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Hana ni Kedamono Live-Action Show Gets Sequel
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
dTV's live-action drama series adaptation of Miwako Sugiyama's Hana ni Kedamono manga is getting a second season. The series' official website began streaming a teaser video for the season on February 25. The website also revealed a main visual and three new cast members on Monday.
The newly announced cast members are:
Mariko Shinoda as Mizuki Kitajima
Yū Inaba as Shun Ashida
The returning cast includes:
(left to right in image above)
- Takashi Matsuo as Chihaya
- Yōsuke Sugino as Hyō
- Yuri Nakamura as Kumi
- Anna Iriyama as Kanna
- Shōma Kai as Tatsuki
The five-episode sequel will debut on dTV and FOD on March 23, and new episodes will premiere every Saturday.
Kentaro Otani (live-action Black Butler, NANA films) and Ryō Miyawaki are returning to direct the series, and Miyako Matsumoto is again writing the script. Da-iCE is also returning to perform the theme song "Isshō no Onegai" (Lifelong Wish).
The original manga ran in Shogakukan's Sho-Comi magazine from 2010 to 2012. Shogakukan published the manga in 10 compiled volumes that have more than 2 million copies in print.
Sugiyama's 4-Gatsu no Kimi, Spica romance manga inspired a live-action drama that bundled with an issue of Sho-Comi magazine in April 2016. The manga ended in April 2017.
Sources: dTV's YouTube channel, Hana ni Kedamono drama's website and Twitter account, Eiga Natalie (link 2)
