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Live-Action Oshi no Ko Series Ranks #1 for Amazon Prime Domestic Originals Within 1st 30 Days in Japan

The official website for the live-action Amazon Prime original in Japan within its first 30 days.

The live-action Oshi no Ko series debuted its first six episodes on Amazon Prime worldwide on November 28, while the last two episodes debuted on December 5. The sequel film opened in theaters on December 20.

The cast includes:

• Former Nagisa Saitō as Ruby
• Former Asuka Saitō (live-action Tomorrow, I Will Be Someone's Girlfriend) as Ai
• Blue Spring Ride, Vivant) as Aqua
• Wave, Listen to Me!) as Kana Arima
• Mizuki Kayashima (Saikō no Kyōshi: 1-nen-go, Watashi wa Seito ni ■ Sareta) as Akane Kurokawa
• Ano (Chainsaw Man) as Memcho
• Ryō Narita as Gorō Amemiya
• More cast

The filmmaker known by the mononym Ryūsuke Imoto is producing.

The series perform the film's ending theme song "Shining Song."

The television green-lit.

licensed the manga, and it describes the story:

Gorou is a gynecologist and idol fan who's in shock after his favorite star, Ai, announces an impromptu hiatus. Little does Gorou realize that he's about to forge a bond with her that defies all common sense! Lies are an idol's greatest weapon in this outrageous manga from Aka Akasaka (Scum's Wish).

Akasaka (Kaguya-sama: Love is War) and Yokoyari (Scum's Wish) releasing the manga in English digitally. The manga has over 17.5 million copies in circulation.

Sources: Oshi no Ko live-action series' website, Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web

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