NHK's live-action adaptation of Yuki Kodama's Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori begins on the Yorudora block on October 26, with Rena Matsui as ceramics painter Aoko Baba and Hayate Ichinose as Tatsuki Manabe, and a theme song by Tomohiro Hata.
NHK has confirmed the live-action series of Yuki Kodama's Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori for its Yorudora block, with a premiere date of October 26. Rena Matsui plays Aoko Baba, a ceramics painter, and Hayate Ichinose plays Tatsuki Manabe. The two leads were set before the theme song: Ichinose's casting was announced in August, with Matsui named alongside him.
The source manga is finished. It ran in Shogakukan's Flowers from March 2018 to March 2022 and ended at ten volumes. The adaptation is therefore working from a complete story rather than an ongoing one, and the series covers a finished ceramics romance set in a pottery town.
Tomohiro Hata will perform the theme song, "Fragments," NHK announced. That announcement also carried the October 26 premiere date and the two lead castings, making it the point at which the production's main public details were on the record together.
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NHK announced Tuesday that Tomohiro Hata will perform "Fragments," the theme song for the live-action series of Yuki Kodama's Ao no Hana, Utsuwa no Mori. Rena Matsui plays Aoko Baba, a ceramics painter, and Hayate Ichinose plays Tatsuki Manabe. The series debuts on NHK's Yorudora block on October 26. The manga ran in Flowers from March 2018 to March 2022, ending at ten volumes.
NHK announced that Hayate Ichinose will play male lead Tatsuki Manabe in the live-action series of Yuki Kodama's Ao no Hana Utsuwa no Mori manga. Rena Matsui also stars. The series premieres on NHK's Yorudora block this fall. The manga ran in Shogakukan's Flowers from March 2018 to March 2022.