WOWOW released a commentary video on Pipuru featuring multi-talented male seiyuu-turned actor, Yuki Kaji.
Yuki Kaji is the lead actor for the original sci-fi and comedy TV drama, ぴぷる～AIと結婚生活はじめました～ (Pipuru ~ AI to Kekkon Seikatsu Hajimemashita ~).
The TV drama is going to be produced and distributed by WOWOW prime on 18/05/2020. The series counts with a total of 8 episodes.
A promotional poster is out.
Roughly, the synopsis is the following:
“The story takes place in 2030, year in which people can marry humanoid AI (artificial intelligence) robots. Kenichi Kumiki is a common salaryman that, in his life, failed to date a senior that he had longed for a couple of years.
Due to that, he decided to purchase a “beautiful girl AI equipped with a sexual intercourse function” as his wife and named it “Puru”. However, during their first night as a married couple, the AI refuses Kumiki’s advances, which prompted Kumiki to seek the developer of “Puru” to find a solution for the problem. Turns out that the AI has a defect and the settings cannot be changed, therefore it will continue to reject his advances. That is when the AI’s developer, Kaede Miyama, makes a surprising proposal to Kumiki…”
Kaji will be acting as Kenichi Kumiki, the drama’s lead character.
An official profile photo of Yuki Kaji for the drama is out.
A commentary video, featuring Yuki Kaji and shot in Kyoto in February, is out.
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摘木健一役・ #梶裕貴 さんのコメント映像をお届けします✨ 京都の鴨川で撮影を行った際の雰囲気が伝わってくる映像となっています🎥撮影当日は、お天気にも恵まれました。放送開始をお楽しみに‼️
※映像は2月に収録されたものです。https://t.co/K3OSk9HXjC#ぴぷる pic.twitter.com/4cbhiwpZBe
— ドラマ「ぴぷる」公式アカウント (@piple_drama) April 14, 2020
A note that, this is not Kaji’s first ever leading role. In 2011, Kaji was casted in the leading role opposite Wataru Hatano, in the live action adaptation of Kami Voice: The Voice Makes a Miracle. However, Kaji’s leading role in Pipuru ~ AI to Kekkon Seikatsu Hajimemashita ~ is his first ever role in an original TV drama.
For more details on this drama, please refer to WOWOW’s official website (link below).
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Do you have any idea where we can watch this?
Hello. Given that WOWOW is a subscription only service in Japan, I’d suggest waiting for the release on DVD (it is likely it will be released on BD and or DVD).
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