Tales of the Unusual Gets Monthly New Episodes on FOD for First Time
This is the first time in the program's history that new episodes will be released monthly on a streaming platform rather than as seasonal television specials.
Reporting from 1 sources: Eiga Natalie.
Fuji TV's streaming service FOD will distribute 12 new original episodes of the anthology drama "Tales of the Unusual" over one year, starting June 27. The first episode, "The Man Who Came from Tomorrow," stars Rie Mimura as a psychotherapist who meets a man whose memory moves backward through time.
Fuji TV's streaming service FOD will distribute completely new original episodes of the anthology drama "Tales of the Unusual" starting June 27 at 23:10. One new episode will be delivered every last Saturday of the month at 21:00, with a total of 12 episodes streamed over one year through the end of May 2027.
The first episode, titled "The Man Who Came from Tomorrow," stars Rie Mimura as psychotherapist Chika Asami. The story follows Asami as she counsels a man named Kei Tachibana, whose memory is hazy due to a mysterious injury and who claims his life is moving backward toward yesterday. The cast includes Shiro Sano, Yoshihiko Hosoda, Fuyuna Asakura, and Ryunosuke. Masayuki Ochiai, who worked on the series at its start, handles script and direction.
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- Eiga Natalie 「世にも奇妙な物語」番組史上初、FODで毎月新作を配信 1作目の主演は美村里江