Nana TV series

The Nana manga is extremely popular in Asia, I would know cause I'm from Hong Kong.

Since I own 14 volumes of the Chinese version of the Manga, I'm glad that the anime is near 100% faithful to it, unlike other manga to anime adaptions... (Sailor Moon, Ick.)

So far, I love it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by zerosconcubine

This series is by far, one of the most decent shojo mangs that have been presented in awhile. The character devolopement is very real, and the sitautions are actualy more plausable then majority of the shojo stories they have out on the market.

After watching the live action movie, I was enthralled when I heard about the anime series. So, I downloaded the first episode, and it I was not dissapointed. The only problem I had, was that they kind of started out with the movie effect, insted of just going by what was origionaly presented in the manga. But they shortly went back to the story, so I cannot complain. Over all, its a wonderful series. The opening song is very fitting, and the voice actresses did a wonderful job on the characters. I can't wait to see more.

On another note: Did you know they are planning on making a second NANA movie? The only problem is Hachi's actress might be replaced. That kind of made me sad. I adored her as Hachi

The first episode had to sum up what the series was gonna be about, since not all viewers had read the manga, then they can go back to what happen to the girls BEFORE they met, if they had done what the manga did, it wouldn't have interested them, the first episode its basically a first impression and a starting point on what the series is about.

And yes, Hachi and Ren were replaced due to coporation incompetatance. Read about it here.

http://www.nana-nana.net/index.html

Quote:

NANA the Movie 2
Yui Ichikawa Replaces Aoi Miyazaki

Toho officially announced that for the upcoming movie sequel "NANA 2," the role of Komatsu Nana will be taken over by Yui Ichikawa (age 20). Formerly, the role of Komatsu Nana in the 4 billion yen hit "NANA 1," starred Aoi Miyazaki.

The project is from the work of Ai Yazawa's popular manga, which tells the story of friendship and love between two girls. Mika Nakashima (age 23) keeps her role as Oosaki Nana in the sequel "NANA 2." However, there is another replacement in the cast, other than Aoi Miyazaki. Oosaki Nana's sweetheart Ren, will now be played by Nobuo Kyou (age 27), rather than Ryuhei Matsuda (age 23).

TBS producers explained that the decision for switching out cast members had to be done, because there were conflicts in the members' schedules. So in order to meet fan demand, replacing cast members had to be done. Yui Ichikawa expresses, "I grew up to Ai Yazawa's manga. I want to love, enjoy, and perform Hachi for myself."

Director Kentarou Ootani, who has worked with Yui Ichikawa before on "Rough," states that, "She has lovely performance skills. I immediately agreed with her for Hachi's role." He announced that filming for the movie will begin in mid-September. Some scenes are even going to be filmed in London! The presentation for the movie will be held on December 9th. Director Kentarou Ootani assure fans that he will do his best, in filming this last installment to the live-movie version of "NANA."

So far, Mika Nakashima, Tetsuji Tamayama, Hiroki Narimiya, Kenichi Matsuyama, and Yuna Ito have been announced as having secured roles in the upcoming "NANA 2" movie.

[ Note from Lisa: ] The whole "schedule conflict" explanation by the TBS producer, was only a "half truth." Remember that article I wrote about contract issues involving Aoi Miyazaki?

http://www.nana-nana.net/news76.html

My source told me that Aoi wasn't the only actor/actress that they did that to on cast. Apparently at the time when the sequel was announced for "NANA the Movie," the only cast member that got resigned (at that time) was Mika Nakashima. (Which was how my source knew the whole "Mika quits!" thing was false.) Because TBS had so much control of actors and actresses in the industry, they got a big head and just made the announcement of "NANA 2," without securing a contract with the rest of the cast. In Mika Nakashima's situation, it was different because she was a singer and not a actress. TBS producers knew that they needed her (and her songs), so at the time, the only contract they secured was with Mika Nakashima.

Also, my source emailed me two weeks ago with the reasons why Yui Ichikawa got the role of Komatsu Nana in "NANA 2." TBS struck a deal with Yui Ichikawa's management company; That in exchange for more projects with Yutaka Takenouchi, Misaki Ito, and Takashi Sorimachi, TBS will sign Yui Ichikawa for the role of Komatsu Hachi. Even when a lot of people working on the production, thought Yui Ichikawa was unsuitable for the role. So there you have it! Isn't the entertainment industry like a game of Chess...?

I know a lot of people aren't happy with the switches. But PLEASE PLEASE DO NOT rag on the actors and actresses. Its hardly their fault for decisions that are made. Mostly management companies and the production companies make these choices. So please encourage Yui Ichikawa and Nobuo Kyou in their upcoming roles. Positive voices can make for positive outcome. And who knows? Maybe "NANA 2" will even be a bigger hit.

There's nowhere I can't reach.