It has been announced that the manga “Kowloon Generic Romance” will be made into a TV anime and a live-action movie in 2025. Shiraishi Haruka and Sugita Tomokazu will co-star in the TV anime, while Yoshioka Riho and Mizukami Koji will co-star in the live-action movie. Along with the announcement, visuals of each character and a special trailer for the double media adaptation, which synchronizes the anime and live-action, were also released.
“Kowloon Generic Romance” is a mystery love romance serialized in “Weekly Young Jump” by Mayuzuki Jun, author of “Love is Like After the Rain”, and has sold over 1 million copies. Reiko Kujirai, who works at a real estate agency in the nostalgic city of Kowloon Walled City, is attracted to her senior employee, Kudo Hajime. When Reiko realizes her love for Kudo, she finds out from a photo that Kudo was once engaged, but that his fiance looks exactly like her. Everyday life unfolds in the mysterious and beautiful city of Kowloon. Hidden feelings become secret wishes, and bring about a shocking truth. As the past, present, and future intertwine, love will unravel all the secrets.
For the new media adaptation, the role of Kujirai Reiko will be played by Shiraishi Haruka, who has played Asirpa in “Golden Kamuy,” Hime in “It’s Princess Torture Time,” and Leticia in “I Want to Escape from Princess Education,” while Kudo Hajime will be played by Sugita Tomokazu, who has played Sakata Gintoki in “Gintama,” Himejima Gyomei in “Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba,” and Nikaido Kohei/Yohei in “Golden Kamuy.”
In the live-action film, Kujirai Reiko will be played by Yoshioka Riho, who won the Best Actress award at the 46th Japan Academy Awards for her role in “Haken Anime!” and will have “Maru” and “Seitai” due for release in theaters in 2024, while Kudo Hajime will be played by Mizukami Koji, who won the Best Actor award at the 47th Japan Academy Awards for “Anohana ga Saku Oka de, Kimi to Mata Deaetara” and will have “Hakkenden” and “Honshin” due for release in theaters in 2024. This will be the first time the two have acted together and co-starred in a film.
The character visuals released with the announcement show Kudo holding Reiko’s cheek, suggesting a faint love between the two close characters. In addition, the double media trailer also showed the characters from the TV anime and the live-action movie perfectly synchronized.
Both the TV anime and the live-action film faithfully reproduce the characters and worldview of the original work, and expectations are high for how it will be visualized. In addition, comments were also made by the original authors Mayuzuki, Shiraishi, Sugita, Yoshioka, and Mizukami. Let’s look forward to further updates in the future.
“Kowloon Generic Romance”
TV anime broadcast and live-action movie release in 2025.
The original work “Kowloon Generic Romance” by Jun Mayuzuki (serialized in Shueisha’s “Weekly Young Jump”),
volumes 1 to 9 are now on sale! The latest volume 10 is scheduled to be released on October 18th!
W starring: Haruka Shiraishi and Tomokazu Sugita
Produced by: “Kowloon Generic Romance” Production Committee
W starring: Riho Yoshioka, Koji Mizukami
Distribution: Bandai Namco Filmworks
(C) Jun Mayuzuki / Shueisha, “Kowloon Generic Romance” Film Production Committee
(C) Jun Mayuzuki / Shueisha, “Kowloon Generic Romance” Film Production Committee
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