I definitely have to say Japanese F4...
It feels kinda cheap that Taiwan actually made MG first, eventhough HYD IS a Japanese manga o.o (Ok.. same with MBMH which is actually a Kdrama >.<)
I have no intention to watch MG (I watched the first episode, I hated it o.o')
Japanese F4>>>>>>> Taiwanese F4

i would much much prefer japanese F4 than taiwanese F4... HYD followed the manga and its nice.. unlike MG..its strayed away from the manga and MG was used to exploit the F4 into getting as much money as they can get..so that sucked abit..
anyway Japan's F4, they are true to the manga's characters and its funny to watch them..unlike the taiwanese F4's they are just cool.. and handsome..

like for abe tsuyoshi's character, mimasaka akira, he likes older woman, taiwanese counterpart: vanness, he never shown any thing about liking older woman.. not that i don't like vanness, he's talented.. but im just saying that HYD is more true to the manga, to the mangaka and to HYD fans. so i would definitely prefer Japan's F4! =)

Japanese F4. They can act so much better. And the members look pretty close to the whole "rich bad boy" image. TW F4 looked NOTHING like the "rich bad boys." And besides, TW F4 looked so feminie with their long hair and don't excatly look "tough". They just seemed to be playing around most of the time. Jap F4 looked pretty "tough" compared to TW F4. Meteor Garden was basically just focused on Dao Ming Si and San Cai's relationship whereas HYD focused a bit on each of the other three characters.

I think Japan's Hana Yori Dango is better because personally i don't really like Jerry Yan... And MatsuJun is soooo cool!!! Kakkoi+Kawaii also!!

Taiwanese F4 all the way!! Cause they are HOTTER ^^

I... couldn't finish Meteor Garden. For some reason the Taiwanese F4 didn't appeal to me. But I loved Hana Yori Dango. So there ya go... Japanese F4 for me!

for those that haven't seen hana yori dango (japanese version) you absolutely must.
i was so disappointed with meteor garden because i really loved the manga and was seriously looking forward to it being a drama it was just like... this is what i waited for...
i think i just stopped watching half way through since the acting was just so... ifajsejalf
hana yori dango i was like... ick guys aren't that cute, but oh man they grow on you! and the plot is engaging and really convincing not to mention the acting is absolutely superb.
WATCH HANA YORI DANGO before you make up your mind!!!!

i'm not so sure.
i like the Taiwan's F4 cause, well, they're hot. But, also because, i dunno, the way the look and stuff really fits into the characters they are playing. The Taiwan F4 drama was the first one i saw. Later on did i saw the Japanese one.
The Japanese F4, at first i thought that they were not hot, in fact, i thought they were ugly. Haha, how wrong i was. Later, as i continue to watch, they were pretty cute and stuff.
Anyways, both of the plots are different. Well, it's kinda the same but some stuff were different. Also, Meteor Garden, who has Taiwan's F4, was really long, in my opinion. So, i hate it for that. Hana Yori Dango, the japanese one, is short but good.
Ack! i dunno.

i love love love love love hanadan and i really cant stand MG. i really didnt like the taiwanese f4, i loved the jap f4, they just seemed more authentic, and the way the acted was so cuteeee made up for the not so good looks but at the same time the taiwanese f4 didnt look good to me anyways. also i liked the jap tsukushi, i didnt like shan cai, she looked old.... the jap ver was much better also cuz the acting was better lol and domyouji (dao ming si) his hair looked better than jerry yan's in the jap ver. lol. so HANA DORI YANGO !<3333

i liked the japanese hana yori dango... the acting in meteor garden was horrible..
but i like both f4

tw f4 --> vic zhou
j f4 --> matsumoto jun

BOTH! I like BOTH, but I'm a fan of Taiwan's F4... I liked the Japanese version of MG through.

I love & prefer taiwan's F4. I just love them ever since i saw Mg specially zaizai!

QUOTE(Tarepanda @ Apr 1 2006 1 20 AM)

Mehhh..... forget taiwanese F4 for me... I've always disliked them and I probably won't ever like them. Never watched Meteor Gardens though, so I'm not going to say anything about it. I just don't like them, so don't go bashing at me about it or start questioning me about it...... (realize I didn't use the word... "hate"..?) But you know, I guess why I dislike taiwanese F4 so much is because of their packaging... don't the Chinese ever realize it's not mostly about the looks? Mannn... but I guess there's always people falling for the packaging, so that's what makes Chinese entertainment so successful up until now... totally pisses me off.

