Issaku Wake's Jotei Super Queen, co-created with Ryo Kurashina, is the source of a new live-action television series premiering October 22 in YTV's late-night Drama DiVE block. The drama stars Nagisa Saito, and Toko Inui sings its opening theme.
Issaku Wake is the co-creator, with Ryo Kurashina, of the Jotei Super Queen manga. The two serialized it in Houbunsha's Weekly Manga Times from 1996 to 2001. The most recent stories about Wake are not about the manga itself but about a television adaptation: a live-action series for YTV's late-night Drama DiVE block, premiering October 22.
The adaptation stars Nagisa Saito as Ayaka Tachibana, a woman who loses her single mother to cancer and tries to become the Empress of Ginza through its hostess clubs. Toko Inui, a Nijisanji VTuber, sings the opening theme, "Tokyo City Night," from her second mini album One day, released October 7. Inui said she is happy to accompany a work loved by many.
What the stories settle is narrow. The manga exists, it ran from 1996 to 2001, and the new series has a premiere date, a lead, and a theme song. What they do not establish is anything about Wake's role in the adaptation or any new work of his own. Coverage of Wake here is coverage of the source material as it enters a new television version.
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Toko Inui, the Nijisanji VTuber, will sing the opening theme for the Yomiuri TV drama Jotei, which starts late night on October 22. The song is "Tokyo City Night," from her second mini album One day, released October 7. Jotei adapts the manga by Ryo Kurashina and Issaku Wake and stars Nagisa Saito. Inui said she is happy to accompany a work loved by many.
A new live-action television series based on Ryō Kurashina and Issaku Wake's Jotei Super Queen manga will premiere on October 22 in the YTV channel's late-night Drama DiVE block. Nagisa Saitō stars as Ayaka Tachibana, a woman who loses her single mother to cancer and tries to become the Empress of Ginza through its hostess clubs. Kurashina and Wake serialized the manga in Houbunsha's Weekly Manga Times from 1996 to 2001.