Hello guys! Let's take a look at the upcoming Asian films and dramas based on popular manga/manhwa. Some of them do not have final airing dates set yet, so they might get postponed later on.
Bakuman.
Genre: slice of life, manga, friendship, drama, romance
Plot: Two friends embark on a journey of becoming popular manga artists while handling the high school challenges.
October 2015
Heroine Disqualified
Genre: romance, school, shoujo, drama
Plot: A high school girl realizes that real life is not a shoujo manga when her childhood friend (whom she has always loved) does not choose her.
September 2015
Piece of Cake
Genre: romance, drama
Plot: The story follows a woman Shino who tries to start a new life after moving to another town and leaving her abusive boyfriend.
September 2015
Senpai to Kanojo
Genre: romance, school, shoujo
Plot: A freshman girl falls in love with her senior.
October 2015
The Flower We Saw That Day
Genre: slice of life, friendship, romance, supernatural
Plot: Jinta is the only one who can see his childhood friend Meiko as a ghost. Now, in order to make her move on, he must gather all of the others from their childhood group and grant her wish by coming to terms with their past and secrets.
September 2015
Cheese in the Trap
Genre: romance, mystery, school
Plot: Hong Sul gets asked out by the mysterious and popular guy from her college, and she starts going out with him even though her instincts tell her that his nice and kind personality is only a pretense.
January 2016
Orange
Genre: friendship, slice of life, romance, drama, supernatural
Plot: A girl suddenly receives a letter from her future, telling her about the transfer of her soon-to-be friend and instructions on how to save him from an upcoming tragedy.
December 2015
Ore Monogatari
Genre: comedy, school, romance, friendship
Plot: Gouda Takeo is the real example of the expression 'Don't judge a book by its cover.' He is huge, threatening and strong, but he is also very kind and soft. Will he be able to find his true romance as well?
October 2015
Attack on Titan: End of the World
Genre: drama, supernatural, action
Plot: The sequel to the first movie, set in the world in which the war against the Titans is reaching its climax; the second part is supposed to take off after the ep 13.
September 2015
God of Bath
Genre: comedy, drama, slice of life
Plot: Heo Se is a 23-year-old guy who ends up scrubbing the baths in a theme park after losing his job and being chased by loan sharks.
The end of 2016
Minami kun no Koibito ~ My Little Lover
Genre: romance, school, supernatural
Plot: During a stormy night, Chiytami suddenly gets her body reduced to only 15 cm, and when her childhood crush Minami happens to see her, they make a deal not to tell anyone until they find out what is going on.
The end of 2015
Kounodori
Genre: medical, drama
Plot: Sakura is a famous and popular gynecologist who is dedicated to his work and playing the piano.
October 2015
Flatterer
Genre: school, sports, youth
Plot: A girl who starts attending a high school of troublemakers and bad boys.
The end of 2015
Goodbye Mr Black
Genre: romance, drama
Plot: the Korean manhwa retelling based on the classic story of the Count of Monte Cristo.
March 2016
Nobunaga Concerto
Genre: supernatural, historical, drama, comedy, romance
Plot: It is the sequel to the popular drama and it follows the story of a time-traveling high school student who goes back to the 16 century Japan and meets his old self.
January 2016
Chihayafuru
Genre: sports, drama, romance, school
Plot: A girl who loves playing karuta, a card game based on Japanese poetry, her friends and potential love interests.
March 2016
Terra Formars
Genre: sci-fi, action, horror, drama
Plot: After trying to inhabit the Mars with cockroaches, a terrible virus hits the already devastated Earth and 15 poor Japanese are sent to Mars to find the vaccine.
April 2016
Prison School
Genre: comedy, mature, school
Plot: A group of friends get enrolled in an all-girls high school, but after taking sneak pictures of some girls, they get the punishment they would have never though of before.
The end of 2015
From Five to Nine
Genre: romance, comedy, drama
Plot: Sakuraba Junko, an English language school teacher, falls in love with a monk Hoshikawa Takane.
The end of 2015
- More recent manga adaptations worth mentioning:
- Attack on Titan (action, fantasy)
- Assassination Classroom (comedy, supernatural, school, youth)
- Tonari no Seki-Kun (school, comedy, friendship)
- Wait for Me at Udagawachou (yaoi, school, gender bender, romance, drama)
- Akagi (sports, action, drama, crime)
- 37.5 C no Namida (family, medical, drama)
- Death Note (fantasy, action, thriller)
- Seven Days: Friday - Sunday (yaoi, romance, school, drama)
- Yokokuhan (detective, mystery, thriller, suspense)
- Shunjuku Swan (action, crime, mature)
- KIRI (crime, action, thriller)
- Strobe Edge (school, shoujo, romance)
- Ouroboros (detective, crime, suspense)
- Bittare!!! (crime, drama)
- Shinya Shokudo (food, comedy, slice of life)
- A Stitch of Life (drama, slice of life)
- Joker Game (crime, thriller, action)
- Sukima Suki (mature, romance)
- From Kobe (family, drama)
- I'm Home (family, mystery, drama)
- Money Farewell ~ To Kamuroba Village (comedy, slice of life)
- Wakako Zake (food, slice of life)
- The Boy Who Has Lifeless Eyes (youth, drama, school, slice of life)
- A Man's Life (drama, romance)
- Little Forest: Winter & Spring (food, slice of life)
- Yarukkya Knight (action, school, youth)
- Poison Berry in My Brain (comedy, drama, slice of life)
- Why Can't Seiya Todoin, 16-Year-Old, Get a Girlfriend? (comedy, school, romance)
- Samurai Sensei (school, comedy, historical)
- Siren (detective, crime, mystery)
- Angel Heart (crime, detective)
- The Memorandum of Kyoko Okitegami (detective, romance)
- Teddy Go! (detective, fantasy)
- It Will Be Breakfast at Tiffany Some Day (food, life, romance)
Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san (food)
- More recent manhwa/webtoon adaptations worth mentioning:
- Orange Marmalade (school, romance, supernatural/vampires, youth)
- Super Daddy Yeol (drama, comedy, family, romance)
- The Girl Who Sees Scents (romance, comedy, supernatural)
- Ho Goo's Love (melodrama, romance)
- Jumping Girl (drama, romance)
- Hyde, Jekyll, Me (romance, comedy)
- Scholar Who Walks the Night (romance, historical, supernatural/vampires)
- Prince's Prince (melodrama, romance)
- Immutable Law of First Love (romance, melodrama)
Imaginary Cat (animals, friendship, life)