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Kadokawa revealed on Wednesday that Mizuki Tsujimura's Kono Naruto no Hoshi o Miru (Catching the Stars of This Summer) novel is inspiring a live-action film that will premiere in Japan next year.
The novel revolves around middle and high school students in the spring of 2020, as COVID-19 gradually causes school and club activities to be canceled. Asa, a second-year high school student from Ibaraki, Mahiro, a first-year high school student from Tokyo, and Madoka, the daughter of the innkeeper of Nagasaki, who met through astronomy club activities, begin using the Internet to meet and talk to each other. They all participate in the “Starcatch Competition,” where they race to find stars with their telescopes.
Tsujimura and Kadokawa released the novel in June 2023.
Tsujimura wrote the original novel A School Frozen in Time, which Naoshi Arakawa adapted into a manga. Kodansha USA publishes the manga in English.
Tsujimura also wrote the novels Lonely Castle in the Mirror, Yami-hara, and Anime Supremacy!. Doubleday released the Lonely Castle in the Mirror novel in English in April 2022. The novel inspired both a manga adaptation in 2019 and an anime film adaptation in 2022. Seven Seas is releasing the manga in English, and GKIDS released the film in theaters and on home video in 2023. Yen Press is releasing the Yami-hara novel in English. Tsujimura's anime Supremacy released the Vertical! novel in English in October 2017, and the novel inspired a live-action film adaptation in May 2022.
Tsujimura's novel Gōman to Zenryō (Pride and Virtue) is inspiring a live-action film adaptation that will premiere in Japan on September 27. The novel is also inspiring a manga adaptation by Kaori Tsurutani (BL Metamorphosis) that debuted on the website of Asahi Shimbun Publications' literary magazine Shōsetsu TRIPPER on June 20.
Source: Oricon
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