Comisma And Akili International Set Live-Action Zukyun X Bakyun Film
The deal hands an English-language live-action adaptation to a London partner before Seven Seas has even released the manga's first volume in English, so the film is being built on a property most overseas readers have not yet been able to buy.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Comisma announced on Thursday that it has entered an agreement with London-based Akili International to develop and produce an English live-action film of Teito Yuzuriha's Zukyun x Bakyun manga. Robby Monroe is engaged to direct and write the screenplay. Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga, which follows two elite assassins, Dan and Lyla, whose working relationship turns into romance. Yuzuriha launched the manga on Comisma's GANMA! platform in October 2023 and ended it in September 2025.
The manga ran on Comisma's GANMA! platform from October 2023 to September 2025, and Comisma published the fifth compiled volume digitally on January 1. Seven Seas Entertainment holds the license and will release the first volume in September 2027, which puts the English edition roughly two years behind the film announcement. Akili International, based in London, is the production partner. Robby Monroe is engaged for both the directing and screenwriting duties. The story follows Dan and Lyla, two elite assassins who have only ever dealt with each other on the job, and what happens after Dan confesses.
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