#Cherry Magic Thai remake

[respectthepetty]

We are halfway through the year, and out of GMMTV 2023's nine proposed QL offerings, we've gotten TWO: A Boss and a Babe and Our Skyy 2. Everything else we have gotten wrapped up the 2022 proposed offerings: Never Let Me Go, My School President, Moonlight Chicken, and Be My Favorite.

Let us all prepare ourselves for the feast we are hopefully about to indulge in for the second half of this year from GMMTV alone.

Hidden Agenda starts in July, which means Dangerous Romance could air in August/September when Be My Favorite ends, and Only Friends could come in October/November, then Cooking Crush would be November/December, so Last Twilight would be in the normal Aof style of being offered between December-February, and 23.5 would be offered in the same time. The only unknown is Cherry Magic, but it's estimated to be released at the beginning of next year.

QL really is GMMTV's soft power.

[killiru]

My weekends are so filled with BL, I simply love it. Friday Last Twilight, Saturday Cherry Magic, Sunday Cooking Crush. I adore everything about it.

[gillianthecat]

I see people talking about GMMTV doing a Cherry Magic remake, but I didn’t see a trailer on their YouTube channel. Does anyone know the story there?

[greenteadumplings]

Thai cheery magic trailer looks promising

[thedooristhebluecushion]

"I can't believe I'm watching a THIRD version of Cherry Magic." - Me. A person who watched the same plot line from 7 different perspectives in seven different languages in several different seasons.

[absolutebl]

Hey there.

So now that Cherry Magic is over, and I think we can agree that it was great, how are you feeling about the next Japanese adaptations? Both Kieta Hatsukoi and Ossan's Love.

I must admit that I'm slightly more optimistic than I was before, but still cautiously.

Rose💜

oh boy do I have thoughts on this one.

I'm optimistic about both (at completely different levels) but pessimistic about distribution.

Look.

I haven't had to go gray to access any BL of note in years. And I'm a little annoyed that Cherry Magic Thailand forced me to break my law abiding streak. (To be fair, I was already there for Build Up. But, my annoyance stands.)

If we are very lucky, GMMTV is taking down some of their heavy hitters from YouTube rn because they've struck a distribution deal with Vicki. And that deal might also include first rights global release for those Japanese adaptations. Because Vicki is a Japanese based company, I'm hoping they can swing global distribution for GMMTV that handles Japan's wicked IP laws.

Also Viki currently handles global distribution for the original live actions of Ossen and MLM, so... Maybe on the Japanese end they can fold these Thai versions into the contracts for those IPs (which would be with the original creators and already negotiated). Japan is much more comfortable with that kind of thing, than entirely new contracts.

That said, I think if GMMTV really wants to capitalize on this new JBL remake relationship, they should go to the well on yaoi and pick up some older manga that have never been adapted. Rather than trying to remake what's already be been turned into live action by Japan. They would probably have fewer legal struggles that way.

But nobody listens to me in this matter.

So far as the Thai remakes themselves are concerned?

I was already very optimistic about My Love Mixup.

I enjoyed the original, but I think this is exactly the kind of content that Thailand does better in a longer form with added chemistry then Japan. (Bite me, they do.)

And I think Gemini & Forth are ideally cast.

As for Ossen's Love, I loathe that franchise. I really do.

I'm also not a huge EarthMix stan (witness my abject hatred of that body swap road trip nonsense they did, what was it called, oh yeah, Cupid's Last Wish). So this is not necessarily a win on casting for me, either. (Can Earth even DO comedy?)

But I was so impressed by Cherry Magic Th (and so doubtful about that casting too, initially), that I will actually watch Thailand's version of Ossen.

At least to start.

I'll have my judgy hat on the entire time, tho.

Also, with the distribution issues of Cherry Magic, will GMMTV still green light this production at all? I mean it's massive suck cost for them, if they also spend their biggest cash cow pair on something that can't get international distribution. Unless I'm right about that Viki deal... Or unless EarthMix is worth the money even if they only get Thailand. (They are HUGE there, so maybe the number work out.)

I have thoughts and concerns, I guess is what I'm saying.

[clairificusrex]

Ooohhhh Cherry magic remake pilot!

@absolutebl @bengiyo @benkaaoi @gillianthecat @heretherebedork @iguessitsjustme @lurkingshan @respectthepetty @wen-kexing-apologist @waitmyturtles

[heretherebedork]

❤‍🧡‍💛‍💚‍💙‍💜 They're both such losers. ❤‍🧡‍💛‍💚‍💙‍💜

[omgtheregoesthefuckidontgive]

This episode called me single in almost every language in the universe

WHO LET YOU BE THIS CUTE AH

Flirting right in front of your friend is wild man. That is a grown ass man. Why the fuck do I find him so cute. What is wrong with me 😭😭

This was me watching all this sweetness (I know he's crying cuz he's happy for his friend. I was crying CUZ I JEALOUS)

[yioh]

thai drama industry was doing so damn well ALL these years creating interesting original content but boom all of a sudden we need to be making all these remakes 😐

[mydemonsyourangels]

i recently actually told somebody in my life that i watch bl and it’s absolutely insane being able to talk to a real life person i know about it. they told me they were watching the cherry magic anime and i immediately sent through six different voice notes

[killiru]

Ahhhh cherry magic looks so good I cant even😭😭😭❤

[lemonfreshlysqueezed]

Currently the cherry magic thai remake is not hitting for me. I really hoped I would like it.

First I realy loved the Japanese version and I was/am sceptical that they would try to make a remake. Because I did/do not see the necessity of it. The japanese version was realy good and was not made that long ago.

Second I love tay and I love seeing him in series also because of his personality and care for the job.

I’m not particularly fan of taynew as a couple, they are great friends and their chemistry worked for me in dark blue kiss because of the rivalry and friendship their relationship was build on.

(I might be extremely biased but I would have loved to see OffGun take this project instead, because I think the dynamic of achi and karan would have suited them better)

I hated the inner monologue in episode 2 while achi was ‘sleeping’ on the couch. Karan actually debating doing something while achi was asleep just rubbed me the wrong way. We are done with the icky cliche of ‘doing something to someone that is asleep’

They changed some more things from the Japanese version and not really for the better. But also they did not change enough for me to keep my focus while cherry magic japan is one of my favorite bls and I rewatch it on the regular.

[lgbtally4ever]

CHERRY MAGIC (Thai remake)

Official Trailer

Coming Soon, I Hope!

[manogirl]

I can't decide if I love or hate the fact that it seems like GMMTV's last two BLs of 2023 will be Cooking Crush and Cherry Magic. With the latter, we do know there is a reason for that, in terms of rights to the material. In terms of the former, yeah, Off and Gun have been shooting other things, and doing the Beluca concert (which was meh, sadly). But can we have a scrap of news about it? A SCRAP?

I can't lie, I love the old-school pairings of OffGun and TayNew; I love the fact that they're older actors and this isn't their first rodeo, and I nearly lost it when the shows were announced in November last year. I thought both ships were retired! And now this looooong wait...if the wait stretches past November's GMMTV2024 I will probably be a little dead inside even as they announce the new BLs that I'm sure I'll be excited about.

[dream-launch]

*holding a knife to the gmmtv writers throats*: FUJISAKI BETTER BE IN THE CHERRY MAGIC REMAKE AND SHE BETTER BE FUCKING EXPLICITLY AROACE I SWEAR TO FUCK THATS ALL I ASK