The Chukyo TV channel announced a live-action television series adaptation of Keiko Suenobu‘s Ochitara Owari manga on Wednesday. The series will premiere in the “Suiyō Platinight” (Wednesday Platinum Night) timeslot on Chukyo TV, NTV, and their affiliated channels nationwide on July 1.

Former AKB-48 group member Mariko Shinoda (Terra Formars, Kaiji: Final Game) stars as Kumiko Mamiya.

Television program announcer Misato Ugaki stars as Asumi Tsukishima.

Taeko Asano (live-action Marmalade Boy, More Than Words) is writing the scripts.

The story follows the difficult relationships of housewife Asumi Tsukishima, who, after five years of married life, has achieved her dream of moving into a new high-rise apartment building with her family of three. She makes friends with mothers of her daughter’s friends, but also living there is Asumi’s old classmate Kumiko Mamiya.

The manga debuted in Be Love in June 2019. Suenobu ended the series in September 2023. Kodansha shipped the tenth and final volume in October 2023.

Suenobu launched the Addict manga in Kodansha‘s Be Love magazine on April 1.

Suenobu launched the Life 2: Giver/Taker manga in Kodansha‘s Afternoon magazine in June 2016, and ended it in October 2018. Kodansha published six compiled book volumes for the manga. The manga inspired a live-action show adaptation in January.

The 20-volume Life manga ran in Kodansha‘s Bessatsu Friend magazine from 2002-2009, and it won the Kodansha Manga Award in the shōjo category in 2006. Tokyopop published nine volumes of the series before it shut down its North American publishing division in 2011. The manga inspired a live-action television series in 2007.

Kodansha USA Publishing licensed both Life and Life 2: Giver/Taker.

Vertical published all six volumes of Suenobu’s Limit manga in 2012-2013. Limit also received a live-action television series in 2013.

Sources: Chukyo TV‘s website, Comic Natalie

Nintendo began streaming on Tuesday the opening cinematic for the Yoshi and the Mysterious Book game, featuring Bowser Jr. 

The game launches for Nintendo Switch 2 on Thursday.

In the game, Yoshi jumps into a magical book. While inside the book, Yoshi and the world adopt an artstyle that resembles a hand-drawn picture book. Yoshi can carry other creatures on its back to gain abilities.

Yoshi’s previous game Yoshi’s Crafted World launched for Nintendo Switch in March 2019.

Mario’s dinosaur companion Yoshi first appeared in Super Mario World for Super Nintendo in 1990. Yoshi’s first starring role in a platformer game was in Super Mario World 2: Yoshi’s Island for SNES in 1995. Yoshi’s Story then launched for Nintendo 64 in 1997. Yoshi has starred in multiple games since, and has also appeared in mainline Super Mario games and spinoffs such as Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros..

The sequel movie The Super Mario Galaxy Movie opened in North America on April 3 and in Japan on April 24. Donald Glover joins the cast as Yoshi.

Source: Nintendo of America‘s YouTube channel

GKIDS streamed an English dub trailer on Tuesday for its new 4K remaster of the anime film of Taiyo Matsumoto‘s Tekkonkinkreet manga.

The company will screen a new 4K remaster of the film for its 20th anniversary on May 31-June 1 in North America. Tickets are available now.

Tekkonkinkreet centers on two orphans named Black and White, living in Treasure Town, a slum-like town that is overrun by rampant crime. A Yakuza boss named Snake is aiming to demolish Treasure Town to build a theme park, but Black interferes with their operations.

The anime film debuted in 2006. Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released the film. Michael Arias directed the film at Studio 4°C.

Matsumoto serialized the manga in Shogakukan‘s Weekly Big Comic Spirits magazine from 1993 to 1994. Viz Media published the manga in North America.

The series inspired a stage play in Tokyo in November 2018.

Source: GKIDS Films’ YouTube channel