cartoon to drama

Kim Hyunmee’s “Korean Dramas in Taiwan” really reminded me of something else I'm watching on youtube. It's actually a new Taiwanese drama called Hua Yang Shao Nian Shao Nu (花樣少年少女) which is based on a Japanese Manga: HanaKimi about a girl from the United States who saw a high-jumper on television and goes overseas to be able to be closer to him. Unfortunately the school this high jumper is in is an all boys school and drama ensues when this girl have to pretend to be a guy. The main characters are Taiwanese music stars (Ella from S.H.E. and Wu Zun and Jiro Wang from Taiwanese boy band, Fahrenheit) Personally I think this is an amazing show and highly recommend to those who enjoys kdrama since it seems to follow the formula. However, back to Hyunmee's article, it was very impressive on page 186 that South Korea earned US$12,356,000 worth of broadcast programs by exporting to other Asia countries. Although it's not suprising that 20.1% of this sum is to Taiwan because Taiwan has been more open minded to new pop culture and the people there seem to be very modern minded and very much like the South Koreans today but I'm also happy to see that Taiwanese companies are working with other Asian countries to collaborate on projects like Hana Kimi.