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Kaoru Fukaya's KANNAsa-n! Manga Gets Live-Action TV Series
posted on by Karen Ressler
Naomi Watanabe stars in series about a "super house wife"
Kaoru Fukaya's KANNAsa-n! manga is inspiring a live-action television series adaptation. The series will premiere in July and air on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m. on TBS. Naomi Watanabe will star in the series as the title character.
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The story centers on its straightforward and energetic protagonist Kanna Suzuki, who remains happy even with an unreasonable boss and a no-good husband and mother-in-law. She is a "super housewife" who takes care of the house and raises her kids while working as a fashion designer.
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The original manga ran in Shueisha's YOU magazine from 2001 to 2007. The manga is a sequel to Fukaya's one-volume manga Marigold and it was followed by the three-volume sequel series KANNAsa-n! Arafō-hen (Around 40 Edition).