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Live-Action Bakuman Film's Screenshot Teases 'Battle' Scene
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
The staff of the upcoming live-action film of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Bakuman. manga unveiled a new production still for the film on Tuesday.
The still is taken from a scene in the film where Akito (Ryunosuke Kamiki) and Moritaka (Takeru Satoh) wield a giant pen and cutter to fight their rival Eiji (Shōta Sometani), who sports wings in the allegorical "battle scene." The film's teaser has already shown some cuts from the action scene. The film will incorporate CG to bring to life these scenes from the manga.
The film will open on October 3.
Satoh (Kamen Rider Den-O, Beck, Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru, Ryōmaden, Rurouni Kenshin) will play Moritaka Mashiro, a boy who aspires to be a manga artist, and Kamiki (Howl's Moving Castle, Summer Wars, The Secret World of Arrietty, The Princess and the Pilot) will play his classmate and story collaborator Akito Takagi. The film follows Moritaka and Akito as they walk the path to becoming manga creators. Nana Komatsu plays the heroine Miho Azuki.
Hitoshi Ōne (Moteki, Koi no Uzu/The Vortex of Love) is directing the film. Obata emphasized that he is not just credited as a creator of the film's concept, but also as a staff member directly involved in the production. His own art will appear in the film as the various manga that Moritaka draws.
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