TOKYO23 Getting a Drama

Takeshi Arashida and Eiji Hashimoto’s manga series TOKYO23 is getting a five episode live action television series adaptation. “Tokyo23: Survival City” will star 20 year old actor Yuya Yagira and air on the WOWOW network beginning at midnight on September 4.

The manga story revolves around a shadowy “X Game” played in Tokyo’s 23 wards. Game participants who manage to continue wearing a special bracelet until the end of the game may win 100 million yen. Players that lose their bracelet end up dead.

Source: Tokyograph