I'm 100% voting for Jap. F4... but technically, they're not pure "Jap" F4. Isn't Abe Tsuyoshi (guy as Akira) half Chinese...? And Matsuda Shota (Sojiro.. or the tea guy XD) studied aboard (okay, well.. he's japanese)...? Oh, what the hell... and yes, I agree Oguri Shun looks really good-looking here... As for MatsuJun, it's pretty much just the Domyouji hair pulling him down. He's a real sweetheart if you give him a chance.

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Haha. same here. (sweats) To be honest, I have watched MG (even though I hate the cast) but I never watch HYD. And if I gotta choose, I would pick Jap F4. The reason's very clear. I never liked Taiwan F4 in the first place, and i would never, for the rest of my life. And since i'm a fan of anything japanese, I would go for the obvious one. xD

I have seen Jun and Oguri shun's acting before, though it's got nth to do with HYD, i must say their actings are pretty much convincing.

I prefer Taiwan's F4 =)
Well, for looks I'd definately side with Taiwan's F4.. Vic is <3333 =P
And personally I don't find Matsomoto Jun as cute as everyone makes him out to be... =S
With acting, I think both are pretty good...
And I think the taiwanese F4 have more of a 'bond'...
But I saw MG first, so yeah....

Its not the looks that appeals to people, its the character and personailty. Personally, there is nobody in the taiwanese F4 who can be as atrractive as Shun as Rui in HYD. Japanese f4 is better becuase they are more atrractive.

taiwanese f4 aren't even all that hot anyway...

the only decent looking one in there is vic zhou... the rest, erghhh especially vanness. he's gross imo lol

as for the japanese f4 in the live action drama, i don't find any of them attractive.

for me, taiwanese f4 are more good looking...kekekeke
they can act, sing and model... heheh and i guess, another plus for them is that they work really as F4 (group)... iadmire their hardwork as a group;..

ive seen both drama, but i have to say, the jap f4 resembles the riginal f4 in the managa more...
well, probabaly because they are bth japanese! ahahahaha

lol, I know. When I read that I was like "uh. no. they're not unpopular."
Sadly, a lot of people's decisions are based on looks. I got my friend watching Hana Yori Dango and Meteor Garden, and she likes MG better. But it seems to me like all she judges on is the looks; that's all she ever talks about. "he was so cute when..." etc etc etc. but like others have said before me, Japan's portrayal of F4 [since there is no F4 band..] was a hell of a lot better than the F4 in Meteor Garden. I tried to watch as much of MG as I could, but I couldn't finish it. Around episode 12 or 13 I basically was like: you know what, this is getting too long and what the characters are doing does NOT make sense. they're dragging it on too long.

so I couldn't watch it anymore. MG's structure for dramas is longer &more dragged on. When it's a live-action drama, it sticks closer to the manga, which is true. But if it's a <b>drama</b> I think it should stick with the regular drama "structure". It probably sounds weird, but in Japan they always change the live-action to fit the drama's runtime and stuff like that. In order to do so, of course they had to rewrite some things. However, because they changed things the drama flowed a heck of a lot better and made more <i>sense</i>. Usually when mangas get popular the author starts to prolong the manga series because they want more money and so does their company. And they know people will buy it. &that's why I really really disliked the whole MG thing. If I had time, I could pick out all the things and compare them but =-= I have school in half an hour..

Japan's Hana Yori Dango characters have awesome acting skills, and are more talented. And Matsumoto Jun &Oguri Shun are just awesome. period. MatsuJun has a lot of other talents, too. Such as singing &etc. Such can be see if you look up Arashi.

&yeah, Matsumoto Jun was like, "If you want me to be Tsukasa then you have to make Oguri Shun Rui" lol 'cause they're good friends. <33;


Oh, dear. What you just said reinforces what I just said.
It seems as if MG's characters were chosen more for looks than for skills. If what you say is true and they had..well, no acting experience at all (which, by the way, is pretty much evident in the drama) and people didn't really notice or care (which a lot of people don't) and only looked at them. Basically, F4 served as eyecandy only for the drama for a lot of people. I guess there are a couple people who like their singing, but I don't really. I believe F4 just wanted as much money as they could get out of this so they made a band and all that stuff. Probably 'cause their company pushed them 'cause they wanted money, too.

I know both F4 but I still like the Taiwanese slightly better.
Only becuz I used to be a fan.

