Good news to ardent fujoshi (i.e., fans of yaoi/boys-love) out there: more BL content is coming, as the 2014 manga Love Stage!! is set to receive a live-action film adaptation! This good news was announced this Friday in Kadokawa’s CIEL magazine, the magazine where Love Stage!! was serialized. According to the announcement, the manga’s writer Eiki Eiki herself will write the film’s script.
A new short story by Eiki was also published along with the announcement. Love Stage!!’s two leads, Izumi and Ryoma, were also featured on the cover of CIEL for the first time since the series ended almost three years ago (see picture below). Love Stage!!’s first chapter was also reprinted in the issue.
As of now, details such as the main staff, actors, and release date of the live-action film are yet to be released.
Love Stage!! was written by Eiki Eiki and illustrated by Taishi Zaou. It was first serialized in Kadokawa’s CIEL magazine in July 2010, with the last chapter published on September 2016. In 2014, the manga received an anime adaptation from J.C. Staff which aired between July and September 2014.
The story revolves around Izumi Sena, a college student who was born into a family of entertainers—his dad is a director, his mom a film actress, and his older brother the lead vocalist of popular band. A “traumatic” experience on the set of a TV commercial ten years ago—which involved him botching up a bouquet-catching scene while dressed as a girl—made Izumi develop a fear of anything related to the entertainment industry. Fast-forward to the present, and he is now an otaku college student when he crosses paths with famous actor Ryoma, who turns out to be his co-star in the traumatic commercial he starred in. Ryoma, on the other hand, actually has had a crush on Izumi since they were kids.
Source: Anime News Network