai and including anime references for the anime fans who have discovered Japanese dramas.  Within the last five years, there has been a significant Japanese dorama boom in many countries thanks to the growing popularity of anime, Japanese music and Japanese/Asian entertainment.  Although Japanese drama is not readily available as Japanese animation or Asian cinema on DVD, there is a growing fandom for dramas thanks to the International channels, Japanese rental stores, fan-trading/subbing, BT and VCD's.  What I like about this book is that it has something for everyone.  For fans looking for information on trendy Japanese dramas, the very long duration NHK and TBS dramas (especially those samurai/historical dramas), sentai and of course, dramas within the last fifty years, I was very impressed how the authors handled and included them in this book.  What I worried about the most was the translation or the titles that would be used for the drama because what other countries have used as their English title for a Japanese drama has nothing to do with the translated title and thus, I was happy by the way this book handled that.  One thing that also impressed me is the author and Stone Book Press's dedication to update the encyclopedia (there are dramas missing and a few errors but they are not as numerous and can be fixed in the next version especially with the input from readers).  For a freshman book, it actually surpassed what I was expecting and I highly recommend the purchase of this book.  So, may you be the trendy drama fan like me or the fan who just watched the live version of GTO or You're Under Arrest and are hooked and want more!  This book is THE ONLY SOURCE that you will find this much information on Japanese dramas.-KNDY

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A unique and useful resource
  

*by S***N on Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2005*

Thank you for the Dorama Encyclopedia.  I am an avid fan of Japanese dorama and have been watching them subtitled in English for over 20 years.  I was very excited to find out about this book.  It really is the only "hardcopy" reference resource I know of for dorama.It's true the doramas are listed by their English titles, but the Japanese title is also given and is referenced in the index.  I've used this guide to look up descriptions of a show and information like the original broadcast station, year it was broadcast, cast, number of episodes, theme song etc.True, you can find a lot of this information on the internet, but even an internet junkie like me can look up information a lot faster with this guide.  And there are many, many entries in this book that you will just not find on the internet.One thing I would like to see in future guides are category lists.  For instance, shows categorized as comedies, romance, horror, family drama, etc.  Or by favorite actor, actress, or producer.  It would help someone find shows in a genre they like or avoid ones they dislike.This book is an interesting supplemental reference guide for the dorama fan.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    good reference
  

*by M***A on Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2013*

but it was published in the early 2000's so it does not cover later shows. but this is a valuable reference for older shows, esp the 90's, which was a great decade for jdramas.

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