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Live-Action Bungaku Shojo Show Adds 6 Cast , New Visual
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The official website for the live-action series Mayaka Nakano's Bungaku Shojo (Literature Virgin) manga revealed six new cast and a new poster visual for the show on Wednesday.
The new cast includes (Note: Character name romanizations are not confirmed.):
Rika Izumi as Miki Ariake, a woman who knows Kagaya's past
Masahiko Kawahara as Kō Mishima, Kanoko's boss and editor-in-chief
Taikō Katōno as Masaki Nanase, a member of the proofreading department who has feelings for Mochizuki
Yako Koga as Akari Mishima, Kō's daughter and an aspiring writer
Momoko Tanabe as Amamura Chiyoka, a mysterious, pretty girl
Yuu Shirota (left) will play Saku Kagaya.
The romance manga centers on Kanoko Tsukishiro, a novel editor who has never known love and has never been in a relationship. She is assigned as the editor for Kagaya, a novelist who cannot love.
Sumisu (live-action Sonar Pocket will perform the series' theme song "Kimi no Namae" (Your Name). Special Favorite Music will perform the series' opening song "Long Hello Goodbye."
The series will premiere on the Dramaism programming block of TBS on September 11 at night at 1:28 a.m. (effectively September 12 morning). It will have eight episodes.
Nakano is serializing the manga on the Book Girl (Bungaku Shōjo) light novel series.)
Source: Bungaku Shojo series' official website, Comic Natalie
