Three Tears in Borneo 聽海湧 is a 5-episode Taiwanese World War II drama series which premiered on August 17, 2024 in Taiwan. It’s the first WWII drama series told from the point of view of Taiwanese. Although the drama about three young Taiwanese brothers who were recruited by the Japanese army to guard prisoners of war in a camp on the Island of Borneo during the Second World War is fictional, the background story about the prisoners of war is inspired by real event.
GG Precinct 正港分局 is a 6-episode Taiwanese crime comedy series which premiered on August 22, 2024. It is the series spin-off to the 2023 movie Marry My Dead Body 關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事.
The On1y One 某某 (note that On1y in the English title is spelled with a numeric ‘1’ and not the letter ‘l’) is a 12-episode Taiwanese BL series which premiered on August 22, 2024. It is adapted from the Chinese BL novel A Certain Someone 某某 (a.k.a. Someone I Met That Summer) by Mu Su Li 木蘇里. There are five songs from the OST, four of the songs are brand new written especially for the drama series, the song from Ricky Hsiao is already a hit released earlier this year in April and chosen to be included as one of the songs for the OST…
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The Paradise of Thorns วิมานหนาม, a film inspired by inequality, is a Thai movie which premiered in Thailand on August 22, 2024. The film will have its international premiere at the 49th Toronto International Film Festival 2024 (TIFF) on September 6, 2024.
Q18 Quantum Dice: Allegory of the Quantum Q18量子預言 is an 8-episode Taiwanese futuristic drama series with LGBTQ+ theme which premiered on August 16, 2024. Recently it seems Taiwan is fashionable in making AI dramas, this new drama continues the AI trend following another AI themed BL series Anti Reset 恆久定律 earlier this year and its upcoming spin-off Eternal Butler 全面管控 in the VBL series.
Addicted Heroin รักร้าย นายเสพติด 上癮 is a 10-episode Thai BL series which premiered on August 13, 2024. It is adapted from the Chinese BL novel Are You Addicted? 你丫上癮了 by Chai Jidan 柴雞蛋. This is the third drama adaptation following two previous Chinese adaptations where the first adaptation in 2016 was banned before it finished airing the first season while the second Chinese adaptation in 2023 was made for international audiences only, again just the first season with no news of a second season so far. Therefore both the Chinese drama adaptations only ended with cliff hangers without reaching the end of the novel. Hopefully this new Thai adaptation will be able to give us the full version from the novel!
First Note of Love 彈一場完美戀愛 โน้ตแรกแห่งรัก is a 12-episode Taiwanese, Thai & Japanese co-produced music BL series which premiered on August 12, 2024. This is another GagaOOLala original music BL series following 2021’s series of 10 original music BL/GL dramas under the banner Queer Up the Volume 同志音樂愛情故事.
Cosmetic Playlover コスメティック・プレイラバー is an 8-episode Japanese BL series which premiered on August 6, 2024. It is adapted from the manga series of the same name by Narashima Sachi 楢島さち.
Here we go again! Another Chinese BL series bites the dust within hours of dropping the first four episodes online. Blue Canvas of Youthful Days 路過我年少時光的藍色 is a 12-episode Chinese BL series which premiered on August 5, 2024, but was pulled very soon after just 4 episodes went to air. I am just amazed they kept repeating the same mistakes of trying to air BL series through the international branch of Chinese owned media company knowing darn well China does not tolerate BL series! At least more and more other smarter producers are circumventing China this year by producing/making “Chinese” BL series outside China for international audiences only.
Sugar Dog Life シュガードッグライフ is a 10-episode Japanese BL series that premiered on August 4, 2024. It is adapted from the manga series of the same name by Yoriko 依子.
Corner Café 