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Live-Action Himawari - Kenichi Legend Series Gets Sequel Next Spring
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Yūki Inoue return for sequel
Yūki Inoue will return as Akiko Hayashi, Kenichi Hayashi, and Kenichi Koorogi, respectively.
Tetsuhiro Ikeda also returns to pen the scripts.
TV Miyazaki premiered the first live-action television series in June 2020 to celebrate the station's 50th anniversary. (The original manga's story is set in Higashimura's native Miyazaki Prefecture.)
The manga centers on the office antics of Akiko and her father Kenichi, who both work for the same telephone service company in southern Kyushu.
The manga ran in Morning magazine from 2006 to 2010, and Kodansha published 13 compiled book volumes for the series.
Higashimura's won the Best U.S. Edition of International Material—Asia award at the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards in 2019.
Source: Comic Natalie
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