The official accounts for the upcoming live-action TV drama adaptation Wingman, based on Masakazu Katsura’s (Video Girl Ai, DNA², I”s) superhero manga from 1983, today released a key visual featuring the show’s main hero character, Wingman. The tagline accompanying the visual reads: “A tokusatsu hero otaku saves the world!?”The designer of the visual, Masahiro Furuya said, “While paying respect to the worldview of this work drawn by Katsura-sensei, I aimed to reach a quality that would not be outdone by hero movies from around the world on creation of this key visual.”
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In addition to the previously announced Maito Fujioka the protagonist, Kenta Hirono, and Konatsu Kato as the main heroine, Aoi Yume, seven more cast members have been revealed as below:
Miku Ogawa played by Himena Kikuchi
Kumiko Fuzawa played by Hiyori Katada
Momoko Morimoto played by Amane Uehara
Tomoo Fukumoto played by Jotaro
Sakagami played by Yuno Ohara
Kurotsu played by Ui Mihara
Tatsuo Saito played by Haruki Tachibana
Wingman Live-Action Teaser Trailer
The live-action TV drama series Wingman is set to premiere on TV Tokyo’s “DramaTues!” midnight programming block on October 22, 2024. Renowned tokusatsu director Koichi Sakamoto serves as the director and action director of the series.As Katsura’s first serialized work, Wingman ran in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1983 to 1985. The manga’s style, heavily influenced by the tokusatsu heroes of the 1980s, was adapted into TV anime and video games. The new live-action drama is made in commemoration of the manga’s 40th anniversary.The TV anime adaptation was produced by Toei Animation under the title Yume Senshi Wingman (“Dream Warrior Wingman”), which aired for 47 episodes from 1984 to 1985.Toei Animation’s official website describes the story:
Although Kenta Hirono appears in many ways to be the typical backward Tokyo junior high school student, he actually can transform himself into Wingman, the Ally of Justice. Yet his struggles for righteousness are often misunderstood; so, despite his good intentions, he often ends up disturbing his class and getting punished by his teacher.One day on his way home from school, Kenta has a dramatic encounter of the third kind. Aoi, a sexy girl who has fled from the multi-dimensional kingdom of Podreams, lands on his head. She is carrying the “Dream Book”, which can make dreams come true.Aoi, comes to live in Kenta’s house as his cousin; but Miku Ogawa, the girl in Kenta’s heart, at first misinterprets their relationship and gets jealous. Moreover, the evil king of Podreams sends a succession of killers to earth to snatch the “Dream Book”. Though this new situation makes Kenta somewhat dizzy, he manages to remain cheerful. Will the “Dream Book” help to bring good fortune to Kenta?This story is filled with both thrills and laughter.
Source: press release, “Wingman” live-action drama official website / X (formerly Twitter)©Masakazu Katsura/SHUEISHA
