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In this year’s 13th issue of Kodansha’s Weekly Shonen Magazine it was announced that live action television adaptation of Miki Yoshikawa’s Yankee-kun to Megane-chan manga has been green lit. It was also announced that actor Hiroki Narimiya (Gokusen, Akihabara @ DEEP, NANA) will play Yankee-kun (the delinquent) Daichi Shinagawa, while Riisa Naka (The Girl Who [...]
BeeTV mobile phone television service is producing a live-action program based on Utsurun Desu. four-panel “nonsensical” gag comedy manga. The origianal story follows a number of off the wall characters used to tell off the wall jokes.
The new daily live-action series of 50 one-minute episodes will premiere on BeeTV on October 26.
Source: Anime News Network
American manga publisher Viz media announced recently that they plan to speed up the release of the hit manga One Piece. One Piece was created in 1997 by Manga-ka Eiichiro Oda. As of July 2009, the manga is still running, comprising 54 Tankobon volumes so far and has spawned an anime series, totaling more than 400 [...]