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Medialink Adds Live-Action Series of Merman in My Tub Manga to Netflix
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Series debuted on KKTV Taiwan on February 6
Chinese film distributor MediaLink Entertainment Limited announced on Sunday that it added the live-action Chinese-language adaptation of Itokichi's Merman in My Tub (Orenchi no Furo Jijō) manga on Netflix in Taiwan on Sunday.
The series debuted in Taiwan on the KKTV Taiwan streaming service on February 6. The series has 14-episodes. MediaLink describes the show as its first self-produced drama. The series stars Kent Tsai, Bruce Ho, Liu Chu-Ping.
MediaLink's anime brand and streaming service Ani-One Asia began streaming the anime adaptation of the manga on January 30, and it describes the anime:
Tatsumi, a high school student who lives by himself, saw a handsome but homeless merman by the river one day. He then brought him home and graciously offered his bathtub for Merman Wakasa to live in?!! Let's have a peek into their lives together!
The anime premiered on television on October 2015.
Source: Press release