AKAGI

Tarō Suruga, Shinji Rokkaku, Hidekazu Mashima join series premiering October 13 The official website for the live-action drama series based on Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Akagi -Yami ni Oritatta Tensai- manga revealed new cast members for the series' second season on Wednesday. The new cast includes: Tarō Suruga as Nangō, Akagi's partner who teaches him mahjong Satoshi Jinbo as Yasuoka, reprising the detective role from the previous season Shinji Rokkaku as Ryūzaki, Akagi's first opponent in the yakuza Hidekazu Mashima as Yagi, a gambler who covers for Ryūzaki The new series is titled Akagi "Ryūzaki, Yagi-hen" "Ichikawa-hen" (Akagi "Ryūzaki, Yagi Arc" "Ichikawa Arc") and it is a continuation of the 2015 live-action series. Kanata Hongou will again play the title character Shigeru Akagi. The series will premiere on the SKY PerfecTV! station on October 13 at 9:00 p.m. The first 10-episode television series premiered in July 2015 on SKY PerfecTV!, and Crunchyroll stre

Nobuyuki Fukumoto's story already inspired anime, 2015 live-action show, this fall's live-action sequel The staff of the live-action television adaptation of Nobuyuki Fukumoto's Akagi mahjong manga announced on Thursday that production on a new series has been green-lit for next year. The new miniseries will run for three episodes. The new series is titled Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Kanketsu-hen (Akagi: Washizu Mahjong Concluding Chapter). The show will star: Kanata Hongou as Shigeru Akagi Masahiko Tsugawa as Iwao Washizu Yōji Tanaka as Takeshi Ōgi Satoshi Jinbo as Yasuoka Hitoshi Iwamoto and Mitsuru Kubota are directing and producing the series, and Mitsuru Tanabe is the scriptwriter. The manga series begins on one stormy night, when Nangō is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon, he finds himself on a losing streak. If Nangō loses, he will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy, Shigeru Akagi, barges in, drenched from the rain.

Rie Takahashi, Yuuki Kaji star in series at Shinei Animation The official website for the television anime adaptation of Sōichirō Yamamoto's Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san (Takagi-san, the Master of Teasing) manga opened on Friday to reveal the show's January 2018 premiere. The site is also streaming the show's first promotional video. In the above video, Nishikata swears he'll finally tease Takagi today, but she ends up teasing him instead by having him make a face that gets him in trouble with the teacher. As Nishikata sulks about being teased instead again, Takagi keeps trying to get his attention. Nishikata doesn't want to get yelled at again, so he refuses to look her way. When he does eventually turn to face her, she says "finally, you looked at me." The site also revealed the show's staff and cast. Yuuki Kaji stars in the show as Nishikata, and Rie Takahashi co-stars as Takagi-san. Hiroaki Akagi (Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic) is directing the series at Shine

Yui Ogura, M.A.O, Konomi Kohara, more cast revealed for both stories set in middle school The December issue of Shogakukan's Gessan (Monthly Shonen Sunday) magazine is revealing on Friday that Soichiro Yamamoto's Ashita wa Doyōbi (Tomorrow is Saturday) manga is getting an anime adaptation that will air "within" the upcoming television anime adaptation of Yamamoto's Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san (Takagi-san, the Master of Teasing) manga in January. The two manga share the same story setting. The magazine also reveals more cast for both anime: Yui Ogura as Sanae M.A.O as Yukari Konomi Kohara as Mina Yūma Uchida as Nakai Kotori Koiwai as Mano Nobuhiko Okamoto as Takao Fukushi Ochiai as Kimura Hinata Tadokoro as Tanabe-sensei Yuuki Kaji stars in Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san as Nishikata, and Rie Takahashi co-stars as Takagi-san. Ashita wa Doyōbi centers on the everyday lives of three junior high school girls: the energetic Mina, the serious Yukari, and the coo

The official website for the television anime adaptation of Sōichirō Yamamoto's Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san (Takagi-san, the Master of Teasing) manga revealed the character visuals on Friday for both the anime and its accompanying adaptation of Yamamoto's Ashita wa Doyōbi (Tomorrow is Saturday) manga, which will air "within" the Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san anime. Yuuki Kaji as Nishikata Rie Takahashi as Takagi-san Konomi Kohara as Mina M.A.O as Yukari Yui Ogura as Sanae Yūma Uchida as Nakai Kotori Koiwai as Mano Nobuhiko Okamoto as Takao Fukushi Ochiai as Kimura Hinata Tadokoro as Tanabe-sensei Both anime will premiere in January. Hiroaki Akagi (Hina Logic - from Luck & Logic) is directing Karakai Jōzu no Takagi-san at Shinei Animation (Elegant Yokai Apartment Life, Doraemon). Michiko Yokote (RIN-NE, Genshiken, ReLIFE) is handling the series composition, and Aya Takano (Himouto! Umaruchan, Kimi no Koe o Todoketai, Polar Bear's Café) is design