Ryō Koshino's Dr. Ashura Manga Gets Live-Action Show in April

The series will star Wakana Matsumoto (Kamen Rider Den-O, live-action Cells at Work!) as protagonist Shura Anno.

Fuji TV announced on Tuesday that Ryō Koshino’s Dr. Ashura manga will receive a live-action series adaptation that will air on the channel’s Wednesday 10:00 p.m. “Shin-Sui 10 Drama) timeslot starting in April.

Koshino launched his Machi-Isha Jumbo manga series in Kodansha’s Weekly Gendai magazine in 2011, and ended it in 2015.