Forum - View topicNEWS: Keigo Higashino's Kusunoki no Bannin Novel Gets Anime Film in 2026
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mdo7
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For those of you that are not familiar with this author's work, this is the guy that created the Galileo series like The Devotion of Suspect X (which has been adapted into a live-action film in Japan in 2008 (which is a sequel to the TV drama, which you can watch on Netflix BTW), and a South Korean film adaptation in 2012). I believe many of his works was adapted into Japanese films, and TV dramas, and along with foreign language adaptations like beside South Korea. France, China, and India have adapted some of Higashino's works into films. I'm aware beside the South Korean adaptation, The Devotion of Suspect X has received a Mainland Chinese-language film adaptation (in 2017), and a Bollywood Hindi adaptation (in 2023).
I believe this announcement marks the first time I've seen Higashino's book being adapted into an anime film. There were no other anime adaptation of his works as far as I know (along with Wikipedia). Speaking of Galileo, I'm kind of surprised that USA (or even the UK, Australia, or Canada) didn't thought of remaking/adapting the Galileo series for the English-speaking market given that Galileo has a plot that would delight X-Files fans and probably fans of Twin Peaks, or even Stranger Things given the somewhat quasi supernatural stuff in the J-drama. I was aware there were plan back in 2011 for a Hollywood English-language film adaptation of The Devotion of Suspect X for the US/North American market, but it never went through, and I guess the project is dead. |
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MFrontier
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Sounds like an interesting story.
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SaneSavantElla
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Oh wow, didn't expect Higashino's name to crop up in ANN but it's a welcome surprise. Here's hoping to a stellar adaptation.
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mdo7
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You're not alone, and same here. Also, I didn't expect one of his work to get an anime let alone, an anime film adaptation given that his work were previously adapted into live-action films and TV dramas, but never an anime. As I said on my OP, this is the first time to see one of Higashino's work to be adapted into an anime. |
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Alleywayss
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this sounds good and it looks like he has worked on other good things this will be the first time i see something done by him
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Sven Viking
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The 2008 Japanese film adaptation of Suspect X was surprisingly good. I recommend it.
What I saw of the Galileo TV series was reasonably good. Is this one mystery-based, or something else? |
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EmeraldSaucer
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Didn't particularly like Ito's last movie, but that more came down to the script than anything wrong with the direction. So I hope that adapting the work of an acclaimed author can help
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mdo7
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To answer your question: I'm not familiar with this novel, so I can't answer that. |
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Sven Viking
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It’s a mystery to us. |
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