Tsutomu's Ojisan wa Kawaii Mono ga Osuki. Comedy Manga Gets TV Drama Adaptation

A live-action TV drama adaptation of Tsutomu's Ojisan wa Kawaii Mono ga Osuki. (The middle-aged man loves cute things) is set to premiere on Yomiuri TV's "Platinum Night Thursday Drama F" programming block this summer. "Oji-san" in the title is a double meaning of "middle-aged man" and the last name of its protagonist Mitsutaka Oji.

The manga has been serialized in the COMIC Polaris website since July 2017 and currently, four tankobon volumes are available in Japan. Its story centers on Mistutaka Oji, an office worker in his 40s who is handsome and good at his job. He has lived his life while hiding his secret that he has an obsession with cute things. But one day, he ends up living with his nephew, Masumi, who has just entered college, at his house that is filled with character dolls and other cute things.

Izuru Kumasaka (Jinrou Game) is attached to direct on scripts by Fumi Tsubota (Hugtto! PreCure series composition writer). And 43-year-old Hidekazu Kishima (Takano in Rurouni Kenshin live-action films) is cast as its protagonist Mitsutaka Oji. He says, "When I heard about the story and the role, I thought I'd love to do it! I'd like to enjoy the gap between my facial expressions and my inner voice."

????TVドラマ化決定????
『おじさんはカワイイものがお好き。』
この夏…日本テレビ系・全国ネットで放送予定????

主人公・小路課長を演じるのは、#眞島秀和さん✨

カワイイものが大好きな小路課長のドラマでの活躍✨をお楽しみに#おじカワ

今なら原作コミック1巻タダ読み中????https://t.co/a2VuIj4Sqy pic.twitter.com/Ygvcr02KXU
— 『おじさんはカワイイものがお好き。』COMICポラリス公式 (@ojikawa_comic) June 25, 2020