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Osamu Eya, Kaiji Kawaguchi's Kūbo Ibuki Manga Gets Live-Action Film

posted on by Jennifer Sherman
Award-winning series centering on aircraft carrier debuted in 2014

This year's fifth issue of manga will get a live-action film adaptation in 2019. The magazine's next issue will reveal the film's director and cast on March 10.

In the manga's story, the state of world affairs is changing at a dizzying pace. This is particularly clear in the growing military strength of countries neighboring Japan, the issue of resources on the sea floor, disaster relief, underwater transport, maintaining order on the high seas, and island defense. In response to a near-skirmish with China near the disputed Senkaku Islands, Japan builds the Ibuki aircraft carrier.

Kawaguchi won the Best General Manga award at the 63rd Shogakukan Manga Awards last month. The series' volumes have more than 3 million copies in print.

Kawaguchi until 2009.

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