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New Tomodachi Game Live-Action TV Show Adds 5 Cast

posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda

The staff for Tomodachi Game (Friends Games) manga, revealed new cast for the show on Friday.

Lisa Naitō plays Haru Kisaragi, the digital cyber expert who receives orders from Hotei.

The new show will premiere on TV Asahi on July 23.

The cast will include from boy bands Johnny's Jr. Bishо̄nen and HiHi Jets. The cast for various in the series' C and K groups includes:

Boy band Fūma Kikuchi will play an original character Novel Himuro. Novel, a newcomer to the Tomodachi Game management team, will "hold the key" to the show's whole story, and he appears to have a past connection with the protagonist Yūichi.

Takurо̄ Oikawa, Mikoto Yamaguchi and Sato are credited for the original work.

The manga's anime adaptation dub.

The story, based on Mikoto Yamaguchi's original concept, centers on Yūichi Katagiri, a young man with a perfect student life who has four friends with difficult lives. His peaceful daily life comes to an end when 2 million yen ($20,000) in school trip fees goes missing. Riddles unfold as Yūichi gets caught up in a mysterious game for money and must decide whether friendship or money matters more.

Sato (entered its final arc in August 2020.

The manga has inspired a previous live-action drama series and two live-action films. The first film, Tomodachi Game Gekijōban, screened in Japan in September 2017.

Source: Comic Natalie


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