But they lack in acting though, compared to the Japan one.
Matsumoto & Oguri is amazingly talented there.

in terms of acting and looks I go for the Taiwanese F4.the Japanese F4 are very disappointing though I like matsujun and I watch HYD.

As for the plotting mg is much better for me coz when i first watched the episode of hana yori dango it kinda boring to me well that's my opinion but the story is cute. For me Taiwan's Meteor Garden is more mature than Japan's Hana Yori Dango because japan's version of mg is for teens. I think that the reason that i don't like much the japan version coz mg is the first one to come up and love the series so as the characters to much than hana yori dango. Well no offense for me .

ia ctually like taiwan's F4. ionno..it seemed more like something i would watch, versus the jap's version. i jsut think the chemistry is better from taiwan's f4

I once in awhile read Hana Yori Dango the manga version.. its so interesting to read it and think back & compare to MG XD I never saw the live japanese version yet, but i hear its more fast paced. i always loved MG, just not MG 2 because it was kind of draggish.

The thing with the Japanese F4 is that they're not a band as the Taiwanese F4 which recently changed their name to JVKV ( the first letters of their names) because Meteor Garden is long over.

My personal opinion on this Japan's F4 comparsion with Taiwanese F4 is rather neutral (favoring a little on the jF4). To be honest, you can't compare them because they're very similiar. Besides the part that they're played by different people, their friendship is obviously still there.
If anybody has watched both taiwanese and japanese series, it's obvious the F4 styles are different. The Taiwanese F4 is more masculine and bit more mature whereas the japanese F4 is played by younger people and their style is a less masculine. Especially with the fur coats that they wore (particularly Rui and Doumyogi). IN terms of actors, i think the japanese f4 was played by MUCH hotter/cuter people than the taiwanese ones. The Japanese f4 had Oguri Shun AND matsujun! I only thought Vic was cute in the taiwanese one.

In comparison with the dramas; meteor garden and hana yori dango, Hana Yori Dango won decades ago. The taiwanese version in comparison with the japanese version seems so poorly made, especially with the pacing. Jerry and Vic were definitely not as good actors as Oguri and Jun. There's no need to even talk about Season 2 of meteor garden. It sucked! But Hana Yori Dango BOTH seasons were done nicely, good pacing, good acting, good storyline and I LOVE the fact that they began season 2 right from the end of season 1 with some explanations to what happened after Doumyogi left. I have to admit however that if anybody as seen the anime of the storyline, Meteor Garden follows the details and plot more closely than hana Yori Dango. As you can tell, i'm a hana yori dango fan XD

I love Hana Yori Dango && I love Meteor Garden....Although in Tw F4 have better looking guys in it!!

Jap F4 I think they are all butt ugly apart from the one that played Rui in HYD it was pretty good looking!

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Plotwise I like MG better than HYD. HYD was just funny and simple. Their cinematography is better no doubt but MG's story was more complicated and yet its still funny.


As for F4~I dont like MatsuJun as Tsukasa, he's like stoned face althroughout the series. IMO he's actually the one who ruined it for me. He's like a prat strutting around the school w/ a bunch of spoilt rich kids. Obviously F4 should be really like that but taiwan F4 didnt look like prats but has the angst to be really scared by the students in the school.

I mean who's mentioning the other 2 guys in HYD? lolz! Everyone just talks of MatsuJun or Shun.

Japan's F4 byfar~~~ better actors for sure...n more..likable~~~
and I much prefer HYD than MG~~ they're both good, but i enjoyed
watching HYD more~~ probably cos it had better budget =P

This is sooo hard... i cant seem to choose...

Cast-wise, i love both F4 versions...

Storywise - i like HYD

Look wise~ Taiwan F4 beats Japan F4. Vic's beauty alone can beat all 4 of the Japan's F4.
Acting wise~ Japan F4 wins this but I do have to keep in mind, when Jerry, Vic, Ken, and Vanness filmed MG, they were newbies and didn't have much experience in acting.
Plot~ Japan F4 because it was short and not as draggy as MG.

as for me, i've seen all of it MG 1&2, Hana yori Dango 1&2, and HYD anime, I have to say i like MG better coz' it's longer and more drama, with the japanese version what i like about it is that they took some scenes from the taiwanese and anime but still made it their own, when it comes to the actors taiwan obviously beat the japanese ones, and when it comes to the acting i say both were good but Japanese was better that's all........for now.........

