Live-Action Wingman Series Reveals its Creditless Opening
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© Masakazu Katsura/Shueisha・”Wingman” Production Committee
The live-action television series of Masakazu Katsura‘s Wingman manga has revealed its creditless opening movie. The rock band BLUE ENCOUNT will perform the opening theme song “changement.”
The series premiered on October 22, airing every Tuesday at 24:30 (equivalent to October 23 at 12:30 a.m.) to commemorate the series’ 40th anniversary. The series will also be available on the DMM TV service, starting October 16. TV Tokyo, Toei Video, and DMM TV are producing the series in collaboration.
The series stars:
Kōichi Sakamoto (Kamen Rider Fourze, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger, Ultraman Ginga S) is directing the series. Yoshitatsu Yamada (live-action Video Girl Ai, He’s Expecting), Masaki Nishigaki (live-action Sayonara, High School), and Yuya Nakazono (episode scripts for Bono Bono, Japan Sinks: 2020) are penning the scripts for the series.
Wingman follows tokusatsu (special effects) nerd Kenta Hirono, a second-year middle school student who dreams of becoming a hero. One day, a mysterious woman named Aoi appears before him, and after sketching his superhero character Wingman on her Dream Notebook, he can transform into the hero and becomes involved in a fight between good and evil.
The series inspired an anime adaptation in 1984.
Katsura launched the series in Shueisha‘s Weekly Shonen Jump in 1983. It ended serialization in 1985.
Many of Katsura’s manga series have inspired anime and live-action adaptations, including Video Girl Ai, DNA², I’s, Wingman, and Zetman. He has also provided character designs for anime like Tiger & Bunny, Iria – Zeiram the Animation, The Girl in Twilight, Double Decker! Doug & Kirill, and Garo: Crimson Moon.
Source: TV Tokyo‘s live-action YouTube channel