Bless Manga Heads to Prime Video With Ryūsei Ōnishi in Live-Action Lead
The Naniwa Danshi member trained at Shiseido’s SABFA makeup academy before production began.
Yukino Sonoyama’s Bless will receive a live-action adaptation streaming exclusively worldwide on Amazon Prime Video next spring. Ryūsei Ōnishi will play Aia.
A live-action adaptation of Yukino Sonoyama’s Bless manga will stream exclusively worldwide on Amazon Prime Video next spring. Naniwa Danshi idol group member Ryūsei Ōnishi will star as Aia.
Before production began, Ōnishi prepared for the role by visiting SABFA, Shiseido’s real-life makeup academy.
The production’s staff and companies include:
- Directors: Izuru Kumasaka (2018’s Tramps Like Us) and Maki Tomita.
- Scriptwriter: Satoko Okazaki (live-action My Dress-Up Darling, episodes of Laughing Under the Clouds and Tiger & Bunny, and live-action Waiting for Spring).
- Scriptwriter: Ichirō Kusuno (Sushi Police and live-action Tokyo Ghoul).
- Makeup supervision: Shiseido Beauty Creation Center.
- Presenter: Amazon MGM Studios.
- Production: C & I Entertainment.
A-1 Pictures announced in March that it is also producing a television anime adaptation of the manga, scheduled for 2027.
Kodansha USA Publishing releases Bless in English. Its synopsis follows Aia, whom others considered destined to become a model, and Jun, who faced bullying over her freckles.
Together, they reclaim the right to define themselves. The inspirational fashion manga questions the meaning of beauty and what overcoming an arbitrary system that appears to value talent above hard work requires.
Sonoyama launched the manga in Kodansha’s Shōnen Magazine Edge in 2022. It now runs in Monthly Shonen Sirius and has more than 1.25 million copies in circulation.
Kodansha will release the ninth volume on October 8. Kodansha USA Publishing released the seventh English volume on February 10.
Kodansha also publishes the manga digitally through its K MANGA service.
Source: Comic Natalie
Source: ANN
