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Live-Action Chihayafuru Sequel Series' Promo Video Previews Perfume's Theme Song
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The official X/Twitter for Chihayafuru -Meguri-, the new live-action television series Perfume:
待っていれば必ずくる、一瞬を逃さないで#Perfume さん「巡ループ」入り予告初公開です🌸 @perfumeofficial
居場所のない高校生たち… そんな彼らがかるたと出会い、仲間と出会い、青春すべてをかけて全国を目指します✨
#ちはやふる －めぐり－ 7月9日（水）よる10時スタート！ #prfm(@chihaya_koshiki)June 6
Perfume previously performed the theme song for the 2016 two-part Chihayafuru live-action films.
The series will premiere on July 9 at 10:00 p.m. JST (9:00 a.m. EDT) on NTV and d channels.
Mone Kamishiraishi returns to her role as Kanade Ōe, now a part-time teacher who serves as the adviser of the karuta club.
Manga creator Suetsugu is involved with the new show, which is set a decade after the live-action films. The original films' director Masaru Yokoyama is composing the music.
The first live-action film, Hulu Japan in February 2018.
Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!
The manga's launched in Be Love in December 2023.
The manga has inspired three television anime seasons. seasons with Japanese subtitles and an English dub.
Sources: Chihayafuru -Meguri- live-action series' X/Twitter , Comic Natalie
