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Sayaka Kanda Voices Anime Character in Live-Action Real Girl Film

posted on by Karen Ressler
Riki Takeuchi, Mari Hamada, Towa Araki, Takahiro Miura also join cast

The official website for the live-action film adaptation of Mao Nanami's Real Girl (3D Kanojo) manga announced on Tuesday that Sayaka Kanda (pictured top left in second image below) will voice the in-universe anime character Ezomichi in the film. Ezomichi is the protagonist of Magical Girl Ezomichi anime that the film's protagonist Tsutsui likes.

In addition, the film has cast Riki Takeuchi, Mari Hamada, and Towa Araki (pictured clockwise after Kanda in image below) as Tsutsui's father, mother, and younger brother, respectively. Takahiro Miura (pictured bottom left) will play Iroha's physician, who holds an important key to the story.

As previously announced, Ayami Nakajō and Hayato Sano (pictured below) are starring as Iroha and Hikari Tsutsui, respectively.

Other cast members include (from left to right in image below):

This film will open this fall. Tsutomu Hanabusa is directing the film with some of the same staff as his previous directorial work Heroine Shikkaku.

Real Girl follows Hikari Tsutsui, a high school boy who is satisfied with the virtual girls he encounters in anime and games. He does not have many friends and he lives in his own world. One day, when he is stuck on pool cleaning duty, he is approached by Iroha, a "real girl" who is showy and popular with boys.

The manga ran in Kodansha's Dessert magazine from July 2011 to May 2016, and Kodansha published the series in 12 compiled volumes. Kodansha Comics is releasing the manga digitally.

The manga is also inspiring an anime adaptation from director Takashi Naoya starting in April.

Source: Comic Natalie

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