is a Japanese
manga
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series written by yipiao and illustrated by Yūjirō Koyama. It has been serialized online via
Shueisha
(lit. "Gathering of Intellect Publishing Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese company headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan. The company was established in 1925 as the entertainment-related publishing division of Japanese publisher Shogakukan. The foll ...
's digital publication ''
Shōnen Jump+
is a Japanese online magazine for manga created by Shueisha, spin-off from its ''Jump'' line of magazines. Launched on September 22, 2014, the magazine operates as a free mobile app and website. The magazine serializes original titles and titles ...
'' since November 2014, and is also serialized in Shueisha's fashion magazine ''
Men's Non-no
is a Japanese monthly men's fashion and lifestyle magazine based in Tokyo. Published by Shueisha, it is an offshoot of women's magazine ''Non-no''.
History
''Men's Non-no'' was started in 1986, and the first issue appeared in 1987. The magazine ...
''. It has been collected in eleven ''
tankōbon
is the Japanese
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'' volumes. A 12-episode
anime
is Traditional animation, hand-drawn and computer animation, computer-generated animation originating from Japan. Outside of Japan and in English, ''anime'' refers specifically to animation produced in Japan. However, in Japan and in Japane ...
television series adaptation directed by
Akitaro Daichi
is a Japanese anime director, producer and photography director.
Career
Daichi is a native of Gunma Prefecture and a graduate of Tokyo Polytechnic University. He originally aspired to be a stage photographer, but entered the employ of Tokyo A ...
and animated at
Studio Deen
is a Japanese animation studio founded in 1975 by Sunrise producer Hiroshi Hasegawa and ex-Sunrise animators. The studio owns three subsidiaries: Danny Donghua (丹尼動画), a Chinese sub-contracting studio; Megumi (め組), a digital work sub-c ...
aired between April 10 and June 26, 2016.
A
live-action
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film adaptation was originally scheduled to release on June 19, 2020, but was delayed to October 30, 2020 due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Takumi Kitamura
is a Japanese actor, singer, and model. He is represented by Stardust Promotion's Section 3. He is the leader of Stardust's music collective Ebidan unit Dish. As a member of Dish, he is nicknamed Takumi, stylized as TAKUMI.
Biography
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Brother Tom
(born February 23, 1956) is a Japanese singer and tarento. His birth name and former stage name is , though he also goes by the English-language name of . He is the father of two actor sons.
Filmography
Films
*'' Fly Me to the Saitama'' (201 ...
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Yusuke Iseya
is a Japanese actor, director, artist, and businessman.
Career
Iseya co-starred with Arata Iura, Yui Natsukawa, and Susumu Terajima in Hirokazu Koreeda's ''Distance''. He appeared in Takashi Miike's '' 13 Assassins''.
He has also appeared in f ...
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Maika Yamamoto
is a Japanese actress, TV personality, and fashion model. She is known for her roles as Kaede Kayano in ''Assassination Classroom'', Chiyomi Horikiri in the 2015 television drama ''Minami-kun no Koibito'', and Mizuki Kurata in the 2018 film adap ...
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See also
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Tonkatsu
is a Japanese dish that consists of a breaded, deep-fried pork cutlet. It involves coating slices of pork with panko (bread crumbs), and then frying them in oil. The two main types are fillet and loin. Tonkatsu is also the basis of other dis ...
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Disc jockey
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Anime series based on manga
Comedy anime and manga
Films postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Japanese webcomics
Live-action films based on manga
Manga adapted into films
Shōnen manga
Shueisha franchises
Shueisha manga
Studio Deen
Warner Bros. films
Webcomics in print
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