The January 2017 issue of Kodansha’s Morning Two monthly magazine released today in Japan confirmed a live-action TV drama adaptation of Hikaru Nakamura’s slice of life comedy manga series Saint Oniisan/Saint Young Men is in the works.
More details will be revealed in the magazine’s next issue to be released on December 22 in which the manga will cerebrate its 100th episode.
The manga featuring Jesus Christ and Gautama Buddha who are living in an apartment in the modern day Tokyo has been serialized in the magazine since 2007, and now 13 tankobon volumes are available.