Grab a drink, some snacks, and a pen and notebook because we are talking about all of the different places you can legally watch dramas. We go over our favorites, talk extensively about the pros and cons of some of the most used services, and hit you with a wall of knowledge. This is a long one, and might not be for our listeners who have been in the drama watching game for a while, but we wanted to help anyone who may have just started watching figure out what other services are right for them. Maybe you’ll find a new service to add to your list.
*We pre-recorded this episode about a month ago, and since then there were some updates on some of the services we talked about (specifically TVING), but almost all of the main information is the same. We’ve also since then decided to do a livestream this Wednesday, the 14th, at 8pm EST. Link to the stream will be given on Twitter, or you can subscribe to our channel. Don’t worry if you miss this one, we’ll be starting regular streams soon.
Since we go over a ton of information in a condensed time, we thought that images might help visually while you are listening to the podcast, and to refer back to in your decisions. Click on image for links to the streaming website.
VIKI
KOCOWA
NETFLIX
YOUTUBE
*See below for links of all the specific channels mentioned
IQIYI
WETV
MANGO TV
ON DEMAND CHINA
VIU
ON DEMAND KOREA
ASIAN CRUSH
LINE TV
GAGAOOLALA
Other sites we mentioned:
YouTube Channels: KBS World, GMMTV, YoYo English, Tencent Video, Playlist Global, WETV, MGTV, YOUKU, Korean Classic Films, Cereal
Limited Content: Hulu, Amazon Prime, Crunchy Roll
Upcoming: Apple TV+, Disney+, TVING
Time Codes:
00:00 Intro
04:53 What we personally use
17:37 Frequently used sites
17:56 Viki
32:27 Kocowa
38:07 Netflix
48:16 YouTube
54:20 iQIYI
59:58 Other sites (less frequent)
01:00:26 WETV
01:05:29 Mango TV
01:10:15 On Demand China
01:12:27 VIU
01:14:28 ON Demand Korea
01:19:11 Asian Crush
01:22:40 Line TV
01:24:18 Gagaoolala
01:26:54 Other sites (limited content)
01:31:38 Upcoming sites
01:35:16 Viki Plus Pass vs Kocowa
01:38:49 RIP Dramafever
01:42:52 Outro
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Natalia