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Asumiko Nakamura's Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist Manga Gets Live-Action Show

WOWOW announced on Thursday that it is producing a live-action series adaptation of Asumiko Nakamura's Utsubora - A Story of a Novelist manga. Atsuko Maeda will play both twin sisters Aki and Sakura in the series.

Hiroto Hara is directing the series, with scripts by Kazuhisa Kodera and Kiko Inoue. Yūji Iwamoto is composing the music.

Vertical published the manga in English, and it describes the story:

Young author Aki Fujino appeared poised to making it big in the world of publishing. Her debut title Utsobora was being pitched about to a number of editors and at least one person felt it was set to propel her into stardom. However, before she could ever have her book published, the young woman was found dead. Some believe it was a suicide, but those close to her feel there is something more sinister involved in this young talent's death.

Aki's death has become something straight out of a mystery. Much like the story behind Utsubora, there is something more to Aki, Sakura, and their relationship with an author named Misoro than meets the eye. And it is possible that the only way to solve this mystery may be to uncover all their secrets.

Nakamura published the manga in Ohta Publishing's Manga Erotics F magazine from 2008 to 2012, and Ohta Publishing released the manga in two volumes. Vertical released the manga in a single omnibus volume.

Digital Manga Guild previously released Nakamura's Classmates and Sotsugyōsei manga in English, and Seven Seas then picked up the license to both in 2018 and released them in three volumes in 2019. Seven Seas has also licensed Nakamura's Sora and Hara and O.B. manga.

A-1 Pictures produced an anime film adaptation of the Classmates manga that opened in Japan in February 2016. Aniplex of America and Azoland Pictures released the film in theaters in the United States in May 2016, and Aniplex of America released the film on Blu-ray Disc in September of that year.

Source: Comic Natalie