Hey guys it's Anton. So it’s been awhile now since we’ve done a list like this,
but with so many great dramas coming up in the pipeline I just wanted to make a quick video on
which ones are my absolute favorites that I am most looking forward to for this year. Spoiler
alert -- there are many. In fact, while making this list today I found out there are so many
upcoming costumed dramas that I'm waiting for, that I will be doing a part two for this video,
which you can check out in the link down in the video description below when it's ready.
This video is dedicated to my favorite upcoming costumed series, from historical to fantasy.
Perhaps if we have time I will work on a video for my favorite modern series in the future as well.
Anyways, I hope you all are ready, today we will be going over the Top 7 Most Anticipated Upcoming
Chinese Dramas 2021 Edition, part one. You guys know how this works, this list is not ranked by
position, so just because something appears earlier or later it doesn’t mean that it’s
being ranked higher or lower. Just wanted to let you all know ahead of time. Anyways let’s begin.
Number 1. Novoland Pearl Eclipse Okay this is definitely one of my favorite
upcoming dramas. Yang Mi & William Chan lead this fantasy drama whose filming was completed
last year on September 20, 2020. It's safe to assume that most of the post production work is
completed now and the drama is just waiting for a premiere date. Novoland Pearl Eclipse revolves
around the story of a mermaid living together among her people in a small coastal village
which gets raided and its inhabitants slain. Pearl Eclipse referring to the tears of a young mermaid,
which become a magical pearl and is sought after by poachers of the time.
Yang Mi plays the part of the mermaid who is saved by the royal court official William Chan.
I think the cinematography looks great and the storyline sounds interesting. You can never
go wrong with a big budget fantasy production with Yang Mi as the main female lead. Anyways.
Number 2. Rebirth For You I was super excited to hear that Ju Jingyi
was going to be in another drama again immediately following the completion of "The Blooms at Ruyi
Pavilion". Filming for "Rebirth For You" was completed on November 13, 2020 after 113 days of
filming and is yet another one that we are waiting for. Ju Jingyi plays an empress who suddenly wakes
up and finds herself at a young age again. Despite the rebirth, she retains all the memories from
her previous life. I'm excited to see Ju Jingyi break from her typical role and play a character
with a strong and intelligent personality. Joseph Zeng is the main male lead and is a general and
officer of the royal court who is determined to win her affection. We're still waiting
for the official trailer for this drama, but I think Rebirth For You will be worth the wait.
Number 3. The Blue Whisper The Blue Whisper was announced
last year in August 2020, filming had officially begun early this year February 16, 2021.
It was announced that filming was completed on June 6th and the drama was headed to post
production. The Blue Whisper is a fantasy romance drama that, like others on our list,
currently has no set air date yet. Dilraba plays one of four main demon hunters in the world,
but is considered to be the most talented and powerful. She gets hired by an evil princess
to capture and enslave a merman to force him to basically be her pet. Allen Ren plays the merman,
who gets tortured and punished every day until of course Dilraba steps in
and plots to help him escape. It's another merfolk plot, but I think this one is good
and of course having Dilraba and Allen Ren play as the main leads doesn't hurt either. Okay next up.
Number 4. Spring Boudoir Dreamers 春闺梦里人 Spring Boudoir Dreamers is the literary
title of a new historical romance drama by Tencent. Its production team held
their official booting ceremony to celebrate the start of filming on May 17th, 2021 of this year.
This one is exciting because we finally get to see Peng Xiao Ran again, who literally I have
been waiting since 2019 to see again since watching her in "Goodbye My Princess". Wow,
how time has flown by. Anyways, her character in this drama a girl who has a talent for doing
business and had always dreamed of being a merchant since she was a young girl.
She gets memory loss and somehow winds up mistakenly becoming the
wife of a court official. He is being played by Ryan Ding, who I am also looking forward to
seeing since watching him in "The Romance of Tiger and Rose" and this year's "Moonlight". Hopefully
we get more information about this drama, but it's definitely one I am keeping my eye on.
Number 5. A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College
What list of top upcoming dramas is complete without a Rosy Zhao drama though.
Okay, so while they were passing out names for this drama, I'm sure the producer was like,
"Hey guys. I don't think our title is long enough, let's make a complete sentence,
with subject verb and noun". And thus, "A Female Student Arrives at the Imperial College" was born.
I'm just kidding you guys, the title is from the name of the book it is based on.
Yes it's that long. Anyways, Rosy plays a girl who makes a bet that she can convince the most
attractive guy in the kingdom to take her to the Lantern Festival. And so in order to do so,
she must study and enroll herself in an all-male imperial college,
and thus begins her long journey as the first female student there ever. It's a Rosy Zhao drama
so you know it's going to be light and fluffy, and I think overall it's gonna be a good one.
Number 6. Heroes Heroes was officially announced last year November
16, 2020 and filming began shortly thereafter, with completion wrapping up on March 28th, 2021.
The drama took 130 days to shoot. This drama is based on a novel and was filmed on location
in many scenic areas. It's a wuxia drama featuring Joseph Zeng and Yang Chaoyue
as the two main leads. Now, this drama is pretty interesting because its director was
the same one who brought us both "Rattan" and "Goodbye My Princess", which are two
very good dramas with different genres. I happen to also really like the main cast,
especially Yang Chaoyue, who is one of my favorite up-and-coming new actresses.
Straight wuxia dramas have been a little stale for me in the recent years, but
hopefully Heroes can come and shake things up a bit. And then finally, we get to the last drama on
our first list for Top 7 Most Anticipated Upcoming Ancient Chinese Dramas for 2021.
Number 7. Mirror Twin Cities Last on this list we have Mirror Twin
Cities. This drama first announced its main cast around this time last year on July 31,
2020 and by October 9th its production team had announced that they had wrapped up filming.
Mirror Twin Cities is a fantasy romance drama that features Yukee Chen and Li Yi Feng
as the main leads. Yukee is a soft-hearted and kind crown princess who is revered by her people,
and Yifeng is the leader of the merfolk tribe who is committed to freeing his people from slavery.
The trailer for this drama was released eight months ago on October 27th, 2020
and since then we really haven't heard much else new regarding when this drama might get released,
and so we are still waiting on it. But I think from looking at the trailer, it does
looks like a solid production, and definitely worth a watch when it finally gets aired.
And, there you have it guys. ADN's part one list of the Top 7 Most Anticipated Upcoming Ancient
Chinese Dramas that we've been waiting for in 2021. I can't wait for these dramas to come out,
and it feels so good to have so many options coming through the pipeline.
I hope you enjoyed the video today, and if you did, remember to hit that like button
if you saw something you like. Which of these dramas are you most excited to see?
Let me know down in the comments section below. Also give a thumbs up if you'd like to see part
two of this list come out soon. Anyhow, that’s all I have for you guys today. Thank you for joining me,
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My name is Anton, this is Asian Drama News, I will see you guys in the next episode. Bye!