Genre:
Romance + Sport + Horror + Drama + Family + Comedy + Fantasy

Synopsis:
Dorama, meaning drama, are Asian television soap operas. They can also be radio dramas broadcast on the air or sold on compact discs. Many theme songs are done by new and established artists and it is not uncommon for a career to be launched or expanded on the success of having a good song attached to a popular show. Asian dramas differ substantially from their Western counterparts. Whereas American programs are open-ended affairs, running so long as they remain profitable, many Asian shows are intentionally designed to tell a single story from beginning to end. In Japan and Hong Kong, feature programs tend to be succinct, concentrating around a main plot with several side stories. Japanese dramas are the most concise, rarely exceeding a single twelve episode season. In this they share many of the theatrical structures familiar to Western viewers found in mini-series. Taiwanese, Chinese, and Korean dramas, on the other hand, tend to run longer than those found in Japan and Hong Kong. They are more episodic, and will in format seem more familiar to Western audiences. Naturally a lot of Doramas are based on mangas.
(from wikipedia.org)

The Complete list of Japanese dorama based on manga:
Hiatari Ryoko! (1982)
100 Oku no Otoko (1995)
Aji Ichimonme (1995)
Iguana no Musume (1996)
Itazura na Kiss (1996)
Yami no Purple Eye (1996)
Naniwa Kinyudo (1996-2005)
Glass no Kamen (1997)
Meitantei Hokenshitsu no Obasan (1997)
Great Teacher Onizuka (1998)
Happy Mania (1998)
Hinata Bokko (1998)
Jinbe (1998)
P.A. Private Actress (1998)
Shomuni (1998)
Aoi Tori Syndrome (1999)
Kawaii dake ja dame kashira (1999)
Yonigeya Honpo (1999)
Salaryman Kintaro (1999-2004)
OL Visual Kei (2000)
Yasha (2000)
Locker no Hanako-san (2002)
You're Under Arrest (2002)
Tensai Yanagisawa Kyoju no Seikatsu (2002)
Nikoniko Nikki (2003)
Be-Bop High School (2004)
I'm Home (2004)
Ace wo Nerae! (2004)
Astro Kyudan (2005)
Attack No.1 (2005)
Be-Bop High School 2 (2005)
Donmai (2005)
Hana Yori Dango (2005)
H2 Kimi to itahibi (2005)
Happy! (2006)
Kissho Tennyo (2006)
Nodame Cantabile (2006)
Ns' Aoi (2006)
Princess Princess D (2006)
Rocket Boys (2006)
Suppli (2006)
Tôkyô Daigaku monogatari (2006)
Tokyo Juliet (2006)
Elite Yankee Saburo (2007)
Fuma no Kojiro (2007)
Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2007)
Hou no Niwa (2007)
Hyakki Yakosho (2007)
Maison Ikkoku (2007)
Sexy Voice and Robo (2007)
Seito Shokun! (2007)
Shimane no Bengoshi (2007)
Liar Game (2007)
ChocoMimi (2007-2008)
Giragira (2008)
Hachi-One Diver (2008)
Zettai kareshi (2008)
Here is Greenwood (2008)
RH Plus (2008)
Wild Life (2008)
Yasuko to Kenji (2008)

The Complete list of hong kong, taiwan and korea dorama based on manga:
Meteor Garden (2001-2002)
Secretly Loving You (2002)
Come To My Place (2002)
Tomorrow (2002)
Marmalade Boy (2002)
Love Scar (2002)
Hi! Working Girl (2003)
The Rose (2003)
Mars (2004)
Devil Beside You (2005)
It Started With A Kiss (2005-2006)
Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu (2006-2007)
Queen's (2007)
Romantic Princess (2007)
Summer x Summer (2007)
Sweet Relationship (2007-2008)
Qi Lin Guan Zhi Lian (2008)
I Love You (2008)
Honey and Clover (2008)
Hong Gil Dong (2008)

Country:
Japan, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong

Based on various japanese mangas

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