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Tsumasaki no Uchū Live-Action Film Casts Nodoka Kirishima, Ryō Kitamura
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff of the live-action film adaptation of manni's Tsumasaki no Uchū (Tiptoe Universe) manga revealed the film's main cast last week. Singer-songwriter Nodoka Kirishima is playing protagonist Aki Yoshikawa, while Ryō Kitamura is playing Anji, Aki's senior co-worker at her part time job. Kirishima is also performing the film's theme song.
The other cast members include Mami Kamura as Yumeko, Aki's co-worker at her part-time job, and Reina Visa as Tomoko, Aki's close friend and the shop owner's younger sister.
The film is slated to open in Japan in 2018.
The manga's story centers on Aki, who has cut off her relationships with other people. The themes of the series are past, the voice of the heart, and growth. An incident with Aki's friends in the past and her relationship with her parents cause her to become unable to express herself in words. Aki's withdrawn life begins to change little by little after she meets coworkers at her part-time job.
Akihisa Yachida is directing the film, and Shinichi Nomura is writing the script. The pair previously worked together on the Mama wa Nihon e Yome ni Iccha Dame to Iu Keredo. live-action film and Haikei, Minpaku-sama. live-action television series.
Manni has released 120 chapters of the manga on the free manga and novel app Comico. The manga collaborated with the apparel brand earth music & ecology in February to release sweatshirts and eight other items featuring images from the manga.
Source: Anime! Anime! (Katsunori Takahashi)
