NHK has announced the production of a 3-episode miniseries adapting the manga Kishibe Rohan ga Ugokanai, a spinoff of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that focuses on the mangaka Rohan Kishibe.
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However, the miniseries will star Issei Takahashi (live-action Ikebukuro West Gate Park) as Rohan Kishibe, and the episodes will premiere on NHK on December 28, 29, and 30.
Synopses of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure by Rohan Kishibe
- Episode 1 – Fugou Mura: Rohan is dragged into an incident inside a millionaire's mansion.
- Episode 2 – Kushagara: A Tale of Ballad Kitaguni in the spinoff novel, where Rohan receives a strange request from his fellow manga artist, Jugo Shishi.
- Episode 3 – DNA: This is an original story where Rohan is investigating his editor's amnesia through hypnosis.
Cast for the live-action
- Fuuga Shibazaki as Ikkyuu, a butler in the millionaire's mansion.
- Mirai Moriyama as Juugo Shishi, Rohan's classmate.
- Kumi Takiuchi as Mai Katahira, a widow who lost her husband in a car accident six years ago.
- Tomoya Nakamura as Tarou Hirai, a cameraman who accompanies Kyoka
- Marie Iitoyo as Kyoka Izumi, Rohan's editor.
Kazutaka Watanabe will direct the series. Yasuko Kobayashi, the screenwriter for the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure anime, will write the script. Naruyoshi Kikuchi (Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt) is composing the soundtrack.
Furthermore, author Hirohiko Araki launched the manga Kishibe Rohan ga Ugokanai, starring his fictional alter ego, Rohan, in Weekly Shonen Jump 's Shueisha in 1997. Additionally, the Diamond is Unbreakable spinoff was adapted into an anime by David Production between 2017 and 2019, with four episodes.
Finally, Araki launched the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure manga in Weekly Shonen Jump 's Shueisha in 1987, comprising 127 volumes and 8 arcs. Furthermore, the manga received anime adaptations up to the 5th arc, Golden Wind, in 2018, with 39 episodes and 3 recaps.
Source: ANN