A live-action TV drama adaptation of Toshio Ozawa’s high school delinquent manga Nanba MG5 and its sequel Nanba Dead End is confirmed to be aired on Fuji TV from April 2022 in a new drama slot at 10:00 p.m. on Wednesdays.
Nanba MG5 was serialized in Akita Shoten’s Weekly Shonen Champion from 2005 to 2008 and compiled in 18 tankobon volumes, then Nanba Dead End followed from 2008 to 2011 and released 11 tankobon volumes.
And 28-year-old Shotaro Mamiya (Tetta Kisaki in Tokyo Revengers live-action film) is set to play the protagonist Tsuyoshi Nanba.