It is officially announced today that Tonde Saitama II (tentative title), a sequel to the live-action film adaptation of Mineo Maya (Patarillo!)’s boys love comedy manga in the 1980s, Tonde Saitama / Fly Me to the Saitama, is now in the works for a release in 2022.
The live-action film directed by Hideki Takeuchi (Nodame Cantabile, Thermae Romae live-action film) was released in Japan on February 22, 2019.
The first film’s two leading cast memebrs, 48-year-old singer/actor GACKT and 26-year-old actress Fumi Nikaidou are confirmed to reprise their high school student characters.