Kiss Him, Not Me Live Action Adaptation Trailer Released

While I would much prefer a second season of the anime Kiss Him, Not Me, a live-action movie adaptation works too I guess.

Later this year, a live-action movie adaptation of the hit shojo manga Kiss Him, Not Me will hit theaters in Japan. A 60-second trailer has been released onto the Internet to hype up the film ahead of its July 10th, premiere this year.

The movie adapts the manga created by Junko titled Watashi ga Motete Dōsunda (literally translated as What’s the Point of Me Getting Popular?) which ran in Bessatsu Friend magazine from 2013 to 2018 and was compiled into fourteen volumes. The manga is available in English digitally from Crunchyroll and physically from Kodansha. Kodansha describes the story:

Hi there! My name is Serinuma Kae. I’m the kind of girl who loves checking out boys and fantasizing about them getting friendly (and more) with each other — I’m what you might call a fujoshi. One day, my beloved (yes, he’s an anime character) died, and the shock of it all was more than I could have ever prepared for! My grief over his passing resulted in some ridiculous weightloss! And you won’t believe what happened next! Soon after my change, the four most divinely gorgeous boys in my school asked me out on dates! I accepted them all, and you’d think I’d be happy with my sudden popularity, but the truth is, my heart only yearns for a prince to be next to his prince. Ahh, yes, boys, I’d much prefer that you turn your affections elsewhere and kiss him, not me!

In 2016, an anime adaptation of the manga aired with both Crunchyroll and Funimation streaming the series outside of Japan. The anime featured animation produced by studio Brain’s Base and Hiroshi Ishiodori directing off of series composition created by Michiko Yokote. 

Source: SG Cafe