New Live Action Adaptations of Manga Announced

Reportedly the current issue of Magazine Special, published by Kodansha, contains an announcement that Takeru Nagayoshi’s comedy manga series Sumire Sixteen!! (Sumire 16-Sai!!) will be adapted into a live action television series. The Sumire Sixteen!! manga is the story of highschool girl Yotsuya Sumire, who is actually a life-sized puppet operated by an adult male ventriloquist.

Comic Valkyrie Magazine has formally announced that Ataru Cagiva’s martial arts action manga series Mitsurugi Haruka Kiken Ippatsu will be adapted into a 4 episode live action TV drama premiering at 2AM on the morning of March 8th.

Source: Anime News Network