Netflix Acquires Japanese Series ‘Turn To Me Mukai-Kun’; Studio Ghibli’s ‘How Do You Live?’ To Get Imax Release; ‘A Prophet’ Series Begins Filming – Global Briefs
deadline.comNetflix has acquired romantic comedy drama Turn To Me Mukai-Kun from Japan’s Nippon TV. The series will stream on Netflix starting July 12, immediately after its broadcast on Nippon TV’s Wednesday primetime slot.
Hulu Japan, which is owned by Nippon TV, will also stream the series in Japan immediately after its primetime broadcast. Based on the award-winning manga by Yoko Nemu, the series stars Eiji Akaso as a young man with a perfect life but disastrous love life who reconnects with an unforgettable ex. ‘How Do You Live?’ To Be First Studio Ghibli Film To Get Simultaneous Imax Release Japan’s Studio Ghibli has announced that Hayao Miyazaki’s final film, How Do You Live?, will have an Imax release when it opens in Japan this Friday (July 14), marking the first of the animation master’s films to release simultaneously in Imax.
The first Miyazaki film since The Wind Rises in 2013, the film has had no pre-release publicity and little is known about the story.
Studio Ghibli head Toshio Suzuki has said this is a deliberate policy so that audiences can see the film without preconceptions.
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