IPartment
| iPartment | |
|---|---|
| Genre |
Sitcom Comedy Comedy-drama |
| Created by | Wei Zheng Wang Yuan |
| Starring |
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| Narrated by |
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| Opening theme | "My Future Styles" by Amber Kuo(Guo Caijie) |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language(s) | Chinese Japanese English Korean |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 84 |
| Production | |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Shanghai Media Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Season 1: Jiangxi TV Season 2: Guangdong TV Dragon TV Shandong Education TV Ningxia TV Season 3: Anhui TV Hubei TV Shaanxi TV Dragon TV Season 4: Anhui TV Dragon TV Heilongjiang TV Hubei TV |
| Picture format |
576i 4:3 (SDTV) (Season 1) 1080i 16:9 (HDTV) (Season 2–4) |
| Audio format | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Original release | August 23, 2009 |
iPartment (Chinese: 爱情公寓; pinyin: Àiqíng Gōngyù), is a sitcom from Mainland China. It was produced by Shanghai Film Group Corporation and Shanghai Film Studio, aired by Jiangxi TV in August 2009, with 20 45-minute episodes.
The second season switched into a different style approach with episodes aired online, due to its online fan base and polls for upcoming episodes. The second season featured four of the same characters from the first season, with three new characters. The third season followed with the same cast.
The i in the English title is a reference to ài (爱), the Chinese term for "love".
The show details the lives of seven youths in their mid-to-late 20's who are neighbors in an apartment building. Each person has a profession of their own and often gets into unexpected escapades.
Although much of the show is filmed on location, iPartment also contains a laugh track. The series uses a cinematic-style of approach with fast-paced editing and transitions, much like the British comedy series Spaced. There are also frequent references to more recent events and culture in China.
iPartment tends to combine genres such as drama, mystery, thriller, slapstick and surrealism. The second season leans more to a cinematic feel, with uses of CGI, camera effects and action scenes.
- A graduate from MIT who recently returned to China. He works as a network engineer. Zhanbo is very intelligent, but also socially inept and clumsy dealing with girls, often described by others as a stereotypical nerd. He likes watching scientific shows, and is a huge fan of Transformers. He first met Wanyu on the bus trip from the airport to the apartment, and fell in love with her. He eventually confessed his love to her at the end of season 1, which she accepted. He later went on a vacation around the world with Wanyu, and was absent for the whole season 2. He proposed to Wanyu in season 3, but she declined to pursue her future in Milano, and they break up despite still being in love with each other. He returns in Season 4, but then receives a job offer to go around the world for his company. He accepts the offer, and is missing from the rest of the season.
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