Fuji TV will adapt Hotaru no Yomeiri (Firefly Wedding), the manga by Oreko Tachibana, as a live-action series planned for 2027. The announcement came on October 9, 2026, right after the anime premiered on the same network's Noitamina block. Cast, staff and format have not been disclosed.
The anime, produced by david production and directed by Takahiro Kamei, began airing on the night of October 9 at 11:30 p.m. Japan time. Lynn voices Satoko Kirigaya and Koki Uchiyama voices Shinpei Goto. The opening is by Iri and the ending by TOOBOE. Crunchyroll streams the series as it airs.
What the author said
Tachibana, also the creator of Promise Cinderella, welcomed the live-action and asked viewers to treat the screen version as a Hotaru no Yomeiri specific to that format. She said there are differences in story and expression compared with the original. The comment was published by MANTANWEB.
The series, serialized on Shogakukan's Manga ONE, is set in the Meiji era. Satoko Kirigaya, a young woman with little time left, enters a contract marriage with the hitman Shinpei Goto. According to MANTANWEB, the volumes have sold more than 5 million copies. The manga won the grand prize at the 2024 Everyone's Choice!! Electronic Comic Awards.
What is not confirmed yet
There is no date inside 2027, and no confirmation of how many episodes the series will have. MANTANWEB describes the project as a TV series; the author's note speaks of a live-action without detailing a window beyond Fuji TV in 2027. As of this article, the cast had not been announced.
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