The staff of Drops of God, the new international co-production, multilingual live-action television series of Tadashi Agi and Shū Okimoto’s The Drops of God (Kami no Shizuku) manga, confirmed on Wednesday that Azusa Okamoto will play the original character Yurika Katase.
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The series will begin streaming on Hulu in Japan on September 15.
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The show premiered on April 21 with two episodes. New episodes premiere weekly until June 2. Apple TV+ has acquired the eight-part series and is airing and streaming simultaneously around the world.
The show was screened during the International Competition at Lille’s Series Mania Forum on March 19, 21 and 24.
The official title in Japan is Kami no Shizuku/Drop of God. (Similar to the Japanese title of the second Fullmetal Alchemist television series, the title of the live-action series includes both the Japanese and English titles of the manga.)
Legendary Television is handling worldwide distribution outside of France. and Japan. Hulu Japan is streaming the series exclusively in Japan. The film was shot over 10 months in France, Italy and Japan.
The film is a collaboration between US, French and Japanese companies. Legendary Television, Dynamic Television, France Télévisions and Hulu Japan are backing the project and are producing it with Adline Entertainment. Oded Ruskin (Absentia, No Man’s Land) is directing the film and Quoc Dang Tran (Marianne, Parallel) is writing the script. Klaus Zimmermann of Dynamic (Borgia, Trapped) is producing the series.
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As previously announced, Tomohisa Yamashita and French actress Fleur Geffrier (Elle) will star in this film. The previous announcement noted that Geffrier’s character is named Shizuku Kanzaki, the main protagonist of the manga. Geffrier will play a character named Camille. An announcement also noted that rival character Issei Tōmine would be the show’s main character, but a previous report in 2021 from entertainment news service Variety described the series as having a female protagonist , with Geffrier playing the role.
Apple TV+ describes the story:
“Drops of God” is set in the world of fine dining and wine. Frenchman Alexandre Léger, creator of the famous Léger Guide to Wine and a figure in the wine industry, has died at his home in Tokyo at the age of 60. He leaves behind a daughter, Camille. (Geffrier), lives in Paris and hasn’t.’She hasn’t seen her father since her parents separated when she was 9 years old. When Camille flew to Tokyo and Léger’s will was read, she discovered that her father had left her a special wine collection—according to experts, the largest wine collection in the world. However, to win the inheritance, Camille must compete with a brilliant young wine researcher, Issei Tomine (Yamashita). Real daughter and spirit son: the duel is about to begin. There are three tests to break the tie, all of which involve wine tasting. The winner will take ownership of Léger’s empire, the loser will go away empty-handed. But how could Camille win such a duel? She knows nothing about alcohol, and worse: she has never drunk a drop.
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Siblings Shin and Yuko Kibayashi — under the pseudonym Tadashi Agi — launched The Drops of God manga with artist Okimoto in Kodansha’s Morning magazine in 2004. A live-action series based on the manga aired in Japan in 2009. The manga ended in June 2014, and the 44th and final compiled book volume was published in 2009. July 2014. The final arc of the manga, titled Marriage ~Kami no Shizuku Saishūshō~ (Marriage ~The Drops of God Final Arc~), premiered in May 2015 and ended in October 2020.
Comixology and Kodansha USA Publishing released the manga in English digitally.
Over the course of its serialization, the manga has famously boosted sales of the wines featured in the story. The French wine magazine La Revue du vin de France recognized the manga and gave it the magazine’s top prize in 2010. The New York Times also featured the manga in its Food and Drink column. and Wine in 2008.
Source: Natalie Comics