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Tsumasaki no Uchū Live-Action Film Casts Tomoki Hirose, Kaori Nazuka

The staff of the live-action film adaptation of manni's Tsumasaki no Uchū (Tiptoe Universe) manga revealed two more cast members three new still images on Thursday. Tomoki Hirose will play Yū (seen in second image below), manager of the karaoke club where Aki and Anji (both seen in first image below) work, and Kaori Nazuka will play Shiori (seen in third image below), a radio personality and Yū's former girlfriend.

Singer-songwriter Nodoka Kirishima is playing protagonist Aki Yoshikawa, while Ryō Kitamura is playing Anji, Aki's senior co-worker at her part-time job. Kirishima is also performing the film's theme song. Other cast members include Mami Kamura as Yumeko, Aki's co-worker at her part-time job, and Reina Visa as Tomoko, Aki's close friend and the shop owner's younger sister.

The film is slated to open in Japan in 2018.

The manga's story centers on Aki, who has cut off her relationships with other people. The themes of the series are past, the voice of the heart, and growth. An incident with Aki's friends in the past and her relationship with her parents cause her to become unable to express herself in words. Aki's withdrawn life begins to change little by little after she meets coworkers at her part-time job.

Akihisa Yachida is directing the film, and Shinichi Nomura is writing the script. The pair previously worked together on the Mama wa Nihon e Yome ni Iccha Dame to Iu Keredo. live-action film and Haikei, Minpaku-sama. live-action television series.

Manni has released 124 chapters of the manga on the free manga and novel app Comico.

Source: Comic Natalie