Director Makoto Shinkai’s startlingly successful anime film Your Name meets both of those criteria, which has fueled rumors that the story of body-swapping teens will be turned into a Korean TV drama. Your Name’s impressive opening in South Korea, which occurred just this month, seems to have lent the rumors an extra air of believability.
However, Toho, the Japanese distributor for Your Name, has reportedly denied the rumors by declaring the talk of a Korean live-action adaptation “baseless.”
There’s also a bit of precedent in the form of the Korean live-action drama adaptations of popular anime Hana Yori Dango and Itazura na Kiss.
In recent years, it’s becoming increasingly common for anime and manga to serve as the basis for live-action movies and TV series.