Japanese satellite television station Wowow announced today that a live-action drama adaptation of Ryo Nakama's Shonen Jump comedy manga Isobe Isobee Monogatari: Ukiyo wa Tsurai yo is now in the works, scheduled to premiere in the summer 2024. The drama is scheduled to air for ten episodes. Yosuke Sugino, who recently also played the Seishu Handa in the live-action drama adaptation of Satsuki Yoshino's Barakamon manga, is set to star as the title character, Isobe Isobee. "I feel we have created a rather strange work," said Sugino. "The worldview of the original manga, the location of Kyoto, the director and staff, and the personalities of the cast members came together in a good way. Please watch it!" Related: "Isobe Isobee Monogatari" Returns to Gyao on March 6 After several one-shot chapters, the original manga was serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump from October 2013 to October 2017, then compiled in 16 tankobon volumes. The...
- 3/14/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Mangaka Tohono is struggling to make a name for himself in the industry, with his past work suffering poor runs .Unable to come up with ideas, his editor asks him to try his hands at the ‘slice of life’ genre. A request based on the simplicity and relatability of the genre, qualities lacking in his previous projects. Hesitant at first, Tohono finds confronting his own social fears a rewarding practice to help inspire the manga. Consequently, the challenge proves rewarding as the series first volume is a hit.
“Yoshi no Zuikara” takes a meta approach to the subject material, with a manga about a mangaka struggling to come up with new material feeling self referential. Additionally, the first chapter which appears to be the subject’s background, transforms into the opening chapter of the project he is currently working on. While it feels like a bit of a misdirect at first,...
“Yoshi no Zuikara” takes a meta approach to the subject material, with a manga about a mangaka struggling to come up with new material feeling self referential. Additionally, the first chapter which appears to be the subject’s background, transforms into the opening chapter of the project he is currently working on. While it feels like a bit of a misdirect at first,...
- 10/3/2020
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
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