Fumi Yoshinaga’s “Ooku” will be made into a TV drama. The broadcast will start in January 2023 on NHK General. Serialized in Melody (Hakusensha) from 2004 to 2020, “Ooku” is a sci-fi historical drama set in the Edo period, when a mysterious epidemic that only attacked boys spread throughout the country, causing the number of boys to plummet.
In Japan, where women have taken over the shogunate and other significant positions, and men have been carefully raised as rare “stallions,” various ties between generations of shoguns and their surroundings have been depicted.
All 19 volumes have been published, the 10th Agency for Cultural Affairs Media Arts Festival Manga Division Excellence Award, the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award Manga Award, James Tiptree Junior Award, 1st anan Manga Award.
56th Received numerous awards such as the Shogakukan Manga Award for Girls and the 42nd Japan SF Award. It was made into a live-action movie in 2010 and 2012 and a TV drama in 2012.
Source: Anime News Network
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