There is no Japanese Version of MG...
Taiwan has a Taiwanese version of HYD

People seem to forget that o.o



It's because there is a lot of drama... it made MG suck even more... And handsdown for MatsuJun/Oguri Shun for acting.. they seem to live into the character more than Jerry and Vic >.<

I think taiwanese F4 is better, because you can feel friendship more, than in japanese version.
I think Vic Zhou was better acting as Oguri Shun(i am fan of oguri shun, but this time vic was better).He was more gloomy ,fit better for Hanazawa Rui charackter (as in anime and manga).
I think Jerry and Matsujun can not be compared, they are good i their own way...Jerry is not so good looking as Matsujun, but he can really act like as an agressiv jerk.From his acting the main charakter is an agressiv guy.Matsujun on the other hand performed really good the guy, that became agressiv because his mother, more emotionally...i think.They are good in they way
The other charackters in F4 was not so important in japanese F4, they were just adds on, so i can not say anything about them.

okay i'm a fan of both... i used to love Taiwan's F4 (my own personal reason why i don't anymore, but thats for another topic) but i feel there is always something lacking in the majority of taiwanese dramas. Japan's F4 is outstanding but they lack in looks (except Oguri Shun & Matsumoto Jun). TW's F4 I still like all of them, their cute! JP's F4 had more acting experience (or better).

i watched both drama first and second seasons... loved them both but i'll have to say Japan gave me more a realistic feel to everything.

Japan - 1
Taiwan - 0

Japan more realistic?you kidding...the oguri shun and the gun scene in the second season...that was the unrealistic thing i ever saw...

i admit that i fell in love with the Taiwan F4. but after watching HYD, i began to have a change of heart. i began to think that vanness is an overactor and the rest are already turn offs. but hey, that's just me. and i never really liked Jerry Yan in the first place.

Personally, Taiwain version of MG totally bored me out. I started watching because my sister was into it but crap half-way through the first serie, I lost interest. I just let her watch and tell me the ending. It was so damn long and dragging. Man talk about lame over-done drama (probably why I don't watch Korean dramas too though I'm sure there are some really good ones, they're just too long for me).

About TF4 or JF4? Japan don't even haven an F4 for starters. But if we're comaring better performance, definitely, JF4 wins here. And on looks well...TF4's only good looking member in my opinion is Jerry Yan. Vic comes in second and still i"m not that crazy for him.

But my greater love still goes out to MatsuJun and Oguri Sun <--who I absolutely love as an actor.

Wardrobe - Japanese version scores most definitely, did you see thier clothes back in meteor garden~ god I wanted to puke and thankfully I didn't because I remind myself that Vanessa ain't like that no more.

Damn I blame the wardrobe and make up ppl for making pretty average people into ugly sh*t, seriously .... I feel for Vanessa and even though I don't know much about Jerry I think he was the number victim of the fashion natural disaster.

Looks - I think MatsuJun looks better than Jerry. I think Oguri Shun looks better than Vic, and Matsuda Shota over Ken anyday. I like Vanessa's looks better than Tsuyoshi Abe.

Most importantly acting and portraying the character as it was originally -
Don't get me wrong, when meteor garden first came out I was a total fan but that was when my standard for acting was low. Rewatching meteor garden I wanted to kill myself for having enjoy this drama to the point I thought I did. I know I shouldn't add barbie into this but I think the Chinese's F4's bad acting revolve around her.
That aside, the chinese F4 either didn't put any effort into acting or looked like they didn't put any effort into it. Scenes where Jerry was suppose to act angry he showed he was more sad and asking someone for comfort. Vic was much too quiet it made me think he was like mute or something and when he did smile or did something unexpected it creeped me out.
There's not much to say about Vanessa or Ken really, they were treated as medicore characters and recieved little attention. Unlike in Hana Yori Dango where Matsuda and Abe doesn't fade into the background but compliment the scenery with comedic acts.

Overall I like Hana Yori Dango Over Meteor Garden it was more true to the manga and that's all I wanted, since I'm the type that's loyal only to the original of anything. I think Meteor Garden changed too much of what the mangaka wanted, I suppose they only kept the plot similar. In my point of view that's not enough.

I liked the Japanese version because the camera work was simply superb. My Japanese roommate seems to like the Taiwan version better because she says the actors are better looking.hehe

i love Japan's F4...love jun..shun...shota...
HYD was really good =]

First of all.. I hope nobody has said things like "Japan copied Taiwan's MG" or "Japanese MG F4" or something of that sort. Taiwan adapted from the Japanese and may I add poorly.

