Article: Top 10 Japanese Dramas Adapted From Anime’s/Manga’s.

Anime and manga have been popular amongst people for a long time. With fantastic plotlines and eye-catching characters, these Anime/Manga keep viewers entertained until the very end, but have you ever considered how cool these Anime/Manga would be in a live-action drama? These anime/manga adaptations are slowly gaining popularity worldwide with real-life settings, actors, and skills. So here are the top 10 Japanese Dramas adapted from Anime/Manga.

1. Great Teacher Onizuka

Great Teacher Onizuka is adapted from an anime of the same name. The plot centres on Eikichi Onizuka, a gang member that enrols at a school as a part-time gardener. However, it doesn’t go as planned because later, he gets forced to become an advisor to the most troublesome class in the school. As the plot continues, trouble ensues along with comedy.

 

2. Gokusen

Gokusen got adapted from the anime/manga of the same name. The plot revolves around Kumiko Yamaguchi, who enters Shirokin Gakuen Private School (an all-male school) to become a math teacher. She gets assigned as the homeroom teacher for the most troublesome class full of delinquents. However, she struggles to balance her career as a teacher and her hidden identity as a yakuza heir.

 

3. Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO

Mischievous Kiss: Love in TOKYO: is a remake of the Japanese manga and anime ‘Itazura Na Kiss.’ This anime/manga has six adaptations, with the Japanese version being the fifth. It follows the life of Kotoko Aihara, a high school girl who isn’t exceptionally bright. She falls in love with Naoki Irie, but he rejects her. When a meteorite damages her house, her father decides to relocate to his friend’s house. She is surprised to discover that Naoki, the guy she fell in love with, also lives there.

 

4. My Little Monster

My little monster got adapted from the anime and manga series My Little monster. Shizuku Mizutani brings schoolwork to a boy who has gotten suspended. Wild child Haru Yoshida opens up her tiny world to love and friendship. Starring: Masaki Suda, Tao Tsuchiya, Yuki Furukawa.

 

5. Erased

Erased is based on the popular manga Boku Dake Ga Inai Machi, which has also got adapted into a popular anime. It follows the story of Satoru Fujinuma, who possesses an ability known as Revival that sends him back to before terrible incidents happen. He goes back 18 years ago to find the killer of his mother.

 

6. Kakegurui- Compulsive Gambler  

Kakegurui is a live-action drama based on the Manga/Anime of the same name. The story gets set in Hyakkaou Private Academy, an elite school where students got ranked according to their gambling winnings. Yumeko Jabami shows up at the academy one day, a gambler who enjoys gambling for the sheer excitement, regardless of the stakes or the likelihood of winning.

 

7. Mob Psycho 100

This manga/anime has got adapted into a Netflix live-action drama. The Mob, also known as Shigeo Kageyama, was played by Tatsuomi Hamada. The plot centers on Mob, a quiet middle schooler who finds an esper with incredible psychic abilities who will wreak havoc if he loses control of his emotions. He attempts to learn about himself and live a regular life with Reigen Arataka.

 

8. My Love Story  

My love story focuses on Takeo Goda, a first-year high school student who saves a girl named Rinko Yamato from a groper on a train. Takeo had expected that Rinko would prefer someone more attractive than him, but to his surprise, she confesses to him and they begin dating.

 

9. Death Note

Death Note is from a well-known anime series of the same name. The series follows Light Yagami, a serial killer, as Kira, L Lawliet, a detective, and Ryuk, a shinigami who drops his notebook out of boredom, which Light discovers, causing havoc to ensue.

 

10. The File Of Young Kindaichi

The Kindaichi Case Files is an extremely popular manga with its anime adaption and a live-action-drama adaptation. The series centers on Hajime Kindaichi, an investigator and the grandson of a famous detective, and Ryuji Saki as Hajime’s assistant while solving murder mysteries while attending school. There are nine episodes, each involving Saki and Hajime solving whodunit mysteries.