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An Incurable Case of Love Manga's Live-Action Show Unveils Cast, Staff, January Debut
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TBS' official website for the live-action television series of Maki Enjōji's An Incurable Case of Love (Koi wa Tsuzuku yo Doko made mo) manga revealed the series' cast, staff, and January premiere on Friday.
Mone Kamishiraishi (left in image above) will play Nanase Sakura. Takeru Satoh will play Kairi Tendo. Other cast members include:
- Maiguma Katsuya as Tatsuyuki Kisugi
- Kōsei (Miki comedy duo) as Yukito Numazu
- Keisuke Watanabe as Ryūsei Nishi
- Ai Yoshikawa as Yuika Sakai
- Mayu Hotta as Umisuna Kanno
- Karina Nose as Ryūko
- Kami Hiraiwa as Mariko Negishi
- Misako Renbutsu as Minori Wakabayashi
- Kōji Yamamoto as Rokurō Koishikawa
Kenta Tanaka will be one of the directors for the series, and Arisa Kaneko (Densha Otoko, Orange) is penning the scripts. Aki Isoyama is credited as chief producer, with Masako Miyazaki and Akiko Matsumoto credited as producers. The series will premiere on TBS in January and air on Tuesdays at 10:00 p.m.
Viz Media licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
After witnessing a handsome and charming young doctor saving a stranger's life five years ago, Nanase Sakura trained to become a nurse. But when she meets the doctor again and they start working together, she finds Kairi Tendo to be nothing like the man she imagined him to be!
Enjōji (SP x Baby, Happy Marriage!?) launched the manga in Shogakukan's Petit Comic magazine in February 2016, and ended the series on January 8. Shogakukan published the manga's seventh and final compiled book volume on March 8.
Viz Media released all 10 volumes of Enjōji's Happy Marriage!? manga series in North America, as well as both volumes of Enjōji's SP Baby manga. Happy Marriage!? inspired a live-action series in 2016.
Enjōji launched a new manga series titled Tsumari Sukitte Iitian dakedo, (I Mean, I Want to Say I Like You But,) on June 8.
Source: TBS, Comic Natalie
