Eternal Boys Anime Gets Live-Action Series, Stage Play

Series starts on July 4, stage play runs from December 3-13

The Eikyū Shōnen Eternal Boys original anime series is getting a live-action television series adaptation on July 4 at 9:30 p.m. JST on BS12 and a stage play running from December 3-13 at I'M A SHOW in Yurakocho, Tokyo. Each episode of the live-action series will be 15 minutes long.

The casts for both adaptations are the same and include:

Gaku Matsumoto as Kentaro Sanada

Kōhei Nakatsuka as Daisuke Yamanaka

Sōichirō Sorihashi as Haru Asai

Ryu Kiyamaas Tsuyoshi Imagawa

Yūta Suzukias Naoki Ishida

Kei Hosogaias Makoto KakizakiAllen Kohatsu as Nicolai AsakuraMinako Tanaka as Fukuko MandaSatoru Saitōas Fukutaro Manda

The story centers around the Manpuku Geinō Production (literally, Full-Stomach Entertainment Production) agency's Eikyū Shōnen (Eternal Boys), a group of men who are around 40. They strive to become idols and overcome such barriers as their age and physical condition.

Chansana's manga adaptation began serialization in Monthly Comic Gene magazine in April 2022. The Human Academy Performing Arts College collaborated with the project. Kadokawa published the manga's first compiled book volume in November 2022. The manga's second and final volume shipped in July 2023.

The original anime series premiered on Fuji TV in October 2022. The 24th and final episode aired on March 2023. HIDIVE streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

The anime screened an episode titled Eikyū Shōnen Eternal Boys NEXT STAGE in theaters in Japan in June 2023.

Sources: Eternal Boys live-action series' website, Comic Natalie