WOWOW to Produce Live-Action Spinoff of Yatterman Anime Series

<p>Premium pay TV broadcaster <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wowow&period;co&period;jp&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">WOWOW<&sol;a>&comma; recently announced that it is producing &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;DORONJO”&comma; a live-action spin-off TV series from the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;crunchyroll-announces-summer-2022-anime-slate&sol;">anime<&sol;a> series &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yatterman&period;” WOWOW is also handling worldwide rights to this series&period; The 11-episode series will premiere in October exclusively on WOWOW&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-178039 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;07&sol;03224329&sol;doronjo&lowbar;sub-visual-Medium&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Yatterman" width&equals;"768" height&equals;"1024" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center">Additional Details<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Doronjo is an immensely popular and iconic female villain in Japanese anime&comma; comparable to the Harley Quinn and Catwoman characters in the U&period;S&period; The series stars popular Japanese actress Elaiza Ikeda as Doronjo and is directed by Eisuke Naito and Hatsuki Yokoo&period; In cooperation with Tatsunoko Production&comma; the new series is titled &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;DORONJO” and tells the prequel story of female villain Doronjo from the original &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yatterman” anime series that was broadcast on Saturday evenings from 1977 to 1979&period;A new interpretation from a completely new perspective will show how Doronjo became Doronjo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In addition to airing in Japan&comma; the original &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yatterman” anime series aired in Spain&comma; Italy&comma; Poland and several other Asian countries&comma; becoming a massive global hit&period; A remake of the anime series was produced in 2008&comma; and a spin-off animation series was produced in 2015&comma; while the first live action feature film was made in 2009&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;DORONJYO” is the first live-action TV series of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Yatterman” and celebrates the milestone 60 year anniversary of Tatsunoko Production&period; Producers are Masaki Yamada&comma; Yusuke Kobayashi and Megumi Hoshino&period; Series writers are Kohei Kiyasu&comma; Eisuke Naito&comma; Satoshi Oshio and Midori Sato&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; press release<&sol;p>&NewLine;