The word Asianovela comes from the words "Asia" or "Asian" and "Novela" from the word "Telenovela". This term was created to define the difference of a normal telenovela to Asian-produced telenovelas. The slang was first used on local internet forums, then became widly used by Filipino people.
The very first Asianovela shown in the Philippines was Amazing Twins, a Taiwanese TV series in July 2002 on IBC-13, but it gained no popularity in the Philippines despite that it was dubbed into Tagalog language.
On May 2003, ABS-CBN shown another Taiwanese TV drama titled Meteor Garden. It gained so much popularity, with it's ratings reaching over 40% and F4 posters, CDs and shirts are everywhere. The popularity of this TV drama started the so-called "Asianovela craze" and "Meteor Garden mania" in the Philippines. ABS-CBN later showned it's sequels, Meteor Rain and Meteor Garden II and become successful as well.
Here are some:
As of now the most popular is BOYS OVER FLOWERS (KOREA). It is currently showing at ABS-CBN. Like meteor garden, It starting to gain popularity. Maybe because of the story and of course good looking guys who portrays the lead characters in the story, which is the F4 of Korea.
The F4 of Korea:
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I love meteor garden (because that's only one I've seen from all hana yori dango adaptations)
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