# Romcom Manga “Horimiya” Gets Live-Action Film and TV Series
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Horimiya </span></em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">is certainly on a roll next year, as not only will it be getting a TV anime series, the popular romcom manga is also set to receive a live-action film and a TV series as well! The film will premiere on February 5 for a limited period of one week, while the live-action TV series will premiere on February 16. The TV series was listed to have seven episodes. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Both the film and TV series will feature Oji Suzuka and Sayu Kubota as leads Miyamura and Hori, respectively. Check out their cute official visual below! </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="https://i.ani.me/0285/9480/romcom-manga-horimiya-gets-live-action-9.jpg" alt="" width="511" height="722" /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">The film was announced to be a compilation of the live-action TV series’ first three episodes along with new scenes. Hana Matsumoto is directing both the film and the series, with Yoshifumi Sakai writing the scripts. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">It was previously revealed that the TV anime series will premiere on January 9. The leads will be voiced by Haruka Tomatsu (Yuuki Asuna in <em>Sword Art Online</em>) as Hori and Kouki Uchiyama (Kei Tsukishima in <em>Haikyu!!</em>) as Miyamura. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Masashi Ishihama (<em>PERSONA 5 The Animation</em>) will be directing the TV anime series at CloverWorks. Series composition and script will be done by Takao Yoshioka (<em>High School DxD</em>), with character design by Haruko Iizuka (<em>Ensemble Stars!</em>) and music composition by Masaru Yokoyama (<em>Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans</em>). </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Yen Press holds the license for the series’ English release, and they describe <em>Horimiya</em>’s story as such: </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">“At first glance, the ultra-popular Hori-san seems like a frivolous high school girl, but in reality, she's plain, pragmatic, and family-oriented. On the other hand, the bespectacled Miyamura-kun comes across as an average, gloomy high school fanboy, but he's actually an attractive young man who has a bad-boy streak and is covered in piercings and tattoos. When these two unexpectedly similar classmates have a random run-in outside of the classroom, a bubbly, sweet tale of school life begins!”</span></em></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Daisuke Hagiwara launched <em>Horimiya</em> in 2011 as a spinoff to the four-panel school comedy manga <em>Hori-san to Miyamura-kun</em> by HERO. Square Enix is publishing the series’ volumes in Japan, with 15 compiled volumes released so far. The original <em>Hori-san to Miyamura-kun </em>series had already received four OVA adaptations from 2012 to 2018. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">Source: <a href="https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-11-22/horimiya-school-romance-manga-also-gets-live-action-film-tv-series/.166610">Anime News Network</a></span></p>
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