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Tomoko Boryoku’s An Older Guy’s VR First Love manga first kicked off on Ichijinsha’s Zero-Sum Online website in 2020, and now it’s getting a live-action adaptation. NHK announced plans for a live-action series, which is currently lined up for an April 2024 premiere. The series …Read more »
This month will mark the premiere of a live-action series based on For the Kid I Saw in My Dreams, a manga written and illustrated by Kei Sanbe. Streaming service Lemino revealed plans for the production at the end of July, setting the premiere for …Read more »
Sexy Tanaka-san is a manga by Hinako Ashihara that centers on an office lady in her 40s who has a surprising side to her personality and the 23-year-old temp who looks up to her after discovering her secret. Now the series is getting a live-action …Read more »
Shonen Jump app enjoyers will notice Luffy of Netflix’s One Piece on the title bar today. It’s a neat collaboration. But it’s also making us wonder… what other Shonen Jump titles could make the jump to live-action? The sky’s the limit, but we’re still choosing carefully. …Read more »
At the end of June, the official JUJUTSU KAISEN accounts announced that the manga has surpassed 80 million copies printed physically and sold digitally. A live-action promo was promised to commemorate the milestone, and while it doesn’t include any characters just as they said it …Read more »
Sometimes you want to watch people fight each other. And sometimes, you also want people to have a nice and happy time. But how can you get both of those at once? Shonen Jump! We can’t help but notice an alluring subgenre of manga that …Read more »
A Side Character’s Love Story, the manga by Akane Tamura, is getting the live-action film treatment. The film will be released in 2024. The manga, set in Hiroshima, is about a woman in her 20s who considers herself a “side character,” but must assert herself …Read more »
Fans of writer Yuto Yotsuba and illustrator Ryo Ogawa’s Ya Boy Kongming! manga and its anime adaptation will soon get to see the series in a new light. A live-action TV drama adaptation was announced, with plans for the series to premiere on Fuji TV …Read more »
Kashi Mashi Meshi, the popular foodie manga by Mari Okazaki, is getting a live-action series adaptation. The manga, which debuted in 2016, is about three friends who reunite during a sad occasion but find new hope by eating great food together. There are currently five …Read more »
Back in the day, the anime version of Kaiji Kawaguchi’s The Silent Service manga was a perennial fixture on my local Blockbuster shelf. Now, 35 years after the manga first debuted, we’re finally getting a live-action adaptation. The film, an Amazon original, will hit Japanese …Read more »
Yasuyuki Kosaka’s Diary of Our Days at the Breakwater manga is a story about a fishing club, and it first launched in Young Champion Retsu back in February 2017. Now, according to the February 2023 issue of the magazine, a live-action series adaptation is in …Read more »
Parasyte, the body-snatchin’ horror manga from Hitoshi Iwaaki, has been adapted into anime, live-action films and more. Now it’s set for a live-action series made in South Korea. Netflix will stream the series. In Japanese, the title has been announced as Kiseiju: The Grey (ostensibly …Read more »
Following the act of the four-episode drama and live-action films in 2017, a new live-action TV drama adaptation is on the way to cover writer Mikoto Yamaguchi and illustrator Yuki Sato’s Tomodachi Game manga. The series is set to make its debut on the TV …Read more »
Netflix’s Geeked Week continues with a bunch of announcements, and one of them is getting ready to bring another manga to the screen. The latest project will adapt writer Haro Aso and illustrator Kotaro Takata’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead manga in the …Read more »
Netflix is doing a live-action adaptation of the manga Kentarō Hiyama’s First Pregnancy (known as Hiyama Kentarō no Ninshin in Japanese), which they’ve titled as He’s Expecting. He’s Expecting is being released globally on April 21, and in the meantime an English-subtitled trailer has dropped …Read more »
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