It has been announced that Momoko Koda’s (Sensei Kunshu, Ane-san Countdown!) romantic-comedy shoujo manga, Heroine Shikkaku (No Longer Heroine), will have a live-action adaptation scheduled for this Summer 2015. The main cast for the film was also revealed:
- Mirei Kiritani (actress for Kimi ni Todeke‘s Ume Kurumizawa, Arakawa Under the Bridge‘s Nino) as Hatori Matsuzaki
Actress Mirei Kiritani
Heroine: Hatori Matsuzaki - Kento Yamazaki (actor for L♥DK‘s Shuusei Kugayama, Another‘s Koichi Sakakibara) as Rita Terasaka, the childhood friend
Actor Yamazaki Kento
Childhood Friend: Rita Terasaka - Kentarou Sakaguchi (actor for Otoko no Isshou‘s Shinobu Dozono, Umimachi Diary‘s Tomoaki Fujii) as Kousuke Hiromitsu, the school’s heartthrob
Actor Kentarou Sakaguchi
School Heartthrob: Kousuke Hiromitsu
Staff:
- Director – Tsutomu Hanabusa (Koukou Debut, Ike! Danshi Koko Engekibu)
- Screenplay – Erika Yoshida (Tiger & Bunny)
- Music – Masaru Yokoyama (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, Rolling☆Girls)
- Production Production – Dove
- Distribution – Warner Bros. movie (Death Note, Kuroshitsuji)
- Production – Heroine Shikkaku Movie Production Committee
The manga began publishing on March 13, 2010 in the April 2010 issue of Shueisha’s Bessatsu Margaret magazine. The final chapter for the series was published in the April 2013 issue of the same magazine on March 13, 2013.
There are ten compiled manga volumes for the series. The first volume was released on August 25, 2010 while the tenth and final volume was released on May 24, 2013. Few one-shots and extra chapters were included in some volumes:
- Volume 3 contains the side story “Heroine Goukaku“
- Volume 4 contains the side story “Ateuma Shikkaku“
- Volume 5 contains the side story “Wakiyaku Shikkaku“
- Volume 7 contains a one-shot “Thank You☆Last Samurai”
- Volume 10 contains a one-shot “Souri de Sorry“
Synopsis of Heroine Shikkaku from MAL:
This could be any girl. Imagine being a heroine of a love story. Hatori also believed that one day she would get married to her childhood friend, Rita. But that’s not how the world works! This is a hilarious comedy that honestly paints a painful unrequited love story of this young girl!
Visit the live-action adaptation’s official website here.
I am looking forward for this adaptation! I wonder how the actress could act our heroine’s hilarious faces?
Source – Natalie
