On Monday it was declared by NHK that it is producing the live action series version of manga The Walking Man by Jiro Taniguchi that is going to debut on April 5 on the NHK BS4K. The unnamed leading role of the story is going to be played by Arata Iura. On the primary Sunday of every month one new episode is going to premiere.
The manga was issue in English by Ponent Mon and Fanfare and they explain the manga in the following manner:
Who takes the time nowadays to climb a tree in uncovered feet to safeguard a kid’s toy? To stop and watch the winged animals? To play in the puddles after a tempest? To go down to the ocean to return a shell? The Walking Man does as he walks around arbitrary through urban Japan frequently quiet, regularly alone with his striking dreams that let time stop.
In February 2017 Taniguchi left this world at the age of 69. A long live action series succession was made based by his manga Kodoku no Gourmet and last October its eighth and latest season was debuted.
Along with the manga The Walking Man the Ponent Mon and Fanfare recently issued Taniguchi’s The Summit of the Gods, A Zoo in Winter, A Distant Neighborhood, The Ice Wanderer, The Times of Botchan, The Guardians of the Louvre, Furari, Venice and Quest for the Missing Girl.