I like Japan's F4 a lottt better. They were just more exciting. I think this would get more into whether you like HYD better or MG.. but the Japanese F4 was just a lot better. Each character had their own lives. It wasn't like MG where 2 guys fight over the girl and the other 2 guys watch. In HYD, the guys had lives and they showed it. Well... Akira wasn't so developed but he was a gangster. They're secrets ! And hey. The Japanese F4 didn't go and become a boy band. There's a plus !

my first drama was MG...and i DID NOT like it...ugh..the acting was just BLAH!!! now Autum fairy Tale got me into dramas..NOT MG!!!

HYD was sooooo much better, b/c they had better actors...Inoue Mao can kick Barbie's ass anytiime!!! *not a fan of barbie* J.F4 is 100000000~x better looking than the TF4!!! i do NOT like TF4!! they're sooo over-rated!!! i mean they suck at acting and singing...

JF4 may not be a group in real life, but that doesnt mean there was no friendship..hello!!!! Matsujun and Oguri Shun!! Gokusen Days!!! HYD was shorter but it had enough drama..unlike the looonnnggggg MG,plus the ending SUCKED!!! *i like you...holds hands..ends...* i was like WTF!!! thats it**same thing for Mars too, the ending sucked**

i'm sorry to say but MG was the drama that made me stay clear of Tdramas...i dont know why but i'm not a big fan of tdramas...even though i really like Ariel Lin

*but i am glad to say the T version of HanaKimi wasnt that bad, but i have a feeling the J version is gonna be a LOT better b/c Oguri Shun ROCKS!!!!!..and the actors in the J Hana Kimi are much better actors..*

*plus i dunno why but i dont like it when T does a version of J mangas..like Tokyo Juliet..that was horrible and Devil Beside You..argh....Rainie and Mike He's acting was so ...i hated it..just kill me already...*

when it comes to the physical appearance, i still prefer the taiwanese f4 as to the japanese ones because japan's f4 only has oguri shun and matsumoto jun as the hot ones

well lets just say that tawainese F4 is the UNorginal, copy and duplicate of the Japan F4. F4 or flower four came from this japanese manga book it was also teh same comic book they used to make teh series meteor garden. So in short, you can say that this band ( jerry, vic, vanness, and ken) were formed to become flower 4, inspired by the japanese manga book.

I prefer teh Japanese F4. I've watched Meteor Garden and I liked it then, but after watching Hana Yori Dango, I liked HYD better. The Jap F4 are super cute too. Abe Tsuyoshi, Matsuda Shota, Matsu Jun, and Oguri Shun look soo much better on screen than pictures!

I am neither a Japanese nor a Taiwainese.

In my opinion, both Hana Yori Dango and Meteor Garden got the copyrights from the manga's author. Then the dramas are made to shown to the public of its own country. You can see the lifestyle and daily culture of the Japanese and the Taiwanese. So I think we just enjoy each with their own the best and style.

If think of the best development of the characters and storyline, just the manga.

Moreover, the 2 dramas reflect the film making technique of its own country as well: Jdrama and Twdrama.

The Hana Yori Dango drama is made much later after the time Meteor Garden drama was made. And you can see the mega brandnames such as Shiseido, Vodafone, etc. who sponsored for the manga at the end of each episode.

Another point that we can't deny is the Meteor Garden has made a huge success in Asia with their own F4. Maybe someone has started their interest in the manga and Hana Yori Dango live action upon this effect.

Though Hana Yori Dango is good in cinematography and some other things, their talented handsome actors get a little bit too old for the roles. I especially don't like it when take my favorite Shun Oguri into comparison with Vic Zhou. Shun is much better somewhere else but Hana Yori Dango. Vic seems to get personalities of Lei (Rei) in his own apperance and style and behaviours.

About duration of each drama, I'd like Hana Yori Dango more 'coz I am not patient enough to follow Twdramas which is dragging all the time.

By the way my favourite drama is Itazura Na Kiss starring Kashiwabara Takashi and Sato Aiko. This show lasts 9 episodes. I can't even stand for 10 minutes watching It started with a kiss made in Taiwan from the same manga.

for me Japan's F4 is way better.................taiwan only inspires almost all their drama in Japanese manga maybe that's why they look more like the copycat