Warner Bros. Japan revealed on Tuesday that Tsubasa Yamaguchi’s Blue Period manga will get a live-action film adaptation that will premiere on August 9, and started streaming a teaser trailer for the film.
The manga also won the Best General Manga award in the 44th annual Kodansha Manga Awards in 2020.
The manga won the 13th Manga Taisho awards in 2020, and was nominated for the awards the previous year.
Kentarō Hagiwara (live-action Tokyo Ghoul) is directing the film, Reiko Yoshida (Blue Period anime) is writing the script, and Yūki “Yaffle” Kojima is composing the music.