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Live-Action Cinderella Closet Series Unveils Theme Song by Rock Band Frederic

The official website for the live-action series of Wakana Yanai's Cinderella Closet manga revealed on Tuesday the series' main visual and the theme song "Akuma" (Devil) by rock band Frederic. The band specifically wrote the song for the series.

The official X (formerly Twitter) account of TBS' Drama Stream programming block posted on Wednesday the series' third teaser video, which previews the theme song.

The series will stream in advance on Netflix in Japan on June 24. The series is also planned for international streaming. The series will then premiere on July 1 on the TBS network's Drama Stream programming block and will air on Tuesdays at 24:58 (effectively, Wednesdays at 12:58 a.m.), although the start time will vary in some regions. It will also stream on the TVer and TBS Free services after broadcast.

The series will star Ichika Osaki (Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger) as Haruka Fukunaga and Leo Matsumoto (I Cannot Reach You) as Hikaru Kamiyama.

Additional cast members include:

• Rintarō Hachimura (dance and vocal unit WATWING member) as Keisuke Kurotaki
• Karuma as Shū Kiriya
• Yuna Mito as Mio Suzuki

Ayako Katō (Chihayafuru, Stitch!: Itazura Alien no Daibōken) and Satsuki Orito are writing the scripts, and Ryōsuke Fukawa, Kana Torii, and Hironobu Okano are directing the episodes. TBS Sparkle is handling production of the live-action series.

Seven Seas publishes the manga in English, and it describes the story:

The romantic story of a plain country girl who's crushing on her handsome coworker...and her transformation by an unconventional and stylish "fairy godmother."

Haruka is a "plain jane" who left the countryside to start her college life in Tokyo. She's secretly in love with Kurotaki, a coworker at her part-time job, but she lacks the self-confidence to confess her feelings to him. Then she meets Hikaru, a glamorous but sharp-tongued fashionista who begrudgingly agrees to play "fairy godmother" for Haruka. However, there's more to Hikaru than meets the eye!

Yanai launched the manga in Shueisha's Margaret magazine in June 2019, and ended it with the eighth compiled book volume on February 25, 2022. Seven Seas began releasing the manga in print and digitally in April 2023, and it released the eighth and final volume in January.

Sources: Live-action Cinderella Closet series' website, Comic Natalie