Korean version Hanayori Dango set to charm in 2008

 

Following the mega popularity of Meteor Garden first in Taiwan back in 2001 and then subsequently Hanayori Dango in Japan in recent years, Korea is also set to have its very own version of Meteor Garden in 2008.

Popular Japanese anime, Hanayori Dango will be adapated into a Korean drama. The Taiwanese and Japanese version of the television drama has achieved phenomenal ratings during its run and the Japanese version which was shown on cable television achieved pretty good ratings and earning lots of fans in the process. The company which will be producing this is Group Eight whose previous works were Goong: Princess Hours and Fantasy Couple. The Japanese rights holder decided to work with Group Eight after learning about it’s production capability after viewing Goong S.

By releasing this exciting news first, Group Eight has created lots of anticipation and hype over who will be taking the roles ahead of the actual casting. Many netizens in fact are already posting and discussing furiously over who their ideal cast should be since the news broke yesterday.

With regards to the Korean F4, the production team revealed, “We will be choosing based on their similarities with the anime characters. We won’t be choosing based on how popular or how well-known they are.” The Korean version of Hanayori Dango is set at 24 episodes, each clocking in at 70 minutes and will be shown on television in the latter part of 2008.

The following are early picks by fans since the news broke:

Makino Tsukushi/杉菜

1. Yoon Eun Hye
2. Goo Hye Sun
3. Sung Yuri
4. Moon Geun Young
5. Go Ah Ra
6. Kim Ok Bin
7. Lee Yeon Hee
8. Park Min Young
9. Jeon Ryeo Won
10. Lee Ha Na
11. Han Ji Min

Doumyouji Tsukasa/道明寺

1. Jo In Sung
2. Kang Dong Won
3. Lee Dong Gun
4. Jang Hyuk
5. Hyun Bin
6. Joo Ji Hoo.
7. Lee Dong Gook

Hanazawa Rui/花泽类

1. Im Joo Hwan
2. Choi Si Won
3. Jang Geun Seuk
4. Kim Hee Chul
5. Kim Kibum
6. Han Kyung
7. Lee Hong Gi

Result Polling From http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/j/2008-02-29/10181931056.shtml

Top 5 Poll results till date

Makino Tsukushi

1. Yoon Eun Hye (2208 votes – 38.04%)
2. Song Hye Kyo (1525 votes – 26.27%)
3. Lee Da Hye ( 723 votes – 12.45%)
4. Moon Geun Young( 556 votes – 9.20%)
5. Seong Yuri ( 334 votes – 5.53%)

Doumyouji Tsukasa

1. Hyun Bin ( 992 votes – 21.01%)
2. Bi Rain ( 736 votes – 15.59%)
3. Joo Ji Hoon ( 665 votes – 14.09%)
4. Won Bin ( 512 votes – 10.85%)
5. Eric Mun ( 450 votes – 9.53%) Shinhwa

Hanazawa Rui

1. Han Kyung (3061 votes – 42.12%) Super Junior
2. Kim Jeong Hoon (1786 votes – 24.58%)
3. Lee Jun Ki ( 601 votes – 8.27%)
4. Choi Si Won ( 544 votes – 7.49%) Super Junior
5. Jung Yun Ho ( 403 votes – 5.55%) DBSK