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Oh God, Japan is screwing with me here. SCREWING WITH ME.

The Big Bang Japanese single is available for preorder. And there are three editions, as I mentioned earlier. And they all have different jackets, and (maybe) different extras, and OMG I WANT THEM ALL.

YesAsia is also saying something about ANOTHER new Big Band Japanese single that'll be released in July. It looks like they're really focusing on Japan for awhile. GD's album will probably be released in August, which is nice, since I'm going to be in Taiwan in August (therefore if he does concerts, I will be that much closer to them! It's a shame that Japanese and Korean artists tend to ignore Taiwan on a whole. Why does everyone ignore Taiwan?!)

Also, there is now a Bangs board game. How... interesting. I might be crazy, but I'm not that crazy.

Upcoming Taiwanese Dramas 2009 Updates

So a few things;

1. Calling Big Star looks to be airing in July. It's been postponed, but it DOES look like it's still going to air.

2. I've heard positive things about the future of Extravagent Challenge, so yay! At least Ariel looks to still be in it, but who knows about Jerry. Seeing as how he's so sought after and busy, I think he probably won't be available. Maybe Joe will come back into it. Or maybe they'll pull Rui Jia in (which would make me SO happy).

3. Paper Rose has TOTALLY switched casts. Completely. It will now star newcomer Rachel Liang (Liang Wen Ying), Tender Huang, and Danny Huang. Apparently Tiffany Xu is also in it somewhere. I might watch it eventually, but it's no longer on my must see list. I could deal with Ariel opting out, but now that Rui Jia isn't in it anymore, I find no valid reason to watch (both Tender Huang and Danny Huang have only been in a few things, most of which I haven't seen. And as much as I like Tiffany Xu, I'm not going to watch an entire drama for a side character).

4. Depite the disappointing (for me at least) Paper Rose developments, there is a VERY GOOD bit of news in the twdrama world! Ella and Jerry's drama Just Want to Depend on You is not only confirmed, but it's filming! That means the chances of it getting canceled or delayed are VERY LOW. I've seen some shots from filming, and OMG SO CUTE! I mean, just look at this picture from a press conferance!

That little boy is one of the most adorable little kids I've ever seen! You can't see it in this shot, but his shirt totally has a tiny little Snoopy on it! *dies of cuteness*

Also joining the cast; Gu Bao Ming (Pan bà bà!), and Michael Zhang (!!!!!!!!!)... so now I KNOW I'm going to watch it.

5. Brief mention, but Good Health and Fortune has changed it's name to Easy Fortune Happy Life, which is a definitely clunkier translation of the characters, but it's not super stupid, and it still makes sense with the Mandarin name. It starts on the 31st of May! SUPER excited! Yay Chen Qiao En! I think this is going to be one of her last idol dramas.

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LOST!!! WTF! Juliet! (yes, this is a random LOST liveblog....)

ETA - Okay, now it's over so I can be more coherent (I typed that during a commercial break on my ipod...).

Um, yeah. That show is THE BEST SHOW EVER. But man, the whole Locke thing threw me for a loop.
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