A live action movie got announced:
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神童
Shindou
Based on a seinen manga that got published in 1998.
There are 4 volumes of this manga.
Here are the covers:
Seinen manga
Serialized in the seinen(young men's) manga magazine
Weekly Manga Action.
Mangaka: Sasou Akira (さそうあきら)
From
this site:
Quote:
Winner of the "1998 (The Second) Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival award for excellence". Excerpt from the site giving the reasons for the award:
"This work is a music manga. You can almost hear the sound of the piano coming from the pages as you read. It is a convincing demonstration of how even "silent" manga can be used to express music. The delicate illustrations express the tempestuous emotions of the young girl and boy, while also creating a rhythm for the piano music. This work shows the new things that are possible with manga."
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From
AnimeNation:
Quote:
Shindou Live Action Movie Announced
The Mainichi Daily News has reported that 13 year old actress Riko Narumi will star in a live action film adaptation of Akira Sasou's award winning 1998 manga series "Shindou" (Child Prodigy). Narumi is well suited to portray a child piano prodigy because she first learned to play the piano at age 5.
Source: Akadot
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The woman on the cover of the seinen magazine
Manga Action looks really cute >.<