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Isshuukan Friends. Live-Action Film Announced

The latest issue of Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine has announced that a live-action film adaptation of Matcha Hazuki’s Isshuukan Friends. (One Week Friends) manga is currently underway.

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The manga itself earlier received an anime adaptation that aired during the Spring 2014 anime season. The anime ran for a total of 12 episodes, directed by Tarou Iwasaki (Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku, Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo) and produced by Brains Base (Durarara!!, Spice and Wolf).

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Here is the promotional video for the anime adaptation:

Isshuukan Friends. (One Week Friends) is a slice of life comedy manga written and illustrated by Matcha Hazuki. The series began in January 2012 being serialized under Square Enix’s Gangan Joker magazine and ended in January this year. The series ended at a total of 8 compiled volumes. The series was adapted into a 12 episode TV anime series during Spring 2016, directed by Tarou Iwasaki (Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku, Yakushiji Ryouko no Kaiki Jikenbo) and produced by Brains Base (Durarara!!, Spice and Wolf). Since the completion of the manga, Hazuki has started their next series: Boku ga Boku de Aru Tame ni.

Here is the synopsis of the series from MAL:

Kaori Fujimiya is always alone because all of her happy memories, including time spent with her friends, disappear every Monday. Deciding that he wants to be friends with her anyway, Yuuki Hase tries to get close to Kaori each week, wishing that she would one day call him “a friend.”

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Isshuukan Friends. live-action film is currently in early production. Further information about the project will be revealed at a later date.

You can visit the anime’s website here: http://www.oneweekfriends.com/
And follow their Twitter: @1weekfriends

 
Source Article and Image – Mantan Web
Source Article – Anime News Network
“Isshuukan Friends.”, “One Week Friends”, images, video, and all associated brands and titles © 2015 Matcha Hazuki, Square Enix, Brains Base and the Isshuukan Friends Production Committee