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My Top 5 Recommended Visually Spectacular K-drama Fantasy

~  E.M.Y.

Nowadays, many people like Korean drama, which is one of the most addicting televised dramas in Korean language for entertainment.  I am one of those people who love k-drama. We all know that there are lots of genres under k-drama. Some examples are horror, romance, comedy, fantasy, crime, historical and etc. But today, we are going to focus on the fantasy genre k-drama and its visuality as said on the title header above. So if you like fantasy k-drama then keep reading…

#1 Hotel del luna

Plot:

This drama is about Jang Man Wol, who is the CEO of Hotel del Luna. The hotel is situated in downtown in Seoul and has a very old appearance. She made a big error many years ago and, because of this, she has been stuck at Hotel del Luna. She is beautiful, but she is fickle, suspicious and greedy. Goo Chan-Sung worked as the youngest assistant manager ever at a multinational hotel corporation. He is a sincere perfectionist. He looks level-headed, but he actually has a soft disposition. Due to an unexpected case, he begins to work as a manager at Hotel del Luna. The hotel's clientele consists of ghosts.

- mydramalist

Cast:

  -  IU as Jang Man Wol    - Yeo Jin as Goo Chan Sung

Country: South Korea

Episodes: 16 (ongoing)

Aired: Jul 13, 2019 - Sep 1, 2019

Aired On: Saturday, Sunday

Network: tvN

Duration: 1 hr. 10 min.

 My Notes:

 - If you like ghost, then this k-drama suits you.  - What I really like in this drama? I like the visual effects (CGI) on its every episodes because it gives impact to the story and gives more emotions. - According on what I’ve searched, this drama (Hotel del Luna) had the most fantastic CGI effects. And if you want to know more about that visit this link. --->>>> https://www.soompi.com/article/1346591wpp/10-memorably-fantastical-cgi-moments-from-hotel-del-luna

# 2 Goblin

Plot:

In ancient times, Kim Shin (Gong Yoo) is an unbeatable general in wars, but the young King (Kim Min-Jae) is jealous of Kim Shin and kills him. Kim Shin becomes Dokkaebi (Goblin), possessing an immortal life. At first he thinks that he is blessed, but he realizes that he is cursed.

Closer to the present day, Kim Shin has waited 900 years for a human bride to end his immortal life. One night, he saves a dying pregnant woman (Park Hee-Von) who is destined to die. Meanwhile, the Grim Reaper (Lee Dong-Wook) is unable to find the dead pregnant woman. The woman gives birth to a baby girl named Ji Eun-Tak (later played by Kim Go-Eun). 9 years later, Ji Eun-Tak lives with her mother and is able to see ghosts. One night, her mother suddenly dies. On that night, she meets the Grim Reaper.

In the present day, Ji Eun-Tak is a high school student. She still sees ghosts and hears their whisper of “Dokkaebi’s bride.” She now lives with her aunt’s family, but she is mistreated by them. On her birthday, Ji Eun-Tak sits by the sea with a lighted birthday cake. At that time, Kim Shin suddenly appears in front of her. Kim Shin does not know why, but he can hear her voice and appears in front of her against his will. Coincidentally, Kim Shin lives with the Grim Reaper at the same house.

Now, Kim Shin appears in front of her against his will, whenever she turns off the lights. One day, Ji Eun-Tak tells him that he is Dokkaebi and she is his bride.

- AsianWiki

Characters:

-Gong Yoo as Kim Shin               - Lee Dong-Wook as Grim Reaper    

- Yook Sung-Jae as Yoo Duk-Hwa

- Kim Go-Eun as  Ji Eun-Tak     - Yoo In-Na as Sunny

 Episodes: 16 (finished)

Release Date: December 2, 2016 - January 21, 2017

Genre: Fantasy / Romance

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

 My Notes:

-       One of must watch k-drama, this will make you cry at the same time have a romantic feeling and excitement.

-       In terms of visuality, I’ve ranked Goblin second because it was really good. In terms of computer graphic effects, even the camera position and lightnings to evoke emotions to the audience were great.

Trivia:

One of the most remarkable scenes to me even to the audience in the Korean drama Goblin is the sword that was stubbed into Kim Shin(Gong Yoo)’s chest, but did you know how that it was made? According to what I have searched online, “the show’s crew said in Saturday’s episode.

To create the illusion of being impaled, Gong was required to wear a suit, crafted by the art team and pasted with pieces of the sword. Computer graphic effects were added later to shroud the sword in green smoke.” – Rumy Doo , https://www.thejakartapost.com 

 # 3 Legend of the Blue Sea

Plot:

Sometime during August, 1598, newly appointed governor Dam Ryung (Lee Min-Ho) stays for a night at an inn run by Mr. Yang (Sung Dong-Il). During that evening, Mr. Yang shows Dam Ryung a captured mermaid named Sim Chung (Gianna Jun). Later that night, Dam Ryung releases her into the ocean and, before she swims away, Sim Chung reaches out her hand to Dam Ryung which he briefly holds.

In the present day, Joon-Jae (Lee Min-Ho) is a smooth talking conman with magician like abilities. He works with Nam-Doo (Lee Hee-Joon) and Tae-O (Shin Won-Ho). For their next score, Joon-Jae impersonates a prosecutor and swindles a large amount of money from a wealthy suspect's mother. Joon-Jae then travels abroad and stays at an oceanside resort. Meanwhile, Sim Chung is swept up in a tidal wave and washed ashore near the oceanside resort. She sees Joon-Jae.

- AsianWiki

Cast:

-       Jun Ji Hyun as Sim Chung/Se Hwa    - Lee Minho as Heo Joon Jae/Dam Ryung

-       Lee Hee Joon as Joo Nam Doo        - Shin Won Ho as Tae Oh

-       Shin Hye Sun as Cha Si A               -Sung Dong II as Ma Dae Young

Network: SBS

Episodes: 20 (finished)

Release Date: November 16, 2016 - January 25, 2017

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

 My Notes:

-       If you love mermaids like me then this drama will be the best to watch.

-        I admire Jun Ji Hyun when she acted as Se Hwa and her eyes were full of emotions and when it came to Sim Chung I liked it to because she made me laugh when she had no clue about the outside world since she was a mermaid.

-       It was true that this drama has a top-caliber production elements, because when you watch some of the behind the scenes of legend of the blue sea in YouTube you can see there that it’s not easy for the whole team in order to produce this Korean drama.

-       One of behind the scenes of legend of the blue sea link on how does there visual effect work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB5sIHPDAZE

# 4 The Bride of Habaek

Plot:

When the narcissistic Water God Ha Baek (Nam Joo Hyuk) visits earth in order to find a magical stone powerful enough to help him claim his throne, he seeks out the help of his servant and destined bride, psychiatrist So Ah (Shin Se Kyung), whose family is fated to serve the water god for generations. The problem is that she has no belief in the gods and initially mistakes him for a total lunatic suffering from delusions. Things get even harder for Ha Baek, when the Wind God Bi Ryum (Gong Myung), the Water Goddess Moo Ra (Krystal Jung), and a hotel CEO/Demi-God Hu Ye (Im Joo Hwan) show up to complicate things and stop him from reaching his goal.

-DramaWiki

 Cast:

-       Nam Joo-Hyuk as Ha Baek (Water God)      - Shin Se-Kyung as Yoon So-A

-       Lim Ju-Hwan as Hoo Ye                             -Krystal  as   Moo Ra

-       Gong Myung as Bi Ryum

                                   Also known as: Bride of the Water God 2017

Genre: Fantasy, romance

Episodes: 16 (completed)

Broadcast Network: tvN

Broadcast Period: 2017-Jul-03 to 2017-Aug-22

 My Notes:

-       If you are a fan of Nam Joo Hyuk then you should watch this.

-       In terms of visuality I really like the CGI effects in this drama the fact on how they make effects on the water thing it was so awesome and it seems realistic for me, I love it.

-       If you watch this k-drama there are so many stunning visual scenery one of them is the Realm of the Gods in water country…. This scene was so remarkable and so lovely.

# 5 Mama Fairy and Woodcutter

 Plot:

In the Goryeo period, Sun Ok-Nam was a fairy. She came down to this world and took a bath at a waterfall on Gyeryong Mountain. While she took the bath, a woodcutter took her fairy clothes and hid them. Because of this, Sun Ok-Nam could not go back to Heaven. She then married the woodcutter and they had two children together, but her husband died from falling off of a cliff. Sun Ok-Nam tried to find her fairy clothes, but she still could not locate it. Needing her fairy clothes, she decides to wait for husband to be reincarnated. Now in the present day, she makes coffee at a cafe on Gyeryong Mountain and waits for her reincarnated husband. Finally, after 699 years, she gets a feeling that one of the two men visiting her cafe from Seoul is her reincarnated husband. Sun Ok-Nam is not sure which one of the two men is her husband. She decides to follow them to Seoul to find out.

- AsianWiki

 Cast:

-   Moon Chae-Won as Sun Ok-Nam                  -Ko Du-Shim as Sun Ok-Nam    

-    Yoon Hyun-Min as Jung Yi-Hyun                 - Seo Ji-Hoon as Kim Geum              

-  Jeon Soo-Jin as Lee Ham-Sook                      - Kang Mi-Na as Jeom-Soon

 Other title/name: Tale of Gyeryong Fairy

Network: tvN

Episodes: 16 (completed)

Release Date: November 5 - December 25, 2018

Country: South Korea

Language: Korean

 My Notes:

-  This story is really nice to watch because it is full of mystery and plot twist about the fairy and his reincarnated husband. But she is not sure which one of the two men is her husband. So she decided to follow them to Seoul to find out.

-  It was also fun to watch because there were a lot of CGI effects used in this drama, and I think it was nice in some part but there are some parts also of the drama that are not really good for me, but all in all I like how the drama was created.

- Oh! What am I curious about in this drama is why do they decide to put ______hahaha !! guess what??? like that inside the egg.??? If you want to know what was it, and know more about this drama just watch this k-drama. 

-  If you want to know more about the memorable CGI moments in k-drama visit this link https://www.dramacool.info/8-bizarre-cgi-moments-mama-fairy-woodcutter.html

So that was all My Top 5 Recommended Visually Spectacular K-drama Fantasy, hope that this will help you to find new k-drama for you to watch on. Especially when you are new in watching Korean dramas I will highly recommend the top 3 on my list and by that see you on my next post.

Sources:

https://www.soompi.com/article/1346591wpp/10-memorably-fantastical-cgi-moments-from-hotel-del-luna

https://mydramalist.com/32925-hotel-del-luna

http://asianwiki.com/Goblin_(Korean_Drama)

http://asianwiki.com/The_Legend_of_the_Blue_Sea

http://asianwiki.com/Mama_Fairy_and_the_Woodcutter

https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Bride_of_the_Water_God

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xB5sIHPDAZE

https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2017/02/06/special-episodes-reveal-goblin-behind-the-scenes.html

https://www.dramacool.info/8-bizarre-cgi-moments-mama-fairy-woodcutter.html