The Japanese-dubbed version of the Chinese donghua adapting Korean webcomic The Girl Downstairs revealed a brand-new trailer and key visual today, previewing opening theme song "Might Just" by Sweet Revenge and announcing a July 3 at 25:35 Jst (effectively July 4 at 1:25) premiere on Fuji TV's B8station. Using translated names, Maaya Sakamoto (Ciel in Black Butler ) and Keisuke Komoto (Haruichi in Kaiju No. 8 ) star as Mio Kisaragi and Yo Sugiura, respectively, alongside Rumi Okubo as Makoto Momoi and Manami Numakura as Sara Mikuni. Nornis perform "Yo ga Akeru made" for the series' ending theme song. The visual's taglines read, "They're interested in a younger man" and "Near or far, I want to tell you my true feelings." Key Visual Related: Heaven Official’s Blessing and the Popularity of Donghua First streamed on bilibili in April 2023 and currently spanning 22 episodes, The Girl Downstairs donghua was produced at Red Dog Culture House...
- 6/6/2024
- by Liam Dempsey
- Crunchyroll
Netflix’s latest South Korean hit Doona! opens in a dream. A sequined Lee Doo-na (Bae Suzy) falls into deep water, sinking into the darkness below. The light filtering through the water’s shimmering surface displays distorted memories of her past as the lead vocalist of Dream Sweet, a K-pop sensation that surrounded her with dancers, flashing lights, and adoring fans. Then she wakes up in a small, dim room — alone.
This dreamlike quality permeates the nine-part drama. Directed by Crash Landing on You’s Lee Jung-hyo and based on...
This dreamlike quality permeates the nine-part drama. Directed by Crash Landing on You’s Lee Jung-hyo and based on...
- 10/26/2023
- by Geoffrey Bunting
- Rollingstone.com
Doona! is a romantic comedy series created by Song Kyung-hee. Based on a webtoon titled The Girl Downstairs by Min Song-ah the Netflix series follows the story of a college student, who moves into a house and becomes roommates with a retired K-pop idol star who has left her glamorous days behind. Doona! stars Bae Suzy and Yang Se-jong in the lead role and if you loved the Netflix series here are some similar shows you could watch next.
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- 10/22/2023
- by Kulwant Singh
- Cinema Blind
Lee Jung-hyo, director of hit Korean series “Crash Landing on You” is set as director of “Doona!,” a coming-of-age drama series that tells the tale of a romance between a freshman college student and an established female pop idol. The show will play on Netflix in the New Year.
K-pop star Suzy will portray the pop idol while Yang Se-jong (“Temperature of Love” “Still 17” and “Dr. Romantic”) plays the starstruck male lead.
Suzy was previously a member of the K-pop group Miss A, before establishing a solo career some five years ago. She has previously acted in Netflix’s “Start-up,” “Anna” and “Uncontrollably Fond.”
The show is just the latest Korean series to be adapted from a webtoon. In this case “Lee Doona!,” written by Min Song-a and published by Naver Webtoon, is the underlying source material for Jang Yu-ha’s screen adaptation.
The story sees the successful female star,...
K-pop star Suzy will portray the pop idol while Yang Se-jong (“Temperature of Love” “Still 17” and “Dr. Romantic”) plays the starstruck male lead.
Suzy was previously a member of the K-pop group Miss A, before establishing a solo career some five years ago. She has previously acted in Netflix’s “Start-up,” “Anna” and “Uncontrollably Fond.”
The show is just the latest Korean series to be adapted from a webtoon. In this case “Lee Doona!,” written by Min Song-a and published by Naver Webtoon, is the underlying source material for Jang Yu-ha’s screen adaptation.
The story sees the successful female star,...
- 12/12/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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Netflix revealed Monday that it has ordered a series adaptation of the popular Korean webtoon Doona!
The show will tell the story of a coming-of-age romance between an ordinary college freshman and a former K-pop idol who meet at a sharehouse. The college student will be played by Yang Se-jong (Temperature of Love, Still 17 and Dr. Romantic), while the former idol, named Doona in the series, will be inhabited by real life K-pop star Suzy (aka Bae Su-ji, star of Start-Up, Anna and Uncontrollably Fond).
Doona! will be helmed by veteran K-drama director Lee Jung-hyo, the talent behind Netflix’s smash hit series Crash Landing on You and Romance Is a Bonus Book.
Netflix revealed some year-end viewership data for its Korean content in tandem with Monday’s series announcement. Although somewhat vague, the numbers underscore the streamer’s bullishness on Korean content.
Netflix revealed Monday that it has ordered a series adaptation of the popular Korean webtoon Doona!
The show will tell the story of a coming-of-age romance between an ordinary college freshman and a former K-pop idol who meet at a sharehouse. The college student will be played by Yang Se-jong (Temperature of Love, Still 17 and Dr. Romantic), while the former idol, named Doona in the series, will be inhabited by real life K-pop star Suzy (aka Bae Su-ji, star of Start-Up, Anna and Uncontrollably Fond).
Doona! will be helmed by veteran K-drama director Lee Jung-hyo, the talent behind Netflix’s smash hit series Crash Landing on You and Romance Is a Bonus Book.
Netflix revealed some year-end viewership data for its Korean content in tandem with Monday’s series announcement. Although somewhat vague, the numbers underscore the streamer’s bullishness on Korean content.
- 12/12/2022
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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