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Manga 'Kowloon Generic Romance' Gets TV Anime, Live-Action Movie in 2025
Bandai Namco Filmworks opened an official website for a television anime and live-action movie adaptation of Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance manga on Friday, revealing the main cast. The anime and live-action movie are scheduled to premiere in 2025. Voice actors Haruka Sh...
2 years ago
Web Manga 'Kirio Fanclub' Gets Anime, Live-Action Drama
Manga author Chikyuu no Osakana Pon-chan announced on their official X account on Sunday that their Kirio Fanclub manga is receiving an anime and live-action drama adaptation, revealing a commemorative illustration (pictured). Chikyuu no Osakana Pon-chan began serializing the rom...
2 years ago
Manga 'Babanbabanban Vampire' Gets TV Anime, Live-Action Movie in 2025
Publisher Akita Shoten announced on Thursday that a television anime adaptation and a live-action movie of Hiromasa Okujima's Babanbabanban Vampire manga are in production. The anime is scheduled to be broadcast on TV Asahi in 2025. The movie, distributed by Shochiku, will be re...
2 years ago
Manga '"Oshi no Ko"' Receives Live-Action Movie, TV Series in Winter 2024
Entertainment company Toei announced a live-action movie and drama series for Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's "Oshi no Ko" manga on Wednesday. Toei and Amazon are co-producing the live-action project. The drama series will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide in...
2 years ago
Manga 'Black Jack' Gets Live-Action TV Drama in 2024
TV Asahi announced on Saturday that Osamu Tezuka's Black Jack manga is receiving a Japanese live-action television drama adaptation to commemorate the manga's 50th anniversary. The television drama is set to air in 2024 on TV Asahi. Issei Takahashi (Mimi wo Sumaseba) is starring...
2 years ago
Manga 'Origin' Gets Western Live-Action Movie
Entertainment news outlet Variety announced on Wednesday that Boichi's Origin manga is receiving a Western live-action movie. Kodansha and Majestic Limited are co-producing the movie. Majestic Limited is a new production company founded by director Josh Boone (The New Mutants, Th...
2 years ago
Manga 'My Home Hero' Receives Live-Action Series, Movie
Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS) announced both a live-action drama series and movie for Naoki Yamakawa and Masashi Asaki's My Home Hero manga on Tuesday. The television drama will begin airing on MBS and TBS' Dramaism programming block on October 25 at 12:59 a.m. and 1:28 a.m...
3 years ago
Manga 'City Hunter' Gets Live-Action Movie
Netflix Japan announced on Thursday that Tsukasa Hojo's City Hunter manga is receiving a Japanese live-action movie adaptation. The movie is scheduled to premiere worldwide on Netflix in 2024. Ryouhei Suzuki (Hentai Kamen) is starring as Ryou Saeba. Yuuichi Satou (Kisaragi) is di...
3 years ago
Manga 'Kimi ni Todoke' Gets Live-Action Series
Netflix Japan announced a live-action series based on Karuho Shiina's Kimi ni Todoke (Kimi ni Todoke: From Me to You) manga on Wednesday. TV Tokyo and Netflix are co-producing the series, with FINE Entertainment credited for production cooperation. The live-action will stream wor...
4 years ago
Manga 'Kiseijuu' Receives Korean Live-Action Series
Netflix revealed on Wednesday that Hitoshi Iwaaki's Kiseijuu (Parasyte) will receive a Korean live-action drama series titled Parasyte: The Grey. Yeon Sang-ho (Train to Busan) is serving as the director and Ryu Yong-jae (Peninsula) is writing the script at Climax Studio and WOW...
4 years ago
