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Live-Action Series of Doraemon Co-Creator's Chūnen Superman Saenai-shi Manga Adds Cast
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff of the live-action television Super Salaryman Saenai-shi. The additional cast includes:
(Top row, left to right):
- Tsuyoshi Muro as Koike, who takes credit for Saenai's deeds
- Kento Kaku as Ikesugi, Saenai's ambitious subordinate
(Center row, left to right):
- Akari Hayami as Kamata, Saenai's subordinate who thinks of him as unreliable
- Tomoya Nakamura as Karino, the neighborhood patrol officer
- Jirō Satō as Yonekura, a mysterious temp worker that Saenai runs into
(Bottom row, left to right):
- Takashi Sasano as a mysterious old man that gives Saenai his suit
- Katsumi Takahashi as Minoshima, Saenai's boss, also called the "head of parties"
- Ayumu Yokoyama as Moyao, Saenai's cheeky son
In addition, Atsuhiro Inukai are part of the cast. The role of Haneko, Saenai's daughter who loves idols, will be announced at a later date.
The staff unveiled visuals of Kyōko Koizumi in costume as their characters. Tsutsumi plays the the titular Saenai, while Koizumi plays Saenai's strict wife Enko.
The series will premiere in January on HK/Hentai Kamen) will direct the series.
The original manga's story centers on Saenai, a mildly dissatisfied middle-aged salaryman who one day receives a super suit from a mysterious man, and undertakes a mission to protect the world.
Fujimoto serialized the manga in Futsbasha's Manga Action magazine from 1977 to 1978.
Fujimoto, whose author pseudonym is Fujiko F. Fujio, is perhaps best known as one half of the duo that created the iconic Shogakukan reissued Chūnen Superman Saenai-shi as part of its "The Complete Works of Fujiko F. Fujio" line in 2012.
Source: Comic Natalie
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