Chihayafuru Live-Action movie Slated for 2016

05.14.2015 15:51

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This year's 12th issue of Kodansha's Be-Love magazine is announcing on Friday that the live-action movie adaptation of Yuki Suetsugu’s Chihayafuru manga will premiere in 2016.

The magazine also reveals that the cast and other important announcements will be released in future issues.

The original manga follows a schoolgirl named Chihaya who plays a competitive Japanese card game karuta.

The manga is launched in Kodansha’s Be-Love magazine in December 2007. It won the Manga Taisho award in 2009, and also won the Best Shojo Manga award at Kodansha’s 35th Annual Manga Awards in 2011.

The series inspired the first anime season between October 2011 and March 2012. A second season aired in Japan from January-June 2013.