Live-Action Prison School Drama First TV Ad Streamed

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Japanese television station MBS aired a 15-second promotional video for the upcoming live-action drama adaptation of Akira Hiramoto’s Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) manga on Monday.

In addition, a new visual of the main cast was also revealed.

Prison School Live-Action Drama visual

The drama’s website also revealed that the TV series will begin on MBS on Monday, October 26 at 12:50am JST. The drama will then air on TBS on the 28th at 1:11am JST.

The main cast of the live action drama has been revealed in costume and includes:

  • Taishi Nakagawa (Susumu Minami from Minami kun no Koibito: My Little Lover) will play Kiyoshi FujinoPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 1
  • Tokio Emoto (Shyogo Yokota in The Wings of the Kirin) as Takehito MorokuzuPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 2
  • The actor of Jouji Nezu will be revealed soonPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 3
  • Garigarigarikuson (Japanese Comedian) as Reiji AndoPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 4
  • Masato Yano (Suguru Teshigawara in GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka Live Action Drama) will act Shingo WakamotoPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 5
  • Hirona Yamazaki (Ichika Akimoto in Kamisama no Iutoori) plays Mari KuriharaPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 6
  • Aoi Morikawa (Tomoko Nagano from The World of Kanako) as Hana MidorikawaPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 7
  • Asana Mamoru (Maki in Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead) acting as Meiko ShirakiPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 8
  • Rena Takeda (Lil from Attack on Titan Live Action) playing as Chiyo KuriharaPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 10
  • Yuko Araki (Yuka in Dragon Seinendan) as Anzu YokoyamaPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 9
  • Masahiro Takashima (Kazuma Aoki from Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II) will play The ChairmanPrison School Live-Action Drama cast 11

The TV drama will be directed by Noboru Iguchi (The Machine Girl, Mutant Girls Squad) and the series will air during the late night broadcast block. As Iguchi was made known about the announcement, he was in disbelief and laughing at the idea but he did not want to miss the opportunity to miss out adapting the manga.

In addition to this, the website revealed the TV anime series will have a total of 12 episodes and the first details about the Blu-ray and DVD releases of the anime. There will be a total of 6 volumes being released with each volume containing 2 episodes each. The first volume, releasing on September 30 will contain episodes 1 and 2, a special event ticket, new illustrations on a 3-sided case (designed by Junichiro Taniguchi), Gokuchuuki booklet (8 pages), Textless OP/ED, audio commentary for episode 1 and special set of cards. The remaining volumes will release on the last Wednesday of the month:

  • Volume 2- October 28th with episodes 3 & 4
  • Volume 3 – November 25th with episode 5 & 6
  • Volume 4 – December 23rd with episodes 7 & 8
  • Volume 5 – January 27th with episodes 9 & 10
  • Volume 6 – February 24th with episodes 11 & 12

All volumes will contain uncensored footage of the anime. The Blu-ray version will cost ¥7,000 (~ $57.00 USD) and the DVD will cost ¥6,000 (~ $48.90 USD) without tax. Along with the episodes, the volumes will also contain bonus video and audio material.

A new visual of the series has been featured in the September issue of NyanType, the poster features Hana Midorikawa, Mari Kurihara and Meiko Shiraki in prison-themed underwear. You can view the other posters that come in this issue here.

A new visual featuring Hana Midorikawa was featured as a poster in the August issue of popular Japanese magazine Megami:

Megami-Magazine-August-anime-posters prison school

Meiko Shiraki was also featured as a poster in the August issue of NyanType:

Prison School Meiko Shiraki Dominates in This Poster Visual

The Prison School anime’s first episode aired on Tokyo MX on July 11th at 1:05am JST. The anime will then air on the 12th at 12:30am JST on KBS Kyoto followed by an airing on TV Aichi at 2:20 am JST. It will then air on BS11 at midnight on the 13th, on Sun TV an hour later at 1:00am JST, and finally at 3:30am JST on AT-X. The anime will also be streaming online on various platforms, including Niconico, J:COM, Bandai, Amazon and PlayStation Video.

The main cast includes:

  • Hiroshi Kamiya (Yuzuru Otonashi from Angel Beats!) will voice Kiyoshi Fujino
  • Katsuyuki Konishi (Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam) will voice Takehito Morokuzu
  • Kenichi Suzumura (Hajime Tsunashi from Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken) as Shingo Wakamoto
  • Daisuke Namikawa (Rokuro Okajima from Black Lagoon) will voice Jouji Nezu
  • Kazuyuki Okitsu (Seishin Muroi from Shiki) as Reiji Andou
  • Sayaka Ohara (Lelouch Lamperouge from Code Geass) as Mari Kurihara
  • Shizuka Itou (Haruka Morishima from Amagami SS) will voice Meiko Shiraki
  • Kana Hanazawa (Nadeko Sengoku from Bakemonogatari) as Hana Midorikawa

The staff includes:

Recent visual:

Previous visual:

Prison School anime visual kangoku gakuen anime visual

Akira Hiramoto first launched his manga in the Kodansha’s Young Magazine Weekly in February 2011. The manga won the best General Manga award alongside Yūji Moritaka and Keiji Adachi’s Gurazeni manga at Kodansha’s 37th Annual Manga Awards in May. The same wraparound band on the 14th volume also notes that the manga has more than 3.5 million copies in print.

Akira Hiramoto’s Ago Nashi Gen to Ore Monogatari manga received a mobile phone anime adaptation in 2010. Hiramoto’s Yarisugi Companion to Atashi Monogatari manga inspired a live-action film in 2011. Akira Hiramoto also wrote the award-winning supernatural drama manga Me and the Devil Blues, which Del Rey published in North America.

Prison School (Kangoku Gakuen) synopsis from Haruhichan:

On the outskirts of Tokyo stands Hachimitsu Private Academy, a storied all-girls boarding school for elite young women full of potential and good breeding. But as the new school year rolls around, one tradition is going out the window: For the first time in the school’s long history, boys are being allowed to enroll. But on the first day of school, only five boys make the cut. Kiyoshi Fujino, one of the lucky few, is thrilled by this discovery, his heart leaping with joy at the thought of being surrounded by all those girls, day in and day out. But little does he know of the shocking fate that awaits him.

The Prison School anime airs every Saturday at 1:05am JST on Tokyo MX during the Summer 2015 anime season, for a total of 12 episodes. The first Blu-ray and DVD volume of the anime will be released on September 30.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://prison-anime.com/
And follow their Twitter: @prison_anime

Source: Natalie Comic, Prison School Live-Action website