The Summer of You Boys-Love Manga Gets Live-Action Series
The adaptation brings a completed, English-licensed BL manga to live-action, with a cast reveal and a tight release window of under two months.
Reporting from 1 sources: Anime News Network.
Nagisa Furuya's boys-love manga The Summer of You is being adapted into a live-action series. TV Tokyo announced the project on Saturday. The series will stream in advance on U-NEXT from June 24 and debut on TV Tokyo's Drama NEXT block on July 1. Tomoya Oku and Kazuto Mokudai star as Wataru Toda and Chiharu Saeki.
TV Tokyo announced on Saturday that Nagisa Furuya's boys-love manga The Summer of You will receive a live-action series adaptation. The series will stream in advance on the U-NEXT service in Japan from June 24, then premiere on TV Tokyo's Drama NEXT programming block on July 1. A making-of video teased the main cast before the official reveal.
Tomoya Oku plays Wataru Toda and Kazuto Mokudai plays Chiharu Saeki. The story follows two high school students who bond over a shared love of movies, until one confesses his feelings and the other must confront his own. Kodansha USA Publishing releases the manga in English. Furuya serialized the original work in Ichijinsha's gateau magazine from 2017 to 2019.
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