Takasugi-san's Obento Live-Action Series Reveals 8 More Cast Members, Theme Song by NEWS
The staff of the live-action series adaptation of Nozomi Yanahara's Takasugi-san's Obento (Takasugisanchi no Obentou) manga revealed more cast members on Thursday. Additionally, the staff revealed NEWS will perform the show's theme song "Acchi Muite Hoi." The song celebrates the 500th song for NEWS.The new cast includes: Takashi Ninomiya (live-action Laid-Back Camp, Mairu no Vich) and Ryō Sato are directing the series, and Yūko Kawabe is writing the script.The series will premiere on October 2 on the Chukyo TV and on Nippon TV's "Wednesday Platinum Night" programming block, at 24:29 JST (effectively, October 3 at 12:29 a.m. JST).BookWalker Global describes the manga: Yanahara launched the manga in Monthly Comic Flapper magazine in 2009, and ended it in May 2015. The manga will get a "revival publication" in the next issue of Monthly Comic Flapper on October 4.Kadokawa published 10 compiled book volumes for the manga. Digital Manga Publishing released two volumes in English, and Kadokawa's ComicWalker website also added the series under the title Takasugi-san Family's Obento when it launched in 2014, but is also only offering Digital Manga's two volumes. BookWalker is also offering just the first two volumes. Yanahara launched the Karin-po manga in Comic Flapper in June 2016, and ended the series in August 2018.Sources: Takasugi-san's Obento live-action series' website, Comic Natalie