Additional cast members for the live-action TV adaptation of the God's Beret: The Untold Story of How Osamu Tezuka Created His Black Jack non-fiction manga was recently revealed. The TV adaptation stars SMAP's Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (Ballad: Namonaki Koi no Uta) as Osamu Tezuka.
Kōichi Satō (Sukiyaki Western Django) as Taizō Kabemura, Tezuka's acclaimed editor-in-chief at Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine. AKB48's Yuko Oshima (Ushijima the Loan Shark) as Sakura Odamachi, a modern-day novice editor who is uninterested in manga. However, she travels back in time to the lifetime of manga and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka. Sending her to the past is a mysterious man played by Fumiyo Kohinata.
Piece's Naoki Matayoshi as manga creator Fujio Akatsuka, Kei Tanaka as Sakura's superior and senior editor, Yoshinori Okada as Showa-era editor Akagi, Hidekazu Mashima as Tezuka's manager, model Maggie as Tezuka Production's chief assistant, Yosuke Asari as a college student and part-timer at Tezuka Productions, Yasuhi Nakamura as aspiring manga creator Hazama, Kōichi Otake and Satoru Matsuo as other company editors and Yumi Asou as a owner of Taizō Kabemura's favorite bar.
Source: Anime News Network
Kōichi Satō (Sukiyaki Western Django) as Taizō Kabemura, Tezuka's acclaimed editor-in-chief at Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine. AKB48's Yuko Oshima (Ushijima the Loan Shark) as Sakura Odamachi, a modern-day novice editor who is uninterested in manga. However, she travels back in time to the lifetime of manga and anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka. Sending her to the past is a mysterious man played by Fumiyo Kohinata.
Piece's Naoki Matayoshi as manga creator Fujio Akatsuka, Kei Tanaka as Sakura's superior and senior editor, Yoshinori Okada as Showa-era editor Akagi, Hidekazu Mashima as Tezuka's manager, model Maggie as Tezuka Production's chief assistant, Yosuke Asari as a college student and part-timer at Tezuka Productions, Yasuhi Nakamura as aspiring manga creator Hazama, Kōichi Otake and Satoru Matsuo as other company editors and Yumi Asou as a owner of Taizō Kabemura's favorite bar.
Source: Anime News Network
