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News Roundup: May 6-12

May 13, 2016

Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live

KLab and Broccoli are creating another game called Uta no Prince-sama Shining Live. The game will be a smartphone music game to be released sometime this year.

P to JK

The manga P to JK by Maki Miyoshi is getting a live-action film adaptation set to be released spring 2017. According to Anime News Network, “the manga revolves around a first-year high school student named Kako who is a beginner at love, and a handsome policeman named Kōta. The two meet at a mixer and are immediately attracted to each other, but Kōta starts treating her coldly after he realizes she is a high school student. The two decide to get married instead of just date, and after getting Kako’s parents’ permission, they marry secretly and have a commuter marriage until Kako graduates from high school. The manga follows their trials and tribulations through their marriage.”

Seisei Suru Hodo, Ai Shiteru

Miyuki Kitagawa’s Seisei Suru hodo, Ai Shiteru manga, which runs in Petit Comic, will get an adaptation of some sort. Not too many details have been released, but more information will in the Jun 8 edition of the magazine. According to ANN, the manga “enters on Mia, who works in the public relations department of a cosmetics company. She meets Kairi, the married vice president of her company, and begins to fall in love with him as he saves her as soon as she faces any trouble.”

Age 12 anime visual

Age 12, a manga by Nao Maita is getting a 3DS game adaptation to be released in August.

Kimi wa Pet volume 1

Kimi wa Pet, a josei manga series by Yayoi Ogawa is getting another drama adaptation. The first adaptation ran in 2003. The new version will star Noriko Iriyama and Sumire Iwaya.

2 Comments

Really intrigued by the new Kimi wa Petto adaptation….yet, Jun Matsumoto was the perfect actor for the role.

Mary May 13, 2016
- Same. I will have to compare. I really liked the original.
  
  Adrienne May 14, 2016