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It’s now official! iQiyi has listed “The Comic Bang” on their summer coming soon list. There’s no date as of yet and iQiyi cannot be fully trusted with anything but this is definitely good news for those of us who have been waiting for so long.
Official weibo also released a new batch of images to celebrate the announcement!
Featuring:
Shen Yue as Zuo Qiandai (Sakura Chiyo)
Wang Jingxuan as Ye Qi (Nozaki Umetaro)
Zeng Keni as Zhou Jieyue (Seo Yuzuki)
Wu Yuheng as Jiang Ruosong (Wakamatsu Hirotaka)
Zhou Yanchen as Chai Ziyu (Mikoshiba Makoto)
Wang Ruoshan as Lu Dao (Kashima Yu)
Zhao Yiqin as Gu Zhengxing (Hori Masayuki)
For overseas fans, please head to iQiyi’s international homepage for more. Now would be a good time to figure out from your side of the world how to subscribe and watch the drama as soon as it drops.
Expect more updates in the coming days!
It’s been a while since I updated on The Comic Bang/Live-action c-drama Gekkan Shojo Nozaki-kun stuff. But their official weibo just posted the following message:
We miss you guys! Hoping to see you this summer.
iQiyi has yet announced their official Q3 line-up but The Comic Bang is listed as the first title in their “TV drama coming soon” category. An official date should be dropping any moment now.
For overseas fans, please head to iQiyi’s international homepage for more. Now would be a good time to figure out from your side of the world how to subscribe and watch the drama as soon as it drops.
The series is currently listed as 38 episodes though this may not be final.
In the meantime, a recent variety series titled “Joyful Grown-ups” dropped on MangoTV (that’’s a totally different platform so you might have to figure that one out as well) featuring Shen Yue, Wang Jingxuan, Wu Yuheng and Zhou Yanchen (plus some of their other friends).
Basically what happened was that the actors for Sakura, Nozaki, Wakamatsu and Mikoshiba met on the set of The Comic Bang and formed a deep friendship. They began making travel vlogs together even after the series finished filming. The vlogs became so popular, they got their own variety show which is basically hour-long vlogs of them just doing fun things together. It’s not scripted, and they almost do everything (music, filming, etc) on their own. I haven’t got around to watch the whole thing yet, but for those who want to get to know more about the Chinese cast (and these are lovely kids) or when that eventual post-finale blues hit you, this is something to put on the watch later list.
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If you’re into things such as Lego Monkie Kid (LMK), like me, I’d HIGHLY recommend this series! They have their own website with several different places to listen to the series. The fact these people aren’t popular is mind boggling to me! If you’d like subtitles, they provide them on video-sharing platforms, but if you’re like me and would prefer to listen, they have it on Spotify too.
It can be difficult to get into such an old book series, but these people have made it easier for me to listen and appreciate the literature. If you’re not into LMK, monkey magic, dragon ball, (all things based on or inspired by this book) then I’d recommend giving it a listen anyway. JTTW is like… the birth of popular tropes seen today.
This is my favourite translation of the book so far, and I’m so excited to see where the rest of it goes! They’re very thorough in their translations and have a production note at the end of every chapter, which I will always recommend listening to because it’s always very well-said and explained. I’ve learnt a lot not only about JTTW, but about China while listening to this series and it’s production notes.
They’re a small but dedicated team and do amazing work! Please, please give them a listen, they deserve so much love and support! Genuinely my favourite translation to date.
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