Live-Action Chihayafuru Sequel Series Reveals Theme Song by Perfume
The official X/Twitter account for Chihayafuru -Meguri-, the new live-action television series adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu's Chihayafuru manga, revealed on Monday that pop group Perfume will perform the series' theme song "Megu (from the series title's "Meguri") Loop." Perfume previously performed the theme song for the 2016 two-part Chihayafuru live-action films. The series will premiere on July 9 at 10:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EDT) on NTV and affiliated channels.Ami Tōma stars as Meguru Aizawa, a second-year high school student who quietly takes part in a competitive karuta card-playing club that is in danger of disbanding due to the lack of members. Mone Kamishiraishi returns to her role as Kanade Ōe, now a part-time teacher who serves as the adviser of the karuta club.Manga creator Suetsugu is involved with the new show, which is set a decade after the live-action films. The original films' director Norihiro Koizumi is serving as the showrunner. Naoya Fujita, Daisuke Honda, Chiaki Matsumoto, and Kazuhiro Yoshida are directing the series. Monogatari Lab and Suzuyuki Kaneko are credited with the screenplay. Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music.The first live-action film, Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku (Chihayafuru: Upper Phrase), opened in Japan in March 2016. The second film, Chihayafuru: Shimo no Ku (Chihayafuru: Lower Phrase), opened in Japan in April 2016. The third film, Chihayafuru: Musubi, opened in Japan in March 2018. A five-episode live-action tie-in series, titled Chihayafuru -Tsunagu-, premiered on Hulu Japan in February 2018.The manga's final chapter debuted in Be Love in August 2022. Be Love published a spinoff side story in November 2022. The manga's 50th and final compiled book volume shipped in December 2022 with the spinoff manga. A sequel manga titled Chihayafuru plus Kimi ga Tame launched in Be Love in December 2023.The manga has inspired three television anime seasons. Crunchyroll streamed all three seasons as they aired. Sentai Filmworks released all three seasons with an English dub on home video. HIDIVE is also streaming the seasons with Japanese subtitles and an English dub. Sources: Chihayafuru -Meguri- live-action series' X/Twitter account, Music Natalie
