Kinnikuman Live-Action Series Casts Actress and Director as Themselves

Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend series is the type of live-action adaptation that fans are looking forward to. Considering the track record of such adaptations, there is not much to live up to.

The live-action series strays away from directly adapting the story of the manga, but instead uses it as an inspiration. Its story follows a fictional movie production crew who are making a movie called Muscleman, inspired by the famous Kinnikuman manga in the fictional universe.

So even though it is inspired by fiction, it is very much set in reality, and who better to play the production crew than the actors and directors themselves, right?

WOWOW’s Kinnikuman: The Lost Legend live-action series has cast actress Tina Tamashiro and director Sion Sono as themselves. The series will premiere on 8th October 2021.

To Meat who is preeminent in style 

In addition, the poster of the movie “MUSCLE MAN” in the play will be released in advance.

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Broadcast and distribution start at 11:30 on 10/8 (Friday)

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Tamashiro won an award for her performance as Diana Detcheva in the Ankoku Joshi, a film by the writer of Anohana. It is safe to say she knows how to act.

Furthermore, Sion Sono is a veteran director himself, who has his name attached with films like Suicide Club and Love Exposure. He has also acted in some of his own movies.

The series had also cast Gordan Maeda, who was recently praised for his performance in the Tokyo Revengers live-action movie.

This is probably the most unique take on a live-action adaptation. With Kinnikuman as the centerpiece, the original story is completely different than one might expect from adaptations. Given the comedic routes of the manga, this series will probably integrate some of it too.

If you have been longing for a good live-action adaptation of a manga, you might want to keep an eye on this one.

About Kinnikuman

Kinnikuman is a Japanese manga series created by the duo Yoshinori Nakai and Takashi Shimada, known as Yudetamago.

Kinnikuman is a superhero… a bad one. The one day a person named Meat tells Kinnikuman that he is the prince of an alien planet. Kinnikuman must save the day numerous times fighting evil chiyojins and competing in tournaments to prove himself to his family and to gain respect and money.

Source: WOWOW Official Website

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