ODD TAXI Writer Kazuya Konomoto Launches New Manga on August 21
Ryō Yamazaki draws art for new Kami Kill manga
The combined 36th and 37th issue of Shueisha 's Young Jump magazine revealed on Thursday that writer Kazuya Konomoto and artist Ryō Yamazaki will launch a new manga titled Kami Kill (a play on "kami kiru," which is how "cut hair" would be said in Japanese) in the magazine's next issue on August 21. The magazine teases that the manga centers on two brothers running a barbershop in a shopping district as they wait for their father to return, and for the shopping district to revive.
In Japan in April 2021, Konomoto worked with director Baku Kinoshita on the original anime series ODDTAXI and its film adaptation, The Last Blossom. Konomoto wrote both anime while Kinoshita directed them. Crunchyroll streamed the anime in the West. The film version of Odd Taxi: In the Woods was released in April 2022 and is currently streaming on Crunchyroll. It is a reconstruction of the television anime episodes but also includes what happens after the series finale.
In February 2023, Big Comic Superior launched a web manga series called RoOT/Route of Odd Taxi (stylized as "RoOT") on their website Darupana, which was created in collaboration with manga artist Takeichi Abaraya and Konomoto. This series ended after its launch. ( link ) On April 25th, the last volume of the manga was released. On May 30th, the last volume of the manga was released. In April 2024, a live-action series inspired by the spinoff manga premiered. Crunchyroll streamed this series.
At this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the anime film "The Last Blossom" was shown in the Feature Film Competition. In last year's festival, a sneak peek of the movie was part of the Work in Progress lineup. On October 10th, it will be released in Japan.
Source: Young Jump issue 36/37 and X/Twitter account ( link )
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