Manga '"Oshi no Ko"' Receives Live-Action Movie, TV Series in Winter 2024

by Hyperion_PS
Jan 23, 2024 5:02 PM | 27 Comments

Entertainment company Toei announced a live-action movie and drama series for Aka Akasaka and Mengo Yokoyari's "Oshi no Ko" manga on Wednesday. Toei and Amazon are co-producing the live-action project. The drama series will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video worldwide in winter of 2024, with the movie set to be released in Japanese theaters by Toei.

Cast
Aquamarine Hoshino: Kaito Sakurai (Ao Haru Ride)
Ai Hoshino: Asuka Saitou (My Home Hero)
Ruby Hoshino: Nagisa Saitou (Ashita, Watashi wa Dareka no Kanojo)
Kana Arima: Nanoka Hara (Suzume no Tojimari)
Akane Kurokawa: Mizuki Kayashima (Tai-Ari deshita.: Ojousama wa Kakutou Game nante Shinai)
Mem-Cho: ano (Saki)

Akasaka and Yokoyari began serializing the supernatural drama manga in Young Jump magazine in April 2020. Shueisha shipped the 13th volume in November 2023. The manga has a cumulative 15 million copies of its volumes in circulation.

Shueisha began publishing the manga in English on its Manga Plus platform in April 2022. Yen Press licensed the manga in English in July 2022. The fourth volume went on sale in November 2023, and the fifth volume is scheduled for a February 20 release.

Doga Kobo produced a television anime adaptation, which premiered with a 90-minute first episode in Japanese theaters on March 17, with regular broadcasting beginning on April 12 last year. HIDIVE simulcast the series worldwide, excluding Central America, South America, and Asia. A second season is set to premiere in 2024.

"Oshi no Ko" ranked 11th and 7th in the 2021 and 2022 Kono Manga ga Sugoi! rankings. The manga was also nominated for the Manga Taisho Award twice in 2021 and 2022, and the 46th Kodansha Manga Awards in the General category in 2022.

Synopsis
Sixteen-year-old Ai Hoshino is a talented and beautiful idol who is adored by her fans. She is the personification of a pure, young maiden. But all that glitters is not gold.

Gorou Amemiya is a countryside gynecologist and a big fan of Ai. So when the pregnant idol shows up at his hospital, he is beyond bewildered. Gorou promises her a safe delivery. Little does he know, an encounter with a mysterious figure would result in his untimely death—or so he thought.

Opening his eyes in the lap of his beloved idol, Gorou finds that he has been reborn as Aquamarine Hoshino—Ai's newborn son! With his world turned upside down, Gorou soon learns that the world of showbiz is paved with thorns, where talent does not always beget success. Will he manage to protect Ai's smile that he loves so much with the help of an eccentric and unexpected ally? [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Official X (Twitter): @oshinoko_lapj

Source: Eiga Natalie

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I did not need to see that visual.

Feb 11, 2024 1:05 PM by MegamiRem

I'm not planning to watch it, but I can see this show having a huge chance to be a solid live-action adaptation. The source material feels to be perfect for this format, and the revealed cast for the main roles is decent.

Jan 25, 2024 3:06 PM by Adnash

Well, this theoretically won't be as hard to pull off in live action compared to other manga.

Jan 25, 2024 2:15 PM by malvarez1

@Rpgmonger You mean the anime ? Then yes... It's a bit overrated but its decent enough

Jan 25, 2024 8:16 AM by RedChrome

I havent seen oshinoko would you reccomend It?

Jan 24, 2024 7:28 PM by Rpgmonger

@Yubisoft My experience with live action adaptations isn't that great, but I've heard that a couple of Japanese adaptations of my favorite titles flopped due to otakus finding the "3d girls" not as cute as the anime version. Though personally, I don't think the Hyouka or Hymn of the Heart adaptations needed anything more than just being realistic.

Jan 24, 2024 2:17 PM by RobertBobert

RobertBobert said:
@Yubisoft Jokes aside, but I think that as long as it’s not fantasy, but maximum magical realism, it still has a chance. Oshi no Ko isn't the kind of show where you need crap special effects, goofy looking wigs, and characters that look like chuuni. Although I can almost guarantee that the actor playing Aqua will steal any scene due to the cartoon nature of the character.

I am not a fan of oshi no ko but I recognize the fact that many people love it. So I think the oshi no ko deserves a Alice in Borderland and One piece quality and budget for the future live adaptations because the one above is almost 100 % guaranteed to be bad.

Jan 24, 2024 2:06 PM by Yubisoft

@Yubisoft Jokes aside, but I think that as long as it’s not fantasy, but maximum magical realism, it still has a chance. Oshi no Ko isn't the kind of show where you need crap special effects, goofy looking wigs, and characters that look like chuuni. Although I can almost guarantee that the actor playing Aqua will steal any scene due to the cartoon nature of the character.

Jan 24, 2024 1:54 PM by RobertBobert

RedChrome said:
@Yubisoft I did and it was really bad. And yes you're right while I'm sure the actors and all the other working on it tried to make it work but it's not enough

I think the main problem is that Japanese productions of the live adaptations care more about who is currently the most kawai popular girls and hot guys rather if they can actually play the role good enough. Basically what Hollywood does in most movies and we have seen how many movies have been ruined due to that.

Jan 24, 2024 1:35 PM by Yubisoft

RobertBobert said:
@Yubisoft I saw the official Japanese porn parody of Kakegurui. After this, no live action will scare me.

I choked on my water when I read your comment. Yeah, AVs are really dangerous sometimes 🤣

Jan 24, 2024 1:30 PM by Yubisoft

@Yubisoft I saw the official Japanese porn parody of Kakegurui. After this, no live action will scare me.

Jan 24, 2024 12:52 PM by RobertBobert

@Yubisoft I did and it was really bad. And yes you're right while I'm sure the actors and all the other working on it tried to make it work but it's not enough

Jan 24, 2024 11:03 AM by RedChrome

@RedChrome this is literally my reaction to like 95% of live action anime adaptations.

Jan 24, 2024 10:36 AM by VivavideoUser2x

It's gonna be very ironic if this one turns out to be bad

Jan 24, 2024 10:25 AM by mshfqtny

Have you seen the live adaptation of Kakegurui ? If you did and didn't die from cringe then you may enjoy the oshi no ko live adaptation .It will most likely have the same quality because no matter how good the source material , most of the live-action adaptations are just not good enough especially the Japanese ones(no offense) because the actors desperately try to imitate the characters of the books and fail miserably etc ...

Jan 24, 2024 9:58 AM by Yubisoft

Ugghh it looks like a bunch of amateur cosplayers trying to make a film

Jan 24, 2024 5:26 AM by RedChrome

When it says winter 2024 does that mean it will start in the next couple of weeks? or for live action does it mean November, December time?

Jan 24, 2024 2:41 AM by Reecey91

I wonder how they will do the first episode cause the anime did it perfect

Jan 23, 2024 11:09 PM by Chuckiemuffin

Ngl the first time I saw the article......and even and this moment it doesn't seem more than cosplay, feel free to quote me on this. But the One piece live action worked so let's see how it goes.*fingers crossed*.

Jan 23, 2024 10:08 PM by Kazou-nozumu688

I'll give it a shot.
Let's see how real life plays this show

Jan 23, 2024 8:26 PM by Ricky16

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