Live-Action Kowloon Generic Romance Film Reveals 4 More Cast
The official website for the upcoming live-action film of Jun Mayuzuki's Kowloon Generic Romance manga revealed four more cast members on Wednesday. The newly announced cast are (image above from top left to bottom right): The film will premiere in Japan in August.Riho Yoshioka (Blind, Anime Supremacy!) plays Reiko Kujirai in the live-action film, while Kōshi Mizukami (Nina, My Love) plays Hajime Kudō. Other cast members include: Yen Press is releasing the manga in English and describes the story:Mayuzuki launched the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in November 2019. Shueisha published the manga's 11th compiled book volume on April 17. Yen Press will release the 10th volume on October 28.The manga's anime adaptation premiered on April 5. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan, along with an English dub.Mayuzuki's previous manga was After the Rain, which launched in Shogakukan's Monthly Big Comic Spirits magazine in 2014 and transferred to Weekly Big Comic Spirits in early 2016, where it serialized a new chapter every other week until it ended in March 2018. Shogakukan published the manga's 10th and final volume in April 2018. Vertical licensed the manga, and released the complete manga in five omnibus volumesThe After the Rain manga's 12-episode television anime adaptation premiered in January 2018 on the Noitamina programming block on Fuji TV. The show streamed exclusively on Amazon Prime Video inside and outside of Japan. The manga also inspired a live-action film that opened in Japan in May 2018.Sources: Kowloon Generic Romance live-action film's website, Comic Natalie
