Introducing Dramafever
There’s a new kid on the kdrama-streaming block, and its name is Dramafever.com. It’s free, it’s high-quality, and it’s just about to launch to the public.
I’m posting about them because I think this is something fans would love and find tremendous use in, and because the site, which is in beta, has offered to open up invitations to Dramabeans.com readers. Woo! (I’m sorry to say that this is only available to U.S.-based users, which I’ll explain below.)
The Short Explanation
Dramafever.com is a streaming site for Korean dramas. It’s free, subtitled in English, has high-quality video, and a sleek and easy-to-use interface. Best of all, IT’S COMPLETELY LEGAL.
The Longer Explanation
Yes, we have youtube and mysoju and crunchyroll, and they all have their upsides. However, they also have plenty of downsides, which you have probably experienced for yourselves at some point:
- Episodes tend to be broken up in multiple clips, upwards of 7 parts per episodes, and sometimes it’s difficult finding a link that’s not broken,
- Subtitles are hit or miss,
- and when the subtitles ARE available, often they’re stolen from fansubbing groups and stripped of credit, and
- the biggest detractor of all, the illegality of streaming licensed content. Reported links are constantly being taken down by Youtube and user accounts deleted. Threatening letters have been sent to uploaders and fansubbers for spreading content that is legally the property of broadcasting companies like MBC, KBS, and SBS.
LEGAL LICENSING
Dramafever.com, however, is completely legal. The founders of the site have done what no other streaming site has — which is to license the dramas directly from the Korean broadcasting companies.
That means there’s no risk of Korean broadcast stations threatening legal action and forcing sites to pull down episodes, because the licensing has been acquired.
SUBTITLES
Also, dramas are all subtitled in English. The subtitles for many series have been provided by the companies themselves, but there’s a chance Dramafever will collaborate with With S2 fansubbers to provide subtitles to other dramas in the future.
HIGH QUALITY VIDEO
The videos are unbroken into multiple parts (meaning one episode can be viewed in one single clip, rather than six or seven), and high-quality. The Dramafever team has spent a lot of time doing their own encoding to assure high quality picture with a larger viewing screen than Youtube, for example.
AVAILABLE DRAMAS
Currenty, Dramafever has licensed some of the most popular recent kdramas from MBC, including Coffee Prince, White Tower, My Name Is Kim Samsoon, New Heart, Goong, Jumong, Thank You, La Dolce Vita. Coming soon are titles like Que Sera Sera, H.I.T., Yi San, Really Really Like You.
They are in talks with KBS and SBS as well, so hopefully a slew of those dramas will be available soon.
They also are looking to acquire sitcoms and variety shows, as well as clips of behind-the-scenes action and actor interviews.
ONE KEY CAVEAT
For now, Dramafever is available only to users in the U.S. I know that’s really unfortunate for viewers outside of the States, but this because all the content has been legally licensed from companies like MBC, and the license restricts use to the U.S. If the site ever gets to a point where it can stream internationally, they hope to do so; for now, they are launching within the States.
DRAMABEANS INVITES
Dramafever.com is currently in beta, and plans to open up invitations for users in the coming weeks. Dramabeans readers will get first priority when that happens. All you do is register (free) at Dramafever.com and use the invite code coolbeans.
I recently had the chance to meet up with the guys behind this venture, and let me say that I think it’s a really exciting way to open up the world of Korean dramas to an eager audience. I hope you will give Dramafever your support, because I think it’s a fantastic idea, and I can’t wait to see it succeed.
SUGGESTIONS FOR MORE DRAMAS?
Leave a comment below! I know these guys really take user input seriously, so if there’s something you’re dying to watch, speak up!
Thanks for reading this super-long post. Now go register!
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Brilliant BUT i lived in UK. Damn…..
Wow. That’s pretty amazing. I’ve just registered with the priority code…now patiently waiting for the next step.
There are two dramas I’m dying to watch and can’t find anywhere:
Ruler of Your Own World and Dr. Gang
I hope this site is as awesome as it looks ^^
Thank you dramabeans and dramafever!
thanks for the heads up, most definitely gonna check this out.
omg this is exciting!!!
Besides always reading awesome reviews and news on your site, now there is another good news and given priority to boot!
hooo!
Thanks for the news!
Fugde, why do I have to live in Europe ; ; ..
I really hope that this site would be available internationally soon. Please pity us poor souls who don’t live in America and can’t understand a word of Korean but love Korean dramas to the point of obsession.
Sweet! I can’t wait to see what it’s like. Thanks! ^_^
Thank you for the information and the update! I never comment, but I wanted to thank everyone involved for trying to get this out to the kdrama fans.
Awesome! I am going to register right now.
ah canada..we’re very close to the US..haha
Awesome, I tried to sign up…so hopefully it will work….this is a really cool idea.
Sounds awesome! Too bad that it’s restricted to those living in USA though since I live in Europe. Hopefully they’ll manage to go international soon
Will keep an eye out. In the meantime I’m going to get my kdrama fix the usual way via clubbox, bittorrent and direct download links! ^^
WHAT A CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO THE (US) KDRAMA COMMUNITY!
This is incredible news and something I never thought would happen so soon. Big props to the Dramafever team for pioneering this endeavor. I’m ecstatic to see what’s in store! Good luck and thank you!
ya!! when i read this i was OMFG i freaked out n went n registered alreadly ^_^ ya i live in da US sorry 2 dda people who dont i feel sad 4 u guys really it must really suck >__<
…I signed up…I’m really looking forward to watching White Tower. ^_^
This is such great news! I also hope (for those unfortunate non-USAers) that this site will quickly become internationally available.
Thanks so much for the heads up!
thanks. this is a great idea/site. i hope they are able to put dramas that might not have been so popular when they aired on tv, like Me Ri Dae Gu’s Attack & Defense Battle, i love Ji Hyun Woo & Lee Ha Na, they’ve gotten more attention from their recent KBS dramas. I also hope they have variety shows like We Got Married & Family outing, & sitcoms like Franceska, i want to see season 3.
Thanks Dramabeans!! This is the best Christmas gift EVER!!!
Wow! This is great news… too bad i’m not in the US… and i think it will take time before they can acquire licenses for the show for international streaming… but at least there’s a possibility…
although i won’t be able to watch yet.. hope they will put “Mom Has Grown Horns” because no one has subbed it.
Glad to know 2 of my favorite dramas are there already: My Lovely Samsoon and H.I.T.
this is a great news for kdramas lovers!!!
i’m not from the US but i hope that someday they’ll open their registration to non US users.
here’s a few dramas that would be awesome to watch on Dramafever in the future:
“I’m sorry i love you”
“What happened in bali”
“Alone in love”
if Dramafever licensed those dramas above i would move to the US righ now! ^__^
Need to ask I live in Puerto Rico the probobility of me being able to watch is very good right. Since we are a commonwealth of the US.
would it be possible to get:
Wish Upon a Star
“I love you, don’t cry.”
Awesome! This site looks great!
I’d love to be able to watch some of the old OLD trendy dramas. Jealousy especially, but I’d take any^^
wow thats awesome. i just registered.
Thank you very much!!!! My Christmas is just getting better and better! Javabeans thank yu for sharing this wonderful news to us. I hope DRAMAFEVER would get its support from Kdrama fans all over her in the US so that soon it can be launched internationally!
Javabeans if I could request any drama for DRAMAFEVER to stream it would be:
Ruler of your own world
US users let us support the website and hope for its success!!!!
^_^ What a wonderful Christmas gift. :]
Mr. Duke is a nice oldie. :]
i hate how most stuff are so restricted to US only..
aw maaaaan…..not everyone is american -_______-” sigh* hope they go international soon…
Thank you for sharing this with us; this is a great Christmas gift!
We ppl in Canada keep getting shafted. It hurts, man.
I signed up!
I can’t find Autumn Showers anywhere…I heard it not great but I’d still like to try watching it.
OMG I would love to be able to watch Me Ri Dae Gu’s Attack & Defense Battle.
Amazing!! Finally something that’s legal! I would love to see them add Hong Gil Dong and Last Scandal! Love you Javabeans for finding this out! : )
i registered but i need to wait for them to email me back for the username.. T_T
us kdrama lovers in canada need some love too
Awww…only in USA… >_<
Hopefully it’ll go international…
I want to watch White Tower
wow this is super cool, i’ve definitely been waiting for something like this.
awesome! can’t wait to try it out!
This is a GREAT idea but unfortunately, I’m not located in the US.
Merry Christmas! Didn’t think that I’d be getting so many gifts but it is the time for giving and thankfully, I am here to receive! Thank you so much for sharing. I’m very excited! I pray that this site is a huge hit and the founders are able to do all that they desire with the site. Hopefully soon they will be able to stream internationally! That would just round everything out. Again thank you and continue to have a wonderful day.
whoa…sounds cool
i wish i could give you more than just simple “thank yous” in return…but in the mean time THANK YOU
This is exciting! Thanks for sharing.
Hope other fans outside of US, like me, will be able to benefit from this as well soon!
wow, thanks for the info, I can’t wait to use the site. It’s a good thing I live in the States. There’s this drama that I’ve been looking to find and haven’t been able to find, it’s a 1999 kdrama called Invitation. It’d be great if I could watch it again.
This is brilliant! XD
oh my goodness…this is the best Christmas present ever. thank you, Jesus!
aww…i live in canada, so close yet i can’t benefit! T-T
but i’m just wondering for my fellow americans…would it be possible to have variety shows as well :O
i am DYING to watch Merry Daegu’s Attack and Defense Battle
Yay! Another reason to be glad that I live in the U.S.A. Nice to see the major Korean broadcasters reaching out to the rest of the non-korean speakers in the world (trying to learn…). And decent shows too. I haven’t had any money lately to buy any DVD’s(import taxes!) and have been relying on mysoju for my drama fix. HD all the way!
Christmas came early! (wait… today’s Christmas…)
SO…Happy Christmas, Hannakuh, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa… Some other holiday magic!
need help signed up but nothing happend
ou! sound really cool!!
haha kinda like aznv.tv
but i suspect that dramafever might have
clearer videos xD
thanks so much for the heads up!! (:
can’t register.
aww…why only in the US…..
thanks for the heads up and it definately made my christmas. Hopefully they will be up and running soon!! Merry Christmaas!
This is a great idea, I’ve just registered. Other than dramas, I think licensing variety shows would be even better- it will appeal to more people, and there’s constantly new episodes. I know many people like infinity challenge (but subs are lacking) as well as other sunday variety shows: like 1n2d, family outing.
I bet variety shows are cheaper to license also
And it’s not done by many people.
by US….it should hav been North america =( canadians want to watch too !
Oh, this is great. Like someone mentioned before, it IS indeed a fantastic Christmas presents for us drama fan addicts.
One drama series I really want to just finish watching already is When It’s At Night I’ve been following along to the episodes at mysoju, but it’s taking way too long to get the next episodes. And its driving me nuts! I’m not a very patient person, and that doesn’t help if I have to wait a few MONTHS.
I’m not saying mysoju is a bad site or anything. No, no. I found that site very, very helpful for me when there was absolutely nothing on T.V. And it was very entertaining, I wouldn’t be able to watch so many different drama series/movies if it weren’t for mysoju. What I mean is, the site is awesome and I know that the staff do the best they can to get us “drama addicts” what we want, but some of us don’t have the patience to wait that long. – Ehem, yes, that would be me.
So yeah, once again I find myself ranting again. But I don’t feel so bad since this is meant for “rant/and or rave”. Haha, but I’ll seriously stop now though because I think I made my point. Oh, almost forgot! This “Drama Fever” do they have other types of dramas? For example: Japanese, Hong Kong? Just curious because I’m also wanting to complete this Japanese drama called Innocent Love. Haha, I’m pretty sure that everyone will try their best to totally ignore this comment because of it’s long length.
Well, thanks for all the GREAT info Dramabeans! Love your site. And I don’t know about other places but it IS Christmas over here so, Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you have a great time.
I have to get much of my K-drama online and it’s been really frustrating. I see White Tower is on the list of possible downloads. It’s about time that one made it to the U.S. audience. Thank you, MBC, for that. Suggestions? Can we? I’d like to see the newbie Mom’s Dead Upset and the oldie Hur Jun for starters.
Thanks, dramabeans, this is a Christmas present.
This is good news for K-drama lovers.
So sad that it only available to those in the US why not NORTH AMERICA then us Canadian will be part of that too.
Hopefully this operation will grow international soon.
and I agree 110% with #56 about variety shows coverage as well.
this is so awesome! i’m going to register right now
Oh, never mind about my last comment on “Is there any other type of dramas?” I just finish reading the info on Dramafever’s site. Gotcha!
All you gotta do is read people. Just like my math teacher ALWAYS say “What are the 4-letter word that I always tell you guys to do when working on homework, or studying over for a test? – R-E-A-D, READ!”
Best. Holiday. Present. Ever.
Or at least for this season.
I’m going to register right now.
hooooray!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A welcome addition to the kdrama viewing landscape. I have already registered. Thanks for the opportunity!
Wow, that’s a really good idea. I’m glad they took the initiative to work with the broadcasting companies. Wonder how they persuaded them? *must learn* :O
what a nice gift! thank you Dramafever and dramabeans. I’m off to register now. I particularly appreciate watching an episode unbroken, not in 4-6 parts. ~ K-Drama watcher since 2002
How wonderful! I know I’m going to enjoy this so I’m off to register now!
this is so awsome! thank you for the tip!
That sounds all kinds of awesome, but…it’s no use to me.
You know, it’s funny: where I live, not even cable or satellite broadcast k/Jdramas and the only ways to watch them are a)buy the dvd boxsets without ever previewing an ep so if the series sucks, you’ve wasted so much money, b)download them, or c)watch them streaming online. If the networks were smart enough, they’d do something for us non-US citizens too. If I like a series, I usually buy the dvds, but there’s no way I’m going to buy a set just because the drama is popular and “seems” good. I think they’re losing money without letting us into the loop, and yeah, yeah, I know, there are legal issues of each country to overcome etc, and that’s exactly why I’m bitter and not at all hopeful.
That said, I’m happy for you guys.
As a fan, I’m glad at least someone can freely enjoy the dramas. 
Thanks for the news. Hope that it’ll be open to international k-drama fans soon!
I tries out eventhough I live in canada
it’s my first time commenting and just wanted to say that I am originaly from Morocco and my sister just called to say that they are broadcasting Kim Sam Soon there in ARABIC
)) She soo wanted to tell me because she knows how crasy I am about Kdramas 
but can you all imagine that Kdramas are being dubbed in arabic for the arabe audience and broadcasted all around the arabe world …. I find it amazing and I am sooooo happy about it, let the Kdrama magic begin lol
~~cOOOOOLLL.
but..I’m not in US
=’(
btw…i love kdrama ” Bad Family” ^___^
wow…… this is really a big step in making kpop drama and other shows available to all its fans in the different parts of the world….. thanks
I would definitly use it if it was available for Australians. I hope they do well and are able to expland internationally.
Yay! this is like a dream come true. i just register for it. can’t wait for it to open. Go Dramafever!
Wow, awesome! <3
Is it possible to ask for older drama….such as “You and I”?
Wow ! This is really an excellent idea ! That’s the way !!! And on top of all licensed, and in cooepration with fansubbing team, this is the dreaming streaming site, i’m hoping for it to be available to non us viewers… ^^ Thanks for the heads up
this is really cool! thanks javabeans!
Merry Christmas, indeed!
Thanks, Javabeans!
I agree that uploading variety shows would totally rock
(Infinity Challenge, 1 Night 2 Days, etc.) but am I alone
in wanting “Hello, Francheska” and “Dae Jang Geum”?
I know you’d want Taeryung National Village, right?
So psyched about White Tower!!! It has The Voice… no?
THANKS!
WOW that is AWESOME!!
yayyy!!! thanks so much javabeans!!!!
time to get even more addicted — if that’s even possible!
Wow, thats so great! thanks for sharing!!
Just wondering, how are they getting funded for this stuff?
This is super exciting. I’m excited to browse this and see all it has to offer. It’s a wonderful idea and I salute MBC for being an innovator in the international market.
That’s really awesome, too bad I don’t live in the states ):
congrats to those who do anw!
This is indeed a exciting news! Hope they can acquire Japanese dramas as well in the future, besides Korean. But for now this is really a positive direction for the Asian drama community. Which means, we’re gaining more momentum and getting more support. Thanks again for providing this great update.
No current suggestions… I’ll be waiting for the site to be available though!
Such an excellent idea! I’m heading over right now to sign up and check out what they have available. Thanks for the dramas, dramafever; and thanks for the info and the generally awesome blog, javabeans.
amazing! thank you so much for sharing the website with us!
wow…this is such a great idea! thanks for the news!
I just registered!
Does anybody know when it’ll OFFICIALLY open?
this is cool that the website is open …i hope it’ll be open more for everyone…although i live in U.S. ….hope they’ll get series from KBS and SBS too … wish they’ll have Boys Before Flowers
Awww only available in the US. Pity. I wanna watch White Tower because of KMM. I hope the old, old dramas can be available too and the specials, like those TV-movie they do.
Thanks for the news javabeans.
Thank you so much for this wonderful invite! I’m beyond excited, and I think it is a huge leap forward to what has been available thus far on the net.
Variety shows are a MUST for this site. As a Korean-American who has been living in the states all my life, dramas are what opened a huge door for me into my culture. However, if dramas opened the door, variety shows are what pulled me in and sat me down. Seeing actual people converse, talk about their lives, and play funny games allowed me to learn more about the culture than ever before! I hope that they are able to get variety shows on their site.
Now on to the dramas (that they don’t have on the site yet)….
I think that several more classics should be included as well: Star in my Heart, I’m sorry I love you, Hotelier, What happened in Bali, Lovers in Paris, Autumn tale, Winter Sonata, etc. Those oldies could help new viewers (and old time kdrama fanatics) see the progress Korean dramas have made throughout time, and see how different the styles have become. Plus, they just have a great mix of the good ole kdrama (stereotypical) scenarios: cancer, incest (?), cinderella, etc. Even though they might seem unrealistic/cheezy now, it’s the underlying root of where kdramas come from! And to be honest, I love them all!
Some other ones I’ve personally enjoyed: Hwang Jini, Hardtack Teacher and Star Candy, Painter of the Wind, Devil, Women in the Sun, Full House, Alone in Love, Attic Cat, Sangdoo-let’s go to school, Damo.
Ones I really want to see: Fashion 70’s, Capital Scandal, Flowers for my Life, Ireland, Rebirth, Dae Jang Geum, Seo Dong Yo, Shoot for the Stars, All about Eve.
That’s pretty much all I can think of off the top of my head. I’m sure I’ve missed plenty! Anyhow, thanks once again for amazing contributions through this site. And …Merry Christmas!
This is awesome! It’ll be great to just watch them online instead of always waiting for my timelimit to be up on MU. Plus, it’ll be nice not to feel as if I wasted downloading time on a drama that’s just not cutting it for me. Plus I can check out the variety shows that I rarely get to watch. I’ve always been curious about them, but never really got a chance to watch one regularly. Ditto for the sitcoms!
Now I just have to wait for that email to show up so I can login! Haha, I’m impatient to start browsing. Good thing for now, as I need to head to bed soon lol. Be great to start watching at some point tomorrow!
aww man, so close. Canadian in the hoose.
This is really exciting! Thank you so much for sharing! I just registered and I am waiting for when it’s open to try it out. Since I am at school for most of the year, I am usually stuck with streaming dramas instead of downloading them via bittorrent on d-addicts because of the school network policy (plus, the high bandwidth usage). It would be great to watch series in good quality and not in split videos
this is AWESOME!!!
i’m so happy that there’s going to be (another, no offense) site like this.
thanks for the great christmas present!!! =D
oh my gosh thank you so much.. this is such a good holiday gift! im so excited.. cant wait to try it soon.
kyaaaa! this is such a wonderful idea! thank you so much for informing us of dramafever!! i’m so happy that mbc, sbs, and kbs decided to collaborate with them!
i can’t wait to watch my favorite shows, dramas, and news soon! i’m lucky to say that
i live in america so i have access to the website but i hope that it will soon be open
for people all around the world! that would be awesome >w<
aaaaand lastly, i hope it’ll be a big success too!
thanks javabeans and dramafever!
just like everyone i’m excited and can’t wait; thanks you so much
C’mon we Canadians are your neighbours! We may be a little scared of the dark but hey, who isn’t?! And if you bump into us, we would be the one to apologize and then offer you a maple doughnut from Timmy’s. And then we could all drink beer and sing along to one of Robin Sparkles famous songs.
this is an awesome news dramabeans.
Fantastic! I just registered and am waiting for the next step.
I’d love to see titles like What Happened in Bali, Spring Waltz, Lovers in Paris (which my mom loves) and Autumn Tale in their website.
This is so cool! Thanks for the heads up!
thats great news! too bad it restricted to only u.s residents at the moment.
This is great! Thank you so much for sharing this!! =) I definitely can’t wait!!!!
I feel angry bcoz its not available here. But its okay
This is really fantastic and may open up Kdramas to a wider audience ~ wonderful!!
oh man. what a bummer. i was getting giddy all over then I read the US only thingy. dang. i wish it’d go international… :’[
I’m with you momoisluv, i was like YIPEEEEE!!!!! then my bubble burst when i read the ‘US-based’ part….pls pls go international soon!
Hi!
Hope we get first hand news from you javabeans as soon its international!.. I’m so tired of watching new dramas that has been broken into bits.
It’s totally awesome.
Only that I live in Europe. Hopefully it’s going to be international streaming soon.
Thanks Javabeans and Dramafever
Also want to moan about the limitation to the US, add my wishes for the success of a legal, HQ streaming site with good subs, and for this to be opened up to other countries soon; after all, illegal subbing/viewing is by no means an exclusively American phenomenon. To make me happy when it’s eventually opened up, I’d like to add that adding Taiwanese and Japanese dramas is as important as Korean – there are just as many fans of those dramas (a lot of Asian drama fans watch only Japanese dramas, finding kdramas too melodramatic and twdramas too frivolous).
Here’s to not getting sued!
Wow! thats awesome!
i hope variety shows such as 1 Night 2 Days and We got married are there too..
and dramas such as Hello Franceska and General Hospital 2
thanks for the xmas present
Thank you for the heads up…registered now patiently waiting for the beta code.
this is so cool! I’ve registered already but yeah I forgot that I live outside the US..but hopefully it will be open to us too soon…
Sounds like a fantastic idea, and I am glad they have found a legal way to do it, hopefully it will be great exposure for k-dramas in general. Since i’m currently repping from the West Coast of Africa, it’s a no-can-do.
Wishing the guys behind it good luck to what i’m sure will be a very successful venture.
hiks..why is it only for US? i hope they’d open it internationally…*pray*
im very ecstatic about this new site that i started looking up dramas i want to see with subtitle. Here’s a top two that i have a hard time looking for subs thats complete with no break!
- I am Happy— http://wiki.d-addicts.com/I_Am_Happy
-Thirty thousand miles in search of a son — http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Thirty_Thousand_Miles_in_Search_of_My_Son
I just have some questions.. do they also upload upcoming dramas or variety show?
im excited to see boys over flower and check out the hype about it because i’ve seen all version of it taiwanese and japanese.
As for variety show, i want to see We Got Married.
Thank you again for this awesome information… im just waiting for the response from the site. I’m so excited
I would LOVE for Soulmate to be on there and Flowers for My Life.
Thanks for the news.
I wish this venture much success. I’m glad that they understand the Hallyu Wave rides the internet and its free accessibility further expands S. Korea’s soft power abroad. I hope that Korean broadcast companies come to understand this and help to create a site that can promote Korea’s pop culture.
javabeans, tell dramafever to take all the above user unput seriously !
Best Christmas news ever! Thank you!
awww man!
ex-pats can’t catch a break!
but still, I hope that this venture is a success and will eventually take over the world
aaaaaaaaawesome!!! except i’ll be moving out of the country in a month for grad school. hmmmm… i suppose i can wait till i return to the US. god, that’s a couple years! eek…. i don’t know if i can wait that long!!
It just keeps getting better!!! Thanks dramabeans, and a well-deserved round of kudos for being recognized as a power player by the corporate suits.
Would you please upload MBC East of Eden? Thanks for making a reliable site for us in the U.S.A.
Forgot to mention, I have no k-drama recs, but when Dramafever (hopefully) gets around to include j-doramas and all, I hope they can include japanese variety shows, particularily the ones that include Arashi.
Good luck Dramafever and thank you so much for all the effort you’re putting into making this possible.
I knew there was a reason I was still living in the U.S
Sorry to all those who are not here, but I know it’ll open up to you all soon, its too good not too.
Thank goodness there will be a more quality website that can provide better quality viewing and less audio, video, and subbing problems.
Many times, the subbing leaves a lot to be desired, but as there a very few websites where I can watch as many dramas or episodes to my hearts content, mysoju has served its purpose.
But, can’t wait for dramafever.com.
OMG I am SO EXCITED!!! thanks so much for letting us all know!! This is perfect, too – I’ve been wishing for a while that they’d start really tapping into the American audience since(in spite of everything) I believe that Americans are really romantics at heart and I’m super excited for the drama fever to be spread! I know so few people here in the U.S. who watch dramas, but those to whom I’ve introduced them have gotten completely hooked. I was also getting really tired of the poor quality/split-up sections of dramas. The only drawback to this site that I can see is that it’s all Korean dramas
. I know the stereotype is that they’re the most popular and most watched, but honestly I’ve only seen a couple because I realized early on that I like Taiwanese better. I would hope that they’d expand the country of origin as this site grows.
Wow! this sounds so cool!
Boy am i glad i live in the US! I just registered, but i wonder how long it will take before i can watch videos.
The site looks like it will be a hit! Its great that its actually legal.
Cant wait to watch!
As for what shows to add, i guess “Full House” and “My Girl” are good favs,
And very popular.
Thanks!!!
Sounds fantastic!
Will definitely be checking it out. Nice time to check out old faves in HQ subs and video anyway. The idea of them working with WithS2 is just awesome though! Dream come true: fansubbers+company working hand-in-hand, legally. Win-win.
Though I wonder how the company is benefitting from this? I just hope it won’t peter out like so many projects out there, you know?
The show I’d love to see is My Girl. I do hope they get to expand with their shows. I’d love to see Jdramas go up, too (they’re often shorter, too, so -maybe- that’ll work out for their benefit). Their audience, too, of course! For once, I’m glad I live in America.
seriously awesome. thank you for collaborating & publicizing it!
thats pretty hxc.
thanks for the great news!!! I registered and if i am doing correctly, they will contact us for the next step right?
indeed this is awesome xmas present to us in the US…as its getting tougher to watch our favorite soon to be air kdramas/movies.
i hope all goes well and am looking forward to it.
how about airing new dramas/ movies as well as the all time favorites? would there be live streaming in sub available? i know that is being greedy but could u pass along the burning questions!!
thans and merry belated christma.
This is just fantastic news! What a wonderful announcement in this season of giving and sharing.
I’d really like to see more OCN programs. Last year, I managed to find and watch “Someday”.
It was an excellent drama. Perhaps, it didn’t have the melodramas, tragedies, hype or the super-stars. But, the storyline was very good and, especially, interesting. The acting was also very good. And, the artistic touches were totally beautiful.
I can hardly wait for “dramafever” to start.
Itd be awesome if they put “I night 2 days” and “we got married”
I love those two shows….as for drams—all the upcoming ones
wow Im excited!!
that is amzaing how were they able to get the license o.0
“When It’s At Night” pls!!!! i’m from nz but hoping to register
I guess they’re only accepting so many people because I tried registering just now and it says when they have room for additional members, they’ll notify me. BOO!! I really want to watch Goong! I’ll be waiting for the e-mail confirmation when they’re ready for more members.
But it’s awesome that they’ve negotiated with the actual tv stations. That’s really a first. I give them major props for all their hard work!
thanks….great to hear that we kdrama addicts have a place for reliable subs…lookin forward to great shows…hope all the kdramas, jdramas, cdramas will get on this site…very entertaining and simple fun…love ya!!!! How about the original 1996 First Love with BYJ….Chunja’s Happy Events… I hope that the dramas include the long epics, long shows….they may be long but they are still quite entertaining….boy AM I LUCKY TO LIVE IN THE GREAT U S OF A!!!!!!
Wow this really made my day when I read this post! I really hate watching on mysoju, cuz it’s not hq and sometimes I don’t want to dl it. I’m grateful that it’s available to US users, but it kinda sux to be non U.S. ppl, hopefully when it’s out of beta, everyone will enjoy it. I signed up earlier in the day, just waiting for their response hehe.
As for dramas…I wanted to recommend My Sister in Law is 19 or whatever the many names. I just finished watching it and I really enjoyed it, except I wish it was HQ.
wah! that’s awesome. THANKS FOR THE INFO!!! heehee ^^
>.< i live far away from US
awesome…thanks
AWW!
Thank you so much!
i hope you can ask dramafever to post an oldie that i haven’t been able to find elsewhere: choi jin sil’s jealousy.
thanks
I leave the states for KOREA and this is what happens?!?
[...] Introducing Dramafever [...]
WOW THANKS DRAMABEANS.
This is so cool. I went and register, but it tells me I will have to wait until more people register before I can participate?
Do you know the exact date when they will be up and running?
I can’t wait. This seems really cool and I hope they have great success and leads to better things in the future.
I am bookmarking that site.
Thanks again Dramabeans
wow, amazing! ive been trying to watch coffee prince, but all the videos either take ages to load, or are LQ. this would be great, & i hope they accept me soon! has anyone had any luck yet and recieved an email from them?
*anxiously waiting*
GOSH I CANT WAIT, HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN WAITING? IVE BEEN WAITING FOR MAYBE 3 DAYS,,, GOSH I MISS GOONG!!! LOL
They should do variety shows! This is like asian hulu lol. I had to register awhile before hulu actually started running as well. I’m looking forward to being bale to sit for an hour and watch a whole show without clicking the ext link,etc.
HOMG.
this is awesome!!!!! thanks so much for the info and the invite.
wow! i’ve long been waiting for something like this. thanks for sharing!
Hi Everyone –
Thank you all for your interest! We took good notes of your comments and will try to incorporate many of them as we build up our site over the coming months. We appreciate you taking the time out to write them.
We will be sending out large blocks of beta invitation emails starting this Wednesday (12/31), and just about all of you who already registered on our site with priority code ‘coolbeans’ should get access by Monday (1/5)….if you used a computer located in the US when you registered.
The reason for ours being a US-only service is due to licensing issues. We simply don’t have the permission from the content owners to stream outside of US. We hope to remedy this over time.
Please note that we’re in “beta” because the site still needs work and we need to add more content. However, even in beta, we think you will be pleased by the overall quality and speed of our videos. It will only get better over time as we fix bugs, acquire more content, and build out features that you’d enjoy.
Please feel free to contact me directly at sbak@dramafever.com with any questions or suggestions.
Sorry for the wait and we appreciate your patience.
Thanks!
Seung
Co-Founder
DramaFever.com
sbak@dramafever.com
[...] site for watching Korean TV dramas with English subtitles — and all for free. You can read the announcement on the Dramabeans blog and then head over to the site itself, which is still in beta so read the Dramabeans post for the [...]
wow, thanks for that dramafever!
what a surprise.
Awesome! I got an email from Dramafever today and the site looks awesome. Weird thing though is that I’m from Canada and I was able to watch it. I just signed up just in case and it worked!
Mars.
Please upload Mars. And Why Why Love <3
Silence would be nice too :]]
Crunchy Roll took down all their dramas && animes :[
I love this site. It has kinks that need to be worked out but I finally get to watch White Tower! The first episode was AMAZING. Not only do I get to watch Lee Syun-Gun “The Voice” (what a dream boat!) I finally get to see Kim Myung Min in action…
Very impressive! Thanks so much for introducing me to this site. The videos clarity and english subs are truly remarkable. Love it!
Thanks for this new site. It is very exciting!
I haven’t had a chance to watch any of this drama yet but would hope the English subtitles should be a good one.
I like the presentation overall.
Are you planning to post the Kmovies eventually? I am very impressed with Korean movies as well.
I am also looking forward to watching clips of behind-the-scenes action and actor interviews.
Thanks again and good luck,
waa I didnt get to put the ”coolbeans” thing!!!
Gosh I shouldve put it, im hella waiting like crazy
I got the e-mail for drama fever… and i’m so glad i signed up! The videos where great in quality and so were the subs. I can’t wait for them to add more shows! Thanks to the people who took the time to set up drama fever for us K-Drama fans! I hope you guys get the licensing for When It’s At Night (cough! =D)… but I’ll be happy with whatever you provide. Beggars can’t be choosers! lol! Once again, Thanks!
Is there any way I can request My Girl? ^.^
there’s another site that has eng subs out first… its viikii.net… have a look!!!
Romance Hunter Eng subbed PLEASE!! Ive tried for months and months…Thank you!
Wow, I’m so glad that we have another site of English sub dramas to feed our K-drama addiction. I have a request for the drama “You’re My Destiny” if possible. I’ve been dying to continue watching the rest of the drama, mysoju only have posted up to episode 138. Also “When its at night” I love that series. Thank you dramabeans for sharing such wonderful news with all of us.
Wow, what an awesome idea!
I hope that it becomes available to Canadians in the future! 
Fantastic news!!!!!!….. but oh man…..how bummed am i that i live in Oz right now! hehehe…………….. oh well!
Seung,
What a wonderful thought put into ACTION.
For us non-korean speakers, the subs are crucial. If you all can improve the subbing, I would really appreciate it.
Even willing to lend a hand – as am an educator . Poor subbing can be so very frustrating and we lose that meaningful moment.
For the 50 states…it would be nice to set up shop to advocate…..am willing.
best of luck Seung and partners and dramabeans
What if your U.S territory?
Does that count?
I sgined up already..
I’m just waiting eagerly! n _______ n
<3333
how sad!!! i live in the Philippines!!!
I signed up & registered. OMG, the quality is so good. I’m planning to rewatch my 2 favourite dramas: Coffee Prince & Boys Before Flowers. But it has some short CF during each episode. Anyway, it’s so much better than other sites. Thanks so much for posting about this site. You are the BEST!!!!!
i love to watch those korean dramas but i live in Philippines…..
( hope i can watch it soon>>>
I registered, and I love how I can get licensed dramas with subs, but for one thing… the second I signed up on Dramafever, I started getting a LOT of spam in my gmail inbox in my main email account. I switched the email address in my Dramafever account to one that I use only rarely, but junk mail kept getting sent to my main account, in addition to my alternative email. Is there any way to remedy this?
Wow…this is great! Just signed up and waiting for invite. Can’t wait to see other Kdramas that are not shown at mysoju.com. Thank you for the info dramabeans. M sooo exxzzited.
I just registered!!!! it looks so cool!! i hope they have 1% of anything, recently they’ve been taking that drama down…… I CAN’T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aw.. I need it to become international! The site seems really legit!
aww hurry up and become universal already so we can watch as a collective!! I guess we’ll be the very last to be in on the loop well, along with the south pole… *sigh
[...] have received a lot of beta requests, particularly after DramaBeans wrote this post about us http://www.dramabeans.com/2008/12/introducing-dramafever. We thank all of you who have taken the time to register and appreciate your patience. The [...]
Well!!! I am so happy that i started to cry when i found out about DramaFever, I have to say that the quality is awesome, the subs are excellent and i keep spreading the word about them to my fan friends…i was so surprised that it was legal and the best of all FREEEEEEEEEE…they have so many dramas i was eager to watch..lol…and they keep adding more to the website…every night i go to sleep around 1am watching my dramas..lol..hopefully they will be able to make it international for those that are not living in America..but for sure i can predict korean dramas and talents will grow more and more here in America with this website…ah i also found out about Dramabeans at Dramafever…and i am liking this site a lot…:)
Just testing to see if this works and Canada..
and it does!
Hurray~
It’s a pity that they only have the licence for the U.S. and Canada. I hope they get it for Europe too. This project is really cool. Thanks a lot!
SHEEEESHHH IM WATCHING IRIS N UR TELLIN ME ONLY AMERICA?? GRRRRRRRR
DO EUROPE N ENGLAND DAMN IT
I love you!! Thank you for this heads up!!! You are faboo!
IRIS!!! best and most epic drama ever!:D
[...] was still in beta, Dramabeans, one of the most popular English-language Korean drama websites posted The subtitles for many series have been provided by the companies themselves, but there’s a [...]
Thank you..from Hawaii to California to NY to Florida and the rest of the States. Great news.