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Tsuyopon's Room in Rainbow Days Film Features Summer Wars, Evangelion, More
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The staff of the live-action film of Minami Mizuno's Rainbow Days (Nijiiro Days) manga unveiled set photographs of Tsuyoshi "Tsuyopon" Naoe's room on Wednesday. The pictures show an impressively detailed real-world version of the high school student's digs.
Staff borrowed a traditional Japanese house built more than 100 years ago to recreate Tsuyopon's room. Faithful to Tsuyopon's otaku tendencies, they packed the room full of manga and character goods. Mahiro Takasugi, who plays Tsuyopon in the film, also likes manga and anime. After seeing the room, he said, "I want to live in this room!"
Because Tsuyopon is a fan of anime director Mamoru Hosoda, his room in the live-action film has posters for Hosoda's The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Summer Wars films. Figures for Hideaki Anno's new Evangelion films are one example of the variety of other anime swag on display in the room.
The film will open in Japan on July 6. Ken Iizuka (live-action Arakawa Under the Bridge) is directing the film and Rika Nezu (Saint Young Men) is writing the screenplay. Filming took place from mid October to November last year.
Rainbow Days centers on a group of four male high school students who are close friends: Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi. The four boys have no club activities, and they hurry through their studies so they can spend their days having fun. Their main topic of interest: love. Natsuki has an unrequited crush on Anna, a girl from another class, and his friends keep meddling in their relationship.
Source: The Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
