Fuji TV opened a website on Thursday to announce a live-action television series of Mengo Yokoyari’s Scum’s Wish as Hanabi Yasuraoka, and Dōri Sakurada as Mugi Awaya.
Shōgo Miyaki and Shunsuke Shinada are directing the live-action series, with scripts by Ere Hagiwara and Motoko Takahashi.
Other cast members include Kōki Mizuta as Narumi Kanai, Sarii Ikegami as Sanae Ebato, and Rina Aizawa as Akane Minagawa.
A television anime adaptation of the manga will also air on Fuji TV’s Noitamina block, and it will premiere on January 12.