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A live-action film adaptation of Momoko Koda's ( No Longer Heroine ) romance shoujo manga series, Atashino! , is set to release in Japan in the fall of 2024. The film's official website and Twitter account open today, revealing the two main cast members — 24-year-old Miho Watanabe as the main heroine Akoko Sekigawa and 26-year-old Masaya Kimura as her love interest, Naomi Mitomo. Watanabe is a former member of Japanese girl idol group Hinatazaka46, while Kimura is an active member of boy idol group Ini. Self-introduction clip by Miho Watanabe and Masaya Kimura The original manga, Atashino! ran in Shueisha's Bessatsu Margaret monthly shoujo manga magazine from October 2017 to December 2018, then compiled in four tankobon volumes. The story centers on Akoko Sekikawa, an honest girl who immediately tells others what she thinks. In the new semester of her second year of high school, Naomi Mitomo, one of the most popular students at...

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Starring Masaki Okada (Life Back Then) and Shota Sometani (Himizu), the film features the struggles of two sets of genetically manipulated children who grow up with extraordinary powers that could either save or destroy the world.

Warner Brothers Japan has the film set for theatrical release locally in June 27.

Nippon TV has also picked up romantic comedy Heroine Shikkaku (aka No Longer Heroine), based on the popular manga series by Momoko Koda.

Starring Mirei Kiritani (Ace Attorney), Kenta Yamazaki (L・Dk) and Kentaro Sakaguchi (Umimachi Diaries), the high school lesbian love triangle film is directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa (Handsome Suit, Sadako 3D).

The company also has Initiation Love, directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi (Memories of Tomorrow), starring Shota Matsuda (Boys Over Flowers) and Atsuko Maeda (Tamako in Moratorium).

The film, in post-production...