NTV opened an official website on Tuesday to announce that Akiko Higashimura’s Bishoku Tantei Akechi Gorō (Gourmet Detective Gorō Akechi) manga will get a live-action series on the network’s Sunday drama timeslot in April.
An official Twitter account for the series also opened and began streaming a video for the announcement. 日テレ系4月期新日曜ドラマは東京タラレバ娘の #東村アキコ 原作『#美食探偵 明智五郎』に決定!主演は中村倫也!
The manga moved to the LINE Manga service in January when XOY closed that same month.
series) is playing the title character Gorō Akechi.