The official website for Den’ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Ai 2018~, the new live-action television series based on Masakazu Katsura’s Video Girl Ai (Den’ei Shōjo) manga, announced on Tuesday that Nogizaka 46’s Nanase Nishino will play the title character Ai Amano.
The live-action television series resets the timeframe to modern-day 2018, and it centers around Yōta’s nephew, high school student Shō Moteuchi (Nomura).
Another of Katsura’s Weekly Shonen Jump high school romances, I”s, is also inspiring a live-action television series next year.
It is Nishino’s first starring role in a television series, though she previously starred in the Ashinagu live-action film.