History YMMV / AsianSaga

* RetroactiveRecognition: A pre-''Series/HogansHeroes'' Creator/RichardDawson appears in the 1965 adaptation of ''King Rat'' as Weaver, the paratrooper who arrives at the camp as an advance scout.

* RetroactiveRecognition: A pre-''Series/HogansHeros'' CreatorRichardDawson appears in the 1965 adaptation of ''King Rat'' as Weaver, the paratrooper who arrives at the camp as an advance scout.

* StrangledByTheRedString: It is clear that Clavell is very fond of Erikki Yokkonen and enjoys writing the romance between him and Azadeh. But with Erikki flying off into a rage at the drop of a hat and Azadeh coming across as a wallflower, the romance can appear as a farcical melodrama distracting from the main plot.

* MagnificentBastard (''Shogun''): [[BadassInCharge Lord Yoshi Toranaga]] flawlessly combines TheChessmaster and ManipulativeBastard gloriously, playing an endless game of XanatosSpeedChess when his plans get derailed. Both Toranaga and his nemesis Ishido had sworn to their late master that they would protect his young son until he was old enough to rule, but Ishido believes Toranaga intends to supplant the boy and become Shogun himself, and he's absolutely right. Toranaga proceeds to manipulate the entirety of Japan, pulling off a set of brilliant, almost impossible gambits to provoke Ishido into war, marginalize his rivals and allow Toranaga to move against them with full support of the populace. In the end, Toranaga's brilliance ends in him completely crushing his rivals and ascending to the position of Shogun with aplomb, with narration even stating that his victory "wasn't an Act of God. It was an Act of Toranaga."

* MagnificentBastard: Lord Toranaga in ''Shogun'' combines TheChessmaster and ManipulativeBastard gloriously, playing an endless game of XanatosSpeedChess when his plans get derailed. Both Toranaga and his nemesis Ishido had sworn to their late master that they would protect his young son until he was old enough to rule, but Ishido believes Toranaga intends to supplant the boy and become Shogun himself, and he's absolutely right. Toranaga proceeds to manipulate the entirety of Japan, pulling off a set of brilliant, almost impossible gambits to provoke Ishido into war, marginalize his rivals and allow Toranaga to move against them with full support of the populace. In the end, Toranaga's brilliance ends in him completely crushing his rivals and ascending to the position of Shogun with aplomb, with narration even stating that his victory "wasn't an Act of God. It was an Act of Toranaga."

* StrangledByTheRedString: It is clear that Clavell is very fond of Erikki Yokkonen and enjoys writing the romance between him and Azadeh. But with Erikki flying off into a rage at the drop of a hat and Azadeh coming across as a wallflower. The romance can appear as a farcical melodrama distracting from the main plot.

* FoeYay: Dirk Stuan and Tyler Brock are ''very'' obsessed with dominating the other. The start of their enmity was when Struan was a cabin boy on which Brock was a bo'sun, and apparently the latter was very fond of flogging Struan.
** Given [[HelloSailor what people normally think about sailors at sea]], and that Brock was a young man while Struan was just a boy, there is [[RapeAsBackstory one (unconfirmed) interpretation]] [[FridgeHorror that springs to mind...]]

* {{Woosleyism}}: The Saga as a whole received two translations into Polish. One is done "a book a piece" by random translators. The other is by Małgorzata and Andrzej Grabowski, a married couple that translated almost entire Saga on their own. As such, it has very distinctive style and the translators put effort into applying Polish-specific dialects and local grammar patterns to indicate how different characters talk, rather than doing literal, 1:1 translation. This especially shines in ''Tai-pan'' and ''King Rat'', where even such things like Texan drawl, differences between Malay and Javanese or Brock's antiquated phases get their Polish equivalent, which aren't direct translations, but still instantly "click" to Polish readers with regional- and period-specific associations.

* AmericansHateTingle: The Shogun miniseries was a ratings monster in the USA but was not received warmly in Japan. Was seen as subpar when it aired in Japan and criticisms included the fact that all in all it was just a generic period piece. Japan already had plenty of samurai epics and historical dramas on television so it wasn't as mindblowing as it was to Western audiences. It doesn't help a lot of the miniseries's inaccuracies and perspective of Japan through the eyes of an Australian author and Western studio filming it insulted audiences during its first airing in the country.

* AmericansHateTingle: The Shogun miniseries as a ratings monster in the USA but was not received warmly in Japan. Was seen as subpar when it aired in Japan and criticisms included the fact that all in all it was just a generic period piece. Japan already had plenty of samurai epics and historical dramas on television so it wasn't as mindblowing as it was to Western audiences. It doesn't help a lot of the miniseries's inaccuracies and perspective of Japan through the eyes of an Australian author and Western studio filming it insulted audiences during its first airing in the country.

* Americans Hate Tingle: The Shogun miniseries as a ratings monster in the USA but was not received warmly in Japan. Was seen as subpar when it aired in Japan and criticisms included the fact that all in all it was just a generic period piece. Japan already had plenty of samurai epics and historical dramas on television so it wasn't as mindblowing as it was to Western audiences. It doesn't help a lot of the miniseries's inaccuracies and perspective of Japan through the eyes of an Australian author and Western studio filming it insulted audiences during its first airing in the country.