Tonight, I Have a Date With a Serial Killer Manga Gets Live-Action Series
The adaptation launches a new late-night drama slot on Fuji TV and Kansai TV, and its decision to write an original ending acknowledges the manga's ongoing serialization.
Reporting from 3 sources: Anime News Network, Crunchyroll News, The Fandom Post.
Fuji TV announced on Friday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of the manga Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer by Kon Iguchi and Yuji Nakamura. The series will premiere on July 1 at 11:00 p.m. in the new Suidora Eleven programming block on Kansai TV and other Fuji TV affiliated channels. Super Eight member You Yokoyama plays police detective Shiro Isogai, and Nagisa Sekimizu plays Hinata Kuroi, a woman who can see the number of victims when she touches a murderer. The drama will feature an original ending because the manga is still ongoing. Hidetaka Sakamoto, Hiroki Inoue, and Toshimitsu Iizuka are directing, with scripts by Norikatsu Kodama and Kota Edatsune. Licaxxx is composing the music. The manga launched in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine in June 2024 and has four compiled volumes. Seven Seas Entertainment releases the English edition, with the first volume out in March and the second due August 18.
Yokoyama is a member of the idol group Super Eight. Sekimizu previously starred in the 2019 live-action film adaptation of the manga Machida-kun no Sekai. The series is the first program in the Suidora Eleven block, a new late-night drama slot on Kansai TV and Fuji TV.
The official description from Seven Seas Entertainment says the story follows Isogai, a police detective who has thrown himself entirely into solving murder sprees. When a mysterious informant begins tipping off the police about serial killers before they strike, he discovers the source is Hinata Kuroi, a young woman with a "sixth sense" that helps her find killers. The two form an unlikely partnership to hunt serial killers. The description notes that for Isogai, the investigation is personal.
Licaxxx is composing the music for the series. The manga, written by Kon Iguchi and illustrated by Yuji Nakamura, launched in Kodansha's Good! Afternoon magazine in June 2024. Kodansha published the fourth compiled volume on March 6. Seven Seas Entertainment released the first English volume on March 17, with the second volume scheduled for August 18.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 3 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News 'Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer' Manga Gets Live-Action Series
- Crunchyroll News Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer Live-Action Drama Premieres in July
- The Fandom Post ‘Tonight, I Have a Date with a Serial Killer’ Manga By Kon Iguchi & Yuji Nakamura Gets Live-Action TV Series