The original manga’s story centered around the titular drug Irium, which allows people to experience a single day’s worth of time without remembering it afterward.
Kazuyuki Aijima will play Kimiyasu Udō, the psychiatrist who gives Mineo a prescription for the Irium medicine.
Haruma Miura will play Mineo Kobayashi, the protagonist.
Fuji TV announced on Friday that its semiannual Yo nimo Kimyō na Monogatari (Tales of the Unusual) television program will adapt Motoki Koide’s Irium manga into a live-action special that will air on May 12 at 9:00 p.m. The special is titled “Ashita e no Warp” (Warp Toward Tomorrow).