When I first started out in this drama-watching obsession of mine, I couldn’t download everything (or even anything, come to think of it) for tech-related reasons, so I relied on the magnificence of internet streaming sites to help me along.
Here’s a list of the ones I use(d) very often, in no particular order. Hopefully this will save you some time.
Subs:
- 天使社区: THE site for csubs from any language.
General Streaming Sites
English:
- Youtube: I’m sure you’ve heard of this one by now. If not… then, think of it this way – my friend likes to say ‘Youtube has everything and your mother‘. Not terribly refined, but true.
- Veoh: This one tries very hard to imitate your tv, and even goes as far as to require you to download special software to watch videos loaded exclusively on their site. It used to be a favourite of mine, but ever since the new posting restrictions (giving you only a 5 min preview unless you have registered with the software) it’s gotten pesky.
- Dailymotion: I watched all 24 episodes of Goong on this one. Fond memories, even if they, like the other big mainstream sites, have now set in place very strict rules about copyrighted material.
Chinese:
- Tudou: The Chinese Youtube, only more orange. It has a very user-friendly interface, and I’ve never had any streaming troubles.
- Youku: The name’s a pun on Youtube and ‘cool’, and while it is also in wide use, I’ve had so much trouble waiting for it to load that I almost always prefer Tudou. Still a good alternative Chinese site. (They tend to load episodes in their entirety here.)
- 56: It looks like Youku, and is also a Chinese streaming site. It has a very large collection (all of them do, in fact).
- 6间房: Another general Chinese streaming site.
Drama Archiving Sites
English:
- Crunchyroll: You have to register for this site, but it’s free and the collection of anime, random tidbits and older dramas is amazing. All are English subbed. Copyrighted stuff, like All About Eve and Goong, for example, have been taken off.
- Mysoju: Awesome site for straight-on drama watching. Subs are in English.
- Anime crazy and its sister site Drama crazy: as the names denote, anime and drama hosting sites.
Chinese:
- Xiaoli’s Emporium: Chinese site with links to virtually any drama and movie (Asian or North American) in csubs, plus loads of other stuff.
- 迅雷看看: Drama/movie archive.
Raw episodes:
- Aigoo: basically has every show and its cousin. Registration required.
Will add more when I bump into more resources!
Love,
Sevenses
Oh, when did this page get added? (And I like this design better, more lively)
I sometimes use Tudou or youku, but I absolutely cannot navigate in those sites. Gee, I miss Stage6….
This weekend. I wanted to share in the streaming joy… Hmm. Navigating in Tudou is nigh impossible if you don’t understand Chinese… on the other hand, what I usually do on a non-Chinese computer is to run a wiki search, get the Chinese name of the drama, and then copy/paste into the search bar.
Then go by the numbers that show, I guess. It’ll usually be in the format of ep # plus which section (out of 2/3/4) this is.
Thanks~ I was getting tired of all that monochrome blue.
stage 6 was the best:( hate all these other sites, most of them takes 100 yrs to load even 1 ep. Thanks Sevenses for telling me about your sites, very helpful.
just a question, but do you do your caps from watching chinese subbed eps? that’s the general impression i get, but i could be wrong
Amy – Yep! Csubbers usually get the sub out the day after airing, so there’s practically no delay. I have yet to learn Korean.
^ Isn’t it a miracle how quickly they get subs up? My Chinese skills are not yet good enough for me to fully understand an ep with Csubs alone but WOW those Csubbers work at lightening speed (and they aren’t reproducing the show to air in China, so it really must just be regular ol’ subbing groups doing the subbing).
^ At this point I’m not sure they even sleep.
try http://www.asiandramas.blogspot.com, eng subb great selections of asian dramas and movies
http://kankan.xunlei.com
Amazing site for all (asian, us, etc) movies, drama in chinese or csubs, current or very old oldies…it is so huge I have not even got to most of them. Amazing quality and streaming capabilities…very much like stage6. Need to dl software 1st to watch. I find this better than all the others mentioned above. Another great site is http://www.animecrazy.net or dramacrazy.net (same). Asian dramas and anime, very fast, quality ok, no need to dl software to watch. Most dramas are cut in 15min.
Thank you!
Just found your blog but “thanks” already
OK to ask here WHAT to watch, instead of where? I’m been watching BOF and am considering watching one of the earlier versions. Did u watch either the Japanese or Taiwanese version and if so, which would u recommend? (Or which have your friends, counsins, etc. recommended or mentioned?) Thanks again!
Ah, yes. My general thoughts on dramas I’ve watched is here (you can also find it on the top display bar there, it’s called Drama/Anime/Movies).
As for the earlier versions, I’ve watched the Japanese one the whole way through, and generally enjoyed it – the chemistry is good but some of the manga-like overdramatization might turn you off. I have a pretty bad record with TW dramas, and Meteor Garden was no exception. I couldn’t watch it past the first 15 minutes.
If held at gunpoint, I would recommend the Japanese version, as it’s more recent and had the advantage of the completed manga to work with.
hey, wanted to add http://www.mykofan.com/
the vids are basically from mysoju but it’s well organized
and also dramacrazy.net
i used to watch j-drama n k-drama on veoh..
but veoh is not available in my country anymore..
veoh sux..
So found the sight thought it was oout together well, just a suggestion for a site though… its one of the best!!!
mysoju.com
dramafever.com is another awesome site to watch dramas! high-quality & english subs, although you have to register to watch, and you will have to sit through ~5 short ads per episode. It has a handful of dramas right now, and is currently adding more.. check it out!! ive watched goong & my lovely kim sam soon on it so far