Shuu Katayama's Fujōri Zakkaten Unreal Manga Gets Live-Action Series, Stage Play

Kei Yodaka and Shuu Katayama's Fujōri Zakkaten Unreal (Absurd Variety Shop Unreal) manga is inspiring both a live-action television series and a stage play adaptation. The television series, titled Unreal -Fujōri Zakkaten-, will premiere TV Osaka and TV Aichi on October 13, and on BS TV Tokyo on October 16. The stage play will debut in January.Toshiyuki Someya (right in image above) plays Yagio, while Eito Konishi (left) plays Muneya Hamaie. The pair will play the roles in both the television series and the stage play. The stage play will depict stories that will not be shown in the television series, and will also be set after the series' story.The manga centers on an unusual variety shop that sells people's "thoughts." Customers that come by have their lives changed greatly by the shop's strange products. The shop's owner Yagio looks upon what happens in the store with cold, unfeeling eyes. Muneya Hamaie, a high school boy who works at a nearby cafe, looks out for Yagio's well-being.Hajime Hashimoto is directing the television series, with scripts by Natsume Karasumaru.Yodaka and Katayama launched the manga in Shinshokan's Wings magazine in June 2022. Shinshokan will publish the manga's fourth compiled book volume on September 25.Katayama's Gakuen Benriya manga inspired the Antique Heart OVA in 1988, while her Dragon Heart manga inspired a 1991 OVA.Sources: Unreal -Fujōri Zakkaten- live-action series' website, Comic Natalie