Bunny Drop Adaptations

Genkina Hito

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For any fans of the Bunny Drop manga, here’s some exciting news. Production IG’s anime version of Bunny Drop is due to air on Fuji TV in July whilst a live action film version will go into exhibition in Japanese cinemas in August.

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Synopsis


Written by Yumi Unita, Bunny Drop is a josei manga series that tells the story of a thirty-year-old bachelor and office worker named Daikichi who returns to his family home following the death of his grandfather. Whilst attending the funeral he discovers a six-year-old girl named Rin in the garden and soon discovers that she is his grandfather&rsquo;s illegitimate daughter and quite the social scandal. Objecting to his relatives&rsquo; suggestion that Rin should be placed in care, Daikichi finds himself taking care of her despite his inexperience with children. He does his best to raise Rin and develops a father daughter relationship with her.

The roles have been cast for the anime version and the person portraying Daikichi will be Hiroshi Tsuchida (The Skull Man, Honey and Clover), whilst the role of Rin will be played by Ayu Matsuura (The Bear&rsquo;s School).

The live action film stars Ken&rsquo;ichi Matsuyama&nbsp; (Gantz, Norwegian Wood and Bright Future) and is being handled by cult director Sabu (Unlucky Monkey &ndash; director, Ichi the Killer - Actor).



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The anime will air on the 7th of July before the release of the live action film on the 20th of August. Here&rsquo;s the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxX_F3xx7X8">trailer</a>.





As well as the anime, Yumi Unita has also announced a spin-off manga which aims to expand on the original story.
<a href="http://animeanime.jp/news/archives/2011/05/77tv_1.html">Source</a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.co.uk/news/2011-05-10/bunny-drop-no-6-anime-premiere-date-cast-listed">Source</a>
 
Cant wait till the anime comes out, hopefully there'll be a trailer for it soon. The anime had better live up to the manga, read the first there volumes of it and its brilliant.
 
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