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Live-Action Angel Heart Series Casts Shōhei Miura as Liu Xin-Hong
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The staff of the live-action television Hana-Kimi's Shuichi Nakatsu) will play Liu Xin-Hong.
The staff also revealed more cast , some of which have accompanying images in costume:
- Kouichi Yamadera as Holy
- Tsutomu Takahashi as Shinobu Komiyama
- Megumi Saitō as Tomo
- Konomi Watanabe as Miki
The cast includes:
The television series will premiere with an extended 85-minute episode on Sunday, October 11 at 10:00 p.m. on the NTV network. Future episodes to start at 10:30 p.m.
Angel Heart is a "what-if" story set in a parallel world with Ryō Saeba and other characters and concepts from Hojo's signature detective comedy action manga City Hunter. In this spinoff, Ryō lost his partner Kaori Makimura in a sudden accident, and he meets a girl who receives Kaori's transplanted heart.
Hisashi Tsugiya and Hibiki Itō are serving as producer and chief producer, respectively. Hojo himself notes that this is the first live-action show based on his works in Japan, and since he cannot possibly imagine what it will be like, he is looking forward to the results.
The Angel Heart manga already inspired a television anime in 2005, and the Raijin Comics published part of the first City Hunter manga in English.
The original City Hunter manga is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The 1985 manga inspired four television anime series, one anime film, and several video and television specials. reunite four of the main cast from the earlier City Hunter television anime.
Source: Comic Natalie
