Meteor Garden II

*Meteor Garden II*
Meteor Garden II
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Also known as	流星花園II
Genre	Romance, Melodrama, Comedy
Directed by	Mingtai Wang (王明台)
Starring	Barbie Shu; Jerry Yan; Vic Chou; Vanness Wu; Ken Chu; Michelle Saram
Opening theme	"絕不能失去你" (Can't Lose You) - F4
Ending theme	"煙火的季節" (Season of Fireworks) - F4
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	31
Production
Producer	Angie Chai (柴智屏)
Production locations	Taipei ; Barcelona, Spain
Production company	Comic Ritz International Production
Original release
Network	Chinese Television System (CTS)
Release	11 November –; 25 December 2002
Related
	Meteor Garden (prequel); Meteor Rain (supplementary series); Boys Over Flowers (manga);

Meteor Garden II (Chinese: 流星花園II; pinyin: Liúxīng Huāyuán II) is a 2002 Taiwanese drama starring Barbie Shu and F4: Jerry Yan, Vic Chou, Vanness Wu, and Ken Chu. While it is a sequel to the 2001 television series Meteor Garden,^[1] which is based on the Japanese manga series Hana Yori Dango (花より男子, Boys Over Flowers), Meteor Garden II is an original series that is not based on the manga. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production with Angie Chai (柴智屏) as producer and directed by Wang Ming-tai.

The series was broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) (華視) from 11 November to 25 December 2002.^[2] The prequel Meteor Garden was broadcast from 12 April to 16 August 2001 and a supplementary mini-series, Meteor Rain, was produced in 2001 and broadcast following the main series. This is the second live-action television adaptation of the manga, following its prequel Meteor Garden and followed by Japanese Hana Yori Dango, its sequel Hana Yori Dango Returns, South Korean Boys Over Flowers, and Thai F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers. However, it follows an original story penned by writer-producer Angie Chai when the rights to use the F4 name was extended.

Synopsis

The story opens with the graduation of F4 from Yingde University and subsequently focuses on their life after graduation. It follows the blossoming love story of Shancai (Barbie Hsu) and Daoming Si (Jerry Yan). The story takes the group to Barcelona where Daoming Si has a car accident and suffers memory loss. He then meets another girl, Ye Sha (Michelle Saram), the driver of the other car. Shancai on the other hand tries her best to help Daoming Si regain his memory. A swimming accident helps Daoming Si regain his memory and returns to his first love Shancai.

Cast

Jerry Yan as Daoming Si
Barbie Hsu as Shancai
Vic Chou as Huaze Lei
Ken Chu as Ximen
Vanness Wu as Meizuo
Michelle Saram as Ye Sha
Blackie Chen as Xin
Kingone Wang as Secretary
Pace Wu as Ying Xiaoqiao
Lee Kang Yi as Ah Mei
Janine Chang as Ximen's secretary
Winnie Chien as Tengtang Jing
Megan Lai as Mimi

Soundtrack

A list of tracks played in the series is shown below:^[2]

Opening theme song: "絕不能失去你" (Can't Lose You) – F4
Ending theme song: "煙火的季節" (Season of Fireworks) – F4
Yo Te Amo – Chayanne
Blue – Chantal Kreviazuk
Broken Vow – Lara Fabian
(They Long To Be) Close to You – 歐定興 (Edward Ou)
Te Quiero, Te Quiero – Chano
Happy – Alexia
Words – F. R. David
I Love You All the Way – Janie Fricke
Love – Kenny Loggins
I'll Never Fall in Love Again – Deacon Blue
When I See You Smile – Bad English
Doraemon no Uta (Opening Theme Song)
Concierto de Aranjuez – Chano

References

^ Lukács, G. (2010). Scripted Affects, Branded Selves: Television, Subjectivity, and Capitalism in 1990s Japan. Ukraine: Duke University Press. . Page 212
^ ^a ^b "Crunchyroll - Meteor Garden II - Overview, Reviews, Cast, and List of Episodes - Crunchyroll".

External links

(in Chinese) CTS Meteor Garden II official homepage

[1] Lukács, G. (2010). Scripted Affects, Branded Selves: Television, Subjectivity, and Capitalism in 1990s Japan. Ukraine: Duke University Press. . Page 212

[roll-2] "Crunchyroll - Meteor Garden II - Overview, Reviews, Cast, and List of Episodes - Crunchyroll